36 CALYCIFLORjE. 



1. Cuphea viscosissima. Clammy Cuphea* 



Stem herbaceous erect branched pubescenti- 

 viscid, leaves opposite petiolate ovato-oblong 

 slightly scabrous, flowers axillary pedicelled so- 

 litary deflected, calycine teeth 6 pubesccnti — 

 viscid, petals 6 unequal, stamens 12. 



Jacq. Hort. II. 83. t. 111.— A. Gray's Manual 134. 



HAB. In shady damp places, vicinity of Bath. 



F L. Throughout the year. 



About 6-12 inches in height; branches purpurascent. 

 Flowers purple, decumbent. Calyx subcylindrical, 12- 

 striated, opening with a longitudinal rupture for the pas- 

 sage of the seeds previous to their becoming ripe. Cap- 

 sule bursting laterally corresponding to the rupture of the 

 calyx : seeds rather large, borne on one side of the pla- 

 centa. 



This is not uncommon in the neighbourhood of the 

 Bath Garden, as well as of that in St. Andrew's. 



2. Cuphea Parsonsia. Procumbent Cuphea. 



Stem herbaceous prostrato-ramose subscab- 

 rous, leaves opposite shortly petiolate oval acute 

 at both ends, as also the calyces, glabrous, flowers 

 axillary solitary subsessile, petals 5 oblong sub- 

 equal, stamens 6, with two somewhat longer. 



Parsonsia, herbacea, Browne, 199. t. 21. f. 2. — Ly- 

 thrum Parsonsia, Swartz, Obs. 193. — Cuphea Parsonsia, 

 R. Brown, and Steud. nom. phan. 245. 



HAB. In damp rocky places. In pastures. 



F. L. Throughout the year. 



Stem prostrate : branches simple, subflexuose. Leaves 

 small, very entire, glabrous. Flowers small, pale, red. 

 Capsule 4-6 seeded. 



3. Cuphea Melanium. Alternate flowering 



Cuphea. 



Stem herbaceous prostrate pubescent at the 

 apex, leaves opposite subsessile elliptic acumi- 



