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viridis, usque ad articulum descendit, & apicibus quatuor sulpliurei coloris, 
crucis in modum dispositis donatus est, quern stamina octo circumstant, quorum 
quatuor singulis foliis apposita, alia quatuor ipsis interjecta sunt: bisque 
singulis capitulum oblongum albicans insidet: ipsi vero flori calycis in modum 
foliola quatuor, oblonga, angusta, pallida, subjiciuntur : flos odoratus est, nonni- 
hil ad keiri vel potius Liliasphodeli lutei odoreni accedens, ultra diem non per- 
sistens, cum is qui sub vesperam aperitur ad sequentis diei vesperam flaccescat, 
unde Ephemerum dici meretur. Flore cum pedicello dilapso altera pediculi 
pars sesquiuncialis sensim ad uncias binas, etiam ternas, oblongatur, & in sili- 
quani sen corniculum abit, & propter semen copiosum, nigrum aut fuscum 
parvumque, quod continet, intumescit, quodque ubi maturuit, ipsa cornicula, 
quae utrinque ad caulis latera numerosa sunt, in quatuor partes dividuntur: 
ex semine sato tota aestate & hyeme sequente sine caule remanent plantae 
folia per terrani strata; at sequenti anno circa Veris finem caulescere, & Junio 
florere incipit, & floret & semina perflcit in Autumni finem, atque cum sit bienna- 
lis planta ex semine deciduo Autumno dilabente, singulis annis in hortis nostris 
cop'iose conspicitur sine caule, adventante secundo Vere caulem erigit & semina 
sua perflcit. 
8. Lysimacliia lutea corniculata non papposa Virginiana minor, nobis, tiaec 
in omnibus priori conve;iit, nisi quod folia producat dimidio minora & angus- 
tiora; flores pariter dimidio aut saltern multo minores, nec tarn alte ascendunt 
caules; in caeteris omnibus majori convenit. 
English Translation. 
LySIMACHIA LUTEA CORNICULATA NON PAPPOSA. 
7. Lysimacliia lutea corniculata non papposa Virginiana major, our 
(species). Lysimacliia lutea corniculata, C. B. P. Lysimacliia silicpiosa 
Virginiana, Park. This Lysimacliia, a foreign (plant), was lirouglit 
hy seed not many years ago from Virginia and other parts of North 
America to England and sown here. It attained a height of one or two 
ells. It has at first long glaucous leaves, spread out in a circle over 
the ground, sinuate, iiiiicronate, longer than the palm (of the hand), 
hardly more than an inch in breadth, which are thick, smooth, pale 
green, and end in a sharp point. Through the middle of them runs a 
white rib, as in Lysimacliia Chamaenerion aforesaid. These same leaves 
come forth from a long, white root, thicker than the finger, liearing a 
few fibres. The stem rises round at the base, and above the middle 
becomes angular because of the many branches, (is) subcinereous. slen- 
der, and immediately branches into rather short branches, soon 
(growing) larger, and these (branch) into others broadly spread out, 
which are round (and) covered with a few hairs, and dotted with small 
reddish s})ots, from which as from pores a hair springs* forth. From 
