BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
FANUARY, 1894. 
Undescribed plants from Guatemala. XII. 
JOHN DONNELL SMITH. 
WITH PLATES I AND IH. 
M. Casimir de Candolle has contributed to this article diag- 
noses and descriptions of new species among the MELIACEZ 
and PIPERACE@ submitted to him for elaboration. 
Peltostigma pentaphyllum.—Petioles half to two-thirds as 
long as leaves; leaflets 5, obovate-oblong to elliptical-oblong 
(6-8 x 2~—2.5"), the exterior pair reduced, acuminate, taper- 
ing to petiolule, entire: peduncle with 3-flowered cyme sub- 
equalling petiole, pedicels ebracteate: sepals chiefly 4; 2 
exterior herbaceous, ovate (1—2'): petals chiefly 5, exceeding 
interior sepal (8'): ovary 7-10-locular, truncate-conic, as 
broad as gynophore (3'); stigmas before anthesis sacciform, 
oval (1.5 x 1’); capsule globose, the matured not seen.—A 
tree 15-21" high with spreading branches. P. pteleotdes 
Walp., which has been the monotype of the genus, and 
recorded only from Jamaica, differs by short petioles, ternate 
smaller leaflets, compound inflorescence equalling leaves, 
smaller flowers, less numerous and less unequal parts of peri- 
anth.—Zamorora, Depart. Santa Rosa, alt. 5,500°, March 
1892 and April 1893, Heyde & Lux, (ex Pl. Guatemal. qu. 
edid. J. D. S. 3,058 and 4,437). 
Cabralea insignis C. DC.—Foliis maximis modice petio- 
latis abrupto-pinnatis 19-jugis, foliolis oppositis sessilibus 
anguste oblongis basi equali subacutis obtusisve apice ob- 
tusiuscule cuspidatis utrinque glabris, nervis secundariis sub- 
patulis tenuibus utrinque 25 et plus, fructu globoso glabro 
loculis monospermis.—Arbor? Foliumtotum ad 65 longum. 
Foliola ad 14.5 longa 2.5™ lata in sicco membranacea sub- 
I—Vol. XIX.—No. 1. 
