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intus glabris ; corollae tubo gracillimo in fauces distincte ampliato 

 appresse griseo-puberulo vel arachnoideo 1 cm. longo ; limbi lobis 

 4 suborbicularibus 1 mm. longis extus rufo-hispidulis intus et ore 

 nudis ; stylo paulo exserto, apice bifido nigro. — Rondeletia J. D. Sm. 

 Enum. PI. Guat. i. 16 (1889). R. villosa J. D. Sm. 1. c. ii. 94 (1891), 

 not Hemsl. — Guatemala : Coban, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 1475 m., 

 March, 1881, //. von Tuerckheim, no. 582 of Mr. J. Donnell Smith's dis- 

 tribution (type, in Gray Herb.). This plant is clearly distinct from 

 R. villosa Hemsl., which has considerably broader (ovate) stipules and 

 a very different closely matted white pubescence on the lower surface 

 of the leaves, a more slender and denser inflorescence, etc. 



Var. ovata, n. var., minus rufescens ; foliis ovatis brevioribus 7-9 cm. 

 longis basi rotundatis, aliter formae typicae similis. — R. villosa, 

 forma strigosissima J. D. Sm. Enum. PI. Guat. vii. 15 (1905), nomen. — 

 Guatemala : Tactic, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 550 m., March, 1903, 

 H. von Tuerckheim, no. 8401 of Mr. J. Donnell Smith's distribution. 



Rondeletia secundiflora, n. sp., arborescens ; ramulis gracilibus 

 teretibus dense griseo-strigillosis ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis apice basique 

 acuminatis tenuissimis 7-9 cm. longis 2-3.5 cm. latis utrinque appresse 

 pilosiusculis subtus paulo pallidioribus, nerviis ca. 8-jugis; petiolo 

 gracili 4-6 mm. longo griseo-piloso ; stipulis a basi deltoidea subulatis 

 2 mm. longis ; inflorescentiis 6-8 cm. longis spiciformibus plus minusve 

 recurvis valde secundis, rhachi hirsutulo, cymulis parvis subsessilibus 

 paucifloris numerosis ; floribus deflexis ; calycis tubo subgloboso dense 

 patentimque sordido-hirsuto, lobis 4 modice inaequalibus minus dense 

 indutis 1.4-2 mm. longis erectis spatulato-linearibus vel anguste 

 lanceolatis ; corolla 9 mm. longa extus strigillosa, tubo gracili cylin- 

 drica, limbo 4-lobo, lobis suborbicularibus patulis 1.3 mm. diametro, 

 ore nudo. — Guatemala : in woods, along the road from Patin to 

 Esquintla, 21 July, 1860, Dr. Sutton Hayes (type, in Gray Herb.). 

 This species is obviously related to R. capitellata Hemsl. but may be 

 readily distinguished by the shaggy-hirsute tube and lance-linear or 

 spatulate lobes of the calyx. 



Rondeletia septicidalis, n. sp., fruticosa ; ramis teretibus plus 

 minusve flexuosis griseo-brunneis ; foliis oppositis ovatis vel lan- 

 ceolato-ovatis apice basique acuminatis firrniusculis 11-16 cm. 

 longis 2-7 cm. latis utrinque Viridibus subtus pallidioribus supra 

 glaberrimis subtus basin versus obscure pilosulis, nerviis lateralibus 

 ca. 8-jugis, petiolo 1-2.3 cm. longo glabro vel glabriusculo ; stipulis 

 anguste lanceolatis glabris 5 mm. longis acutis ; inflorescentiis in 

 axillis superioribus spiciformibus 1-1.5 dm. longis, pedunculo 1.5- 

 3.5 cm. longo gracili tereti, rhachi simillimo obscure arachnoideo ; 



