l|-)<'-?S (M^X lUllUTllONS l-'l!(»M illK NATU^NAI. 1 1 I'.HIi MU I' M 



2. Berginia pahueri IJoso. Coiilr. I'. S. NmI. llcrh. 1: SC*. IS'.U). 



Tvix" from S;uil;i. Hosuliji, Hajti (.'nlirunii;!. 



Slinib, 50 cm. liigli; loaves 7 to .15 nun. loiin, obiiisc or romidivl nl jipcx; 

 spiUi's (i mm. loiiii; or less; vjilyx (l(M>st>ly nl)uiilul;ir-|)ult(>sctMit ; corollii, pink, I 

 cm. limR. 



7. LOUTERIDIUM S. W.mIs. I'loc. Amcr. Aciul. 23: 2S;i. ISSS. 



Shrubs; lonvcs i)o(iol;ili\ crcnntc^ or (Mitir(>; Mowers large, in unrrow, nearly 

 naked, terminal racemes or panicles; calyx clt>ft nearly to the bjise, the lobes 

 broad, the 'A npper ones \vlu)lly unili>d, the "2 npper ones dislincl; corolla tubo 

 very short, abruptly e^fpanded into a broad hoodiiU(> throjil, I lie lol>es .short; 

 stamens 2, cxsertcd; capsule sessile, the cells I) to S-seeded. 



Two other species are known, natives of (Inatemula and Costa l{icM. 

 Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, lonn-attemiate to the bMse . .1. L. inexicaiuiin. 

 bcivves round(>d-ovMte, ctirdate or subcordnt(> iit btiso 2. L. ooiizatiii. 



1. Louteridium niexicaiium (Uaill.) Standi. 



NrolindcHid nic.rirana Kaill. iinll. Soc. l/mn. I'iuis 2: S.M . ISSU. 



Loi(lcri<liiiin piiiitKKii T. S. Unuiden. I'niv. Calif. I'liiil. Hot. 0: (IS. lUl I. 



Chiapas; type from Zacualpan. 



Plants sufTrutescent, glabrous except in th(> inlion'sciMH-e, liiert^ miimtely 

 l)uberulent ; leaves 15 to 2S cm. long, short -acuminate, short -pel iohite, nearly 

 entire; Mowers yellowisii and purplish, long-pediceilii.te; c;dyx 2 to ;!.5 cm. long. 



2. Louteridium conzattii Standi., sp. nov. 



Type collected along tlu^ banks of liie Hi'o (inuide, betwinm .lalapa dv DitVA 

 and La llaya, Distrito de Tuxtc^pec, Oaxaca, altitude 150 met»>rs {('oiizdili 'MXH; 

 V. S. Nat-. Herb. no. I ,OM,OaS). 



Plants glabrous throughout; petioles 1.5 to (> cm. long; leaves rounde<l-ovat-e, 

 11 to 22 cm. long, 10 to 17 cm. wide, cuspidjitt'-ii,cuminat(\ sha,llowly or de<sply 

 cordate at base, tuitire or lu^arly so; flowers in a terminal elongate leafy-bracltui 

 panicle; calyx about 2 cm. long, the upper lobe abruptly short-iu'uniinale, Ww) 

 lower ones falcate, obtuse. 



All the Mowers are still in bud !in(l the corollas not yet fully di'vclopi'd. 'The 

 plant is clo.sely related to Jj. (loiiiiill-sinilhi.i S. Wats., but in tliut iiii pjiits are 

 dense!\' pubescent . 



8. CHILERANTHEMUM Oerst. Dansk. Vid. Medd. 1854: ICC. |,S5I. 



A single species is known. 

 1. Chilerantheniuni trifiduni Oerst. Niit. I''or. Kjobenli:i vii Vid. Medd. 1854: 

 U)(). 1S51. 



Veracruz; ty|)e from Mecapalco. 



Clabrous shrub; leaves lance-oblong, about C cm. long, ol)lusely acuminate, 

 acute at base, p(!tiolat(% (sntire; jjeduncles axillary, tri('hotonM)UH, few-Mowcre(l; 

 calyx 5-i)art(Ml, the segments e<pial, linear, C nun. long; corolla lube 5 nnn. long, 

 tJie limb bilabiate, S mm. long; fertile stamens 2, the anther cells e(|UM.l and 

 ins(^rted at the sam(! luiinlit, 2 small staminodia also present ; ovules 2 in each ('((11, 



Known to the writc^r only from the; origina,! dcjscriplion and from llemsl(>y'H 

 illust)rat ion.' 



9. ODONTONEMA Nees, Liiinaea 16: :{()(). 1.S'12. 

 Plants herbaceous or sull'rutcsscent, large; hiaves large;, entire; flowers red, 

 pedicellate, fasciculate in the axils of small bracts, arranges! in t(!rminal, simple 

 or paniculate racemes; calyx small, 5-parted, the Hoginents narrow, acuminate; 



' Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. pi. fl7, /. 1-5. 



