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PL ex. cal. 52. SALICARIiE. 334. Lythrum, 
I. 334. LYTHRUM. Dioscorides. Willow-herb . 
Calyx cylindrical, striated, 6 or 12-toothed; petals 6, 
rarely 4 or 5; stamens 6 or 12; capsule oblong, 2-celled, 
2-valved ; valves sometimes 2-cut at the tip. 
a. Salicarise. Leaves opposite; stamens 12, alternately 
smaller. 
1 . Lythrum spicalum . Spiked willow-herb. 
Leaves opposite, heartshape, lanceolate, downy beneath ; 
flowers spiked. 
Salicaria vulgaris purpurea foliis oblongis, Raii Syn. 367, 1. 
Lysimachia purpurea spicata, Ger. cm. 476, 5; Park 546, 
Lythrum Salicaria, Lin. S. P. 610. 
Loosestrife. Purple loosestrife. 
Bogs and river-sides; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem 2 feet high, stiff, angular; leaves opposite, or in 
whirls of 3 or 4, bald above; flowers spiked in whirls; co- 
rolla purple. — Used in dysentery, and in obstinate diar- 
rhoeas. 
b. Leaves alternate ; stamens 6. 
2. Lythrum, hyssopifolium. Hyssop willow-herb. 
Leaves alternate, linear; flowers axilla^, solitary, 6-pe- 
tal ed. 
Salicaria hyssopi folio latiore et angustiore, Rail Syn. 367,2. 
Gratiola angustifolia, Ger.em. 5SI. 
Gratiola angustifolia seu minor, Park. 220. 
Lythrum Hyssopifolia, Lin. S. P. 642. 
Lythrum hyssopifolium, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 149. 
Grass poly. Small hedge hyssop. 
Watery places; annual; August. 
Root simple ; stem branchy at bottom ; leaves bald ; lower' 
leaves sometimes opposite; flowers rarely 5-cut, pentan- 
, drous. 
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II. 335. PORTULA. Dillenius. Water-p urs lane. 
Calyx bellshape, 12-toothed, teeth alternately shorter; 
petals 6 , sometimes 0; stamens 6 ; capsule globular, 2-cel led, 
not opening, many-seeded. 
Portula palustris. Marsh water- purslane. 
Leaves opposite, petioled, roundish, ovate , flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, mostly without petals. 
Portula, Raii Syn. 368, 1. 
Alsine rotundifolia seu Portulaca aquatica, Ger, em. 614, 11. 
Alsine aquatica minor folio oblongo,seu Portulaca aquatica,Farft.l260. 
Peplis Portula, Lin. S. P. 474. 
