1924] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XII 413 



Tauschia pinetorura sp. no v. 



Undique g:labra : caulibus ca. 3 dm. altis paiilulnm ramosis, prope 

 basim folia paiica gerentibus : foliis pinnatim decompositis, lobis ultimis 

 oblongis apice albo-acuminatis, petiolum 2 cm. longum includentibus 

 ca. 6.5 cm. longis, 4 cm. latis : bracteis involucri involucellorumque 

 pleriimque nullis: petalis nt videtur siccatis flavis ; pedunculis .05- 

 1 cm. longis ; pedicellis brevibus : f ructus carpellis 5-gonis obtuse 

 costatis ca. 4 mm. longis. 



The leaves are pinnatifid like those of Tauschia madrensis C. & R., 

 but are shorter and deltoid in circumscription. The minute, white, 

 spinose tips of the lobes of the leaves are not credited to other species 

 of the genus. Collected in pine forests of high mountains near 

 Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9293. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. 

 No. 223468. 



Ardisia chiapensis sp. no v. 



Frutex : foliis alternis ovato-lanceolatis, glabris, basi in petiolum 

 1.3 cm. longum attenuatis, raargine indistincte crenato-serratis, usque 

 ad 10 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis : infloreseentia laxe paniculata axillari 

 quam foliis longiori ; calyce parvo profunde 4-lobato ; alabastro conico, 

 pedicellis 1-1.5 mm. longis ; petalis 4 liberis, 4 mm. longis, intus 

 puberulis ; staminibus prope basim petalorum affixis, liberis, filamentis 



3 mm. longis, quam antheris sagittatis acutis multo longioribus ; stylo 



4 mm. longo. 



The leaves and flowers have, indistinctly, the usual dots and lines. 

 Collected near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9273. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 223447. 



Schultesia chiapensis sp. nov. 



Annua glabra : caule simplici erecto usque ad 1 dm. alto : foliis 

 anguste lanceolatis trinerviis, majoribus 3 cm. longis, 1.5mm. latis: 

 floribus 1-4 caules terminantibus vel prope apicem caulis axillaribus ; 

 pedicellis 0-8 mm. longis; calyce 4 cm. longo, lobis 4 lineari-lanceo- 

 latis corollae tubum 6 mm. longum fere aequantibus dorso valde alatis 

 alis papyraceis reticulatis ; corolla infundibuliformi lobis 4; antheris 

 versitalibus : stigmatis laminis 2 patentibus: capsula fere sessili. 



The color of the corolla seems to have been light blue. The speci- 

 mens in crowded masses indicate that the living plant grew covering 

 the ground. Collected at Jalisco, Chiapas, in wet localities of meadows. 

 No. 9158. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220402. 



