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28. TAMAEISCACE^. 
usually (by abortion) 1-celled, with many seeds and a central 
placenta, covered by the calyx. Embryo straight.— Stip. 0. 
1. Lythrxjm. Cal. tubular, cylindrical, with 8 — 12 teeth ; 
4—6 broader, erect ; alternate teeth subulate. Pet. 4 — 6. 
Stam. as many as or twice the number of the petals. Style 
filiform. Caps. 2-celled many-seeded. 
2. Peplis. Cal. hell-shaped with 12 teeth, of which 6 are 
broader and erect, 6 subulate. Pet. 6, minute, fugacious. 
Stam. 6. Style very short. Caps. 2-celled, many-seeded. 
1. Ly'theum Linn. em. Juss. Loosestrife. 
1. L. Salicaria (L.) ; l.lanceolate from a cordate base opposite 
or whorled, fl. in whorled leafy spikes, bracts 0, subulate calyx- 
teeth twice as long as the others, stam. 12. — E. B. 1061. — 
Upper 1. usually falling short of the Howers, or so large as 
totally to destroy the spiked appearance of the plant. St. 2 — 4 
feet high and 1. nearly glabrous, or downy with crisped hairs. 
FI. large, purple or crimson. — Ditch-banks and damp places. 
P. VII. VIII. Purple Loosestrife. E. S. I. 
2. L. Uyssopif6lia (L.) ; I. al ternate linear-lanceolate blunt, fi. 
axillary solitary, bracts 2 minute subulate, calyx-teeth all short, 
stam. 6. — E. B. 292.— St. mostly procumbent, spreading, simple 
or branched. Fl. small, light purple. Glabrous.— Damp places 
where water has stagnated, rare. A. VI. — X. E. 
2. Pep'lis Linn. Water-Purslane. 
1. P. Par'tula (L.) ; 1. opposite obovate stalked, fl. axillary 
solitary sessile.—^. B. 1211. St. 1. 7.— Pet. often wanting. 
Cal.-tube short, shortly bell-shaped, shorter than the capsule. 
St. 4—6 in. long, prostrate, creeping.— Damp places. A. VII. 
VIII. E. S. I. 
Order XXVIIl. TAMARISCACE.C. 
Cal. 4— 5-parted, persistent, imbricate in the bud. Pet. 4—5, 
withering, from the base of the calyx. Stam. equal to or twice 
as many as the pet., from the margin of a shieldlike disk. Caps. 
1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded, loculicidal. Placentas often 
only at the base. Seeds ascendmg, crowned with a tuft of 
hairs. 
1. Tamaeix. Styles 3, patent. Seeds from base of capsule ; 
crowned with a tuft of simple papilliform hairs. 
