110 COCUFEÉTRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. — - ; : 
138. LUDWIGIA. Gen. pl. 204. 
; * Corollate.. 
macrocarpa. F i erecta, ramosa, glabriuscula; foliis doris lanceolatis 
subtus canis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, Mo 
globoso-tetragonis, laciniis calycinis magnis c 
coronatis. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p: 89. - 
L. alternifolia. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 672. 
Icon. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 77. Trew ehr. 2. t. 2. 
In wet pastures and swamps: New England to Florida. 
Y. July. v.v. Stem purple, two feet high ; — 
yellow. 
hirsuta. 2. L. erecta, ramosa, hirsuta ; foliis alternis t dette sessi- 
libus utrinque hirsutis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, 
capsulis globoso-tetragonis coronatis basi bibracteatis. 
Lam. encyct.'3-p. $87.2 o 
L. losa. Walt. fl. car. 89. —— 
and ponds on sandy soil Bine to Ca- 
- rolina, - JM. July, — —S ‘The same size and 
habit as No. 1. ~ : 
linearis. 3. L, erecta, virgata, glabra; foliis — linearibus. - 
tis, floribus axillaribus solitariis - 
oblongis turbinatis, laciniis calycinis s seaplane 
Walt. fl. car. 89. 
L/angustifolia. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 88. ; 
Near ditches and ponds in sandy soil : Virgiata to Caro- 
lina. )4. July, Aug. v.v. From two to five feet high, 
very branchy ; flowers small, yellowish-brown. — * -- 
virgata, 4. L. erecta, virgata, glabra ; foliis alternis linearibus. obtu- 
sis, floribus terminalibus subspicatis Bik t a Ww. 
sulis globoso-tetragonis ecoronatis, - Mich, fat amer, 1 
- P. 89. i 1 
L, rikona. Walt. f. car. 89. 
In dry sandy woods of Lower Garë” Mi chad 2 
May, Jane. v.s. Flowers small. 
decurrens. 5.L. erecta, ramosissima, glabra ; foliis alters: lineari 
*- lanceolatis decurrentibus, floribus. axillaribus. subsessi- 
libus solitariis alternis, capsulis clavatis coronatis, là 
ciniis calycinis ovali-lanceolatis. Walt. fl. car. 2 
L. jussizoides, Mich. fl. amer. 1.p.89. 
In shady woods near ponds and ditches. 
Lower Carolina, ©. July, Aug. v.v. About a foot 
high, very boss. ; flowers large, yellow, — 
