Four species are liere described, R. strobüophora being the 
type. . 
RAMIREZELLA STROBILOPHORA (RobinSOn) Rose. 
J igna strobüophora, Robinson, Proc. Ara. Acad. 27 : 167. 
1892. ' j 
A twining, woody-stemmed vine 5 meters or more higb, the 
young parts covered with a fine soft pubescence; leaflets ovate, 
acuminate, apiculate, about 8 cm. long by 3 to 4 cm. broad. 
slightly pubescent above, much paler and densely pubeseent 
beneath; peduncles 7 to 9 cm. long; fully developed rácenles 
6 to 8 cm. long; pods glabrous, about 12 cm. long. 
Collected by C. G. Pr ingle in a barranca near Guadalajara, 
September 12, 1891 (no. 5163), and al so in August, 1893 
(no. 4503). 
Type locality: “Barranca near Guadalajara.” 
Some years ago tliis was figured in the Garden and Forest 
and recommended as possessing cultural valué. 
“ Vignxh strobüophora, Robinson, sp. nov. is a twining vine 
with a woody stem about an inch tliick. It climbs into the tops 
of shrubs and low trees, and shows abundant flowers which 
rival in beauty those of the cultivated Wistaria. The flowers 
are purple and white and are borne in dense racemes 2 or 3 
inches long.” 
Ramirezella occidentalis Rose, sp. nov. 
Resembling R. strobüophora, but leaves very broadly ovate, 
nearly glabrous on both sides, 10 cm. long, 7 to 8 cm. broad ; 
inflorescence very slender, 3 to 4 dm. long, the flowers more 
numerous, somewhat smaller ; pods 8 to 10 cm. long, glabrous. 
Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapulco, México, 
October, 1894, March, 1895 (no. 179). 
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