472 ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNfA. lytht^w 



3. L. hyssopifolium L. : leaves alternate and opposite, 

 linear-lanceolate and subeiiiptic ; flowers axillary, hexan- 

 drous. fVilld. Spec. II. p. 8G9. Smith FL Brit, 1. p. 

 51G. Eng, Bot. t. 292. Nutt, Gen. I. p. 303. 



Stem nearly simple, or sparingly branched from the base, quad- 

 rangular, and somewhat margined, Floivera pale purple, 

 M'utt. 



Hab. In the State of New-York. Nut tall. Near Dan- 

 vers, Massachusetts. Oa ke b. 



316. CUPHEA. Browne. 



Calyx ventricose, tubular, 6 — 12-toothed5 unequal. 

 Petals 6, unequal, inserted into the calyx. Capsule 

 with the calyx bursting longitudinally, 1-celIed. J acq. 

 Hart. II. p. 83. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 304. Juss. p. 

 332. Lam. Illx.mi. Nat. Ord. Salicari^ 

 Ju s s. 



C<, viscosissima J acq,: viscous; leaves opposite, petto- 

 late, ovate-oMong ; flowers lateral, solitary, on short pedun- 

 cles ; stamens 12. J acq. Hort. U. 1^.83. t. 177. Willd. 

 Spec. II. p. 870. Mich. FL T. p. 281. Piirsh FL I. p. 

 335. Elliott Sk. I. p. 546. Bart. FL Jim, Sept. I. 

 t. 18. hvTiiRVH petiolatum L. Sp. pL 641, L. Cuphea L. 

 Supp. 249. 



iioot annual, fibrons. Stem a foot or 18 inches high, very viscid, 

 pubescent, branched, purplish, erect. Leaves smoothish, ©n 

 long petioles, entire or waved on the margin^ Flowers axil- 

 lary, pedicellate. Calyx cylindrical, hairy, 12-striate, co- 

 loured, 6-toothed at the summit. Petals purple, very unequal, 

 obovate, inserted, as well as the stamens, into the orifice of the 

 calyx. Stamens 12, included ; ^YawzeTj^s very short. Ger- 

 men oblong ; style long, tapering ; stigma simple. Cafisule 

 rupturing with the calyx before maturity, exposing the naked 

 seeds to the atmosphere. 



Hab. In fields and on mountains. Abundant around Lancaster^ 

 Pennsylvania. In the vicinity of Philadelphia ; rare. .Vw r- 

 : nil. Cambridge. New-Vork. St eve na on. Sep- 

 tember. 



