PKIMULACE^. 149 



long, rather fragile. Leaves ^ to 1 1- inch long, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, sparingly dotted with reddish glands sunk in the substance 

 of the leaf; petiole about | th of the length of the lamina. Peduncles 

 i to 1 inch long, generally solitary and opposite, but sometimes, in 

 place of a single one, there are 2 from the axil of one leaf, united 

 together at the very base, recurved in fruit. Flowers somewhat re- 

 sembling those of L. punctata, ^ inch across, bright yellow, with reddish 

 immersed glands, and small yellow superficial glands. Plant green, 

 glabrous, the leaves slightly shining. The fruit I have never seen, as, 

 like many other creeping plants, it appears to produce it very rarely. 



Creeping Jenny. Moneywort. 



French, Lysimaque nummulaire. German, rnndhlattriger Friedlos. 



This is a pretty and well-known plant, and well repays the trouble of those who, 

 seeking it in its native haunts, will transplant it on to the garden rockwork or orna- 

 mental basket, where its pretty bright yellow flowers and round money-shaped leaves 

 hang over the sides. 



SPECIES VI.-LYSI MAC HIA NEMO RUM. Linn. 



Plate MCXLV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Gemi. et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MLXXXIV. Fig. 1. 

 Billot, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Exsicc. No. 1754. 



Stems decumbent, flexible, rooting at the base, ascending or erect 

 at the apex. Leaves opposite, very shortly stalked, ovate or oval-ovate, 

 acute, not punctate. Flowers solitary in the axils of a few of the 

 leaves in the upper half of the stem; peduncles axillary, opposite, 

 1-flowered, a little longer than the leaves. Calyx segments strap- 

 shaped-subulate, very acute. Corolla rotate, with 5 oval obtuse re- 

 pand or entire spreading segments, without a tooth in the sinus 

 between them, without glands on either side or reddish points, not 

 ciliated. Stamens 5 ; filaments glabrous, not united at the base. 

 Plant glabrous. 



In moist woods and hedgebanks. Common, and generally distributed, 

 but more abundant in the north, though it appears not to reach the 

 Orkney or Shetland Islands. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Eai'ly Summer to 



Autumn. 



Stem creeping, branched ; the shoots of the year ascending, flexuous, 

 3 inches to 1 foot long, brittle. Leaves f to 2 inches long, of which 

 the petiole in the largest leaves is not more than | inch. Peduncles 

 very slender, frequently l^ or 2 inches long, recurved in fruit. Corolla 

 ^ to f inch across, rich yellow, resembling in shape that of Anagallis 

 arvensis. Filaments much more slender than in any of the preceding 



