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256 T/ie Botanical Gasette. [J«ly- 



Cuphea Heydei Koehne (inserenda post C. Liebinannii 

 Koehne in Engler's Bot. Jahrbuch. 2: 409. 1882. Sect. x. 

 Melvilla Koehne, subsect. 5. Erythrocalyx Koehne). IcoN: 

 Koehne Atlas Lythracearum ined. /. 44.. fig. 380. — Fruticulus 



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Folia 



Tnin 



Tnm . 



internodiis 2-3-plo longiora, basi acuta vel in pctiolum 1-4 

 longum hispidum attenuata, elliptica v. lanceolata (24-54 

 Ii_i7""")^ longe acuminata, parce ciliata, superiore pagina 

 parce, inferiore in nervis densius hispida, vix rigidula, subtus 

 pallidiora. Florcs solitarii ; pedicelli axillares 9-20"""" aequan- 

 tes, parce hispidi, prophylla minutissima, quasi in setas 3-4 

 dissoluta summo apice gerentes. Calyx (22-26™) calcare or- 

 biculari dilatato subincurvo (fere 3""" longo latoque) instruc- 

 tus, subrectus, subgracilis, infra faucem ascendentem valde 

 dilatatam plicatam subangustatus, verisimiliter intense cocci- 

 neus, infra medium hispidus, intus glaberrimus; lobi brevissi- 

 miy setis 4.-6 ciliati; appendices lobis longiores, dorso seta 

 valida munitcB. Petala O v. dito dorsalia ininittissima stibic- 

 lata. Stamina ad tubi \ lineae rectae inserta; episepala fere \ 

 supra tubum exserta; epipetalorum 4 ventralia lobos ae- 

 quantia, 2 dorsalia paullo breviora et ceteris vix inferius in- 

 serta; omnia glaberrima. Stylus glaberrimus, sub anthesi 

 ovarium glaberrimum duplum aequans, demum circ. 8'"''' ex- 

 sertus. Discus crassus, ovato-cordatus, deflexus, supra sul- 

 catus, subtus convexus. Ovula 9-14. — A Cuphea Liebniannii 

 Koehne proxima differt calycibus majoribus appendicibus 

 manifestis seta munitis et praecipue pedicellis axillaribus nec 



interpetiolaribus. 



Quiche, Guatemala, alt. 7,000^ May 



Heyde & Lux, no. 4,480. 



Ipom^a fistulosa 'Mart., var. Nicaragueusis Donnell 



Smith. — Volubilis, foliis cordiformibus acuminatis discolori- 

 bus supra pubcscentibus subtus cano-velutinis. Sepala pu- 

 bescentiaorbicularia. CoroIIa ad 3-4-poIlicaris. Semina flavo- 



comosa. 



Rio de Las Layas, Depart. Rivas, Nicaragua, alt. I20^ 

 April 1893, Dr. W. C. Shannon, U. S. Army, no. 5,046. 



Salvia Shaunoni Donnell Smith. (§ Calosphace.)— Suf- 



frutex cano-pubescens. Folia ovato-lanceolata sensim acu- 

 minata ad basim acuta obtusave serrulata discoloria supra 

 scabriuscula subtus cum petiolis velutina, floralia subcon- 

 formia .contractius acuminata flores superantia. Racemorum 



