. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUPHEA CUPRESSUS 413 BE. Sise of petals larger, c. Calyx 6-toofhed. Llivea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid: branches ascending: Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, ovate-lanceolate, strigose: racemes short, few-fid.: ca- lyx green on the ventral side, p
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUPHEA CUPRESSUS 413 BE. Sise of petals larger, c. Calyx 6-toofhed. Llivea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid: branches ascending: Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, ovate-lanceolate, strigose: racemes short, few-fid.: ca- lyx green on the ventral side, purple on the back and at the oblicfue-G-toothed mouth; petals 2 lare;e, scarlet, obovate, the other 4 abortive; stamens 11. Guatemala. 1G:1386. III. 31 isdoubtful whether the plant described by Lindley is the same as the Mex- ican plant originally described by Lesarsa, which was said to have petaLs of "dilute ; Lind- ley's plant had a green calyx, but the plant in the trade is colored. Used for baskets and bedding. Often misspelled Llavce. cc. Calijx 12-tooilied. miniita, Brongn. Stem shrubby, erect: branches few, hispid: Ivs. opposite, the up- per ones not quite opposite, with a very short petiole, ovate, acute, entire, with white, silky hairs which are denser beneath: fls. solitary, subsessile, axillary, the pedun- cle adnate to the branch in such a way as to appear between and below the petuoles: raceme few-fld., one sided. 2:73. 14:101. 1845:225. R. B. 22 compacta, Hort. 2:43. Gt. 46, p. 637. This is referred to 0. Llavea, Lex., by Index Kewensis. The above description is from the original one in 2:73. Van Houtte describes several hybrid varieties in 5, p. 487, which differ chiefly in size, color, and markingof petals. Calj^x 1 in. long, his- pid, green at the base, purple above, 12-toothed at the tip: petals 2, scarlet, wavy. The specific name miniata means cinnabar-red, and refers to the petals. AA
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