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reticulata, venis intramarginalibus transversis crebris, Ra- 

 cemi sessiles, rhachi brevissima, pedicellis confertis gracilibus 

 basi bracteatis supra basin bibracteolatis. Stamina aequaha 

 tertiam partem corollse attingentia, filamentis in tubum con- 

 natis, antheris prope basin affixis; omnibus ad apicem con- 



nectivi 2-caIcaratis. 



Epiphytal, 8-10^^ long (Cooper). Branches pale, inter- 

 • nodes 9-15^ long. ■ Leaves 5-7x2-3*", more narrowing aboye 

 the middle than below, caudate prolongation 9-12* long, 

 interior 2 lateral nerves arising 3-4* above base and like mid- 

 rib very prominent beneath, the exterior 2 basal and obscure. 

 Petioles 2^ long. Rhachis 2-5^ long; pedicels articulated at 

 base, 5-8' long; bracts ovate; bracteoles lanceolate, glandu- 

 lar-denticulate, like ^bracts very minute and colored. Tube 

 of calyx campanulate, 2' high; limb as long, spreading; lobes 

 round, mucronate-acuminate, i' long. Corolla red, sprinklcd 

 toward apex with red glands, cylindrical-tubular, 13-15^ long, 

 tapering above stamens, lobes triangular-oblong, 2x i^ Fil- 

 aments persistently connate, 2} long; anther-cells 2Mong, 

 twice exceeding their tubes. Style exsert. 



Mariposa, Prov. Alajuela, Costa Rica, alt. 5, 500^\ May 

 1887, Anastasio Alfaro, no. 5,842. 



Gaultheria odorata HBK., var. Costaricensis Don- 



nell Smith- — Folia orbiculari-ovata subintegra, costis lateral- 

 ibus utrimque 3-4 subtus prominentibus usque ad apicem 

 fere adscendentibus. Bracteolse semipollicares. 



Estrella, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 4,400^\Mch. 1888, 

 Juan J. Cooper, no. 5,841. 



Calceolaria Irazuensis Donnell Smith. (§Cheiloncos 



Wettst. ) — Herbacea adsurgens ferrugineo-glanduloso-pubes- 

 cens, Folia ovato-Ianceolata basi cuneata, uniuscujusque jugi 

 alterum aliquantum minus, grosse dentata supra puberula 

 subtus pallida et praeter nervos glabra petiolata. Pedunculi 

 terminales 2 longissimi foliis ternatis bracteati, cymis corym- 

 biformibus nutantibus, pedicellis filiformibus, floribus inter 

 maximas. CoroIIae labium superius semi-globosum calycem 

 subaequans ab inferiori obovato breviter aperto 3-plo supera- 

 tum. Antherarum loculi confluentes. 



Stem stout, sparingly branched, 3-4*' long. Leaves 2\- 

 4X i-i^"» petloles 3-6* long. Peduncles 3-4^° long; bractlets 

 2, foliaceous, unequal, |-l^% subtending viscid-pubescent 

 corymbs i|-2^^^ high and 7-i2-flo\vered. Calyx-segments 



