1922] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XI 183 



Calliandra mexicana, sp. nov. 



Frutex ? ramis pubescentibus : pinnis 1-jugis ; f oliolis 2-jiigis, fere 

 glabris, oblique obovatis, apice apiculatis, 1-nerviis, ca. 14 mm. longis, 

 9 mm. latis, addito tertio saepe minori ; petiolis usque ad 7 mm. longis, 

 pubescentibus ; stipulis brunneis, lanceolatis, ca. 4 mm. longis : 

 capitulis globosis ; pedunculis ca. 4 cm. longis, pubescentibus, ad 

 axilis solitariis vel geminis : floribus rubris ; calyce ca. 2-5 mm. longis, 

 parum pubescentibus ; corolla inf undibulif ormi, ca. 5.5 mm. longa ; 

 staminibus numerosis, ca. 3 cm. longis, basi in tubum corollam 

 aequantem, connatis. Legumen deest. 



A handsome species bearing large heads of red flowers and small 

 shining leaves. Collected near Kemulatero, Vera Cruz. No. 8726. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 214396. 



Calliandra scopulina, sp. nov. 



Frutex ? ramis crassis glabris, lenticellis instructis : pinnis uni jugis 

 5-6 cm. longis ; f oliolis 2-3-jugis glabris ovato-lanceolatis, terminali- 

 bus ca. 6 cm. longis, 1.5 cm. latis, inferioribus minoribus, apice 

 acuminatis, basi cuneatis; petiolis 0.1-1.0 cm. longis: capitulis florum 

 ad nodos vetustos pedunculis 3-5 mm. longis ; corolla ca. 6 mm. longa, 

 ochroleuca ; filamentorum tubo corollae aequali. Legumen deest. 



The heads of flowers are nearly sessile along the branches. Col- 

 lected in a rocky barranca near Cameron, Vera Cruz. No. 8930. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 205119. 



Bauhinia (Casparia) peninsularis, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, 2-3 m. altus : ramis brunneis f ulvo-tomentosis : 

 foliis apice obtusis ad tertiam partem bilobatis, basi cordatis, usque 

 ad 5 cm. longis, 6 cm. latis, 7-9 nerviis, subtus tomentosis, supra 

 glabris ; petiolis ca. 1.4 cm. longis, tomentosis ; petalis ca. 2 cm. longis, 

 albis ; ovario dense tomentoso : legumine glabro oblongo, utrinque 

 acuto, ca. 8 cm. longo, 1.5 cm. lato ; stipite ca. 2.5 cm. longo. 



The cordate basal sinus is about as large as the emargination 

 between the lobes of the leaflets. Collected in the Cape Region of 

 Baja California by T. S. Brandegee, at Pescadero, at west side of 

 Cape Region and at Buena Vista, No. 177. The specimens from the 

 latter locality were listed as B. porrecta var. ? Type, Herb. Univ. 

 Calif. No. 137264. 



