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tubers. Leaves opposite, sessile or nearly so, ascending, ovate or elliptical- 

 ovate, pointed at tlu- apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, I to 2 inches 

 lon^. one-half to I inch wide, with a U-w scattered hairs on both surface*, 

 conspicuously three to live-nervi-d. tin- margins a liate -serrulate. Flowers 

 bright purple, I to ij inches broad, few or several in terminal clusters; 

 lulvx-tube urn-shaped, constricted above with four triangular-pointed 

 lobes, and like the stalk <>t the flower glandular-pubescent; petals four, 

 broadly obovate; stamens eight, equal; anthers yellow, linear, curved and 

 minutely spurred on the back. Fruit a four-celled, four-valved capsule 

 with numerous small rou^'h. Ix-nt seeds. 



In moist, sandy meadows and marshes. Maine to northern New York. 

 Ontario and Iowa, south to Florida. Louisiana and Missouri. Flowering 

 from July to Septeml>er. Common on the coastal plain, but rare or local 

 inland, except east and north <>l < Hieida lake, when- it is very abundant in 

 certain places. 



The Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhcxia mariana Linna> 

 occurs from IJon Island southward. It is more densely hairy, the stems 

 are not angled and the leaves are narrower and more spreading. 



