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BASTARDIA, HBK. The wide-spread B. viscosa, HBK., seems not to be recorded from the eastern parts of Mexico. It is no. 748 and 2168 of Berlandier's collection, made between Tula and Tampico. There is also the following apparently very distinct and undescribed species.

BASTARDIA BERLANDIERI. It videtur elata et basi frutescens, patenti-ramosa, pube minuta subcinerea, secus ramulos glandulosa; foliis lato-cordatis cum acumine obtuso sinu sæpius clauso (cailinis 4–5-pollicaribus); pedunculis flore brevioribus; calycis lobes ovatis subito caudato-acuminatis capsulam depressam 5-lobam æquantibus; carpellis obtusis arista tenui molli per dehiscentiam loculicidam bisecta apiculatis; semine pubescente. — Tantoyuca, Mexico, Berlandier, 747, 2167.

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