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LYSIMACHIA RACEMOSA.
CLUSTER-FLOWERED LOOSESTRIFE. BULB-BEARING LOOSESTRIFE.
Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Lysimachia, Juss*
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla rotate,-5-cleft. Stigma 1. Capsule 1-celled, globular, mucronate,
5 or 10 valved, few or many-seeded.—Nutt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
L. r a c em o s a ; very smooth; leaves oval-lanceolate, opposite, dotted; raceme terminal,
long, loose; segments of the corolla oblong-oval.—Mich»
SYNONYMS,
L y s im a ch ia racemosa, Lamarck. Ency. iii. p. 546.
L. stricta, Ait. i. p. 199, and Willd. i. p. 818.
L. bulb.ifera, Curt. Bot. Mag, 104,
L. vulgaris, Walt. FI. Car.?
L. Floridana lutea minor, &c. Pluk. Amalth. 139, t. 428. f. 4.
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