58 THE FLORA OF THE ALPS 
7, LYSIMACHIA, L. 
Flowers yellow, solitary and axillary, or in spikes or 
racemes ; calyx 5-6-toothed; corolla 5-—6-lobed, rotate; 
stamens 5-6; capsule nearly globular, 5-valved; leaves 
usually opposite or in whorls. Not alpine. 
A. Stem erect; flowers in cymes or racemes :—L. 
vulgaris, L., Yellow Loosestrife; flowers yellow spotted 
with orange, in panicled cymes, leaves opposite or in 
whorls of three; shores of lakes and streams, frequent. 
L. punctata, L.; resembling the last, but corolla-lobes 
glandular-ciliate ; damp thickets, very rare; Bale, Ziirich- 
horn. L. thyrsiflora, L.; flowers smaller, in dense axil- 
lary branched racemes, corolla-lobes linear; marshes; 
Switzerland, rare. 
B. Stem prostrate; flowers solitary in the axils of the 
leaves :—L. Nummularia, L., Creeping Jenny, Money- 
wort; flowers large, bell-shaped, leaves cordate, nearly 
round ; damp places, common. JL. nemorum, L., Yellow 
Pimpernel; flowers small, rotate, leaves ovate; woods 
and banks, common. 
8. ANAGALLIS, L. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, red, pink, or blue, rotate; 
leaves opposite, entire; seed-vessel a I-celled capsule 
splitting horizontally (pyxis). Not alpine. 
A. arvensis, L., Scarlet Pimpernel, Poor Man’s Weather- 
glass ; flowers scarlet or rarely blue (A. cerulea, Schreb.) ; 
cultivated land, common. A. ¢enella, L., Bog Pimpernel ; 
flowers very delicate, pale lilac with darker veins, leaves 
nearly round; bogs, rare; Valais, Tirol, Vosges, Pyrenees. 
