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2. Ammannia Sanguineolenta. Blood-stained 
Jlmmannia. 
Leaves lineaH-lanceolate subacute cordato- 
auriculated semiamplexicaul, flowers axillary 1-3 
subsesfeile, petals 4, stamens 8. 
Swartz , FI. Ind. Occ. I. 272. 
Tt A B. Ditches and marshy grounds. Near Annolto- 
Bay. 
F L. After rains. 
Stem herbaceous, erect, about six inches in height, gla- 
brous : branches subsimple, tetragonal with the opposite 
sides alternately sulcated. Leaves opposite, distichal, 
sessile, semi-amplexicaul, very glabrous. Flowers small, 
crimson, crowded in the axils of the leaves, 3 5, very 
shortly pcdicellcd. A pair of minu'e bracteac 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. CUPIIEA. 
Calyx tubular. 12-ribbed at. the base, gibbous 
on the upper side 5 teeth (5, erect, with a corres- 
ponding number of little 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-cellcd, early opening at one side : seeds 
suborbiculatc, compressed, wingless. 
Herb aceous or shrubby plants. Peduncles interpetio- 
lar. Calyces coloured. Petals violet or white. — Name 
from Kv<po< curved, in allusion to the shape of the calyx. 
