Nov., 1912. DIAGNOSES OF SPERMATOPHYTES GREENMAN 343 



Anisacanthus tulensis Greenman, sp. nov. 



Fruticosus; caulibus teretibus levibus, cortice exfolianti; ramulis 

 ultimis dense subsordido-pubescentibus ; foliis brevi-petiolatis anguste 

 lanceolatis 1.5-3 cm - longis 5-10 mm. latis acutis integris basi obtusis 

 supra puberulentis subtus sparse pubescentibus; petiolis 1-4 mm. longis 

 pilosis; floribus axillaribus pedicellatis, pedicellis 2-4 mm. longis dense 

 pilosis; calyce 10-12 mm. longo infra mediam 5-partito extrinsecus plus 

 minusve piloso et granuloso, lobis lanceolato-attenuatis acutis; corolla 

 5-5.5 cm. longa bilabiata coccinea extus fulvo-pilosa, tubo circiter 2 cm. 

 longo superne paullum ampliato, labio postice lineari -elongate circiter 

 3 cm. longo ad apicem minute 2-lobo, labio antice 3-partito cum lobis 

 lineari-elongatis 2.5 cm. longis obtusis; stylo glabro; disco breviter 

 cupuliformi; capsula ovata 2-2.5 cm - longa glabra, basi in stipitem 

 latam longe contracta maturitate segmenta calycis asquanti; seminibus 

 suborbiculatis compressis plerumque 6 mm. longis 5 mm. latis minute 

 muricatis. MEXICO. State of Oaxaca: Santa Maria del Tule, 

 altitude 1600 m., 31 March, 1907, C. Conzatti, no. 1773 (rib. Field 

 Museum, cat. no. 225939). 



A species most nearly related to A. pumilum Nees and A. Greggii 

 (Torr.) Gray, but readily separated by the densely pubescent branchlets 

 and longer calyx. 



Ruellia Palmeri Greenman, sp. nov. 



Frutex .75-2.5 m. altus; ramis teretibus vel obtuse tetragonis dense 

 atomifero-glandulosis et plus minusve hirsuto-pubescentibus ad nodos 

 compressis; foliis subcoriaceis petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis 5- 

 15 cm. longis 1.5-7.5 cm. latis acutis vel acuminatis integris basi sub- 

 rotundatis vel breviter cuneatis supra puberulentis atamifero-glandu- 

 losisque glabratis subtus pallidioribus subglabris vel cano-tomentulosis, 

 venis primariis transversis conspicuis; petiolis 1-2.5 cm - longis plus 

 minusve pubescentibus; floribus axillaribus brevipedicellatis ad apicem 

 ramulorum dispositis ; pedicellis 4-18 mm. longis ;calycibus 2-2 . 5 cm. longis 

 5-partitis, segmentis lanceolatis subacutis extus dense puberulentis 

 glandulosisque intus plus minusve sericeo-canescentibus ; corollis 7-8.5 

 cm. longis ad basin cylindrico-tubulosis infra medium incurvis vel 

 subito ventricoso-inflatis, limbi lobis subasquantibus oblongo-ovatis 

 circiter 2 cm. longis 1.5 cm. latis apice obtusis vel rotundatis ciliatis; 

 staminibus exsertis, filamentis glabris ; ovario dense piloso et glanduloso, 

 loculis 4-ovulatis, stylo subhirsuto. Capsulam maturam non vidi. 

 MEXICO. State of Guerrero: vicinity of Acapulco, October, 1894, to 

 March, 1895, Dr. Edward Palmer, no. 382 (hb. Field Museum, cat. nos. 

 36949, 265631, type). State of Oaxaca: Teojomulco, Distrito de 



