268 61. PRIMXILACEJ3. 



more or less pink with darker spots, 2-horned spots at tlie mouth. 

 Fr.-ped. rolled up spirally.— Woods near the borders of East 

 Sussex and Kent ! Mr. W. W. Saunders. P. VIII. E. 



4. Lysimachia Linn. Loose-strife. 



1. L. thyrsijlora (L.); racemes axillary stalked dense, 1. oppo- 

 site lanceolate.— S. B. 176.— St. 1—2 ft. high. Fl. small, very 

 manj'. Cor. divided almost to its base into narrow segments 

 separated by minute teeth, yellow and as well as the cal. spotted 

 with orange. Stam. combined below into a short ring.' — Marshes 

 in the north. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. L. vulgaris (L.); st. erect, panicles compound terminal and 

 aodllary, I. ovate or ovale-lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 

 4 in a whovl, cor .-segments entu-e with glabrous edges, stam. 5 

 combined through half their length. — E. B. 761. — St. 2 — 3 feet 

 high. L. variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much 

 branched or nearly simple. — Sides of rivers and pools. P. VII. 



[L. punctata (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 

 1-fl., 1. ovate-lanceolate slightly stalked opposite or whorled, 

 upper 1. narrower, cor.-segm. ovate glandular-ciliate, stam. 5 

 combined through half their length. — L. westphalica Gardn. 

 Chron. 1S54, 614.— St. 1— li ft. high. St. and 1. downy. Sep. 

 nan'ow-lanceolate. Cor. yellow. Pet. rarely branched, downy, 

 falling short of leaves. — Diilverton, Devon ! P. VI. VII.] 



*3. L. ciliata(L.); st. erect, ^erf. asiHary opposite or whorled 

 racemose, I. opposite or 4 in a fev^ of the uppermost whorls ovate- 

 lanceolate subcordate with ciliated stalks, cor. -segments roundish 

 crenate obtuse cuspidate, filamenis 10 free 5 sterile. — E. B. S. 

 2922.— Fl. yellow. Ped. nodding at the end. St. 3 feet high? 

 —Near Serbergham, Cumb. Mr. Jf. Backhouse. P. VII. E. 



4. L. Nummularia (L.); st. prostrate creeping, _/Z. solitary 

 axillary, sep. ovate acute, filamenis glandular connected at the 

 base, 1. opposite roundish or ovate shortly stalked. — E. B. 528. 

 — Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Fl. occasionally in pairs. 

 — Damp places. P. VI. VII. Moneywort. 



5. L. nemorum (L.); st. prostrate, fl. axillary solitary, sep. 

 linear-lanceolate, filaments smooth distinct, 1. opposite ovate acute 

 shortly stalked. — E. B. 527. — Peduncles longer than the 1. 

 Caps. 5-valved but usually dividing longitudinally into 2 parts, 

 sometimes indehiscent. Stam. distinct. — Woods and damp shady 

 places. P. VI.— VIII. 



5. Anagallis Linn. Pimpernel. 

 1. A. arvensis {L.) ; st. procumbent or erect, fl. axillary soli- 



