28 BoTANiCAL GAZETTE, [ February, 



a related species, by ovate leaves, half-larger flovvers, 

 obovate petals, etc. - •** 



Solauiim olivseforme. Botan. Gazette, xiv, 28. — Matured 



fruit strongly compressed, sides unequally convex, margin 

 winged : seeds orbicular, granulate. — Barrancas of Rubel- 

 cruz, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 2,500 feet, April, 1889, J. 

 D. S. (Ex PL cit. 1785.) 



€ampaiiea picturata. — Repent at base, rufo-villose ; leaves 



scabrid above, pubescent beneath, crenate, ina^quilateral ; 

 the hxrger of thepair oblong-lanceolate,5-7 in.long, exceed- 

 ing peduncle ; theother ovate-lanceolate : pedicels 3-4-fascic- 

 ulate, chiefly simple, 1-3 inches long ; bracteoles minute : 

 Calyxsegmentssmooth within,lanceolate, plineslong : corolla 

 greenish-white and hairy without, pure-white within ; tube 

 campanulate,twiceexceedingcalyx ; purpleserial markings of 

 bilabiate limb punrtiform nearmargin, larger or oblong else- 

 where, erectupper lip half as long as tube and bifid, spread- 

 inglower lip shorter and trifid,lobes semi-orbicular and en- 

 tire : filaments curving ; purple-spotted anthers cohering in 

 8-lobed circle : ovary nearly free, glands connate in a ring. 

 A pseudo-parasitic shrub, ^-^feet high, collected by Baron 

 Von Turckheim and m^^self at an altitudeof 6,000 feet inthe 

 Alta Verapaz forests, Apr., 1889 (Ex PL cit. 1501). — In 

 size and coloring of flowers scarcely inferior to C. grandi- 

 jlora Dcne, and with its corolla, stamens andglands. The 

 indument, foliage, inflorescence and calyx are nearly those 

 of C CErstedii Klotzsch. 



ExplanationofPlateIII.— Fig. 1. upper part of plant. Fig. 2, 

 ^flower laid open. Fig. 3, anthers. Fig, 4, ovary. Fig. 5, portion of 

 upper surfaceof leaf. Fig 6, hairof indument. (Figs. 1 and 2arenatural 

 size; the others are variously magnified.) 



Carpinos Aniericanus Michx., var. tropicalis.— Branchlets, 



petioles, leaf-nervatures, rhachis and nuts pubescent: fertile 

 spikes 2^ inches long, nearly thrice exceeding peduncles, 

 about 20-flovvered : bractlets small, oblong, obtuse, mucron- 

 ate, minutely hastate on one or both sides, otherwise nearly 

 entire.— Chicoyonits, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 4,300 feet, 

 Apnl 1889, J- D. S, (Ex, PL cit. 1667). To the variety is 



referred also no, 144.6 Lchmann PL GuatnnaL Costaric, CoU 

 mnbiancB, collected in same department, May, 1882. Nos. 

 2606, 2607 BcrnoiuUi & Cario FL GnatemaL are cited by Mr. 

 HemsW as C Americanns. The genus is otherwise unre- 

 corded from any locality south of Florida. 



