PRIMULACE.E. 



limb 5-parted. Stamens 5 ; filaments often united into 

 . ring at base. Capsule globose, 5 to 10-valved, few-many- 

 seeded. — Perennials with entire opposite or verticeUate ft 

 and axillary or ratem^d flowers with yellow corollas 



1. L. stricta, Ait. I Tpriyht Loosest r[ 



I erect, smooth; leaves opposite, or rarely alternate, lanceolate, acute r. 

 end, punctate ; raceme terminal, very long, loose; pedicels long, slender. 



Low grounds, common. July, Aug. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, often with bul 

 in the axils, at length branched, very leafy. F '^, on slender 



a whorlcd raceme, 5 to 10 inches "long, which is Leafy at th 



2. L. QUADRIFOLIA/L. Whorlcd Loosestrife. 



■ Somewhat hairy; stem simple ; leaves whorled in fours or fives (rarely 3s or Gs), 



ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, punctate; flowers on capillary peduncles frcm the 



axils of the leaves. 



: or sandy soils, common. 'June. July. S'.tm 1*2 to li inches high, with 

 whorls of 4 to 5 leaves, each tearing a' peduncle about 1 inch long in ivs 



axil, with a single flower. Corolla yellow, with purple lines. Jmtkert purple. 



3. L. CILIATA, L. Hairy-stalked Loosestrife. 



Leaves lanceolate-ovate, tapering to an acute point, rounded or heart-ehaped at 



..so, on long petioles; petioles ciliate; peduncles mostly in pairs, 1-flowered; 



. n drooping; corolla longer than the calyx. 



Bankaof streams and thickets; common. July. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, square, 



sparingly branched. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, on hairy petioles \< x to 2 inches 



iCng, somewhat cordate at base, the tipper ones apparently in fours. Fl 



large, yellow, axillary. Stamens with 5 alternate teeth or rudimentary filaments. 



4. L. LANCEOLATA, Walt. Lance-leaved Loosestrife. 



■:s lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base into a short and margined petiole 

 f.-icged with hairs, or the upper nearly sessile and linear, the lowest oblong and 

 spatolate ; pedundes axillary, mostly in pairs, 1-fiowered ; corrolla longer than 



Var. 1. hylrida, has the leaves varying from lanceolate to nearly oblong. 

 Yar. 2. heierophyla, with the leaves narrow, linear and acute at each end. 

 Swamps and moist grounds. July. flfenrlg to 20 inches high, aometiMea branched 



- I lie. Leaves 2 inches or more long, varying from l / 2 to linch wide. FUmcts 

 yellow resembling those of 1,. ciliata. 



Tribe 2. ANAGALLIDE.E.— The Pimpernel Trilc. 



C&p&sU free from (sie calyx, opening all round by a transverse lint, the top fa!.: 

 like a lid. 



5. ANAGALTS, Tourn. -Pimpernel. 



Gr. cnagalao, to laugh; en account of its supposed exhilerating virtues. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, with scarcely 

 any tube, 5-parted, longer than the calyx. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments hairy. Capsule globose, circumscissile, the top 

 •ailing off like a lid, rnany-seeded. — Small spreading pro- 

 cumbent ha-ls, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and soli- 

 tary flowers on axillary peduncles. 



