1894.] Undescribed Plants from Guatemala. 263 
Pedilanthus macradenius Donnell Smith. ($EUPEDILAN- 
THUS Boiss. )—Folia glabra ampla obovato-oblonga angulo ob- 
tusissimo terminantia, basi obtusa. Cymez ex axillis supremis 
orte breves oligocephalz, bracteis oblongo-ovatis peduncu- 
los superantibus. Involucrum ad basim rectangulare, calcaris 
quam tubus paullo minoris deflexi glandulas 2 majusculas 
gerentis labiis ovatis sub apice plica intrusa auctis, tubi lobis 
binis inferioribus ovatis cano-fimbriatulis superiore cum inter- 
Mediis aequilongis alte connato. Bracteole numerosissime 
flores masculos aequantes, pedicellis masculis et femineo fila- 
mentisque glabris. Capsula depresso-sphaerica lineis dehis- 
' centie 6 latis albis notata. 
Arboreous. Leaves olive-green, at apex of branchlets 
4-6 x 2-3"; petioles smooth, 3' long. Bracts rubescent be- 
neath hoary pubescence, 6x 3'. Peduncles pubescent. In- 
volucre rubescent, smooth within, 5—6' long, spur 3} X2' with 
oval glands 1' long, tube 4x 3'. Capsule 4' in diam., coccules 
ecarinate, seeds _trigonal-globose.— Canival, Depart. Hue- 
huetenango, Guatemala, alt. 3,200%, Dec. 1891, Dr. W. C. 
Shannon, U. S. Army, no. 412. 
¥chmea Friedrichsthalii Mez et Donnell Smith; foliis 
Placentis interno loculorum angulo apici affixis. —Epiphyta 
(ex cl. Friedrichsthal !), acaulis, florifera ad 0.5" alta. Folia 
is Parvis, patentibus aucta, praesertim dorso adpresse alluta- 
theta pulchre rubentia, subglabra. _Inflorescentia multiflora, 
Picem usque e ramulis distiche florigeris, subpatentibus, vix 
