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appears by its description to have longer petioles and considerably 
larger flowers. 
Hoffmannia cuneatissima, n. sp., fruticosa; ramis teretibus gri- 
seis etiam in lignescentia cum pilis brevibus crispis rufescentibus deni- 
que sparsis inconspicuisque tectis ; foliis oppositis vel ternis deflexis 
tenuibus acuminatis oblanceolatis 1-1.6 dm. longis 3—4.5 em. latis basi 
longissime cuneatis supra glabriusculis subtus paulo _pallidioribus 
praesertim in nerviis venisque crispe puberulis; cymis axillaribus 
pedunculatis 4—8-floris ; pedunculis ad ca. 1 cm. longis ascendentibus 
gracilibus rufo-pubescentibus ; pedicellis 1-2 mm. longis ; calyce turbi- 
nato-subtereti 2 mm. longo crispe pubescenti, limbi dentibus 4 lanceo- 
lati-deltoideis primo suberectis denique patentibus ca. 1.2 mm. longis 
cum denticulis 4 minimis glandulosis alternantibus ; corolla flavida 
extus puberula ca. 1 cm. longa ad mediam partem 4-fida; lobis 
oblongis obtusiusculis in media parte crassiusculis dorso carinatis 
carina crispe puberula ; bacca nigrescenti 5 mm. diametro; seminibus 
numerosis brunneis compressiusculis foveolatis. — Mexico: mountain 
cafion near Cuernavaca, alt. 200 m., 29 May, 1898, C. G. Pringle, no. 7662 
(type, in Gray Herb.); and previously in the same locality, 20 Nov., 1895, 
C. G. Pringle, no. 7075 (Gray Herb.) and 31 July, 1896, C. G. Pringle, 
no. 7248 (Gray Herb.). This species belongs clearly to the same 
group as H. afinis Hemsl. and H. lenticellata Hemsl., but with its thin, 
thoroughly membranaceous leaves and rufous-pubescent branches can- 
not well be placed in either of these species. ; 
annia Rosei, n. sp., fruticosa 3 m. alta ; ramis flexuosis dense 
pulverulo-puberulis et obscure strigillosis, internodiis brevibus 5-12 
mm. solum longis ; foliis oppositis oblanceolatis membranaceis acumi- 
natis basi longe attenuatis 6-12 cm. longis 3.4—5 cm. latis utrinque 
obscure strigilloso-puberulis vel supra glabriusculis subtus in costa et 
nerviis lateralibus dense minuteque pulverulo-puberulis ; cymis axil- 
laribus oppositis graciliter pedunculatis 5-9-floris subcircinatis ; pedun- 
culis 1-1.3 cm. longis pulverulis rubescentibus ; pedicellis similibus ca. 
2 mm. longis; ealyce ovoideo strigilloso, dentibus 4 brevibus anguste 
deltoideis cum glandulis 4 parvis alternantibus ; corolla alba 7 mm. 
longa pulverula ad partem paulo infra mediam 4-fida, lobis limbi 
oblongis acutis tenuibus nec carinatis nec pubescentibus. — Mexico : 
along a brook near Pedro Paulo, Tepic, 3 August, 1897, Dr. J. N. 
Rose, no. 1968 (type, in U.S. Nat. Mus. and Gray Herb.). Very near 
. cuneatissima, described above, but with opposite leaves, mere 
puberulence instead of pubescence, and unkeeled corolla-lo oe 
Antirrhoea chinensis (Champ.), n. comb. Guettardella chinensis 
Champ. in Hook. Kew. Journ. Bot. iv. 197 (1852). 
