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appears by its desciiption to have longer petioles and considerably- 

 larger flowers. 



Hoffraannia cuneatissima, n. sp., fruticosa ; ramis teretibus gri- 

 seis etiam in lignescentia cum pilis brevibus crispis rufescentibus deni- 

 que sparsis inconspicuisque tectis ; foliis oppositis vel ternis deflexis 

 tenuibus acuminatis oblanceolatis 1-1.6 dm. longis 3-4.5 cm. latis basi 

 longissime cuneatis supra glabriusculis subtus paulo pallidioribus 

 praesertim in nerviis venisque crispe puberulis ; cymis axillaribus 

 pedunculatis 4-8-floris ; pedunculis ad ca. 1 cm. longis ascendentibus 

 gracilibus rufo-pubescentibus ; pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis ; calyce turbi- 

 nato-subtereti 2 mm. longo crispe pubescenti, limbi dentibus 4 lanceo- 

 lati-deltoideis primo suberectis denique patentibus ca. 1.2 mm. longis 

 cum denticulis 4 minimis glandulosis alternantibus ; corolla flavida 

 extus puberula ca. 1 cm. longa ad mediam partem 4-fida ; lobis 

 oblongis obtusiusculis in media parte crassiusculis dorso carinatis 

 carina crispe puberula ; bacca nigrescenti 5 mm. diametro ; seminibus 

 numerosis brunneis compressiusculis foveolatis. — Mexico : mountain 

 cailon near Cuernavaca, alt. 200 m., 29 May, 1898, C. G. Pringle, no. 7662 

 (type, in Gray Herb.); and previously in the same locality, 20 Nov., 1895, 

 C. G. Pringle, no. 7075 (Gray Herb.) and 31 July, 1896, C. G. Pringle, 

 no. 7248 (Gray Herb.). This species belongs clearly to the same 

 group as H. affinis Hemsl. and H. lenticellata Hemsl., but with its thin, 

 thoroughly membranaceous leaves and rufous-pubescent branches can- 

 not well be placed in either of these species. 



Hoffmannia Rosei, n. sp., fruticosa 3 m. alta ; ramis flexuosis dense 

 pulverulo-puberulis et obscure strigillosis, internodiis brevibus 5-12 

 mm. solum longis ; foliis oppositis oblanceolatis membranaceis acumi- 

 natis basi longe attenuatis 6-12 cm. longis 3.4-5 cm. latis utrinque 

 obscure strigilloso-puberulis vel supra glabriusculis subtus in costa et 

 nerviis lateralibus dense minuteque pulverulo-puberulis ; cymis axil- 

 laribus oppositis graciliter pedunculatis 5-9-floris subcircinatis ; pedun- 

 culis 1-1.3 cm. longis pulverulis rubescentibus ; pedicellis similibus ca. 

 2 mm. longis ; calyce ovoideo strigilloso, dentibus 4 brevibus anguste 

 deltoideis cum glandulis 4 parvis alternantibus ; corolla alba 7 mm. 

 longa pulverula ad partem paulo infra mediam 4-fida, lobis limbi 

 oblongis acutis tenuibus nee carinatis nee pubescentibus. — Mexico : 

 along a brook near Pedro Paulo, Tepic, 3 August, 1897, Dr. J. JY. 

 Rose, no. 1968 (type, in U. S. Nat. Mus. and Gray Herb.). Very near 

 H. cuneatissima, described above, but with opposite leaves, mere 

 puberulence instead of pubescence, and unkeeled corolla- lobes. 



Antirrhoea chinensis (Champ.), n. comb. Guettardella chinensis 

 Champ, in Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. iv. 197 (1852). 



