278 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Lysimachia. 



pointed^ fringed calyx, all more or less downy. Leaves on short 

 stalks, 2, 3, or 4 together, 2 or 3 inches long, varying in breadth, 

 single-ribbed, veiny ; often downy beneath. Fl. an inch broad. 

 Stam. combined, smooth. Caps, rarely perfected. 



2. L. tkyrs'ijiora. Tufted Loosestrife. 

 Clusters lateral, axillary, stalked. 



L. thyrsiflora. Linn. Sp. PL 209. Willd. vA. 818. FL Br. 228. 



EngL Bot. V. 3. t. 1 7Q. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 18. 7. Houk. Scot 



72. FLDan. L517. 

 L. n. 631. HalLHisL v. 1.2/9. 

 L. lutea, flore globoso. Raii Syn. 283. Ger. Em. 475. /. How 



PhyL7l. 

 L. lutea. Clus.Hist. v. 2. 53. both Jig. 

 Lysimachium aquatile. Dad. Pempt. 607./. 



In watery places, very rare in England. 



In the East Riding of Yorkshire J Mr. Dodsworth. Rfl!/. By King's 

 Langley, Hertfordshire. Hoic. In Anglesea ; Mr. Lhwyd. Dil- 

 lenius. By the side of Loch Lomond ; in a bog at Forfar ; and 

 very plentifully in the borders of a lake, 4 miles east of Forfar. 

 Mr. J. Mackay. In a marsh beyond Fossil, North Britain ; Mr. 

 Hopkirk ; and by the lakes of Rcscabie and Balgawen, Angus- 

 shire, frequent j Mr. David Don. Hooker. 



Perennial. July. 



Roots creeping, with whorled fibres. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, round, 

 quite simple, erect, leafy, slightly woolly. Leaves numerous, 

 opposite, sessile, smooth, lanceolate. FL small, yellow, in dense, 

 slightly branched, stalked, solitary, ovate, opposite, axillary, 

 downy clusters, about the middle part of the stem. Cor. dotted 

 with red, perfectly wheel-shaped, with solitary minute teeth be- 

 tween the segments. Stam. smooth, slender, as long as the co- 

 rolla, or longer. Capsules rarely seen. 



** 



Sialks single-lowered. 



3. L, nemorum. Wood Loosestrife. Yellow Plni- 

 pernel. 



Leaves ovate, acute. Flowers solitary. Stem procumbent. 

 Stamens smooth. 



L. nemorum. Linn. Sp. PL 2\l. Willd. v. 1 . 820. FL Br. 228. 



Engl. Bat. v. 8. L 527. CurL Lond.fasc. 5. t. 18. Hook. Scot 72. 



Fl.^Dan. t. 1/4. Ehrh. Phyt33. 

 L. n. 628. HalL HisL v.l. 27S. 

 Anagallis lutea. Raii Syn. 282. Ger. Em. 618. f. 

 A. flavo flore. Clus.Hist. v. 2. 182. f. 



In moist woods, and shady, rather watery, places, 



