4 The Botanical Gazette. [January, : 
and inhabited by indigenous races unfriendly to all strangers — 
save such as visit them under the auspices of the church. 
Parathesis micrantha. (Ardisia micrantha Donnell Smith 
BoTAN. GAZ. XIV. 26; not of HBK.).—JIn transferring this _ 
species to what recently received material shows to be its cor- P 
rect genus, the specific name preoccupied in Ardisza may : 
- stand in Parathesis, and indicates a character, alike abnormal — 
in both genera, of minute cordate anthers. The bractlets are — 
also seen to be oblong and ciliate.—San Miguel Uspantaén, 
Dept. Quiché, alt. 6,000%, Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl 
cit. 3,020). : 
Bumelia pleistochasia.— Leaves smooth and shining, _ 
coriaceous, elliptical (3-34 14-134"), obtusely acuminate, ~ . 
base acutely contracted into petiole (4~5'): fascicles densely 
flowered, equalling petiole: calyx obconic, as long as pedicel, — 
incrassate segments round-ovate: appendages of corolla lateral, — 
obliquely lanceolate, denticulate; proper lobes twice longer, — 
oval, subentire: staminodes half the size of lobes, oval, fim- 
briate; ovary glabrous.—San Lucas, Dept..Zacatepequez, alt. | 
5,500", Apr. 1890, J. D. S., (ex Pl. cit. 2,184), distributed — 
as B. persimilis Hemsl.—Palmer’s no. 1,123 Fl. Mex. has — 
been referred more correctly to that species by Mr. J. N. — 
Rose, assistant botanist to the U. S. National Herb. With | 
somewhat similar leaves it differs {rom the above by pubes- — 
cence, smaller fascicles of less congested pedicels, cylindrical — 
half-smaller calyx, oblong sepals, elongate lobes of corolla, — 
nearly as long lanceolate staminodes, pilose ovary, etc. 
Bumelia leiogyna. — Arborescent and spinose like the pre- 
ceding, glabrous except the younger parts: leaves mem-_ 
branaceous, veinage distinct, elliptical-oblong to lanceolate — 
(23-3 1), apex obtusish, tapering acutely to short petiole: 
flowers minute (2'), subequalling pedicels and petiole, 6-10 
fasciculate: calyx ovoid, half as long as pedicel; segments 
ovate with scariose margins, the interior ones puberulent 
lobes of corolla obovate, denticulate, patent; appendage 
minute, subulate from an oval and lacerate base: staminod 
— thomboidal, fimbriate: ovary glabrous, style 
eg Spies of 8 ae 
aes - ae € nearest affinity, but ascribe to it opaq™ 
Saotac. Psi generally obovate leaves, spatulate-lan- 
AeA thd 6. - and the ovary may be presumed to_ 
a —- a ore hirsute.—Capetillo, Dept. Zacatepeque’ 
- 4,500", Mch. 1892, J. D. S., (ex Pl. cit. 1,451). 
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