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The type is No. 7502 from Zacnapan, Vera Cruz. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 178570. No. 7320 from Cerro del Boqiieron seems to 

 be the same species. 



Bassovia foliosa sp. nov. 



Fruticosa : eaulibiis glabris cinereis : foliis oblongo-ovatis acumi- 

 iiatis basi atteniiatis margine integris, venis subtiis prominentibus 

 utriiKiuesecus ca. 1, supra glabris, subtus ])raecipue ad axillas venarum 

 liirsutulis, geminis, altero ca. 12 cm. longo, 5 cm. lato, altero minore ; 

 petiolis ca. 7 mm. longis: umbellis oppositifoliis 5-7-floris ; pedunculis 

 ca. 1.5 cm. longis; pediceliis ca. 14 mm. longis; calyce eyathiformi 

 breviter 5-lobo paululum pubescenti, ca. 5 mm. longo lurido; corolla 

 alte 5-loba, lobis ovato-acutis apice intus hamatis ; antheris 5 corollam 

 aequantibus loculis in longitudinem dehiscentibus ; filamentis brevibus 

 eomplanatis ; stylo brevi, capsula diametro ca. 4 mm. rubescente, 

 coelata. 



Collected near Zacuapan, Vera Cruz. No. 7565. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 187427. 



Bassovia setosa sp. nov. 



Fruticosa : caulibus 3-4 dm. altis, ramis juvenibus setosis : foliis 

 interdum geminis, ovatis acutis basi in petiolum ca. 7 mm. longum 

 attenuatis, utrinque hirsutis, usque ad 4.5 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis: 

 floribus 1-5 lateralibus, pediceliis 5-12 mm. longis ; calycis segmentis 

 lanceolatis ca. 5 mm. longis, setosis: corollae tubo ca. 1 mm. longo, 

 limbo anguste campanulato ca. 5 mm. longo, lobis valvatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis extus setosis ; staminibus tubi apici affixis, antherarum 

 loculis in longitudinem dehiscentibus quam filamentis multo longiori- 

 bus ; stylo longo capitato ; bacca glabra globosa diametro ca. 5 mm. 



The calyx formed of distinct segments is very different from the 

 usual cup-shaped one of other species of the genus. Collected near 

 Zacuapan, Vera Cruz, in oak forests. No. 7509. Typ(\ Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 178623. 



Solanum (Polymeris) sylvicola sp. nov. 



Fruticosum setoso-hirsutum : foliis praecii)ue ad venas dense setoso- 

 hirsutis interdum geminis, altero ovato-acuminato basi inae((ualiter 

 cuneato 10-14 cm. longo, 2.5-4 em. lato, petiolis ca. 5 mm. longis ; 

 altero ovato acuminato sessili ca. 7 mm. longo, 4 mm. lato: floribus 

 1-2 axillaribus: pediceliis 2-7 mm. longis; calyce turbinato ca. 3 mm. 

 alto, appendicibus 10 coroHam superantibus ca. 4 mm. longis instructo ; 

 corolla alte 5-fida, lobis lanceolatis quam tubo 8-)ilo longioribus. la+i- 

 tudiiK^ inaequalibus extus setuloso-hirsutis ; staminibus acciualibus 

 ovatis poris terminalil)us dehiscentibus: Baccae desunt. 



Collected in daiup, rocky forests near Finca Irlanda, Chiapas. 

 No. 7315. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 173378. 



