256 The Botanical Gazette. [July, 
Cuphea Heydei Koehne (inserenda post C. Liebmannii 
Koehne in Engler’s Bot. Jahrbiich. 2: 409. 1882. Sect. x. 
MELVILLA Koehne, subsect. 5. Erythrocalyx Koehne). Icon: 
Koehne Atlas Lythracearum ined. ¢. 44. fig. 380.—Fruticulus 
rams juntoribus dense hispidis vetustioribus glabratis. Folia 
internodiis 2—3-plo longiora, basi acuta vel in petiolum 1-4™ 
longum hispidum attenuata, elliptica v. lanceolata (24-54: : 
11-17"), longe acuminata, parce ciliata, superiore pagina 
parce, inferiore in nervis densius hispida, vix rigidula, subtus 
pallidiora. Flores solitarit,; pedicelli axillares 9-20" equan- 
tes, parce hispidi, prophylla minutissima, quasi in setas 3-4 
dissoluta summo apice gerentes. Calyx (22—26™) calcare or- 
biculari dilatato subincurvo (fere 3"" longo latoque) instruc- 
tus, subrectus, subgracilis, infra faucem ascendentem valde 
dilatatam plicatam subangustatus, verisimiliter intense coccl- 
neus, infra medium hispidus, intus glaberrimus; /odz brevisst- 
mi, setts 4-6 ciliati; appendices lodis longtores, dorso seta 
valida munite. Petalaov. duo dorsalia minutissima a le 
lata. Stamina ad tubi 4 line recte inserta; episepala fere 5 
supra tubum exserta; epipetalorum 4 ventralia lobos ae- 
quantia, 2 dorsalia paullo breviora et ceteris vix inferius In- : 
serta; omnia glaberrima. Stylus glaberrimus, sub anthes! : 
-ovarium glaberrimum duplum aequans, demum Circ. ome 
sertus. Discus crassus, ovato-cordatus, deflexus, supt4 sul- 
catus, subtus convexus. Ovula 9-14.—A Cuphea Le 
Koehne proxima differt calycibus majoribus appendici im 
manifestis seta munitis et praecipue pedicellis axillaribus nec 
interpetiolaribus. a 
Nebéj, Depart. Quiché, Guatemala, alt. 7,000", May 189% 
Heyde & Lux, no. 4,480. 
IPOMAHA FISTULOSA Mart., var. Nicaraguensis eae : 
Smith.—Volubilis, foliis cordiformibus acuminatis oe 0 
bus supra pubescentibus subtus cano-velutinis. Sepa phe 
bescentia orbicularia. Corolla ad 3—4-pollicaris. Semina 
comosa. ; alt 120", 
Rio de Las Layas, Depart. Rivas, Nicaragua, (ar 
April 1893, Dr. W. C. Shannon, U. S. Army, 10- ae de 
Salvia Shannoni Donnell Smith. S ) 
frutex cano-pubescens. Folia ovato-la : ‘4 supra 
minata ad basim acuta obtusave serrulata a 
Racemorum 
Fe TES een sa enh ists Sy, 
CaLosPHACE.)—Suh 
nceolata sensim acu 
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scabriuscula subtus cum petiolis velutina, — 
formia contractius acuminata flores superantia. 
