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Oenothera longipedicellata (Small) Robinson (having long 



flower-stalks). 

 Kneiffia longipedicellata Small. 



Low meadows and borders of marshes. Occasional on the 

 coast from Milford (Eames) westward; and inland at 

 Southbury (A. E. Blewitt) and Woodbury (H. S. Clark & 

 Bissell) . June — July. 



Oenothera pratensis (Small) Robinson (of meadows). 

 Kneiffia pratensis Small. 



Rare. Border of salt marsh: Bridgeport (I. F. Moore). 

 June. 



GAURA L. 



Gaura biennis L. (of two years). 



Rare or local. Dry open ground : Southington (Bissell), 

 New Haven (H. S. Clark, Harger), Oxford and Seymour 

 (Harger). Aug. — Sept. In part adventive from the West. 



CIRCAEA L. Enchanter's Nightshade. 



Circaea lutetiana L. 



Occasional or frequent. Moist woods. July — Aug. 



Circaea alpina L. (alpine). 



Rocky woods in moist humus. Rare in southern districts : 

 North Stonington (Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), 

 Orange and Huntington (Eames). Becoming occasional 

 northward. June — July. 



HALORAGIDACEAE. 

 WATER MILFOIL FAMILY. 



MYRIOPHYLLUM L. Water Milfoil. 



Myriophyllum spicatum L. (spiked). 



Rare. Litchfield, in Bantam Lake (T. F. Allen), Kent, in 

 Spectacle Ponds (Eames). July — Aug. 



Myriophyllum verticillatum L. (whorled), var. pectinatum 

 Wallr. (comb-like). 

 Myriophyllum verticillatnin Gray's Manual ed. 6 in part. 

 Rare. In ponds and rivers: Lyme (Graves), Guilford 



