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(Graham)', rich cafions, hills near Patzcuaro, Dec. 22, 1891 (C. G. 

 Pringle, no. 8981): Vika Cui /. .Mt. Orizaba (Botteri, no. 578), alt. 

 30 m, Aug. •">. 1891 (Seaton, no. -"'11): Crew Verde, near Jalapa, 

 alt. 2,130 in., 1894 (C. L. Smith, no. 148<>) : Gikkki i:<>, near C'hil- 

 pancingo, alt. 2,770 to 8,140 m., Dec. 24, 1894 (E. W. Nelton, no. 

 2245): Oaxai \. Sierra de San Felipe, alt. 3,080 in., Aug. 8, 1894 

 (C. G. Pringle, no. 5779). 



Var. sonorensis. Leaves long-acnminate, mostly cnneate a1 base, 

 about 1 dm. long: rhachis and calyces pilose, only Blightly glandular. — 

 SonorAj Alamos, 1890 (Edw. Palmer, no. 292)j Huehuerachi, alt 

 1,230 in.. I >>'•• 0, 1890 (C. T. Hurt,, i, in, no. 312): (lamp canon, Rin- 

 canardo Mts., Dec. 27, 1890 (E. E. Lloyd, no. 449): Chihuahua, 

 Hacienda San Miguel, 1885 (Edw. Palmer, no. 270) ; near Batopilas, 

 alt. 1,690 to 2,000 m., Oct. 4, 5, 1898 (E. A. Goldman, no. 20C). 



2. Calyx-lobes not subulate-tipped. 

 O Bracts 2 to 3 cm. long, persistent. 



194. S. mollissima, Mart. vV Gal. I.e. 71 ; Benth. 1. c. 342; Hemsl. 



1. c. 561. — Described from Oaxaca. Not seen. 



O O Bracts smaller, deciduous. 



1 '.».">. S. coccinea, Juss. Stems canescent-puberulent. — Juss. ex. 

 Murr. Comm. Gott. i. (1778) 86, t. i. ; Benth. I.e.; Regel, GartenB. 

 vii. t. 232; .Morreu, Belg. llort. ix. t. 5; Gray, Syu. Fl. I.e. 368; 

 Hemsl. I.e. o55 ; Briij. I.e. S. rosea, Vahl, I.e. 244. S. glaucescens, 

 Pohl, Fl. Bras. Ic. ii. 136, t. 192. — Of broad range in the Southern 

 United States, the West Indies, South America, and India, rare in 

 Mexico. Reported by Benth. I.e. from Matamoros, TAMAULTPA8. 



Var. PSEUDO-COCCINEA, Cray. Stems conspicuously hirsute. — 

 Syn. Fl. I.e. S. pseudo-coccinea, Jacq. Coll. ii. 302, & Ic. Bar. ii. 2. 

 t.209; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2864; Benth. I.e.; Paxton, Fl. Card. ii. t. 1"; 

 Briq. I.e. S.ciliata, Benth. Lab. 286. S. Galeottii^ Mart., in .Mart. & 

 Gal. I.e. 75. - Central and southern Mexico and Central America. Nui \ 

 Leon, Papagallas, Dec, 1852 (Geo. Thwrber, no. 872) ; Guajuco, March, 

 1880 (Edw. Palmer, no. 1074): San Luis Potosi, near Tancanhuitz, 

 alt. 370 m., May 1, 1808 (E. W. Nelson, no. 437G) ; Oaxaca, Chiqui- 

 huitlan, alt. 1.230 m., Aug. 16, 1895 (L. C. Smith, no. CI!)): Chiapas 

 (Glileshrn/lit. no. 752) ; valley of Jiquipilas, alt. 675 to 820 m.. Aug., 

 1895 ( /.'. W.Nehon, no. 2042): Yucatan, Chichen Itza. dan. 18, 

 1895 (C. F. MUkpaugh, no. 116); Iramal, 1895 (G. F. Gaumer, 

 nu. 403^. 



