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dichotomiis singulae aut binae brevissimae subtriflorae. Calycis 
parvi paucisquamuliferi lobi orbiculati nervosi. Corollae lutee 
tubus calyce 12-ies longior paulo infra medium staminiferus et 
contortus. Carpella ovato-lanceolata disco usque ad % adnata. 
Arboreous, 3-4™ high, glabrous throughout, abounding in resinous juices. 
The larger leaves in the pair 8-11 X 3.5-5™, abruptly prolonged into a tip 
bo 1 long; the smaller ovate 3-4 X 2-2. 5°™; all subsessile and with about 1o 
Spreading nerves to the side. Cymes about 1 long, bracteose ; pedicels 
ie scarcely longer than calyx and incrassate beneath the flower. Segments of 
deeply partite calyx 3™™ long, I—5-squamuliferous, some of them occasionally 
Tube of corolla 3.5 long, 4™™ wide in middle, subampliate at 
throat, twice exceeding the 1™ broad segments, pubescent between the 
stamens, thers sessile, 6™™ long. Disk stout, 1™" high. Follicles not 
seen.— Nearest to Taberna disparifolia Miers.— Named for Sr. Don Anas- 
tasio Alfaro, Secretary of the National Museum of Costa Rica, in memory of 
kind services while his guest at Suerre. 
Forests of Suerre, Llanuras de Santa Clara, C. R., alt. goo®, Apr. 1896, 
Donn. Sm., no. 6648 Pi. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.— Limoncito y Vuelta, 
Cafias Gordas, C. R., alt. 3400%, Feb. 1897, Pitfier, no. 11094 herb. nat. 
C. R.— Forests of River Naranjo, C. R., alt. 600-800%, March 1893, Tonduz, 
no. 7645 herb. nat. C.R 
TABERNAEMONTANA DONNELLSMITHII Rose, var. Costaricensis 
Donn. Sm.— Folliculi verrucosi ovales acuminati. 
: boa Borders of Rio Toro, Amarillo, Llanos de Santa Clara, C. R., alt. rooo*, 
Apr. 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6646 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
Tabernaemontana longipes Donn. Sm.— Folia magna obo- 
vato- aut elliptica-oblonga in acumen subito producta deorsum 
attenuata. Cymae longissime pedunculatae folia fere aequantes 
repetitus dichotomae floribundae. Calycis lobi ovati squamulis 
5 muniti. Corollae tubus ad basin ampliatus calyce 3-plo lon- - 
_ gior segmentis elongato-acuminatis triente brevior ad medium 
oes Discus subnullus. Carpella ovata acuta. 
Epiphytal, glabrous, branchlets compressed toward their tips. Leaves 
20-26 7-9™, chartaceous, shining, dots and veins pellucid; nerves chiefly 
ee 12-1 < to — ss and ascending arcuately to the margin, © 
like the drib complanate and fuscous on lower side of leaf; ny 
C 25 long, dilated at base, subconnate. Peduncles geminate in the fc 
o to-220m sons cymes diffuse, dgprce axes ail long, pedicels 5—1o™™ eae: : 
