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83. Cuphea (§ Balsamona) leptopoda, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 52. 
Annua, erecta, parce ramosa, caule ramulisque glanduloso-pilosis, foliis oppositis longiuscule graci- 
literque petiolatis ovato-oblongis obtusis vel subacutis utrinque asperis et brevissime setosis 
simul plus minusve strigillosis, floribus minimis subspicatis, calycis dentibus minutis fere 
eequalibus, petalis 6, stylo ovario zequilongo, ovulis szepissime tribus. . 
Herba annua, erecta, vix pedalis, caule parce ramoso, ramulisque teretibus gracilibus glanduloso- 
pilosis. Folia opposita, tenuia, pallida, longiuscule graciliterque petiolata, lamina ovato-oblonga, 
usque bipollicaris, obtusa vel subacuta, basi rotundata vel leviter cuneata, utrinque scabra et 
brevissime setosa, simul plus minusve strigillosa, subtus venis lateralibus prominulis; petiolus 
gracillimus, 3-7 lineas longus. lores subspicati, subsessiles, spicis paucifloris terminalibus ; 
calyx longe setosus, primum graciliusculus, 4-5 lineas longus, brevissime calcaratus, dentibus 
minutis fere equalibus; petala 6, quorum 2 dorsalia paullo majora, ?-14 lin. longa; stamina 11, 
inclusa, filamentis barbatis; discus parvus, erectus; ovarium glabrum, sepissime 3-ovulatum, 
stylo ovarium zquante. Fructus 3-spermus; semina orbicularia, magna. 
Guaremaa, between Esquipulas and Jupilingo (Bernoulli, 747). Hb. Kew. 
This species is closely allied to C. micrantha, H. B. K., differing in the texture, 
venation, and shape of its slenderly stalked leaves, nearly equally lobed calyx, relatively 
smaller petals, and longer style. 
34. Cuphea liebmannii, Koehne in FI. Bras. fasc. xxiii. p. 231. 
South Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 713). Hb. Kew. 
35. Cuphea lobophora, Koehne in Fl. Bras. fasc. Ixxiii. p. 235. 
SoutH Mexico, Oaxaca ((Ghiesbreght, 107). Hb. Kew. 
36. Cuphea lophostoma, Koehne in FI. Bras. fase. xxiii. p. 233. 
SourH Mexico, Guaxatlan, &c. (Schiede). Hb. Berol. 
37. Cuphea micropetala, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 209, t. 551. 
Cuphea eminens, P|. et Lind. Fl. des Serres, t. 994. 
Cuphea jorullensis, Bot. Mag. t. 5232, nec H. B. K. 
Soura Mexico, Oaxaca (hiesbreght, 101), Cuernavaca, Iturbide (Bourgeau, 1251), 
between Chalco and Gonacatepec (Andrieux, 380), Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. 
(Jurgensen, 727), Guanaxuato (Humboldt & Bonpland), Ario (Ehrenberg), near Cuantla. 
(Sartorius), without locality (Uhde). Hb. Kew. 
38. Cuphea microstyla, Koehne, Fl. Bras. fasc. Ixxiii. p. 224. 
South Mexico, between Galera and Pochutla, Oaxaca (Liebmann); GUATEMALA 
(Skinner); Costa Rica, near San José (Hofmann, 224; Polakowsky). Hb. Kew. 
39. Cuphea mimuloides, Schl. et Ch. in Linnea, v. p. 570. 
Cuphea gratioloides, Griseb. . 
Sout Mexico, in wet places near -Mesachica (Schiede & Deppe).—Also in Cuba and 
Guiana. Hb. Berol. 
40. Cuphea miniata, Brong. Flore des Serres, ii. t. 9. 
Mexico, only cultivated specimens seen. Hb. Kew. 
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