294 The Botanical Gazette. . [July, 
Tree 30-50* high; flowers brick-red. 
yMazatenango, Depart. Suchitepéquez, Guat., alt. 1,200%, 
Jan. 1894, Heyde & Lux, no. 6,375. 
Pseudolmedia oxyphyllaria Donnell Smith.—Primo seri- 
cea, cito aetate provectiore glabrata. Folia semipedalia et 
ultra ter quaterve longiora quam latiora oblongo-lanceolata in 
acumen longiusculum obtusum angustata ad basin acuta sub- 
inaequilatera falcata, costis subtus prominentibus in utroque 
Jatere circa 20. Capitula mascula singula vel 2—5-glomerata; 
involucri bractee externz deltoidez, interne ovate, cuncte 
autem acute; receptaculi concavi magni bracteole rhomboi- 
deo- vel lanceolato-spatulate. Stamina numerosissima, an- 
theris nudis ad basin breviter auriculatis. 
_ Tree 20-30" high. Branchlets terete. Leaves 6-8x1}- 
2;", glabrous; petioles pubescent, 3' long. Heads about 5'in 
diam.; bracts cano-sericeous with scarious margins, the inte- 
rior 3' long; bractlets cano-sericeous, lacerate, exceeding sta- 
mens. Anthers 1'long. Female heads not seen. 
Slopes of Volcdin Tecuamburro, Depart. S. Rosa, Guat., alt. 
6,000", Febr. 1893, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,429. 
Pilea Costaricensis Donnell Smith.—Dioica glabra. Folia 
in eodem jugo maxime inaequimagna admodum autem con- 
formia, alterum nempe majus oblongo-ellipticum longiuscule 
cuspidato-acuminatum basi aliquantulum inaequilaterum et 
plerumque obtusum longe petiolatum, alterum quadruplo 
minus breviusque petiolatum oblongo-lanceolatum a medio 
utrimque sensim angustatum, ambo 3-nervia subtus pallida et 
evenia supra basin integram incurvo-crenulata, nervis later- 
alibus apicem fere attingentibus. _Cymz brevissime peduncu- 
late, masculez a petiolo folii majoris femine a petiolo folii 
minoris superate. 
less evolute, exterior segments of perianth scarious-tipped and 
twice exceeded by obliquely oval (3') achenium. 
