CUPHEA. 195 
Cuphea spicata Cavan. Jc. IP. p. 56. t. 381. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 8. 
Crescit ad ripam fluminis Magdalene, o? Floret Junio. 
Cavri herbaceus, erectus, ramosus, subpedalis; ramis oppositis, altero interdum abortivo, teretibus, 
hispidulis, purpurascentibus. Fori opposita, breviter petiolata, oblonga, utrinque acuta, subintegerrima, 
utrinque glabra, margine scabra, supra viridia, subtus glaucescenti- pallida, sesquipollicaria, 7 lineas lata 
Prin 2-2 lineas longi, hispiduli. RAcEur terminales, alares et axillares, solitarii , pedunculati , erecti , 
adjecto pedunculo 1 
cosissima ; pedicellis 2-5 lineas longis, filiformibus, rhachi pedunculoque hirtellis. Baar E interpedicellares 
21 pollices longi. Fronzs pedicellati, oppositi, cernui, dimidio minores quam in C. vis- 
(dua inter pedicellos cujuslibet florum paris oppositz), parva, ovatz, acutiuscule. pedicello multo bre- , 
viores, persistentes. Carxx tubulosus, basi gibbus, superne subcurvatus, apice ampliatus et 12- dentatus, 
12-nervius , membranaceus, hirtellus, tres lineas longus, persistens ; dentes exteriores obsoleti ; interiores 
uninervii, acuti ; superior (gibbe respondens) clongatus, ovatus ; faux ad latus, ubi stamina inserta, villosa. 
PzrALA sex, inter dentes calycinos interiores inserta, oblongo- spathulata, obtusa, subfalcata, obsolete venosa, 
alba, glabra; duo (ad utrumque latus dentis longioris) majora, calyce duplo triplove breviora; reliqua 
parum et gradatim minora. SrAxix4 12, secunda, adscendentia, fauci calycis inserta, denti majori oppo- 
sita, inaqualia; duo exteriora brevissima ; longiora vix exse FinawENTA filiformia, villosa. Awruzux 
ellipticz, dorso affixee, biloculares, glabro, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovanrux. superum, calyci 
oblique insertum, sessile, oblique lineari- oblongum, hinc, ubi gibbam spectat, convexum et sub basi glan- 
dula instruetum, inde rectilineum, apice in stylum attenuatum, glabrum, uniloculare; oyula 40-50, 
obovato-subrotunda, lenticularia, glabra, podospermiis crassis sustenta, erecta, placenta centrali undique 
affixa; placenta centralis infra apicem ope filorum duorum capillaceorum eum stylo continua. Glandula 
ovata, carnosa, glabra, patens. Srvrus filiformis, villosus, apicem versus glaber, longitudine staminum. 
SriGxA minutum, subcapitatum. Fnvcrus oblique oblongus, stylo persistente rostratus, calyce persistente 
ventricoso inclusus ipsoque parum brevior, tenuissime mernbranaceus, diaphanus, glaber, unilocularis, 
polyspermus, non dehiscens, magnitudine grani tritici. SrurxA subrotundo-lenticularia, utrinque obsolete 
tubereulata, margine irregulariter denticulata, fusca, glabra, magnitudine grani Papaveris somniferi, ad 
basim hilo punctiformi notata, placentz centrali affixa. IxrzcvwENTUM coriaceum. Exposrzmurux nullum. 
Exsnyo lentieularis, albidus. Corvrzpowzs reniformes, apice retuse. RapicuLA lobos cotyledonum vix 
superans, obtusa, utrinque angulato- acuta, hilum spectans. 
5. CUPHEA mmrura. T 
C. fruticosa; ramulis foliisque hirtellis , oblongis; acutis , basi cuneatis , viscidulis ; floribus 
in apice ramulorum racemosis, oppositis; calycibus viscidulo-pilosis; petalis incequalibus; 
ovario 10-14-spermo. 
Crescit prope Guaduas INovo- Granatensium , alt. 58o hex. p Floret Junio. 
Fnrzx pedalis ; ramis oppositis, altero sape abortivo, teretibus, fuscescentibus, glabris ; ramulis junio- 
ribus hirtellis pilisque subulatis conspersis, viseidulis. Fori. opposita, breviter petiolata, oblonga, acuta, 
basi cuneata, integerrima, venosa, nervo medio venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, membranacea, 
utrinque presertim subtus hirtella ibique vix pallidiora, viscidula, margine pilis apice glanduliferis ciliata, 
9- 11 lineas longa, 5 2-/ lineas lata ; floralia minuta. Prriorx lineam longi, semiteretes, interne canaliculati, 
viscidulo-hirtelli. Fronzs nonnulli in apice ramulorum subracemosi, oppositi, pedunculati, magni- 
tudine precedentis; pedunculis duas lineas longis, fliformibus, hirtellis, ebracteatis. Carvx tubulosus, 
