Primulaceae 



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7B. Leaves without glandular striations; corolla glandular-striate 6. L. ohsumiensis 



2B. Leaves alternate; flowers solitary on long slender axillary peduncles 7. L. sik.okiana 



IB. Flowers white. 



8A. Mountain or lowland plants; bracts linear to filiform. 

 9A. Stems angled; racemes loosely flowered. 



lOA. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to broadly linear, 3-5 mm. wide, obtuse 8. L. Uucantha 



lOB. Leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1-3 cm. wide, acuminate 9. L. acroadenia 



9B. Stems terete, not angled; racemes densely flowered. 



IIA. Racemes erect, symmetrical, radially flowering, the axis glabrous or minutely glandular-pubcrulent; flowers 5-6 mm. across; 



leaves oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, mucronate 10. L. jortunei 



IIB. Racemes nodding or ascending above, asymmetrical and one-sided, the axis usually more or less pubescent; flowers 7-12 mm. 

 across. 



12A. Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 8-15 mm. wide, obtuse to subacute, brownish pubescent 11. L. barystachys 



I2B. Leaves broadly oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2-5 cm. wide, acuminate, glabrescent 12. L. cUthroides 



8B. Seaside plant; bracts lanceolate to ovate, rather leaflike 13. L. mauritiana 



1. Lysimachia thyrsiflora L. Nanmburgia guttata 4. Lysimachia tashiroi Makino. Oni-ko-nasubi. Long- 

 Moench; JV. thyrsiflora (L.) Reichenb.; L. \amtschatica Gand. creeping, brownish pubescent perennial; stems loosely 



Yan.\gi-tora-no-o. Perennial with long-creeping rhi- branched, 5-10 cm. long; leaves opposite, broadly ovate to 



zomes; stems erect, terete, simple or sometimes sparsely broadly ovate-elliptic, 2-A cm. long, L5-3 cm. wide, rounded 

 branched, 30-60 cm. long, with reduced scalelike leaves at to very obtuse, entire, pubescent, the petioles 7-12 mm. long; 

 base; leaves opposite, oblanceolate or broadly so, 4-10 cm. flowers 1^ toward the top of stems, yellow, about 15 mm. 

 long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, obtuse or subobtuse, entire, sessile, across, the pedicels 15-20 mm. long; calyx-segments linear- 

 glabrous and green, paler and long brownish tomentose be- lanceolate, 7-10 mm. long, obtuse, long-pubescent; corolla-lobes 

 neath, black-spotted; racemes spikelike, densely many-flowered, ovate-oblong or oblong, about 15 mm. long, much longer than 

 axillary midway on the stems, the peduncles 2-3 cm. long, the calyx-lobes; ovary short-pubescent; style about 6.5 mm. 

 erect; corolla yellow, the lobes broadly linear-oblanceolate, 4-5 long. July. Kyushu (Buzen Prov.); rare. 



mm. long, obtuse, with few black spots on upper part; capsules 5. Lysimachia tanakae Maxim. Miyama-ko-nasubi. 



globose, black-spotted, about 2.5 mm. in diameter, the persist- Long-creeping herb, brownish hairy on the stems, petioles, and 



ent style about 4 mm. long. May-July. Bogs and wet flowers; leaves reniform-orbicular or ovate-cordate, 1-2 cm. in 



places; Hokkaido, Honshu (Hitachi, Kotsuke, Shimotsuke, diameter, pubescent while young, rounded to retuse, mucro- 



Echizen, and northw.). Kuriles, Sakhalin, Korea, and nate, entire, black-dotted and striate, the petioles 5-15 mm. 



cooler parts of the N. Hemisphere. long; calyx-segments oblanceolate, obtuse, 5-6 mm. long; 



2. Lysimachia vulgaris L. var. davurica (Ledeb.) R. corolla yellow, 8-10 mm. across, about 1.5 times as long as the 



Knuth. L. davurica Ledeb.; L. vulgaris var. typica R. Knuth, calyx, the lobes ovate-oblong, the pedicels 2-3.5 cm. long. 



pro parte, and aucL Japon. Kus.\-redama. Perennial June-Aug. Honshu (Kii Prov.), Shikoku, Kyushu; rare. 



herb, rhizomatous and stoloniferous; stems terete, erect, 40-80 6. Lysimachia ohsumiensis Hara. Hetsuka-ko-nasubi. 

 cm. long, simple or sparsely branched, minutely glandular- Stems long-creeping, often rooting at the nodes, pubescent 

 puberulent on upper part; leaves opposite, rarely verticillate in with soft-spreading long hairs; leaves ovate-cordate, 7-13 mm. 

 3's or 4's, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 4-12 cm. long, 1-4 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, acutish, rounded to slightly cordate at 

 wide, acuminate, acute to subobtuse at base, sessile, entire, deep base, pubescent, petioled; pedicels axillary, slender, solitary, 

 green, often whitish beneath, black-spotted; flowers in a 15-30 cm. long; calyx-segments obovate-spathulate, 3-4 mm. 

 many-flowered terminal leafy panicle or in whorls in the upper long; short-acuminate; corolla about 1 cm. wide, yellow, gland- 

 axils, the pedicels 7-12 mm. long, bracteate; flowers yellow, ular-striate; anthers oblong, about 1.2 mm. long. Kyushu 



12-15 mm. across; calyx-segments narrowly ovate-deltoid, (Ohsumi Prov.). 



acuminate, with a line of black glands near margin; corolla- 7. Lysimachia sikokiana Miq. Morokoshi-s6, Yama- 



lobes narrowly ovate, granular-papillose inside; capsules glo- kunembo. Fragrant when dry; rhizomes short; stems erect 



bose, about 4 mm. in diameter; style persistent, 5-6 mm. long. or ascending at base, angled, 30-80 cm. long, simple or spar- 



July-Aug. Wet places; Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu ingly short-branched, minutely glandular-hairy; leaves alter- 



(mountains). Temperate regions of e. Asia. nate, ovate to broadly lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 



3. Lysimachia japonica Thunb. Ko-nasubi. Pubes- entire, glabrescent, deep green, pale green beneath, the peti- 

 cent perennial; stems soon creeping, leafy; leaves opposite, oles 1-2.5 cm. long; flowers yellow, 1-1,2 cm. across, the 

 ovate or broadly so, 1-2.5 (-3) cm. long, 7-20 mm. wide, with peduncles slender, 4-8 cm. long, axillary, solitary, ebracteate; 

 pellucid dots, acute, entire, rounded at base, the petioles 5-10 calyx-segments ovate-deltoid, acuminate, minutely glandular- 

 mm. long; flowers solitary, axillary, yellow, 5-7 mm. across, ciliolate; corolla 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx, the lobes 

 erect In anthesis, soon deflexed, the pedicels 3-8(-12) mm. narrowly oblong; anthers about 4 mm. long, erect; capsules 

 long; calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as globose, whitish, about 6 mm. in diameter, deflexed, the 



the corolla or slighdy accrescent after anthesis; corolla-lobes valves crustaceous. Woods at low elevations in the moun- 



ovate-deltoid, 5-7 mm. long; capsules globose, 4-5 mm. across, tains; Honshu (Awa, Izu Prov. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyu- 



long-pubescent at tip; seeds black, ellipsoidal, 1-ridged, densely shu. Ryukyus and Formosa. 



warty, about 1 mm. long. May-June. Thickets and road- 8. Lysimachia leucantha Miq. L. Candida var. satnol- 



sides in lowlands and mountains; Hokkaido, Honshu, Shi- ina R. Knuth; L. Candida var. leucantha (Miq.) Makino 



koku, Kyushu; common. Ryukyus, Formosa, China, and Sawa-tora-no-o, Mizu-tora-no-o. Glabrous, erect perennial, 



Malaysia. 40-60 cm. high, usually unbranched; stems angled; leaves nar- 



