1924] Brandegee: Plantae Mexicanae Purpusianae, XII 407 



Crotalaria quercetorum sp. nov. 



Annua : caulibus prope basim patentira ramosis, adpresse breviter- 

 que hirsutis, 5-12 dm. longfis : f oliis simplicibus, lineari-oblongis, usque 

 ad 6 cm. long^is, 6 mm. latis, apice acutis, basi in petiolum ca. 2 mm. 

 longiim attenuatis, utrinque breviter adpresse hirsutis ; stipulis nullis : 

 lobis cah^cis lanceolatis, albo-hirsutis, ca. 7 mm. longis, quam corolla 

 flava longioribus ; racemis usque ad 4 cm. longis, 1-3-floris : legumine 

 glabro, 2 cm. longo, pedicello 4 mm. longo. 



This plant lacks the decurrent stipules and spreading yellow hairs 

 of C. sagiitalis L., a species the narrow leaved forms of which it 

 somewhat resembles. Collected on high mountains among forests of 

 pine and oaks near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9144. Type, 

 Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220447. 



Desmodium monticola sp. nov. 



E radice lignosa decumbens : caulibus ca, 6 dm. longis, hirsutis : 

 foliis ternatis; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, supra adpresse hirsutis, 

 subtus hirsutis venis conspicuis ; f oliolo terminali ca. 3 cm. longo, 2 cm. 

 lato, petiolulo 8 mm. longo ; foliolis lateralibus minoribus : petiolo ca. 

 1.5 cm. longo, hirsuto : racemis uncinato-hirsutis, ca. 2.5 dm. longis, 

 multifloris, pedicellis plerumque geminatis; bracteis brunneis striatis, 

 lanceolatis, hirsutis, deciduis, ca. 5 mm. longis : leguminibus usque ad 

 1 cm. longis, 2-5-spermis, pendulis, uncinato-hirsutis, aequaliter 

 sinuatis; articulis ellipticis. Flores desunt. 



Allied to D. mexicanum Watson, but more hirsute with white hairs, 

 and the raceme somewhat crowded with pendulous fruit and different 

 form of leaf. Collected on high mountains near Hacienda Monserrate, 

 Chiapas. No. 9134. Type, Herb. Univ. Calif. No. 220437. 



.ffischynomene chiapensis ^p. nov. 



E radice lignosa multicaulis: caulibus tenuibiLs striatis stricte 

 ramosis : foliis petiolum 3 mm. longum includentibus usque ad 5.5 cm. 

 longis ; foliolis 31-61 oblongis apiculatis glabris 3 mm. longis ; stipulis 

 late lanceolatis striatis 2-3 mm. longis : racemis caules ramosque 

 terminantibus 8-12 cm, longis, laxifloris; pedicellis 5 mm. longis; 

 calycis lobis 4 ovatis ciliatis superiore lanceolato latiorique; petalis 

 flavis purpureo-lineatis ; carina valde incui*\'a: leguminis articulis 

 1-3 glabris semilunatis sutura semenifera fere rectis; stipite 2 mm. 

 longo. 



The plants grow in clumps from thick woody roots. Collected 

 near Hacienda Monserrate, Chiapas. No. 9147. Type, Herb, Univ, 

 Calif, No, 220376, 



