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— Nearly related to C Wrightii and C. viscosissima. Hacienda San 

 Miguel (127). 



LoPEZiA CORNUTA. Annual, low, slender, glabrous or sparingly 

 villous : lower leaves opposite, the rest alternate, petiolate, oblong- 

 to linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, mostly cuneate at base, entire 

 or obscurely sinuate, the larger an inch long : pedicels spreading or 

 reflexed : petals purple, the lower orbicular, equalling the narrowly ob- 

 long upper ones ; sterile stamen round-obcordate or reniform, as long 

 as the lower petals, white : capsule obovate, opening at the summit, 

 obtusely 4-beaked between the valves. — Cumbre (367). Remarkable 

 for its beaked capsule. 



LoPEZiA GRACILIS. Annual, low, glabrous, very slender : lower 

 leaves opposite, the upper alternate, linear-oblong, obtuse, attenuate 

 to the base, entire : pedicels ascending : petals purple, the lower 

 obovate, shorter than the oblong upper ones, nearly twice longer than 

 the white obcordate sterile stamen : capsule quadrangular-obovate, 

 dehiscing to the middle. — Same locality (337). 



GoNGYLOCARPUS RUBRiCAULis, Cham. & Schlecht. — Hacienda 

 San Jose (34). 



Gronovia scandens, Linn. — Frayles (293). 



Mentzelia aspera, Linn. — Hacienda San Miguel (101). 



Passiflora fcetida, Linn. — Same locality (199). 



Passiflora inamcena. Gray. — Hacienda San Jose (32). 



CucuRBiTA FCETiDissiMA, HBK. ? Leaves much more obtuse than 

 in the ordinary form. — Norogachi (NN) ; " Chili coyote." 



SiCYOSPERMA GRACiLE, Gray. — Hacienda San Miguel (148). 



MiCROSECHiUM RUDERALE, Naud. — Norogachi (396). 



Begonia Palmeri. Stem herbaceous from a tuberous rootstock, 

 glandular-pubescent : leaves obliquely cordate, palmately 5-nerved, 

 subacuminate, the broader side somewhat 2-3-lobed, acutely toothed 

 and denticulate, sparsely pubescent ; petioles glandular-pubescent : 

 inflorescence glabrous ; male flowers 2-sepalled, 2-petalled ; stamens 

 numerous, the slender filaments covering the elongated stamiueal 

 column and exceeding the broadly elliptical anthers ; fertile flowers 

 wilh 3 unequal lobes: styles persistent, very short, twice 2-parted, the 

 segments stigraatose at the curved summit : capsule unequally 3-winged, 

 subquadrate \t\ outline but broader above ; placentse 2-parted. — Ha- 

 cienda San Miguel (139). Not referable satisfactorily to any of the 

 numerous sections proposed by A. DeCandolle. 



Cereus (Lepidocereus) pecten-aboriginum, Engelm. in herb. 

 Stems tall, erect, solitary, with few erect branches, 10-11-costate ; 



