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Folia basi plerumque rotundata, lobis 
lateralibus satis latis apice rotun- 
datis vel breviter acutis (vix 
acuminatis) ; rae a haud 
ultra medium loba 
Foliorum inferiorum iobi laterales 
plerumque 5-10, serrato- 
dentati : — 
Bracteae glabrae y glabre- 
scentes; stamina 
ee dense pean 
0 
& 
. frutescens. 
in . B. pubibractea. 
Foliorum fiferiovial lobi late- : 
rales 2-5, obscure et remote 
denticulati i B. latisepala. 
Folia haud _ lobata, “serrata vel 
crenata :— 
Folia infra puberula; nervi laterales 
umerosissimi : — 
Folia obtuse — serrato- ee 
Species austro-american 6. B. integrifolia. 
Polia profunde repando- dentate: 
les centrali-americana ... 7. B. gracilis 
Folia infra sleate glabra... 8. B. glaucifolia. 
Folia sessilia, erebrs et S btings serrilahie: 
bracteae elabrae: species didbiedan 9. B. vuleanica. 
Bocconia arborea, Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad. xxv. 141 
Arbor usque ad 8 m. alta; rami annotini fere glabri, circiter 
8 mm. crassi, hornotini foliati, lanato-tomentosi. Folia inferiora 
petiolata, profunde pinnatipartita, usque ad 45 cm. longa et 30 
em. lata, supra glabra, crebre reticulata, infra albescentia, 
nae -puberula, lobis lateralibus lineari-lanceolatis usque ad 16 
em. longis et 2-5 cm. latis serratis; folia superiora circiter 15 cm. 
longa, ai nail cuneata, supra primum lanato-pubescentia, 
infra praesertim in costa lanata et albido-papillosa, lobis latera- 
libus ascendentibus acute acuminatis obscure denticulatis vel fere 
integris; petioli lanato-tomentosi. Panicula circiter 20 cm. 
longa et 12 cm. lata; bracteae oblongo-lineares, subobtuse 
acuminatae, apice beets mene ad 1 ecm. be pedicelli 
1-1-2 em. longa, 3-3-5 lated glabra, margin nibus sub- 
hyalinis. Stamana circiter 12; ‘Slannnsls ee 2mm. longa; 
antherae 7 mm. longae, acutae. Ovarium 5 mm. stipitatum, 
2mm. longum; stylus 4 mm longus, ramis divergentibus 4-5. 
mm. longis ad basin stigmatoso-puberulis, Fructus 7 mm. stipi- 
tatus, nutans, ellipsoideus, carnosus, 1 cm. longus, stylo per- 
sistente elongato coronatus. Semina (immatura tantum visa) basi 
arillo crustaceo rugoso 
Centrat Amertca. Mexico: Jalisco State; rich wang rom: “ the 
mountains near Lake Chapala, young fr. G. 
_ Pringle 2445"(type). Morelos State: jets fields oe. Cuernavaca, 
