<200 ICOSANDRIA.— DI-PENTAGYNIA, 



317. LYTHRUM. Loose-strife. Salicaria. 



% Calyx subcampanulate, 10-loothed ; capsuled — 4- 

 celled. Decodon. 



I. L. verticillatum : pubescent; leaves opposite and 

 ternate, lanceolate, petiolate ; flowers axillary, ver- 

 ticillate, decandrous ; petals undulate ; fruit sub- 

 globose. 

 HAB. Swamps. Aug. U. Stem 2 ft. high, 6- 

 ang. ; fl. in axill. corymbs, purp. 



** Calyx tubular, capsule 2-celled. 



%. L. Salicaria. /3. pubescens : pubescent ; leaves op- 

 posite and ternate, sessile, lanceolate, cordate at 

 the base ; flowers with 12 stamens, terminal, ver- 

 ticillate-spiked ; capsule oblong. 

 HAB. Wet meadows. V-. About 2 ft. high;fl. 

 purp., very showy, -f-, 



3. L. hyssopifoliv.m: leaves alternate and opposite, li- 

 near-lanceolate and subelliptic ; flowers axillary., 

 hexandrous. 

 IJAB. New- York. V-. Stem mostly simp., quad- 

 rang., submargined ; fl. pale purp. 



318. CUPHEA. Salicarm. 



O. viscosissima : viscous ; leaves opposite, petiolate. 

 ovate-oblong; flowers lateral, solitary, on short pe- 

 duncles ; stamens 12. 



MAB. Fields and mountains. Sept. 0. Stem 12— 

 1 8 in. high, pubes. ; fl. purp. 



DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



319. AGRIMONIA. Agrimony. Rosacea 1 .. 



\. Evpatoria: hairy; cauline leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate : leaflets ovate, with the terminal one pe- 

 tiolate, acutely dentate, smoothish ; spike virgate ; 

 petals twice as long as the calyx : fruit turbinate. 

 hispid, smooth at the base. 



