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Vol. 6, No. 8, pp. 177-197 Issued October 30, 1915 



PLAXTAE ^[EXrr^AXAE PURPU8TAXAE VII 



BY 



TOWXSIIKXD STI'ni I'.RANDErJEE 



The collection (jf 1914 came mainly from Chiapas and Southern 

 Oaxaca. from the same region a.s that of tin- pfceeding year. Owing 

 to the disturbed condition of affairs in the country and as only species 

 not previously collected were distiihiitcd. their imraber is smaller than 

 usual. 



Tradescantia deficiens sp. nov. 



Caulibus debilibus. nodis inferioribus radicantibus, imo latere 

 vi]h)So: foliis ovato-acuminatis ; laminis iitrinque glabris, ca. 4.5 cm. 

 longis. 1.7 em. latis : petiolis brevibus; vaginis margine longe piloso- 

 ciliatis: umbellis sessilibus caules ramuh)S(|iie terminantibiLS. pauci- 

 floris; bracteis spathaceis foliifonuihiis coniplieatis. ca. 1.5 cm. longis, 

 glabris: sepalis 3. exteriori dor.so piloso-eiliato ; petalis 3, roseis; 

 staminil)us 6. consimilibus, loculis antherae ad latus inferius conneetivi 

 late fiabclliformis positis; filamentis barbatis; stylo 3-lobo; ovario 

 3-loculaii. loculis 2-ovulatis: tViidii 1-spermo, .semine oblongo- 

 ellipsoideo, rugoso. 



Collected on Cerro del Boqueron. Chiapas. Xo. 7172. Type. Ib-rlj. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 175032. 



Smilax Purpusii sp. nov. 



Inermis: ramis glabris striatis ramosis: foliis ovato-acuminatis. basi 

 obtusis vel subcordatis. margine integris, 7-9-nerviis, utrinque glabris, 

 oj)aeis. usque ad 7 cm. loniris. 5.5 cm. latis ; petiolis 2-3 cm. longis, 

 breviter vaginatis. cirrhiferis: pedunculis in axillas foliorum vel 

 superne bractearum petiolis aequantibus vel longioribus; pedicellis 

 uml)ellatis, ca. 8 mm. longis. paululiim pubescentibus. e bracteis minutis 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus ulomeratis orientibus: umbellis 15-30-floris; 

 florum feminorum sepalis petalisque excurvatis. ca. 4 mm. longis. 

 staminibus sterilil)us 3; ovario (^blongo. Flores ma.sculi et fructus 

 desunt. 



