‘LYTHRACEA. 439 
10. Cuphea calamintheefolia, Schl. in Linnea, xii, p. 275. 
Sout Mexico, Cuesta Grande de Chiconquiaco (Schiede). 
11. Cuphea calcarata, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 7. 
Nort Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2170), Zacatecas (Hartweg, 26); Soura 
Mexico, Real del Monte to Zacatecas (Coulter), Pazcuaro (Uhde). Hb. Kew. 
12. Cuphea corniculata, Koehne in Fl. Bras. fase. xxiii. p. 236. 
Mexico (ex Koehne). 
13. Cuphea cyanea, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 85; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 321. 
Cuphea coccinea, DC. 
Cuphea pubiflora, Benth. 
Cuphea strigulosa, Lem. FI. des Serres, i. t. 14; Paxt. Mag. Bot. xi. 241, nec H. B. K. 
Cuphea strigillosa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxxii. t. 14. . 
- SourH Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 528 and 707), Cordillera 
of Oaxaca, 6000 to 8500 feet (Galeotti, 2997), Orizaba (Miiller, 190; Botteri, 794; 
Sallé; Bourgeau, 2848 and 2937), San Felipe (Andrieux, 378), on the cumbre between 
Oaxaca and La Sierra (Hartweg), Temascaltepec (Ehrenberg). Tb. Kew. 
14. Cuphea (§ Leptocalyx, Koehne) debilis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, 
p. ol. 
Herbacea?, caulibus adscendentibus debilibus fere filiformibus minutissime transversimque albo 
puberulis, pilis medio affixis, foliis petiolatis ovato-ellipticis parce strigosis et setulosis, floribus 
parvis axillaribus solitariis, calycis tubo intus glabro, extus parce patentim setoso simul 
puberulo, appendicibus dentes duplo triplove superantibus, petalis 6, quorum 2 dorsalia multo 
majora, staminibus 9, ovulis 8. 
Herba?, caulibus adscendentibus debilibus, fere filiformibus, teretibus, infra pedalibus, minutissime 
transversimque albo-puberulis, pilis medio affixis. Folia opposita, longiuscule petiolata, 
ovato-elliptica, pollicaria, obtusa, utrinque parce strigosa et setulosa. Flores solitarii, axil- 
lares ; pedicelli 5-6 lin. longi, graciles, supra medium bibracteolati; calycis tubus gracilis, 
-breviter calcaratus, curvatus, ad semipollicaris, intus glaber, extus parce patenti-setosus, 
simul puberulus, appendices oblongze, crassz, brevissime setulose, dentibus duplo triplove 
longiores ; petala 6, quorum 2 dorsalia 3-4 lineas longa, basi a glandulis squamosis suffulta, 
cetera minuta; stamina 9, quorum 3 brevissime exserta, filamentis omnibus glabris; discus 
maximus, calcariformibus, deflexus ; ovarium glabrum, 8-ovulatum. Fructus maturus ignotus. 
Soutn Mexico, Jalapa (Coulter, 156). Hb. Kew. 
From the description, this must be closely allied to C. calaminthefolia, Schl., of which 
we have seen no specimens. It differs in the very slender stems, the relatively long 
appendages of the calyx, and in the smaller number of ovules, as well as in the generally 
smaller dimensions. . 
15. Cuphea decandra, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. p. 151. 
Soutn Mexico, Consoquitla, near Mirador (Liebmann; Linden, 39; Wawra, 1063), 
Soledad (Wawra, 155), Jalapa, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 2992), without locality (Harris).— 
Jamaica; Cupa. Hb. Kew. 
