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hirsute, 4-5 lines in length, appearing horizontal, the ascending acut- 

 ish spur being more thai) half as long as the proper tube, the latter 

 narrowed upwards: the petals lilac, elliptical, subequal : the dorsal 2 

 lines, the four ventral 1 h lines long : stamens 11, included : ovules 6. — 

 Moist banks, mountains near Lake Cliapala, Jalisco, November, 1892 

 (n. 4349). A species well marked by the almost horizontal calyx, 

 which in shape resembles the body of a bird. 



Cuphea (Leptocaltx) Reipublice. Slender, decumbent, about 

 3 feet high, somewhat branched : stem slightly scabrous with minute 

 transverse hairs attached in the middle and with a line of much longer 

 hairs : leaves ovate, acuminate, hispid on both surfaces, paler beneath, 

 1-1 £ inches long, two thirds as broad, abruptly narrowed at the base 

 into a petiole 3-5 lines in length : pedicels interpetiolar, 3 lines long : 

 calyx slender, nearly straight, almost an inch in length : the tube red 

 with a white spot on the ventral surface at the summit, hispidulous, 

 shortly and obtusely spurred : appendages linear oblong, setulose, 

 green, considerably exceeding the lobes : petals deciduous, bright yel- 

 low, all small, the 2 dorsal 1| lines long, the 4 ventral about a line in 

 length: stamens 9, unequ illy exserted : ovules about 12. — Rocky 

 hills near Patzcuaro, Michoacan, October, 1892 (n. 41 12). An attract- 

 ive species, somewhat resembling the commonly cultivated C. platy- 

 centra, the calyx bearing the colors, red, white, and green, of the 

 Mexican flag. 



Fuchsia Pringlei. Shrub, 2 feet high, with a brown shreddy 

 bark : branches purple, pulverulent : leaves small, ovate-elliptic or 

 lance-elliptic, obtuse, narrowed to a short petiole, somewhat undulate 

 and re volute on the margins, very minutely pubescent above, consider- 

 ably paler and nearly smooth beneath, about 4 lines long, half as broad : 

 flowers 3 lines long, short peduncled, axillary, solitary : peduncles 

 slender, 2 lines in length : calyx segments dark purple, oblong, apicu- 

 late, reflexed, two thirds as long as the free part of the tube : petals 

 obovate, spreading, undulate, about equalling the segments of the 

 calyx : stamens slightly exserted ; style considerably so : fruit globose, 

 3-4 lines in diameter, black. — Mountains near Patzcuaro, Michoacan, 

 November, 1891, in fruit (n. 5063); barranca near Guadalajara, 

 Jalisco, September, 1891, also in fruit (n. 5002); and under pines, 

 mountains near Patzcuaro, Michoacan, July, 1892 (n. 4140). This 

 species differs from F. minutiflora and F. mixta, Hemsl., in its reflexed 

 calyx segments, its undulate not serrulate leaves, and its relatively 

 longer petals. 



Cyclanthera Pringlei. Stem slender, nearly smooth, 5-ribbed : 



