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exterior lobes one-fifth as long, ovate, entire, hirsute; interior 

 branches 10-12, filiform, 2-antheriferous, anthers long and an- 

 fractuose: ovary free, imperfectly 5-ceIIed, ovules pyriform — 

 A tree with the gigantic trunk and flat widespreading head of 



Ihe incomplete 



,, ^ , ,, ^ — - ^"'J i-"'^-^ —Liiin reach of the 



collector — freshly fallcn flowers. The staminal column par- 

 tite^t^o annulus mto doublcd numbcr of branches is exceptional 



° — ^..^ Shores of Lake Amatitlan, Dept. Amatitlan 



Bombax Ceiba L., and with digitate.Ieaves. 



character is drawn from the only parts within reach of the 



for the genus. 



J. D. S. (Ex Pl. cit. 1924.) 

 Leaves elliptical or obovate- 



Myrodia Guatemalteca. 



elliptical (8-10x3-4 in.), abruptly acumirat^, ^JbtusTw 

 ^-nerved, vems pubescent, axils barbate: flowers solitary or 

 gemmate, axillary and extra-axillary, approximated: calyx 

 .twice longer than deflexed minutely 3-bracteoIate pedicel 



toI^eTl ''' ir' ^.-^-^^Wl lobes ovate (2-3 lines): pctak 

 tomentulose, elhptic-oblong (1 in.), shortly unguiculate, half- 

 exsert: stammal column shorter, its 5 lobes regularly 4-an- 

 therifcrous: cells of " " ' - ^^"^^'^ * ^" 



^.- u-i L 1 - ovary 2, 2-ovulate, style pentagonal. 



Renr ^ ^^ '^^mature fruit ovoid (5 lines)._yV. /«T../;;^/; 



s'ure'ssiir stiS;X!::er^ '^'^^ -^ ""' ^^"^^'^^^ ^^^^' 



^::1^^:J^'^^. ^ 25-30:antherifero^ stamin;i. 

 feet, Ja 



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erose calyx equalling claws of 



by 25-30-antheriferous staminal 

 Pansamala forest, Dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 4,000 



Q VJ- I^^^^heim (Ex Pl. cit. 1410): April, 

 '^ (Ex PI. cit. 1634.) ^ 



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Heteropteris retusa. 



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Lcaves short-obovate (20-24x15 



18 hne.s), each end obtuse, apex retuse and cuspidate sparsdy 

 pilose vems rufo-pubescent and uni-glandula^r abo^e Tase of 

 lowest pair petiole terete. bi-glandular at or below apex 

 panicles rufo-tomentulose, 2-3-fascicuIate from Txifs of 

 reduced upper leaves and terminal, umbellately compound 

 sub-equalhng leaves; pedicels 3-5, bracteolate in middle exl 

 ceedmg flowers: sepals minute: petals twice Ion<.er72 likS 

 oblong, baserounded, carinate, shortly unguiculafe Vri ^0«' 



xce^dSrcal" a"th ^^' ''T ''^^ ''' ^^"^'-^^^^' «"- "s 

 exceedmg calyx, anthers oblong, connective incrassate- stvles 



fe e t^^a^ef anl^^r d''- ''f''^'' ^^" J--.burwitrdif! 



etc - Erect shruh I 1 9 ; f u"7 P""^^^^^' ''''^^^'^' ««^-3, 

 hr.nrh c f ~^^ ^^^^ ^'^'^^ ^^^h brachiatc lenticellate 



1 10?f V.t"i.f ^^«Tn^ r^ Escuintla. alt 



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