192 DODECANDRIA — TRIGYNIA. {Reseda. 



Woods in tlie north ; Lancashire and Westmoreland. Near Hahfax. 

 Near Linlithgow. Fl. Ma}'. If-. — Stem very short. Leaves 2, petioled, 

 shining ; from the axil of these 2 leaves springs a solitary, rather large, 

 drooping //o!re?', upon a short footstalk, of a greenish-brown colour and 

 coriaceous substance. Segments of the perianth incurved. Filaments 

 produced beyond the cells of the anthers, as in the genus Paris. Roots 

 aromatic, and said to be purgative and emetic. 



2. Lythrum. Linn. Purple-Loosestrife. 



L L. Salicdria, L. (^spiked Purple- Loosestrife^ ; leaves oppo- 

 site lanceolate cordate at the base, flowers in whorled leafy 

 spikes with 12 stamens. E. Bot. t. 1061. 



Watery and marshy ])laces. frequent. FL July, If. — 2 — 3 feet high, 

 erect. Stems 4-sided. Spikes very long, of beautiful, purple flowers. 

 Cal. striated. Petals oblong, cuneiform. Stam. within the tube of the 

 calyx, 6 long and 6 short ones. 



2. L. hi/ssopifoUum, L. (^Iiyssop-leaved Purple- Loosestrife) ; 

 leaves mostly alternate linear-lanceolate obtuse, flowers axillary 

 solitary, stamens about 6. E. Bot. t. 292. 



Moist and occasionally inundated places, chiefly in the east of Eng- 

 land. Fl. Aug. Q . — A humble annual, 4 — 6 inches high, with small 

 axillary j'^owe?"*. 



DODECANDRIA— DIGYNJ A. 



3. Agriimonia. Linn. Agrimony. 



I. A. Eupat6ria,\j. (common Agrimony) ; cauline leaves inter- 

 ruptedly pinnate, terminal leaflet on a footstalk. E. Bot. t, L'JSo. 

 Borders of fields, waste jjiaces and road-sides. Fl. June, July. If. — 



2 ft. or more high. Leaflets deeply serrated ; intermediate smaller ones 

 3 — 5-cleft. Flowers yellow, in a long simple or branched spike, with a 

 3-cleft bractea at their bases. 



DODECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. 



4. Reseda. Linn. Rocket. 



1 . R. Liiteola, L. (Dyer's Rocket, Yellotv-tveed or Weld) ; 

 leaves lanceolate undivided, calyx 4-partite. E. Bot. t. 320. 



Waste places ; frequent on a chalky soil. Fl. July. . — 2 — 3 ft. high, 

 branched. 7^ace;«e5 long, of numerous yellowishy?oi<;e«, with prominent 

 stamens. Nectar;/ large, green, crenate, on the upper side of i\\Q flower ; 



3 oi i\\e petals 3-cleft, segments linear ; two lower petals entire. Cap- 

 stdes broad, depressed. — Used in dyeing woollen stuffs yellow. 



2. R. lutea, L. (base Rochet, Wild Mignonette) ; leaves 3- 

 cleft or pinnatifid lower ones pinnated, calyx 6-partite, petals 6 

 very unequal. E. Bot. t. 321. 



Waste places and chalky hills. Fl. July, August. © or If. — Leaves 

 very variable, some bipinnatifid. Flowers deeper yellow than in the last. 

 Two upper petals with 2 wing-like lobes, lateral ones unequally bitid; 

 lower ones entire. Capsule oblong, wrinkled. 



3. K.* fruticulosa, L. (shrubby base Rocket); leaves all pinnated 

 waved glaucous, calyx 5-partite, petals 3 nearly equal trifid. 

 Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 474. Hook, in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2628. 



