WEATHERBY. — SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS ECHEANDIA. 389 



a. Filaments more or less crispate- or papillose-roughened, e. 



e. Leaves broad, O.S-3.5 cm. wide, membranous in drying, soft, the prin- 

 cipal nerves usually connected by conspicuous cross-veinlets, /. 

 /. Stem smooth; flowers chiefly yellow, as far as known, g. 



g. Capsule ovoid or short-oblong, 6-9 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad; inner 

 perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, little broader than the 

 outer, h. 

 h. Leaves lanceolate or even ovate-lanceolate, 20-25 cm. long, 2.8-5 

 cm. wide, not more than 8 times as long as wide. 



4. E.macrophylla. 

 h. Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, 24-42 cm. long, 1.2-2.3 cm. 

 wide, at least 12 times as long as wide. 



4. E. macrophylla, var. longifolia. 

 g. Capsule oblong, 1-1.8 cm. long, 4-6 mm. wide; inner perianth- 

 segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often much broader than the 

 outer, i. 

 i. Leaves for the most part sheathing the stem but confined to its 

 base; stem about 2-bracted, j. 

 /. Leaves narrow, 8-13 mm. wide, k. 



k. Leaves usually several (6-10), suberect . 5. E. macrocarpa. 

 k. Leaves few (2-4), spreading, short in proportion to the stem. 



5. E. macrocarpa, var.formosa. 



j. Leaves broader, 1.5-2 cm. wide 6. E. reflexa. 



i. Stem leafy for about a third of its height, the leaves passing grad- 

 ually into 3-6 reduced bracts I.E. paniculata. 



f. Stem scabrous, at least below; flowers white. . . . 8. E. albiflnra. 

 e. Leaves narrow, 2-5 mm. wide or less, firm, closely and prominently 

 veined, mostly without visible cross-veinlets, I. 

 I. Leaves 2-5 mm. wide, minutely scabrous beneath ; stem 2-bracted; 



inflorescence mostly branched 9. E. flexuosa. 



I. Leaves 2 (-2.5) mm. wide or less, scabrous-ciliate on the margins, else- 

 where smooth; stem 3-6-bracted; inflorescence mostly simple. 



10. E. Pringlei. 



1. E. parviflora Baker. Leaves membranous, linear, not very 

 prominently nerved, 4-8 mm. wide, 6-22 cm. long, suberect or some- 

 what spreading and falcate ; stem scabrous or hirtellous at least below, 

 simple or sometimes with as many as 5 branches ; pedicels rather short 

 and stout, in fruit 6-8 mm. long, jointed below the middle or toward 

 the base ; filaments smooth ; capsule (seen on the Pringle specimen 

 only) broadly oblong, 3.5-5 mm. wide, 6-9 mm. long. — Engl. Bot. 

 Jahrb. viii. 209 (1887). — Guatemala : Santa Rosa, alt. 900 m., May, 

 1892, John Donnell Smith, PL Guat., no. 3528. Mexico : Mt. Orizaba, 

 Cordoba, 830 m., Aug. 20, 1891, Henry E. Section, no. 485, in part. 

 State of Guerrero, dry hillsides, near Iguala, alt. 915 m., July 29, 1907, 

 Pringle, no. 10,388. 



2. E. brevifolia "Watson. Leaves membranous, with cross-veinlets, 



