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venosis ruembranaceis 17 mm. longis pedicellas brevissimas floriferas 

 sicut involucrum includentibus et occultantibus, sepalis circa 13 mm. 

 longis acutis, duobus exterioribus latioribus ovatis 5 mm. iatis intus 

 circa 10-uervatis, tribus interioribus lanceolatis 2-2.5 mm. Iatis, corolla 

 5 cm. longa pallide purpurea tubo angusto infundibuliforme, tubo et 

 plicis dense pilosis, limbo glabro, capsulis non visis. — Guerrero ; 

 Iguala Canon, alt. 760 m., September 21, 1905, Pringle, no. 10,054. 

 Apparently near /. hirtiflora Mart. & Gal., from which it differs in its 

 almost setose pubescence. 



Justicia pacifica (Oerst.) Hemsl. Mr. Pringle's no. 10,145, from 

 Balsas in the state of Guerrero, agrees excellently with Oersted's de- 

 scription. The original specimens were in fruit only and the species 

 was doubtfully referred to Justicia by Hemsley. Mr. Pringle's plant 

 shows a glabrous corolla 2.5 cm. long with the short tube and broad 

 limb characteristic of Justicia. The species would seem, then, to be 

 certainly a Justicia and allied to J. fa recta, but differing from all 

 forms of that species in its grayish-puberulent stem, spicate inflores- 

 cence, ciliate bracts and in the very broad white margins of its calyx- 

 lobes. 



