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nate at both ends, flowers solitary axillary sub- 

 sessile alternate, petals 6 oblong, stamens 8-10 

 unequal. 



Melanium herbaceum, Browne, 217, — Lythrum Mela- 

 nium, Swartz, Obs. 193. — Cuphea Melanium, R. Brown 

 and Steud, nom. phan. 245. 



II A B. Sparingly in cultivated grounds. 

 F. L. Throughout the year. 



Stem about a foot in length, subdivided, prostrate, as- 

 cending. Leaves larger than in the last species, very 

 entire, somewhat scabrous. Flowers purple, larger than 

 in C. Parsonsia. Calyx 6-10-toothed. Petals 6, ovate, 

 obtuse, deciduous. Filaments unequal : anthers cordate. 

 Style subulate : stigma acute. Capsule oblong : seeds 

 4-6, emitted through the ruptured opening in the calyx. 



This species is remarkable, from a flower being placed 

 in every alternate leaf. 



4. Cuphea radicans. Rooting Cuphea. 



Stem herbaceous prostrate rooting near the 

 base pubescent towards the apex, leaves ellip- 

 tic subacuminate at both ends minutely hispidu- 

 lous and ciliated, flowers axillary shortly pedi- 

 celled bracteolated, calycine tube hispidulous, 

 petals 6 subequal, stamens 6 unequal. 



H A B. Dolly-Mohun's Gap, St. Andrew's. 

 F. L. May, June. 



Stem herbaceous, about six inches in length, prostrate, 

 rooting towards the 4>ase, sparingly branched, minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, elliptic, 

 subacuminate at both ends, minutely hispidulous and cili- 

 ated. Flowers solitary, axillary, shortly pedicelled, pur- 

 ple, furnished at the base with a pair of minute bracteoles. 

 Calycine teeth 6 : tube striated, hispidulous. Petals 6, 

 oblongo-ovate, clawed, spreading, subequal : the two 

 upper ones more widely separated : the two lower ones 

 subacute. Stamens 6, shorter than the tube of the calyx, 

 unequal. Ovary compressed : style short ; stigma ob- 

 tuse. 



