



Tuhera 3^4 poll. longa. Scapi usque ad 4 5 ped alti, sfBpius breviores. 

 /oZza absque petiolo interdum 18-24 poll, longa, pinnis distantibus 

 lationbus minus dissectis l|-2 poll, longis, sed sa^pius 6-12 poll, longis, 

 pinnis confertis magis dissectis, segmentis angustioribus acutioribus. 

 letiolorum pars vaginans 2^-5 poll, longa, pars libera 0-3 poll, longa. 

 Involucri hractem 6-9 Hn. longaj. Pedicelli 1-3 poll, longi. Fru^tus 

 maximus vix 3 lin. lonarus. 



We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. S. P. Langley, Secretary of 

 the bnntlisonian Institution, and the good offices of Mr. J. N. Rose 

 Assistant Botanist in the United States National Herbarium, for the 

 loan of Pringle and Nelson's specimens of Neog<zzia, from which this 

 and the following plate were prepared. 



Mr. Rose also communicated the following particulars of the 

 dimensions .tc. of iV gracilifes, as well as Mr. C. G. Pringle's note on 

 the locality it inhabits : ° 



; Stems from a cluster of deep-seated tuberous roots as in N. minor, 

 thirty to sixty inches high; length of petiole above the sheath very 

 variable, sometimes nearly wanting, often three inches long. Leaflets 

 generally close together along the rachis, sometimes much separated, 

 occasionally three inches or more apart. Involucels rarely short and 

 entire but generally all, or nearly all, 3- to 5-toothed and six to nine 

 mes long. Pedicels veiy numerous, in fruit one and a half to three 

 inches long. Fruit rather variable, two to three lines long, nearly 

 orbicular to ovate, slightly cordate at the base.' * ^ 



Mr 



then hv^ ff '"^^''" ^o. 4997, it was found first by Mr. Nelson, 

 ttntv^ ^ ^ "'°''! ^'l^i^ scattered, on a range of mountains 

 OOOoYit L5' ^'T^ ^^ ^rr^' ^^^^^^ ^^"g« haf an altitude of 



track called he Mixteca Alta, over which runs, in a zigza- course the 

 continental divide. The plant is abundant ok somewhat diyridges 

 and slopes of these mountains at an elevation of 8000 feet amongst 

 a sparse growth of oaks and pines. Frankly it is nry op nion tha 



fertmtv a"nd"h3dT ^^''^'.^"f ^ ^--^'e one, as Le'co'Iiot 

 lertihty, and humidity of soil and exposure to open sunhVht vary 

 The specimens were all gathered on a trnft ^^rT ^^ i^umi^nt vary. 

 f^vtPTit • tViA fr^Jfo , T u f • .^^ "" a tract two or three miles in 

 extent , the fruits which lie in sheets with flowers (they are scarcely 



Sclobe'r 'irf/ ^ were gathered at the same time litlf the flowers^ 

 S the nodn'nct J;""!. f '^'"''f \'^ themselves with only a few inches 



3 ^r^vS:^io^-S^;.^TS3^^^^'-^°-^"^ the .ind cai^ophore. 



niericarp. AH erdarged. 



