102 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 
guished from all its Mexican congeners by the fine dense spreading 
pubescence. 
Jacoprnia scarlatina, sp. nov. Frutex tenuis vagans. Caulis 
saturate brunneus ramosus striatus paullulum quadrangulatus ad 
nodos paullum incrassatus bifariam hirtus pilis brevibus recurvis. 
Folia inaequaliter ovata acuminata apice supremo obtusa basi 
cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata obscure viridia infra vix pallidiora 
margine hirto-ciliata pilis incurvis supra in costa incurvo-hirta 
subtus glabra vel in costa pilis paucissimis donata cystolithigera 
7.5-11.8 em. longa 3.5-5.5 cm. lata, in petiolis dense hirto-ciliatis 
pilis incurvis 6-10 mm. longis. Paniculae terminales et ex axillis 
superioribus trichotomae vel duplo trichotomae ut caulis pubes- 
centes folia subaequantes vel paullo superantes; flores in ramulis 
ultimis 1.5-4.5 em. longis secundi ad nodos approximatos solitaril; 
bracteae ovatae acutae ad 1.3 mm. longae; bracteolae laterales 
2 minores; pedicelli ad 0.5 mm. longi. Calycis tubus subglobosus 
ad 0.8 mm. longus; segmenta 5 aequalia lanceolato-ovata acuml- 
nata margine obscure stipitato-glandulosa 1.8-2.2 mm. longa. 
Corolla bilabiata coccinea ca. 3.6 cm. longa extus glabra intus ad 
basin dense pubescens pilis appressis retrorsis; tubus basi ima 
paullum ampliatus deinde constrictus supra sensim ampliatus 
anguste cylindrico-infundibuliformis ad 2.4 em. longus; labium 
superius lanceolatum integrum apice paullum cucullatum porre¢- 
tum 1.2 cm. longum basi ad 7 mm. latum; inferius aequale ligu- 
liforme ad 4 mm. latum apice 3-lobum (lobis aequalibus ovalibus 
rotundatis 1.5mm. longis). Stamina 2 corollam subaequantia: 
antherarum loculi subaequales glabri oppositi regulares muti¢l 
2.5mm. longi; filamenta glabra 12mm. longa. Staminodium 
nullum. Stylus 4m. longus. — British Honpuras: a slender 
straggling shrub with scarlet flowers, in forests near Manatee 
Lagoon, 12 May 1906, M. E. Peck 430 (typPE in Gray Herb.). — 
Closely related to the three following species, whose synonymy 
and characters have become somewhat confused. 
JACOBINIA NEGLECTA (Oerst.) Gray, Syn. Fl. i. pt. 2, 395 (1878); 
l. ce. ed. 2, 457 (1886). — Sericugraphis neglecta Oecrst. ! Vidensk. 
Meddel. 1854. 151, t.5,f.12-14 (1854). — Leaves lanceolate, faleate- 
acuminate, incurved-hirtous on costa and sparsely on lateral nerves 
above, more sparsely so beneath, glabrous between the veins, 6-9. 
em. long, 1.7-2.1 cm. wide. Branches equally and rather densely 
