438 LYTHRACEA. 
intus glabro longissime calcarato, dentibus insigniter uni- vel biaristatis, petalis 6, quorum 2 
dorsalia maxima, 4 ventralia minuta, staminibus 11 exsertis, disco subcupulato dorso producto, 
ovulis ad 8. 
Suffrutex, ramis teretibus, virgatis, gracillimis, puberulis. Folia opposita, brevissime petiolata, gla- 
brescentia, oblongo-lanceolata, usque sesquipollicaria, obtusiuscula, basi late rotundata vel 
interdum cuneata, supra nitida, leviter viscida, subtus hispidula, costa lata, elevata, venis 
immersis. lores solitarii, interpetiolares ; pedunculi gracillimi, 4-5 lineas longi, apice bibra- 
cteolati, bracteole minutissime ; calycis tubus fere rectus, extus sparse et longiuscule setu- 
losus, simul puberulus vix viscosus, intus glaber, costis duabus longitudinalibus a staminibus 
duobus brevibus excurrentibus, circiter 15 lineas longus, calcari recto, circiter 4 lineas longo, 
dentibus fere zequalibus, longe uni- vel biaristatis ; petala 6, quorum 2 dorsalia 7-8 lin. longa, _ 
basi glandulis squamosis parvis totidem suffulta, 4 ventralia vix 2 lin. longa; stamina 11, 
quorum 9 exserta, filamentis basi parcissime barbatis; discus subcupulatus, dorso productus ; 
ovarium glabrum, ad 8-ovulatum. Fructus maturus a nobis non visus. 
GUATEMALA, valley of Motagua (Salvin & Godman, 141). Hb. Kew. 
The very slender branches, long, straight calyx-spur, and awned calyx-teeth readily dis- 
tinguish this species from its nearest allies. 
7. Cuphea balsamona, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea, ii. p. 263; Koehne, Fl. Bras. 
fase. Ixxiil. p. 255, t. 45. fig. 1. 
SoutH Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1741), Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2701 ; Botteri, 
632), near Jalapa (Schiede, 575), near Regla (Ehrenberg), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. 
(Jurgensen, 793), Mirador (Linden, 1296), Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 2976 and 3001); 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 167) ; Guaremaa, Chojoja, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 434), 
near Coban (Tiirckheim, 126); Panama (S. Hayes, 199).—Southward to Urvevay and 
in the Gatapacos Istanps. Hb. Kew. 
8. Cuphea bracteata, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 289, nec Lag. 
Sout Mexico, Tepic and Jalisco (Beechey & Sinclair). Ub. Kew. 
9. Cuphea bustamanta, La Llave et Lex. Nov. Gen. Desc. fasc. i. p. 21. 
(Tab. XXV. figg. 1-5.) 
Cuphea platycentra, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 7, nec Lemaire. 
Sour Mexico, near Vallisoletum (Lerarza), Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght, 102), in Mexican 
gardens (Graham, Berlandier, Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
From a specimen in the Berlin herbarium there is no doubt that Bentham’s C. platy- 
centra is the same as La Llave and Lexarza’s C. bustamanta. The label accompanying 
the specimen in question bears the following inscription :—“ Cuphea bustamanti (sic, nec 
bustamanta) sub hoc superiori nomine ex h. bot. Mex. accepi. Oct. 29, ScHIEDE.” 
This plant is exactly the same as C. platycentra, Benth. ; and it is also doubtless the 
true C, bustamanta, which was published only some three or four years before Schiede 
travelled in Mexico. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXV. Fiae. 1-5. 
Fig. 1, portion of a plant, natural size ; 2, a flower; 3, upper part of a flower laid open, showing 
the insertion of the stamens; 4, an ovary; 5, section of the same, showing the ovules: all 
enlarged. 
