944 EPILOBIACEAE 
acuminate: petals about as long as the sepals: capsule about 10 mm. long.— 
Pineland swamps, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and N. C.—Spr.-fall. 
18. L. baie Walt. Plant 3-7.5 dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly linear, 
2.5—5 em. long: sepals triangular-ovate: petals slightly longer than the T 
mx 6-8 mm . long.—Swamps, on in acid soil, Coastal Plain, Fla. to L 
(Tex.?), Tenn., and N. J.—Sum.— 
4 SSIAEA L. Perennial herbs or partially woody plants, erect or dif- 
fuse and creeping. Leaf-blades usually entire. Flowers Sac Sepals 4-6, 
persistent. Petals 4—6, white or yellow, or rarely none. Stamens 8-12. 
4—6-celled. Capsule linear, ellipsoid, or elavate.—About 50 species, mostly of 
he American tropics—Spr.—fall or all year S. 
Plant diffuse, the stems and branches creeping (rooting) or floating. I. DIFFUSAE. 
Plant erect, the stem more or less branched. II. ERECTAE. 
I. DIFFUSAE 
Corolla 2-3 cm. broad: leaf-blades long- Rcs 1. J. diffusa. 
Corolla 4-5 cm. broad: leaf-blades Short-petioled. 2. J. grandiflora. 
II. ERECTAE 
Capsule long-clavate, the body narrowly cylindric, more than 3 
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. J. leptocarpa. 
P A 
Leaf-blades narrow : 4. J. angustifolia. 
Leaf-blades broad: 5. J. scabra. 
e short clavate the vee obeonie or cylindric-obovoid, 
stly less than 2 lon 
Leaf blades PESE curent as wings on the angles of the 
stem: fruit winged. 6. J. decurrens. 
Leaf-blades short-petioled : fruit not winged. 
Corolla abo "E. 1 cm. broad. T. J. erecta. 
Corolla 4—6 c ron 
Blades of ue upper leaves long and narrow. 8. J. neglecta. 
Blades of the upper leaves broad and short. 9. J. peruviana. 
l. J. diffusa Forskl. Stem glabrous: Br of the upper leaves elliptie to 
lanceolate, 2. m em. long: sepals 5-8 mm. long: 
body 2.5-4 em. long.—Ponds, Coastal Plain 
and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Kans., and 
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petals 1—1.5 em. long: capsule- 
Ky.—( 
. J. grandiflora Michx. Stem villous or 
hirsute: blades of the upper is narrowly 
elliptic or lanceolate, 3—12 cm. long: sepals 
about 12 mm. ~ ong: peta als s fully 2 cm. long: 
e ule bod lon ng “Ponds and 
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3. J. leptocarpa Nutt. Stem hirsute, 6-20\\ 
dm. tall: leaf-blades narrowly elliptic or \ 
lanceolate e, 3-20 em. long: hypanthium hir- 
sute: 
ute: sepals lanceolate: corolla about 15 
ad: capsule 3 d Ditehes and | 
low grounds, Coastal Plain . to Tex., Ark., and Ga.—Glabrous forms with 
very narrow eaf- blades and De -merous um occur in S Fla 
angustifolia Lam. Stem mostly 1-2 m. tall, glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic to almost linear, varying to broadest above the 
middle or below it, 2-11 cm. long, usually glabrous or nearly so: hypanthium 
