132 DODECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Agrimonia. 



Mountainous ivoods, rare. Between Henley and Maidenhead. E. B. 



Per. May. 



Stem short, simple, bearing two dark-green Is., and one drooping j^. 



LYTHRUM. Purple Loosestrife. 



L. Salicaria. Spiked P. L. Leaves opposite, spear- 

 shaped ; heart-shaped at the base. Flowers in whorled, 

 leafy spikes. Stamens twelve. E. B. IO6I. C. 3. 

 28. Lysimachia spicata purpurea. G. E. 476. 



Ditches, watery ■places. 



Per, July. 



Stems erect, wand-like, two to four f, four angled, leafy ; some- 

 times six angled. Ls. stalkless, three in a whorl. All opposite, or 

 all alternate. With. FL spike I'eddish, variable purple. CaJ. 

 teeth six long, six shorter, intermediate. Pet. waved. Stam. 

 twelve, in two sets. 

 A showy plant. Useful in dysentery, and diarrhoea. 



\j. hyssopifoUum. Hyssop-leaved P.L. Grass-poly. Leaves 

 alternate, linear-spear-shaped. Flowers axillary, soli- 

 tary. Stamens six. E. B. 292. Gratiola angusti- 

 folia. G. E. 581. 



Partially dried pits, or ditches ; or places where water has stagnated 

 during ivinter. * In watery pits, on the left hand of the tirst 

 Turnpike Gate on the Banbury Road. Sb. Near Dorchester. 

 G. E. Between St. Clement's' and Cowley Marsh. B.r. 



An. July. 



Stems a span, several, the principal erect, often branched : side 

 ones spreading, curved upwards, all square, purplish. FL pur- 

 ple, delicate, small. 



DODECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



AGRIMO'NIA. Agrimony. 



A. Eupatoria. Common A. Stem-leaves interruptedly 



winged ; leaflets elliptic-oblong ; terminal one stalked. 

 Calyx encompassed with bristles. Spikes elongated. 

 E. B. 1335. C. 5. 32. Agrimonia. G. E. 712. 



Bushy places, roadsides, borders of fields. 



Per. July. 



Stem upright, about two f., leafy, angular, hairy. Ls. alternate ; 

 leafl. deeply saw-toothed, and with various small intermediate 

 leaflets. Fl.-spilce terminal, long, many flowered, Jl., nearly 

 stalkless, deep-yellow, small. Cal. bell-shaped. Bract, lobed. 



