124 PEXTANUUIA MONOGYNIA 



L. racemosa. Mx. .1m. 1. p. 128. Pera. Syn. 1. />. 172. PutaK Anu 



1. />. 135. JVutt. Gen. I. p. 1*1« Bart. Phil. \. p. 104. Icon, Pari, 

 Am. 1. tab. 1. 



Upright Ltsdtachia. 



Wholo plant smooth. i?oo/ perennial. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, somewhat 4-anglcd, 

 with a few axillary branches. Leaves about 3 Inches long, and half an inch wide, 

 acute ami tapering at each end, nearly or quite sessile, punctate with oblong black- 

 ish dots, margin subrevolute, (frequently with small bulbs in the axils, Torr.). 

 Flowers in a terminal raceme, 4 to 6 or 8 inches long ; pedicels nearly an inch in 

 length, spreading, with each a lance-linear bract at base one fourth of an inch long. 

 Calyx-segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla yellow, streaked with purple ; lol ee Ian* 

 coolate, more than twice as long as the calyx. Capsule 5- valved,5-seeded. Torr. 

 Hab. Swampy, low grounds: Kiraberton: Pughtown : rare, PI June-July. FY. Sept. 

 Ob3. This pretty species was fust detected, in Chester County, by Miss A. Km 

 BER,— to whom I am indebted for several rare plants from the vicinity of Kimbtt. 

 ftm. It has also been found by D. Town i:sp, Esq. on his farm near Pughtown, an 

 the north side of the County. 



2. L. arADRiroLi.i, L. Stem simple, a little hairy ; leaves verticil- 

 late in fours and fives, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subsessile, punctate; 

 peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, in fours; lobes of the corolla ovate-ob- 

 long, obtuse, entire. Peek, Pot. p. 290. 



L. hirsuta. Mx. Am. 1. p. 127. Also, MfohL Catal. p. 20. 



Four-leaved Lysimachia. Vulgo — Loose-strife. 



Root perennial. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, simple, more or less pubescent. Leave* 

 l to 3 inches long, and half an inch to an inch wide, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 rather acuminate, a little hairy beneath, and ciliate on the margin, punctate with 

 oblong dark purple dots, in verticils of 3 to 6, but generally in fours MP fives, 

 nearly sessile. Peduncles long and slender, but shorter than the leaves. Calyx- 

 segments linear-lanceolate, marked with dark purple dots and streaks. CoroUa 

 yellow, with short purple streaks; lobes twice as long as the calyx. Stamens ujt 

 equal, (2 shorter) ;J&/a//i£w/s glandular-pubescent, dilated at base, and somewhat 

 monadelphous ; anthers Incumbent, purple. Capsule 3-valvod, 5-seeded. 



Hab. Thickets and low grounds: common. PL June. lr Aug. 



3. L. ciliata, L. Stem nearly smooth ; leaves opposite, subcordatc- 

 ovate, acuminate, on long ciliate petioles ; peduncles mostly in pairs, 1- 

 flowered ; flowers somewhat nodding ; corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Beck, Bot. p. 290. 



L. quadrifolia, var. ciliata. Willd. Sp. 1. p. 819* 



Ciliate Lysimachia. 



Root perennial. Stem2 to 3 feet high, square, grooved, with a few axillary bran- 

 ches. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, and 1 to 3 inches wide, lance-ovate, acuminate, 

 more or less cordate at base, not punctate, minutely cartilaginous-serrulate on the 

 margin ; petioles an inch to an inch and half long, conspicuously ciliate. Calyx- 

 tegmenta lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla large, yellow ; lobes sometimes short- 

 acuminate, crenulate. Stamens nearly equal ; filaments short, glandular, flatted* 

 hut scarcely dilated at base, with Intermediate teeth, inserted into a ring near the 

 base of the corolla ; anthers linear, at length recurved. Capsule 5-vaived, many- 

 deeded. 



H*b. Borders of woodlands: along rivulets: frequent, Fl. June, Jul/. Pr. Aug. Scjfa 



