Lythraceae. 91 
135^, €. Lozani Rose, 1907, Contrib. Un. States Nat. Herb. 
— Annual, either simple or somewhat branched, 29 to 30 cm high, with 
pubescence of two kinds, one of short white retrorse hairs, the other of 
long spreading red or yellow hairs; leaves narrowly lanceolate, or the 
upper ones linear, 4,5 to 3 cm long, subsessile, acute; peduncles short; 
prophylli black, small, deeply parted appearing as a fringed involucre; 
calyx 12 to 14 mm long, purple on one side, with short, scarious pube- 
scence and a few long scattered hairs; upper lobe broader than the others; 
spur rather short; petals 6, large, nearly equal, deep purple; two longer 
stamens covered with dense purple wool; seeds 4 to 6. 
Collected by C. G. PüiNatLE and Euros Lozano at Etzallan, Jalisco, 
1904 (n. 8858). 
This species is nearest C. lophostoma but with different pubescence, foliage, 
prophylli, etc. 
Descr. fusior inflorescentiae florumque (cetera non vidi): Inflorescentia 
ut videtur simpliciter racemosa; rhachis hine tantum puberula setisque 
coloratis paucis conspersa; folia floralia angustissime linearia 13—8 mm 
longa 4—0,5 mm lata, setis coloratis paucis ad 1,5 mm longis ciliata; 
pedicelli interpetiolares 4 mm longi, bracteolae nullae sed earundem 
Stipulae axillares circ. quinae e basi fere bulbosa subulatae 
nigrae coronulam quasi digitatam calycis basin fulerantem si- 
stentes. Calyx (in specimine a me observato) 17-—18 mm longus calcare 
1,5 mm longo munitus gracilis (circ. 2,3 mm diam.) fauce subascendens 
ampliatus, minutissime puberulus setisque coloratis paucis conspersus, dorso 
purpureus, intus supra stamina longe villoso-lanatus lana lobos superante, 
infra eadem biseriatim villosus, post anthesin ampullaceus, lobus dorsalis 
maximus productus margine revolutus apiceque cucullato-reflexus, 
intus brevissime densissimeque hirtellus, post anthesin haud de- 
flexus, üppendices minutae seta auctae; petala 6 intense purpurea, 2 dor- 
salia rotundata 9 mm longa 8 mm lata, ventralia obovato-rotundata 7 mm 
longa 6 mm lata; stamina 1 1, ad tubi Be inserta, filamenta 5 episepala 
lobos superantia, 9 dorsalia densissime longissimeque purpureo-lanata lana 
lobum dorsalem superante, 3 ventralia glabriuscula, epipetalorum 4 ven- 
tralia lobos fere aequantia villosiuscula, 2 dorsalia multo inferius inserta 
ceterorum insertionem paullo superantia villosa; ovarium glabrum, stylus 
eodem paullo longior superne villosus, discus parvus cylindraceus pendens 
leviter recurvus, ovula 4—6. Semina orbicularia 3 mm lata. 
Mexiko: vergl. oben. 
Die Art ist ©. Cuernavacana und C. lophostoma sehr nahe verwandt, unter- 
scheidet sich aber nicht nur von diesen beiden, sondern überhaupt von allen be- 
kannten Cupheen durch das ganz eigentümliche Verhalten der Vorblätter. Die Vor- 
blälter < : en . . . osa axilliren Stinular- 
Müller selbst sind nämlich nicht ausgebildet, wohl aber sind ihre axillären Stipular 
gebi 1 H ` >p» ‚apzn Tarhan cn ` 
EI bilde, wie oben beschrieben, kräftig entwickelt und dureh ihre schwarze Farbe seht 
