CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. 



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MELASTGMACE/E. Melastoma Family. 



RHEXIA, L. Meadow Beauty. 



R. Virginica, L. 



Open, wet, sandy or gravelly soil and open meadows. B*, 

 common round Hoosicwhisick Pond. 



LYTHRACEAi. Loosestrife family. 



LYTHRUM, L. Loosestrife. 



L. Hyssopifolia, L. 



Boggy and wet meadows. B*, occurs. 



DECODON, Gmel. Swamp Loosestrife. 



D. verticiflatus, Ell. 



Bogs and wet places. B*, frequent; by Hoosicwhisick 

 Pond; Cedar Swamp, etc. : — M, by Doleful Pond: — 8, by 

 Turtle Pond. 



ONAGRACE/E. Evening Primrose Family. 



LUDWIGIA, L. False Loosestrife. 

 L. palustris, L. Water Purslane. 



Bogs, ditches, and wet ground. B*, frequent: — M'*, com- 

 mon. 



EPILOBIUM, L. Willow Herb. 



E. angustifoiium, L. Fireweed. 



Low ground, rocky places, and especially where forests have 

 been cleared, and ground burnt over. B* and M*, com- 

 mon : — S*, frequent. 

 E. lineare, Muhl. 



Bogs and wet ground. JS*, Cedar Swamp ; by Hoosicwhi- 

 sick Pond : — M, common. 

 E. coloratura, Muhl. 



In all wet places. B*, occasional ; near the Old Glover 

 Place ; near Hoosicwhisick Pond, etc. 



