( 1931 ) 
CuPHEA PROCUMBENS. PROCUMBENT CUPHEA. 
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Class and Order. 
Doprcanpria Monoeynia. 
, Generic Character. a : 
Cal. 6—12-dentatus ; basi hine gibbosa. Petala 6, calyci 
inserta, Caps. |-locularis, hinc cum calyce longitudinaliter 
dehiscens. é 
Speerfie Character and Synonyms. 
Curpnea procumbens ; floribus solitariis, foliis ovato-lanceo- 
latis subhispidis, caule assurgente glanduloso-piloso, fila- 
mentis duobus longioribus apice ultra antheram lanatis. 
Cupnea procumbens ; caule herbaceo, ramis procumbentibus 
viscosis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subhispidis breviter petio- 
latis. Cav. Ic. 4. p. 5d. t. 380. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 8. 
Bot. Regist. 182. 
Cupnea lanceolata ; floribus axillaribus solitariis, foliis lan- 
ceolatis pilosiusculis, caule erecto hirto, stylo glabro, 
filamentis duobus longioribus apice lana exserta antheras 
superante. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 150? | 
— = — —-, 
Descr. Root biennial or annual. Stem. rounded, covered 
with reddish hairs, tipped with viscid glands, nearly erect : 
lower branches procumbent. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceo- 
late, margin quite entire, somewhat undulate, clothed with 
roughish hairs, which are longer on the younger ones. 
Flowers solitary, growing on short nodding peduneles, not 
from the axils of the leaves, but from the side of tlfe stem, 
between the leaves. Calyx hairy, viscid, tubular, upper side 
projected at the base into a kind of blunt spur, divided at the 
top into six unequal teeth ; three upper ones larger than the 
three lower. Petals 6, inserted into the calyx, ovate, clawed: 
two upper ones twice as large as the rest. Stamens 12, 
. inserted, 
