122 PENTANDHIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



Seeds numerous, angular. Named from lysis, dissolving, and 

 mache, battle. 101. 



* Stalks many -flowered. 



1. L. vulgdris. Great Yellow Loose-strife. Clusters panicled, 



terminal, leaves between egg-shaped and lance-shaped, acute. 



Root creeping : stems four feet high, erect, angled : flowers yellow. 

 Perennial : flowers in July : grows in wet shady places : rare. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xi. pi. 761. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 278. 318. 



2. L. thyrsiflora. Tufted Loose-strife. Clusters lateral, stalked. 

 Root creeping : stems two feet high, erect, simple : leaves nu- 

 merous, opposite, sessile> lance-shaped : flowers small, yellow. 

 Perennial : flowers in July : grows in watery places : rare. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. iii. pi. 176. Eng. FL vol. i. p. 279. 319. 



** Stalks single-flowered. 



3. L. nemoriim. Wood Loose-strife. Yellow Pimpernel. Leaves 



egg-shaped, acute; stem procumbent ; stamens smooth.' Stems 



from six to twelve inches long : flowers golden yellow. Perennial : 

 flowers from May to September : grows in woods and thickets : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 528. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 279. 320. 



4. L. Nummuldria. Creeping Loose-strife. Money-tvort. Leaves 

 approaching to heart-shaped ; flowers solitary ; stem prostrate, 

 creeping ; stamens glandular, Stems compressed with four pro- 

 minent angles, from one to two feet long: flowers pale lemon- 

 coloured. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in wet 

 meadows, and on the borders of rivulets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 viii. pi. 528. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 280. 321. 



17. ANAGA'LLIS. . PIMPERNEL. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute,, 

 spreading segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, wheel- 

 shaped, without a tube, the limb nearly flat, divided into five 

 egg-shaped segments. Filaments slender, erect, shorter than the 

 corolla, covered with glandular hairs ; anthers heart-shaped. 

 Germen globular. Style thread-shaped ; stigma knobbed, 

 Capsule round, one-celled', splitting across into two valves. Seeds 

 numerous, angular. Named from anagelao, to laugh. 102. 



1. A.arven'sis. Common Scarlet Pimpernel. Leaves egg-shaped, 

 dotted beneath ; stem procumbent; corolla minutely notched. 

 Stem trailing, branched, square : leaves sessile : corolla scarlet, with 

 a violet-coloured mouth, sometimes blue. Annual : flowers in the 

 summer months : grows in fields and gardens : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxvi. pi. 529. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 281. 322. 



2. A. tenel'la. Bog Pimpernel. Leaves roundish, somewhat 



pointed, stalked ; stem creeping. Root and stems creeping : 



leaves finely dotted beneath : flowers erect, rose-coloured. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July and August : grows on wet heaths and meadows : 

 not uncommon. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 530. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 282. 



323. 



18. AZA'LEA. AZALEA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply divided into five acute, 

 erect segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, bell-shaped, 



