464 ONAGRACEAE 



Flowers showy, peduncled; petals large, bright yellow. 



Plants hirsute; capsules bristly-pubescent. 4. L. hirtella. 



Plants usually glabrous; capsules glabrous. 5. L. alternifolia. 



i. L. sphaerocarpa Ell. In swamps: E. Mass. and N. Y. to Fla. 

 west to La. 



Conn. Known only from Guildford. 



N. Y. Lake Mohegan, Westchester Co.; L. I. and S. I. 

 N. J. Rare in Bergen and Morris Cos., increasing and frequent 



southward. 

 Pa. Bristol, Bucks Co. 



2. L. polycarpa Short & Peter. In swamps: Ont. to Minn, and 



Mass., south to Ky., Neb. and Kan. 



Known in our area only from near Hartford, plentiful about 

 shallow ponds in meadows along the Connecticut River. 



3. L. linearis Walt. In swamps: N. J. to Fla., west to La. 



N.J. Known only from the southern pine-barrens, there very rare 

 and local. 



4. L. hirtella Raf. In pine-barren swamps: N. J. to Fla., west 



to Tex. 



N. J. Known only from the southern pine-barrens, and at Cape 

 May; very rare. 



5. L. alternifolia L. In swamps: N. H. to N. N. Y., Ont., Mich., 



Fla., and Tex. 



Common throughout the range; less common in the pine-barrens 

 than elsewhere. 



4. Chamaenerion [Tourn.] Adans. 

 1. C. angustifolium (L.) Scop. In dry soil: Lab. to Alask., N. 

 Car., Kan., Ariz, and Cal. Also in Europe and Asia. 



Common throughout the range but often scattered locally; very 

 frequently following fires in the pine-barrens, and in the Catskills. 



5. Epilobium L. 



Stigmas deeply 4-lobed; flowers 2.5 cm. broad. I. E. hirsutum. 



Stigmas entire or merely notched. 



Leaves linear or lanceolate, entire or nearly so. 



Plant crisp-pubescent, or canescent. 2. E. lineare. 



Plant glandular throughout; leaves sessile. 3. E. strictum. 



Leaves lanceolate or ovate, serrate. 



Seeds obconic, beakless; coma reddish. 4. E. coloralum. 



Seeds ellipsoid, short beaked; coma white. 5. E. adenocaulon. 



