(4) 
4-5 mm. long, its lobes erect, united for about a third their length 
at base. 
Collected by E. W. Nelson near Reyes, Oaxaca, October 20, 1894 
(no. 1767). 
3. Villadia cucullata Rose, sp. nov. 
Perennial by rather fleshy roots; stems 1-1.5 dm . high, simple, 
green, 2 mm. long, distinct; corolla reddish, 3 mm. ee ng its tube 
1 mm. long, its lobes hooded, denticulate on the ma 
Collected by Dr. E. Palmer near Saltillo, Coahuile, Mexico, 
June, oe Sa 374). Only a single specimen was seen, growing 
under bush 
4. Villadia Nelsoni aes sp. nov. 
Caulescent, 2-3 dm. high, more s branched throughout, 
somewhat roug cen “leaves aia rae (at least in dried 
specimens), 1-1.5 cm. long; inflorescence spicate; flowers sessile ; 
sepals ovate, 2 mm. long; corolla ‘* white,” 5-6 mm. long; carpels 
long-attenuate. 
Collected by E. W. Nelson on road between Ayusinapa and Pe- 
tatlan, Guerrero, alt. 1500 to 2100 meters, December 14, 1894 
(no, 2114). 
5. Villadia Pringlei Rose, sp. nov. 
Perennial by fleshy roots, much branched at base; stems 5-15 
- hi reen; stem-leaves linear in outline, 1-1.5 cm. long; 
inflorescence sometimes 10 cm. long, either spicate, or a compact 
panicle; sepals somewhat pease distinct, the longer ones 5 mm. 
long ; corolla white e(?), 6 ong. 
Collected by C. G. Pringle | in meager soil of dry ledges in the 
Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, Mexico, October 17, 1887 (no. 1238). 
6. Villadia minutiflora Rose, sp. nov. 
Perennial, with a woody or frutescent base sending up from be- 
low numerous simple ascending or erect branches 1-2 dm. tall, 
terminating in an open spike or raceme or a ow compac 
panicle; leaves ver merous, ascending, linear in outline, per- 
haps turgid and terete in fresh specim 6-10 mm. long, about 
cent with short stiff hairs; flowers sessile or subsessile, either soli- 
tary and axillary or borne in short one-sided spikes; sepals some- 
what unequal, 1-2 mm. long, distinct; petals white, 3 mm. long, 
united at base; stamens shorter than the petals, borne on the co- 
rolla-tube; appendages rounded at apex, produced below into a 
