PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 93 
BULB-BEARING LOOSESTRIFE. 
Lysitmachia terréstr¢s, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Primrose, Yellow, marked with Scentless. Common north June, July. 
brownish red. and south. 
Flowers: growing on long pedicels in a terminal, leafy raceme. Calyx: of 
five, or six sepals. Corol/a : wheel-shaped; of five oblong segments. Stamens : 
four or five, with united filaments. /zstz/- one. Leaves: abundant; opposite ; 
long; pointed at each end; darkly spotted. Stem: upright; leafy; branching 
This bright, cheery plant, with others of its family, has the 
reputation of having a peace-loving heart. Ancient supersti- 
tion that clings about it tells us it is particularly disposed to 
exercise its soothing influence upon cattle that are quarrelling, 
when a spray of it laid upon their yokes will cause them to be- 
come as gentle as the proverbial lamb. But unless the farmer 
has, in case of emergency, provided himself with this loosestrife, 
we may imagine he would have some difficulty in guiding his 
fractious beasts to search for it by the brooks, or in the wet 
meadows that lead to the marshes. 
FRINGED LOOSESTRIFE. 
Stetronema celidtum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Primrose. Yellow, with dullred  Scentless. Mostly south Sune, July. 
centre. and west. 
Flowers: axillary; on long peduncles. Calyx: of five green sepals, sharply 
pointed. Corolla: wheel-shaped ; of fivesegments. Stamens: five. Pistil: 
one. Leaves: opposite; lanceolate; wavy on the edges. Stem: two to four 
feet high; upright; rather rough. 
During the summer these pretty flowers may be found in the 
moist soil of thickets. It is owing to a close resemblance to 
the loosestrifes that their English name has been bestowed on 
them. 
S. lanceoldtum, or lance-leaved loosestrife, is a similar species. 
Its leaves are on petioles, or almost sessile, and from their axils 
arise the slender stalks that bear the flowers. 
