298 PRIMULACE^. (primrose FAMILY.) 



with poftiiiately disst-fted leaves. Flowerinj; stems mostly clustered, ucarly 

 leafless, inflated, hearing at the joints wiiorls of small white flowers. 



I. H. inflata, Kll. Flowering stems 3 -several in a terminal duster, 

 niiK-h inflated ; ui>]ier stem leaves erowded, with filiform divisions; bracts en- 

 tire. — Ponds and ditches in the iipiter districts. June. 



2. LYSIMACHIA, L. Loosestuiie. 



Calvx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, the lobes convolute, entire. Sta- 

 mens 5, monadelphous, no sterile ones. Anthers oval. Style slender. Capsule 

 globose, valvate, few - many-seeded. — Perennial herbs, with entire, commouly 

 dotted leaves, and solitary or racemose yellow flowers. 



1. L. stricta, Ait. Stem smooth, erect, branching; leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, or narrower, acute at each end ; racemes long, leafy at the b:i.se ; 

 pedicels slender; lobes of the corolla lanceolate-oblong, marked with dark 

 lines ; filaments unequal ; cajjsule 3 - 3-seedeil. — Low ground in the middle 

 and npj)er districts. July. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 2' long. Flowers 

 small. 



2. L. Fraseri, Duby. Stem glandular-]>ubescent at the summit, erect ; 

 leaves opposite, ovate or cordate-ovate, acuminate, narrowed into a short peti- 

 ole ; flowers in a leaHe.ss panicle ; calyx bell-shaped, the lobes fringed on the 

 margins ; lobes of the corolla ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, entire. — Mouutaius of 

 Alaliaiiia, Xurth Carolina, and Teuue.ssee. 



3. L. asperulaefolia, Poir. Stem erect, smooth, simple ; leaves (and 

 flowers) four in a whorl, ovate-lanceolate, sessile, dotted ; flowers racemose, on 

 snort pedicels, the upper ones scattered ; lobes of the corolla oldong-lanceolate, 

 dotted. — Near Columbia, South Carolina {Elliott), North Carolina (Curtis, 

 Croom). — Stem 2° high. Leaves faintly 3 -5-nerved. 



4. L. quadrifolia, L. Stem pubescent, simple ; leaves 4 - .5 in a whorl, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, dotted, sessile ; peduncles axillary, filiform ; lobes of 

 the corolla ovate-oblong, dotted. — Shady woods in the upper districts. July. 

 — Stem 2^ high. 



3. STEIRONEMA, Kaf. 



Lobes of the corolla denticulate. Stamens separate, alternating with sterile 

 filaments. Anthers linear. Flowers axillary. Otherwise like the last. 



1. S. ciliata, L. Stem mostly branching, smooth ; leaves opposite, lance- 

 olate-ovate, acute, cordate or rounded at the base, on ciliate petioles ; corolla 

 longer than the calyx, with l)roadly ovate or roundish denticulate lobes ; 

 peduncles opposite. — Varies (L. hybrida, Michr.) with the leaves lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed into a short petiole ; the uppermost, like the 

 peduncles, often whorled ; or (L. heterophylla, Michx.) with the lowest leaves 

 obovate, the others long, lanceolate ; or (L. angustifolia. Lam.) with linear 

 nearly sessile leaves, and a more slender stem, and smaller flowers. — Woods 

 and thickets, chiefly in the upper districts. July- Aug. — Stem l°-2° high. 

 Leaves 2' -4' long. 



2. S. radicans, Hook. Smooth throughout ; stem long, prostrate ; the 

 slender branches often rooting at the apex ; leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 



