288 The Botanical Gazette. [July, 
Miconia alpestris Cogn. (§ CREMANIUM); ramis superne 
obtuse tetragonis et leviter compressis, junioribus petiolis 
pedunculis calycibusque dense stellato-furfuraceis; foliis majus- 
eris glabratis; floribus 5-meris, brevissime pedicellatis calyce 
subhemispherico, dentibus brevibus, obtusiusculis, carnosu- 
lis; antheris biporosis; stylo brevi, apice truncato. 
Rami robustiusculi, apice fuscescentes. Petiolus satis grac- 
ilis, fuscescens, 2—5™ longus. Folia erecto-patula, rigidius- 
cula, supra intense viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 12-17™ 
longa, 4—-7™ lata, nervis subtus satis prominentibus. Panic- 
ulz late pyramidate, multiflore, 5-8™ long; pedicelli sa- 
pius vix 1™ longi. Calycis tubus fuscescens, 2" longus, 
2.5" latus; dentes erecti, 0.5"" longi. Petala obovata, apice 
leviter emarginata, 2™ longa. Anthere 1™ longe. Stylus 
rectus, 2™" longus.—Species M. carnee@ Cogn. (DC. Monogr. 
Phan. 7: 912) proxima. “San Miguel Uspantdn, Depart. 
Quiché, Guat., alt. 7,500", Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 
3,334. 
Clidemia radicans Cogn. (§ CALOPHYSOIDES); caule brevi,re- 
pente, radicante; ramis junioribus petiolis pedunculisque brevis- 
sime denseque stellato-puberulis; foliis valde inzequalibus et 
dissimilibus, integerrimis, trinerviis, supra primum puberulis 
demum glabris, subtus ad nervos nervulosque densiuscule stel- 
lato-furfuraceis czteris glabratis majoribus brevissime petiolatis 
satis obliquis oblongis acutis basi leviter inzequalibus subro- 
tundatis, minoribus sessilibus ovatis vel suborbicularibus; 
racemis axillaribus vel interdum terminalibus, breviusculls, 
paucifloris; floribus 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis; calyce urce- 
olato, leviter furfuraceo, brevissime 5-dentato. } 
ami graciles, breviusculi, leviter flexuosi, teretiusculi, cin- 
erei, paulo ramulosi. Petiolus satis gracilis, 2-5™" longus. 
