576 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Rare and local along- the edge of the salt marshes, and reported 

 from the Hackensack meadows north of our boundary. 



Fl. — Early August to miid- September. Fr. — ^Mid-September, 

 through autumn. 



Maritime — Monmouth and Ocean Counties on Salt Marsh (C), Atlantic 

 County (T), Palermo, Cold Spring. 



Lythrum alatum Pursh. Wing-angled Loosestrife. 



Lythrum alatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 334. 1814 [Lower Georgia]. — Britton 

 107. — Keller and Brown 231. 



Rare and local; apparently introduced. 



Fl. — Late June to early August. Fr. — Mid-September through 

 autumn. 



Middle District. — New Egj'pt. 

 Pine Barrens. — WilHamstown Jnc. 

 Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L). 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



PARSONSIA P. Browne. 



Parsonsia petiolata (L.). Clammy Cuphea. 



Lythrum petiolatum Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 446. 1763 [Virginia]. 

 Cuphea petiolata Britton 108. 



Occasional or frecjuent in the Northern and Middle districts, 

 usually appearing as a weed in cultivated fields. 



Fl. — Late July into October. Fr.— Early September through 

 autumn. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Moorestown (NB), Gloucester (P), Cooper's 

 Ferry, Mickleton (H), Oaldyn (S), Lawnside (S). 



Family MELASTOMACEl^. Meadow-Beauties. 

 Key to the Species. 



a. Stem cylindric, very pubescent, flowers pale purple. Rhexia mariana, p. 578 

 aa. Stem square or angled, flowers deep purple. 



b. Plant more or less pubescent, leaves ovate. R. znrginica, p. 576 



bb. Plant glabrous, leaves lance-oblong. R. aristosa, p. 577 



RHEXIA L. 



Rhexia virginica L. Meadow Beauty. 



Rhexia virginica Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 346. 1753 [Virginia]. — Barton, Fl. Phila. 

 1. 180. 1818. — Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. L 222. 1803. — Knieskern 14. — 

 Willis 24. — Britton 106. 



