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(•Hiilirmed the apparent identity. This is by no means an isolated case 

 of the occurrence of identical species in Ecuador and Guatemala, but 

 it has peculiar interesl from the marked character and rarity of the 

 plant concerned. Mr. 1» peci mens were collected at Los Ami 



Guatemala, LO February, L905, and distributed as no. ( .»7 of his 

 He write- that only 8 tew plants were found, and that these were growing 

 in rather wet situations deep in the virgin forest. An interesting 

 morphological as well as systematic account of the Bpecies is given 

 in Professor Hackel's original characterization, Oest. Bot, Zeitscbx xl, 

 111 I L890). 



Fuirena zacapana Bartlett, n. Bp., rhizomate perpendicular] elon- 

 gate modice incrassato ; culmis 9 dm. Longis graoilibus ascendentibus 

 hispidis vel ad basin glabriusculis ca. 8-foliisj foliorum vaginis L.5-3 

 cm. longis dense hispidis ; ibliis linearibus utrimpie hispidis usque ad 

 .") nun. latis, in partibus cuhni inferioribus l cm. longis Buperne 9 cm. 

 Longis \ capitulis 3-4, infimo solitario in axilla folii Bupremi peduncu- 

 late, reliquis plus minusve approximatis ; spiculis in capitulo quoque 

 3-6 ovatis I nan. latis s mm. Longis; squamis brunneis pnbescentibus 

 in spiculae basi suborbiculatia in apice ovatis trinerviis, in dorso recti- 

 aristatis ; sepalis 3 brunneis glabris duriusculis ovatis basi Bubcordatis 

 Longe unguiculatis apice rotundatis infra apicem in dorso breviaristatis, 

 aristis retrorsum scabris ; setulis 3 cum sepalis alternantibus Buperne 

 retrorsum scabris quam achaenio multo brevioribus : achaenio 1" 

 stipitato mucronato sepala paene aequante. — In swamps, Gualan, 

 Department of Zacapa, Guatemala, L3 January, L905, C. C. Deam, 

 no. 423 (type, in lib. Gray). This very distinct species is nearest to 

 /•'. simplex Vahl, from which it differs in its lax habit, in the extreme 

 development of pubescence on the leaf-sheaths, in its short perianth- 

 bristles, and long-stiped achene. 



Myriocarpa malacophylla Robinson & Bartlett, n. sp., arborea 

 I in. ;ilt it inline ; ramis eurvatis crassiusculis molliter Lignosis siccitate 

 corrugate rugulosis pallide griseis juventate tomentosis aetate glabra- 

 tis, lenticellis paucis 3parsisj foliis membranaceis Late ovatis cordatis 

 breviter caudate-acuminatis serratis 17 cm, Longis II em. latis Bupra 

 more generis sparse pilosis et cystolithis radiantibus instructis subtua 

 molliter tomentosis griseis, apice candiformi ca. 1 em. Longo, nervis 

 Lateralibus ntrinque 4—5 j petiolo L.7-2 cm. vel ultra Longo tomentoso; 

 inflorescentiis omnino sessilibus ca. l cm. supra basin furcatis; ramis 

 1-2 dm. Longis griseo-tomentosis unilateraliter Boriferis; Eoribus 9 

 ante sessilibus j calyculo 2-phyllo brevissimo villoso; ovario lenticu- 

 lari-ovoideo 0.7-0.9 nun. Longo villoso hispidulo ; Qoribus S etiam 

 sessilibus, sepalis l ovatis obtusis villosis, staminibus -1. — Gualan, 



