214 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [MARCH 
menta in sicco es coerulea laete brunneo-venosa.—Ad n. 766 Bernoulli 
et Cario acceden 
Cubilquitz, Deak Alta Verapaz, Guat., alt. 350™, Jan. 1902, von Tuerck- 
heim, n. 8326 ex Pl. Guat. &c., quas e ‘Sm 
Meliosma Donnellsmithii Uthat —Foliis alternis, ad apicem 
ramorum confertis, 3—-7™™" longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis, 
apice rotundatis, nunc brevissime acuminatis, ab 3—4 longitudinis 
usque ad basin longe et sensim angustatis, basi ipsa abrupte in 
petiolum contractis v. subcordatis, 25—45°™ longis, 8-12 latis, cr. 
3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, planis, nervo medio supra sub- 
impresso, lateralibus supra vix prominulis v. subimpressis, subtus 
crassiuscule prominentibus, chartaceis v. subcoriaceis, margine 
integris v. superne parvissime dentatis; petalis exterioribus 2.2— 
2.5™™ longis, interioribus parce et minute pilosulis integris; — 
cupula antherifera apice rotundata, leviter sublongitrorsum dehis- 
centibus; disco vix evoluto; stylo integro.  . : 
Arbuscula 3-4™ alta (ex Donnell Smith). Rami hornotini subglabri ; 
gemmae brevissime pilosulae. Folia nervis lateralibus 15-20, subangulo” 
45-55° abeuntibus, utrinque reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra in sicco” 
glauco-olivacea, subtus ~pallide brunnea, ad nervum medium -brevissime — 
pilosa, caeterum glabra. Paniculae cr. 6° longe pedunculatae, cr. 25°™ ; 
longae, ad basin glabratae, caeterum brevissime et subadpresse pilosae; 
bracteae triangulares v. triangulari-lanceolatae, cr. 1™™ longae; rami hori- 
zontaliter patentes; flores sessiles v. subsessiles, prophyllis 3-5 semiorbiculari- 
bus v, breviter orbicularibus 0.5-0.6™™" longis suffulti. Sepala semiorbicularia 
v. suborbicularia, apice rotundata, margine brevissime ciliata, 0.8" longa, 
o.8-1™™" lata, chartacea. Petala exteriora suborbicularia coriacea, margine 
glabra, subinaequalia, interiora sublinearia, obtusiuscula, 1.8™™" longa, vix 
o0.5™™" lata, I-nervia, Staminodia 1™ longa, in } alt. petalis adnata, apice 
truncata. Filamenta latiuscule linearia, 1.2™™ longa ; cupula antherifera 
breviter, orbicularis, basi emarginata, 0.6™ lata, Discus vix indicatus. 
Ovarium suborbiculare apice in stylum contractum. Stylus 0.8™™ longus, 
ovario duplo longior, subaequicrassus, basi oblique insertus. Stigma puncti- 
forme. re punegie foliorum M. Jtatiaiae Urb. a Brasilia valde similis. 
oras Rio Turrialba, Prov. Cartago, Cost., alt. 5007" Mart. 1896, 
J. pele n. 6852 ex Pl. Guat. &c., quas ed. Donn, Sm. 
BALTIMORE, MD. 
