LYII. LÏTIIRAPvIACEiE. 



I. SALIC ARIA SERIES. 



In the Salicarias ' (fig. 38G-393), the flowers are regular, herma- 

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



Lythrvm Salicaria. 



Fig. 387. Flower (})• 



Fis. 3S9. Long. sect, of flower. 



Fig. 391. Seed. 



Fig. 388. Diagram. 



Fig. 390. Dehiscent Fig. 392. Dong, 

 fruit. sect, of seed. 



of a long tube, of little thickness, 2 at the top of which is inserted the 



1 Lythrum'L. Gen. n. 604 (part).— J. Gen. 332. 

 — Gjektn. Fruct. i. 269, t. 62.— Damk. III. t- 

 408.— Pout. Diet. vi. 451; Suppl. v. 2C — 

 Spach, Suit, à Buffo», iv. 419.— DC. Menu 



— Salicarin T. Inst. 253, t. 129. — Adans. Fam. 

 des PI. ii. 234. 



- Traversed by 8-12 vertical ribs, most fre- 

 quently without any very distinct glandular 



Genève, iii. p. ii. 77 ; Prodr. iii. 80. — Endl. Gen. layer within, this tube is ordinarily described 

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

 Gen. 77:>, n. 10.— H. Ex. Payer Fam. Nat. 353. 



