4 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 
and inhabited by indigenous races unfriendly to all strangers 
save such as visit them under the auspices of the church. 
Parathesis mierantha. (474sza micrantha Donnell Smith 
BOoTAN. Gaz. x1iV. 26; not of HBK.).— In transferring this 
species to what recently received material shows to be its cor- 
rect genus, the specific name preoccupied in 44zZZsza may 
stand in ParatAeszs, and indicates a character, alike abnormal 
in both genera, of mintte cordate anthers. The bractlets are 
also seen to be oblong and ciliate.—San Miguel Uspantán, 
Dept. Quiché, alt. 6,000", Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex PI. 
cit. 3,020). 
Bumelia pleistocehasia.— Leaves smooth and shining, 
coriaceous, elliptical (3-31x11—11"), obtusely acuminate, 
base acutely contracted into petiole (4—5): fascicles densely 
flowered, equalling petiole: calyx obconic, as long as pedicel, 
incrassate segments round-ovate: appendages of corolla lateral, 
obliquely lanceolate, denticulate; proper lobes twice longer, 
oval, subentire: staminodes half the size of lobes, oval, fim- 
briate; ovary glabrous.—San Lucas, Dept. Zacatepequez, alt. 
5,500", Apr. 1890, J. D. S., (ex Pl. cit. 2, 184), distributed 
as B. persimilis Hemsl.—Palmer's no. 1,123 Fl. Mex. has 
been referred more correctly to that species by Mr. J. N. 
Rose, assistant botanist to the U. S. National Herb. With . 
somewhat similar leaves it differs from the above by pubes- 
cence, smaller fascicles of less congested pedicels, cylindrical 
half-smaller calyx, oblong sepals, elongate lobes of corolla, 
nearly as long lanceolate staminodes, pilose ovary, etc. 
Bumelia leiogyna. — Arborescent and spinose like the pre- 
ceding, glabrous except the younger parts: leaves mem- 
branaceous, veinage distinct, elliptical-oblong to lanceolate 
(24-3X 1"), apex obtusish, tapering acutely to short petiole: 
flowers minute (2, subequalling pedicels and petiole, 6—10- 
fasciculate: calyx ovoid, half as long as pedicel; segments 
ovate with scariose margins, the interior ones puberulent: 
lobes of corolla obovate, denticulate, patent; appendages 
minute, subulate from an oval and lacerate base: staminodes 
also minute, rhomboidal, fimbriate: ovary glabrous, style 
shortly subulate.— The descriptions of P. ferox Cham. et 
Schl. indicate the nearest affinity, but ascribe to it opaque 
smaller and more generally obovate leaves, spatulate-lan- 
ceolate staminodes; and the ovary may be presumed to be 
normal and therefore hirsute. —Capetillo, Dept. Zacatepequez, 
alt. 4, 500^, Mch. 1892, J. D. S., (ex Pl. cit. 1,451). 
