Lysimachia Nemorum. Wood Moneywort, or 



Loosestrife. 



LYSIMACHIA Linncei Gen. PL Pentandria Monogynia. 



Cor. rotata. Cap/, globofa, mucronata, 10-vaIvis, 



Raii Syn, Gen. 18. Herb.e fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo. 



LYSIMACHIA nemorum foliis ovatis acutis, floribus folitariis, caule procumbente. Lin. Syfl. 

 Vegetab. p. i6 5 . Sp. PL p. 211. 



LYSIMACHIA caule decumbente, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, petiolis alaribus unifloris. Haller hijl. 

 p. 278. 



ANAGALLIS lutea nemorum. Bauhin Pin. p. 252. 



ANAGALLIS lutea. Gerard emac. 618. 



ANAGALLIS flore luteo. Parkin/. 558. 



ANAGALLIS lutea nummularis fimilis. J. Bauh. III. 370. Raii Syn. p. 282. Yellow Pimper- 

 nel of the Woods. Hudfion FL Ang. p. 86. Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 138. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris albidis. | ROOT perennial, fibrous, the fibres whitifh. 



CAULES plures, decumbentes, teretiufcuh, utrinque | STALKS feveral, decumbent, roundifh, with a fur- 

 fulcati, idque alterne, lasves, rubentes, ex | row on each fide, and that alternately, 



ima parte radicantes. «> fmooth, of a red colour, (hiking root at the 



$ bafe. 



FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovata, acuta, utrinque | LEAVES oppofite, (landing on foot-ftalks, ovate, 

 glabra, fubundulata, e flavo-viridia, venis $ pointed, gloff'y on each fide, fomewhat 



prominulis ; petiolis brevibus, latiufculis. | waved, of a yellowilh-green colour, the veins 



a little prominent ; leaf-ftalks (hort and 



1 broadilh. 



PEDUNCULI axillares, bini five folitarii, teretes, ^ FLOWER-STALKS axillary, growing fometimes in 

 uniflori, tenues, quam folia Iongiores. | pairs, fometimes fingly, round, one-fiower'd, 



Jj {lender, and longer than the leaves. 





 CALYX: PERiANTHiuMqumquepartitum, perfiftens, § CALYX : ePerianthium deeply divided into five 

 laciniis fubulatis, fubtriangularibus, Jig. 1. | fegments, and permanent, the fegments awl- 



§ fhaped, and fomewhat triangular, "fig, 1. 



V 



k 

 COROLLA monopetala, (lava, tubus nullus ; limbus § COROLLA monopetalous, yellow, tube wanting, the 



quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis, fig. 2. 3. | Jimb divided into five ovate fegments, fig. 2. 



bafi faturatius flavis, nitidifque, in fauce co- <f> 3. at bottom more intenfel'y yellow and 



rollae glandulae (lavas inter filamenta locantur, | firming, in the mouth of the corolla fraall yel- 



et margo corollae glandulis pedicellatis or- § low glands are obfervable betwixt the fila- 



natur, jzg. 6. | ments, and the edge of the corolla is orna- 



<<> mented with little glands ftandin? on foot- 



| a^ Si fig.6. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, laevia erecta, | STAMINA : five Filaments, fmooth, upright, 

 medio paulo crafliora ; Anth"er.e oblongae, $ fomewhat thicker! in the middle ; Anthers 



incurvatae, fig. 4. 5. | oblong, bent a little downwards, fig. 4. 5. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, laeve ; Sty- ® PISTIL LUM : Germen roundifh, fmooth; Style 

 lus filiformis, apice paulo craffior ; Stigma | filiform, fomewhat thickeft at top ; Stigma 



fimplex, fig. 7. <t> fimple, fig. 7. . 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula globofa, unilocularis, «> SEED-VESSEL : a globular Capsule of one cavity, 



SEMINA plurima, orbiculata, plana, fig. 9. * SEEDS numerous, round, and flat, fig. 9. 



When the bloflbms of this plant are expanded, they fomewhat refemble thofe of the common Pimpernel in 

 fhape, and hence the older Botanifts, who paid little regard to fuch minute but neceffary diflinftions, as the 

 hairinefs of the Filaments, &c. confidered it as an Anagallis ; Linn.eus has joined it with the Moneywort, to 

 which, in its general habit, it bears no fmall affinity, but from which it effentially differs in many particulars ; 

 the leaves, for inftance, are more pointed, the (lowers are fmaller, lefs bell-(haped, and (land on much longer 

 foot-ftalks, and the ftalks are generally redder. 



This fpecies grows in moift woods, and is not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London ; in Charlton- 

 Wood it particularly abounds, (lowering from June to September. 



