PBOCKEDINGfi OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



jpathis Baepisaime ■_' longipednnculatis 3-6 Boris, foliolie oblongo lanoe- 

 olatis acutiasimis 2—4 om. longis margine tenuibus Bobscariosis ; pedi- 

 oellia graoillimis 2—3 cm. longis glabria ; aepalia pnrpureis l \ mm, 

 longis 6 mm. latia anguste obovatia obtnsis basi angustatis in media 

 parte atromacnlatia ; petalis ovatis r_' nun. longis acntiusculis cordatis 

 brevisaime stdpitatis supra mediam partem parpnrascentibns tennibos 

 infra mediam partem flavesoentibns firmiusculis 6 mm. lati.s ; oolnmna 

 l mm. alta ; antheris oblongis apiculatia in snmma colnmna seaailibos ; 

 rami8 styli <i filiformibns antheras sobaequantibns. — Sierra de Te- 

 poxtlan, Morelos, .Mexico, alt. 2350 m., ."> September, L905, C. <•'. 

 Pringle, do. 13,657 (type, in bb. Gray . 



Amaranthus squamulatus Robinson, n. comb. Scleropus squam- 

 nl(itu.< Anderas. Om Galapagos-oarnes Veg., Stockh. Akatl. Efandl. 

 L853, 162 (1854), & Om Galapagos-oarnes Veg. 60 1 1859). Scleroptu 

 8quarrulosus Anderss. ex Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. v. L69 - 1861 I, by cler- 

 ical error. Amblogyne squarrulosa Gray, 1. c. (1861). Amaranthus 

 squarrvhsus I'lii.e & Bray, Bot, Gaz. xix. 17<) 1 189 1 1 ; Rob. cc Grreenm, 

 Am. .four. Sci. 1. 147 (1895); Rob. Proc Am. Acad, xxxviii. L36 

 (1902). 



Schoepfia Pringlei Robinson, n. sp., fruticosa vel arborescens .'» m. 

 aha ramosa ; ramis teretibus leviter Hexuosis a cortice griaeo rngoso 

 tectia; raniulis plus minusve angulatis l'uscescenti-puberulis ; foliis al- 

 ternis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis obtosia vel acntinaculis vel etiam 

 falcato-acuminatis integerrimis opacis atrinqne viridibus glaberrimis 

 subtus vix pallidioribus obscure pinnatinerviis 4-5.5 cm. longis 1.5 2.3 

 cm. latia ; basi cuneatis brevissime petiolatis ; pednnculia azillaribus l 

 mm. longis pnbernlis cupulas 2-4 plus minnave racemoaaa gerentibus, 

 pedicellis vix ullis ; cupulis pnbernlis saepiasime 2 partitis, lobo majore 

 obscure 2-3-dentate rloram solitariam subtendento ; calyce carnoso 

 rugoso turbinate; corolla extus glaberrima »'> mm. longa 5—6 nun. <li- 

 ametro viridescenti-Hava, tubo 4 mm. longo subgloboso, lobis ."> ovato- 

 deltoideis aoutiusculis .". mm. longis recurvis ; staminibus .~> ; filamentis 

 Omnino corollae adnatis ; antheris breviter oblongis albidis j eorum in- 

 sertionibus pubentibus ; ovario fere Bupero, parte libera ovoidea sub- 

 carnosa ruguloso-papilloaa ; stylo ."»..". mm. longo; Btigmate disciform] 

 obscure 3-lobato; fructu ignoto. — Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, alt. 

 1525 in., I November, 1905, C. G. Pringle, no. 10,123 (type, in hb.Gray). 

 This species differs in itsmnch larger corolla and more lanceolate le;i\ • ■< 

 from the plant of the West Indies and Florida, which has generally 

 ed aa 8. Schreberi Lam. or ' s '. arborescens It. & S. From - s '. mexi- 

 cana DC. known to the writer only from description it appears to dif- 

 fer in its leave-, which are often fully twice as long as tbose described 



