LYSIMACHIA 



date-ovate, acute, subsessile: corolla lobesoval. denticu- 

 late, glandular-ciliate, acute ; stamens united. Very 

 similar to L. vulgaris, but diflfers in the calyx lobes not 

 red-margined : fls. in axillary, equidistant whorls, not 

 paniculate, and corolla glandular. Eu. W. Asia. B.M. 

 2295 (as L. verticillaris). 



AA. Flowers white. 

 clethroldes, Duby. Tall and stout, 3 ft. high or less, 

 sparingly pubescent, rarely glabrous : Ivs. opposite, 

 large, 3-6 in. long, and sessile, broadly lanceolate, at- 

 tenuate at each end, radical spatulate: fls. y^ in. in 

 diam., in a very long, slender, terminal 1-sided spike; 

 pedicels short, bracts subulate; corolla lobes ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse; stamens not monadelphous. Japan. 

 Mn. 8, p. HI. -Fine for cut-flowers, also for border. 



Michx. -Sfir . . " ■ ■ - i /.,,,,' Hiilt.= 



Steironem;. la - ' ' ' '■ I' ^ l.ini-eo- 



late: Hs.carmin- i . - i i^ '^ i ' "" ^■/!;- 



Lvs. lanceolati': il ' "■■'■■• li.M. 



4941.— i.panv;//- . I iMlljiry 



or in head. Cliiin I ■ M :::.'' I i-'-^'mmhn irii,,,i .--iiiiilar 

 toL. quadrifoliii, l.ul il-. II. .i ilL,MM. ; i,iiu;a.a i.i..:ui.'. Lust- 

 ern U. H.-L. pruducla. Fi-riKilil. Siiiiihir to L, stncta, but 

 lower lvs. often verticillate and raceme very leafy, bracts pass- 

 ing into the foliagelvs. Eastern U.S.-i. thyrsiflbra, Linn.= 

 Nauraburgia thyrsiflora. K. M. WlEGAND. 



L'^THEUM (Greek, blood; possibly from the styptic 

 properties of some species, or the color of the fls.). 

 LyIhrAceie. About 12 widely scattered species of herbs 

 or subshrubs, of which 3 are cult, in hardy borders. 

 Branches 4-angled : lv.s. opposite or alternate, rarely 

 whorled, linear-oblong or lanceolate, entire: fls. rosy 

 purple or white, in the upper axils usually solitary, 



LYTHRU5I 



lower down more or less whorled; calyx tube cylindrical, 

 »-12-ribbed; petals 4-6, obovate; stamens as many or 

 twice as many: capsule 2-celled, with an indtfluite 

 number of seeds. 



Lythrums' grow about 2-3 ft. high in the wild, but im- 

 prove wonderfully in cultivation, often attaining 4-5 ft. 

 and flowering freely. Some of them are called willow- 

 herbs or soldiers in England from their strong, erect 

 habit and willow-like leaves. They are of easy culture 

 in any moist soil, and are usually planted amid shrub- 

 bery, where they hold their own. They are denizens of 

 low grounds, swamps and meadows. They flower in 

 summer and are prop, by division. A nameless species 

 from Japan has been considerably advertised of late, 

 but the specimen in the writer's hands is L. a latum. 

 A. Stamens twice as many as the petals. 

 B. Fls. in an interrupted, leafy spike. 



Salic&ria, Linn. Spiked or Purple Loosesteife. 

 Fig. 1342. Height 2-3 ft. : lvs. opposite or sometimes in 

 whorls of three, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long: fls. purpli 

 stamens barely if at all exserted. North temp, regions. 

 Australia. B. B. 2: 473.- Best of the genus. Vars, 

 8up6rbumand roseum, Hort.,have rose-colored fls. Var, 

 rdseum sup^rbum, Hort., may be the same as the pre 

 cfdiiig varieties. It is large-fld., rose-colored, more 

 robust (4-6 ft.), and somewhat later in blooming. It is 

 an excellent form. It is generally sold as L. roseum 

 superbitm (not as a var. of L. Saliearia). 



BB. Fls. solitary in the upper axils, racemose. 

 virgitum, Linn. Lower lvs. opposite, rounded at the 

 base: calyx not bracted. Eu., N. Asia. 



umerous than the petals. 

 stly alternate, obtuse: sta- 

 mens exserted. N.Am. B.B. 2:472. 



F. W. Bakclav and W. M. 



AA. Stamens not n 

 alitum, Pursh. Lv 



