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ture pod with dense grayish pubescence, more or less purplish like the calyx, pedi- 

 cels, aud bracts. 



Collected by Mr. (J. G. Priugle on lava, beds near Cuernavaca, September 15, 1896 

 (No. 6553). 



Explanation of Plate.— A branch showing loaves, pods, and (lowers; scale |. 

 Cuphea (Diploptychia) empetrifolia Rose, sp. nov. 



Stems woody; branches somewhat pubescent; leaves small, 10 to 12 mm. long, 

 linear aud narrowly oblong, glabrous and shining above; calyx purplish, 16 mm. 

 long, strongly gibbous at base, slightly enlarged upwards, hispid without, a large 

 yellow gland ( *) near the insertion of each dorsal petal and prominent ridges within, 

 almost surrounding the ovary and style; ridges glabrous; dorsal petals 2, purple, 

 oblong. 8 mm. long, rounded at apex, slightly stalked; ventral petals 4, minute, 2 

 mm. long, oblong; stamens 11, exserted, glabrous throughout; ovary glabrous, about 

 20-ovuled; gland dorsal, channeled on the back, rellexed. 



Collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson on the top of the Sierra Madre near Chilpancingo, 

 altitude 2,650 to 3,000 meters, December 24, 1894 (No. 2199). 



This species is near C. hookeriana, but has very different foliage, flowers, etc. 

 Cuphea (Diploptychia) nelsoni Rose. sp. uov. Plate XV. 



A shrub 9 to 15 dm. high with many long, slender, purplish branches, strongly 

 hirsute ; leaves opposite, lanceolate to broadly ovate, slightly tapering at base, acute 

 or shortly acuminate, scabrous above, hispid on both edges, paler and strongly veiued 

 beneath, 2.5 to 5 cm. long including the slender petiole (4 to 10 mm. long), 12 to 28 

 mm. wide; ilowers solitary; calyx 20 to 28 mm. long, slightly gibbous at base, 

 thickly covered with stiff purplish hairs, giabrous within, and with two narrow 

 ridges extending to the base; petals 2, dorsal, large, 8 to 10 mm. long, deep scarlet; 

 stamens 11, exserted, glabrous; gland dorsal, horizontal; ovules 10. 



Collected by Mr. E. \V. Nelson between Jacallenaugo and San Martin, altitude 

 1,705 to 2,303 meters, December 24, 1895 (No. 3600). 



This species has very handsome liowers, its petals being among the largest of the 

 genus. 



Explanation ok Plate.— Fig. 1, a flowering branch; tig. 2, calyx cut open showing the two internal 

 ridges; tig. 3, a different view of the calyx showing dorsal gland, etc.; tig. 4, petal; rig, 1, scale 3; 

 tigs. 2, ;S, and 4 somewhat larger. 



Galactia acapulcensis Rose, sp. nov. 



Climbing over small shrubs, somewhat pubescent; leaflets 3, oblong, 3.7 to 5 cm. 

 long, 18 to 30 mm. wide, obtuse, apiculate, rounded at base, thinnish, glabrous and 

 shining above, with short and appressed pubescence beneath ; inflorescence an inter- 

 rupted slender raceme, 8 to 10 cm. long, clothed with a whitish pubescence; ilowers 

 in clusters of 3 or 4; pedicels 2 mm. long, bracts 2, ovate, small; calyx 4-lobed; 

 sepals oblong; petals normal, "rose-colored;" legume oblong, rounded or somewhat 

 cuneate at base, 3.7 to 5 cm. long, f> mm. broad, clothed with stiff scattering hairs. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapnlco, Mexico, November, 1894 (No. 

 135). 



Near t?. glabella, but with thinner loaves, somewhat different pods, etc. 

 Galphimia glandulosa Hose, sp. nov. 



Shrub; leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute or obtuse, apiculate, cuneate at base, 3.7 

 to 6.2 cm. long, including the slender biglandular petiole, with entire somewhat 

 revolnte margins; racemes terminal, slender, 10 to 14 cm. long: calyx 3-glaudular; 

 sepals oblong, obtuse; petals yellow; anthers yellow, oblong, longer than the fila- 

 ments; ovary pubescent; styles 3, filiform; fruit puberulent. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in river bottoms near Acapnlco, February, 1895 

 (No. 474). 



This species differs from all the others of the genus in having a glandular calyx. 

 These glands alternate with the sepals. 



