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2. GUAREA TUERCKHEIMII C. DC. Bot. Gaz. 33: 250. 1902, emend. 



In diagnosi adde : Capsula globosa glabra in sicco fuscescens, 

 2 cm. diam. 



Guatemala: (C. DC. 1. c). Near the Finca Sepacuite, Alta 

 Verapaz, 0. F. Cook & R. F. Griggs 649. 



3. GUAREA COOK-GRIGGSII C. DC. n. sp. 



Ramulis glabris ; foliis longe petiolatis glabris, 3-?-jugis, foliolis 

 oppositis breviter petiolulatis magnis elliptico-lanceolatis basi aequi- 

 latera subacutis apice breviter et obtusiuscule acuminatis ; paniculis 

 quam folia brevioribus, brevissinie pedunculatis glabris fere a basi 

 bifidis, ramis spicatim cymuligeris altero longiore folii dimidium 

 superante, cyniulis i-floris glabris, floribus brevissime pedicellatis 

 parvis ; calice acute 4-dentato juniore extus pilosulo ; petalis 4 glabris 

 oblongis apice obtusis, tubo stamineo glabro cylindraceo margine 

 minute crenulato cum petalis arete agglutinate, antheris 8 oblongis ; 

 ovario glabro gynophorum glabrum superante oblongo-ovato 

 4-costulato, stilo glabro. 



Arbor procera, ramuli floriferi circiter 5 mm. crassi pallidi lenti- 

 cellis inconspicuis conspersi. Folia alterna 25-? cm. longa. Foliola 

 in sicco firma membranacea minutissime pellucido-punctulata usque 

 ad 21.5 cm. longa et fere 6 cm. lata, nervi secundarii leviter arcuati 

 utrinque circiter 12. Petioluli 3 mm. longi, rhachis petiolusque 10 cm. 

 longus supra leviter sulcati. Paniculae ramus maximus 16 cm. 

 longus, pedicelli fere i mm. longi, petala in alabastro subadulto 

 oblonga 3.5 mm. longa et usque ad i mm. lata, in sicco rubescentia, in 

 aestivatione valvata, antherae ellipticae vix 0.75 mm. longae, ovarium 

 4-loculare, loculi i-ovulati. 



Guatemala: Near the Finca Sepacuite, Alta Verapaz, 0. F. Cook 

 & R.F. Griggs 408. 



4. GUAREA PALMERI C. DC. Bot. Gaz. 19: 39. 1894 



Guatemala: Prope Patulul, Febr., fructifera, Kellerman 5698. 

 El Salvador : Rcnson 97. Viciniis Izalco, Depart. Sonsonate, alt. 

 400-600 m., H. Pittier 1931. 

 DisTRiBUTio : Mexico. 



5. GUAREA TERNIFOLIOLA C. DC. n. sp. 



Foliis sat longe petiolatis, 1-3 jugis ; foliolis oppositis breviter 

 petiolulatis oblongo-elliptico-lanceolatis basi aequilatera acutis apice 

 obtusiuscule et sat longe acuminatis, supra glabris subtus ad nervum 



