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1. A. coccinea Rottb. Erect, glabrous, branching below, 

 15-45 cm. high; leaves linear lanceolate, all obtusely cordate, 

 auriculate, dilated at the somewhat clasping base, acuminate or 

 acute at the apex, entire, 2.5-7.5 cm. long, 2-6 mm. broad; flowers 

 1-5 in each axil, sessile or nearly so; petals purple, fugacious; 

 style very slender, more than half the length of the capsule. 



Soldiers Home, EaS8t . 



•2. LYTHRUM L. 



Herbs or shrubs with 4-angled sterns, opposite, alter- 

 uate or rarely verticillate entire leaves, and solitary 

 cymose-paniculate and terminal flowers. Calyx-tube 

 cylindric, 8-12-ribbed, with 4-6 primary teeth and as 

 many accessory ones inthe si uuses. Petals 4-6, rarely 

 wanting. Stamens 8-12, inserted on the calyx-tube. 

 Capsule enclosed by the calyx, membranous, 2-celled, 

 2-valved or bursting irregularly. Seeds flat or angular. 



1. L. Californicum T. & G. Stems erect from a perennial 

 stoloniferous root, simple below, paniculately branched above; 

 lower leaves lanceolate, the upper and floral linear, acute at 

 apex, tapering below to a sessile base; calyx with 12 strise and 

 very short teeth ; stamens not at all exserted and the style elon- 

 gated, or the stamens much exserted and exceeding the short 

 style. 



Common in damp ground along streams, both in the valleys and moun- 

 tains. July- October. 



Family 64. ONAGRACEAE. Evening-primrose 

 Family. 



Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubs, with alter- 

 nate or opposite leaves, no stipules or mere glands in 

 their places, and axillary spicate or racemose, generally 

 perfect regular or sometimes irregular flowers. Calyx- 

 tube adnate to the ovary, often prolonged beyond, the 

 limb 2-6-lobed, usually 4-lobed. Petals 2-9, mostly 4, 

 convolute in the bud, rarely none. Stamens commonly 

 as many or twice as many as the petals and inserted 

 with them on the summit of the calyx-tube, or on the 



