LYSIMACHIA ANGUSTIFO'LIA. 
NARROW-LEAVED LOOSE-STRIFE. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIMULACEiE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
N. America. 
1 foot. 
July, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1803. 
No. 104. 
The name of this genus, according to Pliny, is de- 
rived from a military general, named Lysimachus, 
who acted under Alexander the Great, and was af- 
terwards king of Thrace. The term Lysimachus is 
of Greek origin, and our English appellation Loose- 
strife, or Peacemaker, is a literal translation of it. 
We may reasonably suppose that the great general 
we have named, inherited the name without its qua- 
lities, unless his biographers have done him much 
injustice. Angustifolia is formed from the Latin 
angustus, narrow ; and folium, a leaf. 
This pretty species of Loose-strife, being of rather 
late introduction, is by no means common, and is 
well worthy a place in the general flower garden. 
About one-half of the known species of Loose- 
strife are, like the present, North American; and 
we intend, at a future period, noticing one peculiar 
species, the Lysimachia stricta; which, unlike the 
others, propagates itself by bulbs, produced at the 
axils of the leaves. 
The narrow-leaved Loose-strife may be increased 
by a division of the roots in spring. The soil should 
not be very sandy or dry. 
Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana. 
