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ca. 5 em. loiigis, dense ferriigiiieo-setosis : floribus solitariis, axillaribus ; 

 pediinculis setosis, ca. 1 em. longis; periantho extus setoso; iitriculo 

 ca. 14 mm. longo ; tiibo recto ca. 1 cm. longo, basi intii.s aniiiilo in- 

 crassato iiistructo; labio ca. 3.5 cm. longo, lurido, sicco complicato; 

 staminibiis 6; colnmna stylina superne in lobos 6 divisa; fructu 

 fusiformi. 



Collected in the State of Chiapas. No. GiVSl. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif., No. 173035. 



Aristolochia (Gymnolobus) Purpusii sp. nov. 



Verisimiliter prostrata : caulibns snlcatis, pubescentibus : f oliis e 

 basi 5-nerviis, apice acutis vel acuminatis, basi cordatis, supra glabris, 

 subtiis pubescentibus, nunc cordato-ovatis nunc basi auriculatis, ca. 

 6 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis ; petiolis ca. 1.2 cm. longis : floribus axillaribus, 

 solitariis ; periantho ca. 3.5 cm. longo, extus pubescenti, utriculo 

 oblongo superne contracto, intus membrana reflexa instructo, limbo 

 lurido. valde eurvato, ovato-acuminato ; pedunculo ca. 1 cm. longo, 

 prope apicem bracteam foliosam gerenti ; antheris 6. 



Collected on Sierra de Tonala. No. 6826. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif.. No. 172533. 



Mimosa (Eumimosa) tetraneura sp. nov. 



Suffruticosa vel annua, caulibus decumbentibus ca. 4 dm. longis. 

 ramosis, setosis ; .setis ca. 2.5 mm. longis, flavidis, patentibus : aculeis 

 infrastipularibus, geminatis, rectis, quam setis longioribus : pinnis 

 confertim 2-jugis, petiolis ca. 2.5 cm. longis ; foliolis 6-7-jugis, 

 oblongis, obtusis, e basi 4-nerviis, margine setosis, utrinque fere 

 glabris, ca. 7 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, jugis inferioribus minoribus : 

 pedunculis solitariis, axillaribus vel ad apices ramorum racemosi.s, 

 3-4 cm. longis, quam foliis longioribus ; capitulis globosis ; lobis 

 corollae purpureis ; leguminibus oblongis, ca. 2 cm. longis, 4 mm. latis 

 margine setosis setis patentibus ; valvis utrinque glabris, 4-5-articulatis. 



Collected on Sierra de Tonala, growing in rocky soil. No. 6626. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif., No. 169739. 



Mimosa pusilla Benth. The specimens referred to this species differ 

 from the original descripti(m and Palmer's Acapulco plant somewhat. 

 They are more erect, more setose and the leaflets of each pinna number 

 about twenty-four. Collected on the Sierra de Tonala. No. 6629. 

 Univ. Calif. Herb., No. 169741. 



