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[From the Botanical Gazette, Vol. XX.] 



Undescribed plants froni Gnatemala and other Central 



American Republics. XY, 



JOHN DONNELL SMITH. 



Duguetia leiophylla Donnell Smith. — Folia oblongo-Iance- 

 olata acuminata basi obtusata vel acutiuscula glaberrima ven- 

 ulosa aurco-punctula, margine revoluto. Pedunculi uniflori, 

 bractea versus basin sita parvula. Sepala minuta triangulari- 

 ovata; petala ovalia subaequalia subtus lepidota, margine pu- 

 bescente, ceterum glabra; torus disciformis crassus cum geni- 

 talibus glaber; styli concreti basi articulati ovaria aequantes 

 eisque paululum crassiores, 



A low, spreading tree (Thieme), Leaves sHghtly coriace- 

 ousshining, '3-4I x ll-lf^", petioles 2^ long. Peduncles ter- 

 minal or becoming leaf-opposed, articulated above base, 

 glandular-lepidote, 6-8^ long, bract ovate (i^) with pubescent 

 margin, Sepals 3, free, thick, glandular-lepidote, margin 

 pubescent, i^^ long. Petals 6, 2-seriate, fleshy, imbricate, 

 erecto-patent, explanate, 14-17 X io-i2\ each end rounded, 

 shortly unguiculate. Torus somewhat obversely hemispheri- 

 cal, i^ high, ecostate; gynophore plane, 2' in diam., areolated 

 witTi facets of carpels. Stamens all fertile, cuneate, l X ^*. 

 Ovaries 50-70, columnar (|% angular; ovule solltary, basal 

 Fruit not seen. 



San Pedro Sula, Depart. S. Bdrbara, Honduras, alt. 800^, 

 Apr. 1890, C. Thieme, no. 5,129. 



Serjania punctata Radlk. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; 

 rami subaequaliter 6-costati, costis obtusis, 6-suIcati, cortice 

 e viridi pallescente; corpus lignosum compositam e centrali 

 majore et periphericis 2-3 parvis, teretiusculis, centrali im- 

 positis; folia biternata; foliola lateralia ovata, obtusiuscula vel 

 subacuta, sessilia, terminalia elliptica, breviter acuminata et 

 mucronulata, basi attenuata, omnia remotiuscule leviter ser- 

 rata, membranacea, reti venarun[i tenero nec prominente in- 

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