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lanceolata, basi pleraque breviter cuneata, rarius subrotundata, 
apice acuta, minora inferiora (minimis basi ramulorum exceptis) 
5:2ad 8:2.5 cm. magna, majora superiora ad 13:3.5 cm. (vel ad 
10:3.8 cm. in no, 1800 Purpusii) magna, superne tantum novella 
tomento ferrugineo cito evanescente obtecta, dein costa ferrugineo- 
tomentosa excepta fere glabra, viridia, subnitidula, nervis laterali- 
bus distincte flavescentibus, etiam rete nervillarum subvisibili, 
subtus initio densius ferrugineo- vel subgriseo-tomentoso-villosula, 
cito costa nervisque prominentibus exceptis fere glabra, valde 
glaucescentia, pruinosa, reticulata, margine integerrima vel saltem 
versus apicem irregulariter et saepe indistincte glanduloso-sub- 
serrata. Petioli 3-13 mm. longi, superne subsulacti, undique 
ferrugineo-tomentelli. Stipulae cito deciduae, semiovatae vel semi- 
lanceolatae, parvae, ad 4 mm. longae, glanduloso-denticulatae, 
laxe piloase. Amenta praecocia vel subcoetanea, feminea tantum 
visa, crasse cylindrica, pedunculo brevi ad 1 cm. longo foliola 
parva lanceolata ut normalia pilosa gerente suffulta, florifera (in 
no. 1800) ad 6.5 cm. longa et 12 mm. crassa, divaricata, curvata, 
rhachi villosa; ovaria ovoideo-oblonga, pedicello iis circ. 3 breviore 
incluso pl. m. dense villosa, stylo pedicello circ. 4 breviore apice 
bifido coronata, stigmatibus oblongis angustis stylo subaequilongis 
vel sublongioribus bifidis; bracteae oblongae vel obovato-oblongae, 
obtusae, discolores, utrinque pl. m. longe albo-sericeo-lanatae, 
pedicello circ. 3 longiores; glandula 1, ovato-rectangularis, apice 
truncata, sehiielis subduplo vel ete oY brevior; fructus ovoideo- 
lanceolati, subrostrati, pedicello circ. 3 breviore incluso 8-9 mm. 
longi, ut ovaria vel minus dense villosi, valvis apertis satis 
recurvatis. 
TYPE LOCALITY.—Mexico: State of Hidalgo, “prope Moran Mexicanorum, 
alt. 1330 hex.” (coll. Humboldt and Bonpland, ex Kunth). 
RANGE.—Central Mexico: probably from southern Hidalgo through 
Mexico, Federal District to Oaxaca 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED. ~-Mexion: State of Mexico, Pee ae alt. 2 
3200 m., December 1905, C. A. Purpus (no. 1800, f., fr.; G., NV) ._-Federal 
district, La Cima de Ajusco, April 18, 1900, W. Treléive on isc. ff: ML; 
according to the large fruiting aments, the distinct styles, and the partly 
ferrugineous pubescence typical ‘serodexa). —State of Oaxaca, Sierra de San 
Felice, by springs, alt. 3200 m., May 18, 1906, C. G. Pringle (no. 10185, fr.; 
