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spur: seeds about eight. Rio Blanco, among grass; July. (148, 

 but by error 145 in Cambridge set.) 



CuPHEA (Melvilla) retroscabra. Perennial ; stems herba- 

 ceous, erect, a foot high or more, retrorsely scabrous as also the pedi- 

 cels and under side of the leaves, with some spreading glandular hairs : 

 leaves sessile (the middle ternate), lowermost ovate, the rest lanceo- 

 late, rounded or subcordate at base, acute, an inch long or less, finely 

 scabrous above, the floral bract like : peduncles simple or forked, 

 axillary, 2 to 10 lines long: calyx purplish, subglandular-pubescent, 

 9 lines long, glabrous within ; spur 1^ lines long ; teeth subequal, 

 naked: petals G, unequal, pinkish white: stamens 11, glabrous, three 

 slightly exserted : disk large, thick, somewhat 2-lobed above, reflexed : 

 ovary and style glabrous : seeds 7. Rio Blanco, in moist grassy spots ; 

 July. (175.) — Near C. heterophylla, Benth. 



LoPEZiA PUMILA, Bonpl. ? Tall specimens which may be referable 

 to this species, similar to 640 Schaffner. Guadalajara, in wet land 

 formerly a garden ; September. (487.) 



Gronovia scandens, Linn. Tequila. (393.) 



Mentzelia hispida, Willd. Rio Blanco, in rocky barranca; 

 September. (600.) 



TuRNERA Palmeri. Perennial, very villous throughout ; stems 

 several, herbaceous, 2 to 4 inches high: leaves oblong-ovate, obtuse, 

 cuneate at base, eglandular, coarsely seri'ate, mostly crowded at the 

 top of the stem : pedicels solitary in the axils, wholly adnate to the 

 petiole; bractlets linear, 4 lines long: calyx 7 lines long, the lobes 

 twice longer than the tube ; petals bright orange, obovate, 6 or 8 lines 

 long, glabrous : stamens on the base of the calyx, slightly exceeding 

 the tube : capsule villous, 3 lines long : seeds subreniform, finely pit- 

 ted, a line long, the unilateral aril reaching to the apex. Rio Blanco ; 

 June. (37.) — Much resembling T. acaidis, Griseb., in habit. 



TuRNERA ULMiFOLiA, Linn., var. SuRiNAMENSis, Urban. Flowers 

 lilac. Tequila, on grassy hillsides. (403.) 



Sechiopsis triquetra, Naud. Chapala. (728.) 



SiCYOS Deppei, Don. The form named by Naudin S. Bourgea- 

 nus. Guadalajara, covering bushes, fences, and old buildings ; October. 

 (631.) 



Apodanthera aspera, Cogn. Closely resembling A. undulata, 

 but the pubescence less dense and more strigose, and the peduncle 

 of the male inflorescence apparently only 2-flowered. The peduncle of 

 the pistillate flower is 3 inches long or more, much exceeding that of 

 A. undulata, and of J. aspera as described. Fruit oblong, 2| inches 



