LYTHRARIEiE. VIII. Cuphea. IX. Acisanthera. X. Fatioa. XI. Pemphis. XII. Heimia. 



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54 C. FLORiBu'NDA(Lehm. sem. hort.hamb. 1831.) shrubby; 1 A. quadra'ta (Juss. in Poir.suppl. 1. p. 111.) 7/.S. Na- 



branches very hispid, elongated ; leaves ovate-oblong ; peduncles tive of Jamaica, in meadows. P.Browne, 1. c. t. 22. f. I. 

 interpetiolar ; petals equal ; stamens 2, elongated ; style very 

 smooth ; ovarium many-seeded. 1? • S. Native of Mexico. 



Bundle-flowered Cuphea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



•f Species not sufficiently known* 





55 C. bractea'ta (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. hort. madr. 1814. 

 p. 16. no. 212.) stem shrubby, beset with retrograde spreading 

 tairsj leaves ovate,, acute, somewhat undulated; flowers soli- 

 tary, interfoliaceous. T; , S. " 



the same as Lythrum Tuxtlense, Moc. ^. ^^oo^, *.. w.v^. -^.,». 



bed. ... 



Bracteate Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. ■ 



56 C. ciua'ta (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 119. t. 11.) stem 

 suffruticose ; leaves linear, ciliated ; petals 6, nearly equal. T^ . 

 S. Native of Peru, on hills. Banksia ciliata, Domb. herb. 

 Lytlirum cistifolium, Lher. in herb. Stem much branched from 

 tne base ; branches terete, villous at the apex. Leaves oblong, 

 rather scabrous. Pedicels axillary, 1 -flowered, length of the 

 calyx. Calyx rather gibbous at the base. Flowers small, pur- 

 ple. Probably referrible to section Melanice. 



CiliatedAeaved Cuphea. Shrub. 

 • 57 C. flaVa (Spreng. nov. prov. 14.) stem shrubby ; leaves 



Rhexia Acisanthera, Lin. amoen. 5. p. 39C. Lun. hort. jam. I. 

 p. 5. Herb erect, branched at the apex ; branches square. 

 Leaves 3-nerved, ovate, crenated. 



/S'^'Mare-branched Acisanthera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. 

 PI. 1 to 1§ foot. 



Cult. See Cuphea for culture and propagation. 



X. FATIO'A (this genus is dedicated to Nicolas Fatio de 

 XT • ^ XT o • Ti u Duillers, a physician of Geneva, who was one of the first who 



aT^^"^.. c7..?P^^"*^™^'^^^^ w^^^e on thermometers, and he was also the first who proposed 



inarching the branches of fruit trees. Compare liallcr. bibl. hot. 

 2. p. 43.). D, C. prod. 3. p. 88. D. C. coll. mem. 10, t. 2. 



LiN. SYST. Icosdndriaj Monogynia. Calyx bractless at the 

 base, campanulate, 6-cleft ; lobes triangular, valvate in aestiva- 



tion. Petals 6, inserted at the top of the tube of the calyx, and 

 alternating with the calycine lobes. Stamens 24, inserted in the 

 bottom of the calycine tube. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform, 

 longer than the stamens. Stigma simple. Fruit unknown. — 

 Tree or shrub. Branchlets tetragonal, glabrous, rising in fasci- 

 cles from the nodes of the branches, or in whorls. Leaves oppo- 

 site, oval, white beneath, quite entire. Peduncles axillary, 3-.^- 



flowered. . 



1 F. Nipaule'nsis (D.C. 1. c.) ^ . F. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 



coraate-ianceolate, revolute, quite glabrous ; flowers termmal, glabrous and dark green above, but white from short velvety 



somewhat racemose; calyx striated, 6-toothed. 

 01 Brazil. Petals yellow. 



l^e/Zow-flowered Cuphea. Shrub. 



58 C. FRUTicuLosA (Schrad. ill. pi. bras, in Goett. anz. 1821. 

 P' '15.) stem suffruticose, branched ; leaves petiolate, elliptic- 

 ovate, acutish, glabrous above, hairy on the margins and the 

 7d^ ^^^eath ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. Tj . S. Native 

 01 Brazil. C. fruticosa, Neuw. reis. bras. no. 31. 



Shruhby Cuphea. Shrub. 



59 C. corymbi'fera (Neuw. reis. bras. 1821. p. 302.) stems 

 herbaceous, diffuse, ^clothed with clamtny pubescence above ; 

 saves ovate-oblong, on short petioles, roughish ; flowers ter- 



"?>nal, corymbose. % . S. Native of Brazil, along the banks of 



fivers. ^ & 



^orymh^bearing Cuphea. PL diffuse. 



60 C. megapota'mica (Spreng. syst. append. 192.) stem her- 

 aceous, simple, glabrous ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate ; 



*^7mbs terminal, few-flowered ; calyx glabrous. If. S. Native 

 °^ Brazil, at Rio Grande. - 



^iio Grande Cuphea. PI. 1 foot. 

 y.^\ C. Apanxaloa (Herm. mex. 353. f. 2.). Native of 

 Mexico. Nothing is known of this plant. 



panxaloa Cuphea. PI. \ 



. ^"w. Some of the species of Cuphea are very elegant when 

 ^ flower. They grow well in a mixture of loam, sand, and 

 P^^J; and cuttings of the perennial-herbaceous, and shrubby 

 Jf^ds root freely in the same kind of earth. The seeds of annual 

 ^^ require to be raised on a hot-bed. 



mtt' ^^ISANTHE^RA (from a/cte, akis, a point, and avdnpa, 

 J^^nera, an anther; anthers pointed) P- Browne, iam. 217. 



T? . S. Native jo^^ beneath. 



Nipaul Fatioa. Shrub. 



Cult. See Heimia for culture and propagation, p. 718. 



Juss. 



p. Browne, jam 



"»• gen. 332. D. C. prod. 3. p. 88. 

 . ^'IH. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx ventricose, 5-cleft, 



« sinuses never drawn out into other segments. Petals 5. 

 ^tamenslO; anthers sagittate, variable. Capsule covered and 

 "^ned by the calyx, roundish, 2-celled, with 2 placentas 



*^eJ.__Ar^ 1,^-u „.:tK „:►«» I^qvos. Flowers alt 



XI. V^'MVmS {irom wEfK^iQ, pemphis, a blister, which the 

 globular form of the capsule represents). Forst. gen. t. 34. Juss. 

 gen. 331. D. C. prod. 3. p. 89. — Lytlirum species Lin. and 



Lam. 



' Lm. SYST. Dodecdndrtay Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, per- 

 manent, 12-furrowed ; lobes 12, the 6 inner ones erect, and the 

 6 outer ones or those produced from the sinuses smaller and 

 spreading. Petals 6, obovate, inserted at the top of the caly- 

 cine tube, and alternating with the larger or erect lobes of the 

 calyx. Stamens 12, inserted in the middle of the calycine tube, 

 alternately smaller. Ovarium globose. Style short. Stigma 

 capitate. Capsule membranous, 6-valved, 3-celled at the base, 

 circumcised, filling the calyx. Seeds numerous, fixed to the 

 central placenta, which is tridentate. — A canesccnt shrub. 

 Leaves opposite, quite entire. Pedicels axillary, solitary, hibrac- 



teate at the base. Flowers white. 



1 P. aci'dula (Forst. 1. c.) 1^ . S. Native of Ceylon, Java, 

 Timor, Madagascar, &c. on the sea shore. Lythrum Pemphis, 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 249, Lam. ill. 408. f. 2. Mel^nium frutic6sum, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 455. Mangium porcellinicum, Rumpl). amb. 

 3. p. 84. P. angustifolia, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 91. 



Acidulous Pemphis. Shrub. 



CuU» See Heimia for culture and propagation, p. 718. 



XIL HEI'MIA (in honour of Dr. Heim, a celebrated Berlin 

 physician). Link et Otto, abb. berl. Q3. D. C. prod. 3. p. 89. 

 Chrysoliga, Willd. herb. — Nesae'a spec. Kunth. — Ginoria, Moc- 

 et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. but not of Jacq. 



LiK. SYST. Dodecdndria^ Monogynia. Calyx bibracteolate 

 at the base, campanulate, 12-toothed, the 6 inner teeth largest 

 and erect, and the 6 outer one«, or those produced from the 

 sinuses, small, spreading, and horn-formed. Petals 6, alternal- 



^iUrT^rt. ''%k"'''' ''PP rff' , ^oT^aSL in the qurary ^ with The e're^t inner^obes of U,e calyx. Stamens 12, nearly 



«ry, solitary. This genus differs from nnexia m mc qumai j^ *U5 r'«r^o.ilA npnrlv crlnbose covered bv the caIvx 



t'' ^f the flower, not quaternary, in the cells of the capsule equal exserted. Caosule nearly globose, covered tiy the calyx. 



^MifT 9 ^^. « . \ . V ^ -r.i. fT,«..o 4-celled. rarely < 



''^g 2| not 3-4, and in the form of the anthers 



globoi 



abortion, 4*valved, opening 



