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6 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [januaky 



the fruit of S, polyneiirus is much smaller than that of S, niyristicifoHuSy and 

 that it is densely covered with silvery scales. 



In silvis ad Copey, Cost., alt. 1800"^, Febr. 1898, Tondiiz n. 11744 herb. i 



nat. Cost. 



DiantherasulfureaDotin. Sm. (§ Jacobinioideae, Ser. E. Benth. 

 et Hook.) — Folia brevissime petiolata ovato-lanceolata in apicem 

 obtusiusculum producta basi rotunda vel subcordata praeter 

 nervos venasque glabrescentia. Pedunculi axillares foliis 3-4- 

 plo breviores, spica subcapituliformi triflora, floribus pedunculum 

 paullo superantibus. Calyx bracteolis aequilongus, segmentis 

 4 lanceolato-linearibus. Corolla flava densissime longeque 

 pilosa usque ad medium fere bilabiata, labio postico integro. 

 Antherae sagittatae, connectivo triangular]. 



Suffrutex 1-2-metralis, ramis brachiatis declinatis teretibus unifaiiam 



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pubescentibus. Folia 6-9^"' longa 2-3.5 "^^ I^X.'Sl basi saepe inaequalia supra 

 cystolithiis dense atro-lineolata, petiolis pubescentibus 2-3""'" longis. Pedun- 

 culi pilis conspersi 15-25"^"^ longi, bracteis 5 "'"' et bracteolis 8"""^ longis 

 attenuato-linearibus glandulari-pilosis. Calycis segmenta basi breviter coa- 

 lita pilosula. Corolla 26-28"^"" longa, tubo recto superne paullo ampliato, 

 labio postico erecto, antici paullo brevioris lobulis 2-3"^"" longis. Stamina 

 labium posticum aequantia, antheris 3 ^^ longis basi 2 '""" latis, loculis 

 oblongis divergentibus, altero breviore paululum inferius posito. Discus 

 cupularis. Ovarium oblongum 2.5"^"^ ahum 4-ovulatum, stylo 28 "^"^ longo. 

 Capsula ignota.— Z>. latifoliae Benth. et Hook, proxima differt insigniter 

 coroUae colore. 



Cerro Redondo, Depart. Santa Rosa, Guat,, alt. I200"\ Sept. 1893, Heyde 

 et LtiXy n. 621 5 ex PL Guat. &c., quas ed. Donn. Sm. 



Ocotea tenera Mez et Donn. Sm. — Foliis submembranaceis, 

 glaberrimis, anguste vel bene ellipticis, basi acutis apice elegan- 

 tissime acuminatis, penninervibus, utrinque sed praesertim sub- 

 tus laxe prominulo-reticulatis ; inflorescentiis tenerrimis, laxis 

 squarrosisque, 3 tripinnatim, ? bipinnatim paniculatis, quam folia 

 brevioribus ; floribus subdioicis, glaberrimis ; tubo perianthii 

 brevissimo ; filamentis glabris vel pilis perpaucis, brevissimis 

 praeditis, 5 quam antherae subrectangulares, anguste rotundatae 

 paullo longioribus, ? paullo brevioribus; staminodiis nullis vel 

 minutissimis, stipitiformibus ; ovario glabro, stylo crassiusculo, 

 breviore. 



