Lysimachia. 



PRIMULACEiE. 



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filaments glandular-hairy, united into a ring at the base. Capsule nearly globose, 5-valved ; 

 the valves entire, spotted with purple, by abortion 5-seeded. 



Wet grounds ; common. July. The axillary bodies resembling buds which sometimes 

 occur in this species, are certainly abortive branches. They vary in length from a line to 

 half an inch or more, and are seldom found except in sterile specimens. 



2. Lysimachia quadrifolia, Linn. Whorled Loosestrife. 



Stem simple ; leaves whorled, mostly in fours and fives, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 

 sessile, punctate ; peduncles axillary, filiform, one-flowered, as numerous as the leaves ; lobes 

 of the corolla ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 147 ; Lam. ill. t. 105. f. 2 ; 

 Pursh, fl. 1. p. 135 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 233 ; Nutt. gen. 1. p. 121 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 75 ; 

 Torr. fl. 1. p. 210 ; Beck, hot. p. 290 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 124; Duly in DC.prodr. 8. 

 p. 64. L. hirsuta, Michx. fl. I. p. 127. L. punctata, Walt. fl. Car. p. 92. 



Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, slightly hairy. Leaves usually in whorls of fours, but some- 

 times in threes, fives, sixes and even sevens, marked with numerous black oblong dots as in 

 the preceding species. Peduncles 1-1^ inch long, very slender. Calyx 5-parted : segments 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla large, yellow ; the lobes sometimes slightly acuminate, 

 crenulate. Stamens unequal (2 shorter) : filaments dilated and united into a short tube at the 

 base, glandular-hairy, without intermediate teeth. Capsule 5-valved, 5-seeded. 



Thickets and low grounds ; common. Fl. June - July. Fr. August. 



3. Lysimachia ciliata, Linn. Fringed Loosestrife. 



Stem smooth ; leaves opposite (rarely in fours), on long ciliate petioles, subcordate-ovate, 

 acuminate ; peduncles mostly in pairs, one-flowered ; flowers somewhat nodding ; segments 

 of the corolla crenulate, mucronate. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 147 ; " Waltli. hort. t. 12 ;" Michx. 

 fl. 1. p. 126 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 136 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 233 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 74 ; Torr. fl. 1. 

 p. 210 ; Beck, hot. p. 290 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 124 ; Duby in DC. prodr. 8. p. 64. L. 

 quadrifolia, fi. ciliata, Willd. sp. 1. p. 818. 



Stem 1-2 feet high, with a few short branches near the middle. Leaves 3-5 inches 

 long and 1-2 inches wide, usually more or less cordate at the base, smooth, not punctate ; 

 the margin serrulate-scabrous : petioles 6-10 lines long, the fringing hairs extending round 

 the stem. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, produced from short axillary branches. Flowers 

 nearly three-fourths of an inch in diameter. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Corolla pale yellow ; the lobes ovate, often with a short acumination, minutely glandular. 

 Stamens nearly equal : filaments glandular, inserted into a narrow purple ring at the base of 

 the corolla, with intermediate subulate teeth : anthers linear- oblong, at length recurved. 

 Capsule globose-ovate, splitting longitudinally and somewhat irregularly into two valves when 

 mature, but not in the direction of the sutures. Seeds 15 - 20. 



Moist thickets and borders of woods. Fl. June - July. Fr. August. 

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