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explanate. Capsule 9-10 mm. lono;, narrowly ovoid, con- 

 spicuously attenuate. Seeds black, the furrows nearly as wide 

 as the intervening ridges. Stem above, pedicels and calyces 

 usually glabrous, rarely somewhat glandular-pubescent. 



1. A. meridionalis. 

 Leaves uniformly serrate, the largest 8-9 cm. long. Corolla 5-6 



mm. long. Filaments thin. Anthers widely and flatly ex- 

 planate. Capsule 6 mm. long, pyramidal, shortly attenuate. 

 Seeds dark -brown, the furrows much narrower than the inter- 

 vening ridges. Stem above, pedicels and calyces glandular- 

 pubescent, densely pubescent at the bases of the petioles. 



2. A. serrata. 



1. Alonsoa meridionalis (L. f.) Kuntze. 



Scrophularia meridionalis L. f., Suppl. 280. 1781. "Habitat in Nova 



Granada. D. Mutis." Tj^pe probably from Bogota. 

 Hemimeris mulisii H. B. K., Xov. Gen. et Sp. 2: -376. 1817. ''Crescit 



prope Santa Fe de Bogota [Humboldt & Bonpland]." 

 Alonsoa mutisii (H. B. K.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: .518. 1838. 

 Alonsoa. meridionalis (L. f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 2: 457. 1891. The plant 



of Venezuela noted by Kuntze, and described as so variable in color, is 



A. -parvi flora (H. B. K.) G. Don. 



Corolla uniformly dull-orange. Filaments dull-yellow\ Anthers 

 yellow. 



Waysides and grassy slopes, around the margins of the Sabana 

 of Bogota, on the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental; at alti- 

 tudes of 2600 to 2900 meters. Temperate zone. 



Cundinamarca. Zipaquira, Pennell 2564 (Y); Bogota, Holton 

 (Y), Pennell 1309 (Y), Pennell 2099 (Y), Pennell 2332 (Y); (Plateau 

 de Bogota), J. Triana (Y); El Penon, s. w. of Sibate, Pennell 2410 

 (Y), [pedicels unusually glandular-pubescent]. 



2. Alonsoa serrata Pennell, sp. nov. 



Stem 6 dm. tall, four-angled, angles slightly winged, stem glabrous 

 below, glandular pubescent above. Leaves opposite, 8-9 cm. long, 

 the blades ovate, uniformly serrate, slightly paler beneath, glabrous, 

 on petioles .less than one-half length of blade. Racemes indefinite, 

 teiminal on the stem and branches; bracts sessile, the lowermost 

 ovate and somewhat serrate, nearly 2 cm. long, the upper lanceolate, 

 smaller. Pedicels spreading, 10-11 mm. long, glanduiar-putiescent. 

 Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, glandular-pubescent, 3-4 mm. long, 

 Corolla 5-6 mm. long. Filaments slender. Anthers widely ex- 

 planate. Style 2-2.5 mm. long. Stigma capitate. Capsule 6 mm. 

 long, pyramidal, slightly attenuate to an obtuse apex, glabrous. 

 Seeds .8-.9 mm. long, cylindric, dark-brown, with about 8 rounded 

 longitudinal ridges separated by deep narrow furrows; the whole 

 surface finely alveolate-reticulate. 



