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

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

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

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

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

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

 which in shape resembles the body of a bird. 



CuPHEA (Leptocalyx) Reipublic^. 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, unequally exserted : ovules about 12. — Rocky 

 hills near Patzcuaro, Michoacan, October, 1892 (n. 4112). 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 revolute 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 fromi^. minutijiora 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 : 



