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U;i'C s()ecies in liai' st'i-iimir vaiialiili, est valiie |)i;culiaris, oh cajjsula', carinae, 

 stiginalis, semiiiiiiiKiuc ronnani cl oninium esl piilcliorriiiia. Allinitas ejus nihilo 

 minus certa, oh s(!|)ala Jiio cunnala, alas persisletitu;;, ovariuiii ut slyliini. H;l'c est in 

 hac tam naturali sectione specios leviter abnornialis. 



Proxiina inilii videtur esse l'. Lindeni et P. Vauthieri. A prima se[ialis haud 

 glandiilosis aliisque rcoedit. 



Habitat in Mexico et Ameiica ceiitrali, in montibus et sec. A. W. Bennet in mûris 

 templorum. Hartvv. 572, Guatemala; Paiisamala, Dep. Verapaz. leg. Turckheim, 

 390; Harlw. 447, Mexico; Liebni., 22. Jurgens., 453; in pinetis ad Puebla 

 Nueva, Linden, M2. 



P. VAUTHIERI, n. sp. 



Radix repens, corlici! crassa pra^dita, annubita. Caulis erectus, raniosus, ramis 

 erectis puberubs. Foba lanceolata, utrinque acuta puberula vel glabrescentia. 

 Racemi t(!rminales subbixillori et siiligian(bllori haud comosi. Sepala haud 

 glanduloso-cibata, ciliata, diin aiiti'riora usque fere ad aplcem connata. Ala^ rhom- 

 boïdales tam lata' (piani ionga', inœquilaterales, margine ciliata>. Petala superiora 

 basi i-uneala, apice retusa, emarginata, haud elongata. Capsula late elbptica. 



Tnb. iinslra. XVI, (ig. 1-4. 



Radix annnlata, sinuata, repens, cortice crassa piaMbla, 3-3 mm. crassa. Caulis 

 basi crassiis, teres, erectus, ramosus sa'|)e 50 cm. longns, leviler puberulus. Folia 

 lanceolata vel lani-colato-oblnnga, utrinque aciita, lierbacea, glabresc(Mitia vel 

 junioi-a li'vilcr puberula, breviter petiolata, haud miicronata nec obtusa, submagna 

 "l,'l,,^cm.'°l,,'°j,,'°/,, '''l^,mm. vel minora. Racemi terminales, laxillori 3-8 cm. 

 longi, grandillori, sub maturitatem 15-18 mm. lati. Bractea' decidua'. Pedicelli 

 2-3 mm., glabrescentes haud penduli sed vix subciirvati. Sepala exteriora longitu- 

 dine subiequalia, duo aiiteriora fere usque ad apii'.em connata, margine tantum ciliata 

 nec glandulosa. Flores 3-7 mm. longi, lati. Ala' rhomboidales, valde inaMpiilaterales, 

 lam lata' (|uain longa', vel latiores, leviter emarginatir,, margine ciliata;. Petala 

 superiora duiilo longiora (|iiam lata vel longiora, basi cuncata, parte libéra paulo 

 dilatata sui)quadraugulari vel versus apicem scnsim sed parnm latescentia, retusa, 



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