PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Lysimachia. 295 
L. thyrsiflo'ra. Bunches lateral, axillary, on fruit-stalks. 
E. Bot. 176— FI. Dan. 517— Clus. 53. 1— Ger. Em. 475. 3— Baier. Epist. 
atp. 91, and 162, f. 1— Clus. 53. 2— Park. 544. 3— J. B. ii. 904. 2— Dod. 
607. 1. 
Stem simple, upright, leafy, a foot high. Leaves opposite, sessile, spear- 
shaped, half embracing the stem. Blossoms numerous, small, with deep 
segments and short intervening teeth, yellow, segments with red dots at 
the end. The number of stamens, segments of the cup, and of the blos¬ 
som, varies from five to eight. 
Tufted Loosestrife. (Welsh: Trewynyn syyflodeuog. E.) Watery 
places, rare. (By the side of Loch Lomond ; in a bog close to the town 
of Forfar; and plentiful by the side of a lake four miles east of Forfar. 
, Mr. Mackay. Llyn Llechylched, Anglesey. Mr. Lhwd. Woods near 
Stockport. Mr. G. Holme. Bot. Guide. Lakely Carr, Yorkshire. Rev. 
J. Dalton. E.) Marshes and banks of rivers, near King’s Langley, 
Hertfordshire. In a bog near Severus’s Hills, York. Dr. White. The 
bog since drained, it is no longer to be found there. P. June. 
(2) Fruit-stalks smgle-Jlowered. 
L. nem'orum. Leaves egg-shaped, acute: flowers solitary, stem trail¬ 
ing ; (stamens smooth. E.) 
Curt. 328— {E. Bot. 527. E.)— FI. Dan. 174— Clus. ii. 182. 2 —Lob. Ohs. 
248. 2— Ger. Em. 618. 4— Park. 558. 5— H. Ox. v. 26. row 2. 1. 2— Ger. 
494. 3. 
Stem cylindrical (branched, radiating, often reddish, twelve to eighteen 
inches long. Leaves bright green, on foot-stalks, opposite, veiny. E.) 
Calyx segments very slender. Blossom yellow, much smaller than the 
leaves, (fringed with minute hairs. Stamens yellow. E.) 
Yellow Pimpernel. Wood Loosestrife. (Irish: Luss no Colum 
Kill. Welsh: Trewynyn y goedwig; Gwlydd melyn Mair. E.) Moist 
woods and shady places. P. May—Aug. 
L. nummula'ria. Leaves somewhat heart-shaped: flowers solitary : 
stem creeping: (stamens glandular. E.) 
(E. Bot. 528. E.)— Ludw. 148— Curt. 149— KnipTi. 8— FI. Dan. 49— 
Blackw. 542— Wale. — Trag. 808— Fuclis. 401— J. B. iii. 371.1— Ger. 505. 
2— Matth. 1013— Dod. 600. 2— Lob. Ohs. 251.1— Ger. Em. 630. I—Park. 
555. 1— Park. 555. 1. ( 6)—H . Ox. v. 26. row 1. 1, Numularia — Ger. 
505. 1. 
(With a microscope, pedicellate glands may be observed covering the 
blossom and stamens. FI. Brit. E.) Stem compressed, one foot or more 
in length, with four membranous edges. Calyx segments spear-shaped. 
Blossom pale yellow, as large as the leaves. 
Money-wort. Herb Twopence. Creeping Loosestrife. Moist 
meadows, (and by the sides of small streams. E.) P. June.* 
entertain the notion that these flowers put under the yokes of oxen kept them from quar¬ 
relling with each other ; since the plant, by killing or keeping off flies and other stinging 
insects, must have relieved them from a great source of irritation.” E.) 
_ v^e subastringent leaves were recommended by Boerhaave as antiscorbutic, but their 
efficacy is trifling. E.) 
