- Anmannia,) LYTHRACEA. 499 
E raaiaag in close-set spikes, or axillary solitary; eapsule regularly 2~-4- 
valved 
‘Galyzin fruit campanulate, aa longer than broad :— 
Flowers in close-set terminal spikes :— 
esti 4-valved, not very ihe longer than — leaves or- 
bolic otundifolia 
Capen 2-yalved, much longer than broad ; leaves als or aio 
tenw 
‘ioe axillary, solitary; capsule 2-valved, much longer fia 
oad : 
Cauline leaves elliptic, prominently nerved beneath ; floral leaves 
~ Smaller, usually approximated on axillary subspicate br anchlets 
loides 
pep: 
Cauline leaves linear ; flowers axillary, solitary, not at all polite 
ee ete herb dentelloides. 
qs in fruit hemispheric, ru as broad as or broader than long ; 
| flowers a solitary axillar 
| as _— ea capsule val flowers sessile; a very minute 
mea. 
Leaves | elas oblong or elliptic ; capsule 3-valved :— 
Owers ibedemtiy pedicelled, distant below, approximated above ; 
leaves narrow] oblong; a minute herb ........+eee++ simpliciuscula. 
Ponies sessile ; not at all spicate :— 
Leaves elliptic- ered ; stamens alwa: 
Cauline leaves 1 i n. long, much ike than floral; stems 
usually ae Sma opposite, pian axillary flower- 
Dearing branches............sssessessssevoeseennerdearesstees err tandra. 
ng 
Cauline malas “25 in. long, vgs excening flor: 
andra var. aie 
Leayes narrowly oblong, soa = base; stamens some- 
Flow times 6; petals often fimbriate .....-.:- pentandra var. fonbriata. 
wen axillary cymes or clusters ; oe bursting irregularly :— 
cay ves tapering to the base, usually more or less distinctly petioled ; 
St elobooe; leaves lanceolate.. a 
“Cal ote ounded, cordate, or paturieulate jase. — 
alyx in fruit smooth ; capsule globose —[p. 500 
[p- 
hog sessile, clusters many-flowered; leaves lanceolate, 
ded at base; capsule not covered by | ye toett 
salicifolia. 
'wers pedicelled, clusters few-(2-5-)flowered 5 y mares 
Flow. 
oblong, cordate at base; capsule = os she cordata, 
