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lineari- vel oblongo-lanceolatis latitudine subaequalibus, interioribus 

 pauluru latioribus acutis, exterioribus obtusiusculis, filamentis clavatis 

 modice crispatis in floribus (novellis) visis quam antherae duplo brevi- 

 oribus, capsulis ovoideis 7 mm. longis 5 mm. latis. — Mexico: State of 

 San Luis Potosi, grassy slopes, Las Canoas, 16 June, 1890, Pringle, 

 no. 3183. 



Var. longifolia, n. var., foliis late linearibus 24-42 cm. longis 

 1.2-2.3 cm. latis saepius solum radicalibus, caule 6.2-9 cm. alto, ramis 

 paucis (1-3), pedicellis 1—2 cm. longis, filamentis antheras aequantibus 

 vel eis brevioribus, capsulis ovoideis vel breviter oblongis 7-9 mm. 

 longis 5-6 mm. latis, ceteris praecedentis. — IE. terniflora Lindley, Bot. 

 Reg. xxv. Misc. no. 144 (1839), not Ort. E. ternijiora Baker, Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xv. 288 (1877), in part, not Ort. ; Hemsl. Biol. Cent. -Am. 

 Bot. iii. 376, in part, not Ort. — Mexico: State of Oaxaca, vicinity of 

 Choapam, alt. 1150-1400 m., July 28 & 29, 1894, Nelson, no. 910, 

 type (in U. S. Nat. Herb.). State of Vera Cruz, Zacuapan, dry sunny 

 fields, Nov., 1908, Purpus, no. 3761. Orizaba, Botteri, no. 1185. 

 Ibid., Cordoba, 830 m., Aug. 20, 1891,//. E. Seaton, no. 485, in part. 

 Vallee de Cordova, 23 Avril, 1865-66, Bourgeau, no. 2307. Vene- 

 zuela: prope coloniam Tovar, 1854-55, Fendler, no. 1549. The Bour- 

 geau plant has entirely the habit and the fruit of this species, but the 

 filaments are nearly smooth. It seems somewhat transitional between 

 this and the preceding group. — Flowers yellow according to Lindley's 

 description ; white with yellow anthers according to a note on Fendler's 

 label. The plant seen by Lindley was possibly E. rejlexa, but from his 

 description, seems rather to belong here. 



5. E. macrocarpa Greenman. Leaves chiefly basal, suberect, rather 

 narrowly linear, (6) 8-15 mm. broad, membranous, the cross-veinlets 

 usually prominent, long in proportion to the stem, usually 6-10 in 

 number ; stem 1-2-bracted, glabrous, simple or few-branched ; pedicels 

 jointed below the middle, rather stout, in fruit 1-1.7 cm. long; flowers 

 apparently rather large, the perianth-segments 1.5-1.7 cm. long, the 

 inner ovate-lanceolate ; filaments moderately roughened, equalling or 

 slightly longer than the anthers ; capsules oblong, 1-1.8 cm. long, 4-6 

 mm. wide. — Proc. Am. Acad, xxxix. 73 (1903). E. ternijiora Hemsl. 

 Biol. Cent. -Am. Bot. iii. 376, in part, not Ort. — Mexico : State of 

 San Luis Potosi, near Tancanhuitz, May 2, 1898, Nelson, no. 4393, 

 type; region of San Luis Potosi, alt. 1850-2450 m., Parry & Palmer, 

 no. 890. "Mexico," no locality, Ehrenberg, no. 31. "Chiapas, etc.," 

 Ghiesbreght, no. 875. Valine de Mexico, Santa F6, 6 Juillet, 1865-66, 

 Bourgeau, no. 413. Guanajato, 1880, A. Duges. State of Oaxaca, 

 vicinity of Cerro San Felipe, alt. 3000-3400 m., 1894, Nelson, no. 1056 



