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short, 12-15 cm. long, 6 mm. wide, acuminate, spreading and some- 
what falcate, not sheathing the stem; stem about 6 dm. tall, smooth, 
6-bracted, with few (3-4) branches ; pedicels slender, in fruit 11-14 
mm. long, jointed below the middle ; filaments smooth ; capsule short- 
oblong, 44.5 mm. wide, 7-8 mm. long. — Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. 441 
(1886).— Mexico: State of Chihuahua, Hacienda San Miguel near 
Batopilas, Sept., 1885, Palmer, no. 229. 
3. E. noposA Watson. Leaves membranous, with cross-veinlets, 
linear-lanceolate, narrowed at base, not sheathing the stem, 18—40 cm. 
long, 2-2.7 em. wide ; stem smooth, 6-9-bracted, with 6-7 branches, 
which rarely branch again ; pedicels slender, jointed below the middle, 
in fruit 11-14 mm. long ; filaments smooth, shorter than the anthers ; 
capsule oblong, 3.5-4 mm. wide, 8-9 mm. long. —Proc. Am. A 
xxvi. 156 (1891). ?Phalangium ramosissimum Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 127 
(1825). %Anthericum ramosissimum R. & 8S. Syst. vii. 469 (1829). 
* Echeandia Haenkeana Kunth, Enum. iv. 629 (1843). — MExI00 : 
State of Jalisco, near Guadalajara, 12 Nov., 1888, Pringle, no. 2151. 
Dry rocky bluffs of barranca near Guadalajara, 23 Sept., 1891, Pringle, 
ho. 3870. — Flowers apparently small as in Z. macrophylla, the pet 
anth-segments narrow, whitish in drying. From Presl’s description it 
seems highly probable that this plant is the same as his Phalangium 
ramosissimum. In the absence of authentic material, however, I hest- 
tate to make the new combination required by the transfer of Presl’s 
species to Echeandia. Br 
Var. lanceolata, n. var., a forma typica recedit habitu graciliore, 
foliis angustioribus 6-10 mm. latis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis, capsulis min 
oribus 3.5 mm. latis 5-6 mm. longis. —Mexico: State of Sinaloa, 
Copradia, Oct. 20, 1904, Brandegee, type (in Herb. Univ. Cal., sheet 
no. 119,863). Ymala, Sept. 28 to Oct. 8, 1891, Palmer, no. 1677. 
Culiacan, Sept. 17, 1904, Brandegee (in Herb. Univ. Cal. sheet 00. 
119,856). — The name lanceolata was applied to this plant, 1 — 
barium labels, by Mr. Brandegee, who at that time was inclined a6 
regard it as a good species. It seems, however, hardly specifically 
distinct from E. nodosa. The specimen on sheet no. 119,856 of the 
University of California Herbarium has broader leaves than the other 
two plants cited and may be regarded as a transitional form betwee 
the extreme development of the variety and typical £. sal. 5 
~ £ macrophylla Rose, in hb., foliis omnino radicalibus caulis 
basin vaginantibus lanceolatis 20-95 em. longis 2.8-5 em. latis 2 
apicem acuminatum angustatis, caule 7 dm. alto glabro 2-bracteato, 
Tamis 5-6 saepe 2 ex axilla unica, pedicellis infra medium vel prope 
basin articulatis, floribus parvis, perianthii segmentis 1—-1.3 em. Jongis 
