632 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Lythrum lanceolatum El.Sk.1:544, 1817-21. LANCE-LEAF LOOSESTRIFE. 
El. 8k. le. Chap. Fl. 134, in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 112, 
Lonisianian area, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain, Low damp places. Montgomery 
and Mobile counties. Flowers lilac-purple; July, August. Apparently local; in 
some places abundant in damp low fields. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘*Grows in ditches, swamps, etc.,” South Carolina and Georgia. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lythrum lineare L.Sp. Pl. 1:447, 1753. SEASIDE LOOSESTRIFE, 
Fil. Sk.1:545. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. Fl. 134, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:112. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, New Jersey along the coast to Florida, west to 
Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Littoral belt, Slightly brackish and salt marshes, 
Flowers lavender purple; frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lythrum thymifolium L.Sp.Pl.1:447. 1753. 
MEDITERRANEAN ‘EUROPE, 
ALABAMA: A fugitive on ballast. Mobile, September, 1893. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Italiae et Narbonensis uliginosis.” 
Herb, Geol, Surv, 
DECODON J.1°. Gmel. Syst. 2:677. 1791. 
Two species, West Indies, Mexico to Argentina, Atlantic North America, 1. 
Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. Sk.1:544. 1821. 
WHORLED-FLOWERED LOOSESTRIFE. 
Lythrum verticillatum L. Sp. Pl. 1:446, 1753. 
Decodon aquaticus J. F. Gmel. Syst. 2:677. 1791. 
Nesaea verticillata H. B. K.6:191. 1823, 
Ell. Sk.1:544, Gray, Man, ed. 6,186, Chap. FI. 134. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontarioand Quebec; New England, 
west to Missouri, south to the Gulf, extending from Florida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Springy, marshy places, Bibb County. Tuscaloosa 
County (2. 4, Smith), The smooth form, Decodon verticillatus glaber ‘Torr. & Gr. FI. 
N.A.1:483. Flowers purplish; July, August. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab,in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PARSONSIA P. Br, Hist. Jam. 199, 1756. 
About 160 species, subtropical and tropical America. North America, 3. 
Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:231. 1804. CLamMy CuPHEA. 
Lythrum petiolatum L. Sp. Pl.1:446. 1753. 
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. Hort. Vind. 2:83, t. 777. 1772. 
C. petiolata Koehne, Engler’s Jahrb. 2:173. 1882. 
Gray, ed. 6, 186. Chap. F 1. 135. 
WEstT INDIES TO BRAZIL, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New England west to Missouri, 
Arkansas, and West Virginia, south to Georgia, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Central Prairie region. Dry exposed places. Walker 
County, Lost Creek (4. 4. Smith). Greene County (Leavenworth). Flowers purple; 
August, September. Not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: “‘Hab.in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LAGERSTROEMIA L. Syst. ed. 10: 1076. 1758-59, 
Lagerstroemia indica L. Syst. ed. 10: 1076. 1758-59, CRAPE MYRTLE. 
Native of Asia, cultivated in all warm countries. This ornamental tree has not 
infrequently escaped about hedge rows. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County. July, August. 
Type locality (L. Sp, Pl. ed. 2): “Hab. in China.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
