Lysimachia N UMMULARIA M ONEYWORT, 
LYSIMACHIA Ltnnai. Gen. PI. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Cor. rotata. Caps, globofa, mucronata, lo-valvls, 
RaiiSyn.Gefu i8. Herb^ fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo, 
LYSIMACHIA TVaflj/nwZar/i* follis fubcordatis, floribus folitariis, caule repente. Lin. Syjl. Veget, p. 165, 
Sp. Pl. p. 211. Pl. Suecic, p. 63. 
LYSIMACHIA caule proftrato, foliis fubrotundis, petiolis alaribus unifloris. Haller. Hljl. Helv. n. 629, 
LYSIMACHIA Nummularia. Scopoli, FI. Carniol. n. 216» 
NUMMULARIA major lutea. Bauhin-. Pin, 309, 
NUMMULARIA. Gerard, emac. 630. 
NUMMULARIA vulgaris. Parkinfon. 
Rati. Synop. p. 283, Moneywort, or Herb Two-pence« 
Oeder. Flor. Dan. Ic. 493. 
Hudfon. FI. Angi. ed. z. p. 87, 
Lightfoot. FI. Scot. p. 138. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris fimplicibus, defcen* 
dentibus. 
CAULES plures, fimplices, procumbentes, verfus a- 
picem repentes et fubramofi, pedales et ul- 
tra, laeves, geniculati, utrinque profunde ca- 
naliculati, five tetragoni. 
FOLIA ovato-orbiculata, oppofita, ere£ta, glabra, fub- 
venofa, parum undulata, petiolis brevibus, 
latis, decurrentibus, infidentia. 
PEDUNCULI plerumque bini, oppofiti, erefti, longi- 
tudine foliorum, angulati, verfus apicem fen- 
fim incrafiati’ 
FLORES lutei, majufculi, fubrotatl. 
CALYX: Perianthium pentaphyllum, foliolis cor- 
dato-acutis, eredis, fubcarinatis, marginibus, 
bafi reflexis, j%-. i. 
COROLLA quinquepartita, laciniis ovatis, acutis, 
patentibus, calyce duplo longioribus, fubero- 
fis, margine glandulola, adhibito microfcopio, 
fS‘ 2- 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinjque, fubulata, ereda, 
glanduloja, corolla breviora; Anthera: fa- 
gittat»,^. 3, 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum : Stylus fili- 
formis, ftaminihus paulo longior, nudus : 
Stigma parvum, obtufum, 5, 6. 
PERICARPIUM plerumque abortat. 
ROOT perennial and fibrous, the fibres fimple, and 
firiking downward. 
STALKS numerous, fimple, trailing, towards the fop 
creeping and fomewhat branched, a toot or 
more in length, fmooth, jointed, deeply 
channeled on each fide, or four cornered. 
LEAVES of a lhape betwixt ovate and round, oppofite, 
upright, fmooth, fomewhat veiny, and a lit- 
tle waved, fitting on fliort broad foot-ftalks, 
which run down the main fialk. 
FLOWER-STALKS growing generally two together, 
one oppofite the other, upright, the length 
of the leaves, angular, gradually enlarged to- 
wards the end, 
FLOWERS yellow, large in proportion to the leaves, 
and fomewhat wheel-fliaped. 
CALYX : a Perianthium of five leaves, heart-ihaped 
and pointed, fomewhat keeled, the edges at 
bottom turning back, Jig. 1. 
COROLLA deeply divided into five fegments, which 
are oval, pointed, and twice the length of the 
calyx, flightly jagged and glandular on the 
edge, if viewed with a microfcope. Jig. 2. 
STAMINA; five Filaments, tapering, upright, 
glandular, and Ihorter than the corolla : An- 
ther.® arrow-Ihaped, Jig. 3, 4. 
PISTILLUM: Germen nearly round : Style thread- 
Ihaped, a , little longer than the ftamiua : 
Stigma fmall and blunt, Jig. 5, 6. 
SEED-VESSEL rarely comes to perfeftion. 
IT often happens that thofe plants which increafe much while in flower, either by their roots or flalks, 
feldom produce ripe feeds : this is the cafe with the Butterbur and PeriwlnUe, as well as the prefent plant, on 
which, though 1 have examined a great number of fpecimens, I have not hitherto been fortunate enough to difcover 
capfules ripe and perfedlly formed ; yet it is probable, that in fome particular fituations, fuch may be found. 
The name ol Moneywort has been given to this fpecies from the roundnefs of its leaves, by which it is in one 
infiance, diftinguilhed from the Lyjitnachia nemorum. It grows in meadows, particularly on the edges of the ditches ; 
alfo under hedges in moift fituations ; and is too common to need any particular place of its growth to be pointed out. 
In a moift fituation, no plant thrives more in a garden, nor with lefs trouble : it continues a long while in 
bloflbni : but without this advantage, the beauty and fingularity of its foliage, is fufficient to recommend it. 
The tafte of the leaves is fubaftrlngent, and very flightly acid ; hence they fiand recommended by Boerhave 
in the hot feurvy, and in uterine and other hannorrhages. But their eflbas are fo inconfiderable, that common 
pradlice takes no notice of them. Lewis s Difp. p. 184. 
It is eaten by Kine and Sheep, not much relifhed by Goats, and refufed by Horfes. Lhi. Aman. Acad. Pan. Suec, 
