Genus i. 



MEADOW-BEAUTY FAMILY, 



I. Rhexia mariana L. Maryland Meadow- 

 Beauty. Fig. 3009. 



Rhexia mariana L. Sp. PI. 346. 1753. 



Stem rather slender, cylindric, simple, or branched 



above, very hirsute-pubescent, l°-2° high. Leaves 



spreading, short-petioled, oblong, or linear-oblong, 



mostly acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, 



I'-li' long, 2"-s" wide, pubescent with scattered 



bristly hairs on both surfaces, 3-nerved, the margins 



ciliate-serrulate ; flowers loosely cymose, pedicelled, 



pale purple, about i' broad; pedicels and calyx-tube 



glandular-pubescent ; petals rounded, or sometimes 



aristulate ; anthers linear, curved, minutely spurred 



on the back. 



In swamps, pine-barrens of Long Island to Florida, 

 west to Kentucky, Missouri and Texas. June-Sept. 



2. Rhexia virginica L. Meadow-Beauty. 

 Deer-grass. Fig. 3010. 



Rhexia virginica L. Sp. PI. 346. 1753. 



Rhexia latifolia Bush, Rhodora 13: 167. 1911, 



Stem rather stout, simple or branched above, 

 square, the angles often slightly winged, more or 

 less pubescent, i°-ij° high. Leaves ascending, ses- 

 sile or short-petioled, ovate or ovate-oval, acute or 

 acutish at the apex, rounded or rarely narrowed at 

 the base, i'-2' long, 6"-i2" wide, usually with a few 

 scattered hairs on both surfaces, mostly S-nerved, the 

 margins ciliate-serrulate ; flowers bright purple, 

 cymose, short-pedicelled, i'-l4' broad; calyx-tube 

 and pedicels glandular-pubescent ; petals rounded or 

 slightly refuse; anthers linear, curved, minutely 

 spurred on the back. 



In sandy swamps, Maine to Florida, Ontario, northern 

 New York, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana. Ascends to 

 2000 ft. in Pennsylvania. Handsome Harry. July-Sept. 



3. Rhexia aristosa Britten. Awn-petaled Meadow-Beauty. Fig. 301 1 



Rhexia aristosa Britton, Bull. Torr. Qub 17: 14. 

 pi. 91). 1890. 



Stem square, slender, glabrous, branched or 

 simple ii°-2° high. Leaves sessile, erect, ob- 

 long or linear-oblong, obtusish at each end, 

 9"-iS" long, ii"-3" wide, 3-nerved, serrate 

 toward the apex with appressed subulate teeth, 

 glabrous or very nearly so beneath, but with a 

 few scattered hairs above ; flowers 1-4 to- 

 gether, short-pedicelled, magenta-red, I'-ii' 

 broad; summit of the calyx-tube and its linear 

 lobes with scattered subulate hairs ; petals 

 rounded, but obtusely pointed and aristate at 

 the apex; anthers linear, minutely spurred on 

 the back. 



In sandy swamps, pine-barrens of New Jersey 

 and Delaware to South Carolina and Georgia. 

 Base of the stem with a coating of spongy tissue 

 when growing in water. July-Aug. 



