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Yellow Loosestrife. Pollen ni;iy f;ill on the stigmn ,ind selt-jiolliniition 

 may result. Phc capsule splits up inii) fue vah'es, and the seeds are 

 thrown out from the fruit liy the wind. 



Creeping' Jenny is more or less a clay-loving- plant, and addicted 

 to a clay soil in which there is some humus. 1 hough it grows largely 

 in woods it is also found in marshy tracts. 



There are no insect or tungal pests. 



Kn»i)iiiilana, Dodon;eus, is h^om the Latin innmuiis, coin, from the 

 shape of the leaves. 



Tiiis graceful plant is known hy the name of Creeping [enny, 

 Twopcnn)- (irass, llcrh r\\(i[)ence, Meadow-runagates, Money-wort, 

 Motherwort. Strings ot Sovereigns, Twopence, Wandering |enny, 

 Wandering Sailor. Turner invented the name Herb Twopence, "be- 

 cause it hath two and two lea\'es standing together of ech syde of the 

 stalke lyke pence ". 



Fable has it that it attracted serpents, and they were .said to 

 heal themselves with it when wounded, perhaps becau,se of its trailing 

 serpentine growth (liy Doctrine of Signatures). It is commonly culti- 

 vated in gardens luit seldom produces seed. The leaves have a 

 slightly astringent taste or are slightly acid. They used to be recom- 

 mended for scurvy and other diseases of the blood. 



Essential Specific Ciiar.a.cters: — 



202. Lysijiiachia Nwiuiinlaria, L. — .Stem prostrate, creeping, leaves 

 shin\-, orbicular, shortly petioled, llowers large, yellow, solitary, axillary, 

 filaments connected at the base, glandular. 



Scorpion Grass (Myosotis scorpioides, L.) 



Though this is one of the Arctic t\pes it has not lieen iound in 

 association with those Iound in ancient de|)osits so far. in the North 

 Temperate and Arctic Zones it is found in Arctic Europe, .Sil)eria, 

 Dahuria, and has been introduced in N. America. In Great Britain 

 it is found in thi; IVninsula, Channel, 'Thames, Anglia, and Se\ern 

 pro\inces. In S. Wales it is not found in Radnor or Cardigan; in 

 N. Wales only in Carnar\-on. I'lint, Anglesea; throughout the 'i'rent, 

 Mersey, Humber, T\iie, antl Lakes provinces, and in W\ Lowlands; 

 in E. Lowlands, e.xcept Peebles. .Selkirk; in the E. Highlands, e.xcept 

 in .Stirling, Banff, Elgin; in the W . Highlands, not in Cantire, Mid or 

 N. Ebudes; in E. Ross and Caithness, in N. Highlands; or troni 

 Aberdeen southwards. In th(- North, Mvosotis rcpciis has been con- 

 fused with this, which is there rare. 



