584 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 
basi ramoso, foliis, inferioribus suboppositis, horizontalibus deflexisye, 
e basi amplectente dilatato-auriculata linearibus acuminatis, superi- — 
oribus latioribus, omnibus trinervibus; bracteis ovato-acuminati 
trinervibus, pallidis, summo apice lateritiis, divergenti-divaricatis ; flori- 
bus brevissime pedunculatis terminalibus, subracemosis, paucis, calycis 
tubulosi compressi lobis elongatis, bidentatis (aurantiis), corolla longe 
exserta, labio superiori attenuato, obtuso, recto (apice rubello), inferi- 
ore minuto, bi-, rarius trifido, lobis porrectis, obtusis, stylo parum 
exserto.’’ — Linnaea, xvi. 312 (1842); Mart. & Gal. L ¢. 28; Benth 
1. c. 533; Hemsl. 1. ¢ 461.—Punsta: near Tehuacan, altitude 
1700 m., C. G. Pringle, no. 9517, C.A. Purpus, no. 1287, Rose & Hay, 
no. 5844 (hb. U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; also in calcareous soil, altitude 1677 m, 
C. G. Pringle, no. 6250. Micuoacan : Las Reyes, HZ. W. Nelson, no. 
6859; Volcano Jorullo, Z. W. Nelson, no. 6949. Oaxaca: valley of 
Oaxaca, alt. 1675-2290 m., LH. W. Nelson, no. 1459 in part (hb. U. 8. 
Nat. Mus.). 
39. C.subalpina, n. sp., perennis herbacea ; rhizomatibus ligneis 
/ gracilibus; caulibus 3 dm. altis simplicibus angulatis albo-pilosis ; foliis 
lanceolatis apice acutis basi auriculati-amplexicaulibus 2.5-3.5 ib 
longis ca. 5 mm. latis trinerviis sparse pilosis et dense scabrido-pu- 
berulis et obscure glandulosis ; foliis floralibus quam caulina paulo 
latioribus apice nunc coloratis nunc viridibus ; floribus rectis subsessili- 
bus in spicis demum elongatis; calyce 3 cm. longo piloso antice 2 em. 
postice 16 mm. in altitudinem fisso ; segmentis pilosis coccineis acute 
bidentatis ; corolla recta 4 mm. longa, galea obtusa 2 mm. longa, dorso 
barbata, antice rubra membranacea, labio inferiore brevi protuberantl, 
laciniis incurvis ovato-subulatis brevibus, sinubus similibus glandulis, 
stylo filiformi exserto 5 mm.; stigmate clavato ; capsula ovato-acuminata 
cauli adpressa, 12 mm. longa. — Oaxaca : Sierra de San Felipe, alti- 
than in the other species and generally more erect. : 
7 40. ©. TenvrrLora Benth., fruticosa scabrido-pubescens ramos vel 
simplex ; foliis linearibus vel lanceolatis basi amplexicauli-dilatats 
integris ; floribus spicatis ; bracteis lanceolatis acutis, supremis apie? 
coloratis quam folia latioribus; calyce elongato acute 2—-4-dentato ; 
corollae galea elongata; labio inferiore protuberanti, lobis brevibus 
subulato-acuminatis, primum inflexis demum reflexis. — Pl. Hartwee 
22 (1839) ; DC. Prodr. x. 533; Hemsl. 1. c. 463 ; Loesen. l. ¢ 285. — 
The following Mexican specimens are in hb. Gray unless otherws? 
