1895. ] Undescribed Plants from Guatemala. II 
in panicula evoluta singule, flaccida, rhachibus complanatis, 
glomerulis distichis, floribus subsessilibus binis aut ternis 
parvulis. Stamina a segmentis patulis perianthii partiti triplo 
superata staminodiis filiformibus puberulis aequilonga, locellis 
discretis. Ovarii rudimentum nullum 
Stem stout, procumbent, branchlets twining. Younger 
leaves ovate-lanceolate from an acute or rounded base; the 
mature as broad as long, 5-6 , more or less acuminated, sinus 
broad and shallow, twice to thrice exceeding petioles, mem- 
branaceous, pellucid-lineolate, spotted beneath toward base 
with numerous large blue glands. Spikes subsessile, 4-6" 
long, rachis puberulous, clusters approximated; flowers min- 
utely pedicellate, nionsioaniie solitary, equalling elongate-lan- 
ceolate bract. Perianth 14! in diam.; segments oblong, ob- 
tuse, I-nerved. Filaments inserted at base of segments, 
little exceeding anthers. Feminine spikes not seen.“Grow- 
ing over rocks along shores of Rio Turrialba, Prov. Cartago, 
Costa Rica, alt. 1,600%, Mch. 1894, J. D. S., no. 4,969. 
Baltimore, Mad. 
EXPLANATION OF PiaTes I-III. 
- Capparis nie ta. Fig, =4; Wa gine Peach, Fig... 2, -car- 
vary. 
s hes 
be ean 6, piel n.—Fi ig, 7, carpophore with k berry.—Fig. 8, section 
of ber eee 3 and 8-are somewhat enlarged; the others are 
see callista.—Fig. 1, flowering branch.—Fig n- 
terior frais subtending raceme.—Fig. 3, bract subtending aicwes 
ig. 4, flower with pedice el.—Fig. 5, soon of flower with corolla re- 
moved.—Fig. 6, corolla laid open.—Figs. 7 and 8, a (Figs. 1 
4 are natural size; the others are somewhat magni 
Hil. Chaunostoma mecistandrum.—Fig. 1, flowering (sae —Fig. 2 
calyx laid open with pistil. ie 3, corolla in profile with stamens.— 
Fig. 4, she ee laid open with stamens.—Fig. 5, an anther.—Fig. 6, 
disk with ovary.—Fig. 7, nucule. (Figures 1 and 2 are natural size; 
the others a are variously enlarged.) 
