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5. GLA UX. Z/m7^.— Black Saltwort. 



(From the Greek yXavKiov, given to a plant of a sea-green color, or because it 

 grew near the sea.) 



Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, colored. Corolla none. Sta- 

 mens 5, inserted into the bottom of the calyx and alternating 

 with the segments. Stigma capitate. Capsule globose, 5- 

 valved, few-seeded. 



G. maritima Linn. 



Marshes on the sea-coast. Can. and Mass. ; rare. July. %. — Stem sub- 

 erect or procumbent, 4 — 5 inches high, very leafy. Leaves opposite, ovate or 

 roundish, smooth, entire, fleshy. Flowers minute, sessile, solitary, axillary, red- 

 dish-white. Black Saltwort. 



6. LYSIMACHIA. i^wm.— Loosestrife. 

 (Origin uncertain.) 



Calyx 5 — 6-parted. Corolla somewhat rotate, 5-^-6-parted. 

 Stamens 5, (rarely 6 — 7,) sometimes with intermediate teeth or 

 short sterile filaments. Capsule globose, 5 — 10-valved, dehis- 

 cent at the summit. 



1. L. stricta Ait. : stem erect, smooth ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, taper- 

 ing at base, subsessile, punctate ; raceme terminal, very long, loose ; pedi- 

 cels long, slender. L. racemosa Mick. 



Low grounds. Can." to Virg. July, Aug. %. — Stem 12—18 inches high. 

 Leaves few, often with bulbs or abortive branches in the axils. (Torr.) Flowers 

 yellow, on capillary pedicels, arranged in a terminal raceme 4 — 8 inches long. 



Upright Loosestrife. 



2. L. quadrifolia Linn. : stem simple, a little hairy ; leaves in whorls of 

 fours or fives, ovate-lanceolate, nearly sessile, acuminate, punctate ; pedun- 

 cles mostly in fours, axillary, 1-flowered ; lobes of the corolla ovcil, entire. 

 L. hirsuta Mich. L. punctata Walt. 



Low grounds. Can. to Car. June, July. %.—Stem 12—18 inches high. 

 Leaves varying from 3 — 8 in a whorl, though generally four. Flowers yellow, on 

 long slender peduncles which are as numerous as the leaves. 



Whorled Loosestrife. 



3. L. longifolia Pursh : very smooth, 4-sided, branched above ; leaves 

 opposite, sessile, linear, revolute on the margin ; peduncles 1-flowered, op- 

 posite or in fours, the upper ones longer ; lobes of the corolla broad-ovate, 

 acuminate, serrulate. L. revoluta Nutt. 



Wet rocky woods. N. Y. to Car. W. to Mich. June. %.—Stem 1—2 feet 

 high. Leaves narrow, not dotted ; floral ones appearing as if w^horled. Flowers 

 mostly at the extremities of the branches, at length nodding, yellow. 



9 Revolute Loosestrife. 



4. L. ciliata Linn. : stem nearly smooth ; leaves opposite, on long pe- 

 tioles, subcordate-ovate, acuminate ; petioles ciliate ; peduncles mostly in 

 pairs, 1-flowered ; flowers drooping ; lobBs of the corolla rounded, crenate, 

 mucronate. L. quadrifolia P. ciliata Willd. 



Banks of streams. Can. to Car. W. to the Rocky Mountains. July. %. 



