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pedalis teres glaber ebracteatus. Racemus (in exemplaribus 



re- 



mihi suppetentibus) simplex flexuosus, nodis inferioribus 

 motissimis. . Bracteae interiores ovatae cuspidata;, exteriores 

 lanceolatae denique subulato-attenuatae. Pedicelli terni in 

 medio articulati. Perianthii segmenta perspicue 3-nervata, 

 interiora in sicco lutea. Filamenta muriculata nunc ovarium. 

 aut antherasaequantia nunc eis duplo longiora. Stylus nunc 

 ovarii nunc perianthii longitudinem aequiparans. Capsula 

 oblongo-ovalis perianthio marcido \ brevior semina in loculo 

 quoque 9-10 habens. 



Rhizome not seen. Leaves 12-15'" x 2-3'. Racemc 7-8'" 

 long, lovver internodes l|-3=Mong. exterior bracts at length 

 i'- long, pedicels 4-9^ long. Perianth 6-f long. Anthers iV 



long.— Indicated by Mr. J. G. Baker as undescribed and 

 nearcst to his ^. Skin7ieri:—S2.n Bartolo, Deoart. Zacate- 

 pequez, Guatemala, alt. 5,000", May, 1890, Heyde & Lux, 

 no. 4,644. 



«ymuogramme sciatraphis Donnell Smith.— Stipites e- 

 caudice brevi crasso caespitosi graciles spitham.-ei straminei 

 glabri, basi paleacea. Frondes acuminato-ovatae pedales gla- 

 brae _ 4-5-pinnatim decompositae, jugis plurimis confertis, 

 pinms pinnuhsque oppositis e basi truncata subsessili ovatis 

 lanceolatisve, pinnis infimis maximis, pinnulis ser. II rhom- 

 boideis i-2-fidis, ultimis ellipticis deorsum attenuatis ple- 

 rumque bifurcatis, segmentorum nervio unico infra medium 

 usque ad furcam sorifero. 



Scales ovate, 3-4Mong, rigid, blackish, imbricating. Stipes. 

 and rachises canaliculate. Sterile and fertile fronds similar, 

 20-26-]ugate. Basal pinnai accuminate-deltoid, spreading, 

 mcurved, 6-7i'Mong, 15-20-jugate; its lovver pinnules 2'Mong, 

 9-i2-jugate. Segments oblong, acute, i-i|' long, fruit-dots 

 cyiindncal — Po be grouped with G. chacrophylla Desv. and 

 &. schizophylla Baker, which differ chiefly by absence of cau- 

 dex and of scales, circumscription and loose pinnation of 

 ironds.-Shaded precipitous banks of Rio Jimenez, Llanos de 

 banta Uara Comarca de Limdn, Costa Rica, alt. 650", 

 Apr. 1894, J. D. S., no. 5,084. 



Baltiniore, Md. 



pintre^™ Jord^eriS'^] /' frond -I^g. .. pinnule.-Fig. 3, 



stipe fFieure I k .fn,^; K ^- 1' "^'3™^*^ pmnule.— Fig. 5, scalefrom base of 

 pe. \y igure i is somewhat reduced; the others are variously enlarged.) 



