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sessile or short-pcdunculafe, 2-3-jointe(l, in aiithesis 3 to G ram. long, 

 7-13-flovvered : flowers 3-merous, fruiting spikes 1.5 to 2 cm. long, on 

 peduncles 2 to 6 mm. in length : berry oblong, 3 to 4 mm. long, hir- 

 tellous-puberulent. — Mexico. State of San Luis Potosi : Alvarez, o 

 to 10 September, 1902, Dr. Edward Palmer, no. 119 (lib. Gr. and 

 hb. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



In general appearance this species resembles Phoradcndron hraclnjs- 

 tachyum, D. Oliv., but differs in the denser tomentum, the longer and 

 pedunculate fruiting spikes, and finally by the more oblong pubescent 

 fruit. 



Echites Smithii, n. sp. Stem terete, closely and evenly puberulent : 

 leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 6 cm. long, 1 to 

 2.5 cm. broad, acute, entire, subcordate at the base, dark green and 

 glabrous or slightly hirtellous-puberulent above especially near the 

 margins, paler and glabrous beneath, bearing 2 small glands on the upper 

 surface of the blade at its junction with the petiole ; midrib and the 5 to 

 7 pairs of lateral nerves rather prominent beneath ; petioles 2 to 4 mm. 

 long, puberulent : inflorescence usually supra-axillary, racemose, few 

 (l-3)-flowered, shorter than the leaves; jieduncles 5 mm. or less in 

 length ; bracts lance-linear, 4 to 5 mm. long, acute, often purplish ; 

 pedicels 5 to 8 mm. long and as well as the peduncles puberulent : calyx 

 deeply 5-parted, persistent ; lobes lanceolate, acute, 4 to 5 mm. long, 

 green or slightly purplish-tinged: glands 2 to 4, opposite each sepal: 

 corolla salverform, yellow or yellowish white, glabrous; tube 10 to 12 

 mm. high ; lobes oblique, about 8 mm. in length : stamens included ; 

 anthers blunt, 2.5 mm. long: immature follicles pubescent: disk deeply 

 5-Iobed. ^ Mexico. State of Oaxaca : Saloma, altitude 1981 m., 9 

 August, 1895, Albert L. Smith, no, G72 (hb. Gr.) ; Huancilla- 

 Nochixtlan (Nochistlan), alt. 2000 m., June, 1901, C. Conzatti 4' V. 

 Gonzalez, no. 1198 (hb. Gr.j. 



Mandevilla oaxacana, Hemsley, Biol. Cent. -Am. Bot. ii. 31G. 

 To this species should be referred specimens collected by Mr. C. G. 

 Prlngle on dry ledges of foothills above the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, at an 

 altitude of 1830 m., 29 May, 1895, no. 4GG2 (hb. Gr.). This number of 

 Mr. Pringle's exsiccatae was erroneously determined as Echites secundi- 

 fiora, A. DC, under which name it was distributed. Hereto may also 

 be referred specimens secured by Sefior C. Conzatti on hills of the San 

 Felipe del Agua, Oaxaca, altitude 1800 m., 1 September, 1895, no. 578 

 (hb. Gr.). 



The species is apparently common about the City of Oaxaca, and is 



