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LYSIMACHIA arro-purrPurREA. 
Purple-flowered Loosestrife. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA—Nar. Oxo. -PRIMULACEE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cai. ‘fdas. Cor. rotata. Filamenta basi dilatata subconnata. 
Capsula oom. 5-10 valvis.. 
Lysimachia a ae ; racemis terminalibus capitatis, staminibus — 
corolla (laciniis suberectis) longioribus, foliis py bepenr ae 
latis subtus punctatis glaucis. | 
Lysimachiy atro-purpurea, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 209. 
" Lysimachia orientalis angustifolia, Comm. Rar. BB. t. 38.” 
Stem erect, obscurely 4-angled, (biennial ?), nearly simple, with distantly 
placed, mostly opposite leaves, which are broadly lanceolate, subspathu- 
late in the lower part of the stem, tapering into a kind of footstalk, and 
semiamplexicaul ; the upper side is a dark green, the under side paler 
and glaucous, and more distinctly marked with the ramifications of the 
nerves, and dotted ; every where glabrous. _ | 
BEE fiers are produced in large, dense, capitate racemes, each accom- 
panied by a small linear bractea, Pedicel about 4 or ths of an inch. 
long; and, as well as the calyx, which is 5-partite with Mines? segments, 
al deep blackish-purple. Corolla large, infundibuliform, with the segments 
| broadly lanceolate and erecto-patent; the colour a beautiful deep reddish- 
purple, internally having some minute, sessile glands. Filaments of the 
5 _ stamens of the same colour, much protruded, their base inserted at the 
“base of the segments of the corolla. Anthers deep purplish-blue. Pol- 
den greenish. Germen spherical, green. Style strait, shorter than the 
corolla, purple. Stigma obtuse. 
Our Botanic. Garden hel derived the possession of this 
plant from the collection of his Royal Highness Prince L&Eo- 
POLD, to whom we are probably indebted for its introduction 
to this country, for I do not find it to be mentioned i in any of our 
horticultural Catalogues, although it appears to have been cul- 
tivated many years ago, both in the Botanic aca of Upsal 
and Amsterdam. 
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