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THE FLORA. 



PU'NICA 



CU'PHKA. 



LTTHRUM. 1 



i Shrabg, with alternate leaves, oo stamens, and 6 purple, crisped 



petals on claws. Lvs. round-ovate, smooth. E.India. Crape. My r tie. LAGERSTRIE'MIA. 



Shrubs, with opposite, oblong, shining leaves, <x stamens, and an ad- 

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



$ n.-rbs growing wild. Stamens 4-14. ... (a) 



a Flowers' 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, clustered. Com. NES^B'A. 



1 LYTHRtTM. Loosestrife. 



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

 Stamens twice as many as the petals. Flowers spicate, or racemed. . . .No. 4. 



1 L. hysopifo'lium. Grass Poly. Petals 5 or 8, pale purple. Lvs. obtuse. 6-12'. 



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



3 L. ala'tum. Petals 6, crisped, deep purple. Lvs. acute. Stem winged. V. l-2f. 'W. 



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

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



ORDER LIL ONAGRA'CE^E. Evening Primroses. 



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

 flowers generally in 4's, sometimes in 8's, 2's, or 1's; with the 

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

 petals and stamens inserted into the throat of the calyx; 

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

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



f (Enothera fruticosa. 9. Plan of the flower. Fig. 460. Section of the 

 4-cclled capsule of (E. biennis. 1. Hippuris vulgaris. 2. Its flower, with 1 stamen, 1 ovary, 

 2 style. 8. Vertical section of its 1-seeded fruit. 4. Circaea Lutetiana. 5. The flower erv 

 Urged. 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 petal;,, sepals, &c.) 2 



* Flowers 8-parted, i. e., with 3 sepals, 3 stamens, &c^(no petals) g 



