VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 6 
BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
: DECEMBER 1897 
UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND 
OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. XIX. 
JOHN DONNELL SMITH. 
Anona Pittieri Donn. Sm. (§ Attar, CHERIMOLIAE Mart. FI. 
Bras. 13*: 14)—-Folia glaberrima crasso-chartacea opaca oblonga 
4-plo longiora quam latiora, apice obtuso abrupte acuminata, 
basi obtusa, nervis lateralibus tantum subtus conspicuis paucis a 
_ _Margine remote anastomosantibus. Pedunculi laterales singuli 
aut fasciculati graciles. Petala inter maxima lineari-oblonga. 
Leaves 16-18 4-5", nerves about 12 to the side, petioles 6-8™™ long. 
-Peduncles I-5, equaling petals, flowers puberulous. Calyx 3™" high, seg- 
ments deltoid. Petals 3, triquetrous, deeply concave at base, 3. 3x0. 7™. 
Torus hemispherical, in anthesis 3™ broad. Stamens 1™™ long, anthers twice 
longer than filaments. Ovaries pubescent, with equally long and oblong 
Style added 2™™ long; ovule 1, erect. Fruit not present 
Platanillo on the road to Cafias Gordas, Costa Rica, alt. 3400%, Feb. 
1897, Pittier, no. 11108 herb. nat. C. R. 
i Donn. Sm. (§ Cyvornatta DC. )—Glabra. 
Folia it in axulla eglandulosa lineari-oblonga utrinque acuta subtus 
candicantia et nervis venisque atris reticulata longepetiolata. 
_ Racemus terminalis sessilis, rhachi abbreviata, pedicellis longis- 
_ Simis. Sepala libera orbiculari-ovata a petalis oblongo-ovalibus 
4-plo superata. Stamina toro conico insidentia, antheris lineari- 
ma Ovarium gynophoro sensor 
