34 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vol. 50 



MORKILLIA ACUMINATA Rose & Painter, sp. nov. 



Near M. mexicaua, but leaflets paler above, ovate and acuminate, 

 more densely pubescent, flowers much smaller (6 cm. or less broad), 

 petals less notched, and fruit broader and nearly truncate at apex. 



Collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson on road over mountain between 

 Victoria and Jaumave Valley, altitude 240 to 750 meters, May 31, 

 1898 (no. 4444). 



Type. — U. S. National Herbarium, no. 332515. 



