LYTHRACEAE 
monographice describuntur 
ab 
Aemilio Koehne. 
YI. CUPHEA. 
Subg. II. EUCUPHEA. 
B. APHANANTHAE. 
Sect. Balsamona excl. subs. Pseudolobelia, Koehne 1877, 250. 
Flores alterni v. ad verticilla terna gemini, ad quaterna 
terni, rariss. in nodis nonnullis tot quot folia, semper in quovis nodo aetate 
aequales. Calyx 5—11mm., raro —15, rarissime —15 mm. lg.; quando 
calyx 441—145 mm. aequat: nec intus est bialatus; nec ejusdem lobus dor- 
salis maximus productus; nec ovulorum numerus ultra 52, exc. in specie 
unica quae disco cupuliformi gaudet. — Petala semper 6, aequalia v. postica 
2 celeris paullo majora minorave, calycis !/y aequantia v. longiora. Stamina 
11, raro 6 v. 4, semper infra v. rarissime ad calycis 3/, inserta, inclusa v. 
episepala breviter exserta. Ovula 32—2, rarissime 50—90. — Clavem spe- 
cierum cf. Bot. Jahrb. Bd. I. p. 439. 
Sect. IV. Melicyathium Koehne. 
1877, 250 ut sectionis Balsamonae subsectio. — Folia 3—5 na v. raro suprema 
opposita, minima. Pedicelli solitarii (8—26 mm. lg.) ad v. infra 1⁄2 proph. 
gerentes. Filamenta 9 ventralia subaequalia, tubum vix aequantia. Discus 
cupuliformis. Ovula 50—90. Semina minima (vix ?/, mm.). 
98 (22). (arenarioides SH. 1833, 110 (100); WIp. rep. 2. 440; Koehne 250 1), 
Icon. SH. t. 184! Koehne t. 43. f. 3, et atl. ined. t. 49. f, 98. 
Herbacea (3—20 cm.). Folia linearia (21/—5 mm. : vix !/;mm.). 
Stipul. utrinq. 2 minutiss. — Calyx (k—71⁄ mm.) basi subaequalis. — 
Descr. fus. in fl. Bras. 
Var. a. myriophylloides SH. (adj. var. 8. SH.). Caulis pl. m. 
pubescens. Folia 3—6 mm. lg. 
1) Zeigt nahe Beziehungen zu C. anagalloidea einer-, zu C. repens andererseits, ver- 
bindet also die beiden Subgenera mit einander. 
