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latum. Filamenta staminorum 3—7 mm longa, apiculata,  Pistillum 
8 mm longum. Fructus 4,1 cm longus, 1,9 cm crassus, alis medio longi- 
tudinaliter costata; semina 2,2—2,8 mm longa, 1,8 cm lata, 
Panama: Around Remedios, eastern Chiriqui, flowers March 31, 
1911; fruits Dec. 30, 1911; Pittier 5445 (U. S. Nat. Herbarium, 715672—3, 
861432, type). 
Bombacaceae. 
5. Bombax nicoyense Pittier, spec. nov. 
Trunco aculeato; ramulis glabris teretibus cortice purpureo obtectis; 
foliis 5—9-foliolatis, petiolo quam foliola paulo breviore vel aequilongo 
gracile subtereti; foliolis petiolulatis obovatis basi attenuatis apice late 
rotundatis tum breve apiculato-acuminatis; floribus coaetaneis? pedun- 
culatis; calyce?; petalis laciniatis apice obtusis utrinque tomentoso- 
pubescentibus quam staminibus subbrevioribus; tubo stamineo brevi, 
extrinsecus villoso vel puberulente; filamentis glabris, tenuibus; antheris 
ovato-reniformibus; pistillo?; capsula? 
Arbor speciosa, coma depressa effusa. Petiolus 7,5—10 em longus; 
petioluli circiter 4 mm longi; foliolum medium 7—12 em longum 4— 
5 em latum, venis supra subtusve prominentibus. Petala ca. 8 cm 
longa, 5—7 mm lata. Tubus stamineus plus minusve 1,5 em longus 
25 mm diametro. 
Costa Rica: Hilly forests around Nicoya; fl. February 1900, Tonduz 
(Inst. phys.-geogr. 13497, type); El Coyolar, near San Mateo; fl. February 
1909; Wercklé (U. S. Nat. Herb. 860134). 
This species has been referred to Bombax ellipticum H. B. K., a doubt- 
ful Mexican type, described as having unarmed trunk and limbs, and 
5-foliolate leaves with retuse leaflets, characters which do not belong to 
the Costa Rican tree. 
6. Pachira pustulifera Pittier, spec. nov. 
Foliis 7-foliolatis; petiolo quam foliolorum lamina paullum breviore, 
apicem versus sensim attenuato subdepresso glabro; foliolis breviter petio- 
lulatis obovatis vel elliptico-oblongis, apice plus minusve rotundatis vel 
Subacutis interdum mucronulatis, subtus dense minute tomentosis, mar- 
gine integra vel remote repanda; floribus sessilibus vel subsessilibus: ca- 
lyce stipitato-cyathiformi truncato, extrinsecus obscure brunneo-pubescente, 
intus flavescente-sericeo, glandulis exterioris magnis irregulariter dis- 
Positis crateriformibus; petalis laciniatis, apicem versus leviter latioribus, 
subobtusis quam calyce 4-plo longioribus, extrinsecus ferrugineo-pubescenti- 
bus; staminibus quam petalis multo brevioribus; tubo stamineo brevi, extrin- 
Secus canescente-villoso; antheris rectis; pistillo petala subaequante; ovario 
Subconico sulcato ferrugineo-pubescente; stilo basi dense canescente- 
Villoso, apicem versus glabro purpureo; stigmate distincte 5-lobulato, 
lobuli acuminati; capsula ovata vel subglobosa extrinsecus ferrugineo- 
Pubescente, 
