632 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Lythrum lanceolatum Ell. Sk. 1 : 544. 1817-21. LANCE-LEAF LOOSESTRIFE. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 134, in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 112. 



Lonisianian area. South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Low damp places. Montgomery 

 and Mobile counties. Flowers lilac-purple; .July, August. Apparently local; in 

 some places abundant in damp low fields. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Grows in ditches, swamps, etc.," South Carolina and Georgia. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lythrum lineare L. Sp. PI. 1 : 447. 1753. SEASIDE LOOSESTRIFE. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 545. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. Fl. 134, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:112. 



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

 Louisiana and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain, Littoral belt. Slightly brackish and salt marshes. 

 Flowers lavender purple ; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 

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[erb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Lythrum thymifolium L. Sp. PI. 1 : 447. 1753. 

 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPK. 



ALABAMA : A fugitive on ballast. Mobile, September, 1893. 

 Type locality: "Hab. inltaliao et Narbonensis uliginosis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



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



Two species, West Indies, Mexico to Argentina. Atlantic North America, 1. 



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



WHORLED-FLOWERED LOOSESTRIFE. 



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



Decodon aquations J. F. Gmel. Syst. 2 : 677. 1791. 



Nesaea rerticillata H. B. K. 6 : 191. 1823. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 544. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 186. Chap. Fl. 134. 



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

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



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Springy, marshy places. Bibb County. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). The smooth form, Decodon verticillatus glaber Torr. & Gr. Fl. 

 N. A. 1:483. Flowers purplish; July, August. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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



About 160 species, subtropical and tropical America. North America, 3. 

 Parsonsia petiqlata (L.) Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 :231. 1894. CLAMMY CUPIIEA. 



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



Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. Hort. Vind. 2 : 83, 1. 177. 1772. 



C.petiolata Koehne, Engler's Jahrb. 2 : 173. 1882. 



Gray, ed. 6, 186. Chap. Fl. 135. 



WEST INDIES TO BRAZIL. 



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

 Arkansas, and West Virginia, south to Georgia. 



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

 County, Lost Creek (E.A. Smith). Greene County (Leaven worth). Flowers purple; 

 August, September. Not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 

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erb. 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. PI. ed. 2) : " Hab. in China." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



