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The specimens are very mature and most of the fruit has fallen. 

 Of the three carpels of each ovary, only one seems to have developed. 

 Undeveloped fruit having three styles is abundant, scattered in the 

 panicle. Collected at Eemudadero, Vera Cruz. No. 9019. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220319. 



Banisteria nemorum sp. nov. 



Fruticosa : ramis g:labris : f oliis ovatis, acutis, utrinque glabris, 

 8 em. longis, 5 cm. latis, eglandulosis; petiolis 8 mm. longis : inflores- 

 centia terminali, paniculata ; sepalis ovatis, acutis 3 mm. longis quam 

 glandulis 8 duplo longioribus; samaris 2.5 cm. longis, nuculis ex- 

 appendulatis; alls breviter pubescentibus prope apicem 1.7 cm. latis, 

 exauriculatis, dilute roseis. Flores desunt. 



Collected in. open forests near Jalisco, Chiapa.s. No. 9185. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220486. 



Bunchosia monticola sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber cortice brunneis : f oliis ovato-lanceolatis, basi in 

 petiolum angustatis, 6-10 cm. longis, 2-3 em. latis ; petiolis ca. 7 mm. 

 longis, puberulis: racemis ca. 7 cm. longis, 10-15-floris; pedicellis 

 1.3 cm. longis prope basim articulatis bracteolatisque ; glandulis 

 ealycis 8 fere aequalibus ; petalis calycem paulo superantibus, margine 

 ciliatis ut videtur pallide flavis ; stigmate capitato : f ructu juveni 

 pubescenti 3-loculari. 



The large glands of the calyx and the small petals characterize 

 this species. Not enough was collected for distribution. A single 

 gland is often present near the base of the leaf blade. Collected on 

 high mountains .near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9263. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 223436. 



Picrasma mexicana sp. nov. 



Frutex: ramis brunneis: foliis 25 cm. longis; foliolis 9-11, usque 

 ad 10 cm. longis, 4 cm. latis, ovato-acuminatis, utrinque glabris, 

 margine integris: paniculis cymosis, 5-8-floris; pedunculis 3-4 cm. 

 longis, adpresse brunneo-pilosis ; pedicellis brunneo-pubescentibus : 

 sepalis oblongis, brunneo-pubescentibus : ovario 4-partito : stylis quam 

 petalis longioribus : drupis 1-4 globosis. 



Collected at Remudadero, Vera Cruz. No. 8800. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 211913. 



