252 J- N. Rose. 



5 mm long; spikes narrow, very densely flowered; bracts linear to fili- 

 form, hairy; calyx hairy, the teeth longer than the tube; petals small, 

 white. 



Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 24472, collected by Dr. E. Pal- 

 mer at Prayles, Chihuahua, 1885 (no. 252), and briefly described but 

 not named by Dr. S. Watson. 



30 Parosela eriophylla (S. Wats.) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 



Dalea eriophylla S. Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., XVII, 340; 1882. 



31. Parosela seemam (S. Wats.) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 



Dalea seemani S. Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., XXII, 470; 1887. 



32. Parosela argyrostachys (Hook. & Am.) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 

 Dalea argyrostachys Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy., 285; 1841. 



33. Parosela plumosa (S. Wats.) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 



Dalea plumosa S. Wats., Proc. Am. Acad., XXI, 448; 1886. 



34. Parosela leucostoma (Schlecht.) Rose, I.e., p. 106. 

 Dalea leucostoma Schlecht, Linnaea, XII, 294; 1838. 



35. Parosela purpusi (Brandegee) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 

 Dalea purpusi Brandegee, Erythea, IX, 2; 1899. 



36. Parosela berlandieri (A. Gray) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 

 Dalea berlandieri A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad., V, 177; 1861. 



37. Parosela microphylla (H. B. K.) Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 

 Dalea microphylla H. B. K., Nov. Gen. & Sp., VI, 482; 1823. 



38. Parosela brandegei Rose, 1. c, p. 106. 



Dalea ramosissima Benth., PI. Hartw., 1844, not D. ramosissima Mart. 

 & Gal., 1843. 



Named for Mr. Brandegee, who has called attention to the fact that 

 two species are passing under the name of D. ramosissima and who has 

 recently re-collected and distributed Benthams's species. 



39. Parosela lasiostachya (Benth.) Rose, 1. c, p. 107. 

 Dalea lasiostachya Benth., PI. Hartw., 11; 1839. 



LX. J. N. Rose, Gerania nova. 



(Ex: J. N. Rose, Contributions of Mexican and Central American plants, 

 no. 5, in Uontr. Unit. St. Nat. Herb., X, pt. 3 [1906], pp. 108—109. 



1. Geranium bellum Rose, 1. c, p. 108. 



Resembling G. schiedeanum, but the flowers always white, the sepals 

 much broader, the outer ones 4 or 5-nerved, and the leaf segments much 

 more obtuse. 



Very common in the high mountains of Central Mexico, frequently 

 collected by the writer and recently by Dr. C. G. Pringle. 



