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Kosteletzkya sagittata rresl. Kfliq. ll;pnk. ii. VM, t. 70 (1836). Probably this spe- 

 cien or 01K5 cbtscly rcbited to it. About 3 feet high: leaves souietiiiit;s tniiicate 

 at base: flowers Hiiiall. "wliitc, shaded with pink,'' dryiiij;- a yellowish i;rceii: 

 staiiiiiieal tube siiort: seeds Avith short ( ris[)('d hairs. Only one plant seen, 

 near a. lagoon. ■ Maiizanillo, December 1 to :U, 1890. IS'o, 'J;M. 



Hibiscus coulteri Harvey in Gray, ]'l. Wrijfht. i. 28(1852). "Mowers canary color 

 with piuplo base." Collected aloiii; a creek botton at .Vj^iahanipo, October I! to 

 IT), 18110. No. 770. 



Hibiscus sabdariffa ( I^- Sp. I'i. ii. (i05 (1753). About 1 iect liijjh, nearly f;la- 

 brous: leaves simple or dee])ly 3-cleft, dentate, 3 to 5 inches lou}:;: Ihiwers 

 axillary, solitary on short (3 tol lines lonjj,) pednneles: involucre f^atiioi)hyllou8, 

 l(l-clel't: calyx 12 to 18 Jiiies lonj;-. d<ie])]y 5- to 6-clei't into ovate, acuminate 

 divisions, chirk i)nrple: corolla, spreading;- to Ii inelus, yellow with a black or 

 purplish eye: style 5-clelt; stigma capitate: capsule {^lobular, (> to lines long, 

 5-<'eli('d: cells 1- to 7-secdcd. Cultivated at Manzauillo, but said to be native. 

 Doeember 1 to 31, 1800. No. 10(15. 



Dr. I'aliner says: "The sterns, involucre, and cajisulcs are copper-red. The 

 Mexicans jfather the fleshy capsules and use them alter dryinjj to make a cool, 

 refreshing drink. This is an iinp(irt;int article of connnerce and is sohl all over 

 Mexico." 



I have {^rown this ))lant in my <;i'ouihIs, but was not successful in getting it to 

 flower. The young plants are a bright purple and the leaves are all simple. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus I.. Sp. I'l. ii. 001(1753). \'ery connnon along the banks of a 

 ravini" at Man/;inillo, Dceeml)er 1 to 31, 1800. Ts'o, 105-1. 



Hibiscus (Bombycella) sp. fcihrubby 4 feet high: leaves mostly 3-lobed, serrate; 

 central lobe acute or acuminate peduncles 2 to 3 inches iong, longer than the 

 leaves: in volucral bi-acts 11, cleft to the base, linear, 3-ncrved, longer than tlio 

 capsule: calyx cicit below tlu', middle, shorter than the capsule : ciipsnle globose, 

 5-celled, 1 lines long, ]mbescent with appressed hairs at tlu' top: seed with hmg 

 cottt)ny, dirty-white hairs. Not found in flower. Under lirusli along a creek, 

 Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, 1800. No. 770 



Near //. phtrniceus var. ol J'almer's 1885 collection, but differing in haviuglobed 

 * leavers, loiigtu- peduncles, shorter and more globose capsule, etc. 



Cieiifuegosia palnieri Knsc, s[>. nov. An upright shrub, to 8 feet high: leaves 

 heart-shaped, acuminate, 2 to 1 inches long, on petioles 1 inch or less long: 

 flowers axillary on short peduncles: bractlets 3, minute, 3 lines long with a 

 small pit at the base without: calyx cu]i-8hai)ed, I lines long, with 5 small acute 

 or acuuiinati! t<M'th, black-dotted: corolla large, white with dark ]mrple (enter, 

 or becoming purplish throughout in age: petals 2 inches long: staminal cohimn 

 elongated, bearing anthers thronghout its entire length except near the base: 

 stylo clavate, slightly 'Mobed : capsule oblong, 1 inch long, apiculate, black-dot- 

 ted, glabrous. 3-celled; seeds several in each cell, lanatc, ovoid.— In shady 

 woods about Colima, IVbruary 27, 1801. No. 1310. 



This ])l.int has much the habit of IlUnscn^. but its relationships are evidently 

 with the above genus 



Ceiba (Euone) grandiflora I'ose, sp. nov. A snuill tree, 15 to 20 feet high, 8 to 12- 

 inches in diameter: branches covered with short straight prickles, mo.stly infra- 

 stipular: petioles 2 to 4 inches long; leathds glabrous, 3 to 5, oblong, cuneateat 

 base (sometimes tapering into a ])eti(duh!), obtuse or acute, entire or slightly 

 serrulate, 2 to 3.J inches long: calyx narrowly cam|)auulat<\ S to 10 lines long, 

 with 3 small equal obtuse teeth, glabi'ons without, sili<y within: ])etals white, 

 silky, especially without, strap-shaped, t to 5 incdies long: stamens 5; filamenta 

 long (3i inches), each with 2 anthers, united at base into a tube 9 lines in 

 length with 5 snniU teeth at its apex: style glabrous: capsule oblong, 4A inches 



