UKDEK oa. JL. i THKACE^. 3 



7 B. liitea \\ i.lt. Leaves oblong-linear; flowers panicled : calyx much constricted 



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



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

 ries. A small shrub, with opposite, lanceolate leaves (one of each pair ranch smaller or 

 obsolete). Fls. 4-parterl. rust-ate. in numerous hanging clusters. Sta. 8. anthers append- 

 aged. C. GRANIHFOLIA has the large lanceolate leaves crimson beneath, and cymes erect. 



ORDER LIU. LYTHRACEJE. LOOSESTRIFES. 



Plant* with entire, exstipulate, mostly opposite leaves, with a tubular 

 calyx bearing the (4 7) petals and stamens in its throat, and a compound 

 ovary and style. Stamens 4 14, rarely 00. Fruit capsular and tree, or 

 baccate, 2 G-, or by abortion, 1-celled, oo-seeded. Albumen 0. 



Shrubs, with alternate leaves, 00 stamens, and a belt-shaped calyx LAGKKSTROCMIA. 1 



$ Shrubs, with opposite leaves, 00 stamens, and a tubular, adherent calyx PUNICA. 2 



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



a Flowers regular. !> Calyx cylindrical, striate, with 5 minute horns LYTIIUI'.M. t 



b Calyx campanulate, < 5 teeth with 5 long horns. .. .N.IS.-F.A. 



r 4 teeth with 4 short horns. . . AMMANSI A. 6 



c 4 teeth. Horns 0. Petals O..DIDIPLIS. 7 



1. LAGERSTROEJMIA INDICA. CRAPE MTRTLE. Petals 6, crisped, 

 on claws inserted into the calyx tube. Sta. 00. Lvs. round-ovate, thick, smooth. Branches 

 winged. Flowers blue-purple, ill panicle*. Common S. t and . From E. India. 



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

 obtuse, erect, scarlet, large. Fr. large, crim., crowned with the calyx, eatable, of siugulai 

 structure, being 3-celled below and 5-celled above, 10-2()f. Ilardy in Fla. and La. (Eur.) 



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

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

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



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

 ovate : flower* violet-purple, short-stalked, 1 in each axil ; capsules bursting laterally 

 before ripe. \Vrt grounds. Mass., W. and S. Not common. 9 18'. August. 



9 C. PLATYCENTRA. Low, bushy perennial ; leaves lanceolate ; fla. 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 H. 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, limh 

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

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

 calyx. Style filiform. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 11 Mostly witl> 

 entire leaves and purple or pale flowers. June Aug. 



Stamens as many as the peials. Flowers axillary, solitary Nos. 1i 



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



1 Li. h yssopi Joliuiii L. Grass-poly. Glabrous, slender ; branches square ; Ivs. alter 



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

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



2 L. aluttim 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 (> short stamens. Damp. S. and W. 1 2f. 



8 L. Huea.re L. St. slender, somewhat 4-angled, branched above ; Ivs. linear, mostlj 



opposite, obtnse; fls. nearly sessile ; pet. and sta. 6. Swamp*, N J. to Fla. 2 4f. 



