. 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. 2. Lysimachia punctata L. Spotted Loosestrife. Fig. 3288. Lysimachia punctata L. Sp. PI. 147. 1753. Resembles the precedmg species, usually densely pubescent, sometimes glabrate; stem simple or branched, 2°-3° high. Leaves verti- cillate in 3's or 4's or some of them opposite, oval or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, shor
. 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. 2. Lysimachia punctata L. Spotted Loosestrife. Fig. 3288. Lysimachia punctata L. Sp. PI. 147. 1753. Resembles the precedmg species, usually densely pubescent, sometimes glabrate; stem simple or branched, 2°-3° high. Leaves verti- cillate in 3's or 4's or some of them opposite, oval or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, short- petioled, 1-3' long, i'-li' wide, usually pro- portionatelj' shorter and broader than those of L. vulgaris; flowers crowded in the upper axils or racemose-verticillate, yellow, 8"-io" broad; pedicels 3"-lo" long; sepals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtusish; corolla- segments glandular-ciliolate; filaments mona- delphous at the base. Waste places. Nova Scotia to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Adventive from Europe. June-July. 3. Lysimachia quadrifolia L. Cross-wort. Whorled Loosestrife. Fig. 3289. Lysimachia quadrifolia L. Sp. PI. 147. 1753. Pubescent, or glabrate, stem simple or rarely branched, slender, erect, i°-3° high. Leaves verticillate in 3's-7's (commonly in 4's or 5's), or some, or very rarely all of them opposite, short-petioled or sessile, lanceolate, oblong or ovate, acute or acuminate at the apex, i'-4' long. 3"-ii' wide, usually black-punctate, the upper- most sometimes very small; flowers axillary, 3"-6" broad, borne on filiform spreading peduncles *'-!*' long; sepals narrowly lanceolate, acute or acuminate; corolla glabrous, dark-streaked or spotted; filaments monadelphous below; capsule nearly as long as the sepals. In thickets. New Brunswick to Ontario. Minnesota. Tennessee, Georgia and Wisconsin. Five sisters. Yel- low balm. Liberty-tea. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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