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culls terminalibiis, raceniia simplex v. interrtuni ramoeis iiiultitloris, bracteis 

 lunceolatis acuniiiiatis, pedlcellia gracilibus, 8ei)ali8 Hneuri-laiiceolatis acu- 

 iiiiiiatis, petalis lancoolatis aciitis, labello Buborbiculari-oUiiitico obtuso irregu- 

 liiriter crenulato, t-arinis 3 approximatia panillelibus crciuilato-papillosis, 

 nervis lateralibus l>asi elevatis creimlato-paitillosia, coluuma brevi clinandrio 

 late alato, 



Ilab. Coliiiia; January -February^ 18!H, n. 1201! 



Psoudobulbi 1-3 poll. bmgi. Folia li-2^ poll, longii. Feflunculi i^-l ped. 

 longi. IJracteie li-3 lin. longic. Pedi<'elli 5-8 liii. longi. Sepala 7 liu. louga, 

 1^ lin. lata, Pc-tala 7 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata. Labellum 7 lin. longurn, 5^ lin. 

 latnni. Colunma 1 lin. longa. 



Avery distiiirt Eindendrnm, belonging to the seetion Barkerxa, readily dis- 

 tinguished from every other by its narrow leaves, small bracts, aud smaller 

 flowers, which are densely arranged on the raceme, and ai)pear to be light-rosy 

 purple in color. A dried specimen collected by Dr. EdM'iird Falmer, at Colima, 

 in Mexico, was sent for determination by Mr. .1. N. Rose, assistant botanist, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, U. S. A., in November. 1892. 



The abo^o description and note are taken from Kow Bulletin of Miscellane- 

 ous Information, for January, 1893, p. (>. 



BROMELIACEiE. 



Hechtia sp. Along the ocean just above high tide and extending back to the base 



of the mountains. Manzanillo, Marcli 2 to 18, 1891. Xo. 13r>2. 



Probably near H. rosea. Anotlier jilant which may belong to this genus was 



obtained from Iho market at Colima, but it is in too jtoor condition to dctermino 



accurately. No. 1410. 

 Tillandsia recurvataL. S]*. PL ed. 2. i. 410 (17G2), fide J. G. Baker. Agiabampo, 



October 3 to 15, 1890. No. 80G. 

 Tillandsia polystachya L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. i. 410 (1762), fide J. G. Baker. Agia- 



bamjio, October 3 to 15, 1800. Xo. 805. 



AMARYLLIDACEiE. 



Hymenocallis sp. Scape strongly comitressed, 12 to 15 inches high: leaves 

 (api»earing with the flowers), about 6, 10 to 20 inches long by 10 to 14 lines 

 broad, gliUK'oiis: scape 3- to 0-flowercd; spiitlie 24<>avcd; bracts ovate, mem- 

 branaceous, 2 inches long: jterianth tube 4 to 5 inches long, green; lobes 2.V to 

 34^ inches long, lim^ar, white: ataminal cup funnel form, 10 lines long, 10 lines 

 broad at the throat; free tips of filament green, 15 lines long; stylo slender, 

 green, a little longer than tlie stamens ; cells witli 2 ovules. Probably collected 

 near Agiabampo, October 8 to 15, 1890. No number. 



Only bulbs were collected by Dr. Palmer. I had tbese planted and two speci- 

 mens flowered during the summer of 1891; none flowered during 1892, and only 

 a single specimen flowered during 1893. It is a very delicate little plant and 

 well wortliy^ of cultivation. 



This 8i)ecie8 is near //. harriaiana, but the leaves are glaucous, aud not nearly 

 so wide, of different sliape,aiHl with different tii). 



Agave (Littaea) angustissima Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. iii. 306 (1875). 

 Acauleseent : leaves 15 to 20 in a dense rosette, straight, linear, 12 to 20 inclies 

 long, 4 to 5 lines broad above the inflated base, flat on both sides; the edge split- 

 ting off in fine threads; the end spine slightly pungent: peduncle 12 feet long 

 iucludiiig the dense spikes : flowers in pairs : corolla yellow ; tube slender, cylin- 

 drical, 8 to 9 lines long; lobes linear, 6 lines long: stamens purple; filaments 

 more than twice as long as lol)es; anthers becoming curved and forming aluiost 

 a complete circle: fruiting pediimle very short or none in tlie axil of a long, 

 setaceous bract (1 to 2 inches loug) : pedicels 1 to 2 lines long : capsule glabrous, 



