150 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [Marca 
Prosthecidiscus Guatemalensis Donn. Sm.— Simul setulosus ¢ 
glanduloso-pubescens. Folia longipetiolata suborbicularia cus- 
pidato-acuminata lobis rotundatis et imbricatis cordata supra 
pilis brevibus parce onusta subtus praeter nervationem fuscam 
glandulosam et setulosam glabra et pallida, margine repando. 
Pedunculi petiolis sublongiores racemum superantes, pedicellis 
bibracteolatis flores aequantibus. Sepala lanceolata intus 3-3 
glandulosa. Corolla extus pilis brevibus sparsissime obtecta 
intus glabra in praefloratione basi intrusa sepalis 4-plo tubo 
decies longior. Corona minuta, crenis tumidis. Ovaria stylos 
aequantia. Disci appendicium gynostegio 3-plo breviore adjecto 
corollam aequans. 
Leaves 9-13X8-12", petioles 4—-6™ long. Racemes 6-12-flowered; 
bractlets filiform, 3-4™™ long. Flowers turning black in drying, 2™ long 
Anthers 1™™ long. Pistils 4™™ long. Matured follicles not present. 
Cerro Gordo, 2% leagues N. W. from Cenaguilla, Depart. Santa Rosa, 
Guatemala, alt. 1100, Sept. 1892, Heyde & Lux, no. 3845 Pl. Guat. ett, 
qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XII.—Fig. 1, stem with leaves and flowy 
Fig. 2, same with young follicle. Fig. 3, bud. Fig. 4, flower. Fig 
Synostegium with corona and base of stylar disk. Fig. 6, stamens. Fig:? 
ollinia. 
Bourreria litoralis Donn. Sm.— Folia longe petiolata ba 
oblongo-ovato elliptica et utrinque acuta aut obtusa supra pilise 
tuberculo ortis plus minus scabriuscula subtus pubescent 
Cyma laxiramosa, axibus filiformibus patulis. Calyx pas 
dentibus acute triangularibus usque ad medium fere partitus ; 
; . ad 
corollae tubum aequans lobis dimidio brevior. Filamenta® 
basin dilatatam Villosa duabus partibus exserta. 
Leaves vai 
A small tree. B i ese 
ranchlets and inflorescence glabres or obovate 
= ss outline, sometimes oval and 7.55, sometimes ovate- ; 
elliptical and 126m, petioles 1.5~3.5™ long. Cyme corals high 
exceeding leaves - bracteoles lanceolate, minute, caducous. Calyx : wad 
externally pilose, internally except canescent teeth gabe sabe, 
Corolla suborbicular, 8-9" long. Filaments inserted at apex OF added. 
long, twice exceeding oblong anthers. Ovary, with style at apex bifid att 
twice longer than calyx, stigmas capitate. Drupe not present.— BY wae 
of flowers nearest to B. formosa Hemsl. 
