142 Rhodora [AvGUsT 
cumbens L., hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.) The plants in the list above, 
unless otherwise marked, were distributed as H. juncea Smith. 
H. juncea, var. Wrightii was the name given by Baker to number 
239, collected by Charles Wright in Cuba, because it differed from 
true /7. juncea in having the capsule sparsely pilose and the outer 
leaves disintegrating into setaceous fibers. I have not seen number 
239. In the specimens that I have examined, the leaves of H. juncea 
may frequently disintegrate more or less into fibers at the base, but 
the Cuban plants always show this disintegration of their outer 
leaves. Superficially, although the leaves of the Cuban plants are 
very narrow, those of H. juncea are even narrower and appear filiform. 
Also the seeds are very different. H. juncea has black seeds with 
murications truncated and sharply sculptured, but the Cuban plant 
has drab seeds marked with low, flat or corrugated pebbling. I have 
seen no West Indian specimens with the characteristic seeds of H. 
juncea; therefore I am raising var. Wrightii to specific rank. 
11. H.rugosperma, n. sp.,cormo globoso vel subcylindrato 0.6-1.5 
cm. crasso, foliis exterioribus basi in fasciculo brunneo fibrarum 
dissolutis; foliis lineari-lanceolatis apice acutis pilosis 1.7-5 mm. 
latis usque 2.7 dm. longis; pedunculis subfiliformibus canaliculatis 
pilosis 0.4-1.2 dm. longis pauci-floris; ovario capsulaque dense pilosis; 
segmentis perianthii anguste ellipticis vel lanceolatis acutis 3-7 mm. 
longis; capsulis subcylindratis vel ellipsoideis 6-9 mm. longis; semini- 
bus 0.8-1 mm. diametro brunneis, testa vesicula persistenti jugis 
confluentibus tenuibus et paullo rugosis irregulariter instructa. 
Corm globose to subcylindrie, 0.6-1.5 cm. thick; the outer leaves 
breaking up at the base into tufts of brown fibers: leaves linear- 
lanceolate, with an acute apex, pilose, 1.7-5 mm. broad, up to 2.7 dm. 
long; peduncles coarsely filiform, canaliculate, pilose, 0.4-1.2 dm. 
long; ovary and capsule densely pilose; perianth-segments narrowly 
elliptic or lanceolate, acute, 3-7 mm. long; capsule subcylindric or 
ellipsoidal, 6-9 mm. long; seeds 0.8-1 mm. in diameter, brown; 
the outer coat loose, persistent, irregularly covered with confluent, 
thin, slightly jagged crests.—In mountainous regions of Mexico and 
Central America. The following are referred here. JaLisco: cliffs 
near Guadalajara, C. G. Pringle, no. 2908, with seeds (hb. Gray, 
TYPE). GUATEMALA: Santa Rosa, altitude 915 m. (3000 feet), 
Heyde & Lux, no. 2934, with seeds (two sheets in hb. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., hb. Gray). 
This material was distributed as H. decumbens L. but is easily 
distinguished from that species by its fibrous base and more pilose 
leaves as well as by its seeds. 
