350 The Botanical Gazette. [August, 
pauciter pubescentibus fistulosus ad folia adpresse pubescens. 
Folia integra, inferiora sparsa, superiora opposita vel ter- 
nata; inferiora petiolata ovata acutiuscula, superiora lanceo- 
lata, glandulis stipularibus obsoletis. Cymz terminales vel 
axillares longiter pedunculate 3-cephale, involucris longius- 
cule pedicellatis campanulatis hemisphaericis adpresse pu- 
bescentibus, lobis triangularibus pauciter fimbriatis. Glandule 
4 ovate valvate, appendicibus rotundatis apice obscure cor- 
datis concaviter inclusis. Stili bipartiti. Capsula ignota. 
Semen ignotum. : 
A plant two to three feet high. Leaves pinnately veined 
with seven to ten pair of secondary veins, covered with scat- 
tered hairs on upper side, densely covered on lower side with 
a grey felt, glabrous on the veins. Bracts of inflorescence 
spatulate, about one-half longer than the cyathia. Length 
of blade 5". Width of blade at broadest place 2.5°". Length 
of petiole 1-1. 3. 
“Laguna de Ayarza, Depart. Jalapa, alt. 8,000", Sept. 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, no, 3,850. 
_EUPHORBIA OCYMOIDEA L. ($ CYTTAROSPERMI. ) 
Rinconcito, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000", Nov. 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, no. 4,263 
EUPHORBIA ARENARIA HBK. (§ CYTTAROSPERMI. ) 
Ojo de Agua, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3,500", Dec. 1892; 
Heyde & Lux, no. 4,262. 
EUPHORBIA LANCIFOLIA Schlecht. ($ DicHIL11 DC. Prod. 
152: 59.) 
Rinconcito, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000°%, Nov. 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, no. 4,264.—Naranjo, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 
3,500", May 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 4,581. 
Euphorbia leucocephala, n. sp. (§ ALECTOROCTONI DC. 
Prod. 157: 59.) u i 
spathulata mucronata involucris triplo vel quadruplo longiora. 
Cyathia basi 
oblongz, appendicibus integefri- 
Stili bipartiti. Capsula glabra 
ecarunculatum. 
