PUIMULACEiiE. 1 I r 



In slnuly places. Vi-ry raiv, and not iiuli^'cnous. " I)iiI\frlon, 

 Hovon:" I'ruf. lial)iii^'toii. " Soutli-wi-st of Scotland :" Mr. l>LMitliaiii. 

 \iu\ ii pk'iitiliil by roadsides iu Glen Clovu, ForlUrshire : Dr. (j. 

 Lawhun. 



[England, Scotland.] IVnnnial. SuinnuT, Antuinn. 



Plant witli the general habit of L. vnlgaris, bnt more pubescent; 

 the leaves oiten more distinctly stalked, connnoidy 4 in a whorl, 

 broader towards the base, 1.^ to 3 inches long, and the uj)perniost 

 ones not so small as in L. vulgaris; the peduncles are almost always 

 simple, often in pairs from the axils of each leaf in the whorl ; the sepals 

 are nnich narrower and nmch more pubescent ; the corolla is more 

 Baucershaped, larger (^ to 1 inch across), sprinkled with glands on 

 the outside, and ciliated with short gland-tip|)ed hairs; the anthers 

 are cond)ined for a greater portion of their length, the stem espe- 

 cially is much more woolly, and the whole plant is more thickly 

 pubescent than in the ordinary state of L. vulgaris. I have seen 

 no Dritish specimens but those from Clova, which cpiite agree with 

 L. verticillata of Bieberstein, which appears to be a very slight 

 variety of L. punctata. 



Punctate Loosestrife. 



French, Li/simaque ponctuie. Gei-man, punktirier Fn'edlos. 



SPECIES IV.— LYSIMACHI A CILIATA. Linn. 

 Plate MCXLIII. 

 neich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. X\'II. Tab. 'SlhXXXVJ. Fig. I. 



Stem erect, stiff. Leaves opposite, shortly stalked, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, not punctate. Flowers in an interrupted raceme, ter- 

 minated by a false corymb; peduncles axillary, whorled, 1-flowered. 

 Calyx segments oblong-strapshaped, abruptly acuminate, and very 

 acute, with 5 oval cuspidate denticulate spreading segments, without 

 a tooth in the sinus between each, thickly dotted -with glands 

 on the inside towards the base only, not ciliated w^ith gland-tij^ped 

 hairs. Corolla rotate, nearly flat. Stamens 10, the alternate ones 

 reduced to triangular lobes without anthers; all united at the base 

 into a very short ring. Plant nearly glabrous, with the margins 

 of the leaves shortly ciliated, and the petioles with long remote 

 cartilaginous ciliai. 



In shady places. Very rare, and not indigenous. A native of North 

 .\nierica. Naturalised near Scrbergham in Cumberland ; also in woods 

 at Kingcausie, Kincardineshire. This last station is on the site of a 



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