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LTTHKACE^. 



6 or 12 ; style thread-like. (Name from the Greek 

 lythron, blood, from the colour of the flowers.) 



2. PEPLIS (Water Purslane). Calyx bell-shaped with 

 1 2 divisions, alternately smaller ; petals 6, minute, soon 

 falling off; stamens 6 ; style very short. (Name of 

 Greek origin, and anciently applied to another plant.) 



LYTHRUM SALicARiA (Purple Loosestrife, or Willowstrife). 



