1018 CIOXTRTBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



ciliate ; racemes leafy, the pedicels 5 to 12 mm. long ; calyx 4 to 7 mm. long, 

 green, glabrous ; petals pink or purple, the ventral ones 3 to 4 mm. long. 



Specimens from Tepic are noteworthj'^ because of their broad leaves, and may 

 represent a distinct species. 



5. Parsonsia salicifolia (Schlecht. & Cham.) Standi. 



Cuphea salicifolia Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 569. 1830. 



In wet soil, Veracruz and Oaxaca ; type collected near Misantla and Papantla, 

 Veracruz. 



Slender shrub, 1 meter Irgh or less, glabrous ; leaves oblanceolate or linear- 

 oblanceolate, 3 to 12 cm. long, obtuse, attenuate at base; flowers in slender 

 racemes, the pedicels 5 to 11 mm. long ; calyx green, 6 to 9 mm. long ; petals 

 purple, the ventral ones 4 to 5 mm. long. " Xoniguilli." 



6. Parsonsia epilobiifolia (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea epilobiifolia Koehne in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13*: 223. 1877. 



Oaxaca. Costa Rica and Venezuela. 



Shrub, 1.3 meters high or less, the branches cauescent-puberulent ; leaves 

 subsessile, narrowly lanceolate, 4.5 to 9 cm. long, attenuate to each end, 

 strigillose or glabrate beneath, pale ; racemes long and slender, the pedicels 



2 to 5 mm. long ; calyx green, 6 to 9 mm. long, canescent-hirtellous ; petals 

 purple. 



7. Parsonsia hyssopifolia (H. B. K.) Standi. 



Cuphea hyssopifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 199. 1823. 



Sinaloa to San Luis Potosl. Veracruz, Tabasco, and Chiapas ; type from 

 Jalapa, Veracruz. Guatemala. 



Slender shrub, 30 to 60 cm. high, often much branched, the branches ap- 

 pressed-hispidulous, densely leafy ; leaves subsessile, linear to lanceolate or 

 oblong, 1 to 3 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so ; flowers axillary, the pedicels 



3 to 7 mm. long; calyx green, 5.5 to 8 mm. long, glabrous or aculeolate-hispi- 

 dulous ; petals purple, pink, or white. 



8. Parsonsia calophylla (Cham. & Schlecht.) Standi. 

 Cuphea calophi/lla Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 2: 361. 1827. 

 Cuphea orthodisca Koehne in Mart. Fl. Bras. 132; 224. 1877. 

 Oaxaca. Central America to Bi'azil. 



Plants 30 to 100 cm. high, woody at base, the stems hispid or pilose ; leaves 

 subsessile, 1 to 5 cm. long, oblong, oblanceolate, or obovate, obtuse, ciliate 

 and hispidulous; racemes leafy, the pedicels 2 to 6 mm. long; calyx green, G 

 mm. long, viscid-hirtellous. 



The Mexican form is Cuphea calophylla orthodisca Koehne.^ 



9. Parsonsia nitidula (H. B. K.) Standi. 



Cuphea nitidula H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 162. 1823. 



Veracruz ; type from Jalapa. 



Shrub, sometimes 4.5 meters high; petioles 1 to 9 mm. long; leaves lanceo- 

 late to broadly ovate, 2 to 10 cm. long, acute or acuminate, obtuse to sub- 

 cordate at base, strigose or hirtellous beneath ; inflorescence leafy, the pedicels 

 5 to 13 mm. long ; calyx 15 to 24 mm. long, green or purplish ; petals purple. 



10. Parsonsia cyanea (DC.) Standi. 

 Cuphea cyanea DC. Prodr. 3: 85. 1828. 

 Cuphea coccinea DC. Prodr. 3: 85. 1828. 

 Cuphea puUflora Benth. PI. Hartw. 61. 1840. 



'Bot. Jahrb. Engler 2: 138. 1881. 



