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* * Floicers (small) in a virgate terminal race me or in the upper axils ; corolla 



dark-dotted or streaked ; filaments conspicuously monadelphous y unequal. 



1. L. quadrifolia, L. Somewhat hairy; stem simple (1-2 high); 

 leaves whorled in fours or fives (sometimes in twos, threes, or sixes, rarely only 

 opposite or partly alternate), ovate-lanceolate ; Jioicers on long capillary pe- 

 duncles from the axils of the leaves; lobes of the corolla ovate-oblong. 

 Moist or sandy soil, N. Brunswick to Minn., and Ga. June. 



2. L. StriCta, Ait. Stems 1 -2 high, often bearing oblong or moniliform 

 bulblets in the axils; smooth, at length branched, very leafy; leaves opposite 

 or rarely alternate, lanceolate, acute at each end ; flowers on slender pedicels 

 in a long raceme (5-12'), leafy at base; lobes of the corolla lance-oblong. 

 Low grounds, Newf. to Minn., Ark., and X. Ga. June- Aug. 



* * * Flowers (rather large) solitary in the u.rils of ordinary hares; corolla 



ncit dark-dotted nor streaked ; ^filaments slightly monadelphous. 



L. NUMMULA.KIA, L. (MONEYWORT.) Smooth : stems trailing and creep- 

 ing ; leaves roundish, small, short-petioled ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; 

 divisions of the corolla broadly ovate, obtuse, longer than the lance-ovate calvx- 

 lobes and stamens. Escaped from gardens into damp ground in some places. 

 July - Sept. (Nat. from Eu.) 



2. NAUMBURGIA. Corolla vert/ deep/// 5- (or 6 - 7-) parted into linear 

 divisions (somewhat purplish-dotted), with a small tooth in each sinus ; Jila- 

 inent.s distinct, equal ; leaves opposite, the loivest scale-like. 



3. L. thyrsiflora, L. (TUFTED LOOSESTRIFE.) Smooth; stem simple 

 (1-2 high) ; all but the lower leaves lanceolate, the axils of one or two middle 

 pairs bearing short-pedimcled head-like or spike-like clusters of small light 

 yellow flowers. Cold swamps, from Penn. to S. 111., Iowa, and northwest- 

 ward. June, July. (Eu.) 



8. GLAtTX, Tourn. SEA-MII.KWORT. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft ; lobes ovate, petal-like. Corolla wanting. Sta- 

 mens 5, on the base of the calyx, alternate with its lobes. Capsule 5-valved, 

 few-seeded. A low and leafy fleshy perennial, with opposite oblong and entire 

 sessile leaves, and solitary nearly sessile (purplish and white) flowers in their 

 axils. (An ancient Greek name, from y\avKos, sea-green.) 



1. G. maritima, L. Sea-shore of N. Eng. from Cape Cod northward. 

 Also in subsaline soil, Minn, to Neb., and westward. June. (Eu.) 



9. ANAGALLIS, Tourn. PIMPERNEL. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, with almost no tube, 5-parted, longer 

 than the calyx ; the divisions broad. Stamens 5 ; filaments bearded. Capsule 

 menibranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded. 

 Low, spreading or procumbent herbs, mostly annuals, with opposite or whorled 

 entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles. (The ancient Greek 

 name, probably from a.vd, tii/ain, and ayd\\ca, to dcliylit in.) 



A. ARVEVSIS, L. (COMMOX PIMPERNEL.) Leaves ovate, sessile, shorter 

 than the peduncles ; petals obovate, obtuse, fringed with minute teeth or 

 stalked glands. Waste sandy fields. June - Aug. Flowers variable in 

 size, scarlet, sometimes purple, blue, or white, quickly closing at the approach 

 of bad weather ; whence the English popular name of " Poor Man's II eather- 

 glass." (Nat. from Eu.) 



