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 mid-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. 



Ly thrum alatum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 334. 1814 [Lower Georgia]. — Brittori' 

 107. — Keller and Brown 231. 



Rare and local; apparently introduced. 



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

 autumn. 



Middle District.— 'New Egypt. 

 Pine Barretts. — Williamstown Jnc. 

 Coast Strip. — Beach Haven (L). 

 Cape May. — Cape May. 



PARSONSIA P. Browne. 



Parsonsia petioiata (L.). Clammy Cuphea. 



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

 Cuphea petioiata Britton 108. 



Occasional or frequent 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), Oaklyn (S), Lawnside (S). 



Family MELASTOMACE^. 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. virginica, p. 576 



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



RHEXIA L. 



Rhexia virginica L. Meadow Beauty. 



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

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

 Willis 24. — Britton 106. 



