Floristik und Systematik der Phanerogamen. 157 



Tab. 7897. Clematis Meyeniana Walp., China; tah. 7S9S. Laburnunt 

 caramanicum Benth. et Hook., Greece and Asia Minor; tab. 7899. 

 Mimosa Spegazzinü Pirotta, Argentinia; tab. 7900. Dendrobium 

 Madonnae Rolfe, New Guinea; tab. 7901. Primiila megaseaefolia Boiss. 

 et Bai , Asia minor. 



Dendrobium Madonnae is very closely related to D. Fairfaxii Rolfe^ 

 which differs in the narrower petals and lip. F. E. Fritsch. 



Rose, J. N., Studies of Mexican and Central American 

 plants. No. 3. (Contributions from the United States 

 National Herbarium. VIII. June 16, 1903. p. 1—55. pl. 1 

 — 12. ff. 1 — 11. With separately paged index.) 



This paper, constituting Part 1 of the eighth volume of Contributions. 

 from the U. S. National Herbarium, is in continuation of papers published 

 by Dr. Rose in the fifth volume of the same series of Contributions. 

 The following new species are included: 



Acacia ambigiia, A. cotnpacta, A. mncilenta, A. occidentalis, A. 

 sonorensis, A. iinijiiga, Ampelopsis mexicana, Argemone arida, Aspicarpa 

 lanata, Bradbiirya iinifoliata, Clünacorachis fruticosa, C. mexicana^ 

 Cologania capitata, C. confusa, C. glabrior, C. grandiflora, C. houghii^ 



C. hnmilis, C. nelsoni, C. pallida, C. rufescens, C. scandens, Colubrina 

 megacarpa, Corniis lanceolata, C. nelsoni, C. urbiniana, Cracca sub- 

 montana, Crotalaria tenuissima, C. viminalis, Draba confusa, D. mexicana, 



D. nivicola, D. orbiculata, D. pringlei, Garrya longifolia, Gaudichaudia 

 subverticillata, Harpalyce mexicana, H. pringlei, Hiraea parviflora, 

 Indigofera platycarpa, Lupinns submontanus, Manfreda elongata, M. 

 jaliscana, M. oliverana, M. pringlei, M. rubescens, Mimosa hemiendyta,. 

 Nissolia montana, Phaseolus oaxacanus, P. pedatus, Pithecolobiuni 

 compactum. Polianthes durangensis, P. graminifolia, P. longiflora, P. 

 montana, P. nelsoni, P. palustris, P. platyphylla, P. pringlei, Potentilla 

 madrensis, P. rydbergiana, Ramirezella glabrata, R. occidentalis, R. 

 pubescens, Rhamnus nelsoni, R. obliqua, R pringlei, R. revoluta,. 

 Rhynchosia australis, Saurauja nelsoni, S. pauciflora, S pringlei, 5". 

 reticulata, Schizocarpum reflexum, Thalictrum jalapense, T. obliquum, T, 

 stipitatum, T. subpubescens, Trichilia pringlei. 



In addition to the foregoing new species, the following new names 

 are proposed: Argemone stenopetala (A. intermedia stenopetala Prain), 

 Aristolochia pringlei (A. longecaudata Watson), Bradburya schiedeana 

 (Clitoria schiedeana Schlecht), B. sagittata (Glycine sagittata Humboldt), 

 Cologania racemosa (C. pulchella racemosa Robinson), Harpalyce retusa 

 (Brongniartia retusa Bentham), Manfreda brachystachys (Agave brachy- 

 stachys Cav.), M. brunnea (Agave brunnea Watson), M. guttata (Agave 

 guttata jacobi and Bouche), M. maculata (Polianthes maculata Mart.),. 

 M. maculosa (Agave maculosa Hooker), M. planifolia (Agave planifolia 

 Watson)^ M. potosina (Agave potosina Robinson and Greenman), M, 

 revoluta (Agave revoluta Klotzsch), M. singnliflora (Bravoa singuliflora 

 Watson), M. undulata (Agave undulata Klotzsch), M. variegata (Agave 

 variegata Jacobi), M. virginica tigrina (Agave virginiana tigrina Engel- 

 mann), Neotreleasea brevifolia (Tradescantia leiandra brevi/olia Torrey), 

 A^. leiandra (Tradescantia leiandra Torrey) , A^. tumida (Tradescantia 

 tuniida Lindley), Polianthes geminiflora (Bravoa geminiflora Lex.), P. 

 sessiliflora (Bravoa sessiliflora Hemsl.), Procnyanthes mexicana ( Polianthes 

 mexicana Zucc), Ramirezella strobilophora(Vigna strobilophora Robinson), 

 Rhamnus discolor (R. capreaefolia discolor Donnell-Smith) and Thalictrum 

 peninsulare (T. vesiculosum peninsulare Brandegee). 



The more important articles going to make up this paper are 

 revisions of Polianthes, Prochnyanthes, Manfreda, Argemone, Cologania, 

 Neotreleasea and Cornus, as represented in the Mexican region. Neo- 

 treleasea is proposed as a Substitute for a segregate of Tradescantia to 

 which Dr. Rose first applied the name Treleasea, which has been found 



