1^95] Undescribed Plants from Gziatemala. 283 



epidermide parum mucigera; rhachis nuda; stipulse insii^ncs, 

 semicordato-deltoideffi, subacuminatae, basi subbiloba;, inter 

 lobos oblique affixje, lobo interiore (i. e. folii medianam spec- 

 tante) majore, scariosae, extus hirsutae; thyrsi axillares, in- 

 feriores folia subduplo superantes breviores paniculatim con- 

 gesti, subhirsuti; bracteae bracteolaeque conspicuae, oblongae, 

 tenuiter scarioso-membranaceae, concavae, apice margineque 

 necnon dorso secus medianam pilis longioribus obsitse; flores 

 mediocres pedicellique supra articulationes tomentelli. 



Rami diametro 2-4""". Folia superiora 16-18'" longa, ro- 

 12'='" lata, inferiora duplo majora; foliola lateralia 5-6™ longa, 

 2.5-3"" lata, terminalia subduplo majora, slcca subfusca; pet- 

 iolus communis circ. 4™, rhachis 3™ longa, subhirsuta, petiol- 

 uli 2-1^^ longi; stipulae ;"'■" longae, 5-6 latae. Cincinni stipi- 

 tati, stipite 5-6°"" longo hirsuto; pedicelH 3'"'" longi, infra 



mm 



medium articulati, infra articulationes hirsuti; bracteae 5 

 longae, 2""™ latae, bracteolae (prophylla) vix tertia parte min- 

 ores. Alabastra obovata, 3-4°^" longa. Sepala interiora 

 4-5'"°' long-a, exteriora breviora. Petala obovata, intus gland- ■ 

 ulis microscopicis adspersa; squamae margine villosiusculae, 

 superiores crista obcordata appendiceque deflexa squamam 

 dimidiam longitudine superante villosa instructae, Tori 

 glandulae ovatae, basi villosiusculae. Stamina pilosa. Ger- 

 minis rudimentum puberulum. 



Affi 



sect. xri, 



Caloptilon). Ad eandem P, hymenobracteatam pertinet 

 Tate no. 59!, ann. 1867 in Nicaragua lecta, in Hb. Kew. ser- 

 ■vata {Paullinia sp. Hemsley in Salvin et Godm, Biol, Centr.- 

 Am., Bot. 1: 211. 1879-81. [no. 17.]). 



Malpais, Depart. S. Rosa, Guat., alt. 4,000^, Sept. 1894, ■ 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 6,093. 



Dalea cinerea Moric. ex sched. Bentham in herb. Kew. ; 

 erecta, sublignosa, caule striato, undique fulvo-tomentoso, 

 ramis erectis, foliis imparipinnatis, pubescentibus, foliolis 4-5 

 jugis, subtusglandulosis, floribus in spicas densas, terminales, ^ 

 congestj^ siccitate nigricantibus. 



Suffrutex videtur 1.5-2^""*. Caules erecti, ramis ascend- 

 entibus, dense fulvo-tomentosis. Stipulae lineari-setaceae, 

 rigidiusculae, 1-1*5^^'' longae, folia vix pollicem longa, usque 

 ad basim petioli foliolata, petiolo gracili, fulvo-pubescente. 

 Foliola 3-4 juga, sessilia, ovata, obtu^a, utrinque pubescentia, 

 ciliata, subtus glandulis nigris irregulariter obsita, 2"'' longa. 



