26 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern. Nr. 57. 
subconvexae inserta, 5 episepala fere lobos, 4 epipetala vix sinus aequantia, 
2 dorsalia parva inferius inserta ceterorum insertionem paullo superantia. 
Ovarium oblique ovatum glabrum, in stylum aequilongum subulatum 
villosiuseulum semper inclusum abiens. Discus horizontalis crassus semi- 
orbicularis. Ovula 5—6. Semina 3 mm longa lataque, laevia, castanea 
margine vix pallidiore (testa ibidem haud incrassata) cincta. 
Bolivia, in alta planitie, Miguel Bang n. 4008, in herb. Collegii 
GColumbiae a N. L. Bnrrrow et H. H. Russy distributa. 
Obs. Species petalis pilosis ad omnibus Cupheae immo Lythracearum speciebus 
distinctissima. Propter petala etiam in calyce fructifero persistentia corrugato-inflexa 
ad sectionem Pseudocircaeam pertinet, sed a plerisque hujus speciebus petiolis breviori- 
bus differt. 
€. Palmeri S. Watson 1886 Proc. Am. Acad. XXI 428. (Sect. Heterodon 
Koehne, Subs. Glossostomum Koehne, Series 1. post C. laminuligeram 
Koehne). 
Icon.: Koehne Atl. ined. t. 44 fig. 394. 
Annua. Caulis ramosus ut rami alterni patuli sat elongati pubescens 
denseque glanduloso-hirtellus. Folia internodiis longiora, opposita, petio- 
lis 12 mm longis sursum ad 2 mm decrescentibus insidentia, e basi 
rotundata ovata v. ovato-lanceolata (40—15 mm: 18—6 mm), obtu- 
siuscula, pilis minutissimis quasi punctulata scabriuscula, praeterea supra 
et interdum in nervis subtus setis paucis conspersa, tenuiter membranacea 
penninervia, nervis utrinsecus circ. 4—8. Inflorescentia distincta 
foliis floralibus angustissime linearibus longissime ciliatis 
alternis (cujusvis paris altero deficiente), racemum simplicem aemulans, 
sed revera praeter flores juxtapetiolares ramulis brevissimis 4 (—3 ?) -floris 
axillaribus composita; pedicelli circ. 2 mm longi, prophylla minutissima 
gerentes. Calyx (12—14 mm) breviter calcaratus, fauce maxime ampliatus, 
puberulus et gland"loso-hirtellus, dorso violaceus, intus supra stamina 
ventre lanatus, infra eadem pilosus; lobus dorsalis maximus, reticulato- 
venosus; calyx fructifer clausus lobo dorsali deflexo ceteros 
valde conniventes obtegente. Petala 6, valde inaequalia, 
2 dorsalia tubo paullo breviora, longe unguiculata, obovata, pur- 
purea, callo erasso oblique decurrente quodque fuleratum, 
4 ventralia !/, breviora, cuneato-linearia v. -oblanceolata-line- 
aria, dilutius colorata. Stamina 14, supra tubi ?/, inserta, episepala 5 
tubum vix aequantia glabra, epipetala 4 ventralia breviora filamentis 
villosiuseulis, 2 dorsalia inferius inserta filamentis villosis. Stylus ovario 
glabro paullo longior, supra medium villosiusculus; discus horizontalis, 
supra subconcavus, subtus convexus; ovula 6. 
Mexico: Jalisco, in campis et collibus prope Tequila, m. sept., Pringle 
n. 4646! 
Obs. Species optima ab affinibus C, glossostoma Koehne et C. laminuligera Koehne 
