. Flowers of the field. Botany. 238 COROLLIFLORjE 2. A. tcnella (Bog Pimpernel).—Stem creeping ; leaves roundish, stalked, shorter than tlie flower-stalks. A beautiful little prostrate plant, with slender stems 4-6 inches long, small leaves which are arranged in opposite pairs, and erect rose-coloured flowers, larger than those of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Boggy ground and sides of rivulets ; common.—Fl. June to August. Perennial. 5. Lysimachia {Loosestrife) 1. L. nuinmiilaria (Money-wort, Herb-twopence, Creeping Jenny).—Stem creeping ; leaves roundish, .slightly stalked ; flowers solitary, axill
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 238 COROLLIFLORjE 2. A. tcnella (Bog Pimpernel).—Stem creeping ; leaves roundish, stalked, shorter than tlie flower-stalks. A beautiful little prostrate plant, with slender stems 4-6 inches long, small leaves which are arranged in opposite pairs, and erect rose-coloured flowers, larger than those of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Boggy ground and sides of rivulets ; common.—Fl. June to August. Perennial. 5. Lysimachia {Loosestrife) 1. L. nuinmiilaria (Money-wort, Herb-twopence, Creeping Jenny).—Stem creeping ; leaves roundish, .slightly stalked ; flowers solitary, axillary. A very pretty plant, well marked by its opposite, shining leaves and large yellow flowers. The stems grow from 1-2 feet in length, and hang from the banks of fivers in a very graceful way. This plant is much used to ornament rock gardens. Banks of rivers and damp meadows; common.^FI. June, July. Per- ennial. 2. L. nemormn (Wood Loosestrife, Yellow Pimpernel).—Stem spreading ; leaves egg-shaped, acute, on short stalks ; flowers soli- tary, axillary. Approaching the Scarlet Pimpernel in habit, but somewhat larger ; the flowers are bright yellow and very pretty. Woods ; common.—Fl. June to August. Perennial. 3. L. vulgaris (Great Yellow Loosestrife).—Stem erect, branched, downy ; leaves tapering to a point, opposite, or 3-4 in a whorl; flowers in terminal panicles. Very different in habit from either of the preceding, growing quite erect, 2-3 feet high, with terminal panicles of rather large yellow flowers. Banks of rivers ; common. —Fl. July. Perennial. 4. L. thyrsiflora (Tufted Loosestrife).—Resembles L. vulgaris in habit, but bears its flowers, which are small and yellow, in numerous dense dusters. It grows in the north of England and parts of Scotland, but is rare.—Fl. June, July. 6. Centunculus {Chaffweed) I. C. minimus (Chaffweed). — The only British species. One of the smallest among British plants, rarely exceeding an inch in height, and often much
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