PL ex. cor. 
2-1. PRIMULACEiE. 56. Irasekia. 299 
III. 56. IRASEKIA. Schmidt. Twopenny -grass. 
Calyx 5-lobed ; corolla nearly bellshape, veined ; limb 
5-lobed, upright, spreading ; stamens 5 ; filaments connate 
at the base, bearded; stigma, acute; pyxidium globose.— 
Stem angular; leaves opposite, petiolated ; flowers solitary. 
Irasekia alpina. Alpine twopenny-grass. 
Leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, petiolate; stem prostrate, 
filiform. 
Nummularia minor, flore purpurasvente, Rail Syn . 283, 2 ; Ger. em. 
632, 2; Park. 555. 
Lysimachia tenella, Lin. S. P. 211. 
Anagallis tenella, Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 14, 196. 
Irasekia alpina, Hoffm. Germ. 2. 
Purpleflowered moneywort. 
Inundated heaths and bogs ; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem creeping, thin ; leaves spreading, light green ; pe- 
duncles 2 or 3 times as long as the leaves. 
IV. 57. LYSIMACHIA. Dioscorides. Loosestrife . 
Calyx 5-sepaled ; corolla rotate, 5-lobed ; stamens 5 ; 
filaments covered with capitate glandular hairs, connate at 
the base; capsule globose, opening at the tip by many 
valves.— Stem 't-angular; flowers axillary, solitary, or race- 
mose. 
Flowers solitary , axillary. 
1 . Lysimacdiia repens. Creeping loosestrife . 
Stem creeping; leaves roundish, rather heartsh ape ; pe- 
duncles solitary ; sepales ovate, pointed; 
Nummularia, Ran Syn. 283, 1 ; Ger. an. 630, 1. 
Nummularia vulgaris, Park. 555. 
Lysimachia Nummularia, Lin. S. P. 211. 
Moneywort. Herb twopence . Twopenny-grass. 
Fields and damp pastures; perennial; June, July. 
Stem compressed, mostly simple ; leaves pale green, often 
perennial ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; corolla glan- 
dular. 
Flowers terminal , racemose , hr act ea ted. 
2 . Lysimachia vulgaris. Common loosestrife. 
Leaves opposite, attenuated, ovate, lanceolate; sepales 
lanceolate. 
Lysimachia lutea, Rail Syn. 282, 1 $ Ger. em. 474, 1. 
Lysimachia lutea major vulgaris, Park. 544. 
Yellow willow-herb. 
Watery places and rivers; perennial; July. 
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