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lineari-lanceolata saepe plicata vel involuta utrimque obtusiuscula 
l-nervia subcanescenter incurvo-puberula subsessilia 11-14 mm. 
longa 1.5-2.5 mm. lata; infima oblonga obtusa 3 mm. longa 1.5 
mm. lata. Racemi flexuosi 9-12-flori 2.5-4.5 em. longi. Flores 
3.5-4.5 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo-ovata lanceolata subacuminata 
sparse ciliolata ceterum glabra 2.5 mm. longa. Alae obovatae apice 
rotundatae sparse ciliolatae et basi sparsissime incurvo-puberulae 
ceterum glabrae 3.5-4 mm. longae 1.8 mm. latae. Carina purpuras- 
cens glabra 44.2 mm. longa. Petala superiora oblongo-spathu- 
lata breviora. Capsula elliptica infra medium paullo latior 
glaberrima (margine ciliolato excepto), vallecula parva saepe fere 
occulta, 5.7-6.5 mm. longa 4.5 mm. lata, in pedicello incurvo- 
puberulo patente vel reflexo 2.5 mm. longo. Semen 4 mm. longum 
subsericeo-pilosum. Arillus minimus 0.7-0.8 mm. altus, umbone 
corneo dense patenter pilosulo (ca. 0.5 mm. alto), margine scarioso 
angusto subintegro, lobo dorsali deficiente. — CoanutILa: Saltillo, 
May 1898, Palmer 165 1/2 (trypE: G).— T. 1. Fie. 1 
27.1. P. rectipilis, sp. nov. E basi fruticulosa herbacea erecta 
pluricaulis 1.6—2.3 dm. alta. Caules infra sparse ramosi flexuosi 
dense breviter pilosi pilis omnibus recte patentibus. Folia inferiora 
oblonga vel oblongo-ovalia apice obtusa mucronulata 3-nervia 8-14 
mm. longa 1.5-4 mm. lata, ut media et superiora dense breviter 
patenti-pilosa; media et superiora linearia mucronata 12-22 mm. 
longa 1.7-2.6 mm. lata, in petiolis patenti-pilosulis ca. 0.5 mm. 
longis. Racemi terminales vel quasi extra-axillares flexuosi dense 
patenti-pilosuli 4-10 em. longi 4—-18-flori. Flores 5-5.3 mm. longi. 
Sepala lanceolata acuta vel subacuminata sparse patenti-pilosula 
et -ciliolata 2 mm. longa. Alae obovato-ovales apice subacutae 
breviter unguiculatae patenter ciliolatae et in costa sparse patenti- 
pilosulae 4.5 mm. longae 2.8 mm. latae. Carina purpurea (apice 
flavescente excepto) 4.8-5.3 mm. longa. Capsula ovalis basi rotun- 
data glaberrima (margine patenti-pilosulo excepto) 7.5-8 mm. 
longa 5 mm. lata, vallecula saepe occulta. Semen breviter sericeum 
4mm. longum. Arillus 1 mm. altus, margine scarioso angusto vix 
lobato. — New Mexico: limestone hills, alt. 1065 m., 3.2 km. 
south of Hillsboro, Sierra Co., 6 Sept. 1904, Metcalfe 1274 (TYPE 
coLL.: BG). — T.1. Fig. 14. 
28. P. Patmeri Wats. Stems several, erect or ascending from a 
fruticulose base, branched, 1.2-1.8 dm. high, densely subcanes- 
