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puberulis: floribus numerosis ad axillas folioriim et ramulorum 

 fasciculatis, pedicellis ca. 2 mm. longis brunneo-puberulis ; calycis 

 lobis 5, brunneo-puberulis. Fructus deest. 



The inflorescence is mainly in the axils of the somewhat crowded 

 leaves of the short branches. The leaves have a different shape from 

 those of C. spinulosum of Brazil, to which species this plant is near.* 

 The glands are distant from the petiole about 3 mm. Collected near 

 Remudadero, Vera Cruz. No. 8863. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 

 218874. 



Triumfetta dioica sp. nov. 



Frutescens dioica : caulibus ca. 3 dm. altis dense hirsutis : f oliis 

 late ovatis, acuminatis, basi cordatis, margine serratis, supra stellato- 

 hirsutis viridibus, subtus dense stellatis incanis, ca. 8 cm. longis, 7 cm. 

 latis ; petiolis 3.5 cm. longis hirsutis : inflorescentia f asciculati- 

 cymulosa ; calycis lobis 3.5 mm. longis extus hirsutis apice breviter 

 fornicatis; petalis 5 ut videtur siccatis pallide flavis 1.5 mm. longis; 

 stylo filiformi, stigmate breviter 2-dentato : fructu juveni setoso. 



Staminate specimens w^ere not collected. Collected near Hacienda 

 Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9256. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 223429. 



Turnera violacea sp. nov. 



Fruticosa : caulibus juvenibus glanduloso-pubescentibits, 10-20 

 cm. longis: f oliis oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque obscure puberulis, 

 subtus pallidioribus, basi in petiolum longum marginatum angustatis, 

 margine serratis sepius revolutis, prope basim biglandulosis, usque ad 

 6 cm. longis, 4 mm. latis : floribus prope axillas foliorum superiorum 

 solitariis ; petalis violaceis, acutis, ca. 1.3 cm. longis, 6 mm. latis ; calyce 

 ca. 1.5 cm. longo, lobis lanceolatis, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis ; 

 staminibus 5, ca. 7 mm. longis ; stylis 3, stigmatibus flabellatis ; 

 seminibus 3-4 obovoideis. 



This proposed species wdth its violet flowers large for the genus is 

 an attractive one. The leaves are crowded near the ends of the stems 

 and usually bear two large glands at the base of the blade and often 

 a long gland on the petiole, with other glands, sometimes, along the 

 stems. The flowers are sessile on the petioles. The collector notes it 

 as a rare plant, and few specimens could be obtained. The lower half 

 of the plant is woody and the upper half herbaceous. Collected on 

 rocky mountain slopes near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9092. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220459. 



