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CUP HE A viscosissima.
Viscous Cuphea.
longitudinaliter dehiscens, 1-locularis ; conceptaculo triquetro.
Semina lentiformia.
C. viscosissiMa, floribus axillaribus solitariis fcffiis ovato-
lanceolatis supra scabris. caule erecto hispido, stylo piloso.
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L q . hort. vindob. 2. p . 83. Í. 177. Pers. syn. 2. p . 8.
Barton Flor. north amer. v. 1. t. io .
A n « m l, from a foot to 18 inches in
branched of a purplish colour; branches rather flex
uo?e thickly clothed with short stiff purplish hairs,
covered with a viscous substance, as are
neduncles, and calyx. Leaves ovate, or ovately Ian
oeolate, oblique at the base, entire, bluntish, hairy on
both sides. Petioles slender, shorter than 1 ^ ® ’
flattened on the upper side, and
Flowers small, axillary, solitary.
short scarcely any. Calyx tubular, ventricose,
* e d ’ 3 t t i n i n L d w Î h . 6 v e r v short bl™, tee h ;
angles of a darker colour, hispid, the channels between
them smooth and naked. Petals 6
2 upper ones largest, unguiculate inserted m the ca^yx,
of a light purple, or lilac. Stamens 12, unequally
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