. Contributions from the National Herbarium. Plants; Plants. 90 OONTBIBUTION8 FROM I Hi NATIONAL HERBARIUM. Dasylirion lueidum Roee, Bp. DOV. Stems one to two meters high, crowned by a fluster of leaves; leaves 10 to 60 cm. Long, 12 t" IS mm, broad above the enlarged base, greenish-yellow, Btnooth and shining on both surfaces, tin- marginal teeth reddish brown, the edge serrulate between the teeth, the apex resolving into a long tuft of fibers; inflorescence panic- ulate, 2 to 3 meters high including the peduncle; male racemes rather slender, 5 to 6 cm. long; fruiting panicle narrow
. Contributions from the National Herbarium. Plants; Plants. 90 OONTBIBUTION8 FROM I Hi NATIONAL HERBARIUM. Dasylirion lueidum Roee, Bp. DOV. Stems one to two meters high, crowned by a fluster of leaves; leaves 10 to 60 cm. Long, 12 t" IS mm, broad above the enlarged base, greenish-yellow, Btnooth and shining on both surfaces, tin- marginal teeth reddish brown, the edge serrulate between the teeth, the apex resolving into a long tuft of fibers; inflorescence panic- ulate, 2 to 3 meters high including the peduncle; male racemes rather slender, 5 to 6 cm. long; fruiting panicle narrow and dense, the racemes appressed to the main axis; pedicels short, articulated near the apex; perianth lobes 2 mm. long, obtuse; fruit 7 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, rounded at base, retuse al apex, 3-winged, the wings rounded at apex and distinct from tin- Bhoct but evident style; ovules 6; seedsone, Borneo hat 3-angled in section. Type r. 8. National Herbarium no. 453508, collected by Rose and Painter on the limestone hill- west of Tehuacan, Puebla, September L, L905 (no. 10009), and in flower earlier the same year (June) by Dr. C. A. Purpus (no. L25 This species is perhaps nearest D. serratifolium but is certainly distinct, that Bpecies having broader scabrous, yellow-spined, and dull-colored leaves. .J. Baker states that the wings are adnate to the Btyle, but an examination of the figure cited by him does not clearly hear this out. I find no record of fruit having been collected by anyone except Karwinsky. CAUBAKT 9. Calibanus Rose, tr^-n. nov. Plants dioecious; flowers, both male and female, arranged in short and broad pan- icles; perianth segments 6, orbicular, obtuse; stamens 6, only Blightly exserted; ovary 3-celled, 6-ovuled; fruit globular, l-seeded, thick-walled, not bursting when ripe; seed globose or somewhat 3-angled; trunk a large globular body covered with thick hark: leaves appearing in fascicles over the surface, linear, entire or serrulate to the touch; panicles ar
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