10 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 



FoHa crassa discoloria supra rugosa subtus dense velutina 

 penninerviacrenulata oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata 

 utrinque acuta. Racemi a foliis bis terve superati, pedicellis 

 calycem caeruleum aequiparantibus. 



Leaves 5-6^x1^-2 . Petioles 6-9Mong, equalling or ex- 

 ceeding internodes. Bracts and bractlets linear. Calyx 

 bright-blue, 4' high, in fruit twice larger. Corolla (red i*) 

 like calyx pubescent and aureo-punctulate, 7^^ long, poster- 

 ior lip 2' long and nearly equaling the arcuate sides of an- 

 terior lip, middle lobe i^ long. Stamens twice exceeding 

 corolla, after anthesis declinate and contorted, anther-cells 

 oblong and blue. Nucules black, shining, i^ long. — The ra- 

 cemes, as shown by presence of bractlets, are technically un- 

 developed thyrsi. — Growing in patches on shadcd mountain- 

 summits near Buena Vista, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guat., alt. 

 6,ooo^ Dec. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,368. — Plate III. 



Ocotea perseifolia Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis adultissub- 

 tus pilis brevissimis perobscurisque scabriusculis, late ovato- 

 ovalibus, basi cordatis v. obtusis apice late breviterque acu- 

 minatis, penninervibus, utrinque laxe prominulo-reticulatis; 

 inflorescentia submultiflora, abbreviate subthyrsoidea, foliis 

 multo breviore; floribus hermaphroditis, minutissime perad- 

 presseque tomentellis; perianthii tubo brevi; antheris subses- 

 silibus; staminodiis fere abortivis; ovario glabro; stylo brevi. 



Arbor v. frutex; habitu ramuli praesentis Perse(E caerule(E 



memoriam revocat. Ramuli praesertim apicem versus±an- 



gulati, peradpresse paullo sericanti-tomentelli flavido-allutacei. 



Folia petiolis usque ad 20"^^" longis, optime canaliculatis stip- 



itata, sparsa, coriacea, sicca supra olivaceo-viridia subnitida 



subtus pallida opaca, usque ad 0.2"^ longa, 0. 12"" lata, venis 



dorso ± manifeste rubentibus. Inflorescentia peradpresse' 



pallide tomentella; pedicellis ±2"^"* longis, bracteolis deciduis. 



Flores 3-3.5 longi, limbi tubo obconico, segmentis ovalibus, 



acutiusculis, papillulosis. Anther^e rectangulares, rotundatae 



vel truncatae, papillosae; glandulae ser. III. parvae, globosae, 



sessiles, basales. Ovarium crasse ovoideum, stylo 5-6-pIo 



breviore, stigmate obtuso. Fructus ignotus. 



Yzabal, Depart. Yzabal, Guat., alt. I20^ Apr. 1889, J. D. 

 S., no. 1,807. 



Dioscorea cyauisticta Donnell Smith. (§Alloctostemon 



Griseb. in FL Bras.).— Absque rhachibus glabra. Folia cor- 

 diformia acuminata ii-nervia. Spicae in axillis aggregatas. 





