LYTHRARIEjE. VIII. CUPIIEA. IX. ACISANTHERA. X. FATIOA. XI. PEMPHIS. XII. HEIMIA. 



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54- C. FLORIBU'NDA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1831.) shrubby ; 

 branches very hispid, elongated ; leaves ovate-oblong ; peduncles 

 interpetiolar ; petals equal ; stamens 2, elongated ; style very 

 smooth ; ovarium many-seeded. 1? . S. Native of Mexico. 



Bundle-flon-ered Cuphea. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



j- Species not sufficiently known. 



55 C. BRACTEA'TA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. hort. madr. 181 4. 

 p. 1C. no. 212.) stem shrubby, beset with retrograde spreading 

 hairs ; leaves ovate, acute, somewhat undulated ; flowers soli- 

 tary, interfoliaceous. f; . S. Native of New Spain. Perhaps 

 the same as Lytlmim Tuxtlense, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. 

 ined. 



Bracteate Cuphea. Shrub 1 foot. 



56 C. CILIA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. p. 119. t. 11.) stem 

 suffruticose ; leaves linear, ciliated ; petals 6, nearly equal, fj . 

 S. Native of Peru, on hills. Banksia ciliata, Domb. herb. 

 Lythrum cistifolium, Lher. in herb. Stem much branched from 

 the base ; branches terete, villous at the apex. Leaves oblong, 

 rather scabrous. Pedicels axillary, 1-flowered, length of the 

 calyx. Calyx rather gibbous at the base. Flowers small, pur- 

 ple. Probably referrible to section Melanite. 



Ciliated-\ea.\ed Cuphea. Shrub. 



57 C. FLA'VA (Spreng. nov. prov. 14.) stem shrubby ; leaves 

 cordate-lanceolate, revolute, quite glabrous; flowers terminal, 

 somewhat racemose ; calyx striated, 6-toothed. fj . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Petals yellow. 



lW/07i>-flowered Cuphea. Shrub. 



58 C. FRUTICULOSA (Schrad. ill. pi. bras, in Grett. anz. 1821. 

 p. 715.) stem suffruticose, branched ; leaves petiolate, elliptic- 

 ovate, acutish, glabrous above, hairy on the margins and the 

 veins beneath ; racemes terminal, few-flowered. f; . S. Native 

 of Brazil. C. fruticosa, Neuw. reis. bras. no. 31. 



Shrubby Cuphea. Shrub. 



59 C. CORYMBI'FERA (Neuw. reis. bras. 1821. p. 302.) stems 

 herbaceous, diffuse, clothed with clammy pubescence above ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, on short petioles, roughish ; flowers ter- 

 minal, corymbose. TJ. . S. Native of Brazil, along the banks of 

 rivers. 



Corymb-bearing Cuphea. PL diffuse. 



60 C. MEGAPOTA'MICA (Spreng. syst. append. 192.) stem her- 

 baceous, simple, glabrous ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate ; 

 corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; calyx glabrous, y. . S. Native 

 of Brazil, at Rio Grande. 



Rio Grande Cuphea. PL 1 foot. 



61 C. APANXALOA (Herm. mex. 353. f. 2.). Native of 

 Mexico. Nothing is known of this plant. 



Apanxalua Cuphea. PL 



Cult. Some of the species of Cuphea are very elegant when 

 in flower. They grow well in a mixture of loam, sand, and 

 peat ; and cuttings of the perennial-herbaceous, and shrubby 

 kinds rt/st freely in the same kind of earth. The seeds of annual 

 kinds require to be raised on a hot-bed. 



IX. ACISANTHE V RA (from cmc, akin, a point, and 

 anthera, an anther; anthers pointed). P. Browne, jam. 217. 

 Juss. gen. 332. D. C. prod. 3. p. 88. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx ventricose, 5-cleft, 

 the sinuses never drawn out into other segments. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10; anthers sagittate, variable. Capsule covered and 

 crowned by the calyx, roundish, 2-celled, with 2 placentas, many 

 seeded. An herb, with opposite leaves. Flowers alternate, 

 axillary, solitary. This genus differs from Rhexia in the quinary 

 parts of the flower, not quaternary, in the cells of the capsule 

 being 2, not 3-4, and in the form of the anthers. 



1 A. QUADRA V TA (Juss. in Poir. suppl. 1. p. 111.) I/. S. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica, in meadows. P. Browne, 1. c. t. 22. f. J. 

 Rhexia Acisanthera, Lin. amcen. 5. p. 39G. Lun. hort. jam. 1. 

 p. 5. Herb erect, branched at the apex ; branches square. 

 Leaves 3-nerved, ovate, crenated. 



Square-branched Acisanthera. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1804. 

 PI. 1 to lj foot. 



Cull. See Cuphea for culture and propagation. 



X. FATIO'A (this genus is dedicated to Nicolas Fatio de 

 Duillers, a physician of Geneva, who was one of the first who 

 wrote on thermometers, and he was also the first who proposed 

 inarching the branches of fruit trees. Compare Haller. bibl. hot. 



2. p. 43.). D. C. prod. 3. p. 88. D. C. coll. mem. 10. t. 2. 

 LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bractless at the 



base, campanulate, 6-cleft ; lobes triangular, valvate in aestiva- 

 tion. Petals 6, inserted at the top of the tube of the calyx, and 

 alternating with the calycine lobes. Stamens 24, inserted in the 

 bottom of the calycine tube. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform, 

 longer than the stamens. Stigma simple. Fruit unknown. 

 Tree or shrub. Branchlets tetragonal, glabrous, rising in fasci- 

 cles from the nodes of the branches, or in whorls. Leaves oppo- 

 site, oval, white beneath, quite entire. Peduncles axillary, 3-5- 

 flowered. 



1 F. NIPAULE'NSIS (B.C. 1. c.) J? . F. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 

 glabrous and dark green above, but white from short velvety 

 down beneath. 



Nipaul Fatioa. Shrub. 



Cult. See Heimia for culture and propagation, p. 718. 



XL PE'MPHIS (from irtfi<j>ic, pemphis, a blister, which the 

 globular form of the capsule represents). Forst. gen. t. 34. Juss. 

 gen. 331. D. C. prod. 3. p. 89. Lythrum species Lin. and 

 Lam. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx turbinate, per- 

 manent, 12-furrowed ; lobes 12, the 6 inner ones erect, and the 

 6 outer ones or those produced from the sinuses smaller and 

 spreading. Petals 6, obovate, inserted at the top of the caly- 

 cine tube, and alternating with the larger or erect lobes of the 

 calyx. Stamens 12, inserted in the middle of the calycine tube, 

 alternately smaller. Ovarium globose. Style short. Stigma 

 capitate. Capsule membranous, fi-valved, 3-celled at the base, 

 circumcised, filling the calyx. Seeds numerous, fixed to the 

 central placenta, which is tridentate. A canescent shrub. 

 Leaves opposite, quite entire. Pedicels axillary, solitary, bibrac- 

 teate at the base. Flowers white. 



1 P. ACI'DULA (Forst. 1. c.) ^ S. Native of Ceylon, Java, 

 Timor, Madagascar, &c. on the sea shore. Lythrum Pemphis, 

 Lin. fil. suppl. 249. Lam. ill. 408. f. 2. Melanium fruticosum, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 455. Mangium porcellanicum, Rumph. ainb. 



3. p. 84. P. angustifolia, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 91. 

 Acidulous Pemphis. Shrub. 



Cult. See Heimia for culture and propagation, p. 718. 



XII. HEFMIA (in honour of Dr. Heim, a celebrated Berlin 

 physician). Link et O.to, abb. berl. 63. D. C. prod. 3. p. 89. 

 Chrysoliga, Willd. herb. Nesas'a spec. Kunth. Ginoria, Moc. 

 et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. but not of Jacq. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx bibracteolate 

 at the base, campanulate, 12-toothed, the 6 inner teeth largest 

 and erect, and the 6 outer ones, or those produced from the 

 sinuses, small, spreading, and horn-formed. Petals 6, alternat- 

 ing with the erect inner lobes of the calyx. Stamens 1 2, nearly 

 equal, exserted. Capsule nearly globose, covered by the calyx, 

 4-celled, rarely only 3-celled from abortion, 4-valved, opening at 



