412 CUPHEA 



toothed, scarlet at the base, yellow towards the top, 

 greenish at the mouth; stamens and filaments red: 

 ovary 2-ceIIed, many-seeded. Mex. HBK. Nov. Gen. 



p. 209, t. 551. R.H. 1857, p. 151. F.S. 10:994 

 (1854). -The picture first cited shows a 1-sided raceme, 

 the second a panicle and the third a common raceme. 

 In tins species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, 

 while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- 

 lipped, but almost regular. 



AA. Petals G, nil ri'ii.-<iiiri(fiis. hut 2 of them much 



prociimbens, 



procumbent, 

 plish hairs: 1 



CUPHEA 



3 in. long, prradually decreasing in size until they be- 

 come bract-likf, petiole short: fls. numerous, peduncles 

 longer tlLi.D tI,. |.. ti..|.~, 2 or 3 times shorter than the 

 calyx; • :i i purplish at the base, green at the 



tip, with I iks, and a pubescence like that 



of the SI. 11 ; i- I ii- 1 liic 2 larger ones on the upper lip 

 of the c;ilvx purple; lilaments included. Mex. B.R. 

 3:182. 6'. y.«j-/-«rf«, Hort. P. S. 4:412. R.B. 22:85; 

 said to be a hybrid between C. mi7iiata and C. viscos- 

 xiina, is probably not distinct. 



Petals 6, all of the same size. 

 hysBopifdlia, HBK. Fig. 606. Stem shrubby; branches 

 numerous, strigo.se: Ivs. lanceolate, rather acute, obtuse 

 at the base, glabrous above, strigose-pilose along the 

 midrib and veins, as may be seen with a hand lens: fls. 

 nder pedicels scarcely longer than the Ivs.; 

 glabrous ; petals 6, somewhat unequal, dilute vio- 

 let; stamens 11 included; fila- 

 ments villous : ovary 5-6- 

 seeded. Mex. — C. hi/ssopi- 

 phylla, Hort., Pitcher & 

 Manda, is presumably a typo- 

 graphical error. This is the 

 least attractive of the species 

 here described, and is no 

 longer advertised, but it still 

 lingers in a few conservato- 

 ries. It is easily told from its 

 showier relatives by its much 

 smaller Ivs. (less than }4 in. 

 long) and much branched and 

 very woody appearance. 



AAAA. Piliils iwrmiilljj 2, 

 the other -l almrtire. 

 B. Sue of petals eery small. 

 cy^nea, Moc. & Sessp. (C. 

 striguld.<sa. Hort., nut HBK.). 

 Stem herbaceous, erect : 

 bran^hlets hispid: Ivs. oppo- 

 site, stalked, ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate, villous on both 

 sides: peduncles alternate, racemose: calyx slightly 

 hispid, scarlet at the base, yellow at the top : petals 2, 

 clawed, spatulate; anthers and petals violet-blue. Mex. 

 B.K. 32:14 (184G) as C. strigilld.sa, Lindl. F.S. 1:15 & 

 P.M. 11:241 as /?. shiffiiMsn, but neither of these plates 

 is the C. striguldsa, HBK., which is a different species, 

 with a shrubby stem: branches and calyx clammy-his- 

 pid: Ivs. ovate-oblong, acute at both ends, clammy, gla- 

 brous above, strigose-seabrous below : petals nearly 

 equal : ovary about 8-ovuled. 



605. Cucurbits fcetidiasima. 



