262 The Botanical Gazette, [J^ly^ 



El Jute, Depart, Quiche, Guatemala, alt. io,ooo^ Apr. 

 1892, Heyde et Lux, no. 3,033. 



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ExPLANATioN OF Plate XXIV. — Fig. I, flowering and fruiting branch. — Fig. 

 2, posterior view of stamen ser. i. — Fig. 3, anterior view of stamen ser. 3, with 

 glands — Fig. 4, posterior view of stamen ser. 4. — Fig. 5, Pistil. (Fig i is 

 natural size; the others are variously enlarged.) 



Nectandra Ueydeaua Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis adultis 



proeter costarum axillas subtus ssepius perconspicue barbel- 

 latas glabris, optime ellipticis, basi nunc rotundatis nunc 

 breviter acutis, apice sueto acumine brevi sed eleganti 

 prseditis, utrinque valde prominulo-reticulatis; inflorescentia 

 subcorymbosa vel subpyramidata, glaberrima; floribus her- 

 maphroditis, glabris, ±_ 7""" diam. metientibus; filamentis 

 ser. I, II nullis; ovario glabro, stylo subsequilongo. — 

 Arbuscula 12-24'''^ alta (ex cll. Heyde et Lux !), ramulis 

 glaberrimis, atris vel cinerascentibus, apicem versus lineatim 

 angulosis, gemmis dense sulfureo-strigulosis nonnunquam 

 minute sericantibus, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usquc ad 

 20""" longis (sed saepius conspicue brevioribus quoque), supra 

 leviter canaliculatis, sub lente primum peradpresse sulfureo- 

 strigulosis demum glabratis stipitata, sparsa, tenuiter mem- 

 branacea vel membranacea, praeter costarum axillas subtus 

 saepius perconspicue barbellatas glaberrima, utrinque valde 

 prominenti-reticulata supra (sicca) olivacca nitida, subtus 

 minute rubenti-viridia subnitida, optime elliptica, basi sueto 

 rotundata rarius breviter acuta, apice s^pius acumine brevi 

 sed eleganti praedita, + o. 16" longa, 72"'" lata, costis e nervio- 

 medio sub angulo 50-60° prodeuntibus, margine haud recur- 

 vulo, saepius eleganter undulato. Inflorescentia subpauciflora, 

 subcorymbose vel subpyramidatim panniculata, glaberrima, 

 foliis brevior; pedicellis longis (saspius 7""" metientibus); 

 bracteolis deciduis. Flores hermaphroditi, glabri, ± 7 

 diam. metientes, limbi segmentis patentibus, aequalibus, 

 elhpticis, apice rotundatis. Filamenta ser. I, II desunt; 

 ser. III glabra sed gcneris ritu papillosa, anthcris duplo vel 

 ultra breviora, percrassa, basi glandulis binis minutis. 

 globosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae ser. exteriorum subor- 

 biculares, apice bene rotundata, papillosae. Ovarium 

 glabrum, subglobosum, stylo crasso, subaequilongo. Fructus- 



mra 



ignotus. 



Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guatemala. alt. 3,000", 

 Nov 1892 and Jan. 1893, Heyde et Lux, nos. 4,260 and 

 4,578— Plate XXV. 



