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pallidiora subdense puberula pilis incurvis 2.2-4.8 cm. longa 1.7- 

 2.7 cm. lata in petiolis 2 mm. longis. Racemi subdensiflori ca. 5 

 cm. longi. Flores ut videtur ochroleuci. Sepala lanceolata acumi- 

 nata subdense patenti-pilosula 3 mm. longa. Alae oblongo-ovales 

 apice rotundatae ciliolatae ad costam et apicem versus subpatenti- 

 pilosulae 4.5-5.5 mm. longae 2.5-2.8 mm. latae. Carina glabra 4.2 

 mm. longa. Petala superiora oblonga carinam aequantia. Capsula 

 elliptica emarginata dense ciliolata et subpatenti-pilosula 9 mm. 

 longa 8 mm. lata. Semen sericeum 6 mm. longum. Arillus 2.3-3.8 

 mm. altus scariosus plus minusve pilosus, umbone minimo subindu- 

 rato densius piloso, margine anteriore verticali dorsali suberecto, 

 irregulariter dentato-lobato. Guatemala: Escuintla, Dept. 

 Escuintla, 335 m., Mar. 1890, J. D. Smith 1980 (type: G); 

 Cerro Gordo, Dept. Santa Rosa, 1065 m., Sept. 1892, Heyde & 

 Lux 3941 p. p. (G). Also in hb. Kew. from Guatemala without 

 definite locality, collected by J. D. Smith (probably a portion of 

 J. D. S. 1980). T. 2. Fig. 33. 



60. P. guatemalensis A. W. Bennett. Suffruticulose, 0.5 m. 

 high, with few erect branches. Stem slender, rather closely pubes- 

 cent with short incurved hairs mixed with long spreading ones. 

 Leaves ovate, the upper acuminate, scarcely mucronulate, at base 

 rounded-cuneate, reticulate with 5-7 pairs of lateral veins, firm and 

 subcoriaceous, ciliate, above dark green, subsparsely pubescent 

 with short and long incurved-appressed hairs, beneath paler, 

 sparsely incur ved-puberulous along the veins, with a few longer 

 looser hairs, 2.5-3.9 cm. long, 8-15 mm. wide, on incurved-puberu- 

 lous and subspreading-pilose petioles 1.5-3 mm. long. Racemes 

 somewhat densely flowered, incurved-puberulous, 4.5-9.5 cm. long. 

 Sepals lanceolate, acute, ciliolate and sparsely incurved-puberulous, 

 3 mm. long. Alae oblong, rounded at apex, incurved-puberulous 

 along costa and toward apex, 5-6 mm. long. Keel 7 mm. long. 

 Upper petals oblong, 6 mm. long. Capsule (immature) elliptic, 

 rather densely pilosulous with short spreading hairs, 8 mm. long, 

 6.5 mm. wide. Seed (quite immature) glabrous, 2.2 mm. long. 

 Arillus 1.1 mm. high, cloak-like, closely investing the seed, suben- 

 tire with short but distinct horizontal dorsal lobe, the sides mem- 

 branous-scarious, unlobed. A. W. Bennett! Journ. Bot. xxxiii. 

 108 (1895). Guatemala: bushy places, Coban, 1340 m., Tuerck- 

 heim 298 (type: K). Cited by Bennett as " Kurtz 298," but the 



