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1 Ti.*. t . 107. Bvptis glandulota, Sieb. PL Mart. Kxs. no. 151, fide Benth. 

 I.e. — Common in tropical and subtropical America, extending north to 

 Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz, Bit. Orizaba (Botteri, no. 894) j Cordoba (Asa 



Gray): Vn \ia\, waste ground mar Merida, April, 1887 (Porfirio 

 Willi, -. no. 55) : (ii \ i DiAi.A, ( ioban, Dept Aha Verapaz, alt. 1,820 m ., 

 Nov. 1886 i //. von Tuerckheim in exsicc. J. 1). Smith, mi. 1090); Santa 

 Rosa, ah. 77<> to 920 m., May, Dec, 1892 (Heyde & Lux in ex-ice. 

 J. I). Smith, nos. 3014, 43'J'J) : Honduras, San Pedro Sula, Dept. 

 Sama Barbara, alt. 250 m., May, 1888 (C. Thieme in exsicc. J. 1 >. 

 Smith, no. 5422) : Nicaragua. (Charles Wright) : Costa Rica, Qjaras 

 (Oersted) ; Cartago, alt. 1,300 ra., Dec, 18s7 (Juan J. Cooper) in exsicc. 

 .1. D. Smith, no. 5'JOl ; roadsides San Jose, dam. lS'.Kj (Ail. T<>iul»~, uo. 



7280). 



+- +- Calyx-lobes subulatc-mucronate. 



** Bracts deciduous. 



2. S. MISELLA, HBK. 1. c 290 ; Benth. 1. c 297 ; Ilemsl. 1. c 561 : 



Briq. 1. c. — Described from near Acapulco: perhaps the same as the 



next. 



*+ +■* Bracts persistent. 



3. S. obscura, Benth. Lab. 245, & in DC. 1. c. 297 : Millspaugb, 

 Field Columb. Mas. Bot. ser. i. 43. S.privoides, Gray, Syn. PL I.e. 371, 

 not Benth. S. occidentals, Millsp. 1. c, in part, not Swartz. S. oc i- 

 dentalis, var. ? Garberi, Chapm. Bot. Gaz. iii. 10. — Range similar to 

 that of S. occidentalis, extendiug north to Sinaloa and Lower California. 

 Lower California, La Paz, 1890 (Edv>. Palmer, no. 10): Sinaloa, 

 Blazatlan, Dec., 1894 (F. H. Lamb y nos. 311, 317): Guerrero, Aca- 

 pulco, 1895 (Edw. Palmer, no. 244): Vera Cruz, Vallej of Cordova, 

 Dee. is, 1SC.5 (Bourgeau,no. 1504): Tucatan, roadside, near [zamal, 

 dan. 11, 1895 (MUspaugh, no. 90); Island of Cozumel, 1895 (G. F. 



Gaumer, no. 394). 



• * Corolla G to 8 mm. long. 



■*- CaljZ glandular. 



++ Bracts caducous. 



= Stem villous: leaves ovate-lanceolate, rafous-tomentose beneath: verticels 

 4-6-flowered : calyx with obtuse lobeB. 



4. S. inconspicua, Benth. Lab. 217, ec in DC. 1. c. 298; Elemsl. 



1. c 558 ; Bri(|. 1. c. 278. — Described from Mexico. Not seen. 



= = Stem pubescent with long spreading gland-tipped hairs : leaves broad-ovate, 

 sliglitlv paberulent beneath : verticels 2-flowered: calyx with acuminate lobes. 



5. S. PODADENA, Briq. Ann. Conserv. Jard. But. (iem'-ve. ii. 1 ."- 1 . — 

 Described from Oaxaca. Not seen. 



