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1^. Koehne. 



intense purpurea. Stamina \ \ ad tubi circ. 2/3 inserta villosa, episepala 

 demum lobos paullo superantia, 2 dorsalia barbata, epipetala tubo sub- 



brevior.'u 2 dorsalia minima. Stylus ovarium glabrum circ. aequans glaber; 

 discus horizontalis ; ovula 6,7. Semina plana 2 mm lata apice leviter 

 emarginata pallida. 



Mexico: Durungo et vicin. leg. E. Palmer n. 520! 



Obs. C. laminuligerae satis similis sed ab eadem ut a ceteris Qlossostomi spe- 

 ctebus praecipue petalis 2 dorsalibus haud looge unguiculatis distincta. 



C. squamnligera Koehne Mon. n. 188 (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. II. p. 399). 



b. brachypoda Koehne forma nova: pedicelli vix 3 mm longi. 

 Mexico: Morelos, in coUium declivibus 6500 ped. alt. mense Jan. leg; 

 Pringle n. 6339! 



Obs. Species forsan C. lohophorae tantum varietas pcdicellis vero 8 — 10 mm 

 longis munita, hac forma nova etiam magis C. lohophorae approximala, nunc vix aliis 

 notis nisi foliis basi acutis v. obtusissimis nec rotundatis v. subcordatis distinguenda. 



Cnpheae subsect. nova: Paramelvilla Koehne (inserenda inter subs. 

 Polyspermum Koehne et EumdviUam Koehne Mon. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb.- 

 11. 401). 



Galycis appendices validae setis basi bulbosis insigniter ciliatae lobis 

 eciliatis ut in C. micropetala H.B.K., sed calyx manifeste calcaratus, ovula 

 14 — 15, petala 2 orbicularia (4 mm Ig.). 



C. Schumannii Koehne n. sp. (inserenda post Mon. n. 191 1. c). 

 Icon. Koehne Atl. ined. t. 42 f. 407. 



Fruticosa; rami sat crassi setis glanduliferis in duas series an- 

 gustissimas confertis instructi ceterum glaberrimi. Folia opposita 

 internodiis circ. 2 — 3-plo longiora, petiolis 1 5 mm longis sursum ad 2 v. 

 1 mm descrescentibus supra pubescentibus subtus glabris insidentia, e baa 

 subrotundata subitoque contracta v. acuta ovata, superiora oblon'ga 

 (77 — 95 mm : 42 — 46 mm), acuta v. latiuscule mucronulata, supra sca- 

 berrima setulisque conspersa, subtus in nervis tantum lateralibus scabrius- 

 cula ceterum glabra laeviaque, membranacea, sublus pallidiora, nervis 

 utrinsecus circ. 12^ folia floralia minora decrescentia (60 — 15 mm Ig-l 

 Racemi complures axillares oppositi atque unicus termiriahs 

 brevissimi donsissimi bracteis viridibus circ. 8 — 3 mm longis late ovatis 

 instructi; pedicelli (vix 3 mm Ig. v. breviores) prophylla 2 minuta setulis 

 binis basi aucta oblonga acuta pallida gerentes minutim pubescentes. CaljT* 

 (23 — 25 mm) calcare orbiculari subincurvo instructus, crassus 

 dorso convexus infra faueem subangustatus , coccineus fauce viridis 

 nervis saturatius coloratis, intus supra stamina glaberrimus, infra mediui" 

 pilis brevissimis retrorsum vorsis conspersus sed in staminum 2 brevium 

 nervis inferne pilis brevibus retrorsum hirtus; lobi subaequales 

 eciliati; appendices lobis paullo longiores latae validae retusae, apice setis 

 baa bulb<»is insigniter ciliatae. Petala 2 (circ. i mni) vix unguiculat* 



