204 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
tube, large stigma subglobose: capsule obovate (2'), more or 
less free at apex, 8-costate, loculicidal at apex, septicidal at 
base; seeds 8-20, compressed, roundish (}'), finely punctate, 
black and shining.—Nearest to J. setosa Benth. et Hook., 
and especially to the form or var. (Arcytophyllum setosum 
Schlecht. in Linnza, XXVIII, 489).—‘‘Forming a carpet- 
like turf,” Chichoy, Depart. Chimaltenango, alt. 9,000" 
March 1892, W. C. Shannon, Asst. Surg. U. S. A., associate 
of the Intercontinental Railway Commission, whose interesting 
collections along the lines of the surveys have been turned 
over to me for determination and distribution by Capt. M. M. 
Macomb, U.S. A., Engineer in charge, (ex Pl. cit. 371); 
San Miguel Uspantdn, alt. 7,500", April 1892, Heyde & 
Lux, (ex Pl. cit. 3,176). 
) 
} 
Hoffmannia rotata.—Stems above obtusely tetragonal and 
ferruginous-furfuraceous: leaves opposite or 3—4-verticellate, 
elliptical-lanceolate or oblanceolate (4—7* 1—1}"), acuminate, 
more or less long-attenuated to short petiole, smooth above, 
paler and puberulous beneath with furfuraceous nerves: pe 
black seed.—A bush 3-6" high; damp forests near 
gual Uspantén, alt. 7,000", April 1892, Heyde & Lux, 
Pl. cit. 3,169 and 3,174). 
Hook.) 
round- 
(ex 
the 6-7 costal nerves and transverse veins conspic | 
uncles shorter than leaves (8-16'), velvety; pene yt 
cymes crowded, 5—6-merous: calyx velvety, shorty™ 
