Nori FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 205 
Ms.) ; Bay St. Louis (Allison). August. 
Allison Herb. 
Lythrum lineare L. Linear-Leaved Loosestrife. 
Southern counties to the coast in damp, light soil. West 
Point; Durant; Jackson; Warrentown; Horn Island. July. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
DECODON J. F. Gmel. 
Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. Nesaea verticillata H. B. K.) 
Swamp Loosestrife. 
Edges of swamps and springy places; rare. Lauderdale 
Springs. July-August. 
MELASTOMACEAE. Malastoma Family. 
RHEXIA L. Meadow Beauty. Deer Grass. 
Rhexia serrulata Nutt. Serrulate-Leaf Deer Grass. 
Low damp pine barrens. Picayune. Summer. 
Rhexia Mariana L. Maryland Meadow Beauty. 
Wet edges of thickets and open marshes. Iuka; Oxford; 
Lost Gap; Grenada; Jackson; Jones Co. (Allison); Tyler- 
town; Bay St. Louis; Ocean Springs and Biloxi (Tracy). 
June. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Rhexia lanceolata Walt. (R. angustifolia Nutt.). Lance-Leaf 
Meadow Beauty. 
Damp soil in the lower pine barrens. Chunky; Hurley. 
August. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. 
Rhexia Floridana Nash. Florida Meadow Beauty. 
Damp soils in the southern counties. Bay St. Louis; Ship 
Island. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Rhexia Virginica L. Virginia Meadow Beauty. 
Low wet open places throughout the state. Iuka; Lost 
