348 ORDER 51. LYTHRACE^E. 



6 R. ciliosa MX. St. tall (1 to 2f high), squarish, glabrous; Ivs. broad-ovate, 

 glabrous beneath, sparsely hispid above, the margin serrate-cihate, with long, 

 spreading bristles; fls.- nearly sessile between the upper pair of Ivs; cal. glabrous, 

 the lobes acute. Damp pine woods, N. Car. to Fla. Lvs. nearly 1' long, f- as wide, 

 acute, on short patiofes (scarcely 1"). Fls. terminal, 1 to 3 together, large, the 

 petals roundish, 9" long, purple. Jn. Aug. 



7 R. semilata Nutt. St. low (G to 8') square, glabrous ; Ivs. small, roundish- 

 oval, glabrous both sides, the margin serrulate, ciliate ; fls. subscssile, 1 to 3 be- 

 tween the upper pair of Ivs. ; cal. glandular-hispid, the lobes short, obtuse. Open 

 swamps, Ga., Fla. Much like the last, but smaller in all its parts. Lvs. 3 to 6" 

 long. Fls. large, purple. Jn , Jl. 



8 R. lutea Walt. Sparsely hispid ; st. square, brachiately branched ; Ivs. lance- 

 linear and oblong-linear ; cal. much constricted above the ovary, the upper por- 

 tion carnpanulate, with cuspidate teeth. Damp pine woods, N. Car. to Fku St. 

 about 18' high. The soft, scattered bristles on all its parts are quite characteristic, 

 as well as its showy, yellow, paniculate fls. Jn. Aug. 



ORDER LI. LYTIIRACE^E. LOOSESTRIFES. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, with mostly opposite, entire, exstipulate leaves. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, the limb 4 to 7-lobed, sometimes with as many intermediate teeth. Petals in- 

 serted into the calyx between the lobes, very deciduous or 0. Stamens equal in 

 number to the petals, or 2 to 4 times as many, inserted into the calvx. Ovary free, 

 inclosed in the calyx tube, 2 to 4-celled. Styles united into one. Fruit, capsulo 

 membranous, enveloped in the calyx, usually by abortion 1-celled. Seeds small, Go, 

 attached to a central placenta. Albumen 0. 



Genera 35, snecAes 300. Some of the spocics arc found in temperate climes, but most of them 

 ore tropical. Lytlirum salicaria, native of Europe, N. Holland, and U. S., id used for tanning 

 where it abounds. All tho species are astringent. 



GENERA. 



Shrubs with numerous stamens and clawed petals LAGF.KSTROSMIA. 1 



5 Herbs Fls. irregular. Calyx inflated, gibbous at base CUIMIKA. 2 



Fls. regular Calyx cylindrical, striate, with 5 minute horns LYTIIKUM. 8 



Calyx campanulate, 5 teeth with 5 long horns. . .Nics^iA. 4 



4 teeth with 4 short horns. .AMMANNIA. 5 



4 teeth. Horns 0, petals O..UYPOBRICHIA. C 



1. LAGERSTRtFMIA, L. CRAPE MYRTLE. (In honor of Magnus 

 Lagcrstrocm, n Swedish traveler.) Calyx broadly campanulate, 6-cleft, 

 with 2 bracts below ; petals 6, on claws inserted into the calyx tube ; 

 stamens co ; capsule 3 to 6-cellecl ; seeds many, winged. East Indian 

 shrubs. 



L. In'dica L. Petals crisped, on slender claws; Ivs. alternate, roundish ovate, 

 coriaceous, subpetiolate, glabrous; branches winged ; fls. in terminal panicles. 

 A common and beautiful exotic, with large, delicately crisped, bluish purple fls. 



2. CITPHEA, Jacq. (Gr. /ct;0oc, curved or gibbous ; in reference to 

 the capsule.) Calyx tubular, ventricous, with erect teeth, and often 

 as many intermediate processes; petals 6 or 7, unequal ; stamens 11 to 

 14, rarely G or 7, unequal; style filiform ; capsule membranous, 1 to 2- 

 eelled, few-seeded. Herbaceous or suffruticous. Lvs. opposite, entire. 

 Fls. axillary and terminal. 



C. viscosissima Jacq. Herbaceous, viscid-pubescent ; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, pe.- 

 liolate, scabrous; fls. on short peduncles; cal. gibbous at base on the upper sidf, 



12-veined, G-toothed, very viscid. GD Wet grounds, Pittsfield, Mass. (Hitchcock). 

 Cambridge, N. Y. (Stevenson) to Ga. and Ark. St. 9 to 18' high, with alternate 

 branches. Lvs. somewhat repand, 1 to ,1' long. Fls. solitary, one in each axil 



