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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



138. LUDWIGIA, Gen. pi. 204. 

 * CoroUatce. 



macrocarpa, I.L. erecta^ ramosa, glabriuscula ; foliis alternis lanceolatis 

 subtus canis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, capsulis 

 globoso-tetragonisj laciniis calycinis magnis coloratis 

 coronatis. Mich.Jl. amer. 1, p. 8g. 



L. alternifolia. IVilld. sp. pi. I. p. 6/2. 



Icon. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 77. Trew ehr. 2, t. 2. 



In wet pastures and swamps : New England to Florida. 

 11 . July. V. V. Stem purple, two feet high ; flowers 

 yellow. 



hirsuta. 2. L. erecta, ramosa, hirsuta j foliis alternis oblongis sessi- 



libus utrinque hirsutis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, 

 capsulis globoso-tetragouis coronatis basi bibracteatis. 

 Lam. encycl. 3. p. 587. 



L, pilosa. IValt.Jl. car. 89. 



In ditches and ponds on sandy soil : New Jersey to Ca- 

 rolina. 1/ . July, Aug. V. V. The same size and 

 habit as No. 1. 



linearis. 3. L. erecta, virgata, glabra; foliis alternis linearibus acu- 



tis, floribus axillaribus solitariis sessilibus, capsulis 

 oblongis turbinatis, laciniis calycinis semilanceolatis. 

 — JValt. fl. car. 89. 



L. angustifolia. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p. 88. 



Near ditches and ponds in sandy soil : Virginia to Caro- 

 lina. If. . July, Aug. V. V. From two to five feet high, 

 very branchy; flowers small, yellowish-brown. 



virgata. 4. L. erecta, virgata, glabra ; foliis alternis linearibus obtu- 



sis, floribus terminalibus subspicatis pedicellatis, cap- 

 sulis globoso.tetragonis ecoronatis. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. 

 p. 89. 



L. ramosissima. Walt.Jl. car. 89. 



In dry sandy woods of Lower Carolina, Michaux. % . 

 May, June. v. s. Flowers small. 



decurrens. 5. L. erecta, ramosissima, glabra ; foliis alternis lineari- 

 lanceolatis decurrentibus, floribus axillaribus subsessi- 

 libus solitariis alternis, capsulis clavatis coronatis, la- 

 cmiis calycinis ovali-lanceolatis. IValt.Jl. car. 89. 



L. jussiaeoides. Mich.Jl. amer. l.p.SQ. 



In 3hady woods near ponds and ditches : Virginia and 

 Lower Carolina. ©.July, Aug. v. v. About a foot 

 feigh, very branchy ; flowers large, yellow. 



