6 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
the fruit of .S. PoZyneurus is much smaller than that of .S. zzyrzstzczfo/ius, and 
that it is densely covered with silvery scales, 
In silvis ad Copey, Cost., alt. 1800", Febr. 1898, 7ozZuz n. 11744 herb. 
nat. Cost. : 
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. Dianthera sulfurea Donn. Sm. (S JaconiNioiDEaE, Ser. E. Benth. 
et Hook.) —Folia brevissime petiolata ovato-lanceolata in apicem 
obtusiusculum producta basi rotunda vel subcordata praeter 
nervos venasque glabrescentia. Pedunculi axillares foliis 3—4- 
plo breviores, spica subcapituliformi triflora, floribus pedunculum 
paullo superantibus. Calyx bracteolis aequilongus, segmentis 
4 lanceolato-linearibus. Corolla flava densissime longeque 
pilosa usque ad medium fere bilabiata, labio postico integro. 
Antherae sagittatae, connectivo triangulari. 
Suffrutex 1—2-metralis, ramis brachiatis declinatis teretibus unifariam 
pubescentibus, Folia 6-9*" longa 2-3.5*" lata basi saepe inaequalia supra 
cystolithiis dense atro-lineolata, petiolis pubescentibus 2-3?" longis. Pedun- 
culi pilis conspersi 15-25"" longi, bracteis 5?" et bracteolis 8"" longis 
attenuato-linearibus glandulari-pilosis. Calycis segmenta basi breviter coa- 
lita pilosula. Corolla 26-28 "m longa, tubo recto superne paullo ampliato, 
labio postico erecto, antici paullo brevioris lobulis 2-3" longis. Stamina 
labium posticum aequantia, antheris 37" longis basi 2" latis, loculis 
oblongis divergentibus, altero breviore paululum inferius posito. Discus 
cupularis. Ovarium oblongum 2.5" altum 4-ovulatum, stylo 28 ?" longo. 
Capsula ignota.—. /a/ifo/iae Benth. et Hook. proxima differt insigniter 
corollae colore. 
Cerro Redondo, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guat., alt. 1200", Sept. 1893, 77eyde 
et Lux, n. 6215 ex Pl. Guat. &c., quas ed. Donn. Sm. 
Ocotea tenera Mez et Donn. Sm.— Foliis submembranaceis, 
glaberrimis, anguste vel bene ellipticis, basi acutis apice elegan- 
tissime acuminatis, penninervibus, utrinque sed praesertim sub- 
tus laxe prominulo-reticulatis ; inflorescentiis tenerrimis, laxis 
squarrosisque, 4 tripinnatim, 9 bipinnatim paniculatis, quam folia 
brevioribus; floribus subdioicis, glaberrimis; tubo perianthii 
brevissimo; filamentis glabris vel pilis perpaucis, brevissimis 
praeditis, 4 quam antherae subrectangulares, anguste rotundatae 
paullo longioribus, 9 paullo brevioribus; staminodiis nullis vel 
minutissimis, stipitiformibus; ovario glabro, stylo crassiusculo, 
breviore. 
