I'8o HALORAGE.E 



more-flowered cymes; i-alyx-tuhe c}'lindric, with 8 — 12 ribs and 

 teeth, the alteriinte teeth smaller \ petals 4—6, or absent ; stamens 



5 — 12 in I or 2 whorls often lying to one side ; ovary superior, 

 2-chambered ; style long, threaddike ; ea/siile very nian)--seeded. 

 (Name from the Greek li'/tlii-o/i, gore, from the colour of the 

 flowers.) 



T. /.. Saliedrla (Purple Loosestrife). — An exceedingly hand- 

 some plant, 2 — 4 feet high'; rhlzivne creeping; stem 4 — 6-angled 

 or winged ; leaves opposite, or in whorls of 3 — 4, decussate, 

 lanceolate, cordate, acute ; //I'zc/.v.f in tall, tapering, leafy spikes 

 .of axillary glomerules or sessile cymes, about i in. across, red; 

 caly.x-tiil'e 12-ribbed ; petals wrinkled ; stamens 12 in 2 whorls, both 

 differing in length from the style ; stvle in some plants longer than 

 all the stamens, in others shorter than all of them, and in others 

 intermediate between the two whorls. — Riwer banks and dit(dies ; 

 common. Growing among sedges and rushes, its flo\yer-spikes 

 might, at a distance, be mistaken for Foxgloves, which, however, 

 would scarcely grow in such a situation. The trimorphism of the 

 flowers is connected with cross-pollination by insects, Darwin 

 having shown that the pollen from any of the stamens most readily 

 "fertilises the stigma of a style of the same length, one, that is, on 

 another plant. Long-styled, medium-styled, and short-styleel 

 plants grow together, and are ecjually numerous. — Fl. July — 

 "September. Perennial. 



2. L. Hyssopifblia (Hyssop-leaved Purpte Ijjosestrife) is a much 

 smaller, mostly prostrate, glabrous plant 6^18 in. high, with alter- 

 nate narrow leeives : small, pink flowers solitary m the axils ; and 



6 stamens. — It grows in moist, often inundated, places ; but is 

 rare. — Fl. June — October. Annual. 



J:;§ Stamens epigynuus ; o-'cary syncarpous, inferior 



Okii. XXXL H.ALOR.icK.K. — Thk, ^[ar i-.'s-tail Famii.v 



A small Order, comprising about So species of plants, mostly 

 herbaceous aquatics, with exstipulate leaves, generally whorled 

 and inconspicuous _/7(97t'c/-j-, often destitute of /('/(7 A, and in several 

 species having the stamens and earpels \\v separate flowers, d'lie 

 ealvx is generally superior, adhering to the ovary and having some- 

 times 2 or 4 sepals : petals 2-4, or absent ; stamens i -8 ; 

 earpels i — 4; eapsnle t — 4-ehambered, indehiscent ; see:ls sdlitary 

 in each chamber, pendulous. No member of this Order has any 

 important use or known properties. 



r. 1 lii'i'idds. I.ea7'es whorled, entire ; S'piils 2, superior ; petals 

 absent ; stamen 1 ; earpel 1. 



