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nales 14-20-flori 6-10 cm. longi. Flores 5-6 mm. longi. Sepala 

 inferiora ovata superius ovato-oblongum acuta incurvo-pubes- 

 centia 2-2.3 mm. longa. Alae ovales apice late rotundatae basi 

 oblique subunguiculatae sparse ciliolatae ad costam incurvo-pu- 

 bescentes 5.5 mm. longae 3.5 mm. latae. Carina 5-6 mm. longa- 

 Petala superiora obovata apice rotundata 5 mm. longa. Capsula 

 elliptica subdense incurvo-puberula 10 mm. longa 6 mm. lata, 

 in pedicello 4 mm. longo. Semen (immaturum) sericeo-pilosum. 

 Arillus maturus papyraceus (umbone minimo) sparse pilosus 1.5 

 mm. altus irregulariter lobulatus in lobos distinctos non divisus, 

 margine dorsali horizontali 2.2 mm. longo. Chiapas: mountains, 

 temperate region, November (1864-70), Ghiesbreght 736 (type: 

 G). T. 2. Fig. 36. According to the collector, the flowers 

 are blue. 



45. P. appressipilis, sp. nov. E basi suffruticulosa erecta pluri- 

 caulis ad 3.5 dm. alta subglaucescens. Caules ramosi ut inflores- 

 centia subdense griseo-puberuli pilis incurvis appressis. Folia ovata 

 vel inferiora ovalia acuta vel obtusa cuspidulata basi cuneato- 

 rotundata firma nervis 2-3-jugis prominentibus non reticulatis 

 supra obscure viridia subtus pallida glaucescentia subdense puber- 

 ula pilis incurvo-appressis inferiora 1.3-1.8 cm. longa 8-10 mm. 

 lata, media et superiora 2-3 cm. longa 9-13 mm. lata; petioli 

 griseo-puberuli 2 mm. longi. Racemi sublaxiflori ad 8 cm. longi. 

 Flores ut videtur ochroleuci. Sepala oblongo-ovata acutiuscula 

 subdense incurvo-puberula 3.8 mm. longa. Alae late ellipticae 

 apice rotundatae basi cuneatae in basi et supra in costa et ad 

 apicem incurvo-puberulae ciliolatae 6.5-7 mm. longae 4.5-5 mm 

 latae. Carina glabra 6.8 mm. longa. Petala superiora oblongo- 

 obovata plus minusve ciliolata 5.8 mm. longa. Capsula juventate 

 ciliata in lateribus glaberrima vel subsparse incurvo-puberula ellip- 

 tica. Fructus deest. Morelos: lava fields above Cuernavaca, 

 2440 m., 4 June 1904, Pringle 11925 (type coll.: GK). T. 2. 

 Fig. 38 (immature seed). 



46. P. velata, sp. nov. Basis . . . Caulis erectus apice sim- 

 pliciter ramosus ut inflorescentia subdense incur vo-puberulus 3.4 

 dm. altus et ultra. Folia ovata vel rhomboideo-lanceolata vel 

 -ovata acuminata apice supremo saepius obtusa cuspidata basi 

 acute cuneata ubique sparse incurvo-puberula supra obscure viri- 

 dia infra paullo pallidiora nervis lateralibus ca. 5-jugis anastomanti- 



