LYTHRACEAE 929 
1. A. coccinea Rottb. Plant 1—5 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear to linear- AM 
late, 2-6 em. long, partly clasping: petals broadly obovate: eapsule 3—4 m 
in diameter.—Swamps E low grounds, 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex 2: D., and 
N. J.— I., Mez., a. 4. S. 4.)— oí ore 
fall. 
A. Koehnei Britton. Plant 1~6 dm. tall: 
ind blades dune tuned or ellip- 
tie, 2-8 c ong, of the er ones 
merely hates Ren. 8 oM. "i noue 
6 m 
and short style dpud capsule 5- m. 
in diameter.—(Too s.)—Swamps and 
along streams, ‘Coastal Plain ~ adj. prov- 
inces, Fla. . J.—Sum.-fal 
3. A. latifolia L. Plant 2-11 dm. hare | 
leaf- Pug linear- un. to ipd -lance | 
mostly 3-7 em. long, slightly auricled a "su at the base: corolla vun 
ing; capsule 4—5 mm. in mes -—Low hammocks, lime-sin on and swamps, 
S pen. Fla. and the Keys.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—AIl y 
3. ROTALA L. Herbs resembling Ammannia. Leaf-blades narrow, 
entire. Flowers greenish, usually — in the axils. Sepals 4, accompanied 
by appendages in the sinuses. 
usually 4. Stamens 4. Style very eet 
—About 30 d most abundant in warm 
and tropical regio 
. R. ramosior (L.) Koehn. .Stem 0.5- 
dm. long: leaf-blades elliptic to d or 
em. 
obovate or cuneate, as lon a as the sepa dp or 
longer: capsule -3 in diameter. 
Hammocks, wet, sandy places, and swamps, 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Minn., and 
Mass.—(W. I., Mex., c. gu S. 4.)—Sum.- 
4. DECODON J. F. Gmel. Short-lived shrubs or shrubby herbs. L 
deeiduous: pond entire, somewhat els Flowers in axillary UE d 
cymes. Sepals 5-7, alternating wi mall 
teeth. Petals 5-7. Stamens 10 or ues 8, 
alternating short and long, e longer 
exser ted. Nu loeulieidally 3-6-valved. 
One spec 
1. D. verticillatus (L.) Ell. Stem arching, 
mostly 4—16 dm. long: leaf- ue lanceolate 
or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-20 em. long: sepals 
ipe p purple pink, laneeolate to 
vate, 7-9 mm. long: oo aout m mm. in 
diameter — (Swan MP-LOOSE LLOW- 
ERB. ATER-OLEANDER. pm "a ED.)— 
Canes and ponds, various Pe Fla. 
to La., Minn., and Me.—Su 
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