No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 315 



PRIMULACEAE. PRIMROSE FAMILY. 



HOTTONIA L. Featherfoil. Water Violet. 



Hottonia inflata Ell. (inflated). 



Water Violet. American Featherfoil. 



Ditches and shallow water. Rare or local near the coast ; 

 not reported far inland. June. 



SAMOLUS L. Water Pimpernel. Brook-weed. 



Samolus floribundus HBK. (abounding in flowers). 

 Samolus Valerandi L., var. americanus Gray. 

 Water Pimpernel. Brook- weed. 



Occasional in salt or brackish marshes along the coast, 

 and rare inland as at Ridgefield (Fames & C. C. Godfrey). 

 June — Oct. 



LYSIMACHIA L. Loosestrife. 



Lysimachia vulgaris L. (common). 

 Golden Loosestrife. 



Rare. Wilton, along roadside (Miss A. E. Carpenter). 

 July. Fugitive from Europe. 



Lysimachia punctata L. (dotted). 

 Spotted Loosestrife. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste 

 places: Norwich (W. A. Setchell, Mrs. E. E. Rogers & 

 • Graves), Preston (Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), West- 

 port (Fames), Wilton (Miss A. E. Carpenter). June — July. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Lysimachia quadrifolia L. (four-leaved). 

 Cross-wort. 



Common. Woods and thickets. June — July. 

 The root is medicinal. 



X Lysimachia producta (Gray) Fernald (lengthened). 

 Lysimachia foliosa Small. 



Rare. Fields and thickets, mostly near the coast : Ledyard 

 (Graves), Groton and Putnam (Harger), Stratford and Fair- 

 field (Fames), Norwalk (Bissell), Stamford (W. H. Hoyt). 

 June — July. 



