22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



spathis saepissime 2 longipedunculatis 3-6-floris, foliolis oblongo-lance- 

 olatis acutissimis 2-4 cm. longis margine tenuibus subscariosis ; pedi- 

 cellis gracillimis 2-3 cm. longis glabris ; sepalis purpureis 14 mm. 

 longis 6 mm. latis anguste obovatis obtusis basi angustatis in media 

 parte atromaculatis ; petalis ovatis 12 mm. longis acutiusculis cordatis 

 brevissime stipitatis supra mediam partem purpurascentibus tenuibus 

 infra mediam partem flavescentibus firmiusculis 6 mm. latis ; columna 

 4 mm. alta ; antheris oblongis apiculatis in summa columna sessilibus ; 

 ramis styli 6 filiformibus antberas subaequantibus. — Sierra de Te- 

 poxtlan, Morelos, Mexico, alt. 2350 m., 5 September, 1905, C. G. 

 Prbigle, no. 13,657 (type, in bb. Gray). 



Amaranthus squamulatus Robinson, n. comb. Sderopus squam- 

 ulatus Anderss. Om Galapagos-oarnes Veg., Stockb. Akad. Handl. 

 1853, 162 (1854), & Om Galapagos-oarnes Veg. 60 (1859). Sderopus 

 squarriUosus Anderss. ex Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. v. 169 (1861), by cler- 

 ical error. Amhlogijne squarralosa Gray, 1. c (1861). AmaraiUhus 

 squarridosus Uline & Bray, Bot. Gaz. xix. 170 (1894) ; Rob. & Greenm, 

 Am. Jour. Sci. 1. 147 (1895); Rob. Proc. Am. Acad, xxxviii. 136 

 (1902). 



Schoepfia Pringlei Robinson, n. sp., fruticosa vel arborescens 5 m. 

 alta ramosa ; ramis teretibus leviter flexuosis a cortice griseo rugoso 

 tectis ; ramulis plus minusve angulatis fuscescenti-puberulis ; foliis al- 

 ternis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis vel acutiusculis vel etiam 

 falcato-acuminatis integerrimis opacis utrinque viridibus glaberrimis 

 subtus vix pallidioribus obscure pinnatinerviis 4-5.5 cm. longis 1.5-2.3 

 cm. latis ; basi cuneatis brevissime petiolatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 4 

 mm. longis puberulis cupulas 2-4 plus minusve racemosas gerentibus, 

 pedicellis vix ullis ; cupulis puberulis saepissime 2-partitis, lobo majore 

 obscure 2-3-dentato floram solitariam subtendente ; calyce carnoso 

 rugoso turbinato ; corolla extus glaberrima 6 mm. longa 5-6 mm. di- 

 ametro viridescenti-flava, tubo 4 mm. longo subgloboso, lobis 5 ovato- 

 deltoideis acutiusculis 3 mm. longis recurvis ; staminibus 5 ; filamentis 

 omnino corollae adnatis ; antberis breviter oblongis albidis ; eorum in- 

 sertionibus pubentibus ; ovario fere supero, parte libera ovoidea sub- 

 carnosa ruguloso-papillosa ; stylo 3.3 mm. longo ; stigmate disciformi 

 obscure 3-lobato; fructu ignoto. — Uruapan, Micboacan, Mexico, alt. 

 1525 m., 1 November, 1905, C. G. Prlngle, no. 10,123 (type, in bb. Gray). 

 Tbis species differs in its much larger corolla and more lanceolate leaves 

 from the plant of the West Indies and Florida, which has generally 

 passed as S. Schreherl Lam. or S. arborescens R. & S. From S. mexi- 

 cana DC. (known to the writer only from description) it appears to dif- 

 fer in its leaves, which are often fully twice as long as those described 



