10 The Botanical Gazette. [January, 
Folia crassa discoloria supra rugosa subtus dense velutina 
penninerviacrenulata oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata 
utrinque acuta. Racemi a foliis bis terve superati, pedicellis 
calycem caeruleum aequiparantibus 
Leaves 5-63 x 14-2". Pet —— 6- —9' long, equalling or ex- 
ceeding internodes. Bracts and bractlets linear. Calyx 
bright- ge 4 high, in ire twice larger. Corolla (red ?) 
like calyx pubescent and aureo-punctulate, 73’ long, poster- 
ior lip 2' long and nearly equaling the arcuate sides of an- 
terior lip, middle lobe 1' long. Stamens twice exceeding 
corolla, after anthesis declinate and contorted, anther-cells 
oblong and blue. Nucules black, shining, 1' long.—The ra- 
cemes, as shown by presénce of bractlets, are technically un- 
developed thyrsi.—Growing in patches on shaded mountain- 
summits near Buena Vista, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guat., alt. 
6,000“, Dec. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,368.—PLATE III. 
Ocotea perseifolia Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis adultis sub- 
tus pilis brevissimis perobscurisque scabriusculis, late ovato- 
ovalibus, basi cordatis v. obtusis.apice late breviterque acu- 
minatis, penninervibus, utrinque laxe prominulo-reticulatis; 
inflorescentia submultiflora, abbreviate subthyrsoidea, foliis 
multo breviore; floribus hermaphroditis, minutissime perad- 
presseque tomentellis; perianthii tubo brevi; antheris subses- 
silibus; staminodiis fere abortivis; ovario glabro; stylo brevi. 
Arbor v. frutex; habitu ramuli praesentis Persee caerulee 
memoriam revocat. Ramuli praesertim apicem versus--an- 
gulati, peradpresse paullo sericanti-tomentelli flavido-allutacei. 
Folia petiolis usque ad 20™ longis, optime canaliculatis stip- 
itata, sparsa, coriacea, sicca supra olivaceo-viridia subnitida 
pallide tomentella; pedicellis +2™" longis, bracteolis deciduis. 
Flores 3—3.5™" longi, limbi tubo obconico, segmentis ovalibus, 
acutiusculis, papillulosis. Anthere rectangulares, rotundate 
vel truncate, aly ab glandulz ser. III. parve, globose, 
sessiles, basales. Ovarium crasse kein stylo 5—6-plo 
breviore, stigmate obtuso. Fructus ignotu 
vYzabal, Depart. Yzabal, Guat., alt. 120°, wes 1889, J. D. 
S.5- ne: 4,807: 
Dioscorea cyanisticta Donnell Smith. (SALLOCTOSTEMON 
Griseb. in Fl. Bras.).—Absque rhachibus glabra. Folia cor- 
diformia acuminata I1-nervia. Spice in axillis aggregate, 
