5SS 



OXAGRACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



5. Ludwigia linearis Walt. Linear-leaved I.udvvigia. I"ig. 3020. 



Lxd-ujigia linearis Walt. Fl. Car. 8g. 1788. 



Erect, brandling, glabrous, i-2i higli, 

 often stoloniferuus at the base and the 

 lower part of the stem clothed with aeren- 

 cliyma. Leaves alternate, those of the stem 

 and brandies narrowly linear, sessile, acute 

 at each end, l'-2' long, about i" wide, the 

 margins roughish, those of the stolons obc- 

 vate ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, about 

 2" broad ; bractlets at the base of the calyx 

 minute or none ; calyx-lobes triangular- 

 ovate, acute, slightly shorter than the yel- 

 lowish petals; capsule narrowly obpyram- 

 idal, 4-sided, narrowed at the base, 3"-4 ' 

 long, glabrous, 3-5 times as long as the 

 calyx-lobes, several times longer than 

 broad, at length dehiscent. 



In swamps, pine-barrens of New Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Texas. July-Sept. 



6. Ludwigia hirtella Raf. Hairy Liulwigia. 

 Fig. 3021. 



Ludu'igia hirtella Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5 ; 358. 1S08. 



Erect, branching, hirsute-pubescent, i-2 high, the 

 clustered roots spindle-shaped. Leaves alternate, 

 oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, obtuse or 

 acutish at the ape.x, rounded at the base, I'-iJ' long; 

 pedicels 2-bracteolate; flowers axillary, solitary', pedun- 

 cled, 6"-io" broad ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 somewhat shorter than the yellow petals : capsules cubic 

 with a rounded base, hirsute, about 2l" high, shorter 

 than the calyx-lobes, opening by an apical pore. 



In swamps, pine-barrens of Ne-w Jersey to Florida, 

 Arkansas and Te.xas. June-Sept. 



Ludwigia alternifolia L. Seed-box. Rattle-bo 



Lnd'vigia allernifolia L. Sp. PI. ii8. 1753- 



L-iilziigia alternifolia linearifolia Bntton, Bull. Torr. 

 Club 17 : 315. 1890. 



Erect, branching, g'abrous or finely pubescent, 

 2-,32 high. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, 

 lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 2'-4i' 

 long: flowers axillary, short peduncled, solitary, 

 6"-8" broad; peduncles 2-bracted above the 

 middle ; calyx-lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, about equalling the yellow petals 

 which fall away when the plant is shocked: cap- 

 sules glabrous, cubic with a rounded base, 

 slightly wing-angled, about 2*" high, opening by 

 a pore at the base of the style and finally loculi- 

 cidally dehiscent. 



In swamps, New Hampshire to northern New- 

 York. Ontario. Michigan, Kansas. Florida and Texas. 

 Roots often tuberous. June-Sept. 



