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side, prominent beneath; petioles 8-13™ long; stipules canescent, 3-4™" 
long, deciduous. Peduncles 4-6™ long, bracts 1.5-3 long, primary axes 
1~2.5™ long, pedicels 4-5™" long. Segments of calyx orbicular-ovate, 3"™ 
long, pubescent. Petals oval, with claw 2-3™" long added 8-10™ long, the 
interior one exceeding the others. Staminal tube 1™™ high, anthers 2™ long. 
Ovary globose, 2™" in diam., equaling the styles. Fruit not present.—Dis- 
tinct by the ovary from all known species except 4/7. parvifolia A. Juss. 
Rio Samald, Depart. Retalhuleu, Guat., alt. 1700, Oct. 1891, Shannon, 
no. 217 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. sub J/. glaéra L.?—Banks of Rio 
Torres, San Francisco de Guadalupe, Costa Rica, alt. 3400°%, Nov. 1893, 
Tonduz, no. 8444 herb. nat. C. R.—San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, June 
1895, Péttier, no. 9653 herb. nat. C. R. 
Malpighia edulis Donn. Sm.—Ramuli cum foliis subtus et 
inflorescentia ochraceo-tomentelli. Folia supra praeter costam 
nervosque glabrescentia elliptica utrinque praesertim superne 
acuminata hujus generis inter maxima. Umbelli axillares et 
terminales foliis multoties breviores, pedunculis petiolos paulo 
superantibus pedicellos 4—7-fasciculatos subaequantibus. Calyx 
to-glandulosus. Petala trimorpha. Stamina inaequilonga. 
Leaves 15-19 X6-9™, petioles 8™™ long; stipules petiolar, subulate, 2—-3™ 
long. Peduncles 1o-12™™ long; pedicels in middle articulated and bracteo- 
late; bracteoles 2, oblong, 2™™ long. Segments of calyx tomentulose, oblong- 
ovate, 2™™ long. Inmost petal the largest, with claw 2™ long added 1™ 
long, “a. entire margin pectinate' with a fringe 2~3™™ long; 3 interior petals 
its hastate-cordate base. Stamens alternately longer; the tube 1™™ high, 
Shorter than the free portions of the longer filaments. Ovary glabrous, 3™™ 
high, equaling styles.—Nearest to J/. Mexicana A. Juss. 
orest of La Carpintera, Costa Rica, Aug. 1891, Pittier Se Tonduz, no 
4394 herb. nat. C. R.—San Francisco Dos Rios, C. R., Aug. 1891, Pittier, 
nO. 4409 herb. nat. C. R. Cultivated for its fruit. Popular name Acerod/a. 
BANISTERIA CORNIFOLIA Spreng., var. discolor Donn. Sm.— 
Folia subtus pube argenteo-sericea nitescentia. Paniculae flori- 
bundae folia superantes. 
San Pedro de la Calabaza, Costa Rica, alt. 3300*, Oct. 1896, Tonduz, no. 
'o924 herb. nat. C. R. 
_ Zanthoxylum ferrugineum Radik. (Euzanruoxyitum Endl.; 
_ Tr. et Planch. in Ann. Sc. Nat. V. 14: 308)—Arbor, ut videtur, 
_inermis ; ; ramuli ultimi in novellos florigeros lana ferruginea 
