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antheris flavis demum basi cordato-bilobis, apice longe apicu- 
latis, pollinis cellulis sphericis; stylo corollam equante vel 
superante.—Folia 20-25 long., 7-8™ lat. Petiolus 2™. “Ar- 
buscula gracilis 12-15 ped. fl. rubris albo-marginatis flavo- 
ocellatis.” Eastern slopes of Volcan Acatenango, Depart. 
Zacatepequez, alt. 7,000%, March, 1892, J. D.S., (ex Pl. cit. 
2,485); Santa Rosa, alt. 4,000%, March, 1892, Heyde & Lux, 
(ex PL cit: 3,021). 
Tabernemontana arborea Rose.—A_ symmetrical tree, 
twenty-five feet high with trunk twelve feet long: leaves 0b- — 
long to oblanceolate, three to eight inches long, abruptly 
acute or acuminate, tapering at base into a petiole (fourto — 
six lines long), shining above, paler beneath: flowers white, — 
abundant in large compound corymbs: pedicels three to five 
lines long; bracts at base of flower none: calyx small; sepals 
oblong, obtuse one and one-half lines long: spreading 
scales four to five in the axil’ of each sepal: corolla tube 
slender, two to three lines long, narrower above, pubescent q 
near the mouth; lobes oblong obtuse, five to six lines long: 
style 
long to the genus Peschiera as the tribes were arranged by : 
Miers. This latter genus, however, is not considered avalid 
one by Hemsley, nor by Durand. It differs from bre = 
montana, as Miers defines it, in the shape of the corolla ae a 
the attachment of the stamens, the length of the style, e 
sence of disk, papillose follicles and distinct ovaries 4 
acters which it has in common with Peschiera, and which, © 
they be constant, ought to constitute a good genus 0. 
Rose. )—Banks of the Rio Ocosito, Depart. Quezaltenang® 
with a few large flowers: bracts at base © 
and obtuse: calyx 5-parted; the two outer one 
the inner ones 8 lines long, § lines broad, obtuse, scales 
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