150. 
Lythrum 
Lythrum lineare L. Loosestrife 
Java Farm. One station: Fox Creek salt marsh. Hectare 3527. 
Iva frutescens and Distichlis spicata dominant. Higman 61. 
Cuphea 
Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne Blue Waxweed 
Ivy Neck. One station: moist woods along Cheston Creek 
drainage. Hectare 4752. Canopy of Platanus occidentalis, Diospyros 
virginiana, and Liquidambar styraciflua. Associate species: Duchesnea 
indica, Eupatorium coelestinum, Ranunculus sceleratus, Viola sp. 
Higman 1005. 
NYSSACEAE 
Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Black Gum, 
Sour Gum 
Java Farm and Ivy Neck. Infrequent to moderately abundant in a 
variety of mixed hardwood aanopies, especially oaks. Higman 109, 421, 520. 
ONAGRACEAE 
1. Flowers 2-merous; fruit indehiscent, bristly.......... Circaea 
1. Flowers 4-merous (5- or 6-merous in Jussiaea); 
fruit dehiscent. 
2. Fruit indehiscent, with 1 to 4 seeds. 
Expected (Gaura). 
2. Fruit a dehiscent capsule (loculicidal), 
many-seeded. 
3. Leaves alternate; petals showy; capsule 
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3. Leaves opposite; petals inconspicuous or 
absent; capsule linear-cylindric or short 
and angled to terete. 
4, Stamens 4; capsule short; seeds glabrous..... Ludwigia 
4. Stamens 8; capsule linear-cylindric, its 
valves widely splitting; seeds with apical 
tufts of hair, like the bristle pappus on 
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