4 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 
CUPHEA EPILOBIFOLIA Koehne, var. canescens Koehne.— 
Folia juniora pilis parallele adpressis densissimis incana, mox 
infra, demum supra glabrescentia. Pedicelli intrapetiolares. 
Ovarium villosum, stylus ovarii circ. 3-plum zequans. Cetera 
ut in var. Costaricensi Koehne. 
Banks of Rio Jiménez, Llanos de Santa “we Comarca de 
Limén, Costa Rica, alt. 650%, Apr. 1894, J. D. S., no. 4,807. 
Homalium eos gr Donnell Smith (§ Ril aciiuien Benth. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. 4: 33.).—Folia nitida obovato-elliptica 
subito acuminata, basi oat margine crenato. Racemi ax- 
illares, etiam in paniculam terminalem laxam dispositi, flori- 
bus canescentibus 5—7-meris, supremis solitariis isgoiercis 
inferioribus autem ternis graciliter pedunculatis. Calycis 
tubus pedicellis brevior, segmentis quam petala dimidio brev- 
ioribus triploque angustioribus. Stamina terna. Ovarium 
hirsutum in stylos 3 distinctos longe productum. 
Tree 30° high. Leaves 6-7 x 3-34", thin-coriaceous, veiny, 
coarse crenatures glandular, petioles 2-3! long. Racemes pub- 
escent, equaling leaves, peduncles 5—7' long, pedicels 2—4' long, 
flowers chiefly > -merous. Calyx-segments obtuse, equaling 
tube. Petals 21-3x1-11'. Ovary equaling petals, styles 
very short, 3°, pace 3 to each placenta.—Flowers about as 
large as those of H. racemosum Jacq., which differs chiefly by 
leaves, simple racemes, calyx-segments nearly equaling pet- 
als, slightly produced ovary. JZ. pedicellatum Spruce (no. 
1,689 Spruce!) with similar inflorescence is distinct by foliage, 
large flowers, quinate stamens, etc.“Rio Permejo near San 
Pedro Sula, Honduras, alt. 600", Sept. 1887, Dr. C. Thieme, 
no. 5,227. 
Centropogon Guatemalensis Robinson.—Glabrous: stems 
flexuous: leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate at each end, com- 
monly oblique at the base, crenate and denticulate, 4-7" long, 
2i-3" broad; teeth very small, inconspicuous, fncurved, 
acutish, glandular; midrib prominent upon both surfaces but 
much broader upon the under side; lateral nerves 7—9 pairs, 
widely spreading and strongly curved; terminal acumination 
rather abrupt and the point slender; petioles strongly com- 
pressed laterally and finely grooved above, 1-2" long: raceme 
subcorymbose wit I2 or more flowers; bracts oblong, 
acutish, denticulate, 4—7' long; pedicels spreading, curved- 
ascending, the lower ones 13-2 long: calyx tube hemispher- 
