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LYSIM A'CHIA.* *. 
I.inncnn Class and Order. Pknta'ndkia f, Mu.vogy'ma. 
Natural Order. Primula'ce.k %, Vent. — Lindl. S)P. p. 182.; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 225. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 43! . — 
Loud. Ilort. Brit. p. 529. — Mack. FI. Hib. p. 192. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th edit.) p. 4 15. — Lysimachi/E, sect. 1. Juss. Gen. PI. p. 95. — 
Sm. Gr. of Bot. p. 95 . — Syringales ; subord. Primulos.e ; sect. 
Primuliv.r ; type, Primulace.e : subty. Primulid.e ; Burn.Outl. 
of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900,958, 1020, 1024, & 1025. — Rotack.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 5 deep, 
spreading, acute segments, permanent. Corolla (figs. 2 & 9.) of 
1 petal, wheel-shaped, tube none; limb 'border) widely expanded, 
in 5, deep, egg-shaped segments. Filaments (fig. 4.) 5, awl- 
shaped, not distinctly hairy, inserted into the base of the corolla, 
and opposite to its segments. Anthers oblong, notched at each 
end. (Jcrmen (see fig. 5.) roundish. Style (see fig. 5.) thread- 
shaped, the length of the stamens (see fig. 4). Sticjma blunt. 
Capsule (fig. 7.) globular, pointed, of 1 cell, and 10 valves, some- 
times cohering in pairs. Seeds (fig 8.) numerous, angular, covering 
a large, central, globular, unconnected, pitted receptacle. — In some 
species the stamens are united at the base. 
The 5-parted calyx ; the wheel-shaped corolla ; and the globose, 
1-celled capsule, with 5 or 10 valves; will distinguish this from 
other genera, with a monopetalous, inferior corolla, in the same 
class and order. 
Four species British. 
LYSIMA'CHIA NE'MORUM. Wood Loosestrife. Yellow 
Pimpernel. Wood Moneywort. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped, acute. Stem procumbent. 
Peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered. Stamens smooth. 
Engl. Bot. t. 547. — Curt. FI. Loud. t. 348. — Curt. Brit. Entoni. v. iv. t. 1G4. — 
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 411.. — Ilmls. Kl. Angl. (glided.) p. 80. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. 11 . 
p. 840. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 448. ; Engl. Ft. v. i. p. 478. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. 
j>. 295. — Lindl. Syn. p. 184. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 89. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 
189. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 138.— Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 74. — Abbot’s FI. iiedf. 
p. 45. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 41. — Puri. Mi'll. FI. v. i. p. 141.— Roth. FI. Cant. 
(3rded.) p. 86. — Hook. H. Scot. p. 74. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 49. — FI. Devon, pp. 
36 & 144. — Johnst. FI. of Berxv. v. i. p. 56 — Wiucli’s FI. of Northumb. ami Durh. 
p. 13. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 54. — Jacob’s West Devon and Cornwall Flora, — 
Perry’s PI. Varvic. Sel. p. 17. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 28. — Mack. Catal. of Plants of 
Irel. p. 44. ; FI. Hibern. p. 191 . — Numularia sylvatica, Gesner Hort. Germ. 
fide , Gray. — Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 300. — Anagallis lutea, Ray’s Syn. p. 284. 
—Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 618. 
Localities. — I n woods, and shauy, rather watery, places ; frequent. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 4. Corolla. — F ig. 3. One of the Segments of the Corolla. — 
Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil.— Fig. 5. A single Stamen, magnified. — Fig. 6. Germen, 
Style, 'and Stigma. — F'ig. 7. Capsule, with the permanent Calyx. — Fig. 8. A Seed. — 
Fig. 9. A back view of the Corolla. 
* So named in honour of king Lysim achus, according to some ; according to 
others, from Luc is, Or. a dissolving ; and mache, Gr .strife ; being supposed to 
create a peaceable disposition in men. Puny says it tames restive horses. The 
English name ( Loosestrife ) expresses the same idea. 
+ Sec folio 18, note +. 4 Sec folio 296, a. 
