WEATHERBY. —— SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS ECHEANDIA. 389 
a. : Seas more or less crispate- or papillose-roughene d, e. 
Leaves broad, 0.8-3.5 em. wide, membranous in drying, soft, the prin- 
eal nerves usually parted by conspicuous cross-veinlets, f. 
f. Stem smooth; flowers chiefly yellow, as far as known, 
g. Eueacas oveid or short-oblong, 6-9 mm. long, 5-7 mm. ‘broad; inner 
-aoougy ease sbikidib lesional little broader than the 
outer, 
3 h. lene res fanveolnte or even ovate-lanceolate, 20-25 em. long, 2.8-5 
5 cm. wide, not more than 8 times as long as wie 
ae 4. E. macrophylla. 
i h. Leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, 24-42 cm. este 1 2-2.3 em, 
‘ wide, at least 12 times as long as wi 
4. E. mancrophyila, var. longifolia. 
| 9: eke, oblong, 1~1.8 em. lon er mm. wide; inner perianth- 
ovate or weap as often much broader than the 
he ic: 
7 Eaves for the most part sheathing the stem but confined to its 
base; stem about 2-bracted, 7. 
4. Léaves narrow wide, k. 
3 k. Leaves usually several (6-10), suberect . 5, £. macrocarpa. 
ae k. Leaves few (2-4), spreading, short in proportion to the stem. 
ts 5. E. macrocarpa, gl Ero 
: j. Leaves broader, 1.5-2 em. wide reflexa 
: »4. Stem leafy for about a third of its height the leaves vaulde grade 
7 ually into 3-6 reduced bracts . - 7. E. paniedata. 
f. Stem scabrous, at least below; flowers white 8. E. Babi ra. 
e. Leaves narrow, 2-5 mm. wide or less, firm, closely aa prominently 
veined, mostly without visible annie g,.£ 
l. Leaves 2-5 mm. wide, minutely scabrous ssa iee stem 2-bracteds 
inflorescence mostly branche 9. E. 
l. Leaves 2 (-2.5) mm. wide or less, geabrous-cilinte on n the margins, else- 
where smooth; stem 3-6-bracted; inflorescence —_ bio ea ; 
7 1. E. paryrrtora Baker. Leaves membranous, linear, not very 
prominently nerved, 4-8 mm. wide, 6-22 cm. long, suberect or some- 
what spreading and falcate ; stem scabrous or hirtellous at least below, 
simple or sometimes with as many as 5 branches ; pedicels rather short 
and stout, in fruit 6-8 mm. long, jointed below the middle or toward | 
the base; filaments smooth; capsule (seen on the Pringle specimen 
only) broad! oblong, 3.5-5 mm. wide, 6-9 mm. 
Jahrb. viii. i (1887). __ @uaTEMALA : Santa Rosa, alt. 900 m., May, 
1892, John Donnell Smith, P\. Guat., no. 378 Mexico: Mt. Orizaba, 
Cordoba, 830 m., Aug. 20, 1891, Henry E. Seaton, no. 485, in part. 
State of ae dry hillsides, near Iguala, alt. 1S. m., July 29, 1907, 
Pringle, no. 10,388. oe aes, 
2. EF. previroLia Watson. Leaves membranous, with cross-veinlets, 
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