ILL. Derscriprions or New SPECIES 
Datura kymatocarpa Barclay sp. nov. 
Caulibus dichotomis, usque ad 40 em. altis: foliis in 
ambitu ovatis, apice acutis, basi inaequalibus, margine 
irregulariter lobatis vel sinuato-dentatis, usque ad 11 em. 
longis, dimidio seu duabus-tertiis partibus latis, utrinque 
strigosis; floribus erectis, axillaribus: pedicellis per an- 
thesin 0.7-1.8 cm. longis, post anthesin elongatis reflex- 
isque; calyce cylindrico, 2.8 > 4.6 cm. longo, apice 5- 
dentato, dentibus triangularibus; corolla albida, infun- 
dibuliformi, plicata, 6-7.5 em. longa, orificio 5-dentato, 
dentibus acuminatis, 8-4 mm. longis: capsula globosa, 
irregulariter dehiscenti, setis semicapillaceis satis dense 
obtecta, 2.4 cm. longa; seminibus renitormibus, testa 
verrucosa. 
Caulescent, dichotomously branching annual herbs, 
reaching 40 ¢m. or more in height: young branches usu- 
ally villous, becoming glabrescent with age: leaves alter- 
nate, ovate in outline with an acute apex and an unequal 
base extended into a villous up to 8 cm. long petiole: 
margin irregularly lobate or sinuate-dentate: leaf blades 
up to 11 em. long and usually one-half to two-thirds as 
broad, variously strigose on both surfaces except along 
the mid-vein where it is villous in the same manner as 
the petiole: pedicellate owers erect, borne in the axils 
of the branches; pedicels during anthesis 0.7-1.8 em. 
long, later becoming somewhat elongated and reflexed ; 
‘alyx tube cylindrical, 2.8-4.6 em. long and sparsely pu- 
bescent with a 5-dentate apex, teeth triangular in shape, 
3-5 mm. long and 8-5 mm. broad at the base: corolla 
white, funnel-shaped, plicate, terminating in a 5-dentate 
orifice, 67.5 em. long: the five corolla teeth acuminate, 
3-4.mm. long and 8 mm. wide at the base, each of them 
supported by three conspicuous nerves, the median one 
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