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ROSE—-MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS. 297 
Pseudolopezia Rose, gen. nov. 
Sepals 4, nearly or quite distinct, valvate in the bud, equal, linear; petals 4, nar- 
row, sessile, the two outer ones narrow, curved outward; the two inner erect, none 
glandular; stamens 2, elongated, one fertile, the other petaloid; style slender, elon- 
gated; fruit globose. 
Habit not known, possibly a shrub; lower leaves opposite, broad, serrate; upper 
leaves, especially those of the inflorescence, alternate. 
Type species Lopezia insignis Hemsl. 
Pseudolopezia insignis (Hemsl.) Rose. 
Lopezia insignis Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 1: 16. 1878. 
Pseudolopezia longiflora (Decaisne) Rose. 
Lopezia longiflora Decaisne, Rey. Hortic. 1V. 3: 221. pl. 72, 1854. 
JEHLIA. 
This genus has heretofore not been technically published. It has 
been mentioned several times in print, as by Planchon® in 1851-52, 
and by W. J. Hooker in the Botanical Magazine in 1853. The name 
. has sometimes been spelled Zehlia. Its species have heretofore rested 
in Lopezia, from which it differs strikingly in its habit and flowers. 
Fig. 39.—Flower and flower parts of Jehlia macrophylla. a, Flower; 6, petal; ¢, petal; d, sepal; e, 
. stamen; f, anther: g, stvle. Scale 2. 
Jehlia, gen. noy Figure 39. 
Sepals 4, linear-lanceolate, broadest at base, erect-spreading, distinct; petals 4, two 
somewhat larger than the other two; stamens 2, the lower petaloid, the upper per- 
fect; capsule globular. Half shrubby plants with large opposite leaves and large 
fuchsia-like flowers. 
Type species Lopezia macrophylla Benth. 
The following species seem to be congeneric: 
Jehlia macrophylla (Benth.) Rose. 
Lopezia macrophylla Benth. Pl. Hartw. 83. 1841. 
Jehlia grandiflora (Zucc.) Rose. 
Lopezia grandiflora Zuce. Flora 15: Beibl. 101. 1882. 
a Fl. de Serres 7: 177. 
