PRIMROSE FAMILY. PHmulaceae. 



A hybrid of L. quadrifolia and L. ter. 



Hybrid restris, widely distributed in the north. 



Loosestrife mi ... 



Lysimachia The smootn stem ls simple or very slightly 

 producta branched, the lance-shaped light green 



Light golden leaves, pale green beneath, grow oppos- 

 yeilow itely or in circles of 3-5, and the terminal 



flower-spike, loosely flowered, is sometimes 

 18 inches long. The corolla-divisions are dotted and 

 striped with dark red, ovate-oblong and rounded at the 

 tips. From this last fact it would seem as though the 

 plant could not easily be confused with L. terrestris or 

 L. quadrifolia^ for the flowers of both these species are 

 decidedly pointed star-shaped. In low damp ground on 

 the borders of thickets, from Me. and Mass., west to 

 Mich. (Vide Rhodora, vol. i., pp. 131-134. M. L. Eernald 

 on "Ambiguous Loosestrifes.") 



An extremely beautiful trailing vine 



Moneywort w ith a creeping, not climbing, habit, 

 or Myrtle 



Lysimachia which has become naturalized from Eu- 



nummularia rope. It takes kindly to cultivation, and 

 Light golden is particularly decorative when planted in 



rustic baskets in which it best displays the 

 September graceful pendulous character of its stems. 



The leaves are dark green, shining, small, 

 almost round, and short-stemmed. One rather large 

 light golden yellow flower, with five ovate divisions to 

 the corolla, grows from the junction of the leaf -stalk 

 and plant-stem ; it is not spotted with terra-cot ta liKe 

 the other members of this genus. Stems 6-20 inches 

 long. In moist ground near dwellings, mostly an es- 

 cape from gardens ; Eastern States. In many places it 

 is reported as a troublesome weed. Found in Campton 2 

 N. H., and Amherst, Mass. 



A low, fleshy seaside plant with oblong, 



Glaux toothless, and stemless light green leaves, 



maritema . /> i i ,, -,.. 



Purple-white f rom the bases of which grow the solitary 

 June dull purple-white or pinkish flowers with- 



out a true corolla, but with a five-scalloped 

 calyx. The seaside from N. J. and Cape Cod north. 



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