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lonT, iiitliiT iVa^ilo. Leaves I to 1 A inch loiipr, rounded or subcordnte 

 at tlie base, sparingly dotted with reddisii f,d:inds sunk in the Kubstance 

 of the leaf; petiole about Jth of the kiifrth of the lamina. IVduneles 

 X to 1 ineh long, generally solitary and opposite, but sometimes, in 

 phieo of a single one, there arc 2 from the axil of one leaf, united 

 togethi-r at the very base, recurved in fruit. Klowtrs somewhat re- 

 sembling those of L. punctata, i} inch across, bright yellow, witli reddisii 

 immersed glands, and small yellow superficial glands. Plant green, 

 glabrous, the leaves slightly shining. The fruit I have never seen, as, 

 like many other creeping plants, it appears to produce it very rarely. 



Creeping Jenny. Moneywort. 



Fi-cnch, Li/simaqiie nummulaire. German, rximlUiUMfjcr Friedhs. 

 This is n pretty nnil well-known plant, and well rcpnj-s the trouble of those who, 

 seeking it in its native haunts, will tnins])lant it on to the garden rockwork or orna- 

 mental ba-sket, where its pretty bright yellow flowers and round money-shaped leaves 

 hang over the sides. 



SPECIES VI.— L YSIMACHIA NEMORUM. Linn. 



Plate MCXLV. 



ReUh. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MLXXXIV. Fig. 1. 

 LiUot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. ll'A. 



Stems decumbent, flexible, rooting at the base, ascending or erect 

 at the ape.x. Leaves opposite, very shortly stalked, ovate or oval-ovate, 

 acute, not punctate. Flowers solitary in the axils of a few of the 

 leaves in tlie upper half of the stem; peduncles a.xillary, opposite, 

 1 -flowered, a little longer than the leaves. Calyx segments strap- 

 shajjed-subulate, very acute. Corolla rotate, with 5 oval obtuse rc- 

 pand or entire spreading segments, without a tooth in the sinus 

 l)(.'tween them, without glands on either side or reddish points, not 

 ciliated. Stamens 5 ; filaments glabrous, not united at the base. 

 Plant glabrous. 



\\\ moist woods and hcdgebanks. Common, and generally distributed, 

 but more abundant in the north, though it appears not to reach the 

 Orkney or Shetland Islands. 



England, Scotland, L-eland. Perennial. Eiu-Iy Summer to 

 Autumn. 



Stem creeping, branched ; the shoots of the year ascending, fle.xuous, 

 3 inches to I foot long, brittle. Leaves J to 2 inches long, of which 

 the j)etiole in the largest leaves is not more than \ inch. Pedimdes 

 very slender, frecpiently 1 \ or 2 inches long, recurved in fruit. Corolla 

 J, to ^ inch across, rich yellow, resembling in shape that of Anagallis 

 urvensis. Filaments much more slender than in any of the preceding 



