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PENTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Lysimachia, 



nearibus longissimis : superioribus quaternis, pedun- 

 culis quaternis unifloris, coroUac laciuiis ovatis acumi- 

 natis serrulatis. 



L. quadritlora. Hot. mag, 660. 



In wet woods, near ponds : Pensylvania to Virginia. 

 1/. June— Aug. v. v. A handsome plant, with 

 showy flowers. 

 heterophylla. 6. L. glabra, gracilis ; foliis oppositis linearibus sessilibus, 

 basi ciliatis, imis suborbiculatis brevi-petiolatis, flori- 

 bus cernuis. Mich.Ji. amer. 1 . p. 127 . 



Icon, Piuk. aim. t. '633. f. 1. 



In wet meadows : Virginia to Georgia ; rare. % . July. 

 V. V. Flowers resembling those of L. ciliata. 

 hylrida. 7- L- glabra } foliis oppositis petiolatis lanceolatis utrinque 



acutis, petiolis ciliatis, floribus cernuis, coroUis calyce 

 brevioribus: laciniis crenulatis. — Mich. Jl. amer. 1. 

 p. 126. 



L. ciliata. IValt.Jl. car. p. 92. 



L. angustifolia. Lam. illustr. 1, p. 440. 



Oa barks of rivers, where the tide overflows : Pensyl- 

 vania to Carolina ; rare. If. . June — Aug. v. v. 



eiliata. 8. L. subpubesccns ; foliis oppositis longe petiolatis. sub- 



cordato-ovalibus margine pubescentibus, petiolis cilia- 

 tis, pedicellis subgeminis, floribus cernuis, corollae 

 laciniis roiundatis, acuminatis crenatis. — Mich. Jl. 

 amer I. p. 126. 



Icon. If^alth. hort. t. 12. 



In shady woods, in rich soil. }/.June — Aug. v. v. 



168. DODECATHEON. Gen. pi. 261. 



Meadia. 1. D. foliis oblongo-ovalibus repando-dentatis, umbellis 



multi.^oris laxis, bracteis ovalibus. — IVilld. sp. pi. \. 



p. 808. 

 Icon Bot. mig. 12. Lam. illustr. t. 99. 

 On tiver s.des, in rocky shady situations : Pensylvania to 



Virginiri, a;:d on the Missouri. l/.May. v. v. Flowers 



extremely handsome, purple. 

 integrifolium. 2. D. fcliis subspathuiafi^ integerrimis, umbellis paucifloris 



strlctis, bracteis lin-aribus. Mich. Jl. amer. 1. p. 123. 

 Icon. Pluk.alm.t 7g.j'.6. 

 In the Allfga:.) mountains, in shady woods near rivers. 



1/ June. v.v. Flowers pale blue, smaller than the 



former species. 



