. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Lythrum lineare L. Linear-leaved Loosestrife. Fig. 3006. Lythrum lineare L. Sp. PI. 447. 1753. Perennial, slender, glabrous, rather pale green, much branched, 2°-4° high. Leaves narrowly linear, sessile, 6"-i2" long, i"-2" wide, nearly all opposite, acutish at the apex or the lowest obtuse, narrowed at the base; flowers solitary in the up
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 3. Lythrum lineare L. Linear-leaved Loosestrife. Fig. 3006. Lythrum lineare L. Sp. PI. 447. 1753. Perennial, slender, glabrous, rather pale green, much branched, 2°-4° high. Leaves narrowly linear, sessile, 6"-i2" long, i"-2" wide, nearly all opposite, acutish at the apex or the lowest obtuse, narrowed at the base; flowers solitary in the upper axils, light purple or nearly white, dimorphous, about i4" broad; stamens of the short-styled flowers exserted; no hypogynous ring; ovary short-stalked; fruiting calyx ii"-2" long. Borders of salt marshes. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. Cuba. July-Sept. Lythrum Vulneraria Ait., of Mexico, ad- mitted into our first edition as recorded as found at St. Louis, Mo., is not definitely known within our area. 4. Lythrum Salicaria L. Spiked or Purple Loosestrife Fig. 3007. Lythrum Salicaria L. Sp. PI. 446. 1753. Perennial, erect, 2°-3° high, glabrous or pubescent, sometimes tomentose above, at length much branched. Leaves opposite or sometimes verticillate in 3's, sessile, lanceolate, cordate or clasping at the base, 2'-3' long, 3 -S" wide; flowers purple, trimorphous, 6"-8" broad, in dense compound terminal interrupted bracted spikes; stamens 8-10, alternately longer and shorter, even the longer ones little exserted; ovary short-stalked; fruiting calyx about 3" long; calyx-lobes shorter than the nar- row appendages. In swamps and wet meadows, Cape Breton Island to Ontario, south to southern New York, Delav/are and the District of Columbia. Naturalized from Europe. June- Aug Widely distributed in the Old World. Spiked willow- herb, long purples, soldi'-rs. Purple-grass. Willow- or kill- weed. Sage-willow. Milk or purple willow-herb. Red
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