Galphimia. 595 



supra secundum medianam impresso margine crenulato 4 4 /2 — 5 mm longo 3 mm lato, 

 ungue valde reflexo 2 — 2V2 mm long - Capsula globosa 3 mm diametro. 



Mexico (Karwinski a. 4 844; Mexic. Bound. Surv. n. 185: Tal des Rio Grande 

 bei Donnana; Pringle n. 1940: Felsenhügel bei Monterey, Staat Nu evo Leon; Palmer 

 n. 128: Staaten Coahuila und Nuevo Leon, und n. 184: Topolobampo; Seier n. 1034, 

 n. 1063 und n. 1068: Felsenhügel bei Monterey, Staat Nuevo Leon [foliis infimis saepius 

 ovatis, long.: lat. = 3:2]). — Californien (Xantus n. 15: Cape S. Lucas, Lower 

 Galif. [foliorum petiolis usque 3 / 4 cm longis]). — Texas (Gray s. n.; Wright n. 93 

 und n. 94 [ß. oblongifolia Gray]; Berlandier n. 1886 und n. 2384; Lindheimer 

 n. 361 [a. 1846]: Felsen bei Upper Guadeloupe, und n. 692 [a. 1849]: Comanche Spring; 

 Matthes n. 241: Fayette Gounty, und n. 357: Goryell County; Reverchon VI. 1885: 

 Kimble Co.; Heller n. 1737: Berge bei Kerrville, Kerr Co., 1600 — 2000'). 



Sectio 2. Cosmogalphimia Niedenzu. 



Sectio 2. Cosmogalphimia Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 2 3. 



3. G. gracilis Bartl. Galph. mex. in Linnaea XIII. (1839) 552; Jussieu Malp. Syn. 

 (1840) 327 et in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 324; Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Brauns- 

 berg V. (1914) 24; Urban Symb. Antill. IV. (1905) 331 et VIII. (1920) 338. — Gal- 

 phimia glauca aut. et hortul. — Thryallis gracilis O. Kuntze Rev. gen. pl. 1. (1891) 

 89; Rose in Contrib. U. S. Herb. XII. (1909) 280; Fawcett et Rendle Fl. Jamaica 

 IV. (1920) 231. — Thryallis glauca p. p. Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 150. 

 — Thryallis Langlassei Blake*) in Contrib. Gray Herb. Harvard Univ. New Ser. 52. 

 (191 7)71. — Frutexy 2 — 3-metralis(e Lehmann n.7439) ramosissimus, ramulis hornotinis 

 rubiginoso-subsericeis 1 mm, ramis glabratis canescentibus rimosis etiam quinto anno vix 

 ultra 3 mm diametro, internodiis y 3 — 4 cm longis. . Folia utrinque acuta (vel apice 

 obtusiuscula) oblonga vel elliptica vel rara e basi obtusa breviter angustata lanceolata, 

 usque 5( — 8) cm longa et 2( — 3) cm lata, utrinque novella rubiginoso-subsericea mox 

 glabrata laeviaque, supra viridia, subtus glaucescentia, nervo medio solo subtus prominulo, 

 jam primariis (utrinque 3 — 4) vix conspicuis, margine vix revoluto utrinque basi vel 

 usque 5 mm supra basim glandula 1 (vel rarius 2) impressa ornato; petiolo y 2 — 4 V2 cm 

 longo diutius piloso rubiginoso supra canaliculato ; stipulis subulatis rubiginosis pilosius- 

 culis 1 — 2 mm longis petioli basi adnatis saepius folio delapso persistentibus. Racemi 



*) -»Thryallis Langlassei Blake in Contrib. Gray Herbar. Harvard Univers. New. Ser. LH. 

 (1917) 71. — Frutex 3 m altus. Caulis tenuis teres glaber rufescenti - brunneus ; rami erecti 

 olivacei prope inflorescentiam subsparse pubescentes pilis fusco- brunneis medio adfixis non 

 verrucosa Folia opposita lanceolata vel ovata obtusa basi longe cuneata integra parum revoluta 

 supra viridia glabra subtus pallidiora glabra vel in costa sparsissime pilosa (pilis eis caulis 

 similibus), 4,5 — 5,5 cm longa 0,8—1,5 cm lata, in petiolis nudis glabris vel sparsissime pilosis 

 ad apicem 2-glandulosis 6 — 9 mm longis; ea basi inflorescentiae multo minora. Racemi terminales 

 1 — 1,3 dm longi 3,5 cm diam. sessiles vel breviter pedunculati, floribus 25 — 38; pedicelli 1,2 — 



1 ,6 cm longi ut axis angulatus inflorescentiae pilosus pilis fusco-brunneis medio adfixis patentibus 

 vel appressis non verrucosi; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae 1— 1,5 mm longae similiter pube- 

 scentes. Sepala 5 oblongo-ovalia apice rotundata omnia eglandulosa ciliolata (pilis fusco-brunneis) 



2 mm longa. Corolla 1,7 cm lata »flavac, petalis 5:4 subaequalia, lamina ovali-ovata, apice 

 rotundata, basi truncato - cordata parum undulata 5,5 mm longa 3,8 mm lata, ungue 1,5 mm 

 longo; \ majus, lamina 6 mm longa, 5 mm lata, ungue (sicc.) rubescente 3,2 mm longo. Stamina 

 10, alterna breviora; filamenta purpurea 2,5 et 4 mm longa; antherae flavidae 2,7 mm longae. 

 Styli 3 purpurascentes aequales sursum subulato-filiformes 6 mm longi. Capsula ut ovarium 

 breviter patenti-pilosa 3-gona ad 3,5 mm longa et lata. 



Michoacan or Guerrero: sandy soil, San Andres, 700 m. 22. III. 1899, Langlasse 955 

 (type in Gray Herb.). 



A species intermediate between T. dasycarpa Small and T. tubereulata Rose, but quite 

 distinct from either. I have followed Rose and Small in displacing Galphimia Cav. by Thryallis 

 L., as the original species of Linnaeus belonged to the present genus.« 



