[From the Botanical Gazette, Vol. XIX.] 



Undescribed plants from (xuatemala. XII. 



JOHN DONNELL S MITH. 



WITH PLATES I AND II. 



M. Casimir de Candolle has contributed to this article diag'- 

 noses and descriptions of new species among the Meltace^ 

 and PlPERACE^ submitted to him for elaboration. 



Peltostiffma pentaphylluni. — Petioles half totwo-thirdsas 



long as leaves; leaflets 5. obovate-oblong to elliptical-oblong 

 (6-8 X 2-2.5'°), the exterior pair reduced, acuminate, taper- 

 ing to petiolule, entire: peduncle with 3-flowered cyme sub- 

 equalling petiole, pedicels ebracteate: sepals chiefly 4; 2 

 exterior herbaceous, ovate (1-2'): petals chiefly 5, exceeding 

 interior sepal (8^): ovary 7-10-IocuIar, truncate-conic, as 

 broad as gynophore (3'); stigmas before anthesis sacciform, 

 oval (1.5 X i^; capsule globose, the matured not seen. — A 

 tree 15-21^* high with spreading branches. P, pteleoides 



Walp 



has been the monotype of the genus, and 



recorded only from J 

 smaller leaflets, compound inflorescence equalling leaves, 

 smaller flowers, less numerous and less unequal parts of peri- 

 anth. — Zamorora, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 5,500^*, March 

 1892 and April 1893, Heyde & Lux, (ex PI. GuatemaL qu. 

 edid. J. D. S. 3,058 and 4,437). 



Cabralea insi^nis C. DC^ — Foliis maximis modice petio- 



latis abrupto-pinnatis 1 9-j ugis, foliolis oppositis sessilibus 

 anguste oblongis basi aequali subacutis obtusisve apice ob- 

 tusiuscule cuspidatis utrinque glabris, nervis secundariis sub- 

 patuHs tenuibus utrinque 25 et plus, fructu globoso glabro 

 loculis monospermis. — Arbor? FoHumtotum ad 65*"" longum. 

 Foliola ad 14.5''" longa 2.5"° lata in sicco membranacea sub- 



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