1922] Brandegee : Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XI 187 



the top and attenuate into a very short petiole. The upper part is 

 almost acutely lobed and also dentate. The midvein is often two or 

 three times forked. The single specimen collected bears only mature 

 fruit. Collected from wet rocks of the Sierra Madre near IMisantla, 

 Vera Cruz. No. 8568. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 206237. 



Pachystelma cordatum Brandg. 



Additional collections of this species from the type locality enable 

 the fruit to be described, 



Folliculi crassi, longe acuminati, tuberculoso-muricati, ca. 8 cm. 

 longi, medio ca. 1.5 cm. lati. 



Cordia ovata, sp. no v. 



Frutex: ramis glabris: foliis alternis late ovatis, acuminatis, 

 margine nunc repandis nunc breviter serratis nunc integris, ca. 5.5 

 cm. longis, 3.5 cm. latis, supra glabris, scabris, subtus praecipue ad 

 venas paululum pubescentibus ; petiolis ca. 1 cm. longis pubescentibus : 

 floribus in cymis dichotomis, pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus; 

 calyce ca. 4 mm. longo, anguste campanulato pubescenti, ca. 12-striato- 

 costato, 5-dentato, costis interdum paulo excurrentibus ; corolla in- 

 f undubilari ca. 1 cm. longa, alba ut videtur siccata ; antheris 5 inclusis ; 

 stylo 2-fido ramis breviter 2-fidis; drupa ossea 1-loculari. 



The slightly bifid branches of the stjde are an important char- 

 acter. Collected at Remulatero, Vera Cruz. No. 8937. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. Xo. 205972. 



Physalis filipendula, sp. nov. 



Annua: caulibus glabris, striatis, ramosis: foliis glabris, ovato- 

 acuminatis, basi in petiolum ca. 5 cm. longum attenuatis; lamina 

 usque ad 8 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata, margine sinuato-dentata : corolla 

 ochroleuca, subrotata, diametro ca. 1.3 cm, ; pedicellis ca. 1.2 cm. 

 longis, parum furfuraceis: calyce fructiferi glabro, ovato-acuminato, 

 ca. 3-4 cm. longo, 2.4 cm. lato ; pedicello 4^6 cm. longo. 



The long filiform pedicels of the large fruit furnish the most im- 

 portant character of the species. Collected by T. S. Brandegee in 

 Baja California at San Jose del Cabo and on Sierra San Lazaro. 



