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23. S. mi 11. \. Benth. in DC. I.e. 800; Hemsl. I.e. 562; Briq. I.e. 

 Hyptia nitida, Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Unix. xi. pt. % 189. — De- 



ibed from < >axac.y. Not Been. 



= = Leaves rhombic-ovate, dull. 



24. S. galinsogifolia. Sterna 1.5 to 6 dm. high, branching, minutely 

 puberulent, the young parte canescent: leaves 5 cm. or less in length, 

 blunt or acutish, minutely and sparingly puberulent or glabrous, the 

 lowest shorter than the Blender petioles : peduncles 1.5 dm. or less in 

 Length; wrticels from 1 to 5, the lowest becoming 3 to 5cm. apart; 

 rhachis canescent: bracts reniform, short acuminate, pale-brown or 

 roseate-tinged, puberulent, ciliate-margined : calyx white-villous, with 

 bluntish ovate-lanceolate lobes: corolla 8 to 9 nun. Long, puberulent; 

 the galea thrice exceeded by the lip. — 8. hyptoides, Gray in Wats. 

 Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 435 ; Rose, Contrib. U. S. Nat Herb. i. 1 10; not 

 Mart, and Gal. — Northwestern Mexico. CHIHUAHl \. Hacienda San 

 Miguel, 1885 (Edto. Palmer, no. 205): Sonoua, in shade, mountain- 

 canon, Alamos, Sept., 1890 (Edw. Palmer, no. G82) ; Iluehuerachi. alt. 

 1,230 m., Dec, 1890 (C. V. Hartman, no. 323, F. E. Lloyd, no. 452). 

 Resembling S. hyptoides. 



** ** Leaves setulose-hirsute. 



= Calyx white-lanate, with short deltoid lobes. 



25. S. LASiocEPnAi.A, Hook. & Am. Rot. Reech. 306; Benth. 1. c. ; 

 Ilemsl. 1. c. 559; Briq. 1. c. — Tepic, Tepic (the type station). Feb., 

 1895 (F. II. Lamb, no. G21). 



= = Calyx-tube hirsute ; lobes lanceolate. 



20. S. hyptoides, Mart. & Gal. l.e. 74; Benth. I.e.; Ilemsl. I.e. 558 ; 

 Briq. I.e. S. elsholtzioides, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 152, t. 50. — Southern 

 Mexico to Venezuela. Jalisco, bluffs of the Rio Grande de Santi 

 near Guadalajara, Oct. 19, 1S89 (C. G. Pringk, no. 2297 I : Vi.ua ( i.-t /. 

 dalapa. alt. 1,230 to 1,390 m., 1894 (C. L. Smith, no. 1664) : Oax m a. 

 dry hanks, Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 2. ICO m., Oct. 11. 1894 ( 0. G. 

 Pringle,no. 5624) ; Jayacatlan, alt. 1,320 m., Nov. 1, L894 I /,. C. Smith, 

 no. 269); El Fortin, alt. 520 m., L897 (C. Conzatti & V. Gons ■ .-. 

 no. 478): Guatemala, Coban, Dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 1.320m.. March, 

 1880 <//. von Tuerckheim in exsicc. J. D. Smith, no. 299); Jumayte- 

 peque, Dept. Santa Rosa. alt. 1,850m., Sept., 1892 (Heyde & Lux, in 

 ice. J. I). Smith, no. -I(il7: Costa Rica, Volcan el Viejo (Oersted). 



Var. subspicata. Plant simple, 1 to 2 dm. high: verticals 2 to 5, 



