Canon Sierra Madre Mts., Chihuahua, Mex., in the Lower 

 Temperate Life Zone, 5.000 feet alt. 



Cassia leptocarpa var, glaberrima. n, var. 



Leaflets 6 pairs, 2 inches long-; whole plant glabrous and 

 inclined to be glaucous, rigid, tufted, erect, herbaceous from 

 a thick and woody root ; flowers on a peduncle not over 1 inch 

 long, shortly racemose on long pedicels which equal the pe- 

 duncle* pods often a foot long, 2 Hnes wide with tumid nen-^es. 

 It has the appearance of a Desmanthus. On the upper edge 

 of the Tropical Life Zone Huachuca, Catalina, and Santa Rita 

 Mts., Arizona, Aug., 1903. 



Tephrosia leucantha var. acuta n. var. 



Leaflets 10-12 pairs, lance-oblong, acute; calyx short-hairy 

 but hairs fuscous and spreading; pods at length nearly smooth; 

 leaflets about 1 inch long and 2-3 lines wdde ; like the type in 

 being very shortlv-petiolulate ; calvx lobes subulate. Quite a 

 marked variety, this seems to be 'what is called T. Virginiana 

 in this part of Mexico. San Diego Canon, Sierra Madre Mts., 

 Chihuahua. Mex., 6,400 feet alt., Lower Temperate Life Zone, 

 Sept. 16, 1903. 



Tephrosia viridis n. sp. 



Plants appearing glabrous throughout but really very min- 

 utely pubescent, except on the pods and upper sides of the 

 leaves. Shrubs 3-4 feet high with slender stems ; racemes long, 

 compound or simple, 6-12 inches long; leaflets on very long 

 petiolules, ly^ inches long, 3 hnes wide, acutish at least at 

 base, veiny, darker above, 4-8 pairs ; leaves about 4 inches long, 

 on short and angled petioles; fruiting pedicels 4 lines long, 

 stout, appressed; calyx teeth triangular, about as long as 

 the tube, 1 line long; flow^ers 6-8 lines long, broad, pur- 

 ple, rather many; pods 3 inches long, 3 lines wide, green, 

 f^mooth. flat and uneven, nearly straight and 'erect. Guayanopa 

 Canon. Sierra Madre Mts., Mex., Sept. 24, 1903. in the Tropical 

 Life Zone. 3.600 feet alt. 



Dalea albiflora var, brevibracteata n. var. 



Bracts very short and not visible on the spikes. Colonia 

 Juarez, Chihuahua, Mex., 6,000 feet alt., also Guayanopa Canon 

 p"d San Diego Canon, Sept., 1903, in" the Lower Temperate 

 Life Zone. 



Dalea inflata n. sp. 



Resembles D, alopecuroides verv closelv bin is w: Vv 



