PRIMROSE FAMILY. Pnmuiaceas. 



A species closely allied to L. strict a. 

 producfa ^"® smooth stem is simple or very slightly 



Light golden branched, the lance-shaped light green 

 yellow leaves, pale green beneath, grow oppos- 



June-August j^^j^, ^^ ^^^ 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 either L. stricta or L. quad- 

 rifolia, for the flowers of both these species are de- 

 cidedly 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. 

 Fernald on " Ambiguous Loosestrifes.'') 



An extremel}^ beautiful trailing vine 

 Moneywort with a creeping, not climbing, habit, 

 r„o,-..,.,^;,;,, which has become naturalized from Eu- 



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nummularia rope. It takes kindly to cultivation, and 

 Light golden is particularly decorative when planted in 

 yellow 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-cotta like 

 the other members of tiiis 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, 

 N. H., and Amherst, Mass. 



A low, fleshy seaside plant with oblong, 

 Glaux toothless, and stemless light green leaves, 



Purple=white fi'o^^^ the bases of which grow the solitary 

 June dull purple-white or pinkish flowers witJi- 



out a true corolla, but with a five-scalloped 

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



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