552 Dowell : North American species of Calceolaria 



Chiapas, Mexico : E. W. Nelson no. 2g6i y type. Specimens 

 in the U. S. National Herbarium, collected August 18, 1895, be- 

 tween San Richardo and Ocozucuantla, alt 800-1000 m. 



7. Calceolaria glabra sp. nov. (Plate 20) 



Stem erect, flexuous, angular, puberulent to glabrous ; leaves 

 alternate, obovate to elliptical, acuminate, gradually tapering at 

 the base and decurrent on the petiole to the stem, crenulate-ser- 

 rate, glabrous, or finely puberulent and pale on the under side, 7-14 

 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide including the winged petiole, which is 2-3 

 cm. long, the lower leaves smaller; stipules linear-lanceolate, 

 somewhat puberulent, 1-3 mm. long ; flowers axillary on puberu- 

 lent peduncles which are 0.5-1 cm. long; sepals thin, ciliolate, 

 linear-lanceolate 3-nerved, 4 mm. long ; lip orbicular, veiny, about 

 as long as its puberulent claw, which widens toward the base ; 

 lateral petals falcate, 3-nerved or faintly 4-nerved, 5 mm. long ; 

 upper petals oblong, i-nerved; connectiles of all the stamens 

 puberulent on the outside ; capsule large, smooth and veiny, with 

 prominent beak, 8-10 mm. high. 



Vera Cruz, Mexico : Charles L. Smith no. 184.0, type. 



Specimen in the U. S. National Herbarium, collected in 1894 at 



Banderilla near Jalapa, alt. 1 200-1400 m. 



8. Calceolaria brevis sp. nov. (Plate 21) 



Branching from a woody base ; branches ascending, pubescent 

 in two lines ; leaves mostly alternate, short-petioled, obovate to 

 ovate, tapering at both ends, crenate-serrate, hispidulose, paler on 

 the under side, 2-5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide ; stipules minute, 

 lanceolate-subulate, ciliolate ; flowers nodding, axillary, on slender 

 puberulent peduncles which are 10-12 mm. long, the bracts op- 

 posite at or near the articulation ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliate, puberulent, obscurely 3-nerved, about equal, 3 mm. long ; lip 

 3-nerved, veiny, broadly rhomboid-orbicular, abruptly contracted 

 at the base, 3-4 mm. in diameter ; claw somewhat channeled, 

 puberulent, broadest near the base, winged, longer than the lip and 

 exceeding the lateral petals, which are falcate and 4-nerved ; upper 

 petals oblong-obovate, 3-nerved, veiny, glabrous ; connectile of the 

 lower stamens puberulent on the outside ; capsule subglobose, 

 glabrous, with a short thickened beak, each cell with about two or- 

 bicular seeds. 



Guatemala : Heyde & Lux in John Donnell Smith's distribution 

 no * 3943 \ September, 1892, and no. 4435, May, 1893, type. 

 Specimens in the Gray Herbarium, the U. S. National Herbarium, 



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