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Aphelandra speciosa. sp. nov. 



Suffruticosa, glabra : foliis ovato-acuminatis in petioliim nsqiie ad 

 8 cm. longum attennatis, laminis 10-23 cm. longi.s. 6-14 cm. latis. mar- 

 gine integris : spicis terminalibus ca. 12 cm. longis ; bracteis coloratis 

 margine integris ca. 3 cm. longis. 1.5-2.6 cm. latis, inferioribns vacuis 

 acutis, superioribns obtnsis minorilins : calyei.s segmentis lanceolatis 

 ca. 7 mm. longis; corolla ca. 38 mm. longa, rubra, tubo ca. 20 mm. 

 longo, labio postico integro. labio antico usque ad basim 3-fido, laciniis 

 lateralibus mnlto minoribns : antheris qnam corolla panlo longioribus ; 

 capsula ca. 2 cm. longa, seminibus minute tuberculatis. 



Collected at Finca Mexiquito. Chiapas. Xo. 6995. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 172800. 



Sommera. chiapensis sp. nov. 



Foliis obovato-lanceolatis, margine integris. basi in petiolum at- 

 tenuatis, subtus praecipue ad venas hirsutulis. supra glabris, venulis 

 creberrime lineolatis. ca. 15 cm. longis, 6 cm. latis, junioribus subtus 

 adpresse hirsutis : petiolis 3-6 cm. longis : stipulis cito deciduis lanceo- 

 latis glabris ca. 3 cm. longis: racemis axillaribus paucifloris usque ad 

 5.5 cm. longis; pedicellis ca. 1 cm. longis; calycis tubo ureeolato, lobis 

 5-6 oblongis, 1-2 mm. longis; corollae tubo brevi, basi glabro, lobis 5, 

 ca. 1 cm. longis, oblongo-ovatis acutis extus pubescentibus intus dense 

 villosis; staminibus 5 fauei corollae in.sertis, filamentis brevibus. an- 

 theris brevibus oblongis, styli ramis hirsutis ; bacca immatura sub- 

 globosa glabra. 



This plant is closely related to the Sommera arhorescrns Schl. from 

 Zacuapan, but the calyx lobes, fruit and flowers are very different. 

 Collected near Finca Irlanda. Chiapas. Xo. 7263. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 174914. 



Mannettia flexilis sp. nov. 



Caulibus gracilibus volubilibus puberulis. junioribus hirtellis : 

 foliis ovato-lanceolatis fere glabris. basi cuneatis. breviter petiolatis, 

 ca. 6 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis : floribas in umbellas vel racemos 2-4- 

 floros dispositis : pedunculis brevibus vel nullis; pedicellis ca. 5 mm. 

 longis: calyce campanulato, lobis 4 ovato-lanceolatis demum retlexis 

 tubo aequilongis : corolla tubulosa ca. 5 mm. longa, lobis brevibus tri- 

 angulis, intus pubescentibus; styli ramis brevibus e tubo corollae 

 breviter exsertis : capsnla turbinata septicide 2-valva. 



Collected on moist rocky banks of Cerro del Boqueron, Chiapas, 

 Oaxaca. No. 7118. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. Xo. 174907. 



