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LYSIMACHTA. 



growing to a height of 6 to 9 in. from 

 a creeping root, are much branched 

 and clothed with small, bright, shin- 

 ing green leaves. Fruit- cones yellow, 

 long, cylindrical, and, like the stem, 

 erect. A native of moist woods in 

 North America, and high mountains 



of the Southern United States. 



"Well adapted for the embellishment 

 of rockwork, where it should be estab- 

 lished in a deep bed of moist, sandy 

 peat, fully exposed to the sun. Careful 

 division and spores, which should be 

 sown in a moist spot, in a half -shady 

 position, the soil being made level and 

 firm, and surfaced with a little silver 

 sand. 



Lysimachia angustifolia (Narrow- 

 leaved L.} A graceful kind (a va- 

 riety of L. lanceolata), with smooth, 

 branching stems, 12 to 18 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; pale yellow, 

 small, drooping, in short terminal 

 racemes ; divisions of the corolla 

 oblong. Leaves, dotted, long, linear. 



North America. Borders, in sandy 



soil. Division. 



Lysimacliia Ephemerum (Willow- 

 leaved L). A distinct kind, of grace- 

 ful habit, and with sea-green leaves ; 

 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 white, in handsome upright racemes ; 

 corolla wheel-shaped, divisions blunt, 

 spreading; stamens projecting. Leaves, 

 linear- lance-shaped, stalkless, smooth, 

 entire. Stem smooth, round, hollow. 

 A native of several parts of Southern 



Europe. Naturalized in copses or 



woods, or occasionally in borders in 

 light soil. Division. 



Lysimachia Leschenaultii (Carmine 

 L.} A very interesting kind, about 

 1 ft. high. Flowers, late in autumn ; 

 of a brilliant carmine. Leaves, lanceo- 

 late, acute, sometimes opposite or ter- 

 nate, sometimes alternate. Stem, 

 herbaceous, branching, tufted. Mala- 

 bar. This is too tender to be re- 

 commended for general cultivation, 



but is worth a place in the rock- 

 garden, in sandy soil, in warm spots in 

 the southern counties. Division. 



Lysimachia Nummularia (Creeping 

 Jenny). A well-known creeping 

 plant. Flowers, in summer and 

 autumn ; bright yellow, large and 

 very handsome, freely produced on 

 axillary stalks snorter than the leaves ; 

 corolla rotate, nearly 1 in. across, 

 deeply divided into 5 ovate, pointed 

 lobes. Leaves, opposite, roundish, on 

 short, broad stalks, smooth, somewhat 

 veined. There is a variety with the 



leaves blotched with yellow. Ditch 



banks, etc., borders, vases, and rock- 

 work, in any soil. Division. 



Lysimachia thyrsiflora (Tufted L.) 

 A semi-aquatic kind, with erect 

 stems, 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; yellow, smaller than those 

 of the Common L., in dense racemes ; 

 stalks many-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; corolla wheel-shaped, 

 deeply divided into narrow lobes ; 'seg- 

 ments of calyx narrow. Leaves, about 

 3 in. long, and nearly f in. broad at 

 the base, lance-shaped, acute, entire, 

 slightly pubescent beneath, stalkless, 

 many together at the top of the stern. 

 Britain, Europe, and Northern Asia 



and America. Margins of streams 



and ponds. Division. 



Lysimachia vulgar is (Common Z>.) 

 A British plant, with erect branching 

 stems, 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; yellow, in short terminal 

 leafy panicles ; peduncles many- 

 flowered ; corolla bell-shaped, lobes 

 broad ; calyx 5-divided ; divisions 

 lance-shaped, varying in breadth, 

 ciliated at the edges. Leaves, rather 

 large, mostly in whorls of 3 or 4, ovate, 

 pointed, entire, but slightly waved at 

 the edges ; stems rather hairy at top, 



smooth below. England, Ireland, 



and Scotland, but less frequent in the 

 latter ; also in other parts of Eui ope 

 and Asia. Best suited for wild places, 



