204 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
tube, large stigma subglobose: capsule obovate (2), more or: 
less free at apex, 8-costate, loculicidal at apex, septicidal at 
base; seeds 8—20, compressed, roundish (3,finely punctate, 
black and shining.— Nearest to J4. sezosa Benth. et Hook., 
and especially to the form or var. (Arcytophyllum setosum 
Schlecht. in Linnzea, XXVIII, 489).—''Forming a carpet- 
like turf," Chichoy, Depart. Chimaltenango, alt. 9,000", 
March 1892, W. C. Shannon, Asst. Surg. U. S. A., associate 
' ofthe Intercontinental Railway Commission, whose interesting 
collections along the lines of the surveys have been turned 
over to me for determination and distribution by Capt. M. M. 
Macomb, U. S. A., Engineer in charge, (ex Pl. cit. 371); 
San Miguel Uspantán, alt. 7,500", April 1892, Heyde & 
Lux, (ex PL cit. 3, 176). 
Hoffmannia rotata.—Stems above obtusely tetragonal and 
ferruginous-furfuraceous: leaves opposite or 3—4-verticellate, 
elliptical-lanceolate or oblanceolate (4-7X 1-11"), acuminate, 
more or less long-attenuated to short petiole, smooth above, 
paler and puberulous beneath with furfuraceous nerves: pe- 
duncles single in upper axils or pluri-fasciculate at lower 
nodes, filiform (1—2") cymes 6—1:5-flowered, axes slender: 
calyx urceolate (1), shorter than pedicel, teeth obtuse, sin- 
uses glandular-appendaged: corolla rotate (4—5' in diam.), 
tube very short (3). lobes oblong! filaments a half or two 
thirds as long as anthers: ovary 2-celled, connate-lobed stig- 
ma subequalling anthers: berry globose (23), crowned with 
incrassate limb, seeds red. —77. pedunculata Swz., related by 
foliage and corolla, is distinguished by merely opposite leaves, 
solitary peduncles, subsessile anthers, oblong berries and 
. black seed. —A bush 3-6" high; damp forests near San Mi- 
gual Uspantán, alt. 7,000", April 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex 
Pl. cit. 3, 169 and 3,174). 
Guettarda maerosperma ($ MATTHIOLA Benth. et Hook.) 
. —Arborescent, younger parts flavo-sericeous: stipules round- 
ovate (2), filiform-caudate, the interior toward base append- 
aged with intermixed subulate glands and white hairs: leaves 
ovate (253 x 13"), the younger rhomboid or obovate, sparsely 
pilose above, glabrate beneath except venation and with the 
the 6—7 costal nerves and transverse veins conspicuous: ped- 
uncles shorter than leaves (8-16), velvety; flowers of twice 
bifid cymes crowded, 5—6-merous: calyx velvety, shortly tubu- 
