102 Ign. L'rban, 



vis 1.5 mm longe decurrentibus notatus. Ovarium vertice glabium. Capsula obovato- 

 fflobiüosa 6 — 6,5 mm longa, 4,5 — 5 mm diametro, pube calycis tubi. Semina numerosissima 

 phiriseriata snbbovizontalia ovali-oblonga, 0,6 mm longa, 0.2 mm crassa subtevetia apicnlata, 

 basi snbtruncata flavida longitrorsum costata; endospermium satis parcum. 



Habitat iu Mexico, in civitate Coahuila prope S. Lorenzo de Lagima: Palmcr 

 (a. 1880) n. 832. 



Flor, et finct. m. Majo. — V. s. in herb. J. D Smith. 



3. Eueiiidc cordata KdJ. foliis omüibiis petiolatis, aml)itn subtriangulari-orbi- 

 cularibus v. suborbieularibus 9— 11-lobis ereuato-dentatis; iufloresceutiis a ramulis folii- 

 feris remotis. in apice eaulis ramoriimque pluvibus umbelliformi-dispositis, semel eymose 

 divisis. dein in eineinnos 4— 6-floros abenntibiiK, prophyllis binis evolutis, omuibus 

 integris. ovato-laneeolatis v. lanceolatis, brevissime petiolatis; pedicellis 0,6—1,5 em 

 longis, fructiferis arcuatü-]iatentibus v. reflexis; calycis tubo semiovali, sub anthesi er. 

 7 mm longo: petalis er. 25 mm longis; stamiuibus 60 — 90, petala dimidio superantibus; 

 Capsula breviter obovato-turbinata, basi acuta. 



Eucnidc cordafa Kellogg Msc. eclid. Citirun in Bull. (Juli f. Acad. I. (1885) p. 137. 



Mentzeliu cordata Kdlogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. II. {read 1859, puhl. 1863) 

 p. 33: in Hesperian Oct. 1860 cum icone ex Curr. l. c, ifentm impr. in Bull. Calif. Acad. 

 I. (1885) tahila {bonal}: Wals. Bihl. Ind. 389 et in Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. (1889) 

 p. 50; Greene in Pittonia I. 202. 



Planta 40 — 60 cm (ex Kellogg) v. iisqiie 1,60 m (ex Watson) alta, rupibus 

 accumbenä. Canlis crassiis in sicco rigidus obtusangulus medullosns, pilis brevibus et bre- 

 vissimis apice verticillatim glochidiatis, caeteium laevibus v. hinc illinc retroisum bamulosis 

 valde inaequilongis et iuaequicrassis densissime vestitiis, setiilis brevibus parcis intermixtis, 

 ramosus. Folia quoad ob%'ia alterna, inferiora usque 8 cm longe petiolata, petiolis laminam 

 aeiiuantibus. ambitu subtriangulari-orbicularia v. suborbicularia 9 — 11-loba, basi cordata et 

 paullulum in petiolum protracta, apice rotundata, 5 — 12 cm diametro, palmatim 5 — 7-nervia, 

 lobis brevibus subsemiorbicnlaribns, crenato-dentatis, snpra pilis apice plus minus glochidiatis 

 brevibus et aliis brevissimis laevibus, margine et subtus pilis laevibus creberrimis obsita, tuber- 

 culis nunc brevissime setiformi-productis utrinque intermixtis. Inflorescentiae a ramulis 

 foliiferis remotae. in apice eaulis ramorumque plnres umbelliformi-dispositae. semel eymose 

 divisae. dein in cinciunos 4— 6-floros abeuntes: prophylla bina evoluta ovato-lanceolata v. 

 lanceolata. brevissime petiolata inaequalia 12 — 4 mm longa, .3 — 1,5 mm lata, omnia integra; 

 pedicelli 12 — 6 mm. fructiferi usque 15 mm longi, fructiferi arcuato- patentes v. reflexi, sicut 

 axes inflorescentiae pilis glochidiatis brevibus densissime vestiti. Calycis tubus semiovalis, 

 sub anthesi er. 7 mm longus, pilis longioribus laevibus et brevioribus apice glochidiatis densissime 

 obtectus: lobi oblongo-lanceolati obtusiusculi, 12 — 17 mm lungi, 4—5 mm lati, extrinsecus 

 pube tubi, sed pilis glochidiatis valde diminutis, intus pilis laevibus pubescentes, nervis non 

 manifestis. Petala in aestivatione valde imbricata alabastrum ovato-oblongum formantia, sub 

 anthe-si erecta (ex Greene), albida (ex Kellogg), basi inter sese 2 mm longe counata plana 

 obovato-oblonga vix apiculata, inferne sensim angustata er. 25 mm longa, 7 — 8 mm lata, lobos 

 calycinos parte tertia superantia, dorso quoad in aestivatione non obtecta brevissime pilosa, 

 caeterum glabra. Stamina 60 — 90, er. 2 mm petalis adnata et er. 4 mm longe inter sese 

 connata inaequilonga, petala dimidio superantia 30 - 40 mm longa filiformia; antherae deflo- 



