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Solanum (Polymeris) Purpusii sp. 



nov 



Friiticosiim : caulibus teretibus, flexuosis, hii-siitis pilis patentibus, 

 fuseis : foliis ovato-aeuminatis. basi obtiisis. margine ciliatis, interdiim 

 g'eminis, supra parce hirsutis. subtus praeeipue ad veuas stellato- 

 pubeseentibiis, usque ad 12 cm. longis. 5 cm. latis ; petiolis ca. 5 mm. 

 longis. hirsutis : pedicellis 1-2. axillaribus. ca. 1.5 cm. longis fusco- 

 hirsutis; calyce cupulari. margine undulato. extus dense hirsuto cum 

 pilis apice stellatim ramosis. appeudieibus 10. anguste linearibus. ca. 

 7 mm. longis. dense fusco-hirsutis ; stamiuibus 2 longioribus : bacca 

 diametro ca. 1.5 cm. 



Collected in damp forests near Finca Mexiquito. No. 7011. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif., Xo. 173078. 



Castilleia (Hemiehroma) chiapensis sp. nov. 



Suffrutieosa. ramosa, pubescens. ca. 4 dm. alta : foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis, 4—5 cm. longis, 2-3 mm. latis, sessilibus : Horibus pedieel- 

 latis, laxe racemosis ; bracteis obovatis, ca. 15 mm. longis, calyce ca. 

 2.5 cm. longo ; corolla ca. 3 cm. longa, galea doreo dense pubescenti, 

 labio inferior] lirevi. longe 3-dentato. 



Collected in the high region of Cerro del Boqueron. No. 6884. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif., No. 172986. 



ALLOPHYTON gen. nov. Scrophulariacearum 



Calyx 5-fidus. Corollae tubus cylindraceus, limbi lobis parvis, 

 rotundatis. Stamina 4. didynama, 2 inclusa, 2 exserta; antherarum 

 loculi divaricati demum explanati. Staminodium nullum. Stylus apice 

 2-lobus; o\'ula in loculis numerosa. Capsula ovoidea, acuta, demum 

 in valvis 4 dehiscens. Seniina numerosa, globosa, rugosa. Herba, 

 foliis oppositis. Cymae paucitlorae, pedunculis axillaribus. Corollae 

 coceineae. 



Allophyton megaphyllum sp. nov. 



Caulibus crassis. puberulis : foliis elliptico-acutis, basi attenuatis, 

 fere sessilibus, margine integris vel crenatis, ca. 24 cm. longis, 9-10 cm. 

 latis, utrinque glabris : pedunculis 6-10 cm. longis, 4-8-floris ; pedicellis 

 1-2 cm. longis ; calycis lobis lanceolatis brevibus ; corolla ca. 2.5 cm. 

 longa. 



The specimens are not complete enough to give the size of the plant. 

 The leaves are large and crowded and on the under side the veins are 

 very distinct. The flowers resemble those of Russelia. Collected at 

 Finca Irlanda, growling in moist soil of damp barrancas. No. 6855. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif., No. 172562. 



