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96. LYSIMACHIA. Loose-strife. 



L-, stricta . raceme terminal, very long, lax ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, 



HAB. Low grounds. July Aug. 7].; very smooth ; 18 in. high; 

 axils often bulbif. -flower yellow. 



L. quadrifolia : leaves verticillate, in fours and fives, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, by fours ; segments of the 

 corolla oval, entire, often obtuse. 



HAB. Low grounds. June July, Tj. ; stem 12 18 in. high, a little 

 hairy ; leaves punctate ; Jlower yellow ; stamens uneq. 



L. ciliata : stem nearly smooth ; leaves opposite, on long petioles, sub- 

 cordate-ovate, acuminate ; petioles ciliate ; peduncles subgeminate ; 

 flowers nodding. 



HAB. Low grounds. July, 7J.; stem 2 3 feet high; leaves large; 

 stamens nearly equal, with intermed. teeth. 



L. hybrida : stem smooth ; leaves opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, acute 

 at each extremity ; petioles ciliate ; flowers nodding ; peduncles axil- 

 lary ; corolla crenulate. 



HAB. Swamps. July Aug. Tj.; 18 in. high ; inf. leaves ovate-Ian. , 

 stamens nearly equal, with, intermed. teeth. 



L. capitata : stem subsimple, punctate ; leaves opposite, sessile, broad- 

 lanceolate, punctate ; peduncles axillary, elongated ; flowers in dense 

 subglobose heads, 6 7-parted. 



HAB. Swamps. June, ^ ; stem 18 in. high, terete; leaves punctate; 

 heads pedunc. ; stamens 6 7, much exserted. 



97. MENYANTHES. Buck-bean. 



M. trifoliata : leaves ternate. 



HAB. Swamps. May, 1\. ; stem a span high; leaflets obovate; flow- 

 ers reddish-white, in a pyramidal raceme. 



98. VILLARSIA. 



V. lacunosa : leaves reniform, subpeltate, slightly crenate, lacunose be- 

 neath ; petioles bearing the flowers ; corolla smooth. 



HAB. In ponds, floating. Aug. 1 ; petioles very long ; leaves 1 in. 

 long ; flowers subumbellate, white. 



99. HOTTONIA. Water-feather. 



H. inflata : scape articulate, with the internodes and lower part infl 



ted ; flowers verticillate, pedunculate. 

 HAB. Swamps, subaquatic. Ij. ; stem thick ; leaves pectinate ; fL 



white. 



100. SAMOLUS. Brookweed. 



S. valerandi : stem erect ; leaves obovate ; racemes elongated, many- 

 flowered. 



HAB. Wet places. June Oct. 7J. ; 810 in. high, smooth ; fl. mi- 

 nute, white. 



