Herbs with usually ovposite leaves . 
Lythraceae. 
SIE RI TT gamR RS A mee 
Loosestrife Family. 
without stipules. 
Flowers perfect, 
solitary or clustered in the axils. Sepals 4 or 5, the calyx-tube enclosing 
the ovary but free from it. Petals 4 or 5 yseated on the calyx=tube. Stamens 
Several, seated on the calyx-tube. Style i; ovary 2=S-chambered. Fruit a 
capsule. | 
Rotala L. ; 
Anmial or glabrous herbs of moist or muddy places, the stems 4~-angled, | 
theleaves—opposieey Flowers small, inconspicuous, 
Oxite-of-phe-teauegy Sepals 4 ,persistent, the calyx-tube campamulate, closely 
investing the capsule, atmetunicmy Petals 4, small. Stamens 4, 
~tha—calyintubge Capsule 4-chambered, 4-valved. ] 
1. Re ramosior (L.) Koehne. A glabrous rather fleshy plant with simple 
or unbranched stems, rooting at the lower nodes, the internodes 1-3 em. long; 
leaves oblong-elliptical, narrowed and obtuse at both ends, entires flowers 
mosbhy~cobiberpaiamtiaaxibsyy sossile, ak) slong, the petals white, orbi- 
cular, biases 1 mme Jone capsule subglopose 3 time long. ' 
In muddy places along streams or lake Shores, Fernen Cre, Rust 408, 
Our plant is apparently the typical form as defined by Fernald (Rhodora : 
37: 169), 
