200 



surface covered with round or oblong pellucid dots, petioles very short; hractsof 

 buds ovate to orbicular, pubescent; pedicels short; calyx white, pubescent; tube 8 

 mm. long; sepals A or 5, 5 or 6 mm. long, oblong, rounded at apex, spreading; petals 

 (as in the genus) none; stamens united into a tube 2 mm. long ; anthers 10 to 12, 

 sessile, ovate, alternating with small hairy-tipped staminodes; ovary pubescent; 

 style li mm. long, extending beyond the stamens; carpels 3. 



Collected by Dr. E. Palmer at Acapnlco, November, 1894 (No. 81). The type. 

 Here, perhaps, also belongs -Sinclair's plant from the same locality referred to Samyda 

 by ilemsley without specific name. Specimens collected by Dr. Palmer at Manzan- 

 illo in 1890 (No. 1812), and others by M. E. Jones at Colima in 1892 (No. 72), proba- 

 bly also belong to this species, although the pedicels are much longer. 



With the exception of two very uncertain .species the above is the only Mexican 

 representative of this genus. 



