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plerumque subsessiles. Inflorescentia foliosa , simplex vel ramulis 

 axillaribus sero sese evolventibus subcomposita ; pedicelli exacte inter- 

 petiolares, lVg— 3, raro 5 mm. longi, hinc puberuli, prope apicem pro- 

 phyllis ovatis instructs Calyx 7 — 12 mm. longus, obtusissime breviter- 

 que calcaratus, supra medium angustatus, fauce ampliatus et ascendens, 

 dorso praesertim parce glanduloso-hispidulus, raro glaber, basi rarissime 

 insuper puberulus, intus infra stamina biseriatim villosus, post anthesin 

 ore apertus; lobi breves, lati , dorsalis parum latior; appendices brevis- 

 simae, apice setosae. Petala pallide violacea, rosea, alba, anguste 

 cuneato-lanceolata vel fere oblonga, dimidio calyci subaequalia; 2 dor- 

 salia vix latiora, a squamulis brevissimis, flavis suffulta. Stamina ad 

 duas tertias calycis partes lineae rectae inserta ; episepala lobos aequantia 

 vel paullo superantia, 2 glabra vel subglabra, 3 villosa; epipetala 4 

 villosiuscula et triente , duo dorsalia plerumque villosissima et dimidio 

 breviora; vesiculae infrastaminales plerumque sat manifestae. Stylus 

 ovario glabro aequalis vel dimidio longior, plus minus villosus, demum 

 exsertus, parte exserta 172 — 2 ram. longa ; glandula supra plana, subtus 

 semiglobosa et obtusissime carinata; ovula 8 — 14, raro — 17. Semina 

 2 mm. lata, truncata, angustissime alata. 



Frequens in provinciis Minus Geraiis, Bio de Janeiro, S. Paulo et 

 ex St-Hil. in republica Montevidensi. 



20. CUPHEA GLUTINOSA CHAM, et SCHL. suffruticosa, 

 viscosissima , caulibus ramosis, tenuibus, superne pubescentibus 

 et glanduloso-hirtellis, foliis internodia baud aequantibus, sessi- 

 libus vel brevissime petiolatis, oblongis lanceolatisve, basi at- 

 tenuates vel rotundatis, laevibus, junioribus viscido-puberulis, 

 nervis lateralibus plerumque vix conspicuis, bracteis supremis 

 minoribus, racemo simplici, pedicellis brevibus, calyce parvulo, 

 glanduloso-hirtello , intus infra stamini biseriatim villoso, pe- 

 talis calyce triente brevioribus, staminibus inclusis, vesiculis 

 infrastaminalibus nullis , stylo villoso , ovarium aequante, 

 demum interdum subexserto, glandula latissima, reniformi, 

 ovulis 8 — 20. 



Tabula nostra XLV. Fig. III. 



Cuphea glutinosa Cham et Schl. Linnaea II. 369; Walp. 

 Rep. II. 109. 



Cuphea ingrata var. y. Platensis partim, St-Hil. Fl. Bras, 

 mer. III. 107 (89). 



Cuphea hirsuta Gill, in Hook. Bot. Misc. III. 315. 



Cuphea hyssopifolia var. brachyphylla Griseb. PI. Lorentz. 

 93, non C. hyssopifolia H.B.K. 



Suffrutex viscosissimus, rhizomate lignoso; caules interdum Bub- 

 caespitosi, 15 — 35 cm. longi, erecti vel decumbentes, tenues , ramosi, 

 basi glabrati , superne undique , raro hinc pubescentes et insuper glan- 

 duloso-hirtelli (setis fuscis nullis); rami regulariter alterni, rarius sub- 

 irregulariter dispositi, ramulosi, ramulis saepissime abbreviatis, foliorum 

 fasciculos axillares etformantibus. Folia internodiis breviora, rarissime 

 nonnulla sublongiora, opposita, sessilia vel petiolis 1 — 2 mm. longis in- 

 sidentia, 4 — 12, raro ad 24 mm., suprema interdum 3 mm. longa, ob- 

 longa vel lanceolata, acuta vel obtusiuscula , basi attenuata vel rotun- 

 data, haud discolora, in sicco saepe fuscescentia , margine tantum sca- 

 briuscula, juniora viscido-puberula et ciliolata, vetustiora saepe glabres- 

 centia ; nervi laterales tenuissimi, plerumque parum conspicui ; bracteae 

 gradatim minores. Racemus simplex, foliosus; pedicelli exacte inter- 

 petiolares, 1—2, raro 4 mm. longi, ut caulis vestiti, prope apicem pro- 

 phyllis ovatis instructi. Calyx 6—9 mm. longus, breviter obtusissime- 

 que calcaratus , supra medium angustatus, fauce ampliatus et ascendens, 

 glandulose subpubescenti-hirtellus , dorso coloratus, intus infra stamina 

 plerumque biseriatim villosus, post anthesin incrassatus, ore apertus; 

 lobi breves, lati, acquales; appendices brevissimae, breviter setosae. 

 Petala violacea, calyce triente breviora, cuneato-oblonga; 2 dorsalia 

 paullo latiora, a calliB carnosis brevibus suffulta. Stamina ad duas 

 tertiaa calycis partes lineae rectae inserta, episepala lobos haud aequantia, 



3 glabra, 2 inferne villosa; epipetala villosa, 4 ventralia episepalis 

 triente, 2 dorsalia dimidio breviora; vesiculae infrastaminales nullae. 

 Stylus ovario glabro aequalis, villosus vel subglaber, inclusus,- interdum 

 demum subexsertus; glandula latissima, basi concava ; ovarium hinc am- 

 plectens , subtus crassissima , brevissime obtusissimeque carinata ; ovula 

 plerumque 14—15, raro 8 — 20. Semina angustissime alata, suborbi- 

 cularia. 



Habitat „in Brasilia meridionali 11 : Sello, Pohl; e. gr. ad Sete San- 

 grias et Porto Alegre: P. Joannes de S. Barbara. Porro in Montevideo: 

 Sello, Commerson, Bade, Tweedie, St-Hilaire (exemplaria mixta cum C. in- 

 grataj; in republ. Argentina: Gillies, Lorentz n. 139, et in Bolivia: Cu- 

 ming n. 231, Bridges n. 175. 



21. CUPHEA ACINIFOLIA ST-HlL. suffruticosa, de- 

 cumbens , caule hirlello-pubescente viscoso, ramoso, ramulis 

 saepe abbreviatis, foliis internodia haud aequantibus , brevis- 

 sime vel breviter petiolatis, parvulis, e basi attenuata oblongo- 

 obovatis, obtusiusculis, margine tantum scabris, glanduloso- 

 ciliatis setulisque subtus in nervis conspersis , inflorescentia 

 simplici, foliosa, pedicellis brevibus brevissimisve , calycibus 

 parvulis , glanduloso-hirtellis , intus infra stamina biseriatim 

 villosis , petalis calyce vix quarta parte brevioribus, vesiculis 

 infrastaminalibus nullis, stylo incluso, ovulis 6 — 9. 



Tabula nostra XLVII. Fig. I. 



Cuphea acini folia St-Hil. Fl. Bras. mer. III. 99 (84); 

 Walp. Rep. 11. 105. 



SUFFRUTICULUS decumbens, ramosus ; caulis tenuis, undique hirtello- 

 pubescens , viscosus , pilis aliis longioribus , patentibus , rigidulis , aliis 

 minimis , crispatis ; rami alterni , interdum oppositi , ex St-Hil. extra- 

 foliacei aut axillares ; ramuli interdum abbreviati, foliorum fasciculos fere 

 efformantes. Folia internodiis breviora, inferiora saepius alterna, cetera 

 opposita , petiolis 2 mm. longis brevioribusve insidentia , 6 — 17 mm, 

 longa, 3 — 8 mm. lata, suprema interdum 3 mm. longa, e basi attenuata 

 oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula, laevia, margine scabra, supra glabra, pilis 

 rigidulis glanduliferis brevibus ciliata subtusque in nervis conspersa; 

 nervi laterales subtus prominuli. InflORESCENTIA foliosa, simplex; pedi- 

 celli 2 mm. longi vel breviores, subhirtello-pubescentes, prophyllis ovatis 

 rotundatisve ciliatis apice instructi. Calyx 7 — 9 mm. longus, breviter 

 obtusissimeque calcaratus , supra medium angustatus , fauce ampliatus et 

 ascendens , puberulus et pilis rigidulis glanduloso-hirtellus , intus infra 

 stamina biseriatim villosus, ceterum subglaber; lobi lati, breves, sub- 

 aequales , breviter glanduloso-ciliati; appendices brevissimae. Petala 

 rosea, calyce vix quarta parte breviora, cuneato-lanceolata; duo dorsalia 

 paullo latiora. Stamina supra medium calycem lineae rectae inserta, 

 plus minus villosa , episepala lobos aequantia ; vesiculae infrastaminales 

 nullae. STYLUS ovario glabro dimidia parte longior, subglaber vel vil- 

 losus, semper inclusus; glandula crassa, supra concava, subtus convexa 

 et subtriloba; ovula 6 — 9. Semina transverse paullo latiora, marginata. 



Habitat in provincia S. Paulo: Sello n, 5090 et 5095; in campis 

 prope praedium Boa Vista: St-Hilaire. 



ObS. Species inter C. glutinosam et C. thymoidem exacte inter- 



media. 



22. CUPHEA THYMOIDES CHAM, et SCHL. suffrutex 

 ramosus vel ramosissimus, rainis saepe filiformibus, hinc pubes- 

 centihus vel subhirtellis , undique interdum parce breviterque 

 glanduloso-hispidulis , rarissime subglabris, ramulis saepe ab- 

 breviatis, fasciculato-foliosis, foliis oppositis, sessilibus vel 

 vix petiolatis, linearibus, lanceolatis, oblongis, parvis, basi ob- 

 tusis , inferioribus tantum interdum subcuneatis , glabris vel 

 ciliatis subtusque in nervo subaculeolatis, plerumque uninerviis, 



