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This species is easily separated from A. mcxicanum Brandg. by 

 its larger glabrous leaves and large fruit. All three species bear 

 acorn-like fruit with the berry seraiexserted from the double-margined 

 tuberculate perianth. Collected at Zacuapan, Vera Cruz. Nos. 8143 

 and 8096. No. 2068 distributed as Nectandra ? is this species. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 200937. 



^ Sedum falconis, sp. nov. 



Suffruticosum erectum e radice valida lignosa : caulibus ramosis 

 glabris ca. 2 dm. altis: foliis alteruis spatulatis paululum furfuraceo- 

 puberulis, deorsum productis, apice rotundatis, usque ad 10 mm. longis, 

 i 5 mm. latis : paniculis caules ramosque terminantibus; tioribus aggre- 



gatis breviter pedicellatis, pentameris ; sepalis anguste oblongis obtusis 

 furfuraceis, ca. 2 mm. longis ; petalis liberis lanceolatis purpureo- 

 lineatis, ca. 7 mm. longis; carpellis erectis, stylis longe subulatis divier- 

 gentibus eoronatis. 



Collected on Cerro del Gavilan, near San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla. 

 No. 4227. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 136828. 



yy Sedum monticola, sp. nov. 



Glabrum: caulibus plus quam 6 cm. altis, erassis: foliis obovatis 

 vel spatulatis apice apiculatis usque ad 3.5 cm. longis, 8 mm. latis: 

 inflorescentia cymoso-paniculata ramos laterales ca. 3 cm. longos termi- 

 nanti ; flori1)us aggregatis breviter pedicellatis ; sepalis oblongis acutis 

 ca. 4 mm. longis; petalis albis, liberis, late lanceolatis latitudine in- 

 ^ aequalibus ca. 5 mm. longis ; squamellis rotundatis ; carpellis late diver- 

 gentibus, stylis subulatis eoronatis. 



A species with apparently low, thick stems and short lateral 

 branches bearing crowded flowers. Collected on Ixtaccihuatl. No. 

 7690. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 115361. 



Rubus scolocaulon, sp. nov. 



Caulibus glabris badiis, spinis numerosis validis ca. 6 mm. longis 

 reeurvatis coinpressis instructis: foliis juvenibus pubescentilxus deinde 

 glabris, petiolis usque ad 11 cm. longis; foliis plerumque 5-digitatis 

 ovatis acuminatis basi rotundatis, margine serratis, venis utrinquesecus 

 7-10; foliolo terminali usque ad 8 cm. longo, 6.5 cm. lato, petiolulo ca. 

 4.5 cm. longo ; foliolis lateralibus similil)us innilulum minoribus, petio- 

 lulis usque ad 3 cm. longis: foliolis inferioribus multo minoribus, petio- 

 lulis ca. 8 mm. longis ; foliis ramorum floriferorum 3-digitatis : stipulis 

 ca. 7 mm. longis lineari-lanceolatis : sepalis oblongo-ovatis utrinque 

 tomcntosis abrui)t(» longe mueronatis: petalis albis ca. 1.5 mm. longis 

 quam sepalis duplo longioribus. Fructus maturus deest. 



