^894] Undescribed Plants from Gtiatemala. 261 



Ojo de Agua, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guatemala, alt. 3,500^\ 

 Sept., 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,828. 



Phoebe amplilolia Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis amplissi- 



mis, adultis supra glabris nitidisque vel secus nervos adpresse 

 tomentelHs, dense nervis immersis areolatis, subtus tomento 

 breyi puberulo, ad nervos ferrugineo mollibus, latissime ellip- 

 ticis, apice breviter subacuminatis, penninervibus; inflorescen- 

 tia dense ferrugineo-tomentella, submultiflora, laxiuscule pan- 

 niculata, foliis multo breviore; floribus dense ferrugineo-to- 

 mentellis; limbi segmentis sequalibus, subobtusis; filamentis 

 pilosis quam anther3e multo brevioribus; antheris omnibus 

 4-IoceIIatis; ovario glaberrimo. — Arbuscula videtur (ex ramo- 

 rum habitu), ramiilis crassis, dense adpressequc ferruginco- 

 tomentellis basin versus cinerascentibus, striatim subangula- 

 tis; gemmis dense ferrugineo-tomentosis; cortice esipido, 

 paullo mucoso. Folia pctiolis usque ad 32'''"' longis, validis- 

 simis, supra profunde canaliculatis, tomento peradpresso brev- 

 issimoque adultioribus cinereo obtectis stipitata, sparsa, rigide 

 coriacea, supra (pra^ter nervos adpresse cinereo-tomentellos) 

 adulta saltem glabra nitidaque et dense venulis immersis 

 areolata, subtus tomento brevi puberulo, ad nervos ferrugineo 

 mollia valde prominenti-reticulata, latissime elliptica, basi 

 breviter acuta apice breviter lateque subacuminata, ex speci- 

 mine nostro usque ad 0.3™.Ionga, 0. 16" lata, costis e nervio 

 medio sub angulo 45-60^ prodeuntibus, margine quam maxime 

 recurvato, in statu sicco prisertim basin versus solemniter 

 lateque replicato. Inflorescentia laxiuscule panniculata late 

 subthyrsoidea, dense adpresseque tomento ferrugineo obtecta, 

 foliis permulto brevior; pedicellis ssepius 4"""* vel pauUo infra 

 longis, bracteolis deciduis. Flores dense adpresseque ferru- 

 gineo-tomentelli, limbi segmentis quam genitalia multo lon- 

 gioribus, aequalibus, lingulatis, apice subobtusis. Filamenta 

 pilosa quam antherae multo breviora, ser. III basi glandulis 

 binis magnis, sessilibus aucta. Anther^e subquadraticae, ob- 

 tusae, omnes quatrilocellatae, locellis ser. ii exteriorum in- 

 trorsum, ser, III sublateraliter dehiscentibus. Staminodia 

 perconspicua filamento manifesto, piloso stipitata. Ovarium 

 glaberrimum. subglobosum; stylo crasso subaequilongo; stig- 

 mate pulvinato. Bacca maxima (+ 33"™ longa, 22"" diam, 

 metiens), bene ellipsoidea, cupulse crass^, subpateriformi, ob- 

 scure duplicimarginatse, sensim conice in pedicellum valde 

 incrassatum transeunti insidens. 



