﻿Vol. 
  XV, 
  No. 
  2- 
  Botanical 
  Gazette.- 
  Feb.. 
  i89o. 
  

  

  \ 
  

  

  Un 
  described 
  plants 
  from 
  Gnatemala. 
  VII. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  DONNELL 
  SMITH. 
  

   (WITH 
  PLATES 
  III 
  and 
  IV.) 
  

  

  Etwxys 
  Progel 
  in 
  Fl. 
  Brasil.)— 
  Smooth 
  

   except 
  insertion 
  of 
  petioles 
  and 
  of 
  leaflets: 
  rhizome 
  tuberose, 
  

   woody, 
  dentate 
  with 
  thick 
  ovate 
  reddish 
  scales 
  : 
  leaflets 
  ter- 
  

   nate, 
  subcoriaceous, 
  purple 
  and 
  linear-punctate 
  beneath, 
  

   lobes 
  widely 
  diverging 
  and 
  oblong-rhomboidal, 
  the 
  exterior 
  

   one 
  of 
  lateral 
  leaflets 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  cuneate 
  wing: 
  scape 
  little 
  

   exceeding 
  leaves, 
  4-6 
  inches 
  long, 
  umbellately 
  4-flowered 
  : 
  se- 
  

   pals 
  lanceolate, 
  apex 
  biglandular: 
  corolla 
  more 
  than 
  tvvice 
  

   longer 
  (5-6 
  lines), 
  purple; 
  longer 
  filaments 
  ciholate, 
  edentu- 
  

   late 
  : 
  styles 
  barbate 
  : 
  capsule 
  lanceolate-oblong, 
  a 
  little 
  exceed- 
  

   ing 
  calyx, 
  cells 
  3-4-seeded.— 
  Low 
  grounds 
  near 
  Coban 
  

   Depart. 
  Alta 
  Verapaz, 
  alt. 
  4,300 
  feet, 
  April 
  1880, 
  T. 
  D. 
  S. 
  

   (Ex 
  PL 
  Guat., 
  qu. 
  edid. 
  J. 
  D. 
  S., 
  1682.) 
  

  

  Hanbiiiia 
  parviflora. 
  Botan. 
  Gazette, 
  xiii, 
  299.— 
  Leaves 
  

  

  undivided 
  and 
  oblong-lanceolate, 
  or 
  2-3-partite, 
  margin 
  

   entire 
  or 
  coarsely 
  dentate 
  : 
  monoicous 
  flowers 
  from 
  same 
  or 
  

   distinct 
  axils, 
  peduncle 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  twice 
  exceeding 
  raceme 
  

   of 
  the 
  male 
  : 
  fruit 
  obliquely 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  sparsely 
  echi- 
  

   nate 
  and 
  tuberculale. 
  — 
  The 
  characters, 
  completing 
  descrip- 
  

   tion, 
  are 
  drawn 
  from 
  my 
  collections 
  in 
  clearings 
  at 
  Pansam- 
  

   ala, 
  April, 
  1889, 
  the 
  stems, 
  many 
  yards 
  loncf, 
  forming- 
  

   thickets. 
  (Ex 
  PI. 
  cit. 
  1509.) 
  ^ 
  

  

  ^iyrax 
  GuatemaleDsis. 
  — 
  Tree 
  30-40 
  feet 
  high 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  

  

  of 
  pranchlets, 
  petioles 
  and 
  inflorescence 
  stellular, 
  flavescent 
  

   sprinkled 
  with 
  red 
  : 
  leaves 
  glabrous, 
  membranaceous, 
  oval 
  

   or 
  obovate, 
  acuminate, 
  base 
  acute, 
  entire, 
  3-4 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   half 
  as 
  broad 
  : 
  flowers 
  nodding, 
  5-8 
  in 
  a 
  terminal 
  short 
  loose 
  

   raceme, 
  also 
  single 
  or 
  geminate 
  from 
  upper 
  axils, 
  8 
  lines 
  

   long: 
  calyx 
  sub-equaling 
  pedicel 
  and 
  petioles, 
  truncate, 
  

   teeth 
  nearly 
  obsolete 
  : 
  petals 
  twice 
  exceeding 
  cal^^x, 
  canescent,' 
  

   one-third-adnate, 
  imbricating, 
  oblong, 
  obtuse 
  : 
  shortly 
  raon- 
  

   adelphous 
  stamens 
  inserted 
  below 
  throat 
  : 
  ovarv 
  one-third- 
  

   immersed, 
  ovules 
  about 
  24.— 
  Sasis, 
  Depart. 
  AltaVerapaz, 
  alt 
  

  

  feet, 
  April,_ 
  1889, 
  H. 
  Helmrick 
  (Ex 
  PI. 
  cit. 
  1690.] 
  

   difoUa 
  Ait. 
  differs 
  by 
  discolorate 
  leaves, 
  toothed 
  

  

  000 
  

  

  calyx, 
  long 
  raceme 
  ; 
  

  

  descrift 
  

  

  