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corolla; corolla "white," 4-5 mm. long; its lobes erect, united for about one-third their 

 length at base. 



Type locality : Near Reyes, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality, 



2. Villadia cucuUata Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3:4. 1903. 



Perennial from very fleshy tuberous roots ; stems strict, 1-3 dm. high, glabrous, red- 

 dish, in herbarium specimens spotted ; leaves numerous, ascending, nearly terete, acumi- 

 nate, 2-2.5 cm. long, glabrous, projecting backward at base; inflorescence an interrupted 

 spike becoming 10-15 cm. long in fruit ; flowers subtended by small ovate bracts ; sepals 

 ovate, green, 2 cm. long, distinct; corolla reddish or orange -colored, 3 mm. long; tube 1 

 mm. long ; lobes cucullate, denticulate on the margin. The peculiar tapering leaves, orange- 

 colored corolla .and hooded petals are the striking characteristics of this very interesting 

 species. 



Type locality : Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. K 



DISTRIBUTION" : Type locality and vicinity. 



3. Villadia Painteri Rose, sp. nov. 



Perennial with a short woody base and with several short erect dark bluish-green 

 branches ; glabrous. Leaves numerous, terete, narrowed downward from near the apex and 

 thus club-shaped, obtuse, very pale ; inflorescence a strict interrupted spike or in vigorous 

 plants somewhat panicled, 4-10 cm. long; sepals green, 2 mm. long; corolla drying pink- 

 ish and little longer than the calyx, its lobes obtuse ; carpels without styles, but acutish. 



Collected by J. N. Rose and J. H. Painter in the barranca of Guadalajara, September 28, 1903 

 {no. 7424, type), and by C. G. Pringle at the same station and date (no. 11815), 



This species is of the V. parviflora type but the leaves are of different shape, the petals 

 smaller and more blunt ; when living it can easily be distinguished by its dark-green color. 



4. Villadia Nelsoni Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 4. 1903. 



Caulescent, 2-3 dm. high, more or less branched throughout, somewhat roughened. 

 Leaves spatulate, flattened (at least in dried specimens), 1-1.5 cm. long; inflorescence 

 spicate; flowers sessile ; sepals ovate, 2 mm. long; corolla *' white," 5-6 mm. long; carpels 

 long-attenuate. A peculiar species, perhaps not belonging to this genus. 



Type locality : Between Ayusinapa and Petatlan, Guerrero, Mexico, 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



5. Villadia albifiora (Hemsl.) Rose. 



Cotyledon albifiora Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 1 : 9. 1878. 



Herbaceous, caulescent, glabrous. Stem-leaves small, ovate-oblong, obtuse, thickish "^ 

 inflorescence spicate-paniculate ; flowers small, sessile or nearly so ; sepals distinct, equal, 

 obtuse, 2-3 mm. long; corolla white, 5-6 mm. long, its lobes unequal. The above descrip- 

 tion is compiled, as this species is only known from the type specimen, which we have not 

 seen. 



Type locality: Mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



6. Villadia Pringlei Rose, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 4. 1903. 



Perennial by fleshy roots, much branched at base. Stems 5-15 cm. high, green ; stem- 

 leaves linear in outline, 1-1.5 cm. long; inflorescence sometin;ies 1 dm. long, either spicate, 

 or a compact panicle ; sepals somewhat unequal, distinct, the longer ones 5 mm. long ; 

 corolla white (?), 6 mm. long. 



Type locality : Dry ledges in the Sierra Madre, Chihuahua, Mexico. 

 Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



7. Villadia stricta Rose, sp. nov. 



Perennial, erect, 1-2 dm. high, forming short compact rosettes at base, glabrous, rather 

 pale-green. Leaves rather closely set, ascending, terete, obtuse; inflorescence an elongated 

 spike; bracts small, leaf-like ; flowers sessile; sepals green, obtuse, about half as long as 



