480 PRIMULACEAE 
Stem 1 to 2 ft. high; leaves lance-shaped tapering at each end. May- 
July. 
8 STEIRONEMA, Raf. 
Perennial smooth herbs, with opposite leaves, or leaves in whorls on 
the flowering branches. Flowers yellow, spreading or nodding; calyx 
5-parted; corolla wheel-formed, lobes rounded each with a tooth at apea, 
the base of each folding on a stamen. Fertile stamens 5, sterile as many. 
Capsule 10- to 20-seeded. 
Leaves egg-shaped, the leaf-stalkk hairy . .« »« »« «© « «© «© « e« « Se cihatum 
Leaves lance-shaped, tapeHine at each one So wo sl eS ee tw ee anmceonan 
Leaves linear . . - G8 6 ORO Moet to eh CLE: 
1. §. ciliatum, (L.) Raf. (Fig. 4, pl. 120.) Frincep Loosestrire. 
Erect; stems 1 to 4 ft. high. Leaves egg-shaped, broadly or narrowly, 
the leaf stems hairy, the blade 2 to 6 in. long. Flowers on thread-like 
pedicels arising at the leaf-axils; calyx 5-parted, the lobes sharp; corolla 
wheel-formed, the petals rounded, fringed, at outer margin. Capsule ex- 
tending beyond the calyx. Moist thickets throughout our region. June- 
Aug. 
2. §. lanceolatum, (Walt.) A Gray. (Fig. 2, pl. 120.) Lance- 
LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE. Similar to the last, but leaves are narrow and 
tapering at each end and petals are not fringed at border, but have a 
tooth at outer extremity. Moist soil, throughout the area. June-Aug. 
3. §. quadriflorum, (Sims.) Hitche. Prarrm Monrywort. Stem 
stiff, erect, 4-angled, 1 to 3 ft. high. Stem leaves narrowly linear, 2 to 
4 in. long, smooth and shining. Corolla $ to 1 in. broad. Along streams, 
western New York and southward. June-July. 
9. LYSIMACHIA, L. 
Perennial herbs, with leafy stems, the leaves opposite or in whorls of 
3 or 4, or more. Leaves without divisions or teeth, commonly dotted. 
Flowers wheel-shaped, yellow. Calyx 5- or 7-parted, free from the ovary; 
corolla 5- to 7-parted; the petals without teeth at border. Stamens 5 to 
7, inserted in the throat of the corolla. Capsule globose; seeds few or 
many. 
Prostrate, creeping herb . «© «© «© «© © © «© © © © «© © JL. Nummularia 
Erect herbs. Pe: 
Leaves arranged in whorls of 4s, corolla lobes dark streaked . JL. quadrifolia 
Leaves in whorls of 3 or more, corolla pure yellow. 
Flowers in terminal leafy clusters” <6) ls, 6: se-- 0m (o,/ o* Vcore 
Flowers from the leaf axils . 3 ee ee fe, Gl Oro 
Leaves opposite, flowers in pyramidal "cluster BPS sa, oes) teh ee 
1. L. vulgaris, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 119.) Gorpen Loosestrire, Erect, 
branching, 2 to 34 ft. high, densely covered with soft hairs. Leaves, op- 
posite or in whorls of 3s or 4s, on short leaf-stalks, oval or broadly lance- 
shaped, tapering at each end, 2 to 4 in. long. Yellow flowers an inch, 
more or less, in diameter, in terminal leafy clusters. A naturalized species, 
not very common. June-Aug. 
2. L. punctata, L. Srorren Loosrstrire. Another naturalized spe- 
cies, not common. Resembles the last, but flowers arise in the leaf-axils 
down the stem. Waste places. June-July. 
3. L. quadrifolia, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 120.) Crossworr. W HORLED 
