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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
macrocarpa . 
138. LUDWIGIA. Ge?z. pi. 204. 
* Corollatce. 
1 . L. erecta, ramosa, glabriuscula ; foliis alternis lanceolatis 
subtus canis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, capsulis 
globoso-tetragonis, laciniis calycinis magnis coloratis 
coronatis. Mich.jl. amer. 1. p. 8 9. 
L. alternifolia. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 6J2. 
Icon. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 77- Trew ehr. 2. t. 2. 
In wet pastures and swamps : New England to Florida. 
1/ . July. v. v. Stem purple, two feet high ; flowers 
yellow. 
hirsuta . 
2. L. erecta, ramosa, hirsuta ; foliis alternis oblongis sessi-, 
libus utrinque hirsutis, pedunculis unifloris axillaribus, 
capsulis globoso-tetragonis coronatis basi bibracteatis. 
Lam. encycl. 3. p. 587- 
L. pilosa. Walt.jl. car. 89. 
In ditches and ponds on sandy soil : New Jersey to Ca- 
rolina. 1/ . July, Aug. v. v. The same size and 
habit as No. 1. 
linearis . 
3. L. erecta, virgata, glabra ; foliis alternis linearibus acu- 
tis, floribus axillaribus solitariis sessilibus, capsulis 
oblongis turbinatis, laciniis calycinis semilanceolatis. 
— Walt . fl. car. 8p. 
L. angustifolia. Mich.jl. amer. 1. p . 88. 
Near ditches and ponds in sandy soil : Virginia to Caro- 
lina. }/. July, Aug. v.v. From two to five feet high, 
very branchy; flowers small, yellowish-brown. 
virgata , 
4. L. erecta, virgata, glabra 5 foliis alternis linearibus obtu- 
sis, floribus terminalibus subspicatis pedicellatis, cap- 
sulis globoso-tetragonis ecoronatis. Mich.jl. amer. l. 
p. 89. ' 
L. ramosissima. Walt.jl. car. 89. 
In dry sandy woods of Lower Carolina. Michaux . 1/. . 
May, June. v. s. Flowers small. 
decurrens . 
5.L. erecta, ramosissima, glabra; foliis alternis lineari- 
lanceolatis decurrentibus, floribus axillaribus subsessi- 
libus solitariis alternis, capsulis clavatis coronatis, la- 
ciniis calycinis ovali-lanceolatis. Walt.jl. car, 89 . 
L. jussiseoides. Mich.jl. amer. t.p. 8p. 
In shady woods near ponds and ditches : Virginia and 
Lower Carolina. ©.July, Aug. v.v. About a foot 
high, very branchy ; flowers large, yellow. 
