270 LYTHRARIE.E. 



long : petiole 2"'-4"' long ; calyx 4'" long ; petals violet.— Hab. Jamaica i,Ma<xf.) ; [United 

 States! to Brazil!]. 



C. hyssopifolia, Kth. Suffrutescent ; stem scabrous or hispid; leaves ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, aubsesdle or shortly petioled, scabrous ; jfoweri a^/graafe, 

 pedicellate-, pedicels inserted between the leaf-pairs, much shorter than the calyx; calyx 

 ( gibbous at the base, exceeded by the leaves: teeth minute; stamens 11 (-9) : the majority 

 of the filaments villous; stigma minute; capsule few-seeded. — C. balsamona, Cham. — ^Leaves 

 6"'-15"' long: veins prominulous beneath; calyx 3'", petals 1.'" long.— Has. Dominica!, 

 Imr. ; [Mexico ! to Montevideo ! ; Galapagos !]. 



4. C. Triuitatis, SO. Suffrutescent, diffase; branches scabrous above; leaves laur 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subsessile at the tapering base, glabrescent ; flowen ofposite, 

 in terminal racemes : pedicels inserted between the bract-pairs, as long as the calyx ; calyx 

 small, gibbous at the base : teeth minute ; petals half as long as the calyx ; stamens 11-8, 

 villous ; capsule few-seeded. — Bot. Mag. t. 2580. — C. serpyllifolia, Sims {jion Eih). — 

 Allied to C parviflora, "Rook., in which the calyx is longer and viscid. A low, delicate 

 plant, with fastigiate racemes: habit of Scutellaria minor; leaves 8"'-4"', calyx 2'" long; 

 petals red. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad {Sot. Mag.). 



5 . C. decandra, Ait. Shrubby ; branches scabrous-hispidnlans ; leaves elliptical, con- 

 tracted into a short petiole, glabrescent, ciliate ; flowers opposite, in short, terminal racemes : 

 pedicels inserted between the bract-pairs, shorter than the cahjx, turned to oue side ; calyx 

 gibbous at the base, viscid-pilose ; teeth minute ; petals 5, 4 times shorter than the calyx ; 

 stamens 10, villous; capsule several-seeded. — Lythram ciliatum, Sw. — 1'-3' high; leaves 

 4"'-10"', pedicels 2'", calyx 4'" long; petals purple. — Hab. Jamaica!, Eartw., Pd., Al., 

 March, in stony mountains, in the Coffee region. 



Of the large-flowered continental Ouphece, several are cultivated or naturalized in the 

 'TWest Indies, e.g. C. mieroyetala, Kth. (Syn. C. platyeentra, Benth.), in the Blue Mountains 

 of Jamaica !, Al., and C. Melvilla, Lindl., in S. Vincent !, Guild. , 



2. AMMANNIA, L. 



Oalyx shortly campanulate, not striate, usually with minute appendages between the lobes. 

 Petals 4, smaU, deciduous (or none). Stamens 4-8 : anthers roundish. Ovary 2-4-celled. 

 Seeds oo , minnte. — Annual, glabrous herbs ; leaves narrow : flowers clustered or solitary 

 in their axils. 



C^ 6. A. humilis, Mich. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, tapering at the lose ; 

 flowers sessile, 1 (-3) in the axils ; calyx 4-toothed, with conspicuous accessory teeth ; sta- 

 mens 4 ; ovary 4(-3)-celled : style very short ; capsule enclosed within the calyx, irregularly 

 bursting at the top. — A. ramosior, L. Sp. (non L. Mantiss). A. occidentals, DC. A. 

 oatholica, Cham, and Schlecht. .'-j-Stem 13"-6" high, few-branched ; accessory calyx-teeth 

 variable in shape. — Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr., in moist places; [United States! to 

 BrazU !]. 



y/ 7. A. latifolia, L. Leames lanceolate-linear, cordate at the sessile base; flowers snb- 

 sessile, 1-5 in the axil ; calyx 4-toothed, with conspicuous accessory teeth ; stamens 8-4 ; 

 ovary 4(-6) -celled : style filiform ; capsule enclosed within the calyx, irregularly bursting. 

 — SI. t. 7./. 4.-^A. octandra, L.fil. A. sanguinolenta, Sw. — Stem \^-V high, virgate; 

 petals red. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pii., jli, JIT^fe., in moist places ; Antigua!, £«»«, WullseU.; 

 ; [southern United States I ; Cuba I to Brazil ! ; Ea^t Indies !]. * 



3. DODECAS,'i;. 

 » (Crenea, Aubl.) 

 Oalyx shortly campanulate, 4-fid, devoid of accessory teeth : lobes contiguous. Petals 4. 

 Stamens \%-\& : anthers oblong, erect. 'Ovary 4(-" 5")-ceUed. 5ifc& oo, minute, fusi- 

 form : placenta at length free, central. — Glabrous herbs or. shrubs ; flowers axillary. 



8. D. maritimns, Gr. Herbaceous ; stem stiff; erect ; leaves lanceolate or spathulate- 

 lanceolate, tapering towards the subsessile base ; pedicels 2-bracteolate above the middle, 



