348 Obdeb 51.— LTTHRACEjE. 



6 R. ciliosa Mx. St. tall (1 to 2f high), squarish, glabrous ; Its. broad-ovate, 

 glabrous beneath, sparsely hispid above, the margin serrate-ciliate, with long, 

 spreading bristles; fla. nearly sessile between the upper pair of Its; cal. glabrous, 

 Ote lobes acute. — Damp pine woods, N. Oar. to Fla. Lvs. nearly 1' long, f as wide, 

 acute, on sliort petioles (scarcely 1"). Fls. terminal, 1 to 3 together, large, the 

 petals rouiidisli, 9" long, purple. Jn. — Aug. 



7 R. serrulata Nutt. St. low (6 to 8') square, glabrous; lvs. small, roundish- 

 OTal, glabrous both sides, the margin serrulate, ciliate ; fls. subsessile, 1 to 3 be- 

 tween the upper pair of Its. ; caL glandular-hispid, the lobes sTwrt, ohtme. — Open 

 swamps, Ga., Fla. Much like the last, but smaller in all its parts. Lvs. 3 to 6" 

 long. Fls. large, purple. Jn , Jl. 



8 R. liltea Walt. Sparsely hispid ; st square, braohiately branched ; lvs. lance- 

 linear and oblong-linear ; cal. much constricted above the ovary, the upper por- 

 tion oampanulate, with cuspidate teeth. — Damp pine woods, N. Car. to Pla. St 

 about 18' high. The soft, scattered bristles on all its parts are quite characteristic, 

 as well as its showy, yellow, paniculate fls. Jn. — ^Aug. 



Order LI. LYTHRACE.iE. Loosestrifes. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, with mostly opposite, entire, exstipulate leaves. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, the limb 4 to 1-lobed, sometimes with as many intermediate teeth. Petals io- 

 serted into the calyx between the lobes, very deciduous or 0, Stamens equal in 

 number to the petals, or 2 to 4 times as many, inserted into the calyx. Ovary free, 

 inclosed in the calyx tube, 2 to 4-celled. Styles united into one. Fruit, capsule 

 membranous, enveloped in the calyx, usually by abortion 1-ceIled. Seeds small, 00 , 

 attached to a central placenta. Albumen 0. 



Oenera 36, svecies 300. Some of the sppciea nre fonnd in temperate climes, but most of them 

 mre tropical, tythrnm ealicaria, native of Europe, N. Holland, and U. S., ia osed for tanning 

 where it abounds. All the species are astringent. 



GENERA. 



S Shrubs with numerous stamens and clawed petals Lagerstrcemia. 1 



{ Herbs — Fls. irregular. Calyx inflated, gibbous at base Cuphea. 2 



— Fla. regular. — Calyx cylindrical, striate, with 5 minute horns Lythrum. & 



— Calyx campanulate, — 5 teeth with 5 long horns. . .Na8.ea. 4 



— i teeth with 4 short horns. . Ammannia. & 



— 1 teeth. Horns 0, petals CHypobkickia. 6 



1. LAGERSTR(E^MIA, L. Crape Myrtle. (In honor of Magnui 

 Lagerstroem, a Swedish traveler.) Calyx broadly campanulate, 6cleft, 

 with 2 bracts below; petals 6, on claws inserted into the calyx tube; 

 stamens oo ; capsule 3 to 6-celled ; seeds many, winged. — East Indian 

 shrubs. 



Ii. In'dica L. Petals crisped, on slender claws; lvs. alternate, roundish ovate, 

 coriaceous, subpetiolate, glabrous; branches winged ; fls. in terminal panicles. — 

 A common and beautiful exotic, with large, delicately crisped, bluish purple fls. § 



2. CU'PHEA, Jacq. (Gr. KV(p6g, curved or gibbous ; in reference to 

 the capsule.) Calyx .tubular, ventricous, with 6 erect teeth, and often 

 as many intermediate processes; petals 6 or 7, unequal ; stamens 11 to 

 14, rarely 6 or 7, unequal; style filiform; capsule membranous, 1 to 2- 

 celled, few-seeded. — Herbaceous or suflFruticous. Lvs. opposite, entire, 

 Pis. axillary and terminal. 



C. viscoBissima Jacq. Herbaceous, viscid-pubescent; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, pe- 

 tiolate, scabrous ; fls. on short peduncles ; cal. gibbous at base on the upper side, 

 12-velned, 6-toothed, very viscid. — ® Wet grounds, Pittsfleld, Mass. (Hitchcock), 

 Cambridge, N. Y. (Stevenson) to Ga. and Ark, St 9 to 18' high, with altemals 

 branches. Lvs. somewhat repand, 1 to 2' long. Fls. solitary, one in each axil. 



