LYSIMACHIA.] PRIMULACEX. 301 



Corolla rotate ; segments 5-6, spreading or conniving. Stamens 5-6, 

 inserted on the throat, filaments sometimes connate below. Ovary sub- 

 globose ; style filiform, persistent, stigma obtuse ; ovules many, amphi- 

 tropous. Capsule subglobose, 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds plano-convex, 

 peltate. DISTRIB. N. temp, zone, rarer in trop. mts. and in S. Africa 

 and Australia ; species 40. ETYM. obscure. 



SECTIOX 1. Lysimas'trum, Ditby. Flowers yellow, axillary, solitary 

 or in terminal panicled cymes. Corolla-lobes without alternating teeth. 

 Stamens included. Seeds margined. 



1. Ii. vulga'ris, L. ; erect, pubescent, leaves opposite and whorled 

 ovate-lanceolate punctate, cymes panicled, filaments connate below. 

 River-banks, &c. , from Mull and Aberdeen southwards, rare in Scotland ; 



local in Ireland ; fl. July-Aug. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 

 2-4 ft. , pubescent above. Leaves 2-4 in. , sessile, with black glands, glabrous 

 or pubescent below. Ci/mes panicled in the upper axils ; bracts linear. Calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, ciliate, edges red. Corolla in., subcampanulate, deep 

 yellow with orange dots inside ; lobes ovate, not ciliate. Capsule globose. 

 Seeds 3-gonous, rough. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. Asia, with 

 a very closely allied Australian representative. 



2. L. nem'orum, L. ; procumbent, leaves opposite shortly petioled 

 ovate acute, peduncles slender solitary axillary 1 -flowered, sepals linear- 

 subulate, filaments free eglandular. Yellow Pimpernel. 



Copses, hedgebanks, &c., ascending to 2,500ft. in the Highlands ; fl. May- 

 July. Glabrous, shining, eglandular. Stems slender, 3-12 in. Leaves 1-2 in. 

 Peduncles capillary, curved, as long as or exceeding the leaves. Corolla 

 rotate, ^-| in. diam. ; lobes spreading, not ciliate. Filaments veiy slender, 

 glabrous. Capsule small, globose. DISTRIB. Europe, excl. Russia Greece 

 and Turkey. 



3. L. Nummula'ria, L. ; prostrate, leaves opposite ovate-cordate or 

 orbicular obtuse, peduncles axillary 1-flowered, sepals broad, filaments 

 connate at the base glandular. Creeping Jenny, Money-wort. 



Moist shaded places in England, rare if native in Scotland and Ireland ; fl. 

 June-July. Glabrous, shining. Steins 1-2 ft., rather stout, pendulous. 

 Leaves f-1^ in., shortly petioled, dotted with sunk glands. Peduncles stout, 

 about equalling the leaves, solitary, rarely in pairs. Sepals ovate-cordate, 

 acute. Corolla f in. diam., cup-shaped ; lobes obtuse, ciliate and glandular. 

 DISTRIB. Europe ; a garden escape in the N. U. States. 



SECTION 2. Naumber'gia, Mcench (gen.). Flowers yellow, in dense 

 axillary racemes. Corolla-lobes with minute alternating teeth. Stamens 

 and slender style exserted. Seeds scarcely margined. 



4. Ii. thyrsiflo'ra, L. ; erect, leaves opposite sessile lanceolate. 

 Marshes and canal banks, rare and local ; Lanark, Forfar, York, Cumberland, 



Nottingham, Wilts, and Chester ; absent from Ireland ; fl. June-July. 

 Glabrous or nearly so. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., 

 stout, simple. Leaves rarely whorled, lower small, upper 2-3 in., covered 

 with black dots. Racemes f-1^ in., from the lower axils, cylindric; peduncles 

 long, suberect ; pedicels in., as long as the calyx ; bracts and calyx-lobes 



