VOLUME XXXIII NUMBER 4 
JS TPANIGAL- CaAZETTIE 
APRIL, rgo2 
UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND 
OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. XXIII. 
JouN DoNNELL SMri TH. 
(WITH PLATES X AND XI) 
Ouratea Tuerckheimii Donn. Sm. (SOocangPAE Engl.)— 
Folia perelongate oblanceolato-oblonga in quarta parte superiore 
acutissime acuminata ad basin angustam obtusa praeter quartam 
partem inferiorem dense argutissimeque mucronato-serrata, venis 
transversis nervos conjungentibus subtus manfestis. Racemi 
paniculati folia fere aequantes, pedicellis 1—4-nis alabastra 
oblongo ovoidea plus minus superantibus. Sepala rigida lineari- 
oblonga petalis spatulato-obovatis paulo breviora. Gynopho- 
rum ovario vix longius, fructiferum obovoideum drupa globosa 
paulo minus. 
Arbuscula omnino glabrata, ramis et paniculae axibus angulatis. Folia 
ad apicem versus ramorum 3-4-subverticillata coriacea generis adhuc ex 
longissimis 36-457? longa supra medium 8-11*" basi 5-10"" lata, nervis 
lateralibus crebris arcuatim ascendentibus marginem attingentibus, petiolis 
crassis canaliculatis 6-12?" longis. Paniculae pyramidalis rami ascendentes, 
bracteis scariosis attenuato-lanceolatis 5-77?" longis, pedicellis 10-13" 
longis, alabastris 8"? longis, floribus 22*^ diametralibus (e schedula Tuerck- 
heimiana Convallariae majalis odorem diffundentibus). Sepala persistentia 
medio crassiuscula et purpurascentia marginibus scariosa 10"? longa, 3"* 
lata obtusa, Petala 11-127?" longa 6?"" ata. Antherae sessiles 9?" longae. 
Gynophorum in anthesi 1?? longum pentagonum. Drupa 9"?-diametralis.— 
Ad O. gigantopAy/lam Engl. foliorum forma magnitudine venis, ad O. Zodo- 
gynam Donn. Sm. inflorescentia floribusque accedit. 
* Continued from BoT. GAZ. 31:125. I9OI. 
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