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stellate-tomentulose, often undeveloped and corymbiform; 
bractlets linear, 2-4’ long. Calyx velvety, 23-3' long. Co- 
rolla velvety, roseate, 13-2" long; contracted tube twice ex- 
ceeding calyx, pubescent within; lobes subequal, subovate, 
7-9' long, pubescent within. Stamens inserted at contracted 
base of corolla, nearly attaining throat, anther-cells divari- 
cate. Disk 4' high, twice broader, somewhat cupulate. 
Ovary oval, lepidote, ovules, 7-9 in each series. Capsule 
ligneous, oblong, 33 x 14", acuminate, base rounded, valves 
thick, septum marked near margins with irregularly biseriate 
linear hila; seeds pubescent, suborbicular, 7-9’; with wing 
added oblong and 2x1".—Very distinct from D. elongata 
Bur. and D. Mansoana Bur. (no. III, 50 ex herb. Brasil. Reg- 
nell. !}), the only species that have been referred to Déstzc- 
tis as limited by Bureau 
Collected by Prof. José N. Rovirosa ‘‘in clivulis prope 
Atasta, Tabasco, Mexico, ubi vernacule P7zé de Gallo dicitur, 
Maj. 1889, n. “488 Flora Mexicana.” Also represented in 
this series: Obero, Depart. Escuintla, Guatemala, alt. 200%, 
Mch. 1892, J. D. S., no. 2,689: Papelén, Depart. Choluteca, 
Honduras, near ‘sea-level, Feb. 1893, Shannon, no. 5,052: 
Rio Limén, Depart. Rivas, Nicaragua, near sea-level, Apr. 
1893, Shannon, no. 5,053: RioSapod, Depart. Rivas, Nicar- 
agua, alt. 650°, Apr. 1893, Shannon, no. 5,054. 
Tecoma evenia Donnell Smith.—Folia ampla minutissime 
lepidota ceterum glabrata 5-foliolata, petiolis petiolulisque 
meee foliolis ellipticis acutis ad basim obtusis penni- 
erviis, venis utrinque immersis. Thyrsi corymbiformes sub- 
heninck esas densiflori, axibus perbrevibus et calycibus rufo- 
tomentosis. Calyx obconicus, dentibus subaequalibus rotun- 
datis mucronatis. Corolla supra calycem sensim ampliata 
longe infundibuliformis intus unilateraliter pubescens 3-lobata, 
lobis obovatis pennies punctulis. 
Tree 25-30" high. Petioles 6-7" long; leaflets coriaceous, 
the interior Hee oi 3i with half as long petiolules, the ex- 
terior a half smaller with petiolules 5—7' long; costz to a side 
8-10, very prominent beneath, straight, uniting in submar- 
ginal arches. Thyrsus sessile at apex (often furcate) of 
branches, 8-9" broad, half as high; secondary axes subfasci- 
culate, 4-5' long, 3-chotomous, capitulate hairs glandular. 
rg 6- ‘long, exceeding pedicel. Corolla apparently rose- 
