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LYTHRARIEiE. VIII. Cuphea- 



flowers interpetiolar, verticillate, pedicellate ; calyx with a short 

 spur at the base; petals 6 ; stamens 11; style villous; ova- 

 rium 3-ovulate. 1/. S. Native of Brazil. Petals rose-co- 

 loured. 



19 C. Bustamo'nta (La Llave ex Lexarc. 1. c. p. 21.) stems 

 herbaceous, procumbent ; branches ascending : leaves ovate- 

 cordate, on short petioles, acuminated, rather hispid ; lateral 

 nerves parallel ; flower interfoliaceous, pendulous ; outer caly- 

 Lysimachia-Uke Cuphea. PL 1 to 2 feet. cine teeth much elongated ; petals 6, upper 2 the largest; sta- 



12 C. SECUNDiFLORA (Moc. ct Sessc, fl. mex. icon, ined.) stem mens 9. — Native of Mexico. There are varieties of this plant 

 herbaceous, erect, and is, as well as the calyxes, pubescent ; with violaceous and rose-coloured petals, marked each with a 

 leaves on long petioles, ovate, long-acuminated ; raceme ter- longitudinal purplish line. 



minal, subspicate, short; flowers secund ; petals 6, rather un- 

 equal, spreading. O. F. Native of Mexico- Herb with the 

 habit of the first section, but the flowers are referrible to the 

 present. Calyx white. Petals violaceous, 2 upper ones the 



largest. 



Secund'Jlowered Cuphea. PI. 1 foot. 



13 C. cordifolia(H. B. et Kunth, I.e. p. 206.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; branches clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves on 

 short petioles, ovate-oblong, acute, cordate at the base, with re- 

 volute margins, stiff*, scabrous on both surfaces ; peduncles inter- 

 petiolar, alternate, somewhat racemose ; calyx hispid, clammy ; 

 petals unequal. 7/ . ? S. Native of New Granada. Calyx 12- 



Bustamont Cuphea. PI. procumbent. 



20 C. TUBERosA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 2. p. 372.) 

 root woody, tuberous; stems erect, branched at the apex; 

 branches alternate, rarely opposite ; leaves ovate, petiolate, sca- 

 brous ; flowers pedicellate, interpetiolar, alternate or opposite, 

 forming terminal racemes ; calyx with a short spur at the base ; 

 petals 6, unequal; stamens 11 ; style glabrous ; ovarium 11-18- 

 ovulate. %. S. Native of the southern provinces of Brazil. 

 Flowers purplish. Calyx 5 lines long. 



Tuber ous-xooiedi Cuphea. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



§ 3. Lythroidece (from Lythrum^ and ideay like ; plants re- 



lomhedrVetals eVvioTaceous." ' Stamens To-TsrexsenecC un- se«ibling the genus L^thrum in habit) D.C prod. 3. p. 85. 



btems herbaceous, Fedicels interpetiolar, \-jloweredy not spi'^ 



equal. Ovarium 18-30-ovulate. 

 Heart-leaved Cuphea. PI. 



cately racemose. Calyx gibbous at the bascy not spurred. Petals 



14 C. MiMULoiDEs (Cham.' et Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 570.) ^«^^^^ ^^S^^ ^^«^^^ ^^«« ^«^2/^' ^t'^^'^' U-l^- 



branches brachiate, and are, as well as the peduncles and 



21 C. viscossissiMA (Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 83. t. 177.) stem 



calyxes, minutely puberulous ; leaves elliptic or lanceolate ; pe- herbaceous, erect, branched, clothed with clammy pubescence, 

 dicels alternate and opposite the lea^'^s, and longer than them ; hispid ; leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, rather sca- 

 brous ; flowers pedicellate, solitary, deflexed ; calyx 6-toothed, 

 clothed with clammy down; petals 6, unequal. O. F. Native 



petals 6, minute; stamens 11. ©. F- Native of Mexico, in 

 humid places near Mesachica. Calyx 3 lines long. 



Mimidus-like Cuphea. PI. ^ foot. 



of America, from Brazil to Pennsylvania, in humid shady places 



15 C. cYANiE'A (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. ex D. C. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 60. L^thrum petiolatum, Lin, spec. p. 641 



L. Cuphea, Lin. fil. suppl. 249. Flow^ers purple. Ovary 4-6- 

 seeded. Stamens 12. Style pilose. 



Very-clammy Cuphea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. 1 foot. 



22 C. GLUTiKosA (Cham, et Schlecht.> in Linnaea. 2. p. 3G9.) 



plant clammy, pubescent, mixed with longer glanduliferous 



prod. 3. p. 85.) stem herbaceous, erect; branches hispid ; leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, ovate-cordate, acuminated, villous on both 

 surfaces ; peduncles interpetiolar, alternate, subracemose ; calyx 

 rather hispid ; petals 2, spatulate, unguiculate. O. F. Native 

 o£ Mexico. Nearly allied to the preceding, -but differs in the 



leaves being all opposite, and standing on petioles, almost an hairs ; stem branched at the apex ; leaves lanceolate, acute, on 

 inch long. Calyx red at the base, and yellowish at the apex. short petioles ; flowers interpetiolar, pedicellate ; calyx with a 

 Anthers and petals purplish blue. Perhaps the petals are only short spur ; petals shorter than the calyx; stamens 6 ; style vil- 



2 or probably 6, 3 of which may be deciduous. 



5iue-petalled Cuphea. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



16 C. cocci'nea (D. C. prod. 3. p. 85.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 pubescent at the apex ; leaves petiolate, cordate, acute ; pedun- 



lous ; ovarium 4-15-ovulate. ^2 • S. Native of Brazil, common. 

 Petals violaceous. 



Glutinous Cuphea, PL ^ to 1 foot. 



23 C. BALSAMONA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. S&S.) 



cles many-flowered, disposed in a terminal panicle ; petals ob- stem erect, hispid from glandular spreading pili ; leaves oppo- 



long, acute, reflexed. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, on the moun- site, ovate, attenuated at both ends, petiolate, with cartilaginous 



tains of Tuxtla. Ljrthrum cordifolium, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. finely denticulated margins, scabrous on both surfaces ; flowers 



icon. ined. Calyxes scarlet. Petals and genitals of the same pedicellate ; calyx short, 6-toothed, with a very short acute 



spur; stamens 11, inclosed ; ovarium 5-6-ovulate; style gla- 



/Jcar/ef-flowered Cuphea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. brous. 0. F. Native of Brazil everywhere in humid places, 



17 C. Lla'vea (La Llave ex Lexarc. nov. veg. mex. 1. p. and of Mexico near Jalapa. Balsamona Pinto, Vand. fl. lus. et 



20.) stems numerous, hispid ; branches ascending ; leaves almost bras. spec. p. 30. t. 4. Petals violaceous. Flowers forming 



colou 



r. 



sessile, ovate-lanceolate, strigose; pedicels interfoliaceous, erect ; 

 petals 2, obovate, large, the rest abortive ; stamens 11. If.. S. 



Native of Mexico, on the mountains. Petals pale scarlet. Calyx flower. 



leafy racemes at the tops of the stem and branches ; racemes 

 shorter than the leaves, 2-4-flowered, rarely reduced to one 



with a greenish front, and with the back and throat purplish 

 brown. Three of the stamens very long. 

 La Have's Cuphea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Balsam Cuphea. PI. 1 foot. 

 24 C. procu'mbens (Cav. icon. 4. p. 55. t. 380.) stem herba- J 

 ceous, assurgent ; branches procumbent, clothed with clammy 



18 C. UNARioiDEs (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 367.) villi; leaves opposite, on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, rather 



stem filiform, erect, always with one side pubescent, intermixed hispid ; flowers pedicellate, solitary, deflexed ; calyx clothed 



with longer glandiferous hairs; leaves nearly sessile, ovate or with clammy pili, 6-toothed ; petals 6, obovate, 2 of which are 



ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a few glandular pili on the edges and larger than the rest; the two longest stamens are woolly beyond 



nerves; flowers interpetiolar, solitary, alternate, pedicellate; the anthers. ©. F, Native of Mexico. Ker. hot. reg. t. 1981. 



calyx furnished with an ascending spur ; stamens 1 1 ; style gla- 

 brous ; ovary 3-ovulate. ^2 . ? S. Native of Brazil. Petals 6, 

 violaceous. 



Linarxa-like Cuphea. PI. 1 foot. 



Petals pale purple. Stamens 11, hairy. Calyx purplish, di- 

 lated, and greenish at the apex. Petals rose-coloured. 



Procumbent Cuphea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1816. Ph proc. 



25 C. lanceola^ta (Ait, hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 150.) 



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