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obtusish, entire or subrepand, ciliate, strigose-pubescent upon either sur. 
face, and hirsute upon the midrib and veins beneath, abruptly contracted 
below into a narrowly winged petiole ; petioles 5 to 22 mm. long, hirsute- 
pubescent : inflorescence extra-axillary of 1 to 4 slender reflexed pubescent 
pedicels, becoming in fruit about 2 em. long: calyx deeply 5-parted, 
densely covered with a long spreading hirsute pubescence ; divisions 
linear-oblong, acute, 3 to 7 mm. long, more or less persistent: corolla 
about 1 cm. in diameter; lobes broadly ovate, short-pubescent at the 
acute apex, externally covered with a few long scattered jointed hairs: 
stamens 5, equal; anthers oblong: ovary glabrous, 2(-4)-celled: fruit 
smooth, about 8 mm. in diameter; seeds oblique-ovate, corrugated, 3 mm. 
long. — Collected by Lucius C. Smith, at Cuicatlan, 15 July, 1899, 
no. 403; E. W. Nelson, between Topana, Oaxaca, and Tonala, Chiapas, 
altitude 61 to 150 m., 1-3 August, 1895, no. 2876*; and by C. G. Prin- 
gle, on shaded hillsides near Cuernavaca, altitude 1,500 m., 26 July, 1896, 
no. 6400. A species apparently well characterized by the infloresce~ce, 
calyx, and pubescence. Most nearly related to the Solanum nigrum 
group. 
Sovanum Mitrense, Dun. Specimens agreeing in all detailed char- 
acters with the original description of the above species were collec 
in the State of Oaxaca by Lucius C. Smith in the Calderon, San Juan 
del Estado, 1 June, 1894, no. 37; by E. W. Nelson, in the Valley of 
Oaxaca, altitude 1,540 to 1,600 m., 8 and 24 September, 1894, no. 1234; 
by C. G. Pringle, in ravines of hills near Oaxaca, altitude 1,750 Ms — 
15 September, 1894, no. 4907; and by C. Conzatti and V. Gonzalez, 
about the city of Oaxaca, altitude 1,550 m., 2 April, 1896, no 98. From 
Mr. Pringle’s full and careful notes, the following additional characters 
may be given. Entire plant 3 to 4} m. in height, tree-like in habit; 
trunk 2 to 21 m. high, 1 to 2 dm. in diameter, trichotomously branch 
above, covered with a grayish brown bark, stout spines, and a scat 
stellate pubescence: mature fruit green, globose, about 2 cm. in diameter: — 
seeds 3 mm. long, oblique, compressed and scrobiculate. 
Dicliptera Pringlei. Annual, herbaceous, 5 to 8 dm. high: roots 
fibrous: stems hexangular, somewhat furrowed, lineolate, puberulent 
upon the angles, swollen or constricted just above the nodes: leaves 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute, narrowed below into 4 ser 
der petiole, entire, ciliate, lineolate with a few scattered hairs on either 
surface; petioles pubescent, 2} to 34 cm. long, becoming gradually 
shorter above: inflorescence much branched, open: heads on long slen- 
der pedicels, 1(-2)-flowered: outer bracts equal, elliptical, muticos — 
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