iSgi.] 



Undescribed Plants from Gnatcmala. 



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subequalling petioles; heads small fin anthesis scarcely 2 lines 

 in diameter), much exceeded by peduncles, loosely 5— 8-flow- 

 ered: of masculine flowers calyx obsolete, petals 4 and equal- 

 ling filaments, styles united; feminine flowers not seen: bcrries 

 3-4 to. a head, globose-ovoid, sulcate, 6-7-seeded, crowned 

 with persistent radiate styles. — 0. capitata Dcne. et Planch., 

 a nearly related species, differs by stipulate leaves ovate to 

 obovate, large diffuse panicle of shortly pedunculate many- 

 flowered heads, petals 5, long-exsert stamens and free styles 

 of masculin,e flowers. — Pansamahi, Dept. Alta Verapaz, alt. 



3,800 ft., Apr. 

 also by Sor. J 

 c.ooo ft.. Mch. 



j 



CoIIected 



Cooper near Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 



Paratliesis sessilifolia. — AII parts except nitid upper sur- 



face of leaves rufo-tomentose with long-stipitate stellate 

 hairs: leaves oblanceolate (6-8X1^-2 in.), acuminatcly pfo- 

 duced, tapering from above middle to acute sessile base, per- 

 gamencous, subcrenulate, both surfaces nigro-punctate and 

 finely reticulate: panicle terminal, exceeding leaves, pyram- 

 idate, lower branches leaf-bracted: flowers 6-10, corym- 

 boscly fasciculate toward apex of secondary branches, sube- 

 qualling pedicels, in all parts linear-maculate, filiform bractlets 

 a half shorter: sepals acutely lanceolate (^ 1.): segments of 

 corolla linear-lanceolatc {2\ 1.), glabrous within, revolute: 

 anthers affixed near base, oblong {\\ 1.), thrice exceeding 

 filament: berry 4 1. in diameter. — ^Peculiar by indument and 

 sessile leaves. — Coban, alt. 4,300 ft, Aug. 1S86, v. Tiirck- 

 heim, (Ex Pl cit. I443)- 



Parathesis pleuroliotryosa. — Fusco-tomentulose: leaves 



elliptical (4-6x1^-2 in.), ends similarly acute, subentire, 

 glabrate above, epunctate, opaque, 14-18 costal nerves dis- 

 tinct: panicles axillary, equalling leaves, racemiform, short 

 branches terminated by 3-5 umbellately clustered minutely 

 bracteolate pedicels equalling scarcely maculate flowers: 

 corolla-segments ochraceo-furfuraceous on both sides: anthers 

 short {\ L), equalling filament: ovary smooth: berry not 



— Anthers excepted flowers are similar in form and 

 dimcnsions to those of preceding species. P. inclanosticta 

 Hemsl., (Ex PI. cit. 1706), with inflorescence also strictly 

 axillary, differs by glabrity, nigro-punctate oblong-elliptical 

 leaves acuminateat apex and long-tapering into petiole with 

 more numerous costal nerves uniting in marginal arches, com- 



seen. 



