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‘riuscula, opposita, patentia, ovato-lanceolata, albo-pilos 
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Ne 
‘CUPHEA procumbens, eT 
Procumbent Cuphea, a 
eee 
viscosissima, folia opposita axillis infe 
rioribus subunifloris. Juss. gen, 332, 
Cc. rocumbens, caule herbaceo, ramis procu 
_ lanceolatis subhispidis brevitér petiolatis, 
Cuphea procumbens. Persoon syn. 2. 8. 
__ Herba annua pubescenti-viscedus. Caulis procumbenti-assurgen: ilis 
anduliferis purpureis hirto-viscidus, pedalis et ult xile 
» inferni, alterni, simplices rotundaté 4-goni, ascei 
chide subtiis varicosd, sesqui-ad triuncialia, decrescentia a 
superna crebrioras petiolus brevis, hirsut Flores" 
Pees as Cremer a pp a ee ee REN RA aE Fo A a AE oR > Sete RS Pere Sr; eeteaoteaneaes=pereeee memreste 
A species of a genus belonging to the same natural order, 
in Jussieu’s arrangement, as the indian GrisLEA tomentosa 
of the 30th article of this work, and as the common Purple 
Loosestrife (Lyrarum Salicaria) found at the side of our 
own rivers. Native of Mexico, and. very lately intro- 
suced from the Berlin botanic garden, from whence it was 
VOL, II. c 2 . 
