334 1COSANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
406. LYTHRUM. Gen. pl. 825. 
Salicaria. 1. L, pubescens ; foliis oppositis ternatisque sessilibus Jan- 
B. pubescens. ceolatis basi cordatis, floribus terminalibus verticillato- 
spicatis 12-andris, capsulis oblongis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
p. 865. : 
Icon. Fi. dan, 671. Engl. bot, 1061. 
In wet meadows: Canada and New England. Y. July, 
Aug. v.v. About two feet high; flowers very 
showy, purple. s 
verticillatum. 2. L. pubescens ; foliis oppositis lanceolatis petiolatis, fiori- 
bus axillaribus corymbosis subverticillatim aggregatis 
decandris, fructibus globosis. — Willd, sp. pl. 2. p. 866, 
Decodon aquaticum. Gmel. syst. 677. 
Anonymos aquatica. Walt. fi. car. 137. 
In swamps: Canada to Florida; not common. XY. 
July, Aug. v.v. A showy perennial, from two to 
four feet high ; the stems are declinate, and strike fre- 
quently roots on their summits; flowers large, fine 
purple. | 
virgatum. 3. L. foliis oppositis lanceolatis glabris, caule paniculato, 
floribus axil is 1 is. 
Willd. sp. p 
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alatum, 4. L. glaberrimum ; foliis oppositis ovato-oblongis acutis 
small, purple. 
lineare, 5. L. glabrum, virgato-paniculatum ; foliis suboppositis li- 
nearibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis 0-andris.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 868. incu 
Near the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina, Y. July, 
"à v.v. Three or four feet high ; flowers small, - 
white, i : : cue AERE dl 
