424 TRELEASE— THE DESERT GROUP XOLIXE.E. [April 21, 



N. Nelsoni Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 92. 1906. 



Trunk 1-3 m. high. Leaves 30-40 mm. wide, 

 strongly serrulate-scabrous. Inflorescence with nar- 

 row ascending divisions 15 cm. long, and branchlets 

 — chiefly upwards — scarcely half as long. Fruit? 



Northeastern Mexico. In the region of Dasylirioii loiigissiiiuiiii. 



Specimens examined: Tamaulipas. Mountains near ^liqui- 

 huana (Nelson, 448^, 1898, — the type). 



N. Beldingi Brandegee, Zoe. i: 305. 1890. 



N . Bcldingii Brandegee in Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3 : 1092. 



1901 ; Gard. Chron. iii. 34: 43. /. 18. 1903. 

 Trunk 3-5 m. high, rather openly branched. Leaves very slightly 

 glaucous, 15-20 mm. wide. Inflorescence long- 

 peduncled, narrow, with narrow divisions 50 cm. long 

 and branches 8-10 cm. long, often again branched 

 with branchlets 1-2 cm. long. Fruit much depressed, 

 retuse at base, very large, 8-10 X 15 nim. or more. 

 Seed large, 4X5 mm. 



Lower California. The type locality is mountain tops in the Cape 

 Region. 



Specimens examined: Lower Califorxia. Sierra de San Fran- 

 cisquito {Brandegee, j8j, 1892 j. La Chuparosa {Brandegee, 1893, 

 1905)- 



N. Beldingi deserticola Trelease. 



Subacaulescent with leaves scarcely 50 cm. long, otherwise re- 

 sembling the type. 



Lower California. In the desert association of N. Pahncri and 

 iV. Bigeloz'ii. 



Specimens examined: Lower California. Yubay (Brande- 

 gee, 1889, — the type). 



N. PARviFLORA Hcmsley, Biol. Centr.-Amer. 3: ^J2. 1884. 



Cordyline parviflora HBK., Nov. Gen. Sp. i: 268. 1815; 7. pi. 



674. 1825. 

 Draccena pari'iflora Willdenow in Schultes, Syst. 7: 348. 1829. 



