[From the Botaj^ical Gazette, Vol. XIX.] 



Undescribed plants from Guatemala and other Central 



American Repuhlics.^ XIII. 



JOHN DONNELL S MITH^ 



WITH PLATES XXIV — XXVI. 



Heisteria Costaricensis Donncll Smith. (§ Leiocarp^ 



Engl.) — Folia disticha anguste lineari-lanceolata juxta basim 

 acute angustata supra medium sensim in apicem mucruncula- 

 tum attenuata, margine adpresse retroflexo, petiolo brevi de- 

 currente. Calyx urceolatus post anthesim rctroflexus pedicelli 

 dimidium sequans, dentibus brevibus triangularibus in setam 

 desinentibus. Petala libera obovata ad apicem emarginata 

 calyce sublongiora. Ovarium perianthium paullo superans 

 latior quam longior collo coronatum. Calyx fructiferens 

 coriaceus patulus pentagono-orbicularis cum pedicello breviore 

 sanguineus subtus maculis albis notatus. Drupa ovata- 

 globosa calycis radio brevior atro-cyanea. 



A large bush with slender, drooping, and closely leafy 

 branches that are toward their tips flexuose and angulate. 

 Leaves 6-8"" X 9-1 1\ membranaceous,,peIIucid-punctuIate, 

 glaucescent beneath, Petiole 3-4' long, decurrent in narrow 

 wings. Flowers scarcely a line high, apparently solitary. 

 Stamensnot seen. In fruit, pedicel 3h-4h'^^^S^ ^^^Y^ 10-12' 

 in diam. Drupe 5x4'. — The only other species describcd, 

 with similarly narrow leaves, H. salicifoHa Engl. from South 

 Brazil, is distinct by its calyx, which in fruit is cupuliform, 

 deeply lobed, plicate a^nd enclosing the pale drupe. — Forest on 

 Rio Reventazon, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 2,ooo^ Mch. 

 1894, J. D- S., (ex Plantis Guatemalensibus necnon Salvador- 

 ensibus Hondurensibus Nicaraguensibus CostaricensilDus, quas 

 edidit John Donnell Smith, 4,760)- 



^The title of these papers, as well as that of the tickets accompanymg thedis- 

 tribution of plants, has been changed to the form here employed, in order to 

 include in the series some collections from other parts of Central Araenca, 



