H 
298 L? LYTHRARIEX. [ Ammannia. 
Point Look-out, Banks and Solander; Wide Bay, Bidwil. — Abundant 
Queensland. 
in tropical and subtropical Africa, en rather less so in Asia, where it is commonly re: 
riety. wl 
placed by the following species or va 
8. A. multiflora, "Fort, FI. Ind. i. 426. Erect and branched, but 
usually smaller than A. indica or A. See and, often only 3 to 4 in 
high. Leaves linear or lanceolate, often above 4 in. long, and narrowed e 
low So le but always more or less dilated and cordate-auriculate at the 
base n A. auriculata. Flowers minute, in little axillary RE 
d ‘aortas than the floral leaves, the peduncles, branches, and 
short but filiform. Calyx about 3 line long, at first narrow at the base with 
the upper part folded, with 4 very short teeth, afterwards truncate, with the 
a 
. lii. 19; Wa nd Arn. Prod. 305; A. australasica, F. Muell. Trans. ns. 
Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 41. 
certet Keppel Bay, R. Brow. 
= m ba "cue river, Vislorios irt penna 
Vict Lag n the Murray river, F. M. 
Widely spr spread over trope Asia us Africa. E e great ines bens it be not à 
small- am " fuos of A. auriculata.—A. m DC. P i. 78 ; Den i: 
Tim. D m Timor, al perea ya the N. n of arie appears to 
form of r; on with a narrower caps 
2. LYTHRUM, Linn. 
Calyx tubular, 8- to 12-ribbed, with 4 to 6 triangular often very short pri- 
mary lobes or teeth, the sinus produced into as many external accessory n 
either short and spreading, or erect and longer than the primary ones. etals 
4to6. Stamens twice as many as petals or fewer, inserted below 
of the calyx. Ovary 2-celled (or very rarely 3-celled ?), with several A 
in each cell ; style filiform, with a minute or capitate stigma. Va 
cluded in the persistent calyx, gege or globular, opening 1n septicidal 
valves at the top or bursting irregularly. eds numerous, sma —Herbs , 
rarely undersh e glabrous or villous. Leaves opposite verticillate or th 
upper ones alternate, usually narrow. Flowers solitary, or 3 to 5 together ™ 
the axils, sessile or pedunculate, but not forming a head as in most Nesæas 
The genus is spread over most parts of the globe. Of the three Australian species dx d 
endemie, the other two keng a geographical range nearly as wide as that of the genus. 
Calyx outer-lobes erect — hes; the inner ones. Capsule oblong, 
hard, eben dehise 
Tall perennial. Leaves SE or verticillate. Flowers nearly 
sessile, e, several ae each dr forming showy terminal spikes 
more or less lea 
E mien ace Upper ‘leaves alternate. Flowers small, soli- 
sessile or shortly pedicellat 
Calyx. brides very small, emie g. Ce apsu ule membrar mous, 
ae = ae dehiscent. Rit 6 unual. Peduncles Sifr, l- to 
E L, Salicaris, 2 Disk; DC. Prod. iii. 82. Siem pere 
nnial, with stow E 
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