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This is regarded as a hybrid between Lysimachia quadri- 

 folia and Lysimachia terrestris. 



Lysimachia terrestris (L.) BSP. (terrestrial). 

 Lysimachia stricta Ait. 



Frequent. Low grounds and open swamps. Late June — 

 Aug. 



Lysimachia Nummularia L. (coin-like, referring to the shape 



of the leaves). 

 Moneywort. Yellow Myrtle. 



Frequent. Lawns, roadsides and waste places, usually in 

 moist soil. June — July. Naturalized from Europe. 



An escape from gardens and often a pest in lawns. 



The plant is medicinal, in domestic practice applied to 

 sores and wounds. 



Lysimachia thyrsiflora L. (having its flowers in a thyrse). 

 Naumburgia thyrsiffora Duby. 

 Tufted Loosestrife. 



Rare or local. Wet places about ponds : North Branford 

 (G. H. Bartlett), Bloomfield and East Granby (Weatherby), 

 Plainville (J. N. Bishop), Southington (Andrews), Hamden 

 and Litchfield (Harger), Norfolk (J. H. Barbour), Kent (C. 

 K. Averill), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps, Bissell). June — 

 early July. 



STEIRONEMA Raf. 



Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf. (fringed). 

 Fringed Loosestrife. 



Frequent. Thickets and low grounds. July — Aug. 



Steironema lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray (lance-shaped). 



Swamps and borders of ponds and streams. Rare inland : 

 Ledyard and North Stonington (Graves), New Milford (I. 

 Holden & Baker) . Occasional near the coast. July — Aug. 



TRIENTALIS L. Chickweed Wintergreen. 



Trientalis americana (Pers.) Pursh. 

 Star Flower. 



Occasional to frequent. Rich, usually moist woods. 

 May — June. 



