4 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 



CUPHEA EPILOBIFOLIA Koehne, var. canescens Koehne. — • 



Folia juniora pilis parallele adpressis densissimis incana, mox 

 infra, demum supra glabrescentia. Pedicelli intrapetiolares. 

 Ovarium villosum, stylus ovarii circ. 3-pIum aequans. Cetera 

 ut in var. Costaricensi Koehne. 



Banks of Rio Jimenez, Llanos de Santa Clara, Comarca de 

 Limon, Costa Rica, alt. 650^ Apr. 1894, J. D. S., no. 4,807. 



Homalium Hondurense Donnell Smith (§ Racoubea Benth. 



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Folia nitida obovato-elliptica 



subito acuminata, basi acuta, margine crenato. Racemi ax- 

 illares, etiam in paniculam terminalem laxam dispositi, flori- 

 bus canescentibus 5-7-meris, supremis solitariis pedicellatis, 

 inferioribus autem ternis graciliter pedunculatis. Calycis 

 tubus pedicellis brevior, segmentis quam petala dimidio brev- 

 ioribus triploque angustioribus. Stamina terna. Ovarium 

 irsutum in stylos 3 distinctos longe productum. 

 Tree 30" high. Leaves 6-^ x 3-32". thin-coriaceous, veiny, 

 coarse crenatures glandular, petioles 2-3' long. Racemes pub- 

 escent, equaling leaves, peduncles 5-7'Iong, pedicels 2-4' long, 

 flowers chiefly 5-merous. Calyx-segments obtuse, equaling 

 tube. Petals 2i-3Xi-ii'. Ovary equaling petals, styles 

 very short, ^^ ovules 3 to each placenta. — Flowers about as 

 large as those of H. racemosnm Jacq., which 'differs chiefly by 

 leaves,^ simple racemes, calyx-segments nearly equaling pet- 

 als, slightly produced ovary. H. pedicellatiim Spruce (no. 

 1,689 Spruce ! ) with similar inflorescence is distinct by foHage, 

 large flowers, quinate stamens, etc— Rio Permejo near San 



PedroSula, Honduras, alt. 600", Sept. 1887, Dr. C. Thieme, 

 no. 5,227. 



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Centropogon Guatemalensis Robinson.— Glabrous: stems 



flexuous: leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate at each end, com- 

 m^only oblique at the base, crenate and denticulate, 4-7'" lon^, 

 25-3" broad; teeth very small, inconspicuous, incurved, 

 acutish, glandular; midrib prominent upon both surfaces but 

 much broader upon thc under side; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, 

 widely spreading and strongly curved; terminal acumination 

 rather abrupt and the point slender; petioles strongly com- 

 pressed laterally and finely grooved above, r-^'" long: raceme 

 subcorymbose with 8-12 or more flowers; bracts oblong, 

 acutish, denticulate, 4-7' long; pedicels spreading, curved- 

 ascendmg, the lower ones 1I-2'» long: calyx tube hemispher- 



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