LYTHRACEM. 



calyx). St. 6-8. Fruit globose. 



An 'erect weed 6"-2 ft. high with numerous erecto patent sharply 

 4-ansrled branches. Leaves linear or linear-ohl.-.n- tmui a very >>mi.i 

 sub-hastate or au, '— ' 1 ■ ' F \'™1™ 



compound peduncled cymes usually lonf" ^ 



i sepals. Fruit globose 1: 



6. PUNICA, L. Pomegranate. 

 1. P. granatum, L. Anar, H. ; Dalim, Beng. 



:;- : . ! .' ; r. : ;- ;! ; . ■ ■ 



fleshy, at first sp m l ' r '" U 



considerably bevond the ovary and beari 



thickened disc. Sepals 5 7 persistent, Petals 5-7 insert. ■ ■ 



the sepals, obovate, imbricate in bud ami 



| erowned by the calyx, mam-cellea una 



FAM. 67. ONAGRACEiE. 



l aquatic. Leaves opposite ,« 



• . , 1 ,Mpl.--ubM,.'l-dh- Y 



in /',-,,„, mi,, pinnatipartite., stipulate. Kh.wers regular ana 

 ■ rous or sometimes sub-regular, often large or m. ■ 

 ,-v, spiked or racemed. Hypanthium entirely enclosm 



the ovary (exc in Trapa) with 2-5, usually 4 valvate s,pa- ' ' 



alternate with the -paK , u,-h o. Stam. ns as many ^Sium- 



manv as the sei 



