1172 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



8. Funastrum lindenianum (Decasne) Schlechter, Repex't. Sp. Nov. Fedde 



13: 286. 1914. 



Sarcostemma lindenianum Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 8: 541. 1844. 



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



Type from Yucatan. 



Stems pubescent ; leaves cordate or subtruncate-cordate, rounded and short- 

 cuspidate at apex, pubescent ; pedicels about as long as the leaves ; corolla 

 lobes subobtuse. 



9. Funastrum bicolor (Decaisne) Standi. 

 Sarcostemma hirolor Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 8: 541. 1844. 

 Philibertia bicolor A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 395. 1886. 



San Luis Potest Queretaro, INIexico, and Puebla ; type from Tehuaean, 

 Puebla. 



Stems chiefly herbaceous ; leaves petiolate, oblong-cordate or triangular- 

 cordate, 2 to 5.5 cm. long, rounded and apiculate or cuspidate or long-acuminate, 

 pubescent ; umbels mostly few-flov^'ered ; corolla 2 to 2.5 cm. broad, greenish 

 yellow and brownish purple, the lobes obtuse, puberulent outside, ciliate. 



10. Funastrumi dumetorum (T. S. Brandeg.) Standi. 



Philibertia dumetorum T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 380. 1913. 



Type from Banos del Carrizal, Veracruz. 



Stems retrorse-pubescent ; leaves orbicular-ovate, 5.5 cm. long or less, obtuse, 

 acuminate, or emarginate, deeply cordate at base, pubescent ; corolla lobes 5 

 mm. long. 



Not seen by the writer. 



11. Funastrum bilobum (Hook. & Arn.) Standi. 

 Sarcostemma bilobum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 438. 1841. 

 Type from Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Plants glabrous; leaves cordate-ovate, 3.5 to 5 cm. long, acuminate; umbels 

 many-flowered, the peduncles longer than the leaves. 



12. Funastrum elegans (Decaisne) Schlechter, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 

 284. 1914. 



Sarcostemma elegans Decaisne in DO. Prodr. 8: 541. 1844. 



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



Philibertia ervendbergii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 395. 1886. 



Philibertella elegans Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 310. 1897. 



Funastrtim ervendbergii Schlechter. Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 285. 1914. 



Veracruz, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Yucatan ; type collected 

 near the City of Mexico. 



Stems chiefly herbaceous ; leaves long-petiolate, broadly ovate-cordate, 4 to 

 7 cm. long, rounded at apex and usually short-cuspidate, deeply cordate at 

 base, pubescent; corolla white or greenish, about 1 cm. broad. " Bina " (Oax- 

 aca, Seler). 



13. Funastrum torreyi (A. Gray) Schlechter, Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 13: 287. 

 1914. 



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



Philibertella torreiji Vail, Bull. Torrey Club 24: 309. 1897. 



Chihuahua and Coahuila to Guanajuato. Western Texas. 



Stems slender, densely pubescent ; leaves lance-cordate, 2 to 4 cm. long, 

 acuminate or long-acuminate, deeply cordate at base, thick, densely pubescent ; 

 corolla 1 to 2 cm. broad, white or purplish. 



