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[From the Botanical Gazette, Vol. XX.] C ' 



Some Euphorlbiacese from Ouatemala. 



JOHN P. LQTSY. 



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WITH PLATES XXIV AND XXV. 



At the request of Capt. John Donnell Smith I undertook 

 the determination of his last acquired Euphorbiaceae. After 

 classification the specimens were compared by me with those 

 in the Ryksherbarium^ of the University of Leiden, HoUand, 

 and in the National Herbarium at Washington, D. C. 



Euphorbia rubrosperiiia, n. sp. (§ Anisophylli, Chamy- 



syceje Leiospermse DC. Prod. 15^: 27.)— Tota crispule hirta, 

 caulibus filiformibus carnulosis ad articulationes incrassatis e 

 basi ramulosis. Folia basi valde inaequalia ovata orbiculata 

 irregulariter dcntata acuta vel obtusa, stipuhs interpetiolaribus 

 lanc^eolatis ciliatis basi minutissime bidentatis. Cyathia in 

 axillis supremis cymulosa, involucris minutis campanulatis 

 extus hirsutis intus glabris, lobis angustis extus ad margines 

 ciliolatis. Glandulae 4 exappendiculatae cyathiformes longiter 

 stipitata;. Ovarium hirtum, stilis 3 bipartitis non incrassatis 

 sub lente punctulatis trigonis rubellis. 



Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3,000^ Dec. 1892, 



Heyde & Lux, no. 4.271- ^, 



A small creeping plant with a firm pnmary root. 1 he 

 plant when dry has small green leaves, here and there be- 

 comlng red, as do also the involucres of the inflorescences. 

 Length of one of the creeping branches, 5-6^^". Length of 

 leaves 0.5°"". Length of seed 0.06"". 



EuPHORBiA Xalapensis HBK. (§ Cyttarospermi DC. 



Prod 1 5^ t 5 3)- 



San Raphael, Depart. Zacatepequez, alt. 6, 500^ Febn 1892, 



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alt. 6,ooo^ April 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,479-— Laguna di 

 Ayarza, Dept. Jalapa, alt. 8,000". Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux, 

 no. 3,849.— Volcan Jumaytepeque, Dept. Santa Rosa, 6,000 , 

 Dec. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,269. 



Euphorbiaiiiicroappencliculata,n. sp. (§Cyttarospermi.) 



—Caulis cunirami5_op positis glabris sed ad articulationes 



Tf^l^^T^^Mk^tor of this herbarium, Dr. J. G. Boerlage, I am indebted 



for much valuable aid and advice. 



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