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The Botanical Gazette, 



[January, 



Cyinbopetalum 



um Donnell Smith. — Absque 



pistillis glaberrimum. Folia anguste oblongo-lanceolata 

 longiuscule acuminata ad basim acutam inaequilatera mem- 

 branacea pellucido-punctula, petiolis brevissimis. Pedun- 

 culus folio aufsummo aut paenultimo oppositus ab eoque ter 

 quaterve superatus. Petala interiora magna ovalia quasi cal- 

 ceiformia, exteriora triente minora orbiculari-ovata. Stamina 

 brevia. 

 cinato. 

 A shr 



Pistilla numerosa, stigmate oblique bivalvato 



un- 



12 



15'* high. 



I 





•in 



Leaves distichous, 6~'j X i 

 Peduncle erect, •i-i^'" long, ebracteolate. Flower 

 diam. Sepals minute, broader than long. Petals glabrous, 

 virescent, transversely wrinkled; the exterior membranaceous, 

 plane, 8-9' long, apiculate; the interior fleshy, 12-14X lO-i i\ 

 very concave, the jnflexed margins 3-4' broad. Stamens 2' 

 long, filament minute, gland-dilated apex of connective nearly 

 glabrous. Torus hemispherical. Carpels 16-18, linear, com- 

 pressed, with the nearly as long style added a little exceed- 

 ing stamens, ,5-6 ribs pubescent; stigma puberulous, bent 

 back at apex; ovules 6-9. Berries not seen. — Banks of Rio 



alt. 250^ Apr. 



J 



Q 

 1,491. 



Capparis Heydeana Donnell Smith, in Bot. Gaz. 18: 



197- 1893. iChar._ «;«////.).— Glaberrima. Folia elliptico- 

 vel obovato-oblonga 5-9-polIicaria utrinque acuminata, peti- 

 olis canaliculatis pollicaribus. Flores pauci in racemo ter- 

 minali brevissimo dispositi, pedicellis petiolos jequantibus. 

 Petala magna obovato-spathulata sepalis oblongis obtusis 8- 

 lo-linearibus in anthesi caducis triplo longiora. Stamina 6 

 cum carpophoro aequilongo petala paene seq.uantia. Ovarium 

 spurie 2-loculare, disci glandulis distinctis triangularibus. 

 Bacca oblonga pollicaris carpophori dimidium aequiparans 

 contmua subtetragona parce verrucosa 4-IocuIaris, loculamen- 

 tis superpositis monospermis. Plate I. 

 The additional characters 



specimens 



M 



are drawn from more complete 

 . Adolph Tonduz in Talamanca, 



CostaRica, little above sea-Ievel, Mch. 1894 (no. 8,528).! 



^An exploration of the flora of Costa Rica upon a more extended scale than 

 nas heretofore been attempted in any part of Central America is now being 

 prosecuted by MM. Pittier de Fdbrega and Tonduz. The exsiccatoe,\.oyxi^m- 

 mg alreadysome 9,000 numbers, serve as the basis of Primitia: Flora Costari- 

 censts, a publication by MM. Durand and Pittier. assisted by various collabor- 



