SCROPHULARINEZ. 457 
1. Buchnera elongata, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. ii. p. 1061; DC. Prodr. x. p. 498; 
A. Gr. Synop. Fl. N. Am. ii. 289. 
Buchnera lithospermifolia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 841; DC. Prodr. x. p. 497? 
Buchnera elongata 8. pilosa, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 247. 
Buchnera pilosa, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘Sulphur,’ p. 144. 
SoutH CaRouina to Fioripa and Texas.—Mexico, Juquila &c., 3000 feet (Galeotti, 
759), Mirador (Linden, 152), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 1580), Bolaiios (Hartweg, 
100); Guaremata (Bernoulli); Nicaraaua, Realejo (Hinds)—Southward to Pru and 
Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
There may be more than one species included here. 
2. Buchnera major, Polak. in Linnea, xli. p. 588. 
Costa Rica, San José (Polakowsky). 
3. Buchnera mexicana, Hemsley, n. sp. 
B. americane affinis, differt foliis caulinis omnibus multo angustioribus, corollis extus glabris, etc. 
Herba erecta, scabra, caulibus subsimplicibus, gracilibus, sublignosis. Folia caulina linearia, usque 
ad 24 poll. longa, integra. Flores majusculi, brevissime pedicellati vel sessiles ; racemi vel 
spice pauciflore ; bractexe calyce breviores ; calycis dentes lineari-subulati, patentes ; corolla 
extus omnino glabra, 10-12 lineas diametro, limbi lobis latis, tubo 7-8 lineas longo, intus 
barbato. 
NortH Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2095). Hb. Kew. 
This may be the plant called B. americana, var. glabrior, Benth. MSS., in Seem. Bot. 
Voy. “ Herald,’ p. 323; but there is no evidence in writing on any of the sheets. 
@. Minor (vel species diversa) foliis caulinis nonnullis paucidentatis, floribus fere 
dimidio minoribus. 
NortH Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann, 1506). Hb. Kew. 
In Seemann’s ‘ Botany of the Voyage of the Herald,’ two species of Buchnera are 
recorded from the Sierra Madre, and both are stated to have blue flowers, whilst — 
Seemann’s own label attached to the specimen which we have named £B. mexicana 
6. minor has “flores carnei!!” in Seemann’s handwriting ; and these are the only two 
Mexican forms collected by Seemann. 
4. Buchnera obliqua, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 498. 
Mexico (Alaman, Sheppard). Ub. Kew. 
5. Buchnera rosea, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 842; DC. Prodr. x. p. 498. 
Panama, Isle of Taboga (Sinclair)—CotomBia ; GuIANA; Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
6. Buchnera tinctoria, Bertolini, Fl. Guat. p. 26; DC. Prod. x. p. 499. 
GuATEMALA (Velasquez). a 
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