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. pii7ictata, 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. Nurnmulai'ia^ L., Creeping Jenny, Money- 

 wort; flowers large, bell-shaped, leaves cordate, nearly 

 round ; damp places, common. Z. nenwrwn^ 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. ccerulea, Schreb.) ; 

 cultivated land, common. A. tenclla^ L., Bog Pimpernel; 

 flowers very delicate, pale lilac with darker veins, leaves 

 nearly round ; bogs, rare ; Valais, Tirol, Vosges, Pyrenees. 



