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fourths of an inch long; sepals long-ovate, pointed; corolla rotate, parted 

 nearly to the base, usually into five segments, yellow with purple streaks or 

 dots. Fruit a capsule about one-eighth of an inch in diameter. 



In marshes, swamps and moist thickets, Newfoundland to Manitoba, 

 south to Georgia and Arkansas. Flowering from July to September. 



Moneywort; Creeping Loosestrife 



Lysimachia nummularia Linnaeus 



Plate 1643 



Stems creeping and usually rooting at the nodes, i to 2 feet long or 

 longer, smooth. Leaves opposite, broadly oval or orbicular, one-half to 

 1 1 inches long, with short petioles. Flowers two- thirds to I inch broad, 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves, bright yellow; sepals pointed, half as 

 long as the five blunt lobes of the dark-dotted corolla. 



Native of Europe and naturalized in moist grassy places throughout 

 the eastern states. Flowering from June to August. 



Fringed Loosestrife 



Steironema ciliatum (Linnaeus) Rafinesque 



Plate 162 



Stems simple or sparingly branched, erect, smooth, i to 35 feet high. 

 Leaves opposite, thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sharp pointed at the apex, 

 blunt to slightly heart-shaped at the base, 2 to 6 inches long, one-half to 

 3 inches wide, the margins and short petioles hairy. Flowers one-half to 

 i inch broad, on slender stalks in the upper axils; lobes of the calyx lanceo- 

 late and sharp pointed, shorter than the five yellow segments of the corolla, 

 which are finely toothed toward their tips; stamens five. Fruit a five- 

 valved capsule, slightly longer than the calyx. 



In moist thickets and open woods, Nova Scotia to British Columbia, 

 south to Georgia, Kansas and Arizona. Flowering from June to August. 



