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Surface: leaves petiolate, ovate, 
$2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY, 
Stemopia Scnorru, Holzinger, Cont. U. S. Nat. Herb. i, 286. 
Imperfect specimens collected by Dr. Edward Palmer between the Frio 
and the Nueces Rivers on the road to Lerios, Texas, and distributed 
under no. 1053 (hb. Gr.), were referred by Dr. Watson, Proc. Am. 
Acad. xviii. 130, to Stemodia durantifolia, Swartz; but a careful ex- 
amination of Dr. Palmer’s specimen in the Jight of additional material 
shows very clearly that the plant should be referred to the above well 
characterized species, Stemodia Schottii, Holzinger. Strong and vigorous 
specimens of this species were secured by Mr. E. W. Nelson between 
San Fernando and Jimenez, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 26-27 
February, 1902, no. 6619 (hb. Gr., and hb. U.S. Nat. Mus.). These 
two collections extend the geographical range of S. Schottid from Rio 
Grande, where it was first found through the Valley of the Rio Grande 
nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. 
Dyschoriste Pringlei, n. sp. Stems several, 1 to 2 dm. in length, 
erect or ascending from a ligneous perennial base, densely hirsute- 
pubescent or subtomentose: leaves lance-elliptic to slightly obovate, 1.5 
to 4 em. long, 0.5 to 1.6 cm. broad, obtuse or acute, entire, narrowed 
below to a subpetiolate base, sparingly hirsute-pubescent on both sur- 
faces : flowers crowded in the axils of the upper leaves forming a sub- 
capitate leafy inflorescence : calyx 13 to 14 mm. long, densely pubescent 
with white flaccid-hirsute hairs, divided to somewhat below the middle; 
divisions lance-attenuate: corolla tubular-campanulate, 3 to 4 cm. long, 
externally pubescent, more or less purplish-maculate at least in the dried 
state : stamens adnate to the corolla for about one half its length ; an- 
thers rather conspicuously calearate : ovary glabrous; style pubescent: 
mature capsule not seen.— Mexico. State of Jalisco: deep cafions 
near Guadalajara, 1 July, 1889, C. G. Pringle, no. 2907 (hb. Gr.); 
distributed as “ Calophanes capitatus, Oerst.” ; Rio Blanco, near Guada- 
lajara, 22 July, 1902, G &. Pringle, no. 11,313 (hb. Gr.). 
Justicia (Dianthera) Canbyi, n. sp. Stems 3 dm. or more high, 
sparingly branched, subterete, slightly furrowed, hirsute-pubescent in 
lines from node to node or not infrequently over essentially the entire 
nea 1.5 to 5 em, long, 1 to 3 cm. broad, 
acute, entire, revolute-margined, cuneate to subcordate at the base, dark 
green above, pale beneath, usually glabrous on both surfaces except for 
hirsute hairs along the midrib, occasional] y with a few scattered hairs 
over either surface ; petioles 5 mm. or less in length, ciliate: flowers on 
axillary or terminal spikes more or less paniculately disposed; bracts 
and bracteoles small, subulate, shorter than the calyx; calyx 3 mm. 
