114 LYCOPODIUM-MAGNOLIA. 



spherical ; outer coat downy, which peeling off, leaves the leathery inner 

 coat ; seeds black, lighter than air, and appearing like smoke. In meadows. 



lYCOPODIUM. 21—1. (Pilices.) [From iuAos, a wolf, and pojis, foot, so called from its sup- 

 posed resemblance.] 

 complana'tum, (ground pine, g-y. Ju. 1\..) creeping, erectish ; branches alter- 

 nate, dichotomous ; leaves bifareous, connate, spreading at the tips ; spikes 

 in pairs, peduncled. Woods. 



LYCOPSIS. 5—1. {BoraginecB.') [From lukos, a wolf, and opsis, aspect, because it is a roughs 

 looking plant.] 

 arven"sis, (b. Ju. %.) leaves lanceolate, repand-toothed ; racemes in pairs t 

 flowers sessile ; whole plant hispid. 



LYCOPUS. 2—1. {Labialoi.') [From Zm^os, a wolf, and pous, afoot, sometimes called wolfSi 

 claw.] 

 europe'us, (water horehound, w. Au. ©.) smooth; stem acutely 4-cornered{ 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, with large acute teeth; lower ones somewhat 

 pinnatifid ; segments of the calyx acuminate, terminating in short spines. 

 1-2 f. 

 virgin"icus, (bugle weed, w. J. 11-.) leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate, tapering 

 and entire at the base ; calyx shorter than the seed, spineless; flowers in 

 whorls. Wet places. 



LYSIMACHIA. 5—1. {Lysimachi(B.) [From Lysimachus, its discoverer.] 

 stric/'ta, (loose-strife, y. Ju. %..) raceme terminal, very long, lax; leaves op- 

 posite, lanceolate, sessile ; petals lanceolate, spreading. 1-2 f. 

 cilia'ta, (y. J. "4) sub-pubescent ; leaves opposite, long petioled, sub-cordate, 

 oval ; petioles ciiiate ; pedicels somewhat in pairs ; lowers nodding. 2-4 f. 

 q%adrifo'lia, {%..) branching; stem smooth; leaves sessile, opposite, very 



long-linear; peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, l-flowered. 2-3 f. 

 capita'ta, (y. J. %.') stem smooth, simple, punctate ; leaves opposite, sessile, 

 broad-lanceolate, punctate ; peduncles axillary, elongated ; flowers in dense 

 heads, 6-7-parted. Swamps. Stem 1 f. 

 quadrijlo'ra, branching; stem smooth; leaves sessile, opposite, long-linear; 

 peduncles in fours, sub-terminal, l-flowered. 2-3 f. 

 LYTHRUM. 11 — 1. (Salicarioi.) [From luthron, blood, so called from its colour.] 



salica'ria, (purple loose-strife, p. Ju. %.) pubescent; leaves opposite and ter- 

 nate, sessile, lanceolate, cordate at the base ; flowers with 12 stamens, 

 (sometimes 5 or 8,) terminal, whorled-spiked ; capsule oblong. Wet mea- 

 dows. Stem 2 f 

 virga'tum, (p. Ju. I^.) leaves opposite, lanceolate, glabrous; stem panicled^ 



flowers axillary, in threes, pedicelled ; stamens 12. S. 

 ala'tum, (p. Ju. 'l]..) very glabrous, stem winged ; flowers hexandrous, axilla- 

 ry, solitary, sessile. 2-3 f. iS. 

 verticilla'tum, (swamp willow-herb, p. Au. %.) pubescent; leaves opposite, or 

 in threes, lanceolate, petioled; flowers axillary, somewhat in whorls; fruit 

 globose ; stamens 10. Wet grounds. 2 f. 

 MACROTYS. 12—1. (RanunculacecB.) [From muH-rcs, large, and 6o<r«s, a raceme.] 

 racemo'sa, (bug-bane, blacksnake-root, cohosh, w. Ju. %.) leaves decompound; 

 leafets oblong-ovate, gash-toothed ; racemes in wand-like spikes; capsules 

 ovate. Woods. 3-9 f. 

 MAGNOLIA. 13—13. [From Magnol, who wrote on Botany in 1720.] 

 glau'ca, (sweet bay, swamp laurel, w. J. I2.) leaves glaucous beneath, peren- 

 nial, obtuse, elliptical ; flowers 9-12-petalled ; petals obovate, concave. A 

 large shrub with whitish bark ; flowers solitary, odorous. Var. latifolia^ 

 has deciduous leaves. Var. longifolia, has leaves acute at both ends, pe- 

 rennial. N. J. to Car. 

 acumina'ta, (cucumber-tree, b-y. J. I7.) leaves deciduous, ova], acuminate^ 

 pubescent beneath ; flowers 6-9-petalled ; petals obovate. Mountains 

 Penn. to Car. A tree, sometimes 70 feet high. 

 tripe'tala, (umbrella-tree, w. J. Vi.) leaves large, deciduous, cuneate-lanceOi 

 late, acute, silky when young ; petals 9, oval-lanceolate acute, the ouleJ 

 ones reflexed. "Mountains, woods. Penn. to Geo. A small tree, with 

 very large leaves and flowers. 



