LYTHRACEAE 931 
4.5-5 mm. long.—Ditches, stream-banks, and swamps, Coastal Plain and adj. 
provinces, Fla. to Tex., Okla., and S. C. 
3. L. Curtissii Fernald. Similar ha L. lanceolatum in habit: leaf-blades thin, 
he aa or elliptic-lanceolate, 2—5.5 mm. long: mature hypanthium 3-4 
the appendages sle ud EpL jui than the minute sepals: 
E elliptie to obovate-elliptie, 2.5-3.5 mm. long: eapsule about 4 mm. long. 
—Muddy, often calcareous swamps, Coastal : Plain N Fla. and adj. Ga. 
4. L. lineare L. Stem ys dm. tall: leaf-blades linear, 1—4 em. long: 
mature hypanthium about 4 mm. long, the appendages triangular, s as 
long as the en pond ook cuneate or cuneate-elliptic, 4-5 mm. long: 
capsule barely 4 "d al sand-dunes and open ee Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to Tex. | and aN. 
5. L. flagellare Sayer Stem creeping: ee ea p to AA 
or rarely cuneate, 0.5-1 em. long: mature hypanthium 6-8 mm. long or longer, 
the appendages T pou times ped Tem "the glabrous e petals 
purple, cuneate- D. , 4-5 m m. long: capsule 3-4 mm. long or shorter. [L. 
Vulneraria (Fl. SE. a S. S we ano om. and swamps, S pen. Fla. 
7. PARSONSIA P. Br. Herbs or woody plants, mostly clammy-pubes- 
cent. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers axillary, or in terminal spikes or racemes. 
RN 6, pie. with small teeth. Petals 6, unequal. Stamens adnate 
near the top of the hypanthium. Embryo with orbieular cotyledons. 
ne hea P. Br.]—About 200 species, American. 
Calyx-limb prominently 2-lipped: DE pair of stamens not reduced. 
Style pubescent: stamens 12; anthers not woolly. 1. P. petiolata. 
Sty le glabrous: stamens 11; Eo of the longer pair 
don nsely woolly 2. P. procumbens. 
Eu limb with 5 oui lobes: posterior pair of stamens often 
1uch reduced. 
Plant perennial: hypanthium with glandular hairs over ; 
calyx more or less spreading: petals 1.5—2 mm ng. 3. P. lythroides. 
Plant annual: hypanthium with few simple hairs. on the 
ribs: calyx erect: petals 5-6 mm. long. 4. P. Balsamona. 
1. P. petiolata (L.) Rusby. e annual, 1-7 dm. tall: leaf-blades lance- 
late to ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.5 em. long: hypanthium and calyx 8-10 mm. long: 
ose-purple: 
E R-WEED 
CLAMMY-WEED. )—Dr rocky soil, sides, 
and old fields, various provinces, Ga. o La 
Kans., and N. H.—Sum.-fall. 
procumbens (Cav.) Small Plant 
perennial, -10— tall: leaf-blades lanceo- 
late or ovate-lanceol 6 
panthium and 18-22 m g wer 
Pin Ee and thiekets, Blue Ridge, N.C. Nat. 
of Mex. and cult.—Sum. —fall. 
