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petioles slender, 2-14 mm. long, the blades elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or narrowly obovate-oblong, 
7.5-19 cm. long, 1.6-6.3 em. wide, cuneate or broadly cuneate at the base, somewhat abruptly 
acute or acuminate at the apex, with a usually obtuse acumen, thin, deep-green, concolorous, 
glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberwlent beneath along the veins, the margins plane or 
obscurely revolute, the lateral veins evident beneath, 6-12 on each side, divergent, straight 
or arcuate; peduncles of the staminate cymes 2.5-12 cm. long, terminal and axillary, slender, 
puberulent or glabrate, the cymes loosely branched, 5-12 cm. broad, many-flowered, the 
branches slender, ascending or divaricate, densely ferrugino-puberulent, the flowers subsessile 
or on slender pedicels 1-5 mm. long, the bractlets triangular-oblong or subulate, 1 mm. 
long, puberulent, the perianth tubular or suburceolate, 4-8 mm. long, acute at the base, 
slightly constricted at the mouth, minutely puberulent; stamens 5; peduncles of the pistillate 
cymes slender, 4-6 cm. long, the cymes 4-9 cm. broad, loosely branched, the branches divari- 
cate, puberulent, the flowers on stout pedicels 0.5—-3 mm. long, or sometimes subsessile, the 
perianth tubular, 3-4 mm. long, puberulent, 5-dentate, the teeth ovate-deltoid, acute; style 
lightly exserted; fruit 7-9 mm. long, oblong-ellipsoid, the free portion of the perianth | mm. 
long and usually broader; utricle finely striate; seed oblong, 6 mm. long, pale-brown, finely 
striate. 
Tyre LocaLity: Escuintla, Guatemala, at an altitude of 330 meters. 
DIstRiBUTION: Guatemala to Costa Rica. 
7. Neea Pittieri Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 383. 1911. 
A shrub or small tree, the older branches stout, gray, the branchlets stout, compressed, 
sparsely and minutely puberulent when young, glabrate in age, the internodes usually elongate; 
leaves opposite and alternate, the petioles stout, 0.7—-2.5 cm. long, the blades oval, ovate-oval, 
or rounded-ovate, 19-30 cm. long, 9.5-12.5 cm. wide, broadest at or below the middle, rounded 
or obtuse at the base, abruptly cuspidate-acuminate at the apex or rarely gradually acuminate, 
with a triangular or linear-triangular, acuminate or attenuate acumen, the blades thin, deep- 
green above, sparsely puberulent and minutely puncticulate, beneath slightly paler, minutely 
puberulent and raphidulous, the margins plane or subrevolute, the lateral veins prominent 
beneath, 11-14 on each side, widely arcuate-ascending; peduncles of the staminate cymes 
3.5-7.5 cm. long, terminal, rather slender, densely puberulent, or glabrate in age, the cymes 
many-flowered, 5-12 cm. broad, the slender branches divaricate, the flowers on pedicels 1-3 
mun. long, the bractlets linear-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm. long, acuminate, puberulent, the perianth 
tubular, slightly constricted at the throat, 7-9 mm. long, puberulent, 5-dentate, the teeth 
triangular-ovate, acute; stamens 5-10, very unequal, the longest filaments 5 mm. long, the 
anthers 1.5-2 mm. long; pistillate cymes similar to the staminate ones, 5-6 cm. broad, on pe- 
duncles 2.5-5.5 cm. long, the branches stouter, the flowers subsessile or on stout pedicels 5 mm. 
long, the perianth tubular, 7-8 mm. long, puberulent, the style included; fruit 8-9 mm. long, 
oblong-ellipsoid, the utricle obscurely costate; seed ellipsoid, 6 mm. long, brown, smooth. 
Type LocaLity: Valley of Tuis, Costa Rica, at an altitude of 1000 meters. 
DistRIBUTION: Costa Rica and Panama. 
8. Neea amplifolia Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 61: 386. 1916. 
Shrub, 0.5-1 meter high, the young branches stout, ferrugino-puberulent or glabrate, the 
internodes elongate; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 2~3 cm. long, ferrugino-puberulent, 
the blades obovate, oval, or oval-elliptic, 19-27 cm. long, 8-9 cm. wide, broadest at or some- 
times above the middle, obtuse or cuneate at the base, abruptly cuspidate-acuminate or 
attenuate at the apex, thin, deep-green, concolorous, sparsely puberulent or glabrate above, 
copiously short-villous beneath with fulvous hairs, the lateral veins prominent, arcuate- 
ascending; peduncles of the staminate cymes axillary, 6-12 em. long, very slender, the cymes 
loosely many-flowered, 4.5—-7 cm. long, the branches divaricate, ferrugino-puberulent, the 
flowers on pedicels 1-3 mm. long, the bractlets ovate, 2 mm. long; staminate perianth tubular, 
10-12 mm. long, constricted in the throat, puberulent, 5-dentate, the teeth triangular, acute; 
stamens 8, the longer filaments 5 mm. long, the anthers 1 mm. long; fruit not known. 
TyPE LocALIty: In forests along the Rio Hondo near Madre de Dios, Comarca de Limén, 
Costa Rica, at an altitude of 200 meters. 
DrstRisuTIon: Costa Rica. 
