SCROPHULARINE. 447 
5. Russelia verticillata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 860; DC. Prodr. x. 
p. 3382. 
Russelia ephedroides, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 69. . 
SoutH Mexico, near Puente de la Madre de Dios, at about 5250 feet (Humboldt & 
Bonpland), Orizaba (Miller, 153), Hacienda de Santa Ana (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
| Collinsia corymbosa, Herder in Regel’s Gartenfl. xvii. p. 33, t. 468, is probably not 
Mexican, though it is not unlikely that some of the species of this essentially Californian 
genus may enter North-western Mexico. | 
12. TETRANEMA. 
Tetranema, Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1848, t. 52; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 942. 
An herbaceous monotype. 
1. Tetranema mexicana, Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 52; Bot. Mag. t. 4070; 
DC. Prodr. x. p. 331. 
Episcia rosea, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 8); Walp. Rep. ii. p. 717. 
Sourn Mexico, Mirador (Linden, 443) near Vera Cruz, 2000 feet (Galeotti, 1905), 
Chiquihuite, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2127). Hb. Kew. 
13. UROSKINNERA. 
Uroskinnera, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 36; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 942. 
Two herbaceous species. 
1. Uroskinnera hirtiflora, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars alt. p.34. (Tab. LXIV.) 
Foliis oblongo-ellipticis arctissime serrulatis, floribus longe racemosis distincte pedicellatis, calyce 
5-dentato, corolla extus omnino et intus circa staminum insertionem hirsuta, filamentis plus 
minusve hirsutis. 
Herba perennis, ferruginea, molliter villosa, caulibus crassiusculis, usque ad pedalibus et forsan 
interdum ultra. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblongo-elliptica, 4-6-pollicaria, obtusiuscula, basi 
leviter cordata, arctissime serrulata; petiolus crassus teres circiter pollicaris. Flores dense 
racemosi, violacei, pedicellati, pedicellis 13-3 lin. longis; calyx villosissimus, 5-dentatus, 
dentibus linearibus tubo lato fere equilongis; corolla angusta, extus omnino, intus prope inser- 
tionem staminum hirsuta; limbi lobi breves, fere equales, rotundati; filamenta basi hirsuta; 
staminodium parvum, inter stamina duo breviora insertum. Capsula subglobosa, calyce 
‘inclusa; semina numerosissima, minutissima. 
South Mexico, rocks of the Eastern Cordillera of Oaxaca, at 2500 feet (Galeotti, 1040), 
Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, etc. (Jurgensen, 642, 842, 936). Hb. Kew. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXIV. 
Fig. 1, a corolla, laid open; 2, a pistil: both a little enlarged. 
2. Uroskinnera spectabilis, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 36; Bot. Mag. 
t. 5009. 
GuateMALa (Skinner, Wendland). Ub. Kew. 
Not uncommon near Quirigua in the valley of the Motagua, Guatemala. 
