﻿Lythraceae novae. 



Auctore 



E. Koehne. 



LythTam adsnrgens Greene (cfr. Ejigler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIII. 

 Beiblatt 57 p, 20). Specimen sub hoc nomine distributum a cl. Edw. 

 Palmer sub n. 2399 prope Petaluma in districtu Sonoma coUectum ne mini- 

 me quidem a L. HysaopifoUa L. differt. Quare species Greeneana nil vi- 

 detur nisi L. Hysaopifoliae forma climate favente forsan subperennans 

 insolitoque robusta. 



Caphea Gaameri Koehne n. sp. (Sect. Enantiocuphea, subs. Gastro- 

 dyTiamia?, Series 2. Inserenda ante Mon. n. 93 in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. I. 

 p. 454). 



Icon.: Koehne Atl. ined. t. 48 f. 420. 



Suffrutex vel fruticulus ad 27 cm alt.; rami subbasales, stricti sub- 



erecti pauciramulosi , pubescentes pilisque brevissimis glandulosis viscidi, 

 internodia foliis longiora. Folia opposita sessilia v. subsessilia, e basi 

 obtusa V. subito contracta oblonga v. elliptica (10 — 12 mm : 2— * 

 floralia lanceolata ad 4 mm longit. decrescentia), subtus in nervo ma''- 

 gineque remote denticulato - ciliolata, ceterum glabra v. subglabra, uni- 

 nervia nervis lateralibus baud conspicuis. Racemi foliosi bracteis sen- 

 sim decrescentibus ; pedicelli interpetiolares oppositi (3 — 5 mm Ig.) dense 

 pubescentes; prophylla nulla. Calyx (6,5 mm) basi gibbus medio angustatus 

 fauce valde ampliata subascendens, e nervis parce hirtellus, intus supr* 

 stamina ventre dense longeque lanatus infra eadem biseriatim pubescens, 

 post anlhesin infra 1/2 intumescens : lobi triangulares, dorsalis ceteris paoll*' 

 major, appendices nullae. Petala calyce '/^ breviora, an 4 ventrah* 

 dorsalibus 2 minora? (in specimine obvio pessime conservata). 

 mina 11 ad calycis circ. ^/.j Inserta, alterne inaequalia, episepal^ 

 lobos vix superantia, epipetala manil'este breviora, dorsalia 2 vero bre- 

 vissima ceterorum insertionem paruiQ superantia; filamenta omnia longe 

 intricate iapatat Ovarium glabnun stylo villpsQ demum svibexserto aeq"*' 



