1922] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XI 185 



Usually only one samara develops. The plant is very floriferous. 

 Collected at Cameron, Vera Cruz. No. 8731. Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 214375. 



Croton sitiens, sp. nov. 



Fruticulus : ramis cinereis, glabris : f oliis ovato-aeutis, basi 

 euneatis, margine minute denticulatis, utrinque dense longeque 

 stellato-hirsutis, venis ca. 4-jugis, ca. 15 mm. longis, 5 min. latis, ad 

 apices ramorum congestis ; petiolis ca. 3 mm. longis ; stipulis parvis ; 

 spicis terminalibus axillaribusque, monoicis ca. 1 cm. longis; bracteis 

 ca. 1.5 mm. longis, ovato-lanceolatis, unifloris ; fioribus masculis 6-8, 

 calyce ca. 2.5 mm. alto ad medium 5-fido, staminibus 5, filamentis 

 glabris, petalis calycem aequantibus : flore f emineo solitario, apetalo, 

 calyce 5-partito, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, ca. 1 mm. longis ; ovario 

 pubescenti ; stylis prof unde bifidis, laciniis paulo bilobis ; capsula 

 calycem aequanti, dense stellato-hirsuta ; seminibus levibus. 



The stamens, styles, and petals are often purple. Collected at 

 Kemulatero, Vera Cruz, gro^s'ing on dry slopes. No. 8732. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 214369. 



Miconia Purpusii, sp. nov. 



Frutex : f oliis in eodem jugo aequalibus, lanceolato-ellipticis, apice 

 longe acuminatis, basi euneatis, usque ad 15 cm. longis, 6 cm. latis, 

 3-5 nerviis, supra glabris, subtus interdum ad nervos paululum 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis, margine breviter spinuloso-sinuato-dentatis ; 

 petiolis ca. 2 cm. longis ; paniculis quam f oliis brevioribus : calyce 

 glabro urceolato ca. 3 mm. longo, limbo truncato persistenti ; petalis 

 5, ca. 4 mm. longis ; staminibus 10, antheris ca. 4 mm. longis in rimam 

 dehiscentibus : bacca subglobosa 5-loculari. 



The greater number of the many species of Miconia have anthers 

 which open by terminal pores. This proposed new species belongs 

 to the small group in which the anthers open by longitudinal slits. 

 Collected at Mirador, Vera Cruz. No. 8903. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. 

 No. 205088. 



(Enothera thalassaphila, sp. nov. 



Ascendens vel di^eumbens suffrutescens : caulibus breviter pubes- 

 centibus usque ad 30 cm. longis, interdum decorticantibus : f oliis 

 ovatis integris apice aeutis basi in petiolum ca. 1 mm. longum mar- 

 ginatum angustatis, dense albo-pubescentibus, ca. 1 cm. longis, 6 mm. 

 latis: fioribus axillaribus; sepalis ca. 1.7 cm. longis, e basi lata 

 attenuatis longitudine petalis aequalibus, sparsim breviterque albo- 

 pubescentibus ; tubo ca. 4 cm. longo, pubescente ; capsula ca. 3 cm. 

 longa, pubescente quadrangulare curvata ; seminibus oblongo-ovatis 

 utrinque aeutis, levibus. 



