198 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
exceeding petiole, scaly bracteose, 10-20-flowered, pedicels 
bracteolate above base, bracteoles linear-lanceolate ( 1-25): 
sepals 4—6, in anthesis broadly ovate, at length elliptical-ob- 
long (25, glabrous, naked: glands obpyramidate, subconnate 
in a crenate cupuliform annulus: stamens numerous (20-35), 
not exceeding sepals: pistillate flowers and berries not seen. — 
X. spiculiferum Yr. et Planch., the only other species de- 
scribed with unisexual distinctly racemed and large-sepalous 
flowers, differs by spines, leaves ovate to orbicular-cordate, 
ciliate sepals, longer stamens, etc.—San Miguel Uspantán, 
Dept. Quiché, alt. 6,000*, Mch. 1892, Heyde & Lux (ex 
Pl. cit. 3,066). ! 
Var. subalpina.—Glabrous excepting racemes, branchlets 
red and glandular-lenticellate: leaves ovate-elliptical, shorter, 
thicker: bracteoles colored, semi-sheathing, glandular-dentic- 
ulate, subequalling pedicels.—fForests near El Jute, Depart. 
Quiché, alt. 10,000", Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl. cit. 
3,064). 
ARENARIA ALSINOIDES Willd., var. ovatifolia.— Leaves 
pilose, ovate-acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, subsessile: 
petals twice larger (5") than sepals: seeds numerous (18—30), 
punctulate, red.— Volcan de Agua, Dept. Zacatepequez, alt. 
I0,000*, June 1892, Dr. W. C. Shannon, U. S. A., tex. 
Pl. cit. 3,635). 
Stigmaphyllon eordatum Rose.—Climbing shrubs: leaves 
ovate to oval, I3 to 3 inches long, deeply cordate at base 
with sinus open, rounded or with a short acumination, glab- 
rous on both sides, minutely reticulated; petioles often elonga- 
ted, biglandular at top: inflorescence a simple or compound 
umbel; peduncles 4 to 7 inches long; rays either wanting or 
sometimes 4 inches long; pedicels 6 to 12 lineslong, bibracte- 
. ate below the middle; calyx 5-lobed, 8-glandular: petals oval, 
obtuse with denticulate margins: fertile stamens 6; styles 3; 
stigmas with triangular dilation: samarze generally 3, 15 lines 
long, oblong, obtuse, dorsal side toothed 2 or 3 lines above 
the base without lateral crests.— Depart. Guatemala, alt. 
5,000", Mch. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl.cit. 3,267). 
Oxalis clematodes.—Fruticose; branches long-reclinate, 
| fuscous, pilose, extremities cano-villose: petioles incrassate- 
articulate at barbate axils, twice exceeding leaves: leaflets. 
ternate, subsessile, obovate (6-11 x 4-7"), emarginate or entire, 
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