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412 (K), 453 (K); Salle (K). Guatemala: Skinner (GK); moun- 

 tains, Jan. 1841, Hartweg 572 (BK); Chilasco, 1861, Salvin & 

 Godman (K); Pansamala, 1220 m., May 1887, Tuerckheim 390 (K); 

 Guatemala City, 1525 m., Feb. 1890, J. D. Smith 1857 (GK); 

 Carrizal, Dept. Santa Rosa, 1525 m., Jan. 1892, Heyde & Lux 

 4313 (GK); Coban, 1350 m., Mar. 1907, Tuerckheim II. 703 

 (BG); between Jacaltenango and San Martin, 1615-2135 m., 24 

 Dec. 1895, Nelson 3603 (G); Tactic, Dept. Alta Verapaz, 1800 

 m., Mar. 1903, Tuerckheim 8376 (G). T. 2. Fig. 39. 



75. P. sphaerospora Chod. Shrub with slender striate slightly 

 puberulous branches. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, at base long- 

 cuneate, chartaceous or subherbaceous, glabrescent, 3.8-7 cm. 

 long, 1.3-2.4 cm. wide, on petioles 2-3 mm. long, puberulous. 

 Racemes terminal, at length loosely flowered, the rachis appressed- 

 puberulous ; pedicels 10 mm. long, at length nodding. Flowers 9- 

 10 mm. long, like those of P. floribunda. Capsule shorter than the 

 wings, 7 mm. long, 7.5 mm. broad. Seeds globose, grayish but not 

 tomentose with subappressed hairs. Aril deeply and irregularly 

 rugose, 1/3 shorter than the seed, glabrous and shining. Chod. 

 Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 75 (1914), as P. sphaerosporum. De- 

 scribed by Chodat from Seler 3393, from sandstone slates, above 

 San Geronimo, Dept. Samala, Guatemala. Not seen; descrip- 

 tion compiled. 



76. P. Sectjridaca Chod. Shrub, the branches woody, densely 

 leafy, above subtomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptic, barely acute, 

 obtusiusculous, usually rounded at base, subcoriaceous, the mid- 

 nerve prominent beneath, the lateral nerves 6-7 pairs, softly to- 

 mentellous, 4.2-7 cm. long, 2-3.3 cm. wide, on petioles 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, tomentellous. Racemes terminal, solitary or rarely subpanic- 

 ulate, subcorymbiform or shortly cylindric, 3-5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. 

 broad; rachis tomentellous or hirsute; pedicels hirsute, 7 mm. long. 

 Flowers 10-12 mm. long. Wings as in P. floribunda. Fruit and 

 seed unknown. Chod. Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 76 (1914). 

 Described by Chodat from Seler 3345, mountain wood above Co- 

 pan, Honduras. Not seen; description compiled. 



77. P. apopetala Brandegee. Shrub or small tree, 0.6-5 m. 

 high, branched, the branches woody, grayish-green, sparsely or 

 densely strigillose, leafy. Leaves ovate, acutish to truncate or 



