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2. Ammannia Sanguineolenta. Blood-stained 

 Ammannia. 



Leaves lineari-lanceolate subacute cordato- 

 auriculated semiamplexicaul, flowers axillary 1-3 



subsessile, petals 4, stamens 8. 



Swartz, Fl. Lid. Occ. I. 272. 



H A B. Ditches and marshv grounds. Near Annotto- 

 Bay. 



F L, After rains. 



Stem herbaceous, erect, about six inches in height, gla- 

 brous : branches subsimple, tetragonal with the opposite 

 sides alternately sulcatcd. Leaves opposite, distichal, 

 sessile, semi-amplexicaul, very glabrous. Flowers small, 

 crimson, crowded in the axils of the leaves, 3 5, very 

 shortly pedicelled. A pair of minute bracteae to each 

 flower. Calyx minute, 4-sided. 8-toothed, with four of 

 the teeth erect, and the other 4 directed outward. Pe- 

 tals 4, clawed, small, deciduous. Stamens 8, length of 

 the corolla : anthers yellow. Style erect, curved, longer 

 than the stamens. Capsule partially covered with the 

 calyx, spherical, bursting at the side, 4-celied, many 

 seeded. 



II. CuPHEA. 



Calyx tubular. 12-ribbed at the base, gibbous 

 on the upper side ; teeth 6, erect, with a corres- 

 ponding number of Jittle processes in the inden- 

 tations. 



Petals 6-7, unequal. Stamens 11-14, rarely 6-7, in- 

 serted on the throat of the calyx, unequal. A thick glan- 

 dule under the ovary: style filiform : stigma simple or 

 slightly bifid. Capsule membranaceous, covered with 

 the calyx, 1-2-celled, early opening at one side : seeds 

 suborbiculate, compressed, wingless. 



Herbaceous or shrubby plants. Peduncles interpetio- 

 lar. Calyces coloured. Petals violet or white. — Name 

 from Kv<poi curved, in allusion to the shape of the calyx. 



