394 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [DECEMBER 
tum ex India orientali notum est. Illa vix nisi disco obsoletiore a nostra 
specie recedit. Plantam nostrae simillimam a Schiede in Mexico in Cumbre 
del Obispo lectam et propter flores nondum plane evolutos atque ob patriam 
plane extraordinariam adhuc indeterminatam in herbario regio Berolinensi 
inven, 
Volcan Poas, alt. 8000%., March 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6470 Pl. Guat. 
etc., qu. ed. n. Sm 
Luehea meiantha Donn. Sm. (§ PoLyaANTHAE Schumann in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. 123:152)—Folia discoloria elliptico- vel obovato- 
oblonga longe acuminata ad basin obtusam 3-nerviam inaequalia. 
Cymulae breviter pedunculatae, floribus minimis. Involucri 
bracteolae 3 oblongo-ellipticae 3-nerviae sub anthesi caducae 
pedicellis longiores sepalis linearibus dimidio breviores. Petala a 
sepalis 2-3-plo superata oblonga. Annulus barbatus staminodiis 
respondens. Stamina levissime coalita, antheris ellipticis. 
Ovarium trigonum 3-loculare. 
Indument stellate, pale ochraceous. Leaves 16-22 5-8.5°", sparsely 
pubescent above, more densely beneath, and like panicles, involucre and 
calyx sometimes tomentulose ; basal nerves disappearing in upper third part 
and term s ing heen: foaede dcueanaie, 37" long, 
reflexed, eatin Sepals 8-11X1.5-2™, acute, villous within. Petals 
roseate, 41™", abruptly contracted into a claw that is thickened within with 
an entire cuneate gland 1™ long, densely barbate above gland. Gynophore 
7™ high. Annulus of staminodes 0.5™™ broad, the hairs 1™™ long. Stamens 
about 25, of unequal length, the longer a little shorter than sepals, like 
minodes obscurely fasciculate in five groups, anthers 0.25™™” long. Ovary 
clongateellipical 2.5™" long, twice exceeded by filiform style. Capsules not 
present.—Anomalous by staminodes, anthers and ovary. 
Jiménez, Llanos de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, alt. 600%, Sept. 1896, Cooper, 
nos. 10212 & 10850 herb. nat. C. R. 
BURMEISTERA CYCLOSTIGMATA Donn. Sm., in Bor. Gaz. 20: 291; 
strensis Donn. Sm.—Folia oblongo-ovata aut ovato- 
bonis | Hhevans ovata. Calycis dentes triangulares tubo 3-plo 
breviores. 
Suerre, Llanos de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, alt. goo®, Feb. 1896, om#- 
Sm., no. 6623 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
