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572. Spiranthes madrensis B. & H.? The speci- 

 mens are much larger than No. 1372 of Pringle's Mex- 

 ican plants of 1886 and are very young, not even bearing 

 full grown flower buds. — High mountains of the interior. 



573. Habenaria, sp. — High mountains. 



574. Habenaria, sp. — High mountains. 



575. Epipactis gigantea Dougl. — Sierra de la La- 

 guna. 



Two species of Orchidacea? in mature fruit are unde- 

 termined. 



576. PiTCAiRNiA, sp. — San Jose del Cabo. 



577. SisYRiNCiiiUM MINUS Engelm. — Sierra de la 

 Laguna. 



578. SiSYRiNCHiUM, sp. Near S. Californira. — 

 Sierra de la Laguna. 



579. Zephyranthes longifolia Hemsley. — Col- 

 lected at Rancho Salado, but not found within the Cape 

 Region. 



580. Agave aurea Brandegee. — Todos Santos to 

 La Paz. 



581. Agave, sp. Flowers green with yellowish style 

 and stamens. — Todos Santos, Santiago, La Paz. 



582. Behria tenuiflora Greene. Leaves several, 

 shorter than the scapes, slender, from a fibrous coated 

 corm, 2 cm. in diameter, scapes erect, not tortuous. 

 much exceeding the leaves, 3-5 dm. in height. Flowers 

 red with dark purple tips, 15-18 mm. long, exserted 

 anthers green, pedicels jointed below the flower. 



The specimens from which the original description was 

 drawn had apparently flexuous stems, in these which are 

 undoubtedly the same thing the stems are straight and 

 erect. The genus is apparently nearest Brevoortia, also 

 of a single species. In that genus the three filaments are 



