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tis ad nervos minute hirsutis vel setosis, subtiis punctatis ad nervos 

 minute aeuleatis, ovato-acuminatis vel late ovatis, usque ad 9 cm. longis, 

 8 em. latis; petiolis 0.5-7.5 cm. longis, i)leruin(|ue brevitcr setiferis: 

 racemis femineis ea. 6-tioris interdum flores maseulos paucos geren- 

 tibus; corolla parva lobis aeutis, stylo capitato; corolla mascula feminei 

 siniili, filamentis connatis, antheris 3 loculis fere rectis; pedunculis 

 fructiferis ca. 8 mm. longis glabris, 2-3 fructus gerentibus: fnictu 

 obovato crasse tubereulato sine setis : cirrhis bifidis. 



Collected in moist forests near Boca del Monte, a locality near the 

 boundary line between Vera Cruz and Puebla. No. 5724. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 162978. 



ECLIPTOSTELMA gen. nov. Asclepiadacearum 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla subcampanulata, lobis angustissime 

 dextrorsum obtegentibns, intiis papilloso-puberulis. Corona 0. Sta- 

 mina prope basin tubi affixa, filamentis in tulnim connatis ; antherae 

 membrana intlexa terminatae. Pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, 

 pendula. Stigma vertice rostratum. Folliculi ignoti. Suffrutex volu- 

 bilis foliis magnis oppositis, caulibus crassis. Cymae in una axilla 

 pedunculatae ramosissimae. 



Ecliptostelma molle sp. nov. 



JMolliter pubescens: caulibus crassis teretibus diameti-o ca. 5 nun.: 

 foliis ovato-acutis, basi obtusis vel subcordatis, usque ad 1 dm. latis, 

 1.6 dm. longis, petiolis 3-5 cm. longis: eymis ramosissimis diffusis 

 multifloris ca. 1 dm. longis, 8 cm. latis, pedunculos Cci. 3 dm. longos 

 includentibus ; calyce fere ad basim 5-secto ca. 3 mm. longo, lobis 

 ovato-lanceolatis ; corolla late campanulata ca. 5 mm. longa, 4 nun. 

 lata, lobis oblongis apice rotundatis. 



This species is a stout climbing vine with large leaves and a very 

 diffuse cymose inflorescence. The flowers have the structure of those 

 of Astcphanus. Collected near Zacuapan. Vera Cruz. No. 7662. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 191107. 



Asclepias pol5T)hylla sp. nov. 



]\lultifoliata : caulibus e radiee siini)lieibus, ca. 4 dm. altis, supcnie 

 bifariam pubescentibus : foliis oi)i)ositis lanceolatis, apice mucronu- 

 latis, basi obtusis vel cordatis, utrinque glabris, usque ad 13 cm. longis, 

 18 mm. latis, infci'ioribus minoribns: petiolis ea. 2 nun. longis: umbella 

 multiflora terminali pedunculo (juam foliis paululum breviori ; pedi- 

 eellis ])ubescentibus ca. 15 mm. longis; calycis segmentis lanceolatis; 

 corollae lobis ovato-oblongis reflexis, ca. !> imn. longis; columna ])revi ; 

 cucullis hiteribus eom])lieatis dorso crassis late fornieatis gynostcgium 

 superantibus, proeessu membranaeeo oblongo dorso cueullorum adnato 

 superne acuminato supra stigmam breviter exserto. Fructus deest. 



