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ments of the corolla entire, acute, spotted at base. Stamens un- 

 equal, two long and three short, united at base, and covered with 

 glandular hairs. Germ globose, dotted. Style straight. Cap- 

 sule spherical, five valved, punctate with black warts. — Some- 

 times the number of flowers and leaves in a whorl varies to 

 three or five. — Common in various soils. — June. 

 Lysimachia stricta. Ait. Upright Loosestrife. 



Racemes terminal; petals lanceolate, spreading; 

 leaves lanceolate, sessile. Ait. 

 Syn, Lysimachia kacemosa. Lam. Mich. 

 Lysimachia bulbifera. Curtis. 



A very elegant species, its long, upright raceme appearing 

 like a hollow cylinder of flowers. Stem erect, smooth. Leaves 

 glabrous, dotted acute. Raceme often half a foot in length. 

 Flowers on horizontal, capillary footstalks an inch in length. 

 Calyx acute. Segments of the corolla lanceolate, yellow, black 

 at base. Filaments pubescent, monadelphous, three short and 

 two long; anthers sagittate. Germ globose, style ascending. 

 Longer than the stamens ; capsule five valved. This species pro- 

 duces stem bulbs in the axils of the leaves. — Wet grounds. — 

 July.— Perennial. 



85. SABBATIA. 

 Sabbatia chloroides. JPh. Sahhatia.- 



Slender, leaves lanceolate, erect ; branches few, 

 one flowered ; flowers ten or twelve parted, calyx 

 segments linear, short€r than the corolla. 

 Syn. Chlora dodecandra. L. 



Chironia chloroides. Mr.. 



Stem a foot or more in height, erect, smooth, four angled, with 

 opposite branches, the branches often higher than the stem and 

 dichotomous. Leaves opposite, short, smooth, clasping, lanceo- 

 late, entire, erect. Flowers large, solitary on long peduncles* 

 Calyx divided into about twelve linear segments. Corolla much 

 larger than the calyx, divided to the base into about ten seg- 

 ments, which are oblong, obtuse, red, with a large yellow spot 

 at base,, edged with brown.. Stamens about twelve, anthers yel- 



