39° BOTANICAL GAZETTE | DECEMBER 
Leaves 10~-14X2.5-3, petioles 3-4.5™ long. Raceme corymbiform, 
rachis about 1.5 long, pedicels about Io, 2.5~4.5°" long. Sepals biserially 
imbricate, 5™™ long, obtuse. Petals 18—2zo™™ long, alternately somewhat 
broader, obtuse at each end, exunguiculate. Stamens indefinite, a thi 
longer than petals, anthers 4™™ long. Torus 4-glandular. Ovary cylindrical, 
a half longer than gynophore. Fruit not present in the specimens. 
Forest of Rodeo de Pacaca, Costa Rica, Jan. 1891, Péter, no. 3537 herb. 
nat. C. R. 
Norantea subsessilis Donn. Sm. (§ CocHLiopHyLLuM Delp. in 
Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. 12: 181.)—(Ruyschia? subsessilis Benth. 
Bot. Voy. Sulph. 73.—/Norantee species? Wittmack in Mart 
Fl. Bras. 12*:248.)—Specimina Tonduziana tantum florigera 
cum hac specie phrasibus nimis brevibus descripta satis bene ~ 
congruunt. Folia 8™ longa 3™ lata ad basin aequalem 1™ lata 
glandulis uniserialibus e margine remotis utrinsecus circiter 10— 
12 notata, petiolis 2™™ longis. Racemus crassus usque ad 5™ 
pedicellis 5—-6™ longis in quinta vel sexta parte inferiori bractea 
pendula obovata 14™" longa 8™™ lata cuculliformi atro-purpurea 
instructis. Prophylla calyci appressa sepaloidea. Sepala 5-6™ 
longa, exteriora latiora quam longiora. Petala libera elliptica 
1" longa per anthesin in massa decidua. Stamina circiter 13, 
antheris ovalibus 3™" longis utrinque retusis quam filamenta 
complanata paulo brevioribus. Ovarium dépresso-globosum 3™ 
altum 5™™ latum striatum 3-loculare spurie septatum intus pubes- 
cens, stylo crasso 3" longo, stigmate subintegro. Ad Noran- 
team Jussiaeit Tr. et Planch. accedit. 
Pdramos del’ pea Costa Rica, alt. 5800°, Apr. 1893, Zonduz, no. 7897 
herb. nat. C. 
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Donn. 5m.—Folia juniora sparsim pilosa, 
adulta aes cies: Slants longe acuminata ad basin obtusa 
integra longiuscule petiolata, stipulis binis interpetiolaribus 
oblongo-ovatis. Corymbi axillares et terminales longissime 
pedunculati laxi, bracteis foliaceis, pedicellis brevissimis. Calyx 
8-glandulosus. Petala breviter unguiculata. Filamentorum 
tubus partes liberas aequans. Ovarium hirsutum. 
‘ounger leaves oblong-elliptical, at base acutish, canescent beneath on 
midrib and nerves, the older 157, apex mucronulate; nerves 6-7 (? the 
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