76 CARYOPHYLLE. 
18. Drymaria, sp. 
South Mexico, without locality (Coulter, 707). Hb. Kew. 
19. Drymaria, sp. (? D. glandulosa, Bartl.). 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 55). 
Hb. Kew. 7 
20. Drymaria, sp. ? (Holosteum mucronatum, Ser. in DC. Prodr. i. p. 393); DC., 
Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 53. 
Mexico (Mocino & Sessé). 
21. Drymaria, sp. 
SovtH Mexico, without locality (Jurgensen, 38). Hb. Kew. 
22. Drymaria, sp. 
Sourn Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca, 7000 feet (Galeotti, 4408). Hb. Kew. 
23. Drymaria, sp. (“An var. pilosa D. cordate’) 
San SatvaDor (Bernoulli, 18). Hb. Kew. 
12. CERDIA. 
Cerdia, Mog. et Sessé in DC. Prodr. iii. p. 8377 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 153. 
This genus was based upon Mocino and Sessé’s drawings; and, recently, Parry and 
Palmer have collected two species, both of which appear to be new. It is confined to 
Mexico. | 
1. Cerdia congestiflora, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars altera, p. 23. (Tab. IV. 
figg. 1-9.) 
Cespitosa, ramis adscendentibus, foliis stipulatis subteretibus apiculatis patentibus, pedunculis bre- 
vibus sxpissime 4~8-floris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis, sepalis ineequalibus subcarnosis 
ecarinatis margine fimbriatis, stamine 1, capsula 6-12-sperma, seminibus reniformibus minute 
reticulatis. 
Herba annua, ramosa, glabra, circiter 3-pollicaris, ramis adscendentibus. Yolia patentia, stipulata, 
subteretia, gracilia, usque 6 lin. longa, apiculata, stipulis minutis scariosis linearibus acutis. 
Flores cymosi, vel superiores interdum solitarii, brevissime pedicellati; cymz sepissime 4-8- 
flor, bracteatz, pedunculis brevissimis, bracteis scariosis acutissimis quam flores brevioribus ; 
sepala inzequalia, subcarnosa, ecarinata, ovata acuta, 1-1} lin. longa, margine scarioso-fimbriata ; 
stamen 1, filamento filiformi; ovarium globosum, stylo breviter bifido. Capsula 6—12-sperma, 
seminibus reniformibus minute reticulatis. 
Nort Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 
631). Hb. Kew. | | 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. IV. Free. 1-9. 
Fig. 1, a plant, natural size; 2, a branch; 3, an unexpanded flower; 4, an expanded flower; 5, a 
sepal; 6, an immature capsule; 7, the same, with part of the wall removed, showing the seeds ; 
8, a young seed; 9, a mature seed: figures 2-9 all more or less magnified. 
