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Kohleria viminalis sp. nov, 



Frutieosa : caulibus gracilibus debilibus ramosis intricatis glabris : 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis apice aeuminatis, basi anguste c^^neatis, margine 

 hirsuto-eiliatis interdnm paulo denticiilatis, 3-6 cm. longis, 1-2 cm. 

 latis. supra glabris. .snbtiis ad venas hirsiitnlis ; petiolis ca. 6 mm. 

 longis : pednnculis solitariis axillaribus filiformibiis unifloris, ca. 7 cm. 

 longis, medio bra'cteolatis, bracteolis filiformibus ca. 6 mm. longis; 

 calycis tubo turbinate ultra medium adnato. lobis lineari-lanceolatis 

 ca. 1 cm. longis; corolla rubra extus pubescenti, basi aeqiiali, tnbiilosa 

 ad medium paulo ampliato, ca. 3 cm. longa ; disci glandula crassa an- 

 nulata. 



This species is a woody vine-like plant bearing red flowers on long, 

 bracted peduncles. The gland of the disk is annular like that of 

 Achimenes but in other characters it is nearer KoJileria. Collected 

 near Finca Irlanda on moist rocks. No. 7282. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 174923. 



Rpiscia Purpusii nom. nov. 



SolenopJtora Puri)Hsii Brandg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot, vi, 65. Ad- 

 ditional and better specimens received from Dr. Purpus show that this 

 plant is not a Solenophora but probably belongs to the genus Episcia. 

 To its description add : calycis lobis f oliaceis : corollae tubo recto, 

 staminibus prope basim affixis, filamentis liberis : fructu omnino supero, 

 ovoideo, 2-valvato; placentis in laminam dorsifixam sessilem expansis, 

 facie interiori ovulifera. 



Justicia hians (Brandg.) nom. nov. 



Beloperone Itiaits Brandg. Proc. Cal. Acad. Ser. II, ii, 1889, 194. 

 Justicia Pahncri Rose, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. I, 1890, 75. Lacking 

 seeds the plant was erroneously described as a Beloperone. Unfor- 

 tunately the rules of nomenclature necessitate a change of the specific 

 name. It is a common species of the lower half of the peninsula of 

 Baja California. 



Justicia (Dianthera) chiapensis sp. nov. 



Suffrutescens : caulibus geniculatis puberulis teretibus nodis radi- 

 eantibus: foliis oppositis ovato-acutis supra paulo pubescentibus subtus 

 glabris, ca. 5 cm. longis, 1-3 cm. latis ; petiolis ca. 5 nmi. longis: spicis 

 laxifloris caules terminantibus usque ad 8 cm. longis interdum geminis 

 altera breviori ; floribus singulis in axillis bractearum sessilibus, brac- 

 teis late ovatis foliosis venosis petiolulatis fere glabris, ca. 4 mm. longis, 



