80 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



MELASTOMACE.E. Melastomas. 



RHEXIA, L. Deer-grass. Meadow Beatify. 



virginica, L. Virginian Rhexia. 



Low sands and shores. About Oneida lake near Constantia, Vasey. Between 



the mouth of Fish creek and Rotterdam, near the latter place, Knieskern. 



Rare. June - September. 



LYTHRACE^E. Loosestrifes. 



LYTHRUM, L. Time Loosestrife. 



salicaria, L. Spiked, Willow-like Loosestrife. 



Swamps. Junius, "Wayne county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. Coll. Rochester, 

 C. Dewey. Rare. July, August. 



NES2EA, Comm. Swamp Loosestrife. 



• verticillata, H. B. K. Whorled-flowered Loosestrife. 



Lake shores; borders of ponds in sphagnum swamps. Ballston lake, Pearson. 

 Fairfield, Had ley in herb. Wetmore's sphagnum pond, Frankfort hill. Marsh 

 at the head of Oneida lake, Knieskern. Uncommon. August. 



CUPHEA, Jacquin. Cuphea. 



ViscosissiMA. Jacq. Yery-clammy Cuphea. 



Old fields and gravelly places, northern part of the State. Stevenson and 

 Knieskern, Torrey Fl. N .Y. Rare. August. 



ONAGRACE./E. Evening Primroses. 



EPILOBIUM, L. Willow-herbs. Epilobia. 



• ANGUSTIFOLIUM, L. Narrow-leaved Epilobium. 



Copses and new lands : even in the north woods, springing up abundantly 

 after fires. Common. July - September. 



palustre, L. : var. lineare, Gray. Linear-leaved Epilobium. 



Cold mossy swamps. Litchfield, near Jerusalem hill; Hidden lake, on its 

 borders, under cedars and tamaracks. Abundant in the sphagnum swamps 

 and beaver meadows of the north woods. 



The small few-flowered form, E. oliganthum, Michaux, on the hills about 

 Oriskany, Vasey. Scarce. July - September. 



molle, Torrey. Downy Epilobium. 



Wet banks. Hungry kill beyond Coon Chisholm's, Schenectady, Pearson. 

 Summit lake, Otsego county. Hidden lake, south Herkimer county. Bridge- 

 water, Gray in herb. Ham. Coll. Damp meadows near Oriskany, Knieskern. 

 Common on cold marshes in the northwestern part of the county, near Fish 

 creek and Point of Rock lake. Common. August, September. 



COLOR atum, Muhl. Colored-leaved Epilobium. 



Low grounds, brook-sides. Frequent. July -October. 



OENOTHERA, L. Evening Primroses. 



• biennis, L. Biennial Evening-primrose. 



Railroads, roadsides, waste fields. 



var. muricata, Torr. fy Gr. Prickly Evening-primrose. 



Schenectady, Pearson. 



var. grandiplora, Torr. fy Gr. Large-flowered Evening- 



Low grounds. Flats of the Mohawk. primrose. 



Common. June - August. 



