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Umbels on conspicuous, usually long peduncles. 



Corolla lobes acuminate 10. F. dumetorum. 



Corolla lobes obtuse. 



Lobes of the inner corona ovate-triangular 11. F. bilobum. 



Lobes of the inner corona oval, very obtuse. 



Corolla glabrous outside 12. F. elegans. 



Corolla pubescent 13. F. torreyi. 



1. Funastrum crispum (Benth.) Schlechter, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 284. 



1914. 



Sarcostemma crispum Benth. PI. Hartw. 291. 1841. 



Sarcostemma nndulattim Torr. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 161. 1859. 



Philibertia crispa Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 318. 1881. 



Philibertella crispa Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 306. 1897. 



Type from Aguascalientes. Western Texas to southern Arizona. 



Stems chiefly herbaceous, glabrous or puberulent ; leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 5 to 7 cm. long, attenuate, hastate-cordate at base, pale beneath ; umbels pe- 

 dunculate, few-flowered ; corolla dull purple, glabrous within, puberulent out- 

 side, the lobes obtuse; follicles 10 to 12 cm. long. 



No Mexican specimens have been seen by the writer. 



2. Funastrum. cumanense (H. B. K.) Schlechter, Kepert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 



284. 1914. 



Sarcostemma cumanense H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 195. 1819. 



Sarcostemma arenarium Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 34. 1844. 



Philibertia citmanoisis Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 218. 1881. 



Baja California to Colima, Oaxaca, and Taba.sco. Central America and 

 northern South America ; type from Cumana, Venezuela. 



Stems suffrutescent, or thick and woody at base, pilosulous or glabrate ; 

 leaves linear, 3 to 5.5 cm. long, short-petiolate, obtuse or acute at base, glab- 

 rate; umbels pedunculate; corolla 10 to 12 mm. broad, sericeous or puberulent 

 outside. "Cuchamperrito," " bejuco de pescado " (El Salvador). 



In El Salvador the tough stems are employed by the fishermen as cords on 

 which to string fish. 



3. Funastrum heterophyllum. (Engelm.) Standi. 



Sarcostemma lineare Decaisne ; Benth. PI. Hartw. 25. 1840. Not S. lineare 

 Spreng. 1822. 



Sarcostemma heterophyllum Engelm.; Torr. U. S. Rep. Expl. Miss. Pacif. 5: 

 362. 1876. 



Philibertia linearis A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 12: 64. 1876. 



Philibertella hartivegii Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 308. 1897. 



Funastrum hartwegii Schlechter, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 285. 1914. 



Baja California to Chihuahua, Coahuila, Quer^taro, and Jalisco. Western 

 Texas to southern California ; type from Fort Yuma, Arizona. 



Slender vine, herbaceous or sulTrutescent, glaucescent, pubescent or gla- 

 brate ; leaves linear, 3 to 6 cm long, acute, obtuse, or cordate-hastate at base ; 

 umbels pedunculate, few or many-flowered ; corolla purplish, 8 to 10 mm. 

 broad, pubescent outside; follicles 6 to 10 cm. long, pubescent or glabrate. 

 '* Hortensia de guf a " ( Jalisco ) . 



Said to be used in Sinaloa as a remedy for snake bites. 



4. Funastrum clausum (Jacq.) Schlechter, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 283. 



1914. 

 Cynanchum clausum Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 1 : 87. 1763. 

 Sarcostemma crassifolium Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 8: 540. 1844. 



