ii895.] Undescrtbed Plantsfrom Guateviala, 5 



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ical, slig-htly exceeding the adnate ovary; teeth ovate, obtu- 

 sish, denticulate, purplish, 2— 2^Mong, about equaling the tube: 

 corolla in a dried state deep purple, 2^'° long, cleft more than 

 a third of the way to the base, usually granular-pubescent 

 both upon the outer and inner surface: stamineal column 

 about equaling the corolla, covered especially down one side 

 with short blunt white hairs;the two smaller anthers densely 

 tufted at the apex and with smaller spreading tufts at the 

 base; the other anther cells sparingly hispid at the apex: fruit 

 not seen. — Pansamald forest, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guat., 

 alt. 3,8oo^ June 1885, von Tiirckheim, no. 728. 



CaYendishia callista Donnell Smith. — Omnibus in partibus 

 praeter corollam glaberrima. Folia oblongo-ovata vel ovato- 

 lanceolata acutissime acumiiiata ad basim leviter cordata 5-7- 

 plinervia subtus sparsim nigripunctula. Racemi subtermin- 

 ales elongati, pedicellis gracilibus. Calyx corollae dimidium 

 fere aequans, limbo campanulato ovarium altero tanto super- 

 ante usque ad medium fisso, Stamina valde dimorpha, 



Branchlets reddish* terete, estriate, somewhat flexuous. 

 Leaves thick-coriaceous, 4-8x2-3^'°; nerves prominent be- 

 neath, the interior pair ascending from near base to apex; 

 petioles 4-5^ long. Racemes geminate at apex of branchlets 

 and single in uppermost axil, 4-5*° long, exceeding subtend- 

 ing leaves; basal bracts orbicular, the interior 9-1 1* in diam. ; 

 rachis angulate, densely flowered; pedicels 5-6Mong, basal 

 bracts obovate, 9-12x4-6^ half covering flowers; bractlets at 

 middle of pedicel 2, lanceolate, i' long; bracts and bractlets 

 roseate, in anthesis persistent. Calyx 4-4^' long;tube angu- 

 late, intruded at base; segmenfs ovate, i^Mong, acute tips 

 coloured. Corolla cylindrical iox3\ puberulous, vvhite,ovate 

 lobes i^ long. Stamens connate at base, reaching to throat 

 of corolla; larger anthers a half longer than the others with 

 cells half as long as tubes and twice longer thsan filament, 

 cells of smaller anthers nearly equaling tubes and half as long 

 as filament Berry (immature) glabrous.— Distributed as C. 

 ptibescens HemsL ? That species (nos. 290, 1,383 Bang /^/. 

 Boliv, /; and nos. 3,184, 4.532 of this series) may be distin- 

 guished by indument, narrower leaves, short racemes, calyx- 

 tube exceeding limb, nearly similar stamens, cano-hirsute 

 beri-y. — Forests between Coban and Samac, Depart Alta 

 Verapaz, Guat., alt. 4.500^ May 1886, von Tiirckheim, no. 



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