PLATE CCCCLXVIL. 
LYTHRUM FRUTICOSUM. 
— Shrubby Lythrum. 
“GLASS XT. ORDER I. 
. DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ‘Twelve Chives. One Pointal. 
‘ GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx. Perianthium monophyllum, > os aal EmpaLemMEeny. Cup one-leaved, cylindrical, 
ee : denticulis duodecim, alternis m twelve-toothed: the alternate ones th 
_, Cororza. Petala sex, oblonga, o obtusiuscula, Biossom, Petals six, selon bluntish, and 
ea — ntia: unguibus in incisuras calycis spreading : the ung r claws are inserted 
= insertis. into the divisions of t yx. 
A ee hal Srawinie Filamenta 12, longitudine calycis, Curves 12 filaments the length of the calyx, 
> supra: infra breviora, Anthere sim- ee hegre beneath. Tips simple, and 
i bentes lyin 
: © area Germen oblongum, Stylus su- PoINTAL. “Seed: bal oblong. Shaft et sh 2 
—__ bulatu Borne“ staminum, declinatus. the length of the stamens, bent dow 
Stigma’ orbi Summit orbicular 
‘Penicanriom. Capea eo acuminata, SEED-VESSEL Capsule one —— 
: -loculamentis duobus tecta covered “with two loculame 
Sanwa numerosa, a SEEDs numerous, and small. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Lyrarum fruticosum : foliis oppositis, alternis, LytHrum with ashrubby stem, Leaves oppo- 
se -lanceolatis. Flores in racemis axillaribus site, alternate, and lance-shaped. Flowers 
. sn nameris irregularibus : corollis tubsfor- | grow in clusters from the axille of the 
ineis. Sponte nascens in pro- leaves in irregular numbers. Blossoms 
SE borealibus Hindostani, trumpet-shaped, of a scarlet colour. It 
grows = in the northern provinces of 
Hindos 
a 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. A blossom spread open, one tip magnified. 
2. The same shown from the outer side. 
3. The —— and pointal, 
; a A caps 
2 . The same ae transverse. 
« Tas pont seems to. have been hitherto but imperfectly known, having been figured among Dr. Rox- 
burgh’s Coromandel Plants, vol. i. p. 20, under the title of Grislea tomentosa. It has recently received 
another new generic title ; “but upon examination we find it to be the Lythrum of Linneus; in which 
of some of the ablest botanists of the present day. 
ol. of the’ Asiatic Researches, under the native title of 
_is ead to grow wild on the hills and banks of a in the northern part of Hi = 
‘red 
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in in all pb succeed very well in the ‘careful treatment t of tbe rai Loker. The figure ss was taken 
from a gpa in nae os of Messrs. Colville, 
at extent for the purpose 
and forins an importan t branch in the 
