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campanulato ore constricto 4- 5-lobato paulo setoso, lobis triangulis 

 dorso appendiee lineari-lanceolata setosa ca. 2 mm. longa instnictis; 

 petalis obovatis ro.seis. ca. 3 mm. longis; staminibus 8-10; bacca 

 globosa calvcis limbo coronata apice depressa, diametro ca. 5 cm. 



According to the collector's notes this is a small bush growing on 

 rocky banks and bearing rose-colored flowers. The stems are retrorsely 

 setose in the manner of Maieta setosa Cogn. Collected on Cerro del 

 Boqneron, Chiapas. No. 7358. Type. Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 174832. 



Cavendishia chiapensis sp. nov. 



Fruticosa glabra epiphytica : foliis coriaceis ellipticis apice longe 

 acnminatis basi obtnsis, 3-5-nerviis, usque ad 14 cm. longis, 5.5 cm. 

 latis : racemis axillaribus vel terminalibus, 3-5.5 cm. longis ; pedicellis 

 1.3 cm. longis ; bracteis coloratis cito deciduis : calyce campanulato, 

 margine membranaceo, breviter 5-dentato : corolla ventricoso-tubulosa 

 dilute rubra ore valde contracta, ca. 15 mm. longa, dentibus oblongis 

 obtusis reflexis ca. 1 mm. longis ; filamentis liberis basi complanatis 

 superne gradatim angustatis tubo corollae affixis; bacca diametro ca. 

 8 mm. 



Collected from trees on Cerro del Boqneron, Chiapas. No. 7342. 

 Type. Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 174857. 



Jacquinia arenicola sp. nov. 



Eamuli puberuli : foliis glabris ellipticis coriaceis, basi in petiolum 

 brevem trauseuntibus, apice acumine pungente praeditis. ca. 5 cm. 

 longis. 2 em. latis. margine incrassatis, subtriplinerviis obscure costu- 

 latis : inflorescentiis terminalibus corymboso-racemosis, racemis usque 

 ad 8-floris, ca. 4 cm. longis, pedicellis ca. 6 mm. longis, bracteis ovato- 

 acuminatis ciliatis : fioribus ca. 9 mm. longis, corolla saturate auran- 

 tiaca. tubo quam lobis paululum longiori ; lobis oblongis obtusis : 

 staminodiis late ovatis acutis quam lobis brevioribus: staminibus 

 staminodiis brevioribus. antheris oblongis truncatis ; f ructu rubro dia- 

 metro ca. 15 mm., cum stylo mucronato. 



Collected near San Geronimo. Oaxaca, growing on sandy plains. 

 No. 7132. Type. Herb. Tiiiv. Calif. No. 174148. 



Parathesis lanceolata sp. nov. 



Ramis juvenibus ferrugineo-tomentosis demum glabris : foliis el- 

 liptico-lanceolatis. apice acnminatis. basi in petiolum attenuatis. mar- 

 gine integris. punetulis minutis ob lucem visis. 8-12 cm. longis. 2-3 

 cm. latis, utrinque demum glabris; petiolis ca. 7 mm. longis: inflores- 

 centia terminal i ferrugineo-tomentosa 2-3-pinnata folios plerumque 



