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ICOSANDKIA MONQGYNIA. 
Salicaria. 
/3. pubescens. 
verticillatum. 
virgatum . 
datum. 
lineare . 
406. LYTHRUM. Gen. pl. 825. 
1 . L. pubescens 3 foliis oppositis ternatisque sessilibus Ian- 
ceolatis basi cordatis, floribus terminalibus verticillato- 
spicatis 12-andris, capsulis oblongis. — Willd. sp. pl 2. 
p. 805. 
Icon. FL dan. 07 1. Engl. lot. 1001. 
In wet meadows : Canada and New England. 7f. . July, 
-A ug. v. v. About two feet high 3 flowers very 
showy, purple. 
2. L. pubescens 3 foliis oppositis lanceolatis petiolatis, flori- 
bus axillaribus corymbosis subverticillatim aggregatis 
decandris, fructibus globosis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 800. 
Decodon aquaticum. Gmel. syst. 077* 
Anonymos aquatica. Walt.jl. car. 137. 
In swamps: Canada to Florida 5 not common. 71. 
July, Aug. v. v. A showy perennial, from two to 
four feet high ; the stems are declinate, and strike fre- 
quently roots on their summits 3 flowers large, fine 
purple. 
3. L. foliis oppositis lanceolatis glabris, caule paniculato, 
floribus axillaribus ternis pedicellatis 12-andris.— 
JVilld.sp.pl 2. p. 805. 
L. virgatum. JValt.Jl. car. 120. 
In low sandy meadows and swamps. Bose. 2/ . July, 
Aug. v. s. in Herb. Enslen. Flowers pale purple. 
Walter in his Flora Caroliniensis has it as an hexan- 
drous plant 5 which probably may be the case. 
4. L. glaberrimum 3 foliis oppositis ovato-oblongis acutis 
basi subcordatis arcte sessilibus, ramis virgatis 4-gono- 
alatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis sessilibus hexandris. 
In Lower Georgia, Enslen. 7J. June, July. v. s. in 
Herb. Enslen. From three to four feet high 3 flowers 
small, purple. 
5. L. glabrum, virgato-paniculatum 3 foliis suboppositis li- 
nearibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis 0-andris. — 
JVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 808. 
Near the sea-coast of Virginia and Carolina. 71 . July, 
Aug. v. v. Three or four feet high 3 flowers small, 
white. 
