PITTIER—-PLANTS FROM COLOMBIA AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 253 
mm, long, 5-toothed, sparsely villous-puberulous without, the teeth irregularly 
triangular, subacute, barbellate at the tip; corolla white, tubular, slightly widen- 
ing to the apex, about 5 mm. long, irregularly sinuate on the margin, glabrous 
without, inside with a narrow hairy puberulous belt below 
the insertion of the stamens; stamens 5, glabrous, inserted 
at the middle of the corolla, included, the filaments slender, 
1.7 to 1.9 mm. long, the anthers ovate; ovary depressed- 
globose, about 1.2 mm. in diameter; style about 2 mm. Jong, 
twice dichotomous, the stigmas cl@wate. 
Drupe not seen. 
Type in the U. 8S. National Herbarium, no. 530995, col- 
lected in old clearings at La Manuelita near Palmira, Cauca 
Valley, Colombia, altitude 1,100 to 1,300 meters, flowers, 
December 18, 1905, by H. Pittier (no. 808). 
This belongs near Cordia riparia H. B. K. and C. aubletii 
. : . . and detail of 
DC., but differs in the size and pubescence of the flowers Cordia acuta. a, 
and in having the floral spikes free to the base, as well as Flower; b, pis- 
Fie. 108.—Flower 
in the size, shape, and indument of the leaves, til; ¢, corolla 
. ; — spread out. 
Cordia chepensis Pittier, sp. nov. Scale 2, 
Section Myxa, subsection Spiciformes. A shrub, 1 to 2 
meters high, the bark brownish, puberulous on the young growth. 
Leaves coriaceous, entire, the petioles sulcate, puberulous, about 5 mm. long, 
the blades ovate-oblong, 5 to 8 cm. long, 2 to 3 em. broad, acute-attenuate at 
the base, subacute or obtuse at the apex, scabrous above, the costa and veins 
immersed, beneath reticulate, softly hairy, the costa and veins prominent. 
Inflorescence spiciform. terminal, simple, the rachis tomentose-puberulous, 
6 to 10 cm. long. Flowers sessile; calyx tubular, about 3.5 mm. long, puberulous, 
4-toothed, the teeth short, broadly acute-triangular; corolla white, tubular, 
minutely puberulous, densely brownish-hairy inside at the insertion of the 
stamens, the tube 5 mm. long, the lobes 5, broadly rounded, reflexed; stamens 
inserted a little above the middle of the corolla tube, exserted, the filaments 
glabrous, 1.2 to 1.5 mm. long, the anthers ovate; ovary obconical, glabrous; 
style 4-fid, each branch ending in a clavate stigma. 
Drupe not seen. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 679672, collected in flower, in the 
bushy margins of the savannas of Chepo, Panama, October 8, 1911, by H. Pittier 
(no. 4511). 
Related to Cordia cylindrostachya, but differing in its broader, entire leaves, 
its larger flowers with a 5-toothed calyx, its exserted stamens, ete. 
Cordia littoralis Pittier, sp. nov. FicurE 104. 
Section Myxa, subsection Spiciformes. A bushy shrub, about 2 meters high, 
the young branchlets brownish, glandular-puberulous, 
Leaves submembranous, entire, the petioles thick, 
suleate, 7 to 8 mm. long, puberulous, the blades ovate- 
lanceolate, 9 to 14 em, long, 4 to 7 em. broad, rounded- 
attenuate at the base, acute at the apex, rough, more 
or less puberulous, and finely impressed-reticulate 
Fre. 104.—(2) Fl a above, beneath pubescent, reticulate, the venation 
(3) pistil of Cordia tit. Prominent. 
toralis. Scale 2. Inflorescence spicate, simple, terminal, the rachis 
tomentose-puberulous, 9 cm. long. Flowers sessile; 
calyx tubular, broad, contracted at the base, about 3.5 mm, long, 5-toothed, 
minutely puberulous without, the teeth irregular; corolla white, broad, tubular, 
