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usque ad 13 cm. longo, 4 cni. lato, altero minori interdum minimo, 

 supra dissite hirtellis subtus ad venas pilosis, niargine piloso-hivtello- 

 ciliatis; petiolis ca. 4 mm. longis : floribus in cymas corymbiformes 

 caules terminantes dispositis, bracteis cito deciduis chartaceis late 

 laneeolatis margine piloso-ciliatis ca. 6 mm, longis instructas ; calycibus 

 glabris ca. 6 mm. longis, lobis ovato-acutis ca. 2 mm. longis; petalis 

 late ovatis ca. 4 mm. longis ; conneetivo staminum majorum in appen- 

 dicem brevem compressaui producto, staminum minorum in appen- 

 dicem glanduliformem terminanti ; ovario apice dentato undique glan- 

 dulis stipitatis obsito. Fructus deest. 



Collected on Cerro del Boqueron, Chiapas. No. 6978. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 172787. 



EcUptostelma molle, Brandg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot., vol. 6, p. 371. 

 Dr. Purpus has collected fruit of this high-climbing asclepiad and its 

 description may be completed as follows: Folliculi crassi anguste 

 ovoidei striati, striis pubescentibus, ca. 7.5 cm. longi, 3 cm. lati. 



Cordia limicola, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramis parce hirsutis: foliis ovatis acuminatis basi in petio- 

 lum marginatum cuneatis, margine superne crenato-dentatis, utrinque 

 parce hirsutis. venis paululum excurrentibus, 5-8 cm. longis. 3-5 cm. 

 latis: floribus in capitulo globoso pedunculum 6-9 cm. longum termi- 

 nantibus: calyce ca. 8 mm. longo, lobis 5 lineari-lanceolatis ca. 3 mm. 

 longis, hirsuto: corolla ca. 1.5 cm. longa infundibuliforrai cito decidua ; 

 drupa calyce inclusa, putamine osseo tuberculato. 



Collected at Corral de Piedras, near Zacuapan, Vera Cruz, growing 

 in moist soil. No. 8017. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 198413. 



Centaurium peninsulare, sp. nov. 



Annuum, 12-20 cm. altum glabrum : foliis inferioribus ovatis basi 

 in petiolum cuneatis, usque ad 2 cm. longis, 1 cm. latis; superioribus 

 minoribus ovato-lanceolatis: floribus ramulos axillares 3-4.5 cm. longos 

 vel caules terminantibus ; pedicellis plerumque duobus 3-4 cm. longis ; 

 calycis lobis 5 linearibus ca. 6 mm. longis corollae tubo paululum 

 brevioribus; corollae lobis 4 roseis ca. 4 mm. longis, late ovatis. obtusis; 

 stigmate flabelliformi ; antlieris oblongis. 



An erect few-flowered species. The axillary branches or peduncles 

 are two-bracted at the top and usually bear two flowers on long 

 pedicels. The dried flowers are rose-colored or pink. Collected by 

 T. S. Brandegee on Sierra de San Francisquito, a high mountain of 

 the Cape Region of Baja California. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 

 177313. 



