1893.] Vadeseribed plants from Guatemala. 211 
rooting at nodes, pubescent on one side: sheathes 4-5' long, 
margins villose; leaves ovate-acuminate or ovate-lanceolate 
(t}-3x}-1"), acute, equal at rounded or narrowed base, sub- 
3,000", April 1892, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl. cit. 3,515); Vol- 
can Pacaya, Depart. Amatitlan, alt. 9,000", July 1892, Dr. 
| Scheidw. similis. —Erect (4"), “branching, pubes- 
leaves ovate (23-34 x 1$-2"), 
into petio} ub-cordate, cuneately produced 
pgs €, pubescent above: peduncles and pedicels naked, 
: ' practs lanceolate (4'), bractlets none: sepals large, 
fis <i in flower a half longer than pedicels: longer 
below mi ini » 2 broadly scariose-alate and albo-arachnoid 
scale, the third exbarbate, anthers elliptical (1'); 
anthers iitile oat half as _long, aureo-barbate at middle, 
0 Samalé, ox ler and circular. (J. D. S.)—Banks of the 
Dr. W.c hee Retalhuleu, alt. 1,100", Oct. 1891, 
Baltimore a” “ S. A., (ex Pl. cit. 695). 
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