3 
oa 
quam maxime W’mmeri@ affini, sed Asiz incola (ex Forbes _ 
et Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 125 monotypico) — 
quod Hooker filius ‘‘77zpterygium” nominavit (T. Wilfordii 
Hook. f.). In quibusdam veroa nonnullis inter Celastrineas — 
adscitarum Aippocrateacearum stirpibus taliscumque materia — 
obvia est, uti nuperrime D. Solereder observavit (ex. gr. in 
Salacia micrantha Peyr. et in truncis quibusdam a H. Schenck 
sub. n. 347", 519 et 632 missis, Salacte et Hippocratee gener- 
ibus, ut videtur, adscribendis (quorum unus, n. 632, in Engl. 
& Prantl Pflanzenfam. a D. Niedenzu sub Malpighiaceis, Fig. 
37 A et B, depictus est). Suo loco D.-Solereder ipse hance 
rem (nec a Th. Loesener sub Azppocrateaceis in Engl. & — 
Prantl Pflanzenfam. 1892, nec a H. Schenck in Anat. Lian — 
Il, 1893 indicatam) fusius traclabit. (L. Radlkofer.)—Tree — 
30" high, slopes of the volcano Jumaytepeque, Depart. Santa — 
Rosa, alt. 6,000°, Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux (ex Pl. cit © 
3,708). | 
RHAMNUS CAPREAFOLIA Schlecht., var. discolor.—Leaves 
somewhat coriaceous, upper surface excepting veins glabrous, _ 
the lower cano-velutinous.—Coban, Dept. Alta Verapat 
alt. 4,300", Aug. 1885, von Tiirckheim, (ex Pl. cit. 710); 
distributed as typical. No. 3,051 of the series is more te 
to the description. p 
THOUINIA ACUMINATA Watson, var. pubicalyx Radk— 
Calyx pilis adpressis dense cano-pubescens. —A tree 25-# 
high; mountains around Lake Ayarza, Dept. Jalapa, alt. 
8,800" Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex PI. cit. 3,955); Volcaa 
Jumaytepeque, alt. 6,000%, Nov. 1892, Heyde & Lux 
Pl. cit. 4,122). : 
HELODISCUS ARGENTEUS Maxmw. (Spir@a argentea Muti), 
200 The Botanical Gazette. 
(ex 
North American H. discolor Maxmw. (Spir@a discolor 
Sp. ariefolia Sm.) is a very variable plant, and ! 
mala specimens that I have seen, the upper surf 
leaves is glabrous (var. difrons). It has larger BO” 
