LYTIlRARIEtfl. VIII. 



21 L. DIPE'TALUM (Lin. fil.suppl.2aO.) shrubby, hispid and 

 clammy ; leaves sessile, ovate, opposite or 3 in a whorl ; flowers 

 axillary, pedicellate, nodding. 17 . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Petals purple. Perhaps a species of Cuphea. 



Dipelalous Purple-Loosestrife. Shrub. 



Cult. The hardy perennial kinds of Ly thrum are handsome 

 border flowers ; they grow in any common soil, and are easily 

 increased by dividing the plants at the root. The seeds of the 

 annual kinds require to be sown in a moist situation in spring. 



VIII. CITPHEA (from KV^OS, cuphos, curved ; in reference 

 to the curved form of the capsule). Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 83. 

 St. Hil. mem. mus. 1. p. 29. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 196. D. C. prod. 3. p. 83. Cuphea, Mtlanium, and Par- 

 sonsia, P. Browne, 1. c. Melanium and Cuphea, Spreng. Bal- 

 samona, Vand. fasc. in Rosm. script, p. 110. t. 4. Melvilla, 

 Anders. Banksia, Domb. herb, but not of Lin. fil. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx tubular, gib- 

 bous at the base on the upper side ; limb wide, 12-toothed, with 

 C of the teeth erect, and the other 6 small or nearly obsolete, 

 rising from the sinuses of the inner teeth. Petals 6-7, unequal. 

 Stamens 11-14, rarely 6-7, unequal, inserted in the throat of the 

 calyx. Gland under the ovarium thick. Style filiform ; stigma 

 simple or rather bifid. Capsule membranous, covered by the 

 calyx, 1-2-celled, at length cleft by the deflexed placenta as well 

 as the calyx. Seeds nearly orbicular, compressed, wingless. 

 Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite, rarely in whorls, quite 

 entire. Peduncles interpetiolar, 1-flowered, rarely many-flow- 

 ered. Flowers usually drooping. Calyx coloured. Petals vio- 

 laceous or white. 



Sj 1 . Circceoidece (containing plants whose habit is like that of 

 Ctrcced). D. C.prod. 3. p. 83. Stems herbaceous, erect. Racemes 

 somewhat spicate, terminal. Flowers small. 



1 C. MICRA'NTHA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 196.) stem herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, rather pilose ; leaves on short petioles, 

 oblong, acute, rounded at the base, scabrous on the margins, rather 

 pilose on both surfaces ; pedicels solitary or twin, upper ones 

 disposed in spicate racemes ; calyxes rather hispid ; petals nearly 

 equal. Q. F. Native of South America, on the banks of the 

 river Orinoco near St. Barbara, and at San Carlos de Rio Negro. 

 Petals small, violaceous. Stamens 11. Ovary 3-seeded. 



Small-flowered Cuphea. PI. | ft. 



2 C. ciRCjEoiDES (Smith ex Sims, bot. mag. t. 2201.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, branched, rather pilose ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acute, pubescent ; racemes terminal ; pedicels scattered ; 

 calyxes hispid; petals nearly equal. 0. F. Native of Brazil, 

 in shady places about Pernambuco. Petals small, violaceous. 

 Petioles nearly an inch long. Bracteoles linear. 



Circcea-like Cuphea. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1821. PL ft. 



3 C. SPICA'TA (Cav. icon. 4. p. 56. t. 381.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, rather pilose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, 

 acute at both ends, glabrous, with scabrous margins ; racemes 

 spicate, axillary, and terminal ; pedicels opposite ; calyxes hairy; 

 petals unequal. O- F. Native of South America, in many 

 parts. Petals small, pale red. Stamens 12. Dorsal tooth of 

 calyx large. Style villous. Ovarium 40-75-ovulate. 



Var. a, trbpica (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnsea. 2. p. 358.) 

 hind tooth of calyx large ; stem hairy. 



Far. ft, extratropica (Schlecht. et Cham. 1. c.) hind tooth of 

 calyx a little larger than the rest ; stem pubescent. 



Spicate- fiovierei} Cuphea. PI. 1 ft. 



4 C. ORIGANIFOLIA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnsea, 2. p. 372.) 

 root creeping ; stem simple, slender, beset with viscid pubes- 

 cence and glandular pili ; leaves ovate, petiolate, finely denticu- 

 lated, with a few glandular hairs on the nerves beneath ; flowers 



VOL. II. 



pedicellate, interpetiolar, opposite ; calyx gibbous at the base ; 

 stamens 11 ; style villous; ovarium containing above 30 ovula. 

 Tj.. S. Native of Brazil. 

 Marjoram-leaved Cuphea. Pi. 1-| ft. 



5 C. SALICIFOLIA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linna-a. 5. p 5(J9.) 

 stem suffruticose, erect, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated 

 at the base, and bluntish at the apex, glabrous ; calyx pilose on 

 the inside at the insertion of the stamens ; petals 6, unequal ; 

 filaments pilose. If. . S. Native of Mexico, on the banks of 

 rivulets near Masantla. Petals purple. 



Willow- leaved Cuphea. PI. 1 ft. 



2. LongiflorcE (from longus, long, and Jlos, a flower ; in 

 reference to the long flowers of the species). D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 84. Stem herbaceous or hardly suffrulicose ; Jlowers axillary, 

 disposed in racemose spikes ; calyx long, tubular, spurred at the 

 base, not gibbous. Petals small or wanting. 



6 C. MELVI'LLA (Lindl. bot. reg. t. 852.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, sca- 

 brous ; racemes terminal, simple, many-flowered ; petals want- 

 ing. I/. S. Native of Guiana, at Essequibo. Melvilla spe- 

 ciosa, Anders, journ. sc. ex Lindl. Calyx red at the base, and 

 green at the apex. Pollen green. 



Melville's Cuphea. Fl. May. Clt. 1823. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



7 C. JORULLE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 208.) stems herbaceous ; branches compressed, clothed with 

 clammy pubescence ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, on very 

 short petioles, rounded at the base, stiflf, scabrous on both sur- 

 faces ; pedicels 1-3 together, alternate, racemose at the tops of 

 the branches ; calyx clothed with clammy pubescence, 6-toothed. 

 I/ . ? S. Native of Mexico, on Mount Jorullo. Calyx red. 

 Petals wanting. Ovarium 12-14-ovulate. Stamens 11, very 

 unequal, exserted. 



Jorullo Cuphea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



8 C. TRICOLOR (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 84.) stem herbaceous, erect, pubescent; leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, oblong, acute ; pedicels axillary, disposed in a terminal 

 raceme ; calyx puberulous, 6-toothed ; petals C, reflexed. I/ . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Lythrum album, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 

 icon. ined. Pedicels 4-6 lines long, somewhat secund. Calyx 

 red, green at the apex. Petals small, white. Stamens 11, 

 hardly unequal, very little exserted. 



Tricolor-flowered Cuphea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



9 C. MICROPE'TALA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 209. t. 551.) 

 stem shrubby, much branched ; branches and calyxes rather 

 roughish ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, stiff, 

 scabrous ; flowers supra-axillary, secund ; ovarium strumose at 

 the apex ; petals C, minute, l-j . S. Native of Mexico. C. 

 strumosa, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Calyx 12-toothed, 

 scarlet, yellowish at the apex. Petals white. Filaments red. 

 Ovarium 2-celled, many-seeded, with a thick lateral gland at the 

 base. 



Small-petalled Cuphea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



10 C. VERTICILLATA (H. B. et Kunth, I.e. p. 207. t. 552.) 

 stem herbaceous ; branches and calyxes hairy; leaves 3 or 4 in 

 a whorl, almost sessile, oblong, acutish, rounded at the base, 

 scabrous from strigae above, and pilose beneath ; flowers extra- 

 axillary, solitary or twin, alternate ; petals 5-8, unequal. T.S. 

 Native of Peru, in hot places. Calyx 10-1 6-toothed, coloured, 

 with the limb violaceous. Petals violaceous. 



Whorled-leaved Cuphea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



11C. LYSIMACHIOIDES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. vol. 2. 



p. 374.) stem simple, straight, rarely a little branched, scabrous 



like the rest of the plant, and beset with viscid glandular hairs ; 



leaves lanceolate, acuminate, petiolate, verticillate or opposite ; 



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