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Pedilanthus macradenius Donnell Smith. (§Eupedilan- 



THUS Boiss. ) — Folia glabra ampla obovato-oblonga angulo ob- 

 tusissimo terminantia, basi obtusa. Cymce ex axillis supremis 

 ortai breves oligocephalae, bracteis oblongo-ovatis peduncu- 

 los superantibus. Involucrum ad basim rectangulare, calcaris 

 quam tubus paullo minoris deflexi glandulas 2 majusculas 

 gerentis labiis ovatis sub apice plica intrusa auctis, tubi lobis 

 binis inferioribus ovatis cano-fimbriatulis superiore cum inter- 

 mediis aequilongis alte connato. Bracteolas numerosissimae 

 flores masculos aequantes, pedicellis masculis et femineo fila- 

 mentisque glabris. Capsula depresso-sphaerica lineis dchis- 

 centiae 6 latis albis notata. - 



Arboreous. Leaves oHve-green, at apex of branchlets 

 4-6x2-3*"; petioles smooth, ^Mong. Bracts rubescent be- 

 neath hoary pubescence, 6x3^ Peduncles pubescent. In- 

 volucre rubescent, smooth within, 5-6^ long, spur 3|X2' with 

 oval glands l^ long, tube 4x3'. Capsule 4' in diam., coccules 

 ecarinate, seeds trigonal-globose. — Canival, Depart. Hue- 

 huctenango, Guatemala, alt. 3,200^, Dec. 1891, Dr. W. C- 

 -Shannon, U. S. Army, no. 412. 



J]climea Friedrichsthalii Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis 

 ■super vaginam longe paullo angustatis, spinulis minutis arma- 

 tis vel interioribus saepius fere omnino inermibus; inflorescen- 

 tia bipinnatim vel imperfecte tripinnatim panniculata, e ramulis 

 distiche florigeris subpatentibus composita, densiuscula sub- 

 ^llipsoidea; bracteolis florigeris reflexo-patentibus, latissime 

 ovatis breviterque (nec pungenter) acuminulatis, ovarii me- 

 dium haud attingentibus; floribus ad 17"'"' longis, sessilibus; 

 sepalis liberis vel minutissime tantum connatis, apice in acic- 

 ulum minutissimum (fructiferis saeplus deciduum) dorsalem 

 productis; petalis in spinulam terminalem desinentibus, altius- 

 culc ligulatis; filamentis ser. Il cum petalis peralte connatis; 

 placentis interno loculorum angulo apici affixis. — Epiphyta 

 (ex cl. Friedrichsthal !), acauli.s, florifera ad o. 5°" alta. Folia 

 e vagina ovali, margine nunc integerrima nunc dissite spinu- 

 lis parvis, patentibus aucta, praesertim dorso adpresse alluta- 

 ceo-Iepidota iiilaminam ensiformem producta, saepius 0.6™ vel 

 paullo ultra longa, submembranacea vel tenuiter chartacea, 

 apice longius breviusve acuta, spinulis haud ultra i""" longis 

 praedita vel interiora fere subinermia, interiora saltem apicem 



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versus pulchre rubentia, subglabra. Inflorescentia multiflora, 

 apicem usque e ramulis distiche florigeris, subpatentibus, vix 



