1894. ] Undescribed Plants from Guatemala. 259 
oblique rotundato-ovatis basi inzequali rotundatis subcorda- 
tisque apice obtusiuscule acuminatis utrinque dense velutinis 
7-nerviis nervis 5 medianis validioribus, petiolo dense velutino 
basi ima vaginante, amento baccifero limbum zquante, pedun- 
culo petiolum parum superante velutino, bractea spathulata 
apice rotundata utrinque et prasertim dorso hirsuta, ovario 
hirtello, bacca globoso-ovata_hirtella.—Frutex 3-4" altus. 
Ramuli dense velutini, cortex fasciculis collenchymateis dis- 
cretis instructus fibris destitutus; fasciculi intramedullares 
uniseriati. Folia in sicco subrubescentia. Limbi in sicco firmi 
circiter 12™ longi 7.5™ lati. Petioli 1™ longi. Amenta bac- 
cifera 3™" crassa. Stamina 4, anthere reniformi-globosz 
caduce filamentis circiter equilonge. 
River-bank near Santa Rosa, Depart. Baja Verapaz, 
Guatemala, alt. 5, 000°, Apr. 1887, von Tiirckheim, no. 1,174, 
distributed as P. patulum Bertol.; Santa Rosa, Depart. Santa 
osa, Guatemala, alt. 4,000°, May 1892°and Nov. 1892, 
Heyde & Lux, nos. 3,463 and 3,833; Capetillo, Depart. 
Zacatepequez, Guatemala, alt. 4,300", Mch. 1892, J. D. S., 
0. 3,590. 
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Piper variabile C. DC. in Donnell Smith Enum. Pl. Guat.. 
‘i Ws. (S IV. Carpunya C., DC. ); foliis modice petiolatis late 
Ovatis basi truncato-rotundatis vel elliptico-ovatis basi sub- 
acutis omnibus apice acuminatis utrinque glabris, nervo cen- 
nervulos validos mittente, petiolo glabro basi ima vaginante, 
Ba tam subeequante pedunculo quam petiolus paulo 
breviore, bractee vertice glabro triangulari superne breviter 
Ri, ende Subquadrangulari pedicelloque basi hirsuto, 
bacca obpyramidato-trigona glabra.—Ramuli glabri. Limbi 
cohen subcoriacei opaci fuscescentes late elliptici 16.5™ longi 
ee lati, elliptico-ovati 16™ longi 8.5™ lati. Petioli LS. 
Pi al Amenta baccifera ad 6" crassa. Stamina 3.—Species 
rea forma in ramis amentiferis ipsis valde variabili in- 
m Wountain-forests near Coban, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guate- 
ala, alt. 4, 300°, May 1879, von Tiirckheim, no. 434. 
Piper Donnell-Smithii C. DC. in Donnell Smith Enum. 
~ Guat. *: 95; (§ IV. Carpunya C. DC.); foliis breviter 
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