354 The Botanical Gazette. [August, 
TRAGIA VOLUBILIS Mill. Arg. (§ EuTRAGI# DC. Prod. 
157: 932. 
yoda Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 2,500°, Aug. 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, no. 3,846. 
Tragia Guatemalensis n. sp. (§ EUTRAGI&. Bergh bens: 
scandens pube brevi et pilis urentibus dense obsita. Petio us 
limbo foliorum 2-4-plo brevior, limbo basi palmatinervio 
et cordato apice breviter acuminato. Racemi longe pedun- 
culati non bipartiti basi flores duos femininos apice flores 
plures masculinos gerentes. Bractea feminina aequaliter 
tripartita; bractea masculina tripartita, lobo medio longiore. 
Pedicellum masculinum articulatum, parte persistente bractea 
longiore. : tisias 
Calycis feminine lacinia 6 lanceolata, calycis masculin 
lacinia 3. Stamina 3. a tae 
Leaf palmatinerved at the base with about five perl 
middle one strongest forming the midrib of the leaf. Sec- 
ondary veins pinnate, three to four pairs. Inflorescence 
about the length of the petiole. The two female alae 
have such long peduncles that they reach about as ne 
as the top of the male part of the inflorescence. phe! 
densely covered with bristly hairs. Seeds globular, pale ah 
low with brown irregular dots. Length of limb of leaf 0.73”: 
Width of limb of leaf at broadest place 0.3. Length of ee 
tiole 0.18". Diameter of fruit o.1™. Diameter of see 
pe 8 tt il 1889, J. 
Chicacao, Depart. Alta Verapaz, alt. 3,500", April 1839, 
Donnell Smith, no. 1,763. 
JATROPHA Curcas L. (§ Curcas DC. Prod. 15%: 1,076-) 
anta Rosa, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 3,000", May 1893, 
Heyde & Lux, no. 4,582. 
HURA CREPITANS Mill. 
] g. : de 
Sacapulas, Depart. Quiché, alt. 3, 800%, April 1892, Hey 
& Lux, no. 2,901. 
Fohns Hopkins University. 
EXPLANATION OF Plates XXIV anp XXV. 
Fig. 1. Dichasium, the length of the lateral cyathia exagge rated to 
ions iner.—Fj i chasium.— di Pash 
volucre from inside, showing lobes, x, and appendiculate gian' 
