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CUPHEA ClRC^OIDES. ENCHANTER'S NlGHT- 

 SHADE-LIKE ClJPHEA. 



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 Class and Order. 



DODECANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 6 — I2-dentatus: basi hinc gibbosa. Petala 6, calyci 

 in9erta. Caps. 1-Iocularis, hinc cum calyce longitudinaliter 

 dehiscens. Brown in Horl. Kew. 



Specific Character. 



Cuphea circeeoides; racemo terminali: pedicellis sparsis, 

 bracteis linearibus, foliis ovatis petiolatis pubescentibus. 

 Smith, Mss. 



We were favoured with a living 1 plant of this new species of 

 Cuphea by Mrs. Mackie, from her nursery in Norwich; 

 who raised it from seeds given her by Sir James E. Smith. 

 Our friend Sir James informs us., that he picked the seeds 

 from his only specimen, given him by Wm. Swainson, Jun. 

 Esq. who discovered it growing in shady places at Pernam- 

 buco in South America, where, however, it is very rare. 



Sir James has further informed us, that it is a tender 

 annual, requiring the heat of the stove; that "it differs from 

 Cuphea decandra of the Hortus Kewensis in having an erect 

 herbaceous stem, elongated foot-stalks, downy like the leaves 

 and branches, alternate flowers and linear bracteas; while 

 C. decandra has a shrubby, diffuse, smooth stem, opposite 

 flowers, and roundish stalked, bracteas. 



" CiRcdEA racemosa (Lythrum racemosum Linn. Suppl.) 

 which is nearest to circ&oides, has a diffuse, apparently her-" 

 baceous stem, opposite flowers and bracteas like those of 



decandra, 



