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CuPHEA TRICHOPETALA Koehne et Rusby sp. n. 
Herba perennis dci caulibus paucis 10-17 cm. altis, sub- 
ascendente-erectis, pubescentibus et glutinoso-hirtellis. Folia in- 
ternodia circ. aequantia em paullo longiora, petiolis circiter 1-2 mm 
longis, ut caulo vestitis incidentia, e basi obtusiuscule oblonga 
(10-20 mm.: 4-9 mm.), acuta, rigidula, hirte llo- strigosa et supe- 
riore pagina saepe parce hispidula, loralia minora in quave pari 
subaequalia. | Inflorescentia e racemis brevibus secundis subtrifloris 
composita circ. 2.5-8 cm. longa. Pedicelli I—2 mm. longi interpeti- 
olares, apice prophylla 2 minuta ovata instructi. Calyx 
mm.) brevissime Calenas, pallide violaceo-coloratus nerva inten- 
sius violaceis breviter hirtello-pubescentibus et glutinoso-hirtella, 
Petala 6 violacea calycis 1⁄4 longitudinae aequantia, a 2 
dorsalia anguste cuneato-obovata, 4 ventralia subbreviora et tri 
angustiore, omnia in Had eia supra parce, subtus dense SUL 
cula. Stamina II ; 9 ventralia ad tubi 24 lineae bco 
3 mm. longa et lata, ar margine vix pallidiora testa ibidem 
haud incrassata, laev 
Vic. dabaa, 1891 (1008). 
Adn. Species propter petala in calyce fructifero persistentia 
corrugato-inflexa ad sectionem Pseudocircacam Koehne juxta 
Cupheam persistentem Koehne rei publicae Argentinae incolam 
pertinens, sed petalis pilosis non solum inter Cupheas sed inter 
Lythraceas omnes distinctissima. 
Physocalymna scaberrimum Pohl, Flora (1827) 153.  Mapiri, July- 
Aug., 1892 (1527) — Rusby’s 2444. 
ONAGRARIEAE. 
Jussiaea octonervia Lam. Encycl. 3: 332. Mapiri, July-Aug., 1892 
(1494) = Rusby’s 1798. 
Oenothera rosea Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 3. Vic. Mapiri, 8,000 ft., 
Jan., 1893 (1746). 
