778 | ^ LXIX. LYTHRARIEX. | [LZythree. 
placentis crassis septo adnatis multiseriatim inserta. Capsnla calyce semiinelusa, late 
obovoidea, ob septum obliteratum 1-locularis, placenta libera polysperma. Semina com- 
. pacta, obovato-cuneata, angulata, testa crustacea ; col yledones orbiculatze, plans ; radicula 
brevis.—Arbores glabre v. pubescenti-tomentosz, ramis teretibus, foliis subtus calycibus 
petalis ovariisque nigro- :glandulosis. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, lanceolata, acu- 
minata, membranacea. Flores in fasciculos v. corymbos axillares multifloros breviter 
pedunculatos dispositi, inter minores, albi. 
Species ad 2, Peruvim, Novs Granadse et Panams incole. .D€. Prod. iii. T Walp. Rep. ài. 
112. Hook. Ic. Pl. 1. 116. 
7. Grislea, Linn. Gen. n. 474.—Calycis campanulati estriati lobi 4, rarius 5, dentibus 
accessoriis totidem minutis. Petala 4-5, parva, lanceolata v. 0. Stamina 8-10, in margine" 
disci perigyni scaberuli basi calyeis tubi inserta; filamentis filiformibus exsertis; antherze 
. late ovatae. Ovarium globosum, stipitatum, 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, attenuatus, 
stigmate punctiformi ; ovula perplurima, in placentis crassis axi adnatis conferta. Capsula 
tubo urceolato ealyeis inclusa, globosa, stipitata, coriacea, ob septum evanidum imper- 
fecte 9-loceularis, placenta basilari oo-sperma. Semina minuta, confertissima, obovato- 
cuneata, subangulata, testa coriacea levi; cotyledones late oblongse, planiusculze, basi 
minute desinit: radicüla brevis, crassa.—Frutex puberulus, raris teretibus, ramulis 
obscure 4-gonis. Folia opposita, petiolata, lanceolata, acuminata, integerrima, subtus 
minute nigro-punctata. Floresin eymas abbreviatas axillares 4-8-floras dispositi, majusculi, 
gracile pedicellati, pedicellis bast subfoliaceo-bracteatis. 
Species 1, Venezuele et Nov; Granadm incola, —.DC. Prod, iii. 92 (G., secunda). 
8. W'oodfordia, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 42.— Calycis leviter curvi colorati tubulosi obso- 
lete striati; os obliquum; lobi 6, breves, dentibus totidem accessoriis minutis. Petala6, - 
parva v. O. Stamina 12, imo calycis tubo inserta, longe exserta, alterna longissima, decli- 
' nata, filamentis filiformibus ; 'antherz late ovate. Ovarium tubo calycis inclusum, sessile, 
oblongum, 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis, curvus, attenuatus, stigmate punctiformi ; ovula. 
perplurima, in placentis erassis ovarii axi adnatis inserta. — Capsula calyce inclusa, lineari- 
oblonga, compressa, membranacea, 2-locularis, loeulicide 2.-valvis, placentis tumidis 
co-spermis. Semina parva, densissime conferta, obeuneata, subcompressa, testa coriacea 
papilloso-pilosa : cotyledones oblongz, compresse, basi 2-auriculate ; radicula breviuseula. 
— Frutex griseo-pubescens, ramosa, ramis teretibus, ramulis: 4-gonis foliis calycibusque 
nigro-punctatis. Folia opposita, subsessilia, ovato-lanceolata, aeuminata, integerrima, 
subtus albida. Floresin peduneulos axillares confertos cymoso-paniculatos rarius solita- 
rios 1-floros dispositi, coccinei, pedicellis basi 2-bracteatis. 
Species 1, Tndire totius, Chine, Africre orientalis tropiere et Madagascarim incole. GmIsLEE sp. 
let 2, DC. Prod. ii.92.  Walp. Ann.ii. 540.  .4. Rich. Fl. Abyss, t. 92. Blume, Mus. Bot. ii. 
4. 45. Bot. Mag. t. 1906. 
9. Cuphea, P. Br. Nat.. Hist. Jam. 216.—OCalyeis tubus elongatus, adscendens, mul- 
ticostatus, basi gibbus v. calcaratus, ore obliquo; dentes primarii 6, accessoriis totidem 
parvis v. O. Petala sepissime 6 (raro 0), unguiculata, 2 postica plerumque majora, sepe 
infra basin glandula aucta. Stamina 11, calycis fauci diversis altitudinibus inserta, inclusa 
v. exserta, insgqualia, posticorum 2 breviora tertio deficiente, filamentis brevibus; an- 
therm parve, didymm v. oblongae. Ovariüm sessile, basi: glandula cinetum v. oblique - : 
stipitatum et postice glandula auctum, compressum, inzqualiter 2-loculare, loculo altero 
minore spe vacuo, septo mox evanido; stylus filiformis, incurvus, stigmate capitato 2- 
lobo; ovula 2 v. plura, placent» füiformi medio septo adnate funieulis adscendentibus . 
inserta. Capsula calyce. inclusa, oblonga, recta v. obliqua, subcompressa, ienuissime 
membranacea, ob septum obliteratum 1-loculare, uno latere dehiscens, placenta columnari 
libera oligo- v. polysperma. Semina lenticulari-complanata, testa levi coriacea; cotyle- 
dones orbiculatz, radieula brevissima, nune apice 3-cuspidata. —Herbs v. frutieuli, sepe 
viscosi, ramis teretibus. Folia opposita v. verticillata, rarius alterna, linearia ovata v.lan- - 
