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beneath, short-pilose along the nerves, elsewhere glabrous; flowers terminal, glomerate, sub- 

 sessile, subtended by 4 leaves; calyx-lobes 4, linear-filiform, pilose, one-fourth as long as the 

 corolla-tube; corolla red, about 3.7 cm. long, tubular-funnelform, hirtellous at the base, the 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, 6 mm. long; stamens exserted, inserted in the corolla-throat. (Descrip- 

 tion compiled.) 



Type locality: Along streams in the forests of Tonaguia, eastern cordillera of Oaxaca, altitude 

 1200 to 1500 meters. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Manettia zimapanica Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 30. 1879. 



Lygistum zimapanicum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 287. 1891. 



Branches slender, terete, striate, minutely puberulent or glabrate; stipules glandular- 



ciliate, 3-aristate; petioles 2-3 mm. long; leaf-blades ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-9.5 cm. long, 



2-4 cm. wide, attenuate at the base, attenuate-acuminate at the apex, thin, puberulent above 



along the veins, beneath short-pilose along the veins and elsewhere puberulent, the lateral 



veins 3 or 4 on each side, excurrent near the apex; inflorescence terminal, cymose, 3-5-flowered, 



the pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long, minutely puberulent; hypanthium short-campanulate, 



2 mm. long, glabrous, the 4 calyx-lobes linear- subulate, attenuate, 12-15 mm. long, ciliate; 



corolla clavate-tubular, glabrous outside, villous within near the base, the tube 2.6-3.1 cm. 



long, the lobes ovate-oblong, 5-6 mm. long; stamens inserted 1 mm. below the top of the 



corolla-tube, the filaments 0.5 mm. long, the anthers 3.5-4 mm. long, subexserted; style 2.2- 



2.5 cm. long, the lobes 1.3-1.7 mm. long. 



Type locality: Zimapan, Hidalgo. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



6. Manettia calycosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 330. 1861. 



Lygistum calycosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 287. 1891. 



Stems slender, glabrous or minutely pilose on the angles; stipules short, deltoid, denticu- 

 late; leaves short-petiolate, the blades ovate or lance-ovate, 2-8 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, obtuse 

 or acute at the base, acutely acuminate at the apex, membranaceous, glabrous, or short-pilose 

 beneath along the costa; inflorescence axillary, cymose, few- or many-flowered, subsessile, 

 the pedicels slender and elongate; calyx-lobes 4 or 5, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, 

 spreading, often 4 mm. wide; corolla salverform, red, 1.6 cm. long, thinly short-pilose or 

 puberulent outside, barbate within in the throat. 



Type locality: Haiti. 



Distribution: Hispaniola; also in Colombia and Venezuela. 



7. Manettia dominicensis Wernham, Gen. Manettia 37. 



1919. 



Manettia calycosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 330, in part. 1861. 



Stems herbaceous, slender, angulate, shortly retrose-pilose on the angles, elsewhere pu- 

 berulent or glabrous; stipule-sheath 1-2 mm. long, the lobes deltoid, cuspidate, glandular- 

 ciliate; petioles stout, 3-10 mm. long; leaf-blades ovate, ovate-oblong, or broadly ovate, 3.5-9 

 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base, subabruptly acuminate to long-attenu- 

 ate at the apex, thin, glabrous, or sparsely short-pilose beneath along the veins, the lateral 

 veins conspicuous, slender, arcuate; inflorescence axillary, cymose, few-flowered, sessile or 

 short-pedunculate, the pedicels mostly 1-2 cm. long or shorter; bracts often large and foliaceous; 

 hypanthium 2-3 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely strigose, the calyx-lobes 4 or 5, broadly ovate 

 to lance-linear, 5-10 mm. long, acute or acuminate, ciliate; corolla white or red, the tube stout, 

 8-13 mm. long, sparsely short-villous outside, pilose within near the base, the lobes broadly 

 ovate, 3-5.5 mm. long; anthers included; capsule 4-5 mm. broad, thin. 



TvPB locality: Dominica. 

 Distribution: Dominica and St. Vincent. 



