MELIACEAE CENTRALI-AMERICANAE ET 



PANAMENSES ' 



AucTORE C. DE CANDOLLE, Geneva 



GUAREA L. 

 I. GUAREA BREVIANTHERA C. DC. n. sp. 



Ramulis glabris cinerascentibus ; f oliis breviter petiolatis 3-4-jugis ; 

 foliolis oppositis elliptico-lanceolatis basi aequilatera acutis apice 

 obtusiuscule acuminatis utrinque glabris, rhachi minutissime pube- 

 rula ; panicula axillari quam folium multo breviore brevissime pe- 

 dunculata glabra, inferne brevissime ramulosa et superne spicatim 

 cymuligera ; floribus longiuscule pedicellatis glabris ; calice 4-dentato, 

 dentibus rotundatis summo apice acute apiculatis ; petalis 4 oblongis 

 apice attenuato-acutis ; tubo stamineo cylindrico infra apicem paullo 

 contracto margine leviter crenulato, antheris 8 minutis ovatis basi 

 affixis ; ovario rotundato glabro. 



Parva arbor. Folia alterna, usque ad 15 cm. longa. Foliola in 

 sicco firma, supra nitentia, supera usque ad 14.5 cm. longa et 5.5 cm. 

 lata, nervi secundarii subadscendentes subrecti utrinque circiter 7, 

 rhachis supra sulcata. Petiolus 1.5-2.5 cm. longus. Paniculae 

 florentes circiter 7 cm. longae, ramuli usque ad i cm. longi, florum 

 pedicelli fere 2 mm. longi, petala in sicco atro-rubescentia 5 mm. 

 longa et 1.5 mm. lata, antherae 0.5 mm. longae, gynophorum ovario 

 brevius, ovarium 4-loculare, loculi i-ovulati, stigma carnosum orbi- 

 culare. Species antheris minutis sat insignis. 



Costa Rica: In silvis La Palma, alt. 1459 m., Novembri, A. 

 Tonduz 12592. 



^ In connection with a systematic study of the flora of Panama, begun under 

 the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution several years ago, there were sent 

 by the United States National Museum to Mr. Casimir de Candolle, for 

 identification, a series of specimens of the family Meliaceae from Central 

 America and Panama. The accompanying paper is a brief report upon this 

 material. Mr. de Candolle's study has resulted in the extension of our 

 knowledge of the group and in the recognition of 12 species and varieties as 

 new, 7 of these being from Panama. The new forms are described in this 

 paper. — Frederick V. Coville. 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 68, No. 6 



