54 Contributions from the Gray Herbarium 



longae3 L5 mm. latae. Carina glabra 7.5 8.5 mm. longa. Petala 

 Buperiora oblonga 6 nun. longa. Capsula magna elliptico-orbicu- 

 larifi id i'j niin. longa LO L1.5 mm. lata valde emarginata (valle- 

 cula angusta 1.5 mm. alia) reticulata ciliata in lateribus subdense 

 puberula pilis brevibua patentibus. Semen pilosum 6 mm. longum. 

 Axillufl 3.7 niin. alius chartaceo-Bcariosus sparse pilosulus, margine 

 ventrali recte descendente dorsali adscendente angulum ca. 30 

 fonnante. P. platycarpa Benth. var. stricta Chod.! Monog. ii. 27 

 1 893), not P. stricta St. Hil. Guatemala: between Rabinal and 



- ntM Ann. Vera Paz, Sept. 1870, Bernoulli 1092 (type: K, fragm. 

 < | ; between ( hisoy and Rabinal, Sept. 1870, Bernoulli & Cario 

 3218 (K, fragm. G). T. 2. Fig. 31. 



67. P. Seleri Chod. Stems branched, puberulous, 2-3 dm. 

 long, the flowering branches 1 dm. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or apiculate, glabrescent, 3-5.5 cm. long, 1.2-2.2 cm. wide, 

 dial inctly petioled. Racemes terminal, rather loosely flowered, 15- 

 20-flowered, 5-10 cm. long, attenuate. Flowers 9 mm. long or 

 rarely longer, on pedicels 2.5-3 mm. long. Upper sepal conspicu- 

 ously arcuate, very acute. Wings elliptic-oblong, glabrous, sub- 

 obtuse or shortly acute, barely cuneate at base, twice as long as 

 1 troad, 9 mm. long, 3-nerved. Keel with limb about as long as claw. 

 Upper petals broad at base, curved, the limb gradually acute, 

 acutish at apex. Filaments glabrous. Ovary long-pilose. Capsule 

 (immature) orbicular, ciliate, narrowly margined. Seed unknown. 



Chod. Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 73 (1914). Described by 

 Chodat from Seler 3244, from Cuesta de la Conception, and Seler 

 3259, " from Jacaltenango, Dept. Huehuetenango, Guatemala. 

 Not seen; description compiled. 



Subsect. C. Adenophora, subsect. nov. Arillus trilobus equitans; 

 folia uniformia oblonga vel oblongo-linearia vel obovata valde 

 glanduloso-punctata parva (2-9 mm. longa); capsula oblongo- 

 ovata immarginata glanduloso-punctata. Species typica P. mac- 

 radenia Gray. 



a. Leaves obovate, mucronate, 6. 



6. Leaves incurved-pubescent 68. P. glandulosa. 



b. Leaves practically glabrous 69. P. phoenicistes. 



a. Leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, thick, canescent-hispid . . 70. P. macradenia. 



68. P. glandulosa HBK. Stems very numerous from a thick 

 woody root, fruticulose at base, branched, diffuse, 1-2 dm. long, 



