ROSE—-MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS. 299 
Collected by J. N. Rose on the road between Bolafios and Guadalajara, but in the 
State of Zacatecas, September 20, 1897 (no. 3034). 
Type U.S. National Herbarium no. 301991. 
Lopezia oaxacana Rose, sp. nov. FIGURE 42, 
Probably annual, 60 cm. or more high with rather coarse but scanty pubescence; 
leaves lanceolate, acuminate, the 
larger ones 10 to 15 cm. long, 
including the slender petiole, 
the upper ones much smaller, 
somewhat pubescent on both 
surfaces, the margin with shal- 
low serrations; pedicels becom- 
ing 20 mm. long or more in 
fruit, slender, bearing short 
glandular hairs; flower buds ob- 
long, abruptly pointed, bear- 
ing tufts of hairs, especially at 
the top and base of the sepals; 
petals probably pinkish, nearly Fig. 42.—(a) Flower and (0) sterile stamen of Lopezia ouw.ra- 
white in herbarium specimens, cana. Seale 2. 
the two lower 7 mm. long, spat- 
ulate, the two upper narrowly spatulate, each with two appendages below and bear- 
ing two glands at the top of the claw; sterile stamen purplish; capsule globular, 
glabrous. 
Collected by C. Conzatti and V. Gonzales, October 10, 1897, no. 509 (type), 
and by Charles L. Smith, October 2, 1894 (no. 844), both on San Felipe, Oaxaca. 
Type U.S. National Herbarium no. 574851. 
Lopezia palmeri Rose, sp. nov. Fraure 43. 
Annual, much branched, the branches Jong and weak, with short, scanty 
spreading pubescence; 
leaves alternate, small (1 
to 2 em. long) acute, 
somewhat pubescent; 
pedicels slender, 1 to 2 
em. long, glabrous; se- 
pals linear, glabrous, 
dark red; petals pur- 
| plish, the two lower 5 
mm. long, including the 
slender claw (somewhat 
longer than the lamina), 
the two upper spatulate, 
rounded at apex, each 
with two appendages be_ 
low and bearing two 
glands at the top of the claw; sterile stamen shorter than the petals and deeper 
purple. 
Collected by Dr. E. Palmer at San Ramon, Durango, April 21 to May 18, 1906 
(no. 85). 
Type U. 8. National Herbarium no. 571100. 
64368—voL 12, pr 7—O0Y 4 
Fic. 48.—Flower and flower parts of Lopezia palmeri. a, Flower; 
b. petal with gland; ¢, stamen. Seale 2. 
