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ramorum inajoruru axillaribus solitariis pedunculatis speciosis cocci- 

 neis ; bracteis propriis nullis ; calyce tubuloso antice ultra medietatern 

 longitudinaliter fisso, nervoso pubescenti colorato, basi subventricoso, 

 superne compresso ; labio superiore longissimo incurvo, apice emargi- 

 nato dorso pubescenti ; inferiore brevissiruo trifido, laciniis acutis ; 

 sinubus similibus glandulis ; stigmate obtuso ; capsula ovato-acuminata 

 compressa. — Linn. f. Suppl. 293 (1781) ; Bentb. 1. c. 533 ; Smith, Icon. 

 Ined. t. 40 ; Hemsl. 1. c. 460. — This species can scarcely be considered 

 Mexican, as it has so far been collected only in South and Central 

 America. There are no specimens in hb. Gray from Mexico or Central 

 America. 



52. C. IRASUENSIS Oerst., " suffruticosa glabra, foliis linearibus apice 

 trifidis, lacinia intermedia subtrifida, racemo elongato laxo, calyce elon- 

 gate hinc fisso postice bilobo, lobis retusis, corollae galea tubo subduplo 

 longiore labii lobis brevissimisacuminatis. — Suffrutex erectus, ramosus, 

 1-2 pedalis. Caulis ramique teretes, glabri, nitiduli. Folia alterna, 

 sessilia, amplexicaulia, linearia, supra medium trifida, glabra, 8-14 lin. 

 longa, lobis linearibus obtusiusculis, intermedio majore sub 3-4-fido. 

 Folia floralia indivisa, cuneata, apice obtusa, 8 lin. longa, trinervia, 

 rubicunda, glabra. Flores pedicellati, 15 lin. longi. Pedicelli 2 lin. 

 longi, villiusculi demum glabriusculi. Calyx elongatus, tubulosus, com- 

 pressus, tomentosus, fuscus margine flavescente, hinc fissus inde bilo- 

 bus, 6-7 lin. longus, lobis rotundatis vel retusis. Corolla bilabiata sub- 

 recta, calyce tres lineas longior, antice virescens postice rubicunda, 

 labio superiore (galea) apice retuso, inferiore 3-fido, laciniis acuminatis 

 incurvis. Stamina exserta, anticis corolla lineam longioribus, posticis 

 ei aequilongis. Stylus exsertus. Stigma capitatum. Capsula ovato- 

 oblonga, breyiter acuminata, fusca, glabra calyce demum tecta, 6 lin. 

 longa. Semina oblonga, numerosa, minutissima, testa laxa, diaphana, 

 reticulata." -Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1853, p. 27 ; Hemsl. 1. c.461. 

 — Costarica: alpine region, Volcano Irasu, altitude 2745-3050 m., 

 Orrsted, part of type material in hb. Gray; same locality, John Donnell 

 Smith, no. 4901 ; Volcan de Turrialba, Pittier, no. 13,079 (hb. Nat. 

 Costa Rica, distr. by John Donnell Smith). Columbia : Santa Marta, 

 H.H. Smith, no. 1387. 



53. C tepeinoclada Loesen., "humilis atque procumbens, tota planta 

 tantum circ. 6-9 cm. alta ; ramulis subglabris vel hirtis ; foliis parvis 

 sessilibus linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis integris, acutis vel subacutis, 

 glabris vel pulvereo-puberulis, uninerviis vel obsolete trinerviis, 6-13 

 mm. longis, circ. 1-2 mm. latis ; bracteis longioribus usque 17 mm. 

 longis et latioribus usque 3 mm. latis, summis ipsis plerumque utrinque 

 um- vel binmbnatis, fimbriis lateralibus usque 6 mm. longis ; pedicellis 



