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PRIMULACEtE. 



Primula. 



cuneate-obovate, obtusely 2-cleff, about two-thirds the length of the tube. — Michx. fl. 1. 

 p. 124 ; Pursh, fl. I. p. 137 ; Lehm. Prim. p. 63. t. 7 ; Hook. hot. mag. t. 2973 ; Duby in 

 DC. prodr. 8. p. 43. P. pusilla, Hook, in Edin. phil. jour. 6. p. 322. t. 11./. 2, and exot. 

 fl. 1. t. 68 ; I?o£. mag-. 3020. P. stricta, Hornem. fl. Dan. t. 1385. P. Hornemanniana, 

 Lehm. I. c. p. 55. t. 4 ; ifoofc. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 120. 



Perennial. Plant usually smooth. Leaves 6-10 lines long, obtuse, repandly toothed. 

 Scape 3-5 inches high. Umbel usually about 3-flowered. Involucre consisting of several 

 short lanceolate scales or leaflets. Pedicels 4-6 lines long. Calyx tubular-funnelform ; the 

 segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla pale purple ; the border about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter. Capsule oblong. 



Yates county {Dr. Sartwell), the only known locality of this neat little Primrose in the 

 United States. I have retained Michaux's name of this species, though objectionable, on 

 account of its priority. 



2. LYSIMACHIA. Linn. ; Endl. gen. 4207. loosestrife. 



[ By some, the name is said to have been given in honor of King Lyshnaches : others derive it from lucis, dissolving, and 



mache, battle ; equivalent to the English name.] 



Calyx 5- (rarely 6 - 7-) parted. Corolla somewhat rotate, 5-parted. Stamens 5 (rarely 

 6 - 7), sometimes with intermediate teeth or short sterile filaments. Capsule ovate-globose, 

 mucronate, 5-valved ; the valves entire or 2-cleft. — Perennial caulescent herbs, with 

 opposite, alternate or verticillate leaves, which are often dotted with minute oblong or linear 

 vesicles, containing a dark terebinthine matter. Flowers axillary and solitary or racemose, 

 mostly yellow. 



1. Lysimachia stricta, Ait. Racemed Loosestrife. 



Stem erect, smooth ; leaves opposite, lanceolate, tapering at the base, nearly sessile, dotted ; 

 flowers in a long loose terminal raceme ; pedicels long and slender. — Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 1. 

 p. 199 ; Bigel. fl. Bost. p. 76 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 210 ; Beck, hot. p. 290 ; Darlingt.fl. Cest. 

 p. 123 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 122 ; Duly in DC. prodr. 8. p. 64. L. racemosa, Lam. 

 enc. 3. p. 571 ; Michx. fl. 1. p. 128 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 135 ; Bart. fl. N. Am. t. 1. L. 

 bulbifera, Curt. hot. mag. t. 104. Viscum terrestre, Linn. 



Whole plant smooth. Stem erect, 1-2 feet high, with a few short branches. Leaves 

 2-3 inches long and 5-8 lines wide, often with small bulbs or abortive branches in the 

 axils, marked with numerous small oblong black dots or glands, which are imbedded in the 

 substance of the leaf. Raceme 3-8 inches long, many-flowered ; the pedicels half an inch 

 or more in length, slender, with a linear-subulate bract at the base. Segments of the calyx 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla about three times as long as the calyx, yellow, with purple lines ; 

 the lobes lanceolate-oblong. Stamens unequal (two shorter), without intermediate teeth : 



