LYTHRACEA. 445 
- majore; petala 6, subsqualia, oblongo-obovata; stamina 11, inclusa, 2 dorsalia inferiora, 
filamentis barbatis; ovarium dorso hirsutum, stylo brevi incluso; discus brevis, annulatus. 
Capsula oblonga, glabra, 50-60-sperma; semina subglobosa.—Cuphea gracilis, Seem. Bot. 
Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 121, nec H. B. K. 
PanaMA, on rocks in rivers near Panama (Seemann, 1222). Hb. Kew. 
This species is closely allied to C. utriculosa, Koehne, and C. rivularis, Seem., 
differing from the former in its larger flowers, unequal calyx-lobes, insertion of the 
stamens, &c., and from the latter in being almost glabrous, and in its longer, very 
slender peduncles. According to Koehne, the species of this section have only nine sta- 
mens; but we have found eleven in all the specimens of the species we have examined. 
45. Cuphea palustris, Koehne in FI. Bras. fasc. Lexiii. p. 232. 
MExico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2508). Hb. Paris. 
46. Cuphea pinetorum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 74. 
Cuphea cinnabarina, Planch. Fl. des Serres, v. t. 527. 
South Mexico, Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 710 and 714); Guaremaua, in pine-woods near 
San Ramon (Hartweg, 529), Duefias (Salvin & Godman), between Jutiapa and Lake 
Ayarces (Bernoulli, 660), without locality (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
Obs. Petala nunc subeequalia, nunc 4 anteriora minuta. 
47. Cuphea procumbens, Cav. Ic. iv. p. 35, t. 880; Bot. Reg. t-408T. /v2_ 
Cuphea purpurea, Hort. 
SoutH Mexico, in pastures, Anganguio (Hartweg), Orizaba (Botteri, 809), Chiapas 
(Linden, 661), Consoquitla, Mirador (Liebmann), Jalapa, 4000 feet (Galeotti, 2982), 
Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 96), Cuantla (Schiede), Sierra de Guadalupe (Chrisman), 
_ without localities (Uhde, Sartorius, & Aschenborn). Hb. Kew. | 
48. Cuphea (§ Melvilla) propinqua, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 53. 
Suffruticosa vel herbacea, ramis crassis densissime patenti-setosis, foliis oppositis vel ternatim ver- 
ticillatis oblongo-lanceolatis scaberrimis, floribus racemosis, calycis tubo rubro-purpureo extus 
dense setoso intus glabro, petalis 6 quorum 2 dorsalia multo majora, staminibus 11, ovulis 
ad 7. 
Suffrutex vel herba, ramis crassis, densissime patenti-setosis, setis longis, rubro-purpureis. Folia 
opposita vel ternatim verticillata (inferiora a nobis non visa), breviter petiolata, oblongo- 
lanceolata, bipollicaria et ultra, obtusiuscula, scaberrima, tuberculoso-setulosa et parce stri- 
gosa, setulis brevissimis. Fores racemosi, pedicillati; pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi, apice bibracte- 
olati; calycis tubus fere rectus, rubro-purpureus, vix pollicaris, longiuscule calcaratus, extus 
dense setosus, intus glaber, caleari constricto, valde recurvo, dentibus inappendiculatis sed 
valde setoso-ciliatis, ore obliquo; petala 6, quorum 2 dorsalia 3-4 lineas longa, longiuscule 
unguiculata, obovata, basi glandulis crassis parvis suffulta, 4 ventralia linearia dimidio bre- 
viora; stamina 11, exserta, filamentis preter 2 dorsalia medio barbata glabris; ovarium 
glabrum, ad 7-ovulatum. Capsula sepe 2—4-sperma; semina orbicularia. 
Mexico, without locality (Bates). Hb. Kew. 
Closely allied to C. jorullensis, but differing in the upper petals being larger than 
et bnog “931 
