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menta in sicco pallide coerulea laete brunneo-venosa. — Ad n. 766 BernoiiUi 

 et Carlo accedens. 



Cubilquitz, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guat., alt. 350'", Jan. 1902, vo7i Trterck- 

 heifii, n. 8326 ex PI. Guat. &c., quas ed. Donn. Sm. 



Meliosma Donnellsmithii Urban.^ — FoHis alternis, ad apicem 

 ramorum confertis, 3-7'"™ longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis, 

 apice rotundatis, nunc brevissime acuminatis, ab |--|- longitudinis 

 usque ad basin longe et sensim angustatis, basi ipsa abrupte in 

 petiolum contractis v. subcordatis, 25-45*^" longis, 8-12'^" latis, er. 

 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^ mm longis, interioribus parce et minute pilosulis integris; 

 cupula antherifera apice rotundata, leviter sublongitrorsum dehis- 

 centibus; disco vix evcluto ; stylo integro. 



Arbuscula 3-4™ alta (ex Donnell Smith). Rami hornotini subglabri ; 

 gemmae brevissime pilosulae. Folia nervis lateralibus 1 5-20, subangulo 

 45~55° abeuntibus, utrinque reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra in sicco 

 glauco-olivacea, subtus pallide brunnea, ad nervum medium brevissime 

 pilosa, caeterum glabra. Paniculae er. ö*^*" longe pedunculatae, er. 25"='" 

 longae, ad basin glabratae, caeterum brevissime et subadpresse pilosae; 

 bracteae trianguläres v. triangulari-lanceolatae, er. i """ longae ; rami hori- 

 zontaliter patentes; flores sessiles v. subsessiles, prophyllis 3-5 semiorbiculari- 

 bus v. breviter orbicularibus 0.5-0.6""' longis suffulti. Sepalasemiorbicularia 

 v. suborbicularia, apice rotundata, margine brevissime ciliata, o.S'""" longa, 

 0.8-1™'" lata, chartacea. Petala exteriora suborbicularia coriacea, margine 

 glabra, subinaequalia, interiora sublinearia, obtusiuscula, lS"""" longa, vix 

 0.5 ■"■" lata, i-nervia. Staminodia i """ longa, in 5 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. — Ambitu foliorum M . Itatiaiae Urb. a Brasilia valde similis. 



Ad oras Rio Turrialba, Prov. Cartago, Cost., alt. 500""'" Marl. 1896, 

 /. Donnell S^nith, n. 6852 ex PI. Guat. &c., quas ed. Donn. Sm. 



Baltimore, Md. 



