]915] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpiisianae, VII 191 



piibeseentibus, pedicellis brevibus ; sepalis oblontio-obtiisis fere aequali- 

 bns, exterioribiis hirsutis, ca. 1.4 cm. longis: corolla purpurea ca. 4 cm. 

 longa e basi gradatim ampliata ore parum angnstata, ca. 1 em. lata, 

 lobis brevi.s.simis; .stamiuibas ineliisis e basi usque ad medium pubes- 

 centibus: ovario 2-loculari. Fructus deest. 



The form of the corolla perhaps would place this species in the 

 doubtful genus Exogoiium. Collected in forests near Zacuapan, Vera 

 Cruz. No. 7309. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 174944. 



Beureria Purpusii sp. nov. 



Frutex : ramis puberulis : foliis late ovatis apice acutis basi sub- 

 cordatis margine integris, supra paulo pubescentibus, subtus palli- 

 dioribus. praecipue ad venas pubescentibus. 8-12 cm. longis. 7-8 cm. 

 latis ; petiolis ca. 2 cm. longis puberulis : paniculis ranuilos terminanti- 

 bus laxifloris ; calvce paulo pubescenti, lobis triangulis intus puberulis ; 

 corolla ca. 1.3 cm. lata ; staminibus basi intus incrassatis pubescenti- 

 bus; styli ramis brevibus. Fructus deest. 



Collected on banks of arroyos at San Geronimo, Oaxaca. No. 7369. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 174819. 



Borreria tonalensis sp. nov. 



Herbacea ; caulibus paululum pubescentibus, 3-5 dm. altis, ramo- 

 sis : foliis ovato-acuminatis, ca. 6 cm. longis, 2-2.5 cm. latis, basi in 

 petiolum alatam ca. 1 cm. longum attenuatis, supra plerumque glabris, 

 subtus praecipue ad venas hirsutulis, nervis utrinque-secus 6-8. stipu- 

 larum setis quam vaginis longioribus: floribus in verticillastris axillari- 

 bus vel terminalibus congestis ; bracteis filiformibus ; calycis lobis late 

 ovato-acutis margine cum setis albis brevibus ciliatis, ca. 1 mm. longis; 

 corolla ca. 1 em. longa, tubo filiformi, lobis 4 brevibus. 



Collected on Sierra de Tonala, Chiapas. No. 7116. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 174414. 



Aegiphila paludosa sp. nov. 



Fruticulus: caulibus glabris, lenticellis multis instruetis: foliis 

 ovato-acutis. basi cuneatis. punctatis, interdum ad nodos congestis, ca. 

 2.5 cm. longis, 13 mm. latis; petiolis ca. 3 mm. longis: intlore.scentia 

 puberula axillari et terminali paniculam foliosam formanti : calyce 

 campanulato 5-dentato; corolla ca. 1.4 cm. longa. coccinea. tubo tenui- 

 ter cylindraceo superne i)arum am])liato lobis 5 ovatis ; .staniinil)us 4 

 longe exsertis; ovario 4-loculari. Fructus deest. 



Collected about ponds near San Geronimo. Oaxaca. No. 7181. 

 Type. Herb. T'uiv. Calif. No. 175009. 



