LVII. LlZTIIRVHTACEiE. 



I. SALIC ARIA SERIES. 



In tlie Salicarias ^ (fig. 386-398), the flowers are regular, herma- 

 phrodite, with four, five, or six parts. The receptacle has the form 



Lythrvm Sa-icaria. 



Fig. 387. Flower (j). 



Fig. 389. Long. sect, of fl 



ower. 



Fig. 391. Seed. 



Fig. 388. Diagram. 



Fig. 390. Dehiscent Fig. 392. Long, 

 fruit. sect, of seed. 



of a long tube, of little thickness,^ at the top of which is inserted the 



' LythrumTi. Gen. n. 604 (part).— J. Gan. 332. —Salicaria T. Inst. 253, t. 129.— Adans. Faui. 



— GiERTN. Fruct. i. 269, t. 62.— Lamk. III. t- des PI. ii. 234. 



408. — PoTR. Diet. vi. 451; Suppl. v. 2f. — 2 Traversed by 8-12 vertical ribs, most fre- 



Spach, Suit, a Biiffo)), iv. 419. — DC. Mem. quently without any very distinct glandular 



Geneve^ iii. p. ii. 77 ; Prodr. iii. 80. — Endl. Ge)K layer within, this tube ia ordinarily described 



n. 6149. — Payer, Organog. 477, t. 95.— B. H. as a calicinal tube. 

 Gen. 779, n. 10. — H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 353. 



