ythrum S a l i c a r i a . P u r p l e -Sp i k e d L o o s e -St r i f e .
. Lin. Gen. PI. Dodecandria Monogynia.
Cd. 12 fidus.Petala 6. calyci inferta. Caff. 2. Iocularis, polyfperma.
Rail: Syn. Gen.. 25. Herb« i-iexapetal/e et polypetamsvasculifer.e.
Salicaria fohis oppofitis cordato lanceolatis floribus fpicatis. dodecandris. Lin S\H
Vegetab. p. 371. Spec, plant. 640. FI. Succ. n. 422.. v ■ yJ
foliis lanceolatis, fubhirftitis, floribus fpicatis. Haller, hift. 854.
Salicaria. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 565. > Lyfimacliia fpicata purpurea. Both. Pin. 246.
ToKrn- lnJl- Raii h ^
A P" t e . S 4 . 5is. 2. a 205.
F 5 ? 1' Craffa” ram° fa’ rub,'Snofa’ in !atum | ROOT perennial, thick, branched, fomewhat woody,
[ir rc u- j 1' 1 • , * _ # widely extended. )
HIS b,pedal.s ad tnpedalem, ercHns, inferne gla- § S T A LK from.iwo to: three feet high upright below
tetragonus, fuperne pubefcens, pentago-. | fmooth, four-cornered ; fngIesP[hfm mem
“ ' membranaceIS* <eabr.3, | branous and rough; branched. P’ ‘
klfuperiores fparfi ; inferiores oppoGti, tetragoni, f BRANCHES the upper ones placed without ™
1 c f e « PUbefCenteS’ ereQi’ breViur- ! order; the lower ones o p p o fite^ fo u r- c o r n e reck
^ ' $ rough, Rnd {lightly downy, upright, fhortlT.
r n r 1 • , , # ilh, and numerous. i''! ' -. ,
r e» ’, r r P r X i e r . ’ -acuta’ tri" f LEAVE S feflile, embracing the ftalk, lanceolate 1 CSS: — c e s LtiufesiSf 25
PE S n'J'i--. ' glonicibu, fl.rum | SPIKES k S E I E S S S S pS S fI S S of
flowers fmall, nearly linear, and running out
1 i^txfec r
m d “ ™ P ™ ■ ovato.acu tiu fcS, in- | “ e hi’rfu.e and upright” °he oVer°fi! f f i
flex*, concave apice minutim barbate,jfg.r. | . are alternate with thlprecedingfix are. fmalf
0 ovate, pointed, bend inward over the flump’
lOIr A piimnfo, • d c ■ r - I are hollow and minutely bearded at top fur 1* f M S I s s s u s i s s j
longiora,margmecalycis mtralacimascalycis f longer than the calvx ; ? ,? C j d Sf5-s.Effis.pSs,“ i mmmmlsm sfc'232str^-«’- ! llffiii& KW J ° | ' ot calyx, from whence they afterwards
burn forth, and are as it were drawn out of
jMINA: Filamenta 12, fubulata, albida, calycis t STAMINA^ ^i^Filaments tapering and whitilh '
paneti mtra tubum inferta, quorum fex Ion- f ferted into the inlide of t h f 'r l “ “ I®1’, lnf
gtora tubo calycis paulo longiora; 6 breviora i the fix IoLeft , 7 ‘ 7 t y ’ ° whlch
mtra tubum lecoidita , Antherm inferior« I » ! '— L0“®“ tha? ^
pure*’ !nCUmb“ - - fuP - i0- P - I “
r ’ J S - i - | , cumbent, the lowermoft yellow, the upperffll
T Triv/r. o r 1 moft purple, ii® q.. r
, gma capitatum,/^. 4. ^ | onger than the Corolla; Stigma forming a
lICARPTm/T. r> 11 _ , • 1 little head.
fe °nga,teaa,b.Iocularis, | SEED-VESSEL: an oblong Capfule, covered by the
WApluSma, minima , iuua,jfigr . 77. ^ SIE EDS ncuamI>’exr>o uosf and vcaevryit ifems,all, Jig. 7.
I ' H l o f PurP,e flower* Vl” * this plant plentifully produces during the latter part o f the
ery, ■ ,! 11 a confpicuous ornament on the banks of rivers, ponds ditches &c wherp n-J? 1 1 a ’
t e b b ^ try;
recom,bended ^ d e *<>”« p -
I Unt°UChed ty Catlle ' 1 W this «s leaves very much eatenby the Cater-
»'»Mi^d0! the bl0,!b” uS !inSU,1ar,i’ CUriou?> -and.wiH amply repay the botanift the troubleof diffeHing it
, “ »iced a variety with three leaves at a joint, in which the ftalk was hexagonal. d.Uettmg ,t.