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Columbia, Pers. 
Colona, Cav. 
Tilia, L. 
Diplophractum, Desf. 
Sloanea, L. 
Neesia, Bl. 
Esenbeckia, Bl. 
Apeiba, Aubl. Luhea, Willd. 
Aubletia, Schreb. Berrya, Roxb. 
Oxytandrum, Neck. Brownlowia, Roxb. 
Muntingia, L. Vincentia, Hook. 
Christiania, DC. 
Alegria, Moq. et Sess. Ablangea, Aubl. 
Trichocarpus, Schrb. 
Hasseltia, H. B. K. 
Vatica, L. 
Xeropetalum, Del. 
Espera, Willd. 
Trilix, L. 
Mollia, Mart. 
Schlechtendahlia,SpT. 
Order LXXVI. LYTHRACE^. The Loosestrife Tribe. 
SAi.icARiiE, Juss. Gen. 330. (1789) ; Lindl. Synops. 71. (1829) ; Au^. de St. H. Ann. Sc. 
Nat. 2. ser. 1. p. 1. and 333. (1834). — Calycanthem^e, Vent. Tabl. 3. 298. (1799). 
— Salicarin^, Link Enum.l. 142. (1821). — Lythrari^, Diet. Sc. Nat. 27. 
453. (1823) ; DC. Prodr. 3. 75. (1828). 
Essential Character. — Calyx monosepalous, the lobes with a valvate or separate 
aestivation, their sinuses sometimes lengthened into other lobes. Petals inserted between 
the lobes of the calyx, very deciduous, sometimes wanting. Stamens inserted into the 
tube of the calyx below the petals, to which they are sometimes equal in number ; some- 
times they are twice, or even thrice, and occasionally four times as numerous ; anthers 
adnate, 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-celled ; style filiform ; 
stigma usually capitate. Capsule membranous, covered by the calyx, usually 1 -celled, 
dehiscing either longitudinally or in an irregular manner. Seeds numerous, small, without 
albumen, adhering to a central placenta ; embryo straight ; radicle turned towards the 
hilum ; cotyledons fiat and leafy. — Herbs, rarely shrubs. Branches frequently 4-cornered. 
Leaves opposite, seldom alternate, entire, without either stipules or glands. Flowers 
axillary, or in terminal spikes or racemes, in consequence of the depauperation of the upper 
leaves. 
Anomales. Occasionally apetalous. 
Affinities. In many respects this order resembles Onagraceee, from 
which the superior ovary and many-ribbed calyx distinguish it ; also Melasto- 
macese, from which the superior ovary, the veining of the leaves, and the 
aestivation of the stamens divide it. With Labiatae it has often a resemblance 
in habit, but this goes no further. Malvaceae, however, appear to be the plants 
to which Lythraceae the most nearly approach, as is indicated by Lagerstromia 
and Hibiscus, as well as by Lythrum itself, and Napaea. Their strictly peri- 
gynous stamens place them in a widely different affinity according to the 
French school. TTieir resemblance to Celastraceae is completely established by 
the genus Adenaria. 
Geography. Tlie Lagerstromias are all Indian or South American. The 
true Lythraceae are European, North American, and natives of the tropics of 
both hemispheres. Lythrum Salicaria, a common European plant, is singular 
for being found in New Holland, and for also being the only species of that 
order yet described from that country. 
Properties. Astringency is a property of the Lythrum Salicaria, 
which is reputed to have been found useful in inveterate diarrhoeas : another 
species of the same genus is accounted in Mexico astringent and vulnerary. 
The flowers of Grislea tomentosa, (Lythrum } Hunteri,) are employed in India, 
mixed with Morinda, for dyeing, under the name of Dhaee. Hunter, As. Res. 
4. 42. Nessea salicifolia, a plant remarkable, in an order with red or purple 
flowers, for its yeUow corolla, is said to excite violently perspiration and the 
urinary secretion. The Mexicans consider it a potent remedy for venereal 
diseases, and call it Hanchinol. DC. Lawsonia inermis is the plant from 
which the Henne of Egypt is obtained. Women in that country stain their 
fingers and feet of an orange colour with it. It is also used for dyeing skins 
and maroquins reddish yellow, and for many other purposes. It contains no 
