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nite locality, Ehrenberg (hb. Gray). Specimens secured by C. Conzatti 
and V. Gonzdlez at Etla, Cafiada de San Gabriel, State of Oaxaca, alt. 
3000 m., 8 August, 1897, no. 323 (hb. Gray), are apparently referable 
to this species. if 
‘Schoenocaulon Ghiesbreghtii Greenman, n. sp., caudice erecto : 
10-12 cm. alto reliquis brunneis aut nigrescentibus fibrosis squamarum ; 
et folioram primorum obtecto; foliis linearibus attenuatis 4-8 dm. 
longis 2-6 mm. latis 7-13-nerviis utrinque glabris; inflorescentia 
1-1.2 dm. vel ultra longa 1.5-2 cm. diametro densiflora ; bracteis late 
ovatis 2.5 mm. longis obtusis 5-nerviis ; floribus sessilibus vel breviter 
pedicellatis; perianthio profunde 6-partito, lobis anguste oblongis 
4-4.5 mm. longis obtusis integris vel subintegris 3-5-nerviis; fila- 
mentis perianthio duplo vel ultra longioribus uniforme recurvatis ; 
fructu ignoto. — State of Chiapas, Mexico, without more precise lo-— 
cality, Dr. Ghiesbreght, no. 672 (type, in hb. Gray); without definite 
locality, alt. 2130 m., Berendt (hb. Gray). This species is rather strik- 
ing on account of the recurved filaments. In this respect it resembles 
'S. tenuifolium Robinson & Greenman, but in other and more essential 
characters it is amply distinct. 
Schoenocaulon jaliscense Greenman, n. sp., bulbis oblongo- 
ovoideis 2.5-3.5 cm. diametro; caudice erecto cylindrato 1-1.5 dm. 
alto a reliquis atrobrunneis vel nigrescentibus fibrosis squamarum 
foliorumque exteriorum obtecto; foliis gramineis 6-10 dm. longis 
2-7 mm. latis 9-13-nerviis utrinque glabris margine inconspicue bir- 
tellis ; scapo erecto 8 dm. vel ultra alto nudo subancipiti aliquid 
glauco; inflorescentia elongata 1 usque ad fere 5 dm. longitudine 
1-1.5 cm. diametro simplici vel raro ramum lateralem gerenti ; bracteis 
riosi roso-marginatis ; floribus breviter pedicellatis ;, 
-partito, segmentis lineari-oblongis ca. 2.5 mm. longis 
i bidentatis apicem obtusum versus paulo ampliatis 
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