422 MELASTOMACEAE 
5. CUPHEA, Jacq. (Parsonsia, P. Br.) 
An herb, with opposite leaves and showy flowers, in clusters or from 
the axils. Calyx tubular, inflated, 12-ribbed, oblique at the mouth, 
with 6 teeth and as many secondary ones. Petals 6. unequal. Stamens 
11 or 12, in 2 sets; unequal. Ovary with a curved gland at base. Cap- 
sule oblong, few seeded, included in the calyx. 
C. petiolata, Rusby. (Fig. 9, pl. 102.) Brus Wax Weep. CLAMMY 
Cupnuea. Petals ovate, purple. Leaves lance-shaped on leaf-stalks about 
4 as long as the leaves. Dry fields. July-Oct. 
Famity I]—MELASTOMACEAE. Merapow Brauty FAMILY 
Herbaceous plants (or woody), with opposite leaves or leaves 
in whorls. Leaves without stipules, 3- to 5-nerved. Flowers 
regular, showy, with stamens and pistils. The anthers open by a 
pore at the summit. In other respects similar to family Ona- 
graceae. 
RHEXIA, L. 
Calyx tube 4-cleft, urn-shaped, adhering to the ovary below. Petals 4, 
large. Stamens 8; style 1. Low perennial herbs with showy flowers. 
Stem square with wing-like angles. 
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1. R. virginica, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 102.) Meapow Brauty. Flowers 
bright purple; petals 4; stems and leaves downy. Sandy swamps. June- 
Sept. 
2. R. aristosa, Britton. (Fig. 3, pl. 102.) AWN-PETALED MEADOW 
Beauty. Stem square; flowers bright purple; petals 4; stem and leaves 
not downy. Sandy swamps. July-Aug. 
3. R. mariana, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 102.) Marynanp Mrapow Beauty. 
Leaves narrow, lance-shaped. Stem round; plant downy or hairy, 1 to 
2 ft. high. Flowers pale purple of 4 petals. Swamps and pine barrens, 
New Jersey and southward. June-Sept. 
Famity III.—ONAGRACEAE. Everenina Pamenaed FAMILY 
Herbs, rarely shrubs, with opposite or alternate leaves without 
stipules; calyx tube adherent to the ovary and rising above it, 2- to 
6-lobed. Petals usually 4, but may be more or less, or rarely ab- 
sent. Stamens usually in 2 rows and twice as many as the petals. 
Ovary usually 4-celled, styles united. 
Petals and sepals, each 4. 
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Leaves alternate. 
