PRIMUI.ACE^. 147 



In shady places. Very rare, and not indigenous. " Dulverton, 

 Devon: " Prof. Babington. " Soutli-west of Scotland :" Mr. Bentham. 

 Var. plentiful by roadsides in Glen Clova, Forflxrshire : Dr. G. 

 Lawson. 



[England, Scotland.] Perennial. Summer, Autumn. 



Plant with the general habit of L. vulgaris, but more pubescent; 

 the leaves often more distinctly stalked, commonly 4 in a whorl, 

 broader towards the base, 1^ to 3 inches long, and the uppermost 

 ones not so small as in L. vulgaris ; the peduncles are almost alwaj'S 

 simple, often in pairs from the axils of each leaf in the whorl ; the sepals 

 are much narrower and much more pubescent ; the corolla is more 

 saucershaped, larger (f to 1 inch across), sprinkled with glands on 

 the outside, and ciliated with short gland-tipped hairs; the anthers 

 are combined for a greater portion of their length, the stem espe- 

 cially is much more woolly, and the whole plant is more thickly 

 pubescent than in the ordinary state of L. vulgaris. I have seen 

 no British specimens but those from Clova, which quite agree with 

 L. vei'ticillata of Bieberstein, which appears to be a very slight 

 variety of L. punctata. 



Punctate Loosestrife. 



French, Lysimaqwe ponctuee. Germ.&n, punktirtcr Friedlds. 



SPECIES IV.-L YSIMACHIA CILIATA. Llun. 

 Plate MCXLIII. 

 Eelch. Ic. M. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. ]\ILXXXVI. Fig. 1. 



Stem erect, stiff. Leaves opposite, shortly stalked, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, not punctate. Flowers in an interrupted raceme, ter- 

 minated by a false corymb; peduncles axillary, whorled, 1-flowei'ed. 

 Calyx segments oblong-strapshaped, abruptly acuminate, and very 

 acute, with 5 oval cuspidate denticulate spreading segments, without 

 a tooth in the sinus between each, thickly dotted with glands 

 on the inside towards the base only, not ciliated with gland-tip^ied 

 hairs. Corolla rotate, nearly flat. Stamens 10, the alternate ones 

 reduced to triangular lobes "vvithout anthers; all united at the base 

 into a very short ring. Plant nearly glabi'ous, with the margins 

 of the leaves shortly ciliated, and the petioles with long remote 

 cartilaginous ciliae. 



In shady places. Very rare, and not indigenous. A native of North 

 America. Naturalised near Serbergham in Cumberland; also in woods 

 at Kingcausie, Kincardineshire. This last station is on the site of a 



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