VOLUME XXV NUMBER 3 
MANICAL (,AZETTE 
MARCH 1898 
UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND 
OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. XX. 
JoHN DoONNELL SMITH. 
(WITH PLATE X11) 
Theobroma simiarum Donn. Sm.— Folia obovato-oblonga 
“uspidata ad basin cordatam 3-nervia dentato-repanda supra 
. subcanescentia et in nervatione fusco-piloss. 
Cs fae trunco prorumpens fasciculata intricato-ramosa 
i = tors. Ligulae jam in aestivatione reflexae cucullo vix bis 
_ 8l0tes obovatae retusae in unguem gracilem attenuatae stam- 
3 om obovato-lanceolatis paulo breviores dimidio angustiores. 
ig triantherifera. Fructus elliptico-cylindraceus coriaceo- 
i‘ “attilagineus €xangulatus exrugosus. 
OLAS Raia Oi oe SA eer are fe ae ean Tey SS 
4 
on og : ~ with spreading branches, younger parts and inflorescence 
ia isles linear-lanceolate, plurinerved, about 2™ long. Leaves 
Prominent - x oe. strongly reticulated, midrib and lateral nerves 
kes . wath ; petioles stout, about 12™ long. Cymes subsessile, 
: Pédicels bibracteolate in middle. Calyx tomentose, partite 
*} Segments reflexed, 10 X 6™™, acute, furnished within at base 
wand minutely oblong glands. Cucudli glabrous, oval, 6™ long, 
) “Silae glabrous, with claw 5™" long added 1o™™ long, at rounded 
0 ; 
meer Fruit 24-26™ long, 8.s—g™ in diameter, rounded at 
fusco-farinose, surface uniformly even; seeds 
a ie a 
