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Undescribed Plants from Giiatentala, 



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breviter pedunculatorum verticillastra coarctata 6-14-flora, 

 infirma subremota. Calycis subsessilis tubuloso-campanulati 

 labia late ovata, posticum integrum anticum acute dentatum. 

 CoroUa quam calyx duplo fere longior ad medium subeequali- 

 ter labiata, tubo gracili vix ventricoso sub exserto, labii in- 

 ferioris lobo medio reniformi bifido. Stylus superne unilater- 

 aliter fimbriatus. 



Leaves 3-4 X ij-ij", petioles 6-8^ long. 



long; 



Racemes 3-5'" 



bracts sessile, herbaceous, pubescent, purplish, per- 



1 



sistent, 8-10 X 4-5^ Calyx pubescent, virescent or colorcd, 



5' long, lips 



li' long. 



Corolla blue, 8* long, nearly glabrous 



galea 3' long; lip pubescent on back, 4 lon 



or 



ii 



1 



middle lobe 

 ^ X 3'. Fflament produced at articulation; antcrior branch 

 of connective i^Mong, not dilated, glabrous, dentate. Infe- 

 rior lobe of style ^ long, the superior thrice longer.— Slopes 

 of Volcan Chingo, Depart. Jutiapa, Guatemala, alt. 3.000". 

 Oct. 1892, Dr. W. C. Shannon, U. S. Army, no. 3,612. 



Triplaris Macombii Donnell Smith.— Folia pedalia oblique 

 lateque elliptico-ovata abrupte acuminata ad basim late rotun- 

 data glabrata subtus rubro-punctulata, margine pilosiusculo, 

 costa subtus adpresse pilosa. Racemi feminei (qui soli sup- 

 petunt) singuli aut bini aut terni ex summis axilHs orti itidem 

 in paniculam terminalem folia superantem congesti. Calycis 

 fructiferentis lobi exteriores quam tubus oblongus altero tanto 

 longiores linguiformes, sinuum late rotundatorum margini- 

 bus retroflexis, lobi interiores tubum suba^quantes^ eique 

 |-adnati setaceo-subulati ad basim plus minus appcndicuiati. 

 Nuculse nitidffi quam tubus \ brevioris facies ovatae, stylis 



fauces haud attingentibus. 



Branchlets smooth, sulcate, verrucose at nodes. Leaves 

 membranaceous, undulate, inequilateral, 10-13 X (>-t^\ cau- 

 date acumination blunt, 5' long; nervation immersed above, 

 salient beneath, 17-19 lateral nerves straight and unitmg m 

 arches remote from margin, reticulation minute, longitud- 

 inal impressions nearly obsolete; petiole 8-1 1' long. Panicle 

 densely flavo-sericeous. rachis flexuose; racemes densely flovv- 

 ered from near base, 8-1 2'° long; bracts persistent, acumin- 

 ate-ovate, margins continuing united below, withm plun- 

 nerved and colored; pedicels as long (4'). deflexed. Calyx 

 of matured fruit 26' long. pale-yellow; tube appressed-villose, 

 9 X 3'; wings sparsely pilose, 17x5'. obtuse, narrovved to- 

 ward base; interior lobes somewhat unequal, about 3 long. 



