ParT 1, 1918] RUBIACEAE 51 
attenuate, erect, fulvous-strigose; leaves opposite, the petioles very stout, 3-5 mm. long, stri- 
gose and hirtellous, the blades oval or ovate-oval, 3-5 cm. long, 1-3.3 cm. wide, rounded or 
subcordate at the base, acute to rounded at the apex and often abruptly short-acuminate, 
thick-coriaceous, green above, densely strigillose, beneath fulvous, densely short-pilose, the 
costa stout and prominent, the lateral veins prominent, 6-8 on each side, subarcuate, ascending 
at an angle of about 45”, the secondary veins very prominent, reticulate; inflorescence terminal 
and axillary, cymose-corymbose, very dense, 4-5 cm. broad, the flowers numerous, short- 
pedicellate; bracts elongate, linear-setaceous; hypanthium densely fulvous-strigillose; calyx- 
lobes 5, linear-subulate, 2.5-4 mm. long, attenuate, erect; corolla densely strigillose outside, 
the tube slender, 15 mm. long, the throat densely yellow-pilose, the 5 lobes obovate-orbicular, 
4 mm. long, spreading, puberulent within; style exserted; capsule globose, 3—3.5 mm. in 
diameter, strigose. 
Type collected at Totonocap4an, Guatemala, Ehrenberg 1033 (U.S. Nat. Herb. no. 594426). 
6. Rondeletia gratissima (Linden) Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 25. 1879. 
Rogiera gratissima Linden; Planch. Fl. Serres 15: 133. 1864. 
Rogiera elegantissima Regel, Gartenflora pl. 490. 1865. 
Shrub, the branches stout, terete, puberulent when young, or glabrous; stipules triangular- 
subulate, 4-6 mm. long; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, about 4 mm. long, the blades ob- 
long-elliptic, 5-6.5 cm. long, rounded at the base, short-acuminate and mucronulate at the 
apex, thick-coriaceous, glabrous; inflorescence terminal, cymose-corymbose, hemispheric, 
dense, 5-10 cm. broad, the flowers short-pedicellate; bracts minute; hypanthium sparsely 
puberulent, reddish; calyx-lobes 5, unequal, 1 mm. long or less; corolla rosy-white, sparsely 
puberulent outside, the tube slender, 12 mm. long, hirsute within, the throat yellow-pilose, the 
5 lobes rounded, 2 mm. long, farinose. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Mountains of Chiapas. 
DISTRIBUTION: Chiapas. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: FI. Serres pl. 1570, 1571; Gartenflora pl. 490. 
7. Rondeletia intermedia Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 26. 1879. 
Shrub, the branches stout, terete, reddish-brown, lenticellate, densely strigose when young; 
stipules oblong, 6-10 mm. long, obtuse, reflexed, strigose outside; leaves opposite, the petioles 
very stout, 2-4 mm. long, strigose, the blades oval, oblong-oval, or ovate-oval, 6—12 cm. long, 
3.5-—5 em. wide, rounded or subcordate at the base, acutish or obtuse at the apex, or some- 
times abruptly and broadly short-acuminate, subcoriaceous, dark-green, glabrous above, 
sparsely strigose beneath or glabrous, the costa stout, prominent, the lateral veins slender, 
about 6 on each side, subarcuate, ascending at an angle of 45° or more; inflorescence terminal 
and axillary, cymose-corymbose, the cymes few-flowered, rather dense, the flowers short- 
pedicellate; bracts minute; hypanthium densely strigillose; calyx-lobes 5, ovate-triangular, 
0.5—-1 mm. long, acutish, erect; corolla pinkish-white, strigillose outside, the tube slender, 8-10 
mm. long, villous within, yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes rounded; capsule globose, 
3-3.5 mm. in diameter, dark-brown, strigose. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Chiapas. 
DISTRIBUTION: Chiapas and Oaxaca. 
8. Rondeletia Pittierii Schumann & Krause; K. Krause, Bot. Jahrb. 
40: 316. 1908. 
Tree, the branches slender, terete or subangulate, grayish, sparsely pilose when young; 
stipules oblong, about 8 mm. long, acute, strigillose outside, glabrous within, persistent; 
leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 2-4 mm. long, the blades ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 
10-15 cm. long, 4-7.5 em. wide, rounded at the base, short-acuminate at the apex, membran- 
aceous, setose-pilose above with short hairs, beneath strigose along the veins, the venation 
prominent beneath; inflorescence terminal, cymose-paniculate, the peduncles tetragonous, 
6—12 cm. long, appressed-pilose, the panicles 5—15 cm. long, the pedicels 1-1.5 mm. long; bracts 
and bractlets small, subulate; hypanthium globose, strigillose; calyx-lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, 
