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spathis saepissime 2 longipedunculatis 3-6-floris, foliolis oblongo-lance- 
olatis acutissimis 2-4 cm. longis margine tenuibus subscariosis ; pedi- 
cellis gracillimis 2-3 em. longis glabris; sepalis purpureis 14 mm, 
longis 6 mm. latis anguste obovatis obtusis basi angustatis in media 
parte atromaculatis ; petalis ovatis 12 mm. longis acutiusculis cordatis 
brevissime stipitatis supra mediam partem purpurascentibus tenuibus 
infra mediam partem flavescentibus firmiusculis 6 mm. latis ; columna 
4 mm. alta ; antheris oblongis apiculatis in summa columna sessilibus ; 
ramis styli 6 filiformibus antheras subaequantibus. — Sierra de Te- 
poxtlan, Morelos, Mexico, alt. 2350 m., 5 September, 1905, C. G. 
Pringle, no. 13,657 (type, in hb. Gray). 
Amaranthus squamulatus Robinson, n. comb. Scleropus syuam- 
ulatus Anderss. Om Galapagos-jarnes Veg., Stockh. Akad. Handl. 
1853, 162 (1854), & Om Galapagos-darnes Veg. 60 (1859). Seleropus 
squarrulosus Anderss. ex Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. v. 169 (1861), by cler- 
ical error. Amblogyne squarrulosa Gray, |. ¢. (1861). Amaranthus 
squarrulosus Uline & Bray, Bot. Gaz. xix. 170 (1894) ; Rob. & Greenm, 
Am. Jour. Sci. 1. 147 (1895); Rob. Proc. Am. Acad. xxxvili, 136 
(1902). 
Schoepfia Pringlei Robinson, n. sp., fruticosa vel arborescens 5 m. 
alta ramosa ; ramis teretibus leviter flexuosis a cortice griseo rugoso 
tectis ; ramulis plus minusve angulatis fuscescenti-puberulis ; foliis al- 
ternis coriaceis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis vel acutiusculis vel etiam 
falcato-acuminatis integerrimis opacis utrinque viridibus glaberrimis 
subtus vix pallidioribus obscure pinnatinerviis 4—5.5 em. longis 1.5-2.3 
em. latis ; basi cuneatis brevissime petiolatis ; pedunculis axillaribus 4 
mm. longis puberulis cupulas 2-4 plus minusve racemosas gerentibus, 
pedicellis vix ullis; cupulis puberulis saepissime 2-partitis, lobo majore 
obscure 2-3-dentato floram solitariam subtendente; calyce carnos0 
rugoso turbinato ; corolla extus glaberrima 6 mm. longa 5-6 mm. di- 
ametro viridescenti-flava, tubo 4 mm. longo subgloboso, lobis 5 ovato- 
deltoideis acutiusculis 3 mm. longis recurvis ; staminibus 5 ; filamentis 
omnino corollae adnatis ; antheris breviter oblongis albidis ; eorum in- 
sertionibus pubentibus ; ovario fere supero, parte libera ovoidea sub- 
carnosa ruguloso-papillosa ; stylo 3.3 mm. longo; stigmate disciform! 
obscure 3-lobato; fructu ignoto.— Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, alt: 
1525 m., 1 November, 1905, C. G. Pringle, no. 10,123 (type, in hb. Gray)- 
This species differs in its much larger corolla and more lanceolate leaves 
from the plant of the West Indies and Florida, which has generally 
passed as S. Schreberi Lam. or S. arborescens R. & S. From S. mexi- 
cana DC. (known to the writer only from description) it appears to dif- 
fer in its leaves, which are often fully twice as long as those descri 
