PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA 105 



Em hireuta, Mich. 

 L. punctata, Walt. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 428. f. 4. Lam. illustr. t. 101. 

 f. 2. 



From one to two feet high ; stem very erect and simple, 

 with wlmrls of 1 ich whorl generally consisting of four 



leaves, but often five, and rarely six. In dry woods, every 

 where common. Perennial June. 



3. L. leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, narrowed angusufoiia. 

 at each end, ciliated at the base ; peduncles one- 

 flowered, axillary ; petals crenulate. — Willd. in 

 Ncm. A. cf. Soc, Xat. Scrut. 3. p. 417. 



L. hcterophylla, Mich. ? 



Under twelve inches high ; stem simple and erect Gene- 

 rally immersed one-third of its height in mud. Resembles 

 L- heterophyllum very much. On the muddy margins of the 

 Delaware, Jersey side, a mile or two below the city, very rare« 

 Perennial. July, Auguit. 



4. L. subpubescent ; leaves opposite, on long peti- ciiiau. 

 oles, subcordate-oval ; margin pubescent, petioles 

 ciliated, pedicels in pairs, flowers nodding, divi- 

 sions of the corolla roundish, acuminate, crenate 

 — Mich, and Pursh. 



L. cordata, Muhl. 



Icon. Walth. hort. t. 12. (Pursh.) 



Heart-leaved Loosestrife, 



A very elegant species, from eighteen inches to three feet 

 tall. Stem erect, branched, branches opposite- Flowers on 

 long peduncles, drooping. Found in shady damp places ; often 

 in moist woods, but most frequently near creeks and rivers. 

 In the umbrageous woods of rich soil in a right line from Man- 

 tua to the Schuylkill, very abundant. Along the whole course 

 of the Schmlkill, Delaware, and • -ivulets emptying into them, 

 frequent. . his species thrives in our gardens* and bears 

 transplantation exceedingly well. Perennial. July. 



