No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 29I 



ONAGRACEAE. EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY. 



LUDVIGIA L. False Loosestrife. 



Ludvigia alternifolia L. (alternate-leaved). 

 Seedbox, 



Occasional or frequent. Moist places and about swamps. 

 June — Aug. 



Ludvigia sphaerocarpa Ell. (globular- fruited). 



Rare. Guilford, shallow water of ponds (W. H. Dudley, 

 G. H. Bartlett). Aug.; fruit Sept.— Oct. 



Ludvigia polycarpa Short & Peter (many-fruited). 



Local. Hartford, plentiful about shallow ponds in 

 meadows along the Connecticut River (C. Wright, H. S. Clark 

 & Bissell). July — Aug. 



Ludvigia palustris (L.) Ell. (of marshes). 

 Isnardia palustris L. 

 Marsh or Water Purslane. 



Frequent or common. In streams, on muddy shores or in 

 shallow water. June — Sept. 



EPILOBIUM L. Willow-herb. 



Epilobium angustifolium L. (narrow-leaved). 

 Chainaeiierion angustifolinni Scop. 

 Great Willow-herb. Fireweed. 



Occasional or frequent. Woodlands and pastures, more 

 often in newly cleared land. July — Sept. 



The leaves and roots are used medicinally. 



Epilobium molle Torr. (soft). 

 Epilobmm strictum Muhl. (?). 



Open bogs and swamps. Rare or local in the northwestern 

 part of the state, extending eastward to East Hartford 

 (Weatherby) and southward to Fairfield (Fames). Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Epilobium densum Raf. (close together). 

 Epilobium lineare Muhl. (?). 



Occasional to frequent. Swamps and wet places. July — 

 Sept. 



