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integris extus rufo-pilosis, antheris subobovato-ellipticis quam 
filamenta usque ad duplo brevioribus connectivo ultra loculos 
obtuse producto, fl. fem. lobis 4 obovato-ellipticis integris 
extus parce pilosis, capsula 3-alata alisque pilosis maxima 
transverse et recte producta caeteris subaequalibus parum 
iatiore. 
Folia alterna, limbi in sicco subcoriacei opaci 11™ longi 
20™ lati. Petioli circiter 22™ longi. Floris masculi petala 0, 
stamina toro subconvexo inserta antheris glabris rimis longi- 
tudinalibus apice subarcuatis dehiscentibus. Floris feminei 
lobi circiter 7™" longi 3™" lati. Stili 3 persistentes basi con- 
nati apice auriculato-bilobi lobis extus papilliferis, ovarium 
ellipticum dense pilosulum 3-loculare, placente 2-fidz lamellis 
utrinque ovuliferis. Capsula mature ad 11" longe ala max- 
ima 6™" lata. . 
Species B. pinetorum A. DC. proxima. 
Sesisp, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guat.; alt, 23, 500°,” Febr: 
1886, von Tiirckheim, no. 885. 
Macroscepis pleistantha Donnell Smith.—Setis longis 
patentibus simul et setulis minimis brunneo-vestita. Foial 
obovata, sin minus rhomboidea, acuminata, basis cordate lo- 
bis incumbentibus. Pedicelli plurimi pedunculum aequantes, 
floribus ebracteatis in umbellas globosas densas petiolos vix 
superantes congestis. Sepala ovata acuminata corolle fauces 
superantia, sinu unoquoque glandula instructo. © Corolla ex- 
trorsum glabra et pallide tubus ovoideus, limbi supra papil- 
losi et in sicco fusci lobis rotundis. Coronz squame deltoidez 
in apice incurvo truncate ad basim connate. Retinacula ob- 
longo-ellipsoidea, caudiculis subnullis. 
Stems stout, their diameters exceeded by the longer hairs, 
younger parts villose. Leaves 6-9 X 4—- 
each surface with short, scattered hairs, 
bels about 13" in diameter. Sepals nearly free, 4¢ * 33", retic- 
ulately veined, smooth within; glands minute, 
Tube of corolla 3! high; limb spreading, gi in diameter, lobe 
to the middle. Gynostegium a third shorter than tube of 
corolla, the staminal scales closing the throat, anthers nearly 
