LYTHRACEAE 



monographice describuntur 



ab ♦ 



Aemilio Koehne. 



VI. CüPHEA. 

 Subg. II. EUCÜPHEA. 



B. APHANAWTHAE. 



Sect. Balsamona excl. subs. Pseudolobelia, Koehne 1877, 250. 

 Flores altern i v. ad verticilla terna gemini, ad quaterna 

 terni, rariss. in nodis nonnullis tot qiiot folia, semper in quovis nodo aetate 

 aequales. Calyx 3 — 11 mm., raro — 13, rarissime — 15mm. lg.; quando 

 calyxll — lömm. aequat : nee intus est bialatus ; nee ejusdem lobus dor- 

 salis maximus productus ; nee oimlorum numerus ultra 33. exe. in specie 

 unica quae disco cupuliformi gaudet . — Petala semper 6, aequalia v. postica 

 2 ceteris paullo majora 7mnorave, calycis Y3 aequantia v. longiora. Stamina 

 41, raro 6 v. 4, semper infra v. rarissime ad calycis ^4 inserta, inclusa i\ 

 episepala breviter exserta. Ovula 32 — 2, rarissime SO — 90. — Clavem spe- 

 cierum cf. Bot. JahrJ). Bd. I. p. 439. 



Sect. IV. Melicyathium Koehue. 



1877, 'i^o nt sectionis Balsamonae subsectio. — Folia 3 — 5 na v. raro suprema 

 opposita, minima. Pedicelli solitarii (8 — 26mm. lg.), ad v. infra ^2 proph. 

 gerentes. FilamentaOventralia subaequalia, tubum vix aequantia. Disciis 

 cupiiliformis, Ovula 30 — 90. Semina minima (vix 2/3 mm.). 



98 (22). C. arenarioiiles SH. 4 833, 410 (100); wip. rep. 2. no; Koehne 250 1). 

 Icon. SH. t. 184! Koehne t. 43. f. 3, et atl. ined. t. 49. f. 98. 



Herbacea (3 — 20cm.). Folia linearia (272 — 5 mm. : vix Y2nim.). 

 Stipul. utrinq. 2 minutiss. — Calyx (4^71/2 mm.) basi subaequalis. — 

 Descr. fus. in fl. Bras. 



Var. a. my r iophylloides SH. (adj. var. ß. SH.). Caulis pl. m. 

 pubescens. Folia 3 — 6 mm. lg. 



4 ) Zeigt nahe Beziehungen zu C. anagalloidea einer-, zu C. repens andererseits, ver- 

 bindet also die beiden Subsenera mit einander. 



