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Tiboiichiua Bourgaeana Cogn. (§ Distanthera) ; ramis 



setis arcte adpressis basi tubcrculatis subsparse armatis; fcliis 

 mollibus, anguste lanceolatis, long-iuscule acuminatis, basi 

 satis attenuatis, subtiliter serrulatis, utrinque adprcsse pilosis, 

 5-nerviis, nervis latcralibus basi longiuscule coalitis; cymls 

 plurifloris; calycis tubo ovoideo, lobis subulatis, tubo breviori- 

 bus; staminibus omnine glabris, subaequalibus; antheris bre- 

 vibus, oblongis, apice obtusis, connectivo basi brevissime 

 producto. Rami graciles, erecti. Petiolus 0.5-1.5cm. lon- 

 gus. Folia 4 8cm. longa, 8-17mm. lata. Calycis tubus 

 2.5mm. longus; lobi 1.5-2mm. longi. Petala lilacina, cili- 

 ata, apice setoso-apiculata, 4-5mm. longa. Antherae 1.5mm. 

 longae. Stylus 4mm. longus.— Yzabal, Dept. Yzabal, alt. 

 100 feet, April, 1889, J. D. S. (Ex PI. cit. 1514). 



Monocliaetum dilfusum Cogn. (§ Eumonochaetum); ra- 



mis junioribus pilis patulis simplicibus eglandulosis densiuscule 

 longeque hirtellis; foliis longiuscule petiolatis, membranaceis, 

 oblongo-Ianccolatis, acutiusculis, triplinerviis, subadpresse 

 sparseque setulosis praecipue subtus ad nervos; cymis diffusis, 

 plurifloris; calyce pilis patulis glandulosis sparse hirtello, lobis 

 tubum aequantibus. — Rami graciles, obscure tetragoni, fus- 

 cescentes, satis ramulosi, diffusi. Petiolus filiformis, 4-8mm. 

 longus. Folia supra laete viridia, subtus pallida, 3-5cm. 

 longa, 1-1. 5cm. lata. Flores rosei, longe graciliterque pedi- 

 ccllati. Calycis tubus cincreus, campanulatus, 4-5mm. lon- 

 gus; lobi patuli, triangulari-Iineares, 4-5mm. longi. Pctala 

 cfbovata, apiculata, 6-Tmm. longa. Antherae majores arcu- 

 atae, 4mm. longae, cauda paulo incrassata elongata sursum 

 revoluta; minores subrectae, 3mm. longae, cauda subfiliformi 

 adscendente. — PinuIa, Dept. Guatemala, alt. 4400 feet Feb 

 1890, J. D. S. (ExPI. cit. 2217). 



Couostegia hirtella Cogn. ; ramis junioribus petiolisque 

 setulosisj foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, basi acutis vel acutius- 

 cuhs, apice longiuscule acuminatis, intcgerrimis vel 

 dulato-denticulatis, 5-pIinerviis, supra sparsissime setulosis 

 subtus ad ncrvos leviter hirtellis et vix furfuraceis caeteris 



glabratis; alabastris anguste obovoideis, acutiusculis 



furfuraceis.— Rami satis gracilcs, obscure tetragoni, juniores 

 densiusculc ct brcviuscule hirtelli. Petiolus supra densiuscule 



vix un- 



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brcviterque hirtellus caeteris brevitcr furfuraceus, 1-2.5 

 cm. longus. Folia mcmbranacea, paulo disparia, 13-19 cm 

 longa, 4-5.5 cm. lata. Paniculae furfuraceo-hirtellae sub- 



