. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. PRLMULACEAE. Lysimachia producta (A. Gray) Femald [L. foli, tween this species and the following, the flowers in le; whorled, and may be a hybrid betwe acters intermediate be- the leaves opposite or. In The pi, in this swamps int some conditio: 4. Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Bulb- bearing Loosestrife. Fig. 3290. I'iscum terrestre L. Sp. PI. 1023. 1753. Lysimachi


. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. PRLMULACEAE. Lysimachia producta (A. Gray) Femald [L. foli, tween this species and the following, the flowers in le; whorled, and may be a hybrid betwe acters intermediate be- the leaves opposite or. In The pi, in this swamps int some conditio: 4. Lysimachia terrestris (L.) Bulb- bearing Loosestrife. Fig. 3290. I'iscum terrestre L. Sp. PI. 1023. 1753. Lysimachia stricta Ait. Hort. Kew. I : igg. 1789. L. terrestris Prel. Cat. N. Y. 34. 1888. Glabrous; stem erect, simple or branched, 8-2° high, often bearing, after flowering, long bulblets (suppressed branches) in the axils. Leaves oppo- site or some of them rarely alternate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at both ends, short-petioled, or sessile, usually black- punctate, l'-3' long, 2"-8" wide; flowers 3"-5" broad, in terminal bracted mostly elongated racemes; or some of them solitary or 2-3 together in the upper axils; pedicels slender or filiform, S"-9" long; sepals ovate or lanceolate, acute; corolla rotate, deeply parted, yellow with purple streaks or dots; filaments monadelphous below, glandular; capsule about I*" in diameter, nearly as long as sepals. and moist thickets, Newfoundland and Manitoba, south to Georgia and Arkansas. imes produces no flowers, but bears bulblets freely in the axils in the autumn, and was mistaken by Linnaeus for a terrestrial mistletoe. Swamp-candles. July-Sept. 5. Lysimachia Nummularia L. Aloney- wort. Creeping Loosestrife. Fig. 3291. Lysimachia Nummularia L. Sp. PI. 148. 1753 Glabrous; stems creeping, sometimes 2° long, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves opposite, orbicular or broadly oval, obtuse at both ends or truncate or cordate at the base, manifestly petioled, i'-l' long, sparingl


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