March 27, 1915] Two Hundred Twenty Six New Species— II 2753 



epidermis becoming longitudinally checked, covered with 

 long yellowish and hispid hairs; root hard and tuberous. 

 Leaves alternate and far apart, limp, early wilting, some- 

 what paler green beneath, curing slightly unequally brown 

 on the 2 sides, 5-digitate, yellowish hispid on both sides, 

 8 to 10 cm across the lobed portion; lobes unequal, the 

 terminal one 2 to 3 times longer than the basal ones, 

 the basal lateral pair shortest and those of the smaller 

 blades more united with the middle lateral pair of segments, 

 the longer lobes 5 to 8 cm long from the base of the blade, 

 1 to 1.5 cm wide, linear or sublanceolate, margins coarsely 

 toothed, apical portion of the longer segments acuminate, 

 that of the basal or short segments acute and roundly pointed, 

 the basal pair usually with a large tooth or lobule along 

 its lower side; midrib evident from both sides in all the 

 segments, lateral nerves very obscure or obsolete; petiole 5 

 to 8 cm long, ciliate, likewise green but brown on the dry 

 specimens, terete, strict, ascending; stipules deciduous, very 

 | linear, 1 cm long, only sparsely long hairy. Flowers soli- 



tary from the uppermost leaf axils, upon 2 to 3 cm long 

 and erect short pubescent and long ciliate peduncles which 

 are subtended by reduced leaves, odorless, noding; calyx 

 segments many, varying from 1 to 2 cm long, linear, 1.5 

 mm wide, bowl shaped at the base and tips inwardly curv- 

 ed, densely provided with yellowish brown setose hairs or 

 bristles, coriaceous; petals almost 5 cm long, light yellow 

 except the dark purple base, 5, narrowed toward the base, 

 obovate, broadly rounded at the apex; ovary conical and an- 

 gular, hairy; styles 2 from the base, adnate except to- 

 ward the stigmatic portion, mostly thin and hyaline, 6 

 cm long; stigmas 2, protruded above the stamineal tube, 

 fleshy, flattened, expanded toward the truncate apex which 

 is scurfy or ciliate, nearly 2 mm wide across the top; sta- 

 mens enclosing the pistil except the stigma, 5 mm long; 

 filaments dilated toward the base, usually 2-veined, separa- 

 ting toward the base into 5 portions, tubular above the mid- 

 dle and anther bearing; anthers promiscuously scattered, upon 

 very short though slender stalks, dorsifixed, broadly elliptic, 

 nearly 1 mm long, cells widely spreading and subpersistent. 

 Capsule 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide below the middle, ovoid- 



