2 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 
Cymbopetalum stenophyllum Donnell Smith.—Absque 
pistillis glaberrimum. Folia anguste oblongo-lanceolata 
longiuscule acuminata ad basim acutam inaequilatera mem- 
branacea pellucido-punctula, petiolis brevissimis. Pedun- 
culus folio aut summo aut pznultimo oppositus ab eoque ter 
quaterve superatus. Petala interiora magna ovalia quasi cal- 
ceiformia, exteriora triente minora orbiculari-ovata. Stamina 
brevia. Pistilla numerosa, stigmate oblique bivalvato un- 
cinato. 
A shrub 12-15" high. Leaves distichous, 6-7 x 1}-1}". 
Peduncle erect, 1-13" long, ebracteolate. Flower 23" in 
diam. Sepals minute, broader than long. Petals glabrous, 
virescent, transversely wrinkled; the exterior membranaceous, 
plane, 8-9} long, apiculate; the interior fleshy, 12-14x 10-II , 
very concave, the inflexed margins 3-4' broad. Stamens 2' 
long, filament minute, gland-dilated apex of connective nearly 
glabrous. Torus hemispherical. Carpels 16-18, linear, com- 
pressed, with the nearly as long style added a little exceed- 
ing stamens, 5-6 ribs pubescent; stigma puberulous, bent 
back at apex; ovules 6-9. Berries not seen.“Banks of Rio 
Ocosito near Caballo Blanco, Depart. speed le Guat., 
alt. 250°, Apr. 1802,’ J.D. S., no. ft, 
CAPPARIS HEYDEANA Donnell Stith, in Bot. Gaz. 18: 
197. 1893. (Char. amplif.).—Glaberrima. Folia elliptico- 
vel obovato-oblonga 5—9-pollicaria utrinque acuminata, peti- 
olis canaliculatis pollicaribus. Flores pauci in racemo ter- 
minali brevissimo dispositi, pedicellis petiolos zquantibus. 
Petala magna obovato-spathulata sepalis oblongis obtusis 8—- 
10-linearibus in anthesi caducis triplo longiora. Stamina 6 
cum carpophoro equilongo petala pene zquantia. Ovarium 
spurie 2-loculare, disci glandulis distinctis triangularibus. 
Bacca oblonga pollicaris carpophori dimidium zquiparans 
continua subtetragona parce verrucosa 4-locularis, loculamen- 
tis superpositis monospermis. PLATE 
The additional characters are drawn from more complete 
specimens collected by M. Adolph Tonduz in Talamanca, 
Costa Rica, little above sea-level, Mch. 1894 (no. 8,528).? 
1An open of ibe flora of Costa Rica pp a mone extended von than 
has heretofore been attempted in any part of Central America is now being 
prosecuted oe MM. Pittier de gmt and Tonduz. The sabia to tain- 
ing already some 9,000 numbers, serve as the basis ‘of Primitia Flore Costart- 
censis, a publication by MM. Durand won Pittier, assisted by various collabor- 
ators. 
