348 



exsertod; anthers 2-ccllod, obtuse nt hnso: <'apsnle sli.ijhtly coiiipreasod, 5 lines 

 lonjj itu'liulin^ the short stipe, ('iner6ous-])iiborulent : seeds 4 (2 to each cell), 

 much llatteiied. Aruicria, P'ebruary 15, 1801. No. 1286. 

 Thin species has the Btaniens of linellia. 



A ])eculiar form jfrowiTiij with the above has short woolly i)ubescenoe and 

 brijrht ciiiiison llowers. No. 1287. 



Ruellia albicaulis liertero, in S])renjij. Syst. Yeff. ii.822 (1825). Flowers lilac. A 

 vei'y couiuion ]daut jfrowin*^ in tliick shady woods. Coliina. February 27 and 28, 

 18<)1. No. i;i21. 



Ill this spiH'ies the ovules are only 2 in ea<'h cell and only one in eaiih cell 

 matures. In tliia respect the B]>ecies has the character of Calophanes. This 

 peculiarity 1 dud holds in J. U. Smith's Guatemala plant as well as in that of C 

 ' Wriirht I'rom \icaraf^ua. 



Ruellia tuberosa L. S]). 1*1. ii. (i;-!;") (175;^). Along creek bottoms. Agiabampo, 

 October 3 to 15, 181)0. Ko. 757. 



Ruellia sp. Mowers lilac color. Amonif uiiderbrnsh alonj^ a river bank. Colima, 

 February 27, 18!U. No. 1313. 



Blecliuni browuei duas. Ann. Mus. Par. ix. 270 (1807). Ihis is a very common 

 plant abont the mouth of the river wiiich enters the lagoon near Man/.anillo, 

 It grows in the shade. March 2 to 18. No. 1357. 



Justicia mexicaiia Kosc, sj*. nov. An upright shrub, sometimes (5 i'cet high, glab- 

 rous or neai'lyso: leaves short-petioh'd, ovate, acunuualc, glabrous or with smne 

 ajiprcssed ]mbe8cence: ilowers few on short axillary branches: bracts 3, linear, 

 <1 lines long: bractlets fdiform: calyx deeply 5-clel't, its lobes 3 lines long: co- 

 rolla scarlet, lA inches hmg, pnberulcnt, deeply bilabiate; u])per lip orect, entire 

 or with a slight notch; lower lip spreading, 3-cleft: 8tainens2; anthers 2-ceile(l, 

 une(iiially exserted, the lower one slightly mncronate: capsule 2 lines long, on 

 astijic of'(M|ual length, glabrous, 2-cellcd, '1-soeded: Kec<is rcddisli, glabrous. — In 

 ricii bottoms, growing in shade. Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, 18;>0. No. 788. 



This specdes is nt^ar ./. palmcri, but with more acnminate leaves, narrower 

 bracts, «*tc. 



Justicia paniculata Rose, si>. nov. ( )ne or two feet high, much braiK'hed, glandular- 

 pubescent and som<'what viilosc, older parts with wliitish barJv and giabratt;: 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, or slightly acununato, or lower ones oblong to oval 

 and (d)tuse, cuimate at l)a.so into a slnn-t i)etiole, pubescent beneath, becoming 

 glabrate above: panicles sometimes axillary, 2 to 4 inches long: llowers ses- 

 sile: bracts and bractlets small, filiform, \k lines long: calyx deeply 4-parted 

 into filiform lobes 4 lines long, glandular-pubescent: corcdla somewhat 

 swcdleu, "white, tinted with nuiuve," 5 to 6 lines long, twodipped; lower lip 

 3-lobed, siireading; upper lij) erect, rostrate, and bideutate: stamens 2; anther 

 cells 2, obli((uo, hairy on the back, separated by a broad connective, broader 

 above ; lower c<dls ajipendicnlate or coalescing with the connective : stylo a little 

 hairy below and also the ovary: cai)snle 6 to 8 lini^s long, puberulent, 4-8ceded: 

 seeds 1.^ lines iu diann^ter with a short, thii'k pubescence. — Along a river 

 bottom in th(^ shade. Only three plants seejl. Colima, January 9 to February 6, 

 18111. No. 1143. 



Dianthera (?) sp. Loaves oblong, 3 to 4 inches long, on short poticdes, acute: 

 flowers iu long, slender, unilateral Bjdkes: corolla 2-lipped; upper lip entire, 

 lower lip 3 lohed: stamens, 2; tilaments broadened; anther cells 2, uneiiually 

 inserted: cai)suh>8 5^ lines long including the slender stipe, acuminate, ('clla 

 each 2-8eeded: seeds very flat, cordate, papillose. — On the mountain sides 

 about Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 892, 



'i'hese specimens inc. in i'ruit, but from some buds the flower characters were 

 made out. Tlds resembles Carlowritjhtia, but the stamens seem to place it iu 

 the above genus, 



