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most suited lo llieir ht^ulliiy growlh. Tlie last sort requires proleetioii 

 in tlie house with other Cape hiili:)s. - : • ' 



- By plauting iheni in the different aspects mentioned, a longer 

 succcesiou ot" tlouers may be protlueed. 



Tiiey are very ornamental in the fronts of the borders, or the 

 sides of the lawns, and other parl'j near the house. . 



3. LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA. 



CREEPING MONEYWORT. 



Tins genus contains plants of the hardy herbaceous biennial 

 and perennial kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Pcnlandria Monogynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Rofacea. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five-parted perianlhium, 

 acute, erect, permanent: the corolhi one-petalled, wheel-shaped: 

 lube none: " border five-parted, fiat: divisions ovate-oblong: the 

 stamina have five awl-shaped filaments, opposite to the divisions of 

 llie corolla: anthers acuminate: the pistillum is a roundish germ: 

 style filiform, the length of the stamens: stigma obtuse: the pericar- 

 pium is u globular capsule, mucronate, one-celled, ten-valvcd (five- 

 valved): the seeds very many, and angular: the receptacle globular, 

 very large, dotted, (free.) 



The species cultivated are: 1. L. Ephoneruni, Willow-leaved 

 Loose-strife; 2. L. dubio, Purple-flowered Loose-strife; 3. L. atrkta, 

 Upright Loose-strife, 



The first has a perennial root: the stems several, upright, more 

 than throe feet high: the leaves narrrow, smooth, and at the base of 

 these conic out short side branches, with smaller leaves of the same 

 shape: the flowers are produced in a long close upright spike, at the 



