ROSE——-MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS. 287 
Collected by E. W. Nelson at La Salada, Michoacan, March 15 to 22, 1903 (no. 6926). 
Type U. 8. National Herbarium no, 399295, 
Perhaps nearest EF. cordata, but with softer pubescence, less lobed leaves, and nearly 
glabrous petals. 
Eucnida pringlei Rose, sp. nov. 
A rather coarse climbing plant; pubescence on stemsand branches soft and spread- 
ing; leaves long-petioled, the upper ones often 7 cm, long, broadly ovate, 8 to 15 cm. 
long, rounded at apex, more or less cordate at base; pedicels 2 to 3 em. long; calyx 
15 to 17 mm. long; petals erect, 3.2 to 3.8 em. long; stamens numerous, 5 cm. long. 
Collected by C. G. Pringle on limestone cliffs in the Iguala Cafion, altitude 750 
meters, September 22, 1905 (no. 10077). 
Type U.S. National Herbarium no, 462126, 
LYTHRACEAE. 
SIX NEW SPECIES OF CUPHEA. 
It is with considerable reluctance that I continue to use the name 
Cuphea instead of Parsonsia, but Prof. E. Koehne, who has for so many 
years given attention to the genus, 
still thinks that Cuphea had better 
be retained, and for the present I 
have accepted his advice; but I still 
believe that Parsonsia should be 
used. Until Prof. Koehne or some 
one else can revise and transfer all 
the species these may as well wait 
in Cuphea. 
Fe arse af 
My psfomluankevat Teeth Ayes 
Cuphea goldmanii Rose, sp. nov. 
FIGURE 2s. 
Shrub | to 2 meters high; old branches 
brownish, with very short pubescence; 
young branches with soft white hairs and 
stiff purple ones, as also with sessile glands; 
leaves lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 
rounded at base, short-petioled, pale and 
pubescent beneath, dark and with coarse 
pubescence above, almost scabrous; flowers 
axillary; calyx 18 to 20 mm. long, pubes- 
cent, spurred at base, the teeth all large, 
the upper ones much larger; petals 6, all 
of the same color, dark red, distinctly 
clawed, the two upper a little larger; . 
Fig. 28.—Flower and petal of Cuphea goldimanii. 
stamens 11, the longer ones exserted; a, Natural state; b, petal; c, without petals, 
gland large, reflexed; style slender, glab- opened. Scale 2. 
rous; seeds 35 to 40. 
Collected by E. A. Goldman at Comitan, Chiapas, April 3, 1904 (no. 824), 
Type U. 8. National Herbarium no, 470627. 
Perhaps nearest Cupher lavea, but very different. 
