lytiirariea:. 
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natc at both ends, flowers solitary axillary sub; 
sessile alternate, petals G oblong, stamens 8-10 
unequal. 
Melanium herbaceum, Browne , 217, — Lythrum Mela- 
nium, Swartz, Obs. 193. — Cuphea Melanium, R. Brown 
and Slcud, 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. Pausonsia. Calyx 0-1 0-toothed. Petals (5, 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. 
BAB. Dolly-Mohun’s Gap, St. Andrew’s. 
F. L. May, June. 
Stem herbaceous, about six inches in length, prostrate, 
rooting towards the base, 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. 
