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Lythrum lanceolatiim Kll. Sk. 1 :54 I. 1817-21. Lance-i.f.ak Looskstkifk. 



Kll.Sk.l.c. Chiip. IM. i:il, in ]).iit. ('<»iiltiT, Contr. Nat. llcrli. 2 : 112. 



Lonisiaiiian uioa. South Camliiia, (Jeorjjia, l.ouiHiana, and 'i'cxas. 



Ai.vuama: Central rrairiore^^ioii to Coast plain. Low d.inip jilacuis. Montgomery 

 an.l Moliilo comities. Flowers lila(-])nrpie; .Inly, August. Ai»parently local; in 

 8t»nu) ])la(t>s abnndant in damp low li(l<lH. i'orcnnial. 



Ty]ic locality: "Grows in ditches, swauips, etc.," South Carolina and Ceorgia. 



Herb. (.ieol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Lythrum liueare L.Sp. PI. 1:447. 1753. Skaside Looskstkikk. 



Kil. Sk. l:54r.. Gray. Man. od. 6, 18.5. Chap. Fl. 134, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:112. 



Carolinian and Louisiaiiian areas. New .Jersey along the coast to Florida, west to 

 Lonisian;i and Texas. 



Ai.auama: Coast plain, Littoral belt. Slightly brackish aud salt marshes. 

 Flowcis lavender ])urple; fn'(|ueut. Perennial. 



Tyiic locality: "ll.ili. in Virginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lythrum thymifolium L. Sp. PI. 1 : 417. 1753. 

 Mi:i>rrEKi{AXi;AX Ei'roi>k. 



Ai.ahama: a fugitive on ballast. ^lobile, September, 1893. 

 Tyi)e locality: " Hab. in Italiac et Narboncnsis uliginosis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



DECODON .7. F. Gmel. Syst. 2 : 677. 1791. 



Two siiecies, West Indies, Mexi(-o to Argentina. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Decodou verticillatus (L.) Ell. Sk. 1:.544. 1821. 



WUOKLKU-FI.OWEHED LOOSESTRIFE. 



Lythrum rerticiUaium L. Sp. PL 1 : 446. 1753. 



Decodou aqiiaticus .1. F. Gmel. Svst. 2 : 677. 1791. 



Xexaea rirticiUata H. B. K. 6 : 191. 1823. 



Ell. Sk.l:.544. Gray, Man. ed. 6, ISti. Chap. Fl. 134. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario and Quebec; New England, 

 west to Missouri, south to the Gulf, extending irom Florida to Louisiana. 



Alaijama: Central Pine belt. Springy, marshy places. Hibb County. Tuscaloosa 

 County {E. A. Smith). The smooth form, Decodon rerticillattts (jJaher Torr. it Gr. Fl. 

 N. A. 1:483. Flowers pMri)li-]i ; .July, August. Not free lueut. I'ereuuial. 



Type locality : "Ilab. in \'irgiuia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mt)hr. 



PARSONSIA P. Br. Hist. .Jam. 199. 1756. 



About IGO species, subtropical and tropical America. North America, 3. 

 Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Eusby. Mem. Torr. Club, 5 :231. 1894. Clammy Cuphea. 



Lythrum petiolatum L. Sp. PL 1 : 446. 17.53. 



Cuphea viscosissima Jac<|. Hort. Vind. 2 : 83, 1. 177. 1772. 



C. petiolata Koehne. Eugler's .Jahrb. 2 : 173. 1882. 



Gray, ed. 6, 186. Ch.ap. Fl. 135. 



"West Indies to Brazil. 



Carolinian aud Louisianian areas. Southeastern New England west to Missouri, 

 Arkansas, and West Virginia, south to Georgia. 



Alaijama: Lower hills to Central Prairie region. Dry exposed places. Walker 

 Couuty, Lost Creek (/i. J. .SnM7/(). Greene Connty {Leavenworth). Flowers purple; 

 August, September. Not fre(iuent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LAGERSTROEMIA L. Syst. ed. 10: 1076. 1758-59. 



Lagerstroemia indica L. Syst. ed. 10 : 1076. 1758-59. Crape Myrtle. 



Native of Asia, cultivated in all warm countries. This ornamental tree has not 

 infrequently escaped about hedge rows. 



Alabama: Mobile County. July, August. 

 Type locality (L. Sp. PL ed. 2) : ''' Hab. in China." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



