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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



406. LYTHRUM. Gen. pi. 825. 



Sulicaria. 

 /3. pubescens. 



1 . L, pubescens ; foliis oppositis ternatisque sessilibuJ lan- 

 ceolatis basi cordatis, floribus terminalibus vertk;iU3to- 

 spicatis 12-andris, capsulis oblongis. — Willd. ^. p/. 2. 

 p. 865. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 6/1. Engl. hot. 106l. 



In wet meadows : Canada and New England. 7/ , July, 

 Aug. V V. About two feet high j flowers very 

 showy, purple, 



verticillatum. 2.L. pubescens ; foliis oppositis lanceolatis petiolatif, flori- 

 bus axillaribus corymbosis subverticiliatim aggi'eggtis 

 decandris, tructibus globosis. — JVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. ^}6. 



Decodon aquaticum. Gmel. srjst. 6y7. 



Anonymos aquatica. Walt.Ji. car. 137. 



In swamps : Canada to Florida ; not common. \ . 

 July, Aug. V. V. A showy perennial, from twob 

 four feet high ; the stems are declinate, and strike ft 

 quently roots on their summits ; flowers large, fil 

 purple. 1 



3. L. foliis oppositis lanceolatis glabris, caule paniculati 

 floribus axillaribus ternis pedicellatis Ti-andris.- 

 Willd.sp pi. 2. p. 865. 



L. virgatum. IValt.Ji. car. 120. 



In low sandy meadows and swamps. Base. If. . Juh 

 Aug. V. s. in Herb. Erislen. Flowers pale purpl 

 Walter in his Flora Caroliniensis has it as an hexan 

 drous plant j which probably may be the case. 



4. L. glaberrimum ; foliis oppositis ovato-oblongis acuti 

 basi subcordalis arete sessilibus, ramis virgatis 4-gono 

 alatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis sessilibus hexandris. 



In Lower Georgia. Enslen. If. June, July. v. s. in 

 Herb. Enslen. From three to four feet high j flowers 

 small, purple. 



5. L. glabrum, virgato-panicuiatum ; foliis suboppositis li- 

 nearibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis 6-andris. — 

 JVilld. sp. pi 2. p. 868. 



Near the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina, 1/ , July, 

 Aug. V. V. Three or lour feet high j flowers small, 

 white. 



virgatum. 



alatum. 



Uneare, 



