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several-flowered ; petals 5, showy; stamens 10, the alternate ones shorter. 
(Decodon verticillatum, El.) — Marshes and margins of ponds, Florida and 
northward. August. — Stems 3? —4? long. Flowers purple. 
5. CUPHEA, Jacq. 
Calyx tubular, 12-ribbed, gibbous or spurred at the base on the upper side, 
6-toothed, and usually with as many little appendages in the sinuses. Petals 6, 
unequal. Stamens 11—12, unequal. Ovary with a gland at the base next the 
spur of the calyx. Style filiform. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 1- 2-celled, few- 
seeded. — Chiefly herbs, with branching stems and purplish flowers. 
‘1. C. viscosissima, Jacq. Annual, clammy-pubescent ; leaves thin, op- 
posite, ovate-lanceolate, long-petioled, rough ; flowers nearly sessile, borne be- 
tween the petioles, solitary ; petals violet-purple ; stamens 12. — Upper districts 
of Georgia, and northward. August. — Stem 1° high. 
2. C. aspera, n.sp. Perennial; muricate-hispid and clammy; leaves 3-4 
in a whorl, lanceolate, nearly sessile; peduncles longer than the leaves, borne 
between the petioles (whorled); petals white or pale-purple; stamens 11. — Low 
pine barrens, St. Joseph's, Florida. Stem 19-11? high. Leaves 1’ long, rigid. 
Root bearing small tubers. 
The CRAPE MYRTLE (LAGERSTRÆMIA INDICA, Z.), originally from Eastern 
Asia, is common in cultivation. i 
Orper 53. RHIZOPHORACEÆ. (Mancrove FAMILY.) 
Trees or shrubs, growing in maritime swamps, with opposite, entire, co- 
riceous leaves, and deciduous stipules between the petioles. — Calyx 
united with the ovary, 4 — 12-lobed, valvate or lid-like in the bud. Petals 
as many as the calyx-lobes and alternate with them. Stamens twice or 
several times as many as the petals, and inserted with them on the calyx. 
Ovary 2-celled with the cells 2-ovuled, or 1-celled and several-ovuled. 
Ovules pendulous. Fruit 1-celled, indehiscent. Albumen none. Radicle 
1. RHIZOPHORA, L. Minii 
Calyx-tube obovate, the limb 4-lobed, persistent. Petals 4, oblong, emargi- 
nate, enfolding the alternate stamens in the bud, woolly on the margins. Sta- 
mens 8. Anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit encircled above the- 
base by the persistent calyx-lobes, at length perforated at the apex by the radicle 
1. R. Mangle, L. Leaves obovate-oblong; peduncles 2 - 3- 
