104 Ign. Urban, 



2 — 6 cm longe petiolata, petiolo subterete supra angustissime v. obsolete canaliculato, breviter 

 ovata V. orbicularia, basi cordata sed petiolo in sinum saepe subinaeqnaliter protracto, 4 — 10, 

 raro — 14 cm longa et lata, aequilonga ac lata v. paullo longiora, apice obtusissima v. rotundata, 

 leviter v. manifeste 5 — 9-loba, lobiilis v. lobis semiovatis, semiorbicularibus v. magis depressis 

 inaequaliter crenatis v. dentatis, utrinque setulis brevibus nunc obtusis et secernentibus basi 

 incrassatis et pilis brevissimis superne glochidiatis obsita, nervis (in vivo) supra impressis, 

 subtus crasse piominentibus. Inflorescentiae 11 — 27-fiorae, inter ramos supremos sessiles 

 V. usque 5 cm longe pedunculatae, semel bis bifurcatae, dein cincinnose evolntae; pedicelli 

 floris Primarii 1 — 8 cm longi, non raro ramo cymae altero paullo sursum adnati, caeteri sub 

 anthesi 0,5 — 2 cm, fructiferi 1 — 3 cm longi, saepe horizontales v. snbreflexi; prophylla bina 

 evoluta, fertilia usque ad florem sequentem axi cymae v. cincinni sursum adnata. infima 

 enphylloidea, caetera subito minora bracteiformia ovata oblonga v. linearia, superiora usque 

 ad 3 mm longit. et 0,5 mm latit. decrescentia, inferiora v. omnia petiolata. Plores 5-, raro 

 4-meri. Calycis tubus breviter obovato-obconicus, sub antliesi 4 — 5 mm longus et crassus, 

 supra ovarium non v. obsolete productus, setulis brevibus albidis inaequilongis patentibus 

 plerisque secernentibus hispidus et pilis brevissimis inaequilongis superne verticillatim glochi- 

 diatis creberrimis obsitus: lobi in aestivatione marginibus leviter imbricati, snb anthesi petalis 

 adpressi, basi inter sese contigui, ovati, ovato - lanceolati v. ovato-triangulares 5 — 8 mm longi, 

 2 — 3 mm lati, obsolete 3-nerves. extrinsecus pnbe tubi, intus pilis subadpressis simplicibus 

 laevibus obsiti, supra fructum ad basin coarctati et disco appressi, caeterum suberecti et emar- 

 cidi. Petala in aestivatione plerumque quincunciali valde imbricata, alabastrum 4,5 — 5 mm 

 crassum formantia, sub anthesi patentia v. superne recurvata, pallide lutea, extrinsecus palli- 

 diora obovata s. subrhombea apice obtusa v. rotundata latiuscule et breviter stipitata, plana, 

 9 — 12 mm longa, 7 — 8 mm lata, basi 0,7 — 1 mm longe connata, intus glabra, extrinsecus qnoad 

 in aestivatione non obtecta pilis simplicibus et aliis superne glochidiatis pubescentia. Stamina 

 25 — 50, raro — 60, 2- v. sub-2-seriata, basi inter sese er. 1 mm longe connata et petalis adnata, 

 petalis subaequilonga v. paullo longiora, 9 — 12 mm longa, in alabastro interiora subsigmoideo- 

 incurvata, adulta recta; antherae juniores ovatae usque quadrato-orbiculares 1 — 1,2 mm longae, 

 0,7 — 0,9 mm latae, apice leviter, basi magis emarginatae in '/j — -j-^ alt. inter loculos affixae, 

 lateraliter dehiseentes, loculis dorsalibus paullo majoribus; pollinis granula viva elliptica 

 36 — 37,5 /j longa, 16 — 18 /i crassa. Stylus 10 — 12 mm longus, 0,6 mm crassus, lineis stig- 

 matosis 1 — 1,5 mm longe decurrentibus jam in alabastro manifestis. Ovarium sub anthesi 

 supra discum convexum glabrum et hoc loco 5-sulcatum; placentae 5, raro 4, transversim sub- 

 orbiculares; Ovula placentis er. 11-seriatim inserta. Capsula obovato-turbinata basi acuta 

 transversim subpentagona 8 — 10 mm longa, 5 — 7 mm crassa, setulis horizontaliter patentibus 

 basi tuberculato- incrassatis subparcis v. crebris hispida et pilis brevibus superne retrorsum 

 glochidiatis dense obtecta viridi-brnnnescens. Semina funiculis gibberiformibus affixa, cylin- 

 draceo-oblonga, 0,6 — 0,9 mm longa, er. 0,3 mm crassa, 2^1-2 — 3-plo longiora quam crassiora 

 flavo-brunnea, apice manifeste, basi obsolete apiculata v. rotundata. 



Habitat in Texas, Comal County: Matthes n. 471; in Mexico: Pavon, Asehen- 

 born n. 233, in eivit. Nuevo Leon prope Monterey: Berlandier n. 1390, Palmer n. 356, 

 in Cerro del Obispado inter saxa: Seier n. 1112. prope Rinconada Canyon: Pringle 

 u. 4335, prope Mextitlan: Ghiesbrecht n. 19, prope Tehuaen: Liebmann, prope Toliman: 

 de Karwinski. inter Colorado et Victoria: de Karwinski n. 1232, prope Zimapan: 

 C. Ebrenberg n. 1103. 



