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350 . T/ie Botanical Gazette. [August. 



pauciter pubescentibus fistulosus adfolia adpresse pubescens. 

 Folia integra, inferiora sparsa, superiora opposita vel ter- 

 nata; inferiora petiolata ovata acutiuscula, superiora lanceo- 

 lata, glanduHs stipularibus obsoletis. Cymas terminales vel 

 axillares longiter pedunculatse 3-cephaIae, involucrls longius- 

 cule pedicellatis campanulatis hemisphaericis adpresse pu- 

 bescentibus, lobis triangularibus pauciter fimbriatis. Glandulse 

 4 ovatse valvatse, appendicibus rotundatis apice obscure cor- 

 datis concaviter inclusis. Stili bipartiti. Capsula ignota. 



Semen ignotum. 



A plant two to three feet high. Leaves pinnately veined 

 with seven to ten pair of secondary veins, covered with scat- 

 tered hairs on upper side, densely covered on lower side with 

 a grey felt, glabrous on the veins, Bracts of inflorescence 

 spatulate, about one-half longer than the cyathia. Length 

 of blade 5'"^. Width of blade at broadest place 2. 5^™. Length 

 of petiole 1-I.3"". 



Laguna de Ayarza, Depart. Jalapa, alt. 8,ooo^ Sept. 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 3,850. 



EUPHORBIA OCYMOIDEA L. (§ CYTTAROSPERMI.) 



Rinconcito, Depart Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000^ Nov. 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 4,263. 



EUPHORBIA ARENARIA HBK. (§ CYTTAROSPERMI.) 



Ojo de Agua, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3,500^, Dec. 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 4,262. 



EUPHORBIA LANCIFOLIA Schlecht. (§ DlCHILII DC. Prod. 



152:59.) 



Rinconcito, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000^ Nov. 1892, 

 Heyde& Lux, no. 4,264, — Naranjo, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 

 3,500^ Mayi892, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,581. 



Euphorbia leucocephala^ n. sp. (§ Alectoroctoni DC. 



Prod. 15^: 59.) — Frutex glabra juventute lanosa, ramis 

 striatis ad articulationes incrassatis. Folia inferiora verticil- 

 lata, caetera plerumque ternata vel rarius verticillata; folia 

 longe petiolata, inferiora obovata, superiora oblonga apice 

 mucronata. Dichasia terminalia polycephala. Bractea alba 

 spathulata mucronata involucris triplo vel quadruplo longiora. 

 Cyathia basi externe biglandulata, involucris breve pedicil- 

 latis campanulatis hirtis, lobis transverse oblongis ciliatis. 

 Glandulae quinae transverse oblongae, appendicibus integerri- 

 mis eis 6-plo longioribus. Stili bipartiti. Capsula glabra 

 profunde trisulcata. Semen ecarunculatum. 



