1022 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL, HERBARIUM. 



29. Parsonsia cristata (Rose) Standi. 



Cuphea cristata Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 196. pi. 23. 1899. 



Tepic and Michoac^n or Guerrero ; type collected between Tepic and Pedro 

 Paulo. 



Stems suffrutescent at base, strigillose; leaves petiolate, elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, 7 to 12 cm. long, acuminate, abruptly attenuate at base, scaberulous 

 beneath ; calyx about 30 mm. long, red and green, setose-hirsute ; petals red, 

 narrowly oblong. 



SO. Parsonsia graciliflora (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea (jracUiflora Koehne in Mart. Fl. Bras. 132; 23G. 1877. 



Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. 



Plants usually suffrutescent, the stems densely hisp'd or hirsute : leaves 

 petiolate or subsessile, ovate or elliptic, 4 to 18 cm. long, acute or acuminate, 

 acute or obtuse at base, thick, hispidulous beneath ; inflorescence racemose- 

 paniculate, many-flowered ; calyx 24 to 30 mm. long, hirtellous or hirsute, green 

 or purplish ; petals bright red. 



31. Parsonsia boissieriana (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea hoissieriana Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 7: 42. 1885. 

 Type from Mexico, the locality not known. 



Branches strigillose-scabrous and sparsely pilose; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 3.5 to 7 cm. long, scaberulous; pedicels 1 to 2 mm. long; calyx 25 mm. long, red. 



32. Parsonsia micropetala (H. B. K.) Standi. 



Cuphea micropetala H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 209. pi- 551. 1823. 



Ciiphea eminens Planch. & Lind. Fl. Serres 10: pi. 994. 1854. 



Colima to Morelos and Oaxaca ; type from Guanajuato. 



Plants shrubby or hei'baceous, 1 meter high or less, the stems puberulent and 

 sometimes hirtellous ; petioles 10 mm. long or less ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or 

 narrowly lanceolate, 5 to 16 cm. long, attenuate at each end, scaberulous; calyx 

 20 to 35 mm. long, red and yellow ; stamens often exserted. 



33. Parsonsia heteropetala (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea heteropetala Koehne in Mart. Fl. Bras. 182; 232. 1877. 



Oaxaca. 



Branches glandular-hirtellous or hispidulous ; leaves petiolate or sub- 

 sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, glabrous, 2.5 to 10 cm. long; pedicels 

 7 to 11 mm. long: calyx 21 to 25 mm. long, glandular-hirtellous. 



34. Parsonsia schumannii (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea schumannii Koehne, Bot. .Tahrb. Engler 29: 160. 1900. 



Type from Cordoba, "Veracruz. 



Stems biseriately glandular-setose; petioles 15 mm. long or less; leaves 7.5 

 to 9.5 cm. long, acute, acute to subcordate at base, scabrous above; pedicels 3 

 mm. long or less ; calyx 23 to 25 mm. long, red. 



35. Parsonsia bracteolosa (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea bracteolosa Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 41: 95. 1907. 



Known only from the type locality. La Tuveria, Michoacdn or Guerrero, 

 altitude 900 meters. 



Stems suffrutescent, 60 cm. high, strigose and hirsute; leaves ternate, sub- 

 sessile, lanceolate, 3 to 6 cm. long, acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous 

 beneath, scabrous above; pedicels axillary, 4 to 7 mm. long; calyx about 20 

 mm. long, red, hirsute; petals black -purple, 3 mm. long. 



