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135. P. Sakviniana A. W. Bennett. Similar in habit, inflores- 

 cence (1.7 cm. long or less), pubescence, and leaves; stems 1 dm. 

 long or less. Flowers apparently always with green not purple 

 midribs, 3 mm. long. Sepals ovate, obtusish to acutish, 0.9 mm. 

 long. Wings obovate, obtuse (apparently acute by inflexion), 3 

 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide. Keel 1.5 mm. long. Capsule elliptic, 

 very narrowly winged, 2.3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide. Seed oblong, 

 puberulous, 2 mm. long. Lobes of aril oblong, 1.2 mm. long. 

 A. W. Benn.! Journ. Bot, xvii. 203 (1879); Chod. Monog. ii. 288 

 (1893). Guatemala: ridge above Calderas, 2530 m., 20 Oct. 

 1873, Salvin (cotype : K) ; grassy places, Llano de la Laguna de 

 Ayarces, July 1870, Bernoulli 695 (cotype: K). 



136. P. oxysepala, sp. nov. Fruticulosa pluricaulis caulibus 

 tenuibus sparse minute strigillosis vel incurvo-puberulis ramosis 

 adscendentibus 5-35 longis. Folia linearia acuminata mucronata 

 1-nervia crassiuscula subsessilia subglabra vel sparse incurvo- 

 puberula 5-13 mm. longa 0.8-1 mm. lata. Racemi laxi- vel sub- 

 densiflori demum 6 cm. longi. Sepala ovato-lanceolata acuminata 

 plus minus ve inflexa medio viridia albo-marginata 1.5-1.8 mm. 

 longa. Alae spathulato-obovatae apice obtusae late albo-margin- 

 atae 3-3.5 mm. longae 0.8-1.3 mm. latae. Carina 1.5 nun. longa. 

 Capsula elliptica loculo postico angustissime alato 2.6 mm. longa 

 1.5 mm. lata. Semen oblongum teres breviter pilosum 2 mm. 

 longum. Arillus 1.2-1.5 mm. altus, umbone minimo lobis 2 later- 

 alibus oblongis appressis scariosis. Guatemala: San Miguel 

 Uspantan, Dept. Quiche, 1830 m., Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux 3005 

 (GK); Santa Rosa, Dept. Baja Verapaz, 1525 m., Apr. 1887, 

 Tuerckheim 1202 (type coll.: GK). T. 2. Fig. 85. 



137. P. viridis Wats. Several-stemmed, suffruticulose, the 

 stems subsimple or branched, spreading, rather densely puberulous 

 with very short wide-spreading hairs, 5.5-11 cm. long. Leaves 

 obovate-spatulate, acutish at the mucronate apex, long-cuneate at 

 base, coriaceous, 1-nerved, scarcely revolute, sparsely spreading- 

 puberulous, 5-11 mm. long, 1.5-3.6 mm. wide. Racemes loosely 

 flowered, 1-2.5 cm. long. Upper sepal oval, the lower ovate, ob- 

 tuse, herbaceous with very narrow white border, 1 mm. long. 

 Wings obovate, obtuse, not involute, green with narrow white mar- 

 gin, 2.6 mm. long, 0.9 mm. wide. Keel 2.3 mm. long; crest of 2 

 pairs of lobes, the posterior adnate, the anterior bifid. Upper petals 



