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Episcia truncicola sp. nov. 



Prostrata e nodis radicans : caulibus crassis, paulnlum pubescen- 

 tibiis, flexuosis, ca. 1.5 dm. longis: foliis ovato-acutis, basi angustatis, 

 margine supra medium crenato-serratis, iitrinque villoso-hirsutis ; 

 laminis ea. 2.2 em. Icmgis, 6 mm. latis; petiolis ea. 1 em. longis: 

 pedicellis axillaribns, ca. 8 mm. longis, villoso-hirsutis pilis albis 

 patentibus; calyee hirsuto, turbinato, ca. 8 mm. longo, fere usque ad 

 basim 5-partito; lobis laneeolatis ; corolla rubra ea. 15 mm. longa, 

 extus pubescenti, basi aequali. superue ampliata; staminibus basi in 

 membranam postice fissam connatis ; disci glandula postica magna apice 

 tridentata. Fructus deest. 



A single specimen wa^ found in Sierra del Boqueron, growing on 

 an old log. No. 7008. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif., No. 173081. 



Besleria chiapensis sp. 



nov 



Pi'utex : ramis teretibus, paululum pubescentibus : foliis oblongo- 

 acuminatis, basi cuneatis, margine integris vel calloso-dentatis, ca. 

 11cm. longis, 6-7 cm. latis, utrinque paululum pubescentibus; petiolis 

 1-2 cm. longis; pedunculis solitariis, axillaribns, petiolis duplo longi- 

 oribus ; pedicellis 2-5, subumbellatis pedunculis aequantibus ; calyee 

 ca. 5 mm. alto fere usque ad basim 5-lobato, lobis late ovatis, margine 

 ciliatis; corolla coccinea, eylindracea, ca. 2cm. longa; disco annular! ; 

 ovario supero. ovoideo ; stylo recto, stigmate 2-lobo. 



Collected at Finca Mexiquito. No. 7003. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif., 

 No. 173086. 



Drymonia chiapensis sp. nov. 



Super arbores scandens : caulibus juvenibus pubcrulis: foliis ellip- 

 ticis, acutis, basi cuneatis. margine sinuato-dentatis, supra hirsutulis, 

 subtus pallidioribus, pubescentibus, 10-13 cm. longis, 5-8 cm. latis: 

 floribus solitariis, pedicellis ca. 15 cm. longis; calycis lobis foliaceis 

 puberulis, ovato-acutis, basi cordatis. margine dentatis, ca. 18 mm. 

 longis; corolla rubescenti, basi ])uberula, postice gibba, ca. 4 cm. 

 longa; tubo ventricoso; limbi lobis latis, margine denticulatis; antheris 

 basi calcaratis ; disci glandula postica magna ; ovario pubescenti. 



Collected near Finca Mexiquito. No. 6875. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif., No. 172994. 



