LYSIMACHIA RACEMOSA. 



CLUSTER-FLOWERED LOOSESTRIFE. BULB-BEARING LOOSE- 



, STRIFE. 



Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Lysimachise, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-cleft. Corolla rotate, 5-cleft. Stigma 1. Capsule 1-celled, globular, mucronate, 

 5 or 10 valved, few or many-seeded. — Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



L. racemosa ; very smooth; leaves oval-lanceolate, opposite, dotted; raceme terminal, long, 

 loose ; segments of the corolla oblong-oval. — Mick. 



SYNONYMS. 



Lysimachia racemosa, Lamarck. Ency. iii. p. 546. 

 L. stricta, Ait. i. p. 199, and Willd. i. p. 818. 

 L. bulbifera, Curt. Bot. Mag. 104. 

 L. vulgaris, Walt. Fl. Car.? 



I* Floridana lutea minor, &c. Pluk. Amalth. 139. t. 428. f. 4. 

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