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subsessilia, pube adpressa subsericea, 15-20 mm. longa, 1,5-5 mm. lata, apice 
submucronata, numerosa, erecta. Racemi pauciflori, axillares vel terminales, 
2-4 cm. longi. Flores distantes internodiis sæpe vix longiores, cirea 5 mm. longi. 
Sepala exteriora subæqualia, lanceolato-linearia, acuta, trinervia, pilis longis 
haud crispulis ciliata. Alæ quam corolla breviores, pilis haud crispulis vestitæ, 
breviter unguiculatæ, ovatæ, subacutæ vel suborbiculari-ellipticæ, nervis parce 
anastomosantibus, cum sepalis exterioribus caducæ. Petala superiora late ligu- 
laria, apice rotundata, vel sinuato-emarginata per ‘/, cum tubo staminali connata, 
quam Carina multo breviora. Carina unguiculo quam pars cucullata subbreviore. 
Pars cucullata (limbus) subtriplicata. Filamenta staminum quam antheræ haud 
multo longiora, glabra. Ovarium obovatum, retrosum ciliatum. Stylus curvatus, 
vittiformis apice haud dilatatus. Stigma superius terminale glanduliforme, inferius 
laterale vix prominens rotundatum. Capsula nuda cirea 8 mm. longa, 5 ‘/, mm. 
lata, elliptica, basi cuneata, apice emarginata, submembranacea, sæpe violacea 
et glabrescens. Semina triangularia compressa, basi late emarginata, pilis adpres- 
sis sublongis vestita. Arillus apice rotundatus, ventraliter mambranaceus, dorso in 
appendiculum acutum breve prolongatus. 
Habitat in Arizona: Santa Rita montibus (Pringle). Floret. Apr.-Jul. In montibus 
occid. Saltillo (sec. Watson). Pt. Wright, n° 40. (Spec. typ. Gray vid. in Hb. Boiss). 
Mont Zacoalco prope Guadelupe : Bourgeau, n° 477. 
Parry et Palmer 42 sec. Wats., Mex. bound. Surv. 
Species a P. pubescente Gray, forma alarum, ciliis, petalis, seminibus que valde 
distineta. 
P. DEFLORATA, n. sp. 
Caulis lignosus, viridis, ramosus ; folia ovata, acuta, triangularia pube denso, 
brevi donata; capsula suborbicularis, subcordata ; semina oblonga ; lobus dorsa- 
lis arilli prominens (in sem. immaturo). 
Caules adscendentes, teretes leviter striati, puberuli, ramosi. Folia ovata, acuta, 
patentia vel deflexa ‘’/,, mm., velutina pubescentia, fere omnia similia, breviter 
petiolata. Flores mihi ignoti. Racemi axillares pauciflori breves. Capsula latior 
quam longa ovato-suborbicularis vel triangularis ‘/,,,, pubescens. Semina oblonga 
tintinabuliformia, apice attenuata. Caruncula capitelliformis margine papyracea. 
Species valde distincta. 
Habitat in Peruvia : Pavon in Hb. Boiss. 
