1-^2 28. TAMARISCACEJE. 



usually (by abortion) 1 -celled, with many seeds and a central 

 placenta, covered by the calyx. Embryo straight. Stip. 0. 



1. LYTHRUM. Cal. tubular, cylindrical, with 8 12 teeth; 

 4 6 broader, erect ; alternate teeth subulate. Pet. 4 6. 

 Stam. as many as or twice the number of the petals. Style 



filiform. Caps. 2-celled many-seeded. 



2. PEPLIS. Cal. bell-shaped with 12 teeth, of which 6 are 

 broader and erect, 6 subulate. Pet. 6, minute, fugacious. 

 Stam. 6. Style very short. Gaps. 2-celled, many-seeded. 



1. LY'THETJM Linn. Loosestrife. 



1. L. Salicdria (L.) ; /. lanceolate from a cordate base opposite 

 or whorled, fl. in whorled leafy spikes, bracts 0, subulate calyx- 

 teeth twice as long as the others, stam. 12. E. B. 1061. 

 Upper 1. usually falling short of the flowers, or so large as 

 totally to destroy the spiked appearance of the plant. St. 2 4 

 feet high and 1. nearly glabrous, or downy with crisped hairs. 

 Fl. large, purple or crimson. Ditch-banks and damp places. 

 P. VII." VIII. Pui-ple Loosestrife. E. S. I. 



2. L. Hyssopifolia (L.). ; /. alternate linear-lanceolate blunt, fl. 

 axillary solitary, bracts 2 minute subulate, calyx-teeth all short, 

 stam. 6. E. B, 292. St. mostly procumbent, spreading, simple 

 or branched. Fl. small, light purple, Glabrous. Damp places 

 where water has stagnated, rare. A. VI. X. E. 



2. PEP'LIS Linn. Water-Purslane. 



1. P. Por'tula (L.) ; 1. opposite obovate stalked, fl. axillary 

 solitary sessile. E. B. 1211. St. 1. 7. Pet. often wanting. 

 Cal.-tube short, shortly bell-shaped, shorter than the capsule. 

 St. 4 6 in. long, prostrate, creeping. Damp places. A. VII. 

 VIII. E. S. I. 



Order XXVIII. TAMABISCACE^E. 



Cal. 4 5-parted, persistent, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 45, 

 withering, from the base of the calyx. Stam. equal to or twice 

 as many as the pet., from the margin of a shieldlike disk. Caps*. 

 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded, loculicidal. Placentas often 

 only at the base. Seeds ascending, crowned with a tuft of 

 hairs. 



1. TAMABJX. Styles 3, patent. Seeds from base of capsule ; 

 crowned with a tuft of simple papilliibrm hairs. 



