11 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



Palmer 166 p.p. (G). Mexico without Locality: Pavon (B). To 

 this Bpecies I also refer with doubl specimens in hb. Kew. collected 



at A.CapulcO by Sinclair and in " Mexico " by Baites. l'rinijlc 2988 

 (Guadalajara, 1889: (1), in flower and young fruit, may belong 

 here, bul Bhows do long hairs among the short ones of the stem. 

 T. 1. Fig. 26. 



50. V. jaliscana, sp. nov. Basis. . . . Caulis erectus sparse 

 ramosus subdense pubescens pilis aliis brevioribus patenti-incurvis 

 aliis pancis longis patentibus rectis, 4 dm. altus et ultra. Folia 

 ovata acuminata cuspidata basi cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata 

 utrinque Bubdense pubescentia pilis brevioribus patenti-incurvis 

 paucis longioribus subpatentibus intermixtis, venis lateralibus 5-6- 

 jugis anastomantibus, media 3.5-4.2 cm. longa 1.4-2 cm. lata in 

 petiolis 2.5 mm. longis, inferiora et superiora minora. Racemi 

 caulem et ramos terminantes 7.5-15 cm. longi 30-57-flori. Flores 

 5-5.5 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo- vel lanceolato-ovata acuminata 

 sparse incurvo-puberula et ciliolata 2.5 mm. longa. Alae ovali- 

 obovatae apice rotundatae basi cuneatae basi ima puberulae ceter- 

 um glabrae 5.2-5.3 mm. longae 3-3.3 mm. latae. Carina 5-5.5 mm. 

 longa. Petala superiora oblonga apice rotundata vix dilatata. 

 Capsula orbicularis margine ciliato excepto glaberrima basi rotun- 

 <l:ito-truncata apice emarginata (vallecula aperta 1-1.3 mm. alta) 

 8.5-9 mm. longa 8.5-9 mm. lata. Semen pilosum 4.3 mm. longum. 

 Arillus 1.5 mm. altus, in margine dorsali 2 mm. longus, umbone 

 parvo dense piloso, margine scarioso lato irregulariter lobulato, 

 margine anteriore verticali dorsali subhorizontali vel curvato-ad- 

 scendente. Jalisco: barranca near Guadalajara, June 1886, 

 Palmer 417 (type coll.: BG). Very distinct in seed characters 

 from P. Albowiana, which comes from the same locality. T. 2. 

 Fig. 34. 



51. P. brachysepala, sp. nov. E basi fruticulosa caules plures 

 erecti sparse ramosi plus minusve flexuosi subdense incurvo-pu- 

 beruli pilis paucis longis late patentibus adjectis, 2-3.5 dm. alti. 

 Folia media et superiora ovata acuminata vix mucronulata basi 

 rotundato-cuneata, sparse incurvo-puberula, pilis paucis longis 

 laxis adjectis, nervis lateralibus ca. 5-jugis albidis, 2.8-4.5 cm. 

 longa 1.2-2.1 cm. lata, in petiolis 1.5-2.5 mm. longis; ea ima ob- 

 longo-ovalia vel obovata apice acuta 5-10 mm. longa 2-4.5 mm. 

 lata. Racemi 15-33-flori 5-7 cm. longi. Flores ut videtur ochro- 



