LYSIMA'CHIA EPHE'MERUM. 
var. major. 
L.\RGE EPHEMERL’M LOOSE-STRIFE. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIMUI.ACE.E. 
Native of 
Heiifht. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Spain. 
3 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial 
in 18t0 ? 
No. 1018. 
Lysimachus, king of Thrace, is set forth, in 
ancient history, as a -warrior and physician; hence, 
we presume, the honour conferred on him, of 
adopting his name to distinguish a plant. 
Considerable confusion has prevailed amongst 
the species and varieties of Lysimachia, and in 
this, Ejihememm has been involved. Miller's 
name, Salicifolia, and Dubia of the Hortus Kewen- 
sis, are sometimes given to this species, which may 
arise from the e.xistence of seedling varieties like 
the present. Under No. 982 we published the 
plant usually met with as Ephememm ; the pre- 
sent, although supposed to be distinct from it, 
is but a large variety, probably the offspring of a 
continental garden. It is of upright handsome 
growth, above a yard high ; its leaves of darker 
colour, and more prominently dotted beneath than 
the common variety. 
Lysimachia ephemerum is a plant on which a 
little extra attention will not be lost. It luxuriates 
in a rich soil, so that if supplied with guano water 
or other liquid manure, it would far excel its usual 
appearance. 
