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FLOWERS OI- I.AKl.S, l^IXI'.RS, ETC. 



Merioneth, Miml^^nnierv, Carnarvon, antl I )enl>iL;h only; and throui^h- 

 out the Trent and Mersey provinces, except in Mid Lanes in the 

 H umber; Tyne provinces, except in Che\iolland; in the Lakes ])ro- 

 vince, except the Isle of Man; in the W. Lowlands, except in Kirk- 

 cudbright, and it is fountl in .Stirlincj. Watson considers that it is not 

 native in Seolland. or beyond York and I )urliani in I'.n^land. and it is 

 introdncetl in I^. Lowlands. It is not native in Ireland, and rare. 



Moneywort is a more 

 or less common plant in 

 dani|) places, such as 

 marsh\' iiMcis burderin^;' a 

 river or lake, where there 

 is some shade and shelter 

 irnm trees, and it is also 

 characteristic of moist 

 woodlands, cariietino- the 

 banks of ditches and 

 banks where natural 

 <.;lades or artihcial rides 

 allow daylioht to enter 

 unhindered. 



The habit of this 

 species is very different 

 to that ot the Common 

 Loosestrife, being trail- 

 ing or creeping. It has 

 numerous simple stems, 

 branched. jointed. and 

 channelled each side, or 

 scjuare. The lea\"es arc 

 roundish, opposite, heart- 

 shaped, smooth, shortly -sl.ilked, and decurrent. 



The flowers are large, yellow, solitary, axillary, and wheel-shaped. 

 The sepals are egg-shaped to heart-shaped, bent back, and keeled 

 underneath. The corolla is deeply divided. The anther-stalks are 

 imited at the base. Fruit is rarely produced. Being ]irostrate it is 

 scarcely more than 3 in. in height. Flowers are fotind in June and 

 July. It is a herbaceous perennial, rei)roduced b\' tlix'ision. 



The tlowers are conspicuous but prostrate, and though homogamous 

 they do not set good seed, because the flowers of the same neighbour- 

 hood are usually from the same stock. Otherwise the flowers are as in 



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