LUNDELL: THE GENUS PARATHESIS 153 
style 4.5-6 mm. long, black-punctate in lines; placenta obovoid, apiculate; 
ovules 7-9, uniseriate, enclosed; fruits depressed-globose, drying about 8 mm. 
in diam. 
COSTA RICA.—Atasveza: Laguna, Canton of Alfaro Ruiz, alt. 7000 ft., Apr. 17, 1937, 
Austin Smith 4131 (F), tree, 20 ft. high, cambium deep ox blood red, ripe fruit black; Palmira, 
alt. 1975 m., May 27, 1938, Austin Smith NY682 (A, F, NY), tree 7 m., bark light brown, 
scabby; La Pefia, cloud forest, alt. 1300 m., Dec. 26, 1939, Austin Smith P2179 (A, US), 
shrub, 4 m.; Palmira, alt. 2300 m., Apr. 18, 1940, Austin Smith P2633 (F, LL), tree 6 m., 
cambium layer pale pink. Carraco: Copey, in forest, alt. 1800 m., Feb. 1898, Adolfo Tonduz 
11714 (US, type; BM, LL, NY, isotypes); Santa Clara de Cartago, edge of forest, alt. 1950 m., 
July 20, 1923, William R. Maxon & Alfred D. Harvey 8144 (US), 3-4 m. high, fl. pink; Cerro 
de La Carpintera, wet forest, alt. 1500-1850 m., Feb. 1924, Paul C. Standley 35725 (US), 
tree 15-20 ft., fruit red and black, eaten; near Camp Empalme, along Pan American Highway, 
cloud forest, alt. 7300 ft., Feb. 16, 1943, Elbert L. Little, Jr. 6027 (F, US), small tree, fis. pale 
pink, berry red; Cerros de La Carpintera, June 20, 1957, R. L. Rodriguez C. 489 (UC), tree ca. 
6 m., leaves glossy, pedicels and buds red, corolla pink, stamens yellow. SAN Jose: between 
Aserri and Tarbaca, moist forest, alt. 1600-1900 m., Feb. 12, 1924, Paul C. Standley 34144 
(US), shrub 10 ft., fruit dark red; vicinity of Santa Maria de Dota, oak forest, alt. 1500-1800 
m., Dec. 14-26, 1925, Paul C. Standley 41671 (US), 41869 (US), 42385 (US), shrub 8-12 ft., 
fruit red and purple; northeast of El Copey, in dense oak and bamboo forest near Laguna de la 
Escuadra, alt. 2000-2200 m., Dec. 16, 1925, Paul C. Standley 42063 (US), shrub 10 ft., fruit 
red; Finca Guayabillos, wooded banks of quebrada north of farmhouse, alt. 2250-2275 m., 
July 7, 1936, C. W. Dodge & V. F. Goerger s.n. (F, LL, MO, US), shrub, corolla deep rose- 
pink striped. InpEFrnirE: Hacienda Mora, San Cristobal, 1910, Carlos Werckle s.n. (US), 
small tree; Santa Maria, alt. 5500 ft., May 7, 1928, H. H. Stork 2422 (LL, MICH); San 
Cristobal Road, alt. 6000 ft., June 14, 1928, H. E. Stork 2560 (F, type of P. Storkii; fragment, 
G), small tree, full-fruited with red drupes; roads above San Isidro de Coronado, alt. 1400— 
1600 m., Dec. 1, 1937—Jan. 1, 1938, Paul H. Allen 550 (A, F, MO), slender tree, 15 m., fruit 
dull red. 
PANAMA.—Cautrraut: Boquete District, Bajo Charro, rain forest, alt. 6000 ft., Mar. 4, 
1938, M. E. Davidson 379 (A, F, MO, US), shrub or vine; R. Chiriqui Viejo valley, Apr. 3, 
1938, Gene White 58 (GH, LL, MO), tree, 7-8 ft. tall; Boquete District, Volcan de Chiriqui, 
alt. 7000 ft., July 12, 1938, M. E. Davidson 907 (A, F, MO, US), tree 15-25 ft., fls. pink; R. 
Chiriqui Viejo valley, near river on island, July 13, 1938, Peggy White 156 (LL, MO), tree 
30-35 ft. tall, fls. pink; vicinity of “New Switzerland,” central valley of Rio Chiriqui Viejo, 
alt. 1800-2000 m., Jan. 6-24, 1939, Paul H. Allen 1352 (GH, LL, MO, NY, US), tree 10 m., 
fls. rose pink; Volcan de Chiriqui, Potrero Muleto to summit, alt. 3500-4000 m., July 13-15, 
1940, R. E. Woodson, Jr. & R. W. Schery 384 (GH, LL, MO), tree 8 m., fls. pink. 
P. Storkii Standl. has the base of style and ovary short pilose apically, but 
similar hairs occur sparsely in the type of P. glabra, and there is no basis for 
recognition of the species. Among the distinctive characteristics of P. glabra 
are its elliptic chartaceous leaves, long slender peduncles, minute stellate indu- 
ment of terminal internodes and lower surface of young leaves, and conspicuously 
black-punctate flowers. 
58. PARATHESIS AURANTIACA Lundell, Wrightia 3: 79, fig. 49. 1963. Fig. 56. 
Shrub, or tree up to 7 m. high, branchlets closely appressed tomentose with 
very fine hairs, glabrescent; leaves with petioles 1-2.5 cm. long; leaf blades 
lanceolate, lanceolate-elliptic or oblanceolate, 7-20 cm. long, 2.5-6 cm. wide, 
membranaceous, crenulate-serrulate, apex slightly contracted and acuminate, 
base acuminate, decurrent, at first pubescent beneath with fine small pale 
