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cordate-emarginate with narrow sinus, 6 mm. long, 6.5 mm. wide. 

 Seed shortly ellipsoid, tomentose, umbonate at base. Aril about 

 half as long as seed. Chod. Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 75 (1914), 

 as P. honduranum. Based by Chodat on Rothschuh 616, from 

 Cuesta del Monte grande, Dept. Matagalpa, Nicaragua, and 

 Niederlein sine num., 455-610 m., between Meambar and Puente 

 de los Altos de Santa Cruz, Honduras. Not seen; description 

 compiled. 



79. P. tonsa, sp. nov. Fruticosa ramosa basi invisa. Caulis 

 viridis tenuis ut inflorescentia subsparse minutissime incurvo-pu- 

 berulus. Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata acuminata mucronulata 

 basi cuneata chartacea non reticulata (venis lateralibus ca. 7-jugis) 

 supra viridia ju vent ate sparse minute appresso-puberula aetate 

 glabra subtus ad costam sparsissime strigillosa demum glabrata 

 margine paullulum revoluto ciliolato albido-punctata 7-10 cm. 

 longa 2.1-3.5 cm. lata, in petiolis sparse incurvo-puberulis 3-4 mm- 

 longis. Racemi extra-axillares 2 cm. longi, pedicellis 5-6 mm. 

 longis. Sepala ovalia sparse glandulari-ciliolata dorso subglabra 

 sed glanduloso-adspersa 2.5-3.5 mm. longa. Alae orbiculares 

 viridescentes apice rotundatae basi breviter unguiculatae glabrae 

 eciliolatae 7.5 mm. longae 7.5 mm. latae. Carina viridescens 6.5 

 mm. longa. Petala superiora obovata 4.5 mm. longa. Capsula 

 quadrato-elliptica basi breviter stipata glabra eciliolata alata emar- 

 ginata 6.5 mm. longa 5.8 mm. lata. Semen (arillo excluso) ellip- 

 soideum pilosum 3 mm. diametro paullulum complanatum. Arillus 

 2 mm. altus coriaceo-carnosus in lateribus plus minusve pilosus. 

 Guatemala: La Vega, Dept. Santa Rosa, 1525 m., Sept. 1893, 

 Heyde & Lux 3067 (type coll. : GK). Distributed as P. monninoi- 

 des HBK. T. 2. Fig. 40. 



Sect. 2. Adenotricha, sect. nov. Sepala saepissime plus 

 minusve glandulari-ciliata ; flores mediocres vel parvi alis 2-5.3 

 mm. latis; herbae annuae vel perennes foliis parvis vel mediocribus 

 linearibus vel oblongis vel ellipticis sessilibus vel brevipetiolatis. 

 Species typica P. grandiflora Walt. 



a. Sepals without pedicellate glands, b. 

 b. Plant glabrous or nearly so, c. 



c. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate; wings not reticulate. 



82. P. cubensis. 

 c. Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong; wings reticulate. 



80. P. Krugii. 

 b. Plant pubescent 83. P. Wrightii. 



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