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Pringle's No. 6278, may I call your attention to Bourgean's No. 2120 and also Gliies- 

 breght's No. 864. These are two unnamed species m the Gray Herbarium, anil it not 

 the same as Pringle's No. 6278, certainly stand very near. 



Explanation of Plate.— Fig. J, flowering branch; fig. 2. petal: fig. 3, He.ti..n of ovary, showing 

 also styles and stamens ; fig. 4, immature fruit ; scale of all |. 

 Abutilon nelaoni Pose, sp. nov. Plate XIi. 



Shrub 6 to IS feet high; young branches, petioles, young leaves, etc., densely cov- 

 ered with a coarse reddish scurfy stellate pubescence; leaves very large; stipules 

 ovate, 10 to 12 mm. long, deciduous; petiole 2.5 to 10 cm. long, blade broadly ovate 

 to orbicular, 25 cm. or less long, 22.5 cm. or less broad, deeply cordate at base, 

 entire, acuminate, strongly veined beneath, finely and densely stellate-pubescent 

 on both sides; llowers 1 or 2 in the axils of the upper leaves, very large, 10 to 12.5 

 dm. in diameter; peduncle 15 cm. or less long; calyx 37 mm. loug, 5-lobed; sepals 

 oblong, rounded and apicnlate at apex, nearly one inch long, with short dense 

 pubescence within, and with long, lanate stellate hairs without; petals a dark or 

 orange yellow, 5 to 6.2 cm. broad, nearly orbicular, slightly oblique, becoming re- 

 flexed; stamen tube slender, conical; styles about 24, slightly longer than the 

 stamens; carpels not seen. This species which is one of the largest, if not the largest, 

 of the genus was collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson in Guatemala. December 18, 1895 (No. 

 3562). It belongs near J. macranthum St. Hil. mot Peyr.) possessing the same 

 remarkable calyx, but with entire leaves, larger stipules, and differently colored 

 petals, as well as other important differences. 



Mr. Creenman of the Cray Herbarium writes me that they have nothing like it 

 there. 



Explanation of Plate.— Flowering branch with leaves, scale $. 



Asimina foetida Pose, sp. nov. 



A small shrub, 15 to 24 dm. high; young wood pubescent, old wood glabrate; 

 leaves oblong, 10 to 20 cm. long, 3.7 to 7.5 cm. wide, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 

 rounded at base, pubescent above or becoming glabrate in age. densely and softly 

 pubescent beneath ; petioles short. 2 to 6 mm. long, llowers solitary ; peduncle about 

 18 mm. long, with an oblong, obtuse bract 6 to 14 mm. long; sepals 3, 12 mm. long, 

 obtuse, densely pubescent; petals 6 to 9, very large 7.5 to 12.5 cm. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, pubescent, brown in color; carpels (immature) 18 or more, stipitate, oblong, 

 obtuse, 5 cm. long; seeds in two rows, flattened, 18 mm. long. The flowers have a 

 very offensive odor, much resembling that of carrion. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapulco, December. 1894 (No. 189), with 

 fruit, and February, 1895 (No. 394), in flower. Here I am inclined to refer Marcus 

 E. .Jones's No. 2024 from near the city of Colima, collected July 2, 1892, although 

 the flowers and bracts are larger and the leaves more pubescent. 



This species is remarkable for its extremely large flowers, some of which measure 

 12.5 cm. in diameter. 



Brongniartia suberea Pose, sp. nov. Plate XIII. 



An upright shrub, 24 to 36 dm. high ; the smaller branches often with 6 to 7 thin 

 high ridges of cork ; younger parts of stem, petiole, and peduncle pubescent ; leaves 

 alternate; stipules caducous, not seen but probably not large; leaflets 5, ovate to 

 ovate-oblong, 2.5 to 5 cm. long, 12 to 30 mm. broad, rounded at base, rounded or 

 acute at apex, apiculate, green and glabrous above, paler and somewhat pubescent 

 beneath; flowers axillary, solitary and large; peduncle slender, 6 to 16 mm. long, 

 pubescent; calyx nearly glabrous, somewhat 2-lipped: the lower lip deeply 3-cleft; 

 the upper broader and simply notched or retuse ; margins of sepals pubescent ; corolla 

 rather large, brownish or ''cherry color with seal brown lines:'" banner very large, 

 broadly oblong, 14 mm. long, retuse; pods glabrous, oblong or somewhat broader 

 above, tapering at base into a short stipe, obtuse or acutish, 37 mm. long, 10 to 

 18 mm. broad, 3 to 0-seeded; seeds oblong, 8 mm. long, light brown. 

 Collected near Acapulco, Mexico, by Dr. E. Palmer, December, 1894 (No. 178). 



