THE PRIMROSE FAMILY 
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Rare. In marshes, on wet banks of rivers and canals, in northern England, and central Scotland ; 
not recorded from Ireland. June — July. Perennial. 
2. Great Yellow Loosestrife. (Lysimach'ia vulgaris. Linn.)— A very beautiful plant 
with large flowers, about £ inch across, widely bell-shaped, bright yellow, in clusters in the axils of 
the leaves and terminating the stem, forming a more or less dense, rather spike-like leafy cluster 
(panicle) ; the corolla-lobes without any alternating teeth ; the stamens with the filaments united at 
the base into a tube round the seedcase. [As described; in the genus Loosestrife (Lysimachia).] 
The stem is 2-4 feet high, erect, stout, usually branched ; and the leaves are egg- or lance- 
shaped, stalkless (sessile), opposite, or 3 or 4 in a circle (whorl). 
Rather common. By the sides of rivers and ditches ; generally distributed throughout England 
and Ireland, rare in Scotland. July — August. Perennial. 
3. ^Punctate Loosestrife. (Lysimach'ia punctata. Linn.)— Not a native. A similar 
species to the last, with larger flowers, stained with red in the centre, f-i inch across, in clusters in 
the axils of the leaves and terminating the stem ; the sepals are narrower, the sepals and petals 
sprinkled with glands on the outside and fringed with gland-tipped hairs ; the leaves are shortly 
stalked ; and the whole plant is more downy. [Plate 10. 
Very rare. An escape established near Dulverton in Devon, and in the south-west of Scotland. 
July — August. Perennial. 
4. ^Ciliated Loosestrife. (Lysimach'ia ciliata. Linn.)— Not a native. Another 
similar species with large flowers, about 1 inch across, pale yellow with red centres, not fringed 
with gland-tipped hairs, on long stalks in the axils of the leaves ; the lobes of the corolla are 
slightly scalloped ; and the stamens are 10 in number, though only half have anthers ; the leaves 
are slightly heart-shaped, with stalks fringed with hairs. 
Very rare. An escape established in shady places near Serbergham in Cumberland and near 
Kingcausie in Kincardineshire. July — August. Perennial. 
5. Creeping* Jenny, Money-wort, Herb-twopence. (Lysimachia Nummularia. 
Linn.) — A very common favourite, with pretty yellow cup-shaped flowers, f inch across, solitary or 
in pairs in the axils of the leaves towards the middle of the stems ; calyx-lobes broad ; without a 
tooth between the corolla-lobes ; the corolla and the filaments of the stamens dotted with glands, 
the latter united at the base into a short ring. [As described in the genus Loosestrife 
(Lysimachia).] The stems are prostrate, trailing, often rooting at the nodes ; and the leaves are 
opposite, egg-shaped (ovate), blunt, shortly stalked, and shining ; frequently turning a lovely rose- 
pink colour in the autumn. [Plate 10. 
Not uncommon. In damp woods, on banks by streams and ditches ; generally distributed 
through England, not native in Scotland or Ireland. June — July. Perennial. 
6. Yellow Pimpernel, Wood Loosestrife. (Lysimach'ia nemorum. Linn.)— 
A species with delicate yellow flowers | inch across on long slender stalks, solitary in the axils 
of a few of the leaves in the middle of the stem ; the calyx-lobes very narrow and pointed ; 
the corolla flat and starry (rotate), without a tooth between the lobes ; the filaments of the stamens 
not united at the base ; the capsule round, much shorter than the sepals, with 5 valves, but often 
opening lengthwise into 2 parts, and sometimes decaying to free the seeds (indehiscent). 
[As described in the genus Loosestrife (Lysimachia).] The stems are procumbent at the 
base, 6 inches to 1 foot long, and brittle ; the leaves are opposite, egg-shaped (ovate), pointed, 
very shortly stalked, and glossy. [Plate 10. 
Common. In moist woods and shady places ; generally distributed over the British Isles. 
May — August. Perennial. 
