2 x ae 
ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. $03. 
flowers are»solitary and terminal, reihebbnge those of 
some species of Cretezus but yellow? ‘ 
Seecies. 1. T. tridentata. Collected in the reese ‘ 
of the Norihern Andes or Rocky preg oy the late 
Governor Lewis, aes 
“859, LYTHROUM. Z, (Loosestrife.) 
Calix 6 to 12-toothed, tubular. Petals 6, 
equal, inserted upon the calix. Capsule supe- 
rior,” 2 to 4-celled, many-seeded, (Stamina 2, 
6, 8, 10, and in some species 12.) 7 
Herbaceous; leaves alternate, opposite and verticsllater 
flowers yerticillately spiked and terminal, er verticillate 
and axillary subsolitary, purple. 
a Srilives 1. L. Saticaria, .2. verticillatum. Ons. Sub- 
aquatic, pulve ly pubescent; stem hexangular re- = 
curved, and chet aking root atthe extremities, | pene : 
times" “suffruticose, : : 
nately verticillate, attenuated at both ends." Call 6 . 
ee aggregated. Petals 5 or 6, - Stamina 8, 10, ae 12, *. 4 
very ape and ornamental species; branches ene 
first erect, at length recurved, and then sending out nu- 
merous axillary branchlets; flowers often double the length 
of the leaves, deep and bright purple; leaves ant sae = 
larger than those of ‘'hyme, which they son 
ble, and L. Serpyllifolia would certainly have t 
better name than the obscure one of 
which in this species is scarcety if at all, more Metals 
than in L Hyssopifolia—Stigma conspicuously capitate; 
capsule subcylindric, 2-celled, flowers minutely bibrac- 
i after the manner of the genus. 5. Hineare. Smooth 
te; leaves mostly opposite, narrow, linear and —_~ 
pace 5 betall axillary, solitary, nearly equal with the — 
Neeren hexandrous. Ons. The leaves sppene somewhat - 
succulent and opaque, length 6 or 7 lines, bres 
1 line; flowers small and nearly white, bil oe 
6, {Hyssopifelia, Leaves alternate and opposite longer 
than the flowers, linear lanceolate, subelliptic; flowers so-_ 
 jitary axillary, hexandrous. Os. Stem nearly simple or — 
“ey branched from the ee . 
