396 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ DECEMBER 
Panicula terminalis sessilis foliis brevior laxiflora, pedicellis ad 
apicem versus ramorum primariorum alternorum racemoso-fas-_ 
ciculatis gracilibus. Alabastra lanceolato-ovoidea. Laciniae 
calycinae et corollinae subsejunctae, hae quam illae altero tanto 
longiores. Antherae trigono-lineares, filamentis in tubum bre- 
vissimum omnino connatis. 
Arboreous. Everywhere glabrous except the ciliolate calyx. Leaves i 
crowded toward end of branchlets 14-18 X 3-3.5°™, chartaceous, midrib 
prominent above, less conspicuous beneath ; primary lateral nerves remote, 
about 10, arcuate, long-ascending ; petioles 5-7" long. Panicle 6~g™ long; 
branches spreading, 2-3 long; pedicels g-12™™" long. Alabastra 6™™ long. 
Flowers punctate. Segments of calyx 3-nerved, lanceolate, 2.5™" long, 
spreading before anthesis. Segments of corolla white, oblong, acute. 
Anthers 5™™ long, acute. Ovary oval, 1™ long, produced into style ancip- 
ital below and equaling stamens. Berries not present. 
Small tree, forests of Shirores, Talamanca, Costa Rica, alt. 300%, Feb. 
1895, Pitt. & Tond., no. 9173 herb. nat. C. R.— Forests of Tsaki, Talamanca, 
alt. 600%, Aug. 1895, Zonduz, no. 9586 herb. nat.C. R. 
fous- \4°  Forestiera Cartaginensis Donn. Sm.—Glabrata. Foliacoriacea 
ovato-elliptica utrinque acuminata integra aut supra medium 
grosse serrata rectinervia, margine revoluto. Racemorum pedi- 
cella 5—7 plerumque oppositi. Drupa dimidiato-elliptica laciniis 
calycinis lineari-lanceolatis minutis suffulta, putamine striato. 
Arboreous, 5-7™ high, branchlets rigid, the younger pubescent. Leaves 
not porulose, pubescent beneath on midrib, 5-7 < 2-4™, narrowed to canali- 
culate petiole 4-6™ long. Scales of leaf buds pluri-imbricate, triangular- 
ovate, 2™™" long, ciliate. Rhachis of fruiting racemes g-12™" long, pedicels 
3-4™" long. Segments of calyx 1™™ long, ciliolate. Drupe 8-9™ long, 
arcuate on one side, straight on the other ; crowned with persistent style “ 
long, 1-seeded, putamen lignose. Flowers not present. Approaching F. 
racemosa WNatson by inflorescence, and F. forulosa Poir. by drupes; this 
species differs from both by its foliage. 
“Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 4600%, Dec. 1887, Cooper, no. 5849 Pl. Guat., 
etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.— Slopes below San Rafael de Cartago, C. R., alt. 5100" 
Oct. 1894, Pzttier, no. 9028 herb. nat. C. R. 
Tabernaemontana Alfari Donn. Sm. (§TaseRNA a Miers pro 
genere proposita)— Folia breviter petiolata membranacea pel- 
lucida minute reticulata oblongo-elliptica caudato-acuminata ad 
imam basin acuta saepe in eodem jugo dimorpha. Cymae © 
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