4492 LYTHRACEA. 
brevissime petiolatis strigosis asperrimis, floribus mediocribus viscosissimis racemosis longi- 
uscule pedicellatis, calycis fauce hirsuta, tubo intus infra stamina glaberrimo, calcari adscen- 
dente, petalis 6 quorum 4 ventralia minuta, 2 dorsalia basi glandulis carnosis suffulta, 
staminibus 11, filamentis basi barbatis, disco carnoso oblongo deflecto, ovulis ad octodecim. 
Frutex vel suffrutex, ramis floriferis elongatis, teretibus, graciliusculis, glanduloso-hirsutis. Folia op- 
posita, brevissime petiolata, subcoriacea, szepissime lanceolata, 1—2-pollicaria, utrinque acuminata ~ 
vel basi interdum rotundata, mucronata, scaberrima, brevissime et densissime setosa, juniora 
saltem simul strigosa, venis.lateralibus subtus prominentibus. Flores racemosi, nec racemoso- 
paniculati, bracteis linearibus pedicellis zquilongis; pedicelli 3-5 leas longi, apice brac- 
teolis 2 lineari-subulatis instructi; calyx vix pollicaris, dense glanduloso-hirsutus, visco- 
sissimus, tubo latiusculo, gibboso, apicem versus constricto, intus costis duabus longitudinalibus 
a staminibus duobus brevibus excurrentibus, infra stamina glaberrimo, fauce hirsuta, calcari 
longiusculo adscendente, ore obliquo, dentibus brevibus; petala 6, quorum 4 ventralia minuta, 
2 dorsalia retrorsa, circiter 4 lineas longa, basi glandulis maximis crasso-carnosis totidem 
suffulta; stamina 11, alterna breviter exserta, filamentis basi barbatis; discus oblongus, 
crassus, carnosus; ovarium glabrum, ovulis ad octodecim. Fructus a nobis non visus. 
Mexico, without locality (Bates). Hb. Kew. 
Allied to C. pinetorum and C. hookeriana, but differing in its inflorescence, foliage, 
and other characters. 
28. Cuphea jorullensis, H. B. K. Noy. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 208, non Bot. Mag. 
t. 5232 
Cuphea tricolor, DC., ex Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 319. 
Cuphea arvensis, Benth. 
South Mexico, San Andres, beyond Tacamaca (Graham, 207), Morelia (Hartweg), 
Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght, 104), Anganguio (Ehrenberg, Hegewisch), Jorullo (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), without localities (Uhde, Schaffner, &c.). Hb. Kew. 
29. Cuphea karwinskii, Koehne i in Fl. Bras. fase. Ixxiii. p. 234. 
Mexico (ex Koehne). 
80. Cuphea llavea, Llav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Deser. ip. 20; Benth. Pl. Hartw. 
p. 7, non Cuphea llaveana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1386. 
Cuphea barbigera, Hook. et Arn. 
Nortu Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann, 1523); Sovurn Mexico, San Blas to Tepic 
(Sinclair), in mountains near Vallisoletum (Lexarza), mountains near Tlaltenango 
(Hartweg), Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght, 308). Hb. Kew. 
31. Cuphea laminuligera, Koehne in FI. Bras. fasc. lxxiii. p. 234. 
Sourn Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca, woods on the Pacific side at 4000 feet (Galeotti, 
2993). Hb. Kew. 
32. Cuphea lanceolata, A Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. p. 605; Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 
vii. t. 402, nec Bot. Mag. t. 6412. 
Cuphea silenoides, Nees, Bot. Mag. t. 4362. 
Sourn Mexico, Zimapan &c. (Coulter, 151, 152, 157, and 158). Hb. Kew. 
