Flex. cor. 21. PRIMULACEiE. 56. IraseMa. 299 



III. 56. IRASEKIA. Schmidt. Twopejiny- grass. 

 Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla nearly bellshape, veined ; limb 



5-lobed, upright, spreading ; stamens 5 ; filaments connate 

 at the base, bearded; stigma acute; pyxidmm globose. — 

 Stem angular ; leaves opposite, petiolated ; flowers solitary. 



Irasekia alpina. jilpine twopenny-grass. 



Leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, petiolate ; stem prostrate, 

 filiform. 



Nummularia minor, flore purpurascente, Rail Syn. 283, 9 ; Ger. em. 

 632, 2 ; Park. 555. 



Lysimachia tenella, Lin. S. P. 21 1. 

 Anagallis tenella, Lin. Syst. Veg.'ed. 14, 196. 

 Iraselcia alpina, Hoffm. Germ. 2. 

 Purple/lowered moneywort. 



Inundated heaths and bogs ; perennial; July and August. 

 Stem creeping, thin ; leaves spreading, light green ; pe- 

 duncles 2 or S times as long as the leaves. 



IV. 57. LYSIMACHIA. Dioscorides. Loosestrife. 



Calyx 5-sepaied ; corolla rotate, 54obed ; stamens .5 ; 

 Jilameyits covered with capitate glandular hairs, connate at 

 the base; capsule globose, opening at the tip by many 

 valves. — Stem 'i-angular;^oa-'e7-^ axillary, solitary, or race- 

 mose. 



Flowers solitary, axillary. 



1. I/ysimachia repens. Creeping loosestrife. 

 Stem creeping; leaves roundish, rather heartshape; pe- 

 duncles solitary; sepales ovate, pointed; 



Nummularia, Rati Syn. 283, 1 ; Ger. em. G30, 1, 

 Numtnularia vulgaris, Park. 555. 

 Lysimachia Kum.nularia, Lin. S. P. 211. 

 Moneywort. Herb twopence. Twopenny-grass. 



Fields and damp pastures; perennial; June, July. 



Stem compressed, mostly simple ; leaves pale green, often 

 perennial ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; corolla glan- 

 dular. 



Flowers terminal, racemose, Iracteated. 



2. Lysimachia vulgaris. Common loosestrife. 

 Leaves opposite, attenuated, ovate, lanceolate; sepales 



lanceolate. 



Lysimachia lutea. Rail Syn. 2S2, 1 ; Ger. em. 474, 1. 

 Lysimachia lutea major vulgaris, Park. 544. 

 yellow willow-herb. 



"Watery places and rivers; perennial; July, 

 1 



