1924] Brandegee : Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XII 415 



duplici basi coliimnae affixa, squamis exterioribus ovato-acuminatis 

 stigmata superantibus, interioribus oblongis brevioribus. Fructus 

 deest. 



This plant resembles a broad leaved Mclastehna. The only im- 

 portant character different from that genus is the double corona. 

 Collected near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9167. Type, Herb. 

 Univ. Calif. No. 220412. 



Scutellaria vitifolia sp. no v. 



Herbacea : caulibus puberulis interdum paulo ramosis, ca. 20 cm. 

 altis : f oliis late ovatis, acuminatis, basi cordatis vel cuneatis, margine 

 grosse crenato-serratis, subtus ad venas breviter hirsutulis, supra pilis 

 paucis brevibus praeditis, usque ad 9 cm, longis, 8 cm. latis ; petiolis 

 puberulis 4—5 cm, longis : inflorescentia racemosa ; pedunculis axil- 

 laribus vel terminalibus puberulis, 2-4 cm. longis ; rhachibus fiorum 

 4-5 cm. longis puberulis usque ad 25-floris ; floribus alternantibus 

 pedicellis ca, 2 mm. longis quam bracteis lineari-lanceolatis longior- 

 ibus calyce demum glabro ; corolla 8 mm. longa breviter puberuli- 

 hirsuta, tubo pallido, labiis purpureis ; staminibus breviter exsertis : 

 seminibus glabris tuberculosis. 



Collected in moist, rocky, shaded localities of mountains near 

 Jalisco, Chiapa.s. No. 9207. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220509. 



Salvia chiapensis sp. nov. 



Fruticulus ramosus : ramis brunneis junioribus paulo pubes- 

 centibus: f oliis discoloribus ovato-lanceolatis serratis basi longe 

 cuneatis, supra venis albescentibus notatis, subtus venis prominentibus 

 puberulis, ca. 6.5 cm. longis, 2 cm. latis; petiolis usque ad 1.5 cm. 

 longis ; racemis simplicibus axillaribus vel terminalibus 4-8 cm. longis ; 

 pedunculis ca. 2 cm. longis ; pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis, glabris ; bracteis 

 ovato-acuminatis breviter ciliatis quam calyce brevioribus deciduis; 

 calyce glabro, labio superiore integro, lobis labii inf eriori acutis ; 

 verticillis approximatis usque ad 8-floris ; corolla 8 mm. longa calyce 

 duplo longiori, labiis subaequalibus extus molliter pubescentibus ; 

 staminibus inclusis; stylo exserto barbato. 



From the dried specimens the color of the flowers cannot be deter- 

 mined with certainty, but were probably white. The spikes are densely 

 flowered. Collected on mountaiiLs near Jalisco, Chiapas. No. 9208. 

 Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220510. 



Bouvardia Purpusii sp. nov. 



Suffruticosa: caulibus pubescentibus plerumque striatis; inter- 

 nodiis ca. 3.5 cm. longis; foliis oppositis ovato-acutis supra breviter 

 villosis subtus dense villosis pallidioribus basi in petiolum albo- 

 villosum ca. 4 mm. longum attenuatis, margine scabridis, 3-3.5 cm. 

 longis, 2-5 mm. latis ; stipulis albo- villosis aristis 1-2 instructis : in- 



