604 Oedkb 78.— PRIMULACEiE. 



T. Americdna Ph. St. erect, simple, leafless at base; Iva. glomerate, few, ds> 

 row-lanceolate, serrulate, acuminate ; sep. linear, acuminate. — This little plant is 

 common in the rocky woods of Can., N. States, southward to Atalanta, Ga. St. 

 3 to 6' high, with an irregular whorl of 4 to 8, lanceolate, smooth and shining 

 Ivs. at the top. In the midst of these are 1 to 4 white, star-like fls., borne on 

 simple, filiform pedicels. The Ivs. are mostly 3' long and 1' wide. Segm. of oor. 

 longer than the acute caL Ivs. May, Jn. 



8. NAUMBUR'GIA, Moench. (Dedicated to one Naumberg, an early 

 German botanist.) Calyx and corolla deeply 5 to 6-pavtod; petals 

 liiiear-Liuceolato, spreading, separated by minute intervening teetb ; 

 stamens 5 to 0, inserted into the base of tbe corolla, exserted, anthers 

 cordate ; capsule globous, 5-valved ; seeds few, on a globous placenta, 

 ■ — -Ti with opposite Ivs. Fls. small, in dense, tbyrsoid racemes. (Ly- 

 simachia L.) 



N. thyrsiflora Moench. — An cioct, smooth herb, about 2f high, Mass., Tt., N. 1., 

 "W. to Ohio, N. to Arc. Am. Lvs. many pairs, sessile, lanceolate acute, entire, 

 punctate, somewhat canescent beneatlj» 2 to 3' by \ to 1'. Rac. somewhat 

 capitate, oij fihform, axillary ped. Fls. yellow. Stam. much exserted, united 

 into a tuba at base. Jn. 



9. LYSIMACH'IA, L. Loose-stkife. (To Lysimachus, King of 

 Sicily, who first used it. Pliny.) Calyx 5-p.irted, rotate or campanu- 

 late, tube very short ; stamens 5, inserted into the corolla at base ; 

 filaments often somewhat counate or with intervening, sterile ones ; cap- 

 sule globous, 5 to 10-valved, opening at the apux ; seeds few or many. 

 — Herbs 71, with opposite or verticillate entire lvs. (Fls. yellow.) 



§ sterile fil.aments 0. Perfect stamens 5, unequal. Leaves and often the ilowers dotted, (a) 



a Flowers verticillate, in a terminal, bracted raceme Nos. 1, % 



a Flowers opposito or verticillate, axillary or panicled Nob. 3, '1 



§ Sterile filaments 5 short teeth interposed between the perfect stamens Dotiess. (b) 



b Stem erect. Leaves opposite, .acute and tapering at baao Nos. 5, 6 



b Stem erect. Leaves opposite, obtuse or subcordate at base No. 7 



b Stem decumbent and trailing. Leaves opposite Nos. 8, y 



1 L. stricta Ait. Simple or branched, erect ; lvs. opposite (rarely) ternate, lan- 

 ceolate or lance-linear, glabrous, punctate, acute, sessile ; fls. verticillate, in a long, 

 lax, terminal raceme ; pet. lanceolate spreading. — 1( In low, wet grounds, Can., 

 N. Eng. to Va. and Ohio. Plant smooth, 1 — 2f high, raceme 6 — 8' long. Ped. 

 1' long, spreading, each with a subulate bract at base. Stamens 2 long and 3 

 short, united at base. Pis. yellow, streaked with purple. After flowering it 

 throws out bulblets from the axils of the lea^r;.?, which will produce new plants 

 the following spring. Jl. 



2 L. Herbemonti Ell. Glabrous, simple ; lvs. whorled in is or 5«, sessile, lance- 

 ovato or ovate, obscurely 3-veined, acuminate, glaucous beneath ; margin revolute, 

 entire ; fls. verticillate, in a terminal, bracted raceme. — A handsome species, nct.r 

 Columbus, S. Car. (Herbemont). Plant 2f high. Lvs. becoming more narrow 



' above, paasiug into the linear bracts, and with the bright yellow fls., sprinkled 

 with dots. Stem unequal. Jn., Jl. 



3 L. quadrifolia L. Simple, erect ; lvs. verticillate, in 4s, rarely in Es or 3s, sk- 

 sile, lanceolate, acuminate, punctate ; ped. axillary, 1-flowered, in 4s (3a or 5s) ; 

 pet. oval, obtuse. — y In low grounds, river banks, Can. to Car. and \\.j. Stem 

 18' high, somewhat hairy, simple, with many whorls of 4 — :> leaves, each beiii- 

 ing a flower-stalk in its axil. Corolla yellow, with purple lines. Stamens un- 

 equal, united at base into a short tube. Anth. purple. Jn. 



4 L. Fraseri Duby. Glandular-pubescent and branched above ; lvs. opposite, 

 petiolate, ovate, often cordate, acuminate, glabrous; fls. in a compound, terminal, 

 bracted ^anicfe. — In. S. Car. (Prazer in DC.) Pis. numerous. Cal. segm. acumi- 

 nate, the margins thickened, brownish, ciliated. Stam. unequal, 2 of them 

 Sorter than the other 3, sterile fil. none. 



