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CALYCIFLORiE. 
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 G pubescent! — 
viscid, petals G unequal, stamens 12. 
Jacq. Hort. II. 83. t. 177. — A. Gray's Manual 134. 
II A B. In shady damp places, vicinity of Bath. 
F L. Throughout the year. 
About 6-12 inches in height; branches purpurascenh 
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 Cuplica. 
Stem herbaceous prostrato-ramose subscab- 
rous, leaves opposite shortly petiolate oval acute 
at both ends, as also the calyces, glabrous, flowers 
axillary solitary sub sessile, petals 5 oblong sub- 
equal, stamens G, with two somewhat longer. 
Parsonsia, herbacen, Browne , 190. t. 21. f. 2. — Ly- 
thrum Parsonsia, Swartz, Obs. 193. — Cuphea Parsonsia, 
Jl. Brown , and Steud. now., phan. 245. 
II A B. 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-G seeded. 
3. Cuphea Melanium. Alternate jlower in g 
Cuphea. 
Stem herbaceous prostrate pubescent at the 
apex, leaves opposite subscssile elliptic acumi- 
