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This species seems nearest to S. suhpuhescens A. DC. Collected on 

 Cerro del Boqueron. Chiapas. Xo. 7420. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 

 178141. 



Trophis chiapensis sp. nov. 



Frutex ramosus : ramis giabris : foliis anguste ovato-lanceolatis. apiee 

 lons'e acuminatis, basi cnneatis. raargine snpra medinm obtuse dentatis ; 

 laminis ea. 7.5 cm. longis, 2.2 cm. latis ; petiolis puberulis ca. 5 mm. 

 long'is : florum racemis feminorum axillaribus puberulis paucifloris, 

 3-6 cm. longis, pedicellis 5-7 mm. longis; periantho tubuloso rugoso. 

 ore contracto dentato; ovario infero. stylo subcylindraceo. apice ex- 

 serto 2-partito, ramis patentibus brevibus crassis ; ovulo ex apice loculi 

 pendulo ; fructu globoso carnoso grosse tuberculato ; semine globoso, 

 cotyledonibus inaequalibus. radieula supera brevissima. Flores masculi 

 desunt. 



The specimens bear only immature fruit and pistillate flowers, and 

 the seed is not perfectly gloliular but when mature would probably 

 become so. The raceme is very different from that of other species 

 of the genus and the cotyledons are very unequal. It somewhat re- 

 sembles T. mexicana Bureau. Collected in forests of low elevation of 

 Cerro del Boqueron. Chiapas. No. 7091. Type. Herb. Univ. Calif. 

 No. 174219. 



Aristolochia asclepiadifolia sp. nov. 



Caulibus viminalibiLS teretiV)us. dense pubescentibus : foliis sessili- 

 bus oblongis acutis, e basi 1-costatis. penninerviis nerviis cum nervulis 

 connexis. basi auriculatis. auriculis rotundatis amplexicaulibus, supra 

 fere giabris, subtus dense pubescentibus, usque ad 15 cm. longis. 10 

 cm. latis: floribus axillaribus solitariis ; pedicellis ca. 1.5 cm. longis. 

 recurvatis; calyce pubescenti. ca. 6 cm. longo, tubo brevi ; columna 

 stylina apice in lobos 3 latos obtusos partita : capsula ca. 3 cm. longa, 

 pubescenti. 



The limb of the perianth being hard pressed upon the tube it is 

 difficult to determine the exact shape of the flower. Collected among 

 rocks in a. barranca near Consoquitla. Vera Cruz. No. 7394. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 178091. 



Cleome guianensis Aubl. 



IList. d. Plantes de la Guiane Franc, vol. II, p. 675, 1775. 



The specimens collected at Picacho. No. 7142, growing in crowded 

 masses, agree closely with the description, figure and specimens of this 

 species, except that they are smaller. Cleome ephemera Brandg., Proc. 

 Calif. Acad., ser. 2, vol. iii, 112. from Cabo San Lucas, appears to be 

 the same, the earlier description not being accessible at the time. 



