PRIMROSE FAMILY 



The Whorled Loosestrife, Lysimachia quadrifdlia, 

 often stands in the tangle not far from the home of 

 Lysimachia terrestris. It may be recognized by its 

 leaves, usually in a whorl of four; and in the axils of 

 all the upper whorls, on long slender peduncles, is a 



Money. Lysimdchia nummuldria 



solitary yellow blossom greatly resembUng that of its 

 neighbor. 



Money, Creeping Charley, Lysimdchia nummuldria, 

 the well-known trailing plant, has now run wild, and 

 great banks of roadsides may be found yellow with it 

 in midsummer. The stem creeps; the small, round 

 leaves are opposite; and the pretty, yellow flowers are 

 solitary on short peduncles from the axils of the leaves. 

 It is a vigorous plant, long ago it forsook the garden 

 enclosure and now romps at will on highway and by- 

 way. It is, of course, an emigrant from Europe. 



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