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LYTHRUM diífusum.
Spreading Loose-strif g.
Natural Order. S a l i c a r i æ . Juss gen. 3 3 6 . . g
L Y T H R U M . Calyx tubulosus, 12-stnatus, limbo 12-denta
t u s : d e n t ib u s s e x e x t e r io r ib u s a u g u s t io r ib u s
persistens. Petala sex, limbo calycis inter ejus
tosería, æqualia, patentissima. Stamina f
vel pandora, tubo calycis inserta, inæqualia
biloLlares, dorso affixæ, longitudinaliter
Ovarium superum, sessile, glandulæ ‘jy
nosæ insertum (semper?), biloculare. 0 « « ^ creb®rr.ma place^
tæ centrali affixa. Stylus 1. exsertus, (v. inclusus, Nobd Stigma
capitatum. Capsula membranacea. calyce
bilocularis, loculicido-bivalvis. Semina !X a n a -
inde plana, aptera. Inlegumentum exterius
ceum ■ interius subcoriaceum, superficie interna carnosa. Lndo
“ m to fn X m . Embryo rectuL foZyMoncs plano-con^^^^^^^
Radícula c en trip e ta .-H e rbæ a«í frútices. F f ^ f P",
sita vel verticillata, integerrima. Flores Z
plures pedúnculo communi brevi insidentes
S albi. Variant numero dentium calycis etpetalorum. Kunth
synops. 3. p. 452—453.
L diffusum, caule alato ramosissimo basi suffruticoso; ramis dif-
■fusis subpubescentibus tetragono-alatis, foliis oppositis sub-
sessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutiusculis glabris basi rotnii-
datis margine subciliatis,pedunculis 3-4 nis axillaribus 1-flons,
floribus verticillatis dodecandris, stylo incluso.
Lvthrum diffusum. Swt. hort. brit. p. loU.
L ab rum virgatum. Pursh jl. amer. sept. 1. p. 334. nec aliorum.
the base, very
much branched, winged : branches spreading m all directions,
acutely 4-sided, furrowed, and conspicuously
winged, slightly pubescent, ascending, or the upper part
becoming erect. Leaves opposite, oblongly lanceolate,
scarcely acute, broader and rounded at the base, near y
sessile, or with very short footstalks, smooth or scai cely
pubescent, the margins slightly frinpd, strongly veined
on the lower side. Petioles very short and flat some
of the upper leaves alternate. Flowers axillary, m
whorls round the stem, of a rosy purple, 3 or 4 in the
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