6. L. Simpsonii Chapm. Plant m often decumbent: leaf-blades 1-2.5 
em. long: ios triangular: petals w anting: capsule broadly iru about 
2 mm. long—Hammocks, ditches, and low pinelands, pen. Fla ——BSpr.- 
7. L. Curtissii Chapm. Plant erect or ascending: leaf- blades 1-2 em. long: 
Ais lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate: petals pud caps x turbinate, 
—3 mm. long.—Everglades, ponds, and ditches, pen. Fla.—Spr.— 
L. arde Small. brun 1. PA dii: tall, the stem narrowly ridged: 
t blades spatulate, 1-2.5 em. long, those of the basal shoots somewhat broader 
than those of the md Rd ada: e wanting: capsule broadly obpyra- 
zi about 4 mm. long, the angles blunt.—Wet ground, Everglades, Fla.—All 
Á suffruticosa Walt. Plant 3—10 ba tall: leaf-blades edid pp 
to narrowly erus or 2 2—10 cm. long: sepals broadly ovate 
lar-ovate: petals minute anting: capsule broadly obpyramida oe 
long. [L. capitata Michx. Wet pinelands, and shores of ponds, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to N. C.—Spr.- 
10. L. polycarpa Short & Peter. Plant 3-9 dm. tall, the winged: leaf- 
blades p ecd ed 5—10 i long: sepals a ae petals 
minute, gree capsule "4-s ided, the angles rounded, 5 mm. long.—( FALSE- 
LOOSESTRIFE. J- Swamps, various a Tenn. to Nebr., Minn., Ont., and 
Mas ee 
ll. L. ulata Small. Plant 4-9 dm. tall, the stem nearly terete: leaf- 
blades peers elliptic to ee linear, 1.5-5.5 cm. long: sepals a 0 
ovate-triangular: petals minute: capsule eet about 4 mm. lon 
Swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. to N. C.— 
. alata Ell Plant 3-9 dm. tall, the stem pr di leaf-blades linear- 
ue to io e Or nearly linear, 2.5—10 cm. long: petals want- 
ing: capsule 3-4 mm. long, the ro ud nged. —Mar shes, Coastal Plain and adj. 
provinces, Fla. to La., Mo., and N N. C.—Spr.-fall. 
13. L. lanceolata Ell. Plant 3-9 dm. tall, the stem angled or Mei 
‘winged: leaf-blades linear- boc id linear- TI "à E 2—10 e 
long: sepals very broad, acute: petals wanting: . lon ng; the 
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a: margined. “Byer erglades, swamps, and de [mE Plain, Fla. o N. 
C.—Su Il. 
14. L. sphaerocarpa Ell. Plant 6-9 dm. tall, the dnd Pod blades lanceo- 
ju 9—10 cm. long: sepals triangular: petals commonly w ing: capsule about 
ong.—Swamps, often in acid soil, Coastal Plain and E provinees, Fla. 
to "La. and Mass.; and Great Lake Lowland, Ind.—Sum.-fall. 
ilosa i Plant 6-12 dm. tall, the stem nearly terete: A ada 
1-6 
petals minute or wanting: capsule cubic-globose, 4-6 mm. in diameter, hoa ary.— 
Swamps and ponds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to La. and N. C.—Sum.- fall. 
landulosa Walt. Plant 3-9 dm. tall, the stem nearly terete: leaf- 
blades elliptic-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long: sepals triangular-ova > ua petals 
nting: capsules cylindrical, 6-8 mm. long.—Swamps, and m es, Coastal 
Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., , Kans, Ill, and S. C. aa "et all. 
17. L. linifolia Poir. Plant 1-5 dm. tall, the stem 4-angled: leaf-blades 
linear-oblanceolate to linear, 2-6 cm. long: sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
