198 The Botanical Gazette. 
exceeding petiole, scaly bracteose, 10—20-flowered, pedicels — 
bracteolate above base, bracteoles linear-lanceolate (1-2); — 
sepals 4—6, in anthesis broadly ovate, at length elliptical-ob- — 
long (2'), glabrous, naked: glands obpyramidate, subconnate 
in a crenate cupuliform annulus: stamens numerous (20-35), _ 
not exceeding sepals: pistillate flowers and berries not seen. — _ 
X. spiculiferum Tr. et Planch., the only other species de — 
scribed with unisexual distinctly racemed and large-sepalous — 
flowers, differs by spines, leaves ovate to orbicular-cordate, — 
ciliate sepals, longer stamens, etc.—San Miguel Uspantin, — 
Dept. Quiché, alt. 6,000%, Mch. 1892, Heyde & Lux (ex — 
Pl. cit. 3,066). 
Var. subalpina.—Glabrous excepting racemes, branchlets 
red and glandular-lenticellate: leaves ovate-elliptical, shorter, — 
thicker: bracteoles colored, semi-sheathing, glandular-dentic — 
ulate, subequalling pedicels.—Forests near El Jute, Depart 
Quiché, alt. 10,000", Apr. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl cit 
3, 064). ) , 
ARENARIA ALSINOIDES Willd., var. ovatifolia.—Leave — 
pilose, ovate-acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, subsessile: 
petals twice larger (5') than sepals: seeds numerous (18-30), Fe 
punctulate, red.—Volcan de Agua, Dept. Zacatepeques ® 
10,000", June 1892, Dr. W. C. Shannon, U. 5S. Ay & 
Pl. cit. 3,635). 4 
Stigmaphyllon cordatum Rose.—Climbing shrubs: lea"® | 
ovate to oval, 11 to 3 inches long, deeply cordate at - = 
with sinus open, rounded or with a short acumination, 8° — 
rous on both sides, minutely reticulated; petioles often el 
ted, biglandular at top: inflorescence a simple or com 
umbel; peduncles 4 to 7 inches long; rays either peri 
sometimes 4 inches long; pedicels 6 to 12 lines long, > pore, 
ate below the middle; calyx 5-lobed, 8-glandular: agent i 
obtuse with denticulate margins: fertile stamens 6; sty tines 
stigmas with triangular dilation: samare generally 3, pe 
long, oblong, obtuse, dorsal side toothed 2 or 3 aan 
€ base without lateral crests.—Depart. Guat ee 
5,000", Mch. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl.cit. 3,267): wall 
Oxalis clematodes.—Fruticose; branches long-tN 
fuscous, pilose, extremities cano-villose: petioles oe 
articulate at barbate axils, twice exceeding pee 
ternate, subsessile, obovate (6-11 X 4-7’), emar eee 
