200 : L: LYTHRARIEJ. (Lythrum. 
12 or fewer, longer than the calyx. Ovary 2- or rarely 3-celled, but the — 
dissepimehts very soon disappearing; style slender, with a small stigma. — 
Capsule globular, about the length of the calyx, membranous and bursti 
irregu ariy. 
N. Australia. Moist sandy plains and — of Victoria river and Sturt’s Creek, 
F. Mueller.—The species is remarkable for the inflorescence, more lax than in any other 
Lythrum. The short calyx shows an approach to Nesea, but the ovary is usual 
only, and the inflorescence is not PERS o The nearest br Kaz ythrums, both in 
3. PEMPHIS, Forst. 1 
TESS Wight.) 
with several ovules in each cell; style rather een with a broad capita tate 
stigma. Capsule globular, enclosed in the calyx, transversely circumsciss. 
Seeds angular or compressed; the testa thick with the angles often expa d 
ci narrow thick wings.—Shrub. Leaves opposite. Pott solitary in the 
axils 
s The genus is limited to a single species. 
P. acidula, Forst; DC. Prod. iii. 89. A small and bushy, or tall 
and spreading shrub or ‘small tree, more or less hoary wit a minute 
tomentum. Leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short ec? e? 
TE 3 to 4 lines long. Frui tin ng-calyx no io Tet Mus. 
Australi. North coast, 4. Cunn waste? ; Por Sen pr hardt. — de 
Queensland. Trop ay sence and sijoixing islands, R. Bro Cunningham, 
Mueller, M M'Gillivray, tte t, W. Hi e 
€ species is widely spread over the seacoasts of tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands. 
4. LAWSONTA, Linn. 
re? accessory lo broad, sessi amens 8, "3 ie so 
roun annular disk at the x of the caly ale per: in the hag 
the persistent calyx, bursting irregularly. Seeds numerous, cuneate, farming 
testa thick.—Shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers in loose racemes ` ` 
leafy panicles. * 
The genus is limited to a single species. 
