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pedunculo oblique insidens, hinc gibbus, superne ampliatus et curvatus, limbo 12-dentatus , nervoso- 
12- costatus, viscidulo- pilosus, coloratus, persistens, 5-5 1 lineas longus ; dentibus exterioribus obsoletis ; 
interioribus latis, acutis, subzequalibus. Prrara sex, inter dentes calycis interiores inserta, brevissime un- 
guiculata, oblonga, obtusa, venosa, glabra, alba (?) , inzqualia, 2-2 2 lineas longa. SrAwINA 125 fauci calycis 
jnserta, uniseriata, inclusa, valde inaequalia, adscendentia. FrrAwzNTA filiformia, inferne pilosa. ANTBHERE 
oblonge, dorso affixz, biloculares, glabre, longitudinaliter interne dehiscentes. Ovamiux liberum, sessile, 
inzquilatero-oblongum, dorso convexum, ad basim glandula instructum, ventre rectilineum, glabrum, apice 
in stylum desinens, pseudobiloculare ; dissepimentum obliteratum, nonnisi ut margo angustus ad parietem 
internum visibilis. Placenta excentralis, libera, latere a glandula averso ovulifera, apicem versus fila duo 
capillacea emittens. Ovula 10, podospermiis crassis sustenta, unilateralia, sublenticularia, erecta, glabra. 
Glandula hypogyna, carnosa, rotundata, glabra, sub ovario calyci oblique insidenti inserta, in gibbere 
recondita. Sryrus subulatus, erectus, glaber, inclusus. Sricwa obtusum. FmucrUs oblongus, stylo termi- 
natus, calyce persistente obtectus, tenuissime membranaceus, diaphanus, glaber, unilocularis, non 
dehiscens, tardius ruptilis; placenta centralis carnosa, tardius reflexa et pericarpium. hinc rumpens. 
SwixA umilateralia, lentieularia, sub Jente punctulato-tuberculata , fusca, glabra, magnitudine grani 
majoris Papaveris somniferi, 
4. CUPHEA nrwricULATA. T 
C. fruticosa; ramulis viscoso-hirtis; foliis lanceolato-oblongis , acutis , basi cuneatis , argute 
ciliato- denticulatis, glabris; floribus in ramulis racemosis, oppositis; calycibus hispidulis ; 
petalis subzequalibus ; ovario 10- 1/j- spermo. 
Crescit in humidis prope San Fernando Cumanensium. ) Floret Septembri. 
Fnvrzx tripedalis; ramis oppositis, ramulo intermedio (terminali) tenuiore florifero , teretibus , patulis , 
cortice solubili fusco, junioribus viscoso-hirtis. For1A opposita, brevissime petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 
basi cuneata, margine argute denticulata, denticulis mucronatis, venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, 
utrinque glabra, concoloria, 7-8 lineas longa, duas lineas lata; floralia multo minora, duas lineas longa. 
Fronzs in ramulis interpetiolares, solitarii , oppositi , pedunculati, racemosi, magnitudine floris Lythri 
Hyssopifolie ; pedunculo duas lineas longo, hinc hirtello, Caryx tubulosus, ad basim hinc gibbus, limbo 
ampliatus, duodecimdentatus, plicatus, 12-nervius, pilis nonnullis praesertim dorso hispidulus, viridis, 
duas lineas longus ; dentibus exterioribus obsoletis; interioribus abbreviato-ovatis, acutis, subzqualibus. 
PrrarA sex, spathulata, inter dentes calycinos interiores inserta, obtusa, subzequalia, venosa, glabra, calyce 
breviora, patentia; duo superiora violacea; quatuor inferiora alba (ex Bonpl.). Sraxiwa 11i, fauci calycis 
inserta, inclusa, valde inzqualia. FrnawENTA villosa, apice uncinata. AwruERE oblonge, biloculares , 
glabre, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovammuw superum, sessile, hinc, ad basim, ubi gibbam spectat, 
glandula instructum, uniloculare, hinc puberulum, apice in stylum desinens; glandula carnosa, rotun- 
data, glabra. Placenta excentralis. Ovula 10-14, obovato- subrotunda, compressa, glabra, podospermio 
suffulta, erecta, fusca, apice tuberculo fusco-nigro notata. Srvrus subulatus, puberulus, staminibus 
brevior. Srrewa obtusum. Fnvcrus oblique oblongus, stylo persistente mucronatus, calyce obtectus ipsoque 
parum brevior, tenuissime membranaceus, tardius una cum calyce ruptilis, subhexaspermus, vix duas 
lineas longus. Placenta excentralis, tardius extus flexa. SrwrwA lenticularia, hinc lineola longitudinali 
notata, levia, puberula (?), fusca, magnitudine grani Papaveris somniferi. INrEGUMENTUM coriaceum. 
Ex»nvo lentieularis, carnosus, albidus. ExpospERMIUM nullum. Corvrepoxrs plano-convexz, reniformes. 
Rapictra lobos vix superans, acutiuscula, utrinque acutangula, hilum spectans. 
