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LYTHRARIE^. VIII. Cuphea. 



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branches and calyxes clammy and hispid; leaves ovate-oblong, cine teeth, Tj . S- Native of Brazil. Petals violaceous. Calyx 



acute, rounded at the base, scabrous ; flowers alternate ; petals 

 6, nearly equal ; stamens 11. T2 • S. Native at the bottom of 

 the Andes near Ibague, Petals violaceous. Filaments villous. 

 Ovarium 7-8-ovulate. 



Sirigulose Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



8-4 lines long. 



Branches extra-axillary. 



PrivetAWie Cuphea. Shrub decumbent 1 foot. 

 47 C. calophy'lla (Schlecht. etCham. in Linnaea. 2. p. 361.) 

 stem shrubby, sparingly branched ; branches axillary, when 

 young clothed with short down and longer purpHsh glanduli- 

 39 C. DENTicuLA^TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 198.) stem ferous pili, as well as the branches and calyxes ; leaves elliptic, 

 ghrubby ; branches clammy, hairy ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute at both ends, on short petioles, scabrous ; racemes com- 

 pound ; flowers alternate, pedicellate, spurless ; teeth of calyx 

 glabrous ; flowers interpetiolar on the branches, opposite, some- nearly equal ; style villous ; ovary 5-6-ovulate ; filaments vil- 

 what racemose; calyxes hispid; petals 6, nearly equal; stamens Ions; petals 6, nearly equal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 11, inclosed. Tj . S. Native of Cumana, in humid places near province of Rio Janeiro. Petals violaceous, about the length of 

 St, Fernando. Petals spatulate, 2 superior ones violaceous, the the calyx. 



acute, cuneated at the base, sharply and ciliately toothletted, 



rest white. Filaments villous. Ovarium 10-14-ovulate. 

 DenticiilatcdAcavcd Cuphea. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



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Shrub 1 foot. 



48 C. ERicoiDES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 3CG.) 



40 C. Loxe'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c, 6. p. 200.) stem shrub erect, branched; branches filiform, puberulous ; leaves 



shrubby ; branches clothed with glandular hairs ; leaves oblong, sessile, linear or acerose, 3 in a whorl, and imbricated in 6 rows, 



acute, rounded at the base, scabrous above, and pilose on the scabrous, 3-nerved; flowers crowded at the tops of the 



nerves beneath ; flowers interpetiolar, alternate ; calyx hispid ; branches, pedicellate ; calyx with a short spur ; style glabrous ; 



petals G, nearly equal ; stamens 11, inclosed. Tj . S. Native of ovarium 3 -ovulate ; stamens 11, inclosed, Tj . S. Native of 



Mexico near Jalapa ; and at Loxa in Peru. Petals pale violet. Brazil. Petals pale purple, nearly equal. Filaments ciliated. 



Filaments villous. Ovary 5-6-ovulate. 

 Loxa Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 

 41 C. HYssopiFOLiA (H. B, ct Kunth, 1. c. 6, p. 199.) stem 



Calyx 3 lines long. 

 Heath 



Shrub 1^ foot. 



49 C. THYMoiBES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 2. p. 3G8.) 



shrubby ; branches strigose ; leaves lanceolate, acutish, obtuse smoothish, shrubby ; stem filiform, branched, decumbent 

 at the base, glabrous above, but beset with strigose pili on the branches beset with short hairs on one side; but the stem, leaves, 

 nerve and veins; flowers interpetiolar, alternate; calyx gla- and calyx are furnished with longer glanduliferous hairs ; leaves 



brous ; petals 6, rather unequal ; stamens 11, inclosed. 



Tj. S. 



sessile, lanceolate, obtuse, a little ciliated on the margins ; flowers 



Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. Petals pale violet. Filaments interpetiolar, scattered, pedicellate; calyx furnished with a short 



villous. Ovary 5-6-ovulate. 



Hyssop-leaved Cuphea, Shrub 6 feet. 



42 C. GRACILIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1, c. 6. p. 199.) stems purple. Calyx 4 lines long. 



blunt spur ; style glabrous ; ovarium 8-ovulate ; petals 6, nearly 

 equal; stamens 11, villous, Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Petals 



shrubby, procumbent ; branches filiform, elongated, and are, as 



Thyme-like Cuphea, Shrub decumbent. 



well as the calyxes, puberulous; leaves lanceolate, acute at both 50 C ingka^ta (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 371.) 



ends, 1 -nerved, glabrous; flowers interpetiolar, alternate ; petals shrubby, much branched ; branches pubescent on one side, but 

 6, rather unequal ; stamens 11, inclosed. V^.S. Native on the everywhere beset with long stiff* glanduliferous hairs; leaves 

 banks of the Orinoco, near Atures in sandy places. Petals vio- 

 laceous. Filaments villous. Ovarium 3-4-ovulate. 



Slender Cuphea. Shrub procumbent. 



43 C. corda'ta (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per, prod, p. 119. t. 11.) 



stem sufFruticose ; leaves cordate, acute ; petals 6, the 2 superior stamens 11, villous. ^ 



broadly lanceolate, tapering into the short petiole, with reflexed, 

 rather scabrous edges, rather pilose ; flowers interpetiolar, alter- 

 nate, pedicellate; calyx with a short spur; petals one-half 

 shorter than the calyx ; style villous ; ovarium 10-12-ovulate; 



S. Native of Brazil. Petals pale 



ones roundish and large, the 4 lower ones small, oblong ; sta- 

 mens 11. T2 . S, Native of Peru, on hills. Lower leaves 

 coriaceous, upper ones oblong. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes 

 clammy. 



Corc?a/c~leaved Cuphea, Shrub 1 foot. 



44 C. Trinita^tis (D.C. prod. 3. p. 88.) stems suffruticose; 

 leaves ovate, acute at both ends ; petals nearly equal, oblong ; 



Native of the 



violet. Calyx beset with glandulai^ 

 Ungrateful Cuphea. Shrub. 



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Flowers with 12 stamens. 



pedicels axillary, longer than the leaves- 

 Island of Trinidad, 



Tj.S. 



C. serpyllifolia, Sims, bot. mag. 2580. 



but not of H, B. et Kunth. Allied to C Loxensis and C. gra- rose-coloured. Stamens short, inclosed. 



51 C. PAKViFLORA (Hook. exot. fl. 151.) stem suffruticose, 

 pubescent ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into the short 

 petiole at the base, almost quite entire, wath somewhat ciliated 

 margins ; flowers in terminal racemes ; petals 6, oblong, nearly 

 equal; stamens 12. Tj . S, Native about Demerara. Petals 



Branches clothed with 



cilis. Stamens probably 11. 



Trmirffld Cuphea. Fl. May. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 foot. 



45 C. MULTiFLORA (Lodd. bot, cab. t. 808.) stem suffVuticose, 

 branched ; leaves oblong, acute at both ends ; flowers alternate. 



glandular pubescence. 



Fl.Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub ^ ft. 



interpetiolar ; petals 6, nearly equal, oblong-linear, 

 tive of Trinidad. Petals violaceous. 



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Many-flonercd Qw^hez. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh, 1 ft. 



46 C, LiGu'sTRiNA (Schlccht, et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 360.) 

 stem shrubby, procumbent ; branches extra-axillary, obsoletely 

 tetragonal, clothed with clammy pubescence, interspersed with 

 long, coloured, glanduliferous hairs, as well as the peduncles 

 and calyxes; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather scabrous 



Small-Jlowered CuiphesL. ^.. - . 



52 C. hirte'lla (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 6. p. 197.) 

 stem shrubby ; branches hairy ; leaves oblong, acute, cuneated 

 at the base, viscid, hairy ; flowers subracemose at the tops 01 

 the branches, opposite; calyx clothed with clammy hairs; P^'^ 

 6, unequal; stamens 12, inclosed. V.. S. Native of New- 

 Granada, near Guadua. Petals white. 



Ovarium 10-seeded. 



Hairy Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



53 C. FRUTic6sA(Spreng.neue entd.2. jp. 156.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, diffuse ; branches and calyxes clothed with clammy 

 pili ; leaves petiolate, linear -lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers m 



edges ; flowers interpetiolar, pedicellate, spurless ; hind tooth of loose racemes ; calyx 6-toothed ; petals 6 ; stamens 12. 

 calyx large; style villous; ovary 18-32-ovulate ; petals 6, about Native of Brazil. Petals violaceous. 



equal in length; filaments villous; stamens 11, length of caly- 



Shruhhy Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



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