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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
MELASTOMACE.^. Meiastoma Family. 
RHEXIA, L. Meadow Beauty. 
R- Virginica, L. 
Sandy or gravelly pond shores; infrequent. Duck Brook 
meadows ; Breakneck Ponds; Great Pond (Band); — Eagle 
Lake; Witch Hole (Redfield). 
LYTHRACEHS. Loosesteiee Family. 
DECODON, Gmelin. Swamp Loosestrife. 
! f(J D. verticillatus (L.), Ell. Nescea vertioillata (L.), HBK. 
Bare. Swamp, Somes Pond (B. & B.). 
ONAGRACE^. Evening Primrose Family. 
LUDWIGIA, L. False Loosestrife. 
L. palustris (L.), Ell. Water Purslane. 
Abundant on flats, Bipples Pond (Band). The only s 
thus far reported on the Island. 
EPILOBIUM, L. Willow Herb. 
angustifolium, L. Fibeweed. 'S, 
. C, 
Common, especially in clearings and in 
in burnt ground. 
f 
Forma albifiorum. 
Flowers pure white. Little Cranberry Isle (William H. 
Dunbar). 
! E. lineare, Muhl. yn 
Bogs and in wet ground; common. A simple form approach- C 
ing E, palustre, Western Mt. (Band)Gt^l^^ 
Forma latifolinm. 
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Leaves larger, often P' broad and 2' long. Bog, north of 
Beech Hill (Band). 
