352 The Botanical Gazette. [August, 



San Martin, Jilotepeque, Depart. Chimaltenango, alt. 

 6,000", Mar. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,481. 



EUPHORBIA CAMPESTRIS Cham. & Schlecht. (§ POINSET- 



TI^.) 



Lux, no. 3,467. 



Q 



1892, Heyde & 



PHYLLANTHUS NiRURI L. (§ EUPHYLLANTHI DC. Prod. 



15^: 374,) 



Volcan Jumaytepeque, Depart. Santa Rosa, 6,ooo% Ded 

 1892, Heyde & Lux, no, 4,270. 



Croton Eluteria Benn. (§ Eluteri/E DC. Prod. IS^: 



John 



514O • • , 



Palin, Depart. Amatitlan, alt. S^S^o^ Feb, 1892, 



Donnell Smith, no. 2,616. / 



Croton elttterioides, n. sp. (§ Eluteri^). — Planta in tota 

 parte juvenili lepidota. Folia penninervia utraque pagina 

 lepidota, limbo ovato integerrimo apice breviter acuminato 

 basi rotundato eglanduloso, petiolo quam limbus 2-14-plo 

 breviori, stipulis triangularibus lepidotis. Racemi axil- 

 lares foliis multobreviores densiflori basi feminini apice mas- 

 culini. Calycis lacinia utriusque sexus ovata acuta lepidota. 

 Petala utriusque sexus late ovata non lepidota pilosa. Stam- 

 ina circa 15, filamentis sparse barbatis. Ovarium 2-merum 

 lepidotum. Stili 3 bipartiti, laciniis repetite bifidis. 



Differs from Croton Ehtteria in the number of stamens, the 

 more repeatedly branched style, the much broader and larger 

 leaves which are shortly in place of longly acuminated. 



A bush about 12** high. Leaves when young covered on 

 both sides with silvery scales; these gradually disappear from 

 the upper surface almost entirely, while the lo\yer surface con- 

 tains on old leaves so few scales that in herbarium specimens, 

 owing to the brown color of the leaf, these appear at first 

 sight rusty-Iepidote instead of silvery-Iepidote. As far as the 

 specimens at hand go, the number of female flowers seems to 

 vary between one and two at the base. The number of male 

 flowers also is limited. Ripe capsule unknown, Length of 

 blade 10'"", width of blade at broadest place o. 45"", length of pe- 

 tiole 0.5™, length of largest capsule found O.21''", width of 

 largest capsule found 0. 1 5*""". 



Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3,ooo^ June 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 3,470. — Plate XXV. 



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