Vol. XVI. No. 6— Botanical Gazette — July, 1891." 



Undescribed plants from Guatemala, IX. 



JOHN DONNELL SMITH. 



(WITH PLATES XVI, XVII, XVIII.) 



New species, described by Prof. L. Radlkofer and by Dr. 

 M. T. Masters, are included among those of this paper. 



Serjania ruflsepala Radlk. — Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; 

 rami canaliculato-6-sulcati, cortice subfusco; corpus lignosum 

 simplex, sulcatum (fasciculis vasorum angulis subjectis corpo 

 rum lignosorum periphericorum speciem interdum praebentibus 

 ut in Serjania sordida affinibusque); folia biternata; foliola sat 

 magna, elliptica, superiora acuminato-cuspidata, terminalia 

 in pejiolulum attenuata, lateralia sessilia, omnia integerrima, 

 subcoriacea, penninervia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 valid- 

 ioribus arcuato-adscendentibus supra subtusque prominulis, 

 utrinque glaberrima, nee nisi glandulis microscopicis adspersa, 

 supra nitida, fuscescenti-viridia, punctis pellucidis subfuscis 

 notata, epidermide mucigera; petioli omnes nudi; thyrsi in 

 ramis lateralibus paniculatim congesti; cincinni sessiles; flores 

 minores; sepala omnia rufescenti-tomentella; fructus ( — im- 

 maturi tantum suppetebant) pulchre sanguinei, breviter ovati, 

 loculis canescenti-puberulis, alis glabris. 



Rand thyrsigeri diametro 4-5 mm. Folia circ. 20 cm longa, 14 cm lata; foli- 

 ola terminalia rpetiolulo 8 mm longo adjecto 1 1 cm longa, 5 cm lata, lateralia 

 decrescentim minora; petiolus communis 8.5 cm longus; stipulae minutae 

 Thyrsi circ. 7 cm longi, rhachi puberula; cincinni abbreviati; pedicelh breves, 

 fructigeri 3 mm longi. Flares (masculi) : sepala interior* 3.5 mm longa. / 

 tola sepalis vix longiora, intus glanduligera; squamae superiores crista bifida 

 appendiceque deflexa brevi dense villoso-barbata, inferiores crista oblique den- 

 tiformi instructs. Tori glandulae ovatae, basi puberula?. Stamnium filamenta 

 villosiuscula, antherae glabrae. Germinis rudimentum parvum, tngonum pu- 

 berulum. Fructus (immaturus) 2-2.2 cm longus, 1.8 cm latus. — Obs. Affinis 

 Sny\ sordid* Radlk. (Sect, xi; cf. Radlk. Serjanise Monogr. p. 872; buppl. 

 P- HI). 



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Smith Enumeratio Plantarum Guatemalensium, Pars I, 1889, 

 n - 1 I 53)— Scandens, fruticosa, glabra; rami 6-sulcati, cortice 

 e viridi pallide subfusco, ad costas rubescente; corpus ligno- 

 sum simplex, hexagonum, leviter sulcatum; folia biternata; 

 foliola ex oblongo vel ovato lanceolata, prxsertim terminalia 



