Nash : Rf.vision of iiik Family Fouquif.riaceae 453 



nlata R. & S. (although II.B.K., for no apparent reason, credit it 

 to W^illdenow). Subsequently lumqiiicria was again published, 

 this time being based on an entirely different plant, /'". forniosa, 

 and at the same time F. spinosa, alluded to above, was made the 

 type of the new genus Brouiia. The genera are, therefore, syn- 

 onymous, Fouquicria taking presence on account of the priority of 

 publication. 



2. Fouquieria FORMOSA H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6 : 83, //. 

 527. 1823. 

 Echci'eria spicata Mocino & Sesse ; DC. Prod. 3 : 349, 



1828. 

 PJiiletaena horrida Liebm. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 2 : 283. pi. 



1851. 



A branching shrub 2-3 m. tall, with a racemose inflorescence 

 and large red flowers. Leaves on the new growth 3-4 cm. long, 

 petioled ; petiole about one half as long as the blade ; blade 2—2.5 

 cm. long, 10-13 mm. wide, elliptic, apiculate, cuneate at the base : 

 fascicled leaves in the axils of the spines smaller, sessile or nearly 

 so, elliptic, 1.5-3 cm. long, usually less than i cm. wide, rounded 

 at the apex, cuneate at the base : spike 1.5 dm. long or less, the 

 flowers ascending: sepals red, 8— ii mm. long, broadly oval to 

 orbicular : corolla red, the tube a little curved, cylindric, about 2 

 cm. long and about 7 mm. in diameter, the lobes spreading or 

 reflexed, orbicular, abruptly acuminate, 6—8 mm. long : stamens 

 exserted, unequal in length, sometimes twice as long as the cor- 

 olla, the filaments a little broadened and compressed below, gla- 

 brous at the base, then pubescent for a short distance with long 

 ascending hairs, the remainder of the filament glabrous, the 

 anthers oblong-ovate, cordate at the base, acute at the apex, 5—6 

 mm. long : styles united except at the apex, shorter than the 

 longest stamens, the divisions 3-5 mm. long. 



Southern Mexico. 



Specimens examined. — Jalisco : Guadalajara, Pringle 2^20, 

 1889. Puebla : Tehuacan, /*/7;/^A' 62(^6, 1895. Mexico: Chi- 

 quihuite, Boiirgeaii 1120, 1 865-6. 



This is quite distinct from any of the other species in its spicate 

 inflorescence. The exact locality from which it was originally 

 secured is not indicated. The specimens cited above would point 

 to the southern part of Mexico as its home. Philetaeria horrida 

 Liebm. was obtained in valleys at an altitude of i 500-1800 meters, 



