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THE FLORA. 



§ Shrubs, with alternate leaves, co stamens, and 6 purple, crisped 



petals on claws. Lvs.roiind-ovate. smooth. E.India. Crcqw. Myrtle. Lageestkce'mia. 



§ Shrubs, with opposite, oblong, shining leaves, go stamens, and an ad- 

 herent calyx tube. Flowers scarlet. Fruit crimson. Pomegranate. 



% Herbs growing wild. Stamens 4-14 (a) 



a Flower? irregular. Calyx inflated, gibbous at the base. Stam. 12. 



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



a Flowers regular. Calyx bell-form, with 5 teeth and 5 long horns. 



Stam. 10. Petals 5, rose-purple. Fls. showy, «lustered. Com, 



1 LYTHRITM. Loosestrife. 



I Stamens as many as the petals. Flowers axillary, solitary Nos. 1-3. 



§ Stamens twice as many as the petals.^ Flowers si)icate, or racemed No. 4. 



1 L. hysopifo'lium. Grass Poly. Petals .5 or 6, pale purple. Lvs. obtuse. 6-12'. 



2 It. linea're. Petals 6, wiiitisii. Leaves linear, obtuse. Swamps, N. J. and S. 



3 L. ala'tum. Petals B, crisped, deep purple. Lvs. acute. Stem winged. 2f. l-2f. W. 



4 L. Salica'ria. Tall (2-5f.), wilh lanceolate cordate leaves and terminal long spikes 

 (or racemes ?) of purple or rose-purple fls. N. E. and N. Y., and cult. 



Pu'NICii. 

 CU'PHEA. 



Lythbum. 1 



N£S.^'A. 



Order LII. ONAGRA'CEJE. Evening Primroses. 



Eerls with alternate or opposite leaves; and with the parts of the 

 Jlowers generally in 4's, sometimes in S's, 2's, or I's; with the 

 sepals united below into a tube, valvate in the bud ; the 

 petals and stamens inserted into the throat of the calyx; 

 ovary coherent with the tube of the calyx ; becoming in the 

 fruit a 2-4-celled capsule or berry with many seeds. 



4/^ rt 



ii^i^. 458. Flower of (Enotberii fruticosa. 9. Plan of the flower. i^26r. 460. Section of the 

 4-celled capsule of Qv biennis. 1. Hiitpuris vulgaris. 2. Its flower, wiih 1 stamen, i ovary, 

 2 style. 3. Vertical section of its l-seeded fruit. 4. Clrcsea Lutetiana. 5. The flower en* 

 largcd. 6. Plan of the flower. 7. Vertical section of the 2-celled and 2-seeded fruit. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



* Flowers 4 or 5-parted (that is, with 4 or 5 petalf», sepals, &c.). . . .2 



♦ Flowers 3-parted, i. «., with 3 sepals, 3 sta,mens, &c. (no petals) g 



