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[*] _Flowers (middle-sized) in a terminal leafy panicle; corolla without marks._

L. VULGaRIS, L., a coa.r.s.e and tall European species, p.u.b.escent and branching, with ovate-lanceolate distinctly petioled leaves, and glandular filaments united to near the middle.--Naturalized in a few places in E. Ma.s.s.

[*][*] _Flowers (small) in a virgate terminal raceme or in the upper axils; corolla dark-dotted or streaked; filaments conspicuously monadelphous, unequal._

1. L. quadriflia, L. Somewhat hairy; stem simple (1--2 high); _leaves whorled_ in fours or fives (sometimes in twos, threes, or sixes, rarely only opposite or partly alternate), ovate-lanceolate; _flowers_ on long capillary peduncles _from the axils of the leaves_; lobes of the corolla ovate-oblong.--Moist or sandy soil, N. Brunswick to Minn., and Ga. June.

2. L. stricta, Ait. Stems 1--2 high, often bearing oblong or moniliform bulblets in the axils; smooth, at length branched, very leafy; _leaves opposite_ or rarely alternate, lanceolate, acute at each end; _flowers_ on slender pedicels _in a long raceme_ (5--12'), leafy at base; lobes of the corolla lance-oblong.--Low grounds, Newf. to Minn., Ark., and N. Ga.

June--Aug.

[*][*][*] _Flowers (rather large) solitary in the axils of ordinary leaves; corolla not dark-dotted nor streaked; filaments slightly monadelphous._

L. NUMMULaRIA, L. (MONEYWORT.) Smooth; stems trailing and creeping; leaves roundish, small, short-petioled; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; divisions of the corolla broadly ovate, obtuse, longer than the lance-ovate calyx-lobes and stamens.--Escaped from gardens into damp ground in some places. July--Sept. (Nat. from Eu.)

-- 2. NAUMBuRGIA. _Corolla very deeply 5- (or 6--7-) parted into linear divisions (somewhat purplish-dotted), with a small tooth in each sinus; filaments distinct, equal; leaves opposite, the lowest scale-like._

3. L. thyrsiflra, L. (TUFTED LOOSESTRIFE.) Smooth; stem simple (1--2 high); all but the lower leaves lanceolate, the axils of one or two middle pairs bearing short-peduncled head-like or spike-like cl.u.s.ters of small light yellow flowers.--Cold swamps, from Penn. to S. Ill., Iowa, and northwestward. June, July. (Eu.)

8. GLAuX, Tourn. SEA-MILKWORT.

Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft; lobes ovate, petal-like. Corolla wanting.

Stamens 5, on the base of the calyx, alternate with its lobes. Capsule 5-valved, few-seeded.--A low and leafy fleshy perennial, with opposite oblong and entire sessile leaves, and solitary nearly sessile (purplish and white) flowers in their axils. (An ancient Greek name, from ??a????, _sea-green_.)

1. G. maritima, L.--Sea-sh.o.r.e of N. Eng. from Cape Cod northward. Also in subsaline soil, Minn. to Neb., and westward. June. (Eu.)

9. ANAGaLLIS, Tourn. PIMPERNEL.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, with almost no tube, 5-parted, longer than the calyx; the divisions broad. Stamens 5; filaments bearded. Capsule membranaceous, circ.u.mscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.--Low, spreading or proc.u.mbent herbs, mostly annuals, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles. (The ancient Greek name, probably from ???, _again_, and ??????, _to delight in_.)

A. ARVeNSIS, L. (COMMON PIMPERNEL.) Leaves ovate, sessile, shorter than the peduncles; petals obovate, obtuse, fringed with minute teeth or stalked glands.--Waste sandy fields. June--Aug.--Flowers variable in size, scarlet, sometimes purple, blue, or white, quickly closing at the approach of bad weather; whence the English popular name of ”_Poor Man's Weather-gla.s.s_.” (Nat. from Eu.)

10. CENTuNCULUS, Dill. CHAFFWEED.

Calyx 4--5-parted. Corolla shorter than the calyx, 4--5-cleft, wheel-shaped, with an urn-shaped short tube, usually withering on the summit of the pod (which is like that of Anagallis). Stamens 4 or 5; filaments beardless.--Small annuals, with alternate entire leaves, and solitary inconspicuous flowers in their axils. (Derivation obscure.)

1. C. minimus, L. Stems ascending (2--6' long); leaves ovate, obovate or spatulate-oblong; flowers nearly sessile, the parts mostly in fours.--Low grounds, from Ill. and Minn, to Fla. and Tex., and westward.

(Eu.)

11. SaMOLUS, Tourn. WATER PIMPERNEL. BROOK-WEED.

Calyx 5-cleft; the tube adherent to the base of the ovary. Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, 5-cleft, commonly with 5 sterile filaments in the sinuses. True stamens 5, on the corolla-tube, included. Capsule globose, 5-valved at the summit, many-seeded.--Smooth herbs, with alternate entire leaves, and small white racemed flowers. (”According to Pliny, an ancient Druidical name.”)

1. S. Valerandi, L. Stem erect (6--12' high), leafy; leaves obovate or spatulate, the basal rosulate; bracts none; slender pedicels ascending, bracteolate in the middle. (Eu.)--Var. America.n.u.s, Gray. More slender, becoming diffuse; racemes often panicled, the pedicels longer and spreading.--Wet places, through the U. S. June--Sept.

ORDER 62. SAPOTaCEae. (SAPODILLA FAMILY.)