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{Graham) ; rich canons, hills near Patzcuaro, Dec. 22, 1891 (C. G. 

 Pringle, no. 3981): Vera Cruz, Mt. Orizaba {Botteri, no. 578), alt. 

 3,080 m., Aug. 5, 1891 (Seaton, no. 514) ; Cruz Verde, near Jalapa, 

 alt. 2,130 m., 1894 {C. L. Smith, no. 1480): Guerrero, near Chil- 

 pancingo, alt. 2,770 to 3,140 m., Dec. 24, 1894 {E. W. Nelson, no. 

 2245) : Oaxaca, Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 3,080 m., Aug. 8, 1894 

 ((7. G. Pringle, no. 5779). 



Var. sonorensis. Leaves long-acuminate, mostly cuneate at base, 

 about 1 dm. long : rhachis and calyces pilose, only slightly glandular. — 

 SoNORA, Alamos, 1890 {Edw. Palmer, no. 292); Huehuerachi, alt. 

 1,230 m., Dec. 6, 1890 (C V. Hartman, no. 312) : damp canon, Rin- 

 canardo Mts., Dec. 27, 1890 {F. E. Lloyd, no. 449): Chihuahua, 

 Hacienda San Miguel, 1885 {Ediv. Palmer, no. 270) ; near Batopilas, 

 alt. 1,G90 to 2,000 m., Oct. 4, 5, 1898 {E. A. Goldman, no. 206). 



2. Calyx-lobes not subulate-tipped. 

 O Bracts 2 to 3 cm. long, persistent. 



194. S. MOLLissiMA, Mart. & Gal. 1. c. 71 ; Benth. 1. c. 342 ; Hemsl. 

 1. c. 561. — Described from Oaxaca. Not seen. 



O O Bracts smaller, deciduous. 



195. S. COCCINEA, Juss. Stems canescent-puberulent. — Juss. ex. 

 Murr. Comm. Gott. i. (1778) 86, t. i. ; Benth. I.e. ; Kegel, Gartenfl. 

 vii. t. 232; Morren, Belg. Hort. ix. t. 5; Gray, Syn. Fl. I.e. 368; 

 Hemsl. I.e. 555 ; Briq. 1. c. S. rosea, Vahl, I.e. 244. aS'. glaucescens, 

 Pohl, Fl. Bras. Ic. ii. 136, t. 192. — Of broad range in the Southern 

 United States, the West Indies, South America, aud India, rare in 

 Mexico. Reported by Benth. I.e. from Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 



Var. PSEUDO-cocciNEA, Gray. Stems conspicuously hirsute. — 

 Syn. Fl. 1. c. S. pseudo-coccinea, Jacq. Coll. ii. 302, & le. Rar. ii. 2. 

 t. 209 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2864 ; Benth. 1. c; Paxton, Fl. Card. ii. t. 40; 

 Briq. I.e. S. ciliata, Benth. Lab. 286. S. Galeottii, Mart., in Mart. & 

 Gal. 1. c. 75. — Central and southern Mexico and Central America. Nuevo 

 Leox, Papagallas, Dec, 1852 (Geo. Thurher, no. 872) ; Guajuco, March, 

 1880 {Edw. Palmer, no. 1074) : San Luis Potosi, near Tancanhuitz, 

 alt. 370 m., May 1, 1898 {E. W. Nelson, no. 4376) ; Oaxaca, Chiqui- 

 huitlan, alt. 1,230 m., Aug. 16, 1895 (Z. C. Smith, no. 619): Chiapas 

 ( Ghiesbreght, no. 752) ; valley of Jiquipilas, alt. 675 to 820 m., Aug., 

 1895 (E. W. Nelson, no. 2942) : Yucatan, Chichen Itza, Jan. 18, 

 1895 (C. F. Millspaiigh, no. 116); Izamal, 1895 (G. F. Gaumer, 

 no. 453). 



