102 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



MELASTOMACE^. Melastoma Family. 



RHEXIA, L. Meadow Beauty. 

 R. Virginica, L. 



Sandy or gravelly pond shores; infrequent. Duck Brook 

 meadows ; Breakneck Ponds ; Great Pond (Rand) ; — Eagle 

 Lake; Witch Hole (Kedfield). 



LYTHRACE^. Loosestrife Family. 



DECODON, Gmelin. Swamp Loosestrife. 



D. verticillatus (L.), Ell. Nescea verticillata (L.), HBK. 

 Kare. Swamp, Somes Pond (R. & R.). 



ONAGRACEiE. Evening Primrose Family. 



LUDWIGIA, L. False Loosestrife. 



L. palustris (L.), Ell. Water Purslane. 



Abundant on flats, Ripples Pond (Rand). The only station 

 thus far reported on the Island. 



EPILOBIUM, L. Willow Herb. 



E. angustifolium, L. Fireweed. 



Common, especially in clearings and in burnt ground. 



Forma albiflorum. 



Flowers pure white. Little Cranberry Isle (William H. 

 Dunbar). 



E. lineare, Muhl. 



Bogs and in wet ground; common. A simple form approach- 

 ing E. palustre, Western Mt. (Rand). 



Forma latifolium. 



Leaves larger, often 4" broad and 2' long. Bog, north of 

 Beech Hill (Rand). 



