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LYTHRARIE^:. VIII. CUPHEA. 



branches and calyxes clammy and hispid ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acute, rounded at the base, scabrous ; flowers alternate ; petals 

 6, nearly equal ; stamens 11. fj . S. Native at the bottom of 

 the Andes near Ibague. Petals violaceous. Filaments villous. 

 Ovarium 7-8-ovulate. 



Slr/irulose Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



39 C. DENTICCLA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 198.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches clammy, hairy ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, cuneated at the base, sharply and ciliatcly toothletted, 

 glabrous ; flowers interpetiolar on the branches, opposite, some- 

 what racemose ; calyxes hispid ; petals 6, nearly equal ; stamens 

 11, inclosed. I? . S. Native of Cumana, in humid places near 

 St. Fernando. Petals spatulate, 2 superior ones violaceous, the 

 rest white. Filaments villous. Ovarium 10-14-ovulate. 



Denticulated-leaved Cuphea. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



10 C. LOXE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. 6. p. 200.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches clothed with glandular hairs ; leaves oblong, 

 acute, rounded at the base, scabrous above, and pilose on the 

 nerves beneath ; flowers interpeiiolar, alternate ; calyx hispid; 

 petals 6, nearly equal ; stamens 1 1, inclosed. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico near Jalapa ; and at Loxa in Peru. Petals pale violet. 

 Filaments villous. Ovary 5-6-ovulate. 



Loxa Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



41 C. UYSSOFIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, I.e. 6. p. 199.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches strigose ; leaves lanceolate, acutish, obtuse 

 at the base, glabrous above, but beset with strigose pili on the 

 nerve and veins ; flowers interpetiolar, alternate ; calyx gla- 

 brous ; petals 6, rather unequal; stamens 11, inclosed. fj . S. 

 Native of Mexico, near Jalapa. Petals pale violet. Filaments 

 villous. Ovary 5-6-ovulate. 



Hyssop-leaved Cuphea. Shrub C feet. 



42 C. GRA'CILIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. 6. p. 199.) stems 

 shrubby, procumbent; branches filiform, elongated, and are, as 

 well as the calyxes, puberuloua ; leaves lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, 1-nerved, glabrous; flowers interpetiolar, alternate ; petals 

 6, rather unequal ; stamens 1 1, inclosed. J; . S. Native on the 

 banks of the Orinoco, near Atures in sandy places. Petals vio- 

 laceous. Filaments villous. Ovarium 3-4-ovulate. 



Slender Cuphea. Shrub procumbent. 



43 C. CORDA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 119. t. 11.) 

 stem suffruticose ; leaves cordate, acute ; petals 6, the 2 superior 

 ones roundish and large, the 4 lower ones small, oblong ; sta- 

 mens 11. J? . S. Native of Peru, on hills. Lower leaves 

 coriaceous, upper ones oblong. Branches, peduncles, and calyxes 

 clammy. 



Cordate-leaved Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



44 C. TRINITA'TIS (B.C. prod. 3. p. 88.) stems suffruticose; 

 leaves ovate, acute at both ends ; petals nearly equal, oblong ; 

 pedicels axillary, longer than the leaves. Fj . S. Native of the 

 Island of Trinidad. C. serpyllifolia, Sims, bot. mag. 2580. 

 but not of H. B. et Kunth. Allied to C. Loxensis and C. grft- 

 cilis. Stamens probably 1 1 . 



Triniand Cuphea. Fl. May. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 foot. 



45 C. MULTIFLOKA (Lodd. bot. cab. t. 808.) stem suffruticose, 

 branched; leaves oblong, acute at both ends ; flowers alternate, 

 interpetiolar; petals 6, nearly equal, oblong-linear. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of Trinidad. Petals violaceous. 



Many-flowered Cuphea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 ft. 



4G C. LIGU'STRINA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 360.) 

 stem shrubby, procumbent ; branches extra-axillary, obsoletely 

 tetragonal, clothed with clammy pubescence, interspersed with 

 long, coloured, glanduliferous hairs, as well as the peduncles 

 and calyxes ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, with rather scabrous 

 edges ; flowers interpetiolar, pedicellate, spurless ; hind tooth of 

 calyx large; style villous; ovary 18-32-ovulate ; petals 6, about 

 equal in length ; filaments villous ; stamens 11, length of caly- 



cine teeth. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Petals violaceous. Calyx 

 3-4 lines long. Branches extra-axillary. 



7V(re/-like Cuphea. Shrub decumbent 1 foot. 



47 C. CALOPHY'ILA (Schlecht. etCham. in Linnaea. 2. p. 361.) 

 stem shrubby, sparingly branched ; branches axillary, when 

 young clothed with short down and longer purplish glanduli- 

 ferous pili, as well as the branches and calyxes ; leaves elliptic, 

 acute at both ends, on short petioles, scabrous ; racemes com- 

 pound ; flowers alternate, pedicellate, spurless ; teeth of calyx 

 nearly equal ; style villous ; ovary 5-6-ovulate ; filaments vil- 

 lous ; petals 6, nearly equal. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the 

 province of Rio Janeiro. Petals violaceous, about the length of 

 the calyx. 



Beautiful-leaved Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



48 C, ERICOIDES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 366.) 

 shrub erect, branched ; branches filiform, puberulous ; leaves 

 sessile, linear or acerose, 3 in a whorl, and imbricated in 6 rows, 

 scabrous, 3-nerved ; flowers crowded at the tops of the 

 branches, pedicellate ; calyx with a short spur ; style glabrous ; 

 ovarium 3-ovulate ; stamens 11, inclosed. J? . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Petals pale purple, nearly equal. Filaments ciliated. 

 Calyx 3 lines long. 



Heath-like Cuphea. Shrub 1^ foot. 



49 C. THYHOIDES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 368.) 

 smoothish, shrubby ; stem filiform, branched, decumbent ; 

 branches beset with short hairs on one side; but the stem, leaves, 

 and calyx are furnished with longer glanduliferous hairs; leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, obtuse, a little ciliated on the margins ; flowers 

 interpetiolar, scattered, pedicellate; calyx furnished with a short 

 blunt spur ; style glabrous ; ovarium 8-ovulate ; petals 6, nearly 

 equal; stamens 11, villous. fj . S. Native of Brazil. Petals 

 purple. Calyx 4 lines long. 



Thyme-like Cuphea. Shrub decumbent. 



50 C. INGRA'TA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 2. p. 571.) 

 shrubby, much branched ; branches pubescent on one side, but 

 every where beset with long stiff glanduliferous hairs ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, tapering into the short petiole, with reflexed, 

 rather scabrous edges, rather pilose ; flowers interpetiolar, alter- 

 nate, pedicellate; calyx with a short spur; petals one-half 

 shorter than the calyx ; style villous ; ovarium 10-1 2-ovulate ; 

 stamens 11, villous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil. Petals pale 

 violet. Calyx beset with glandular pili, 4-5 lines long. 



Ungrateful Cuphea. Shrub. 



* * * Flurvers with 1 2 stamens. 



51 C. PARVIFLORA (Hook. exot. fl. 151.) stem suffruticose, 

 pubescent ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, tapering into the short 

 petiole at the base, almost quite entire, with somewhat ciliated 

 margins ; flowers in terminal racemes ; petals 6, oblong, nearly 

 equal ; stamens 12. Jj . S. Native about Demerara. Petals 

 rose-coloured. Stamens short, inclosed. Branches clothed with 

 glandular pubescence. 



Small-flowered Cuphea. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1824. Shrub j ft. 



52 C. HIRTE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 197.) 

 stem shrubby ; branches hairy ; leaves oblong, acute, cuneated 

 at the base, viscid, hairy ; flowers subracemose at the tops of 

 the branches, opposite; calyx clothed with clammy hairs; petals 

 6, unequal; stamens 12, inclosed. Jj . S. Native of New 

 Granada, near Guadua. Petals white. Ovarium 10-seeded. 



Hairy Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



53 C. FRtmcosA(Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 156.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, diffuse ; branches and calyxes clothed with clammy 

 pili ; leaves petiolate, linear-lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers in 

 loose racemes ; calyx G--toothed; petals 6 ; stamens 12. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Petals violaceous. 



Shrubby Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



