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4"-10" long, 1"- 3" wide. Mowers solitary. 'in . the axils, on short 

 peduncles 1" or more long, which are 2-bracted below the middle. 

 Calyx-tube about 3" long, the awn-shaped teeth less than a linein 

 length. Petals I" - 2" long, purple. 



On cliffs, and In rocky or sterile places, not uncommon. Also from the coast of Peru. 



2. CUPHEA Jaeq. 



Calyx tubular with the superior base enlarged or saccate, striate 

 and at the summit 6-toothed. Petals 6 or 7, unequal. Stamens about 

 twice as many, or as many as the petals, unequal, inserted in the 

 throat of the calyx. Style filiform : stigma simple or notched. Cap- 

 sule 1-2-celled, membranaceous, enclosed in the calyx. — Herbs or 

 shrubs. Leaves opposite or rarely whorled, entire or nearly so. The 

 axillary or interpetiolar peduncles 1- or rarely many-flowered ; flowers 

 purple or white. 



A considerable genus, found in most hot countries. 



C. Balsamona Cham. & Schlecht. (_Enum. No. 138.) A hard and 

 erect annual, l°-2° high; the stem, branches, petioles, &c., hispid, 

 with short, stifl", erect, glandular hairs. LeaA^es opposite, ovate, 

 acute at both, ends, glabrous excepting a few stiff hairs on each sur- 

 face, minutely serrate, I'-li' long, h.' more or less wide. Flowers 

 solitary or a few in each axil of the uppermost leaves, short pedun- 

 cled. Calyx 3" long, bulging or slightly saccate at its upper base, 

 very short toothed, slightly hispid. Petals 2" -3" long, purple. Sta- 

 mens 11. Style short and included. Ovary few-ovuled. 



Kauai. Probably introduced. Native of Brazil. 



Order XXXII. OXAGEACE^. 



Herbs, or rarely shrubby plants, with alternate or opposite leaves, 

 not dotted nor furnished with stipules. Flowers usually tetramerous. 

 Calyx adherent to the ovary, and usually produced beyond it into a 

 tube. Petals usually four, and the stamens as many, or twice as many, 

 inserted into the throat of the calyx. Ovary commonly 4-celled : 

 styles united. Fruit mostly capsular. — Fuchsia, remarkable for its 

 colored calyx and berried fruit, is much cultivated for ornament. 



1. JUSSIJEA Linn, [Kamole.] 

 Calyx-tube not produced above the ovary ; the limb divided to the 

 base into 4 or rarely 5 segments. Petals as many. Stamens twice as 

 many. Stigma capitate. Capsules 4 or 5-celled, crowned by the calyx- 

 segments and opening longitudinally between the ribs. Seeds numer- 



