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Of this singular genus there are 4 other species; viz. 1 

 In Europe and 3 in India. 



136. SAMOLUS. L. (Brook- weed. Water Pira- 

 pernei.) 



Calix 5-cIeft, semisuperior, persistent. Corol- 

 la salverforin, 5-lobetl; with 5 intermediate 

 scales. Stamina included in the tube, and oppo- 

 site the lobes of the corolla. Capsule half-infe- 

 rior, 1 -celled, 5-toothed, many-scededj recepta- 

 cle unconnected. 



Leaves alternate; flowers racemose, axillary and termi- 

 nal, pedicells mostly by pairs, geniculate, a single bracte 

 at the ariiculation. 



Species. 1. S. Valerandi. 



A genus of but a single species, excluding the >S'. repens, 

 which is the Sheffiehlia repens of Linnaeus. The Samoliis 

 is found in marshes near the sea-coast in every part of the 

 world. 



187. LYSIMACHIA. L. (Loosestrife.) 



Calix 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5 -cleft. Stigma 

 1. Capsule 1 -celled, globular, mucronate, 5 or 

 10-valved, few or many-seeded. 



Leaves opposite and verticillate; flowers axillary or ter- 

 minal, solitary, spiked, or corymbose. Staminiferous fila- 

 ments, in most of the American species glandulous. 



Species. § i. Stamens unequal, 3 long and 2 short, 

 united into a short tube. — 1. L. angustifoUa. 2. recemosa. 

 Probably a mere variety of the preceding. 3. HerbemorJi, 

 Elliott. '^. quadri folia. Stem, under side and margin 

 of the leaves conspicuously hairy; leaves verticillate, in 

 fours and fives, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, opaquely 

 punctate; nerves lateral, confluent in a marginal linej 

 peduncles mucti shorter than the lower leaves; seg- 

 ments of the corolla ovate, obtuse, often emarginate; 

 capsule 5-valved, about 5-seeded, 2 or 3 of them often 

 abortive; seeds convex, angular, punctate. — § ii. Sta- 

 mina equal, segregate, with intermediate dentures. — 5. 

 a'liata. 6. hijbrida. 7 . heteropliylla? Upper part of the stem 

 hexangular; radical leaves lanceolate-ovate, upper leaves 

 linear -lanceolate, subsessile, often obliquely and undu- 

 lately reflected towards the base, petiole subciliate; floral 

 leaves verticillate; peduncles opposite aud verticillate: s^g- 

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