190 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI STUDIES [SS^^ 



295. SAMOLUS L. Water pimpernel. 



713. S. floribundus H. B. K. [5. Valerandi Americanus 

 Gray]. 



Rare about Brushwood lake. 



Newfoundland to British Columbia; Florida to Cali- 

 fornia and Mexico. 



296. LYSIMAOHIA L. Loosestrife. 



714. L. Nummularia L. Moneywort. 

 Damp yards. 



Europe, thence to North America. 



297. STEIRONEMA Raf. Loosestrife. 



715. S. ciliatum (L.) Raf. Fringed loosestrife. 

 Rare in moist thickets. 



Nova Scotia to British Columbia; Florida to Arizona: 

 naturalized in Europe. 



716. S. lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray. 



Old road-bed south of Grindstone creek. 

 Maine to Minnesota; Florida to Arizona. 



717. S. heteropbyllum (Michx.) Raf. \^S. lanceolatum 

 angustifoliiim (Lam.) Gray]. Swamp loosestrife. 



In swamps; local. 



Virginia to Missouri; Florida to Mississippi. 



298. OENTUNCULUS L. Chaffweed. 



718. 0. minimus L. 



Beds of dried-up puddles; rare. 



Illinois and Minnesota to British Columbia; Missouri 

 to Texas and Mexico: South America: Europe. 



299. DODECATHEON L. Shooting star. 



719. D. Meadia L. American cowslip. 

 Damp ledges near the Pinnacles; scarce. 

 Pennsylvania to Manitoba; Georgia to Texas. 



