STANDLEY TREES AND SHEUBS OF MEXICO. , 1023 



36. Parsonsia baillonis (Koeluie) Standi. 



Cuphea baillonis Koehiie, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 4: 401. 1833. 



Type from Oaxaca. 



Stems sparsely pubescent below ; petioles 1 to 2 mm. long ; leaves opposite, 

 3.5 to 5 cm. long, acute, rounded or obtuse at base, scabrous above, glabrous 

 beneath ; racemes leafy, the pedicels 8 to 10 mm. long ; calyx 20 to 22 mm. 

 long, red. 



37. Parsonsia heterophylla (Bentli.) Standi. 

 Cuphea heterophi/lla Benth. PI. Hartw. 37. 1840. 

 Cuphea terna Peyritsch, Linnaea 30: 71. 1857. 

 Cuphea propinqua Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 53. 1880. 



Michoacan to Mexico, Morelos, and Oaxaca ; perhaps also in Tepic ; type 

 from Morelia, Michoacan. 



Stems herbaceous or suffrutescent, 60 cm. high or less, hirsute, pubescent, or 

 glabrous ; petioles 3 mm. long or less ; leaves mostly ternate, ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3 to 10 cm. long, scabrous ; racemes distinct, leafy or nearly naked, 

 the pedicels 4 to 20 mm. long; calyx 15 to 25 mm. long, purplish or reddish, 

 puberulent or short-hirsute; petals red. " Moradilla " (Koehne). 



38. Parsonsia jorullensis (H. B. K.) Standi. 



Cuphea jorullensis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 6: 208. 1823. 



Cuphea arvensis Benth. PI. Plartw. 37. 1840. 



Cuphea viridostoma S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 412. 1887. 



Cuphea mesochloa Greene, Pittonia 1: 141. 1887. 



Durango to Morelos and Oaxaca ; type from Jorullo, Michoacan. 



Stems herbaceous or suffrutescent, SO cm. high or less, puberulent and 

 hispidulous ; petioles 1 to 5 mm. long ; leaves mostly opposite, oblong, lanceolate, 

 or ovate, 2 to 6 cm. long, obtuse or acute, very scabrous ; flowers in distinct 

 racemes, the pedicels 5 to 20 mm. long; calyx 20 to 28 mm. long, red and 

 green ; petals whitish. 



39. Parsonsia intermedia (Hemsl.) Standi. 

 Cuphea intermedia Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 52. 1880. 

 Type from Chiapas. 



Stems puberulent when young ; leaves short-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate or 

 ovate, 3 to 4 cm. long, acute or obtuse, scabrous above and sparsely pilose, 

 pubescent and scaberulous beneath ; flowers solitary ; calyx 25 mm. long, 

 hirtellous-pubescent ; petals purple or pink. 



40. Parsonsia retroscabra (S. Wats.) Standi. 



Cuphea retroscabra S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 413. 1887. 



Jalisco, the tj'pe from Rio Blanco. 



Stems herbaceous or suffrutescent at base, hispidulous and retrorse-scabrous ; 

 leaves mostly ternate, oval to oblong-linear, 2 to 3 cm. long, obtuse or acute, 

 scabrous ; flowers in distinct racemes, the pedicels 6 to 20 mm. long ; calyx 

 about 16 mm. long, purplish, puberulent and hispidulous; petals pink. 



41. Parsonsia watsoniana (Koehne) Standi. 



Cuphea icatsoniana Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 23: Beibl. 57: 29. 1897. 



Known only from the type locality, Lake Chapala, Jalisco. 



Stems suffrutescent, scaberulous and hispid ; petioles 2 to 5 mm. long ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 6.5 cm. long, acute, very scabrous; 

 flowers lateral, the pedicels 4 to 7 mm. long ; calyx 25 to 30 mm. long, red. 



