1895.] 



Eiiphorbiacece from Guaiemala . 



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Croton Guatemalensis*, n. sp. (§ Eluterle). — Planta in 



tota parte juvenili lepidota. Folia penninervia utraque pag- 

 ina lepidota, limbo ovato integernmo apice breviter acumin- 

 ato basi rotundato eglanduloso, petiolo quam limbus 3-4 

 plo breviori, stipulis obsoletis. Racemi graciliter spicae- 

 formes foliis multo longiores densiflori basi feminini apice 

 masculini. Calycis lacinia utriusque sexus ovata acuta lepi- 

 dota. Petala utriusque sexus ovato-lanceolata non lepidota 



margme 

 Ovarium 



barbata. Stamina circa 15, filamentis glabris. 

 2-3-merum lepidotum. Stili 3-partiti, laciniis 



Flovvering branches of very graceful 



repetite bifidis. 



Tree 20-25^^ high. 

 aspect. Leaves when young covered on both sides with sil- 

 very scales; these gradually disappear from upper side so that 

 the older leaves of herbarium specimens appear brown above 

 -and silvery beneath, a considerable number of scales remain- 

 ing however on upper surface. As far as the specimens at 

 hand go, every inflorescence seems to have a solitary female 

 flower with a long peduncle at its base. As is seen from the 

 plate, the male flowers drop pretty early and long before the 

 capsule is ripe, but this may be partly due to the drying. 

 In the female flower a ring-wall can be seen with five 

 episepal bifid glands. The male flower is densely clothed 

 wath hairs on the receptacle. Ripe capsule unknown, Seeds 

 (not entirely ripe) smooth. 



Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000'', May 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 3,035. — Plate XXV. 



JULOCROTON TRIQUETER Baill. 



Cerro Gordo,Depart. Santa Rosa, alt, 3,500^August 1892, 

 Heyde & Lux, no. 3,838. 



ACALYPHA Schlectendahliana Miill. Arg, (§Euacaly- 

 PiLE DC. Prod. 15^: 803.) 



Barranca de Eminenzia. Depart. Amatitlan, alt. 1,400^ 

 Peb. 1892, John Donnell Smith, no. 2,618. 



Acalypha Cancana Mlill. Arg. (§Euacalyph^.) 



' Rio de Los Esclavos, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 2,500^Feb. 

 1893, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,580. 



ACALYPHA MACROSTACHYA Jacq., var. SID^FOLIA Mull. 



Arg. 



(§ EUACALYPHyE.) 



Pansamahi, Alta Vera Paz, alt. 3, 800'', Oct. 1888, von 



Tiirckheim, no. 1,417- 



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