GREENMAN. — NEW ANGIOSPERMS FROM MEXICO. 91 



spicuously nerved ; the two inner bracts of the involucre narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, slightly exceeding the deeply 5-parted calyx : divisions of the 

 calyx lance-attenuate, inconspicuously ciliate : corolla about 1 cm. long, 

 divided to near the middle : ca2)sule 5 mm. in length, sparingly j^ubes- 

 cent: seeds somew'hat hispid over the entire surface. — Mexico. State 

 of Morelos : Cuernavaca, 8 January, 18G6, Bilimek, no. 344; Cuantla, 

 near Cuernavaca, altitude 1230 m., 31 May, 1901, C. G. Pringle, no. 

 9664 (hb. Gr.). 



Jacobinia mollis. Fruticose: ultimate branches densely hirsute- 

 pubescent : leaves petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2 to 9 cm. long, 

 1 to 4 cm. broad, short-acuminate or little narrowed toward the apex, 

 obtuse or acute with a small mucro, entire or slightly repand, narrowed 

 below into a 0.5 to 1.5 cm. long pubescent jjetiole, ciliate, dark green 

 and hirsute-pubescent above, paler and subtomentose beneath : inflor- 

 escence in short axillary pubescent racemes, shorter than the leaves ; 

 bracts and bracteoles triangular-acute, shorter than the 5 to 6 mm. long, 

 closely puberiilent calyx; calyx-tube 1.5 mm. long, the posterior lobe 

 much smaller than the other lobes, subulate : corolla 3.5 to 3.7 cm. long, 

 purplish, 2-lipped for about one-half its length, pubescent on the outer 

 surface ; upper lip entire or slightly emarginate ; lower or anterior lip 

 shortly 3-lobed: style puberulent: mature capsule not seen. — Mexico. 

 State of Oaxaca : June, 1901, Conzatti Sf Gonzalez, no. 1229 (hb. Gr.). 



Jacobinia oaxacana. Fruticose : stem below covered with a gray- 

 ish bark ; branches and branchlets pubescent at the nodes and along 

 descending lines between the nodes : leaves petiolate, ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, 3 to 10 cm. long, 1.5 to 4 cm. broad, usually acuminate, 

 obtusish or apiculate-acnte, entire or slightly crenate, ciliate, green and 

 glabrous above except on the nerves, paler and densely pilose on the 

 conspicuous midrib and lateral nerves beneath, narrowed below into a 

 ciliate 0.5 to 2 cm. long petiole; cistoliths lineate ; inflorescence in 

 axillary pedunculate few-flowered racemes, mostly shorter than the 

 leaves ; bracts and bracteoles small, triangular, acute, shorter than the 

 calyx : flowers sessile : calyx deeply 5-parted, externally puberulent ; 

 tube 1 to 1.5 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, acute, the antero- and postero- 

 lateral lobes about 4 mm. long, equal ; the posterior lobe much smaller, 

 subulate : corolla 3 cm. long, purple ; tube equalling or slightly exceed- 

 ing the limb ; upper posterior lip entire or slightly emarginate, the 

 lower anterior oblong, w'ith short ciliated lobes : style puberulent : 

 mature fruit not seen. — Mexico. State of Oaxaca: June, 1901, 

 Conzatti S^ Gonzalez, no. 1230 (hb. Gr.). 



