zonas. November 1948, Richard Evans Schultes & Francisco Lopez 
10400K (Tyre in U.S. Nat. Herb.). 
Sanchezia thinophila Leonard sp. nov. 
Frutex, caulibus subquadrangularibus, hirtellis, pilis 
usque ad 1 mm. longis, patulis vel adscendentibus; lam- 
ina foliorum elongato-lanceolata, acuminata (apice ipso 
obtuso), basi angustata, in petiolum decurrens, subcoria- 
cea, marginibus leviter crenatis, supra glabra, minute 
aspera, cystolithis obscuris, costa et venis lateralibus (15- 
20 paribus) utrinque prominentibus, subtus hirsuta, cum 
pilis brunneo-gilvis, patulis vel adscendentibus, rectis vel 
leviter curvatis, usque ad 1.5 mm. longis; petioli circa 2 
em. longi, canales glabri, subtus hirtelli; paniculae ter- 
minales, parce ramosae, 22 cm. longae, rhachi et pedun- 
culo (5.5 em. longo) hirtello; bracteae rubrae, ovatae vel 
lanceolatae (apice ipso obtuso) pari infimo 7 em. longo, 
4 cm. lato, aliis deinceps minoribus, glabris vel basi hir- 
tellis, ciliatis, fasciculi multiflori (floribus 10 vel pluribus) ; 
bracteolae ovatae, maximae et infimae 8 cm. longae, 1.8 
em. latae, apice rotundatae, glabrae vel sursum hirtellae; 
calycis segmenta subligulata, usque ad 2.5 cm. longa, 
sursum 4-7 mm. lata, obtusa vel rotundata, basi angus- 
tata, glabra vel apice pubescentia, pilis circa 0.25 mm. 
longis; corolla 4 cm. longa, flava, deorsum glabra, sur- 
sum hirsuta, pilis retrorse adpressis, albis, circa 0.5 mm. 
longis, tubo cylindrico, basi 8 mm. lato, prope oram 7 
mm. lato, lobis ovalibus, circa 8 mm. longis et latis, 
emarginatis ; stamina cirea 4cm. longa, filamentis planis, 
parce pilosis cum pilis patulis, usque ad 2 mm. longis, 
antheris 6 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis, dorso glabro, ventre 
puberulo, calcaribus basalibus 0.75 mm. longis; ovarium 
glabrum; stigma bilobatum, lobis inaequalibus. 
Leonard states further: 
Schultes 6937, collected in the vicinity from whence the type of 
Sanchezia thinophila was taken, has the same general appearance, but 
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