544 The Botanical Gazette. [December, 
destitute of a terminal membrane. Polliniaobovate-ellipsoid, 
compressed, vertically pendulous. Ovaries smooth, ovoid, 
attenuately produced, carinate, stigma flat. Follicles not seen. 
“Moist grounds along river near Mataquescuintla, Depart. S. 
Rosa, Guat., alt. 4,000°, Mch. 1894, Heyde & Lux, no. 6,350. 
“Acalypha Lotsii Donnell Smith.—($ Lepropop#& Muell. 
Arg.) Folia ovato-lanceolata in caudam linearem integram 
producta, basi cordata 5~—7-nervia. Spice utriusque sexus in 
ramis non constanter site; spice masculine inferne laxi- 
bracteate basi bracteis singulis femininis interdum praedite, 
floribus 4—8-nis; spicarum feminarum bracteze 2-6 dissite 
nonnunquam opposite, florentes fere partite in segmenta 
singula terminalia reliquis majora producte, fructifere aucte 
laciniis 7-11 elongato-triangularibus usque ad medium inae- 
qualiter incise. Calyx 5-partitus. Styli glabri laciniis fili- 
formibus tum pinnato-tum furcato—multifidi. 
Shrub 9-12" high, branches virgate, petioles, nerves and 
young twigs cano-veluti s, otherwise glabrate. Stipules 
setaceous, 3—5' long, persistent. Petioles 4-10’ long. Leaves 
23-3" X 11-13, serrated, the interior pair of basal nerves 
nearly half as long as midrib. Male spikes slender, pubescent, 
with their one fourth as long peduncle added 13-2” long; 
calyx 4-partite, stamens 8. Female spikes glabrous, chiefly 
twice exceeded by the capillary (1-2 long) peduncle; bracts 
1-flowered, in fruit 4—5'in diameter; segments of calyx ovate, 
acute, ciliate, divisions of style 8-22; capsules cano-pilose, seeds 
scarcely punctulate.—Indicated as a new species by Dr. John 
Lotsy, but the time for its description failed him before leav- 
ing the Johns Hopkins University for his post as Subdirector 
of the Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg, Java. Closely re- 
lated to A. leptopoda Muell. Arg. ex char. 
“Pansamala, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guat., alt. 3, 800%, May 
1887, von Tiirckheim, no. I,242.<Rio Ocosito, Depart. Que- 
zaltenango, Guat., alt. 250°, Apr. 1892, J. D. S., no. 2,615. 
-——Azagualpa, Depart. S. Rosa, Guat., alt. 2,000%, June 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, no, 3,.475.—Jumaytepeque, Depart. S. Rosa, 
Guat., alt. 3,000", Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3,839. 
* Asplenium Donnell-Smithii H. Christ; fronde valde elon- 
. 
gata glabra obscure viridi 45™ longa 8—10™ lata, numerosls. 
