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Ocotea pyramidata lilake, s]). iiov. 



Ai'hoi- -riMiulis; ranmli iii<;i-('scciitcs sparse ])ul)('nili <i-hil)rali snlcati; 

 t'.iiia ()l)l(iiip)-('llii)1ica lO-lSciii. loiiua 4-7.5 cm. lata obtusa i)asi 

 cuncato-roliiiKlala pcrgainriitacea sui»ra glabra lucida laxo ])r()miiml()- 

 reticulata subtns ol)s('uriiis viridia in costa et venis 8-10 prominentibns 

 et sparse in vennlis i)ubenda in axillis non barbata laxe proiniiiulo- 

 rcti.-ubita, in pctiolis sparse pnbernlis 1-2.5 em. longis; panieuhie 

 axilhires e ])asi ramosae pyramidatae snl)sessiles 0-12 em. longae ca. 

 6 em. latae sordide pnbernlae; pedieelli 1-3 mm. longi pnbernli ; ealyx 

 3 mm. longns snbglaber, segmcntis ovalibns .su])ae(|nalibns rotundatis; 

 slamiiia ser. I. 2.2 mm. longa glabra, filamentis antheras leyiter 

 emarginatas aeqnantibns, loeellis introrsis per paria snperpositis; 

 stamina ser. II. similia; stamina ser. III. basi glandulis binis magnis 

 tilamenti dimidinm aerjnantibiis sessilil)us donata, loeellis inferioribns 

 extrorso-laleralibns snperioribns intror.so-lateralibus; staminodia nulla ; 

 ovarium sterile subulatum glabrum 2 mm. longum. 



This does not seem closely related to any other species known from 

 ]\rexico. Type in the U. S. National Plerbarium, No. 1039029. collected 

 at Zacuapan, Vera Cruz. November. 1919 ; Purpus No. 8456. 



Bauhinia {Casparia) jucunda, sp. nov. 



Ramis glabris cinereis : foliis membranaeeis glabris 5-nerviis. laete 

 viridibus; foliolis ca. 5.5 cm. longis fere usque ad medium connatis, 

 partibus liberis ca. 2 cm. latis, gradatim in apices obtusos ca. 4 mm. 

 latos angustatis, apicibus ca. 6cm. separatis; petiolis ca. 2cm. longis; 

 stipulis parvis cito deciduis : calycis tubo ca. 7 mm. longo. limbo deinde 

 spathaceo : petalis linearibus tomentosis quam stamine perfecto brevi- 

 oribus. Fructus deest. 



Only one specimen was collected. The thin, bright green, divaricate 

 leaves resemble those of some Passiflorae. Collected in Barranca de 

 Panoaya. Vera Cruz. No. 8535. Type, Herb. Cniv. Calif. No. 204997. 



Indigofera acasonicae, sp. nov. 



Frutieosa. ereeta : ramis cinereis pilis brevibus : foliis ereetis ses- 

 silibus vel petiolis uscjue ad 1cm. longis; foliolis 3-5 euneiformibus, 

 1.5-2.3 mm. longis, prope apicem ca. 5 mm. latis, apice rotundatis 

 mucronatis, ntrinqne breviter pilosis pilis medifixis; stipulis ovato- 

 lanceolatis: raeemis axillaribus ca. 2 cm. longis ca. 10-floris; bracteolis 

 parvis ovato-aeuminatis (|uam pedicellis duple longioribus; calycis 

 lobis quam tubo longioribus, ovato-aeuminatis ; legumine tereti ca. 

 2.5 cm. longo, pedicello curvato deflexo, ad raebin ramosrpie arte 

 adpresso. 



