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GERONTOGEA Ch. et Schldl. 



390. Gerontogea microtheca n. sp. — Chichic tzon- 

 patonic de Ocopetlayuc. Heraandez p. 366.? — — Her- 

 bacea, erecta, gracllis, ramosissima, ilorlbus in apicibus 

 laxe cymoso-paniculatls; foliis petiolatis, ovato-lanceola- 

 tis, acuminaüs, acutis, supra (praeserlim in margine) sca- 



bris; slipula exigua pubescente dentalo-ciliata. Spi- 



thamaea. Calyx sub antbesi minimus; corolla infundibu. 

 liformis, lineam longa vel major. Capsulae minutae, de- 

 pressae, diametro transverso majori axin superante, quam 

 in G, corymbosa minores, dentibus calycinis brevioribus, 

 verücem vix aequanlibus coronatae. — — Barranca de 

 Tioselos in umbrosis. Sept. 



391. Gerontogea Deppeana n. sp. fruticulosa, ra- 

 mosissima, erecta, glabra, floribus in apicibus laxe panicu- 

 lalis; foliis petiolatis, ovato - lanceolatis , in petiolum atte- 

 nuatis, longe acuminatis, acutissimis, firmis, ad marginem 

 subrevolutum scabris; stipulis albidis, glanduloso-pubescen- 

 tibus, seloso - laciniatis , laciniis apice incrassato glandulo- 



sis. Fruticulus pedalis. Folia maxima vix polllca- 



ria. Corolla infundibuliformis , tres circiter lineas longa, 

 lactea; laciniis ovatis acutis intus puberulis. Stamina ex- 

 serta, laciniis breviora, antherae coerulescentes. Pistillum 

 breve. Capsula quam in G. corymbosa paulo major, cae- 

 terum similis. Flores irimeri inter tetrameros occurrunt. 

 In hortum botanicum berolinensem introducla florebal 

 Oct. 1829. San Andres. Aug. 



BOUVARDIA Salisb. 



392. BouvARDiA Jacquinii H. B. K. 3. p. 300. — 



Honstojiia coccinea Andr. repos t. 106. etc. etc. 



In campis apricis graminosis prope Jalapam. Aug. 



