LYII. LTTHRA^TIIACE^. 



I. SALIC ARIA SERIES. 



In tte Salicarias ' (fig. 386-393), the flowers are regular, herma- 

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



. Lythri'm Sa'icaria. 



Fig. 387. Flower (f). 



Fig. 389. Long. sect, of flower. 



Fig. 391. Seed. 



Fig. 388. Diagram. 



Fig. 390. Dehiscent 

 fruit. 



Fig. 392. Long, 

 sect, of seed. 



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



' lythrumJj. Gen. u. 604 (part).— J. Gen. 332. 



Gjsrtn. Fruct. i. 269, t. 62.— Lamk. III. t 



408. — PoiR. Diet. vi. 451; Suppl. v. 2f. — 

 Spach, Suit, a Buffon, iv. 419.— DC. Mgm. 

 Geneve, iii. p. ii. 77 ; Prodr. iii. 80.— Endl. Gen. 

 n. 6149.— Payee, Organog. 477, t. 95.— B. H. 

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



— Saliearia T. Imt. 253, t. 129. — Adans. Fam. 

 des PI. ii. 234. 



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

 quently ■witbout any very distinct glandular 

 layer within, this tube is ordinarily described 

 as a caUcinal tube. 



