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the corolla-throat. Ovary subglobose ; style filiform, persistent, stigma 

 obtuse ; ovules many, amphitropous. Capsule subglobose, 5-valved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds plano-convex, peltate. — Distrib. N. temp, zone, S. Africa, 

 Australia; species 60. — Etym. obscure. 



Section 1. Lysimas'trum, Duby. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 

 terminal panicled cymes. Corolla-lobes without alternating teeth. Stamens 

 included. Seeds margined. 



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

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

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



Ireland ; fl. July- Aug. — Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous'. Stem 2-4 ft. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., sessile, with black glands, glabrous or pubescent beneath. 

 Cymes panicled in the upper axils; bracts linear. Flowers dimorphic. 

 Calyx-lobes lanceolate, ciliate, margins 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 closely allied Australian representative. 



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

 ovate acute, peduncles slender solitary axillary 1-fldL, sepals linear-subulate, 

 filaments free eglandular. Yellow Pimpernel. 



Copses, hedgebanks, &c, from Caithness southd. ; ascends to 2,500 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May-July. — Glabrous, shining, 

 eglandular. Stems slender, 3-12 in. Leaves 1-2 in. Peduncles capillary, 

 curved, as long as the leaves or longer. Corolla rotate, ^-§ in. diam. ; lobes 

 spreading, not ciliate. Filaments very slender, glabrous. Capsule small, 

 globose. — Distrib. Europe (excl. Russia, Greece). 



3. Ii. 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, Moneywort. 



Moist shaded places, from York and Durham to Devon and Kent (never seed- 

 ing, native ?) ; not native in Scotland or Ireland ; fl. June-July. — Glabrous, 

 shining. Stems 1-2 ft., rather stout, pendulous. Leaves £-l§ in., shortly 

 petioled, gland-dotted. Peduncles stout, about equalling the leaves, solitary, 

 rarely in pairs. Flowers homogamous. Sepals ovate-cordate, acute. 

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

 Distrib. Europe. 



Section 2. Naumbur'gia, Moinch (gen. ). Flowers 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, local, from Dumbarton and Forfar to York, Lan- 

 caster and Notts ; fl. June-July. — Glabrous or nearly so. Rootstock creep- 

 ing, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., stout, simple. Leaves rarely whorled, 

 lower small, upper 2-3 in., covered with black dots. Racemes f-l£ in., 

 from the lower axils, cylindxic, peduncles long, suberect; pedicels | in., as 



