PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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L. hirsuta, 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 whorls of leaves, eacl\ whorl generally consisting of four 
leaves, but often five, and rarely six. In dry woods, every 
where common. Perennial. June. 
S. L. leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, narrowed 
at each end, ciliated at the base ; peduncles one- 
flowered, axillarv ; petals crenulate.^ — Wtlld, in 
Nov. A. cf. Sac* Nat. Scrut. 3. p. 417. 
L. heterophylla, 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, August. 
4. L. subpubescent j leaves opposite, on long peti- ciiiata. 
oles^ subcordate-oval ; margin pubescent, petioles 
ciliated, pedicels in pairs, flowers nodding, divi- 
sions of the corolla roundish, acuminate, crenate. 
’ — Mkh. and Fursh. 
L. cordata, Muhl. 
Icon. Walth. hort. t. 12. (Pursh.) 
HearUleaTed 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 Schuylkill, Delaware, and rivulets emptying into them, 
frequent. This species thrives in our gardens, and bears 
transplantation exceedingly well. Perennial. July. 
