TENNESSEE FLORA. 43 



MELASTOMACE.E. 



Rliexia Vir^inica L. Low wet lands. Common. July. 

 R. Mariana L. Low grounds in the oak barrens. June- 

 Julv. 



LYTHRACE.^.* 



Rotala ramosior Koehne (Ammannia humilis Michx). Bor- 

 ders of ditciies and swamps. July-September. 



Aminaimia coccinea Rottbadl. With the former. Has been 

 distributed by me as "Ammannia latifolia." 



Peplis (liandra Nutt. {Ammannia Nuttallii Gray). Swamps 

 along rivers, etc. July-September. 



Lythrum alafum Piirsh. Borders of springs and rivulets, 

 near Cleveland, East Tenn. July. 



(JuphcPa petiolata Krehne. (Cuph. viscosissima 'ia.cq.) August- 

 September. 



Decodon verticillaius Ell. (^Neswa verticiflata. H. B. K.). Wat- 

 ers of Barren fork of Caney fork, near Nicholson springs. 

 August. 



ONAGRACE^E. 



Circa^a Lutetiaua L. Moist woodlands. May-June. 



C. alpina L. Summit of Smoky Mts. ; Roane Mt. 



Gaura biennis L. Cumberland Mts. July-August. 



(r. filipes S])ach. Chattanooga, Dr. Engelmann. 



Jussijfa decurreus DC. Moist meadows, etc. July-August. 



J. repens 1^. Swamps in Cockrill's bend, below Nashville. 

 June. 



Epilobiuiu coloratuiii Muhlb. Woodlands, common. Jidy- 

 September. 



(Enotliera biennis L. Waste fields. Varies greatly. 



var. grandiflora is common around Nashville. June-Sep- 

 tember. 



(E. fruticosa L. O. S. Baker's station, on the ridge. July, 

 var. hirsata Nutt. In the poor, cherty soils of East Tenn. ; 

 Cleveland, Bradley Co. July. 



*I adopt the revision of Lythracese by E. Koehne, vide Bd. Gaz., vol. 

 X. no. 5. 



