444 . LYTHRACE. 
41, Cuphea nitidula, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. p. 206. 
Cuphea donkelarti, Hort. . 
Sours Mexico, Jalapa, 4200 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland; Galeotti, 2990; Coulter, 
155; Miller, 1227; Linden, 616), Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3164; Botteri, 631, 1138, and 
1140; Miller, 463), Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede), Mirador (Liebmann), valley of 
Cordova (Bourgeau, 1595). Hb. Kew. | 
42, Cuphea (§ Diploptychia, Koehne) nudicostata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. 
pars 3, p. 52. 
Herbacea, ramulis petiolisque longe glanduloso-pilosis, foliis oppositis longiuscule petiolatis lanceo- 
lato-oblongis utrinque asperis et brevissime setosis simul strigosis, floribus axillaribus, calycis 
tubo extus dense glanduloso-piloso intus glabro, dentibus cum appendicibus longe setosis alter- 
nantibus, petalis 6 inzqualibus, staminibus 11 omnibus exsertis, ovulis octo. 
Herba annua vel perennis, erecta, ramis subangulatis petiolisque longe glanduloso-pilosis, pilis 
purpureis. Folia opposita, petiolata; lamina lanceolato-oblonga, usque tripollicaris, acuta, 
utrinque aspera et brevissime setosa, simul strigosa, venis lateralibus primariis subtus prominulis; 
petiolus teres, graciliusculus, circiter sesquipollicaris. Flores axillares, breviter pedunculati; 
calycis tubus latus, rectus, circiter pollicaris, longiuscule calcaratus, extus dense et longiuscule 
glanduloso-pilosus, intus glaber, costis duabus longitudinalibus a staminibus duobus brevibus 
excurrentibus, calcari recto rotundato crasso, ore obliquo, dentibus fere zqualibus, cum 
appendicibus longe setosis alternantibus; petala 6, ineequalia, 2 dorsalia 5-6 lin. longa, basi 
glandulis parvis crassis totidem suffulta; stamina 11, omnia exserta; filamenta basi parcis- 
sime barbata; discus crassus, deflexus; ovarium glabrum, 8-ovulatum. Fructus maturus a 
nobis non visus. 
SoutH Mexico, Ciudad Real (Linden, 664). Hb. Kew. 
The material from which the foregoing description was drawn up is very meagre; 
but the species is quite distinct from the two or three others known of the same 
section. 
43. Cuphea orthodisca, Koehne in Fl. Bras. fasc. Ixxiii. p. 224. 
| Mexico. | 
44, Cuphea (§ Enantiocuphea) panamensis, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, 
p. 52. 
Suffruticosa, nana, ramulis junioribus puberulis exceptis glaberrima, foliis oppositis lineari-lanceolatis 
usque bipollicaribus, floribus parvis graciliter pedunculatis, calycis tubo curvo per anthesin 
dorso ad medium intruso, lobis brevibus dorsali saltem duplo majore, petalis 6 subzequalibus, 
staminibus 11, filamentis barbatis, ovario dorso hirsuto, capsula oblonga 50-60-sperma, semi- 
nibus subglobosis. 
Suffrutex, basi ramosus, adscendens, pedalis vel ultra, ramulis ultimis floriferis, gracilibus, fere 
filiformibus, parce puberulis, internodiis brevibus. Folia opposita, sessilia vel brevissime 
petiolata, membranacea, lineari-lanceolata, 1—2-pollicaria, vix acuta, utrinque glaberrima, 
subtus costa rubra, elevata. Flores oppositi, pedunculati, interpetiolares, 5-6 lineas longi; 
pedunculi valde filiformes, 5-10 lineas longi; calycis tubus 4~—5 lineas longus, curvus, 
dorso ad medium intrusus, extus glaber prominenter 12-costatus, intus hirsutus, basi leviter 
gibbosus nec calcaratus; lobi brevi, inzequales, subobtusi, dorsali rotundato saltem duplo 
