72 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
inflorescentiam subsparse pubescentes pilis fusco-brunneis medio 
adfixis non verrucosi. Folia opposita lanceolata vel ovata obtusa — 
basi longe cuneata integra parum revoluta supra viridia glabra 
subtus pallidiora glabra vel in costa sparsissime pilosa (pilis eis 
caulis similibus) 4.5-5.5 em. longa 0.8-1.5 cm. lata, in petiolis 
nudis glabris vel sparsissime pilosis ad apicem 2-glandulosis 6-9 
mm. longis; ea basi inflorescentiae multo minora. Racemi termi- 
nales 1—-1.3 dm. longi 3.5 em. diametro sessiles vel breviter pedun- 
culati, floribus 25-38; pedicelli 1.2-1.6 cm. longi ut axis angulatus 
inflorescentiae pilosus pilis fusco-brunneis medio adfixis patentibus 
vel appressis non verrucosi; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae 1-1.5 
mm. longae similiter pubescentes. Sepala 5 oblongo-ovalia apice 
rotundata omnia eglandulosa ciliolata (pilis fusco-brunneis) 2 mm. 
longa. Corolla 1.7 cm. lata “ flava,” petalis 5: 4 subaequalia, 
lamina ovali-ovata apice rotundata basi truncato-cordata parum 
undulata 5.5mm. longa 3.8mm. lata, ungue 1.5mm. longo; 1 
majus, lamina 6 mm. longa 5 mm. lata, ungue (sicc.) rubescente 
3.2 mm. longo. Stamina 10, alterna breviora: filamenta purpurea 
2.5 et 4mm. longa; antherae flavidae 2.7 mm. longae. Styli 3 
purpurascentes aequales sursum subulato-filiformes 6 mm. longi. 
apsula ut ovarium breviter patenti-pilosa 3-gona ad 3.5 mm. 
longa et lata. —Micnoacan or GuERRERO: sandy soil, San Andres, 
700 m., 22 Mar. 1899, Langlassé 955 (typ in Gray Herb.). —A 
species intermediate between 7’. dasycarpa Small and T. tuberculata 
Rose, but quite distinct from either. I have followed Rose and 
Small in displacing Galphimia Cav. by Thryallis L., as the original 
species of Linnaeus belonged to the present genus. 
HIPPOCRATEACEAE 
Hippocratea (Barbatae Peyr.) meizantha, sp. nov. Frutex 
scandens. Rami vetustiores subteretes recte patentes cortice 
albido-brunneo tecti, hornotini viridescentes glabri. Folia op- 
posita ovalia vel ovali-ovata obtusa vel acutiuscula basi rotundato- 
cuneata coriacea obscure crenato-serrata glaberrima supra viridia 
subtus paullo pallidiora vix conspicuiter prominulo-reticulata 
(venis prominentibus 6-jugis) 5-9.1 em. longa 2.4-3.9 cm. lata, 
in petiolis supra sulcatis glaberrimis nudis 5-9 mm. longis insiden- 
tia; stipulae subulatae firmae basi sparse laciniatae 1.5mm. longae- 
Flores in paniculis axillaribus saepius bifurcatis (ramis divergenti- 




