PLaTE 2722. 
JULIANIA MOLLIS, Hems/. 
Ordo NaturaLis ? 
J. mollis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; pecie unica Mexicana hactenus 
dette foliis undique molliter villosis et foliolis ovato-oblongis per 
totam longitudinem crenatis differt. 
Ramuli floriferi crassi. olia decidua, in apicibus ramorum con- 
imparipi stig cit petiolate, cum petiolo 3-4 poll. longa, 
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juvenilia sal albido-villosa ; foliola opposita, sessilia vel 
subsessilia, be. oO oe pga vel ovato-o longa, leviter inzequalia, 1-14 
ll. 1 cuta, basi rotundata vel subcordata, ab apice usque 
ad basin alte crenata, venis primariis rectis per crenas excurrentibus. 
Flores maseula , in amenta osita in axillis foliorum supe- 
riorum solitaria dispositi; amenta gracilia, pendula, 2— longa, 
foliis coetanea vel precociora, infra medi zter bracteolas minutas 
a. Perianthium ys: artitum ; segmenta lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 
extus pilos Sta a ple gg llo breviora, 
antheris ioopitudinalitse dehiscentibus, su pilis paucis 
munitis. Flores feminei ac fructus hujus ‘pees Seis 
Mexico: Barranca of Guadalajara, Jalisco, at 4,000 ft. C. G. 
Pethats, 6871. 
This and the following plate are published with the view of eluc 
insufficient, because he had neither female flowers nor perfect fruit. 
ur material is not much better, but it comprises three distinct co 
A second species, J. Huaucui, was published (Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp 
i. p. 371) by the late Dr. A. Gray ; also from very imperfect material, 
Matthews, and Canta, in the same district of Peru, McLean. There 
can be no doubt mms the two published species being pegtnr a and 
they are very dist or is there any doubt about J. mollis, 
Hemsl., = diferent from the original J. adstringens, Schlecht.— 
W. Borrinc Hemsi 
Figs. 1 and 2, male flowers; 3,astamen. Al/ enlarged. 
