LYTHRACEAE. 



VOL. II. 



i. Ammannia coccinea Rottb. Long-leaved 

 Ammannia. Fig. 2998. 



Ammannia coccinea Rottb. PI. Hort. Havn. Descr. 7. 1773. 



Ammannia latifolia T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 480. 1840. Not 

 L. 1753- 



Erect, glabrous, branching below, 6'-2o' high. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, all obtusely cordate-auriculate and 

 dilated at the somewhat clasping base, acuminate or 

 acute at the apex, entire, i'-3' long, i"-3" wide; flowers 

 1-5 in each axil, sessile or very nearly so ; petals purple, 

 fugacious ; style elongated, very slender, usually more 

 than one-half the length of the capsule. 



In swamps, New Jersey to Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, South 

 Dakota, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and Brazil. 

 July-Sept. 



2. Ammannia Koehnei Britton. Koehne's Ammannia. Fig. 2999. 



Ammannia Koehnei Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 

 18 : 271. 1891. 



Ammannia humilis /3 T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 480. 

 1840. 



Erect, glabrous, 6'-2o' high, at length 

 freely branching. Leaves obovate, oblance- 

 olate, or somewhat spatulate, obtuse or 

 obtusish at the apex, the upper ones clasping 

 and more or less auriculate at the base, the 

 lower narrowed and sessile or tapering into 

 a short petiole ; flowers 1-3 together in the 

 axils, sessile ; petals pink, fugacious ; sta- 

 mens very short, not exserted ; style very 

 short ; capsule enclosed by the calyx. 



In swamps, Hackensack marshes, N. J., to 

 Florida. Tooth-cup. July-Sept. 



3. Ammannia auriculata Willd. Wright's 

 Ammannia. Fig. 3000. 



A. auriculata Willd. Hort. Berol. 7. pi. 7. 1806. 

 Ammannia Wrightii A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 55. 1853. 

 A. latifolia pedicellata Carruth, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. 

 5:48. 1877. 



Erect, 2'-io' high, at length widely branching. 

 Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate or oblong, acute or 

 acutish at the apex, auriculate at the base, i'-ii' 

 long, about 2" wide ; flowers in axillary peduncled 

 cymes; pedicels \"-\\" long; petals purple; style 

 slender; stamens exserted; cansule partly enclosed 

 by the calyx. 



Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas to Texas. Ecuador 

 and Brazil. Cuba. Also in Asia and Africa. May- 

 June. 



