10 PRIMULACE^. Lysimachia. 



4. Lysimachia hybrida, Mlchx. Hijhrid Loosestrife. 



Stem smooth ; leaves opposite, on longish slightly ciliate petioles, lanceolate, acute at each 

 end; peduncles mostly in pairs, one-flowered; flowers somewhat nodding. — Michx. fl. 1. 

 p. 126; Pursh,Jl\.p. 136; Turr. Jl. \. p. 211 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 75 ; Beck, hot. p. 290 ; 

 Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 125; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 122. L. heterophylla, Nutt. gen. 1. 

 p. 121, not of Michx. 



Stem 1 - 2 feet high, branching above, angular. Leaves 2-3 inches long and 4-6 lines 

 wide, tapering at the base into a petiole, not dotted ; the margin rough, but not serrulate. 

 Peduncles from the leafy summits of the branches, about an inch long. Calyx-segments 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla pale yellow, smaller than in the preceding species, minutely 

 glandular at the base : segments abruptly acuminate, crenulate. Stamens as in L. ciliata. 



Wet grassy meadows and borders of salt marshes. Fl. July - August. Nearly allied to 

 the preceding species, but I have never met with intermediate forms. It is readily distinguished 

 by its narrower leaves, which are acute at the base, and the less ciliate petioles. 



5. Lysimachia longifolia, Pursh. Revohite Loosestrife. 



Stem quadrangular, branched above ; leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly linear, revolute on 

 the margin, not dotted ; peduncles 1-flowered, somewhat terminal, nodding. — Pursh, fl. 1. 

 p. 135; Duhy in DC. prodr. 8. p. 63. L. revoluta, Nutt. gen. 1. p- 122; Toit. fl. 1. 

 p. 212 ; Beck, hot. p. 291 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 122. 



Plant smooth. Stem 12-18 inches high. Leaves somewhat coriaceous ; the radical ones 

 spatulate, on long petioles ; those of the stem about 3 inches long and 2 lines broad, with 

 smaller ones in the axils, giving them the appearance of being venicillate. Peduncles mostly 

 at the summit of the stem and at the extremity of the branches, slender. Segments of the 

 calyx ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla yellow ; the lobes broadly ovate, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, imdulate. Stamens nearly equal : filaments ..... with intermediate 

 teeth : anthers linear oblong, very large. Capsule 5-valved, many-seeded. 



On calcareous rocks about the Falls of Niagara {Dr. Eddy, Mr. Cooper tj- Dr. Sartivell). 

 August. A very ornamental species. 



6. Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Linn. Tufted Loosestrife. 



Nearly smooth ; stem simple ; leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, dotted ; flowers in 

 axillary pedunculate capitate racemes, 5 - 7-parted. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 147 ; Michx. fl. 1. 

 p. 127 ; Engl. hot. <. 761 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 74. L. capitata, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 135 ; Torr. 

 fl. 1. p. 212; Beck, hot. p. 290. Naumbergia thyrsiflora, Duhy in DC. prodr. 8. p. 60. 



Stem assurgent, 1-2 feet high, terete, sometimes a little pubescent ; the lower and sub- 

 merged part jointed, naked or with scales instead of leaves. Leaves 3-6 inches long and 

 from half an inch to an inch or move broad, minutely dotted with black glands, slightly villous 



