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LOOSESTRIFE

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 990 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LOOSESTRIFE , in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, the See also:

COMMON

common name Of Lysimachia vulgaris, an erect plant, 2 to 4 ft. high, common on See also:

RIVER

river See also:

banks in See also:

England; the branched See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem bears tapering leaves in pairs or whorls, and terminal panicles of rather large deep yellow See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers. It is a member of the See also:

PRIMROSE

primrose See also:

FAMILY

family. L. nemorum, yellow pimpernel, or See also:

wood loosestrife, a See also:

low-growing plant with slender spreading stem, and somewhat similar yellow flowers See also:

STANDING

standing singly in the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-axils, is frequent in copses. L. Nummularia is the well-known creeping jenny or See also:

MONEY

money-wort, a larger plant with widely creeping stem, pairs of shining leaves and large solitary yellow flowers; it is found on banks of See also:

rivers and See also:

DAMP

damp See also:

woods, and is a common rockery plant. See also:

PURPLE

Purple loose strife, Lythrum Salicaria, belongs to a different family, Lythraceae. It is a handsome plant growing 2 to 6 ft. high on river banks and ditches, with a branched angled stem bearing whorls of narrow pointed stalkless leaves and ending in tall tapering spikes of beautiful See also:

rose-purple flowers. The flowers are trimorphic, that is to say, exist in three forms which differ in the relative length of the styles and stamens and are known as See also:

long-styled, See also:

mid-styled and See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-styled forms respectively; the See also:

SIZE

size and See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the See also:

POLLEN, AUGUST (or, as he afterwards called himself, ADOLF) LUDWIG (1794-1855)

pollen also differ. These See also:

DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences See also:

PLAY

play an important See also:

PART

part in the See also:

POLLINATION

pollination of the See also:

flower.

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