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7 R. liitea \\alt. Leaves oblong-linear; flowers pauicled ; calyx much constricted 



above the ovary, limb bell-form, with cuspidate teeth. Damp woods, S. 18'. 



2. OENTRADENIA ROSKA, from Mexico, is often seen in conservato- 

 ries. A small shrub, with opposite, lanceolate leave? (one of each pair much smaller or 

 obsolete). Fls. 4-parted, roseate, in numerous hanging clusters. Sta. S, anthers append- 

 sged. C. ORANDIFOLIA has the large lanceolate leaves crimson beneath, and cymes erect. 



ORDER LIII. LYTHRACE^E. LOOSESTRIFES. 



Plants with entire, exstipulatc, mostly opposite leaves, with a tubular 

 calyx bearing the (47) petals and stamens in its throat, and a compound 

 ovary and style. Stamens 4 14, rarely oo. Fruit capsular and free, or 

 baccate, 2 6-, or by abortion, 1-cclled, co-seeded. Albumen 0. 



g Shrubs, with alternate leaves, 00 stamens, and a bell-shaped calyx LAGERSTR<EMIA. 1 



Shrubs, with opposite leaves, 00 stamens, and a tubular, adherent calyx I'UNICA. 2 



Herbs a Flowers irregular Calyx inflated, gibbous at base CUPHEA. 3 



a Flowers regular. 6 Calyx cylindrical, striate, with 5 minute horns LYTURUM. I 



6 Calyx campanulate, c 5 teeth with 5 long horns. ...NAS^EA. 5 



c 4 teeth with 4 short horns.. .AMMANNIA. 6 



c 4 teeth. HorusO. Petals O..Dimru8. 7 



1. LAGERSTRCEMIA INDICA. CRAPE MYRTLE. Petals 6, crisped, 



on claws inserted into the calyx tube. Sta. CO. Lvs. round-ovate, thick, smooth. Branches 

 winged. Flowers blue-purple, iu panicles. Common S. t and . From E. India. 



2. PUNICA GRANATUM. POMEGRANATE. Lvs. lanceolate. Pet. 5, oval, 

 obtuse, erect, scarlet, large. Fr. large, crini., crowned with the calyx, eatable, of eingulai 

 structure, being 3-celled below and 5-celled above, 10 20f. Hardy in Fla. and La. (Enr.) 



3. CUPHEA, Jacq. Calyx tubular, 12-veined, gibbous at base, with G 

 rrect teeth, and often as many intermediate processes. Pet. 6 or 7, unequal. 

 Stam. about 12, unequal. Sty. filiform. Caps, thin, 1-2-celled, few-seeded. 



1 C. viscosissima Jacq. Viscid-pubescent; branches alternate ; Ivs. opp., lance- 



ovate ; flowers violet-purple, short-stalked, 1 in each axil ; capsules bursting laterally 

 before ripe. Wet grounds, Mass., W. and S. Not common. 918'. August. 



2 . PLATYCENTRA. Low, bushy perennial ; leaves lanceolate ; fls. with a scarlet calyx 



tube and short, purple petals, produced in profusion all Sum. From Mex. Not hardy. 



3 C. STRIGULOSA. Shrubby, hispid and viscid ; Ivs. oblong-ovate ; cal. scarlet, gibbous 



at base ; petals fi, subequal, large, violet-purple, varying to yellow ; sta. 11, hairy. 



4 C. SILENOIDES. Lvs. lanceolate ; cal. green and red ; pet. 5, purple, 2 large and 3 small. 



4. LYTHRUM, L. LOOSESTRIFE. Calyx cylindrical, striate, limb 

 4-6-toothed, with as many intermediate, minute processes. Pet. 4 6, 

 equal. Stain, as many or twice as many as the petals, inserted in the 

 calyx. Style filiform. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. U Mostly with 

 entire leaves and purple or pale flowers. June Aug. 



Stamens as many as the petals. Flowers axillary, solitary Nos. 1 * 



Stamens twice as many as the petals. Flowers spicate or racemed Nos. 4, ft 



1 Ii. Iiyssopifolium L. Grass-poly. Glabrous, slender; branches square; Ivs. alter- 



nate or opposite, linear or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; fls. solitary, axillary, subsessile: 

 pet. and stam. 5 or 6. Low grounds, coastward, Ms., N. Y. Rare. 6 10'. 



2 ! alii, turn Ph. Glabrous, erect, branched : stem winged below ; Ivs. lance-ovate, 



acute, sessile, broadest at base, alternate and opposite; flowers axillary, solitary 

 with 6 wavy petals and 6 short stamens. Damp. S. and W. 1 2f. 



8 L* lineare L. St. slender, somewhat 4-angled, branehed above : Ivs. linear, mostly 



opposite, obtnee; fls. nearly set-file ; pet. and sta. 6. Swamps, N J. to Fla. 2 4f. 



