20 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern. Nr. 57. 
parare necesse erat, a quo illam nec e descriptione nec e speciminibus a 
me examinatis discernere possum. 
Altera species ab eodem autore describitur : 
L. adsurgens Greene l. c. »Stoloniferous perennial. The 5-angled 
branches 1—3 ft. high, decumbent or assurgent. Herbage pallid, glabrous, 
slightly succulent. Calyx 2'/, lines long, 12-striate, the striae at length 
widening below. Petals pale purple. — Plant very near L. Hyssopifolia, in 
all points except its great size and perennial stoloniferous habit. — Calif. 
Common in the wet places near the Bay, West Berkeley ete.« Hane speciem 
non vidi. An revera a L. Hyssopifolia L. diversa? Forsan eiusdem spe- 
cimina robusta et in limo radicantia. 
Cuphea. 
C. affinitatum Koehne n. sp. (Subs. Melanium Ser. 3). 
Icon: Koehne Atl, ined. t. 22 fig. 406. 
Annua. Caulis circ. 25 cm lg. erectus parce breviterque ramosus, his- 
pidus simul hine pubescens. Folia internodiis inferiora breviora, superiora 
longiora, opposita, petiolis 5—14 mm longis (in inflorescentia decres- 
centibus) hispidis insidentia, e basi attenuata ovato-lanceolata v. fere 
ovata (media 3—5 em : 12—16 mm) acuta, setis decumbentibus (subtus 
praesertim in nervis) adspersa, praeterea supra minutim strigulosa, mem- 
branacea, penninervia nervis utrinsecus circ. 8—10 subtus prominulis. 
Inflorescentiae e ramulis pauci- v. subplurifloris compositae in caule 
ramisque terminales; pedicelli 1—2 mm lg. hirtelli, prope apicem pro- 
phylla parva ovata eiliata gerentes. Calyx (8 mm) basi gibbus, an- 
gustus, fauce valde ampliatus, lobo dorsali magno producto, e nervis 
hispidus, fruetifer crasse cylindraceus late apertus; appendices 
minutae setis longis aristatae. Petala 6, decidua, verisimiliter 
rosea, calycis fere !/, longitudine aequantia, 2 dorsalia anguste ob- 
ovata, 4 ventralia dimidio angustiora oblanceolata obtusa. Stamina 
11 supra tubi !/j lineae deorsum manifeste fractae inserta; episepala 
2 dorsalia tubum aequantia filamentis villosis, 3 ventralia tubum 
non aequantia filamentis glabris; epipetala 4 ventralia episepalis dimidio 
breviora filamentis villosiusculis, 9 dorsalia multo breviora ceterorum in- 
sertionem aequantia; calyx intus supra stamina ventre villosiusculus, infra 
eadem subglaber. Stylus parce villosus ovarium glabrum longitudine paene 
aequans semper inclusus; discus suberectus parvus suborbicularis; 
ovula3. Semina 3 mm diam., angustissime sed distincte alata. 
In Brasiliae civ. Piauhy, Gardner n. 2166. 
Obs. Jam olim (EwcLER's Jahrb. VII 49—20 et 40 Cupheae micranthae H.B.K. 
affinitatem cum C. secundiflora Sessé et Moc. in DC. indicavi. Species nova supra descripta 
eandem affinitatem etiam melius demonstrat, nam C. micranthae proxima (sed petiolis 
longis, lobo dorsali aucto, stylo staminibusque longioribus, seminibus alatis diversa) 
lamen C. secundiflorae etiam similior est. Ab hac praesertim calyce fructifero nullo 
