1915] Brandegce: I'htiifae Mexicanae Purpusianae, VII 195 



3 mm. latis. hraeteolis laneeolatis ealyeis lohos aequantibus. ea. 3 mm. 

 lonuis. eorollae tubo brevi. labio postico integro, labio antico 3-lob(). 

 staminibus 2 fauci affixis. antherarum loculis connectivo lato disjunc- 

 tis : capsiila ca. 6 mm. longa. 



Well marked by the broad braets of the spike, sometimes, however, 

 with the shorter spikes the bracts are absent. The spike somewhat 

 suggests Tetramerium. but the capsule is that of Dianthera. Collected 

 on rocky banks of Cerro del Boqueron, Chiapas. No. 7285. Type. 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 173117. 



Jacobinia Purpusii sp. nov. 



Fruticosa ramosa : caulibns teretibns pubescentibus : foliis ovato- 

 acnminatis interdum basi cuneatis, margine integris, ntrin(iue pubes- 

 centibus subtus praecipue ad venas, ca. 6 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis: 

 petiolis 1.2-2.5 cm. longis: floribus 1-4 ramulos terminantibus sessili- 

 bus; calycis lobis laneeolatis quam bracteis foliosis oblongo-lance(^latis 

 ca. 6 mm. longis brevioribus: corolla ca. 7 cm. longa pubescenti alte 

 bilabiata. tubo superne paulo ampliato. labio postico apice curvato 

 integro. labio antico angusto breviter trilobo demnm deflexo. stamini- 

 bus 2. lobum posticum aequantibus; antheris ecalcaratis oblongis loeulo 

 altero altius affixo. Fructus deest. 



A species having long yellow flowers. Collected in damp barrancas 

 near Finca Irlanda. Chiapas. No. 7284. Type. Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 

 173108. 



Odontonema glabra, sp. nov. 



SuflPrutescens. undique glabra: canlibus parum ramosis. teretibns : 

 foliis oblongo-acnminatis. basi in petiolum brevon attenuatis. margine 

 integris. usque ad 2 dm. longis. 7 cm. latis: tioribus paniculatis caules 

 ramosque terminantibus. bracteis lineari-lanceolatis parvis; calycis 

 tubo turbinato brevi. laciniis 5 laneeolatis, ca. 2 mm. longis : corolla 

 ut videtur dilute flava. ca. 2 em. longa. paululum bilabiata. .superne 

 parum ampliata. labio postico breviter 2-lobo, antico usque ad medium 

 3-lolio; antherarum loculis aequalibus vel inaequalibus. filamentis 

 medio tubo affixis. staminodiis 2 plus minus longis: capsula 2 em. 

 longa. 



Specimens from Cerro del Boqueron were distributed under the 

 name of .Jdvuhhiid sa.r<ilil>s l*>i';indg. ined. Collected at Finca Irlanda 

 and on Cerro del Boqucnm. Chiapas. Nos. 7286 and 7208. Tyi)e. Herb. 

 I'niv. Calif. No. 174149. 



