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pubescent, each with an appendage on the back; styles mostly pubescent ; capsules oblong, 

 8-10 mm. long. 



Type collected on the mountains near Monterey, Mexico, C. G. Pringle 10219. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



38. Ionoxalis stolonifera Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 131. 1906. 



Plants 1-1.5 dm. tall, the bulb-scales 3-ribbed ; leaves somewhat shorter than the scape, 

 the petioles glabrous ; leaflets 3, the blades cuneate, 5-9 mm. wide, notched at the apex, 

 deep-green above, pale beneath, those of the lateral ones very inequilateral ; scapes glabrous ; 

 cymes 1-few-flowered ; pedicels 9-15 mm. long, glabrous ; sepals lanceolate or narrowly 

 oblong-lanceolate, 3-3.5 mm. long, glabrous, each bearing 2 short apical tubercles ; petals 

 violet-purple, 12-15 mm. long ; filaments glabrous, the longer ones appendaged on the back 

 below the middle. 



Type locality: Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Morelos, Mexico. 



Distribution : Morelos. 



39. Ionoxalis vallicola Rose, sp. now 



Plants 1-3 dm. tall, the bulb-scales many-ribbed ; leaves as tall as the scape or nearly 

 so, the petioles sparingly pubescent ; leaflets 3, the blades obreniform, 2-4.5 cm. wide, deep- 

 green and glabrous above, slightly paler and with scattered hairs beneath ; scapes less 

 pubescent than the petioles ; cymes 3-9-flowered ; pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, glabrous ; sepals 

 lanceolate to oblong, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, each bearing 2 large apical tubercles ; petals 

 light-blue, 9-13 mm. long ; shorter filaments glabrous ; longer filaments pubescent, each 

 with an appendage on the back near the base. 



Type collected at Tlalnepantla, Federal District, Mexico, July 5, 1898, C. G. Pringle 6S95. 



Distribution : Middle Mexico. 



40. Ionoxalis Metcalfei Small, sp. nov. 



Plants 1-2 dm. tall, the bulb-scales several-ribbed; leaves usually fully one half as tall 

 as the scape, the petioles glabrous ; leaflets 3, the blades obdeltoid in outline, about as wide 

 as long, bright-green but slightly paler beneath than above, glabrous or with few scattered 

 hairs beneath ; scapes glabrous; cymes mostly 3-5-flowered ; pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, gla- 

 brous ; sepals oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, each with two minute, 

 often unequal, apical tubercles ; petals bluish, 12-15 mm. long ; shorter filaments gla- 

 brous; longer filaments pubescent, appendaged on the back. 



Tvpe collected on the Mogollou Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico, July 23, 1903, O. B. 

 Metcalfe 299. 



Distribution : New Mexico. 



41. Ionoxalis amplifolia (Trel.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 10 : 110. 1906. 



O.valis tali folia Trel. Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 91. 1888. Not O. latifolia H.B.K. 1822. 

 Oxalis divergens amplifolia Trel. in A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am. 1' : 368. 1897. 



Plants 1.5-3.5 dm. tall, the bulb-scales several-ribbed; leaves shorter than the scape, 

 the petioles glabrous or nearly so ; leaflets 3, the blades V-shaped or somewhat obreniform, 

 2.5-4 cm. wide, glabrous, deep-green, scarcely paler beneath than above; scapes glabrous 

 or with occasional hairs ; cymes 7-12-flowered ; pedicels 1-3 cm. long, glabrous ; sepals 

 lanceolate to oblong, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, each with 2 short apical tubercles ; petioles 

 violet, 12-16 mm. long; shorter and longer filaments pubescent, the longer ones each with 

 a prominent appendage on the back below the middle. 



Type locality - : Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. 



Distribution : Southwestern Texas to Arizona. 



42. Ionoxalis Galeottii (Turcz.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 10: 112. 1906. 

 Oxalis Galeottii Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 l : 433. 1858. 



Plants 1.5-4 dm. tall, the bulb-scales several-ribbed ; leaves mostly one half as tall as 

 the scape or less, the petioles loosely pubescent ; leaflets 3, the blades cuneate to cuneate- 



