1898] UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 151 
Forests on -the plain of Salinas, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, July 1890, 
Pittier, nos. 2787 and 2814 herb. nat. C. R. 
TourNEFORTIA NELSONI, proposed as a new species in Bor. 
Giz. 23: 10. 1897, and founded upon no, 3615 of Nelson’s col- 
lections in Guatemala, does not appear to differ from 7. petiolarts 
Tournefortia subspicata Donn. Sm.—Praeter inflorescentiam 
corollamque subglabra. Folia longe petiolata obovato-elliptica 
utrinque acuminata discoloria supra minutissime lepidota, nerv1 
laterales crebri cum venis subparallele transversis subtus con- 
‘picui, Cyma pluries dichotoma, floribus dissitis subsessilibus. 
Corollae tubus calyce vix bis longior, lobi ovato-lanceolati tubi 
dimidium fere aequantes. Pistillum calycem vix aequans. 
Fraticose, Branchlets sulcate. Leaves 10-12X4-6™, the upper often 
°pposite or ternate, in drying rugose above and flavescent beneath; lateral 
*erves 8-10 to the side, like the veins nigrescent beneath and sparsely 
pe Descent; petioles 2~3.5°™ long. Peduncles terminal, erect, dichotomous, 
spikes recurved and like the corolla flavescent with a strigillose pubescence, 
hiefly 1-2™" long, Segments of calyx glabrous, becoming black in 
vate-lanceolate, 4mm long. Tube of corolla 7™™ long, ampliate at 
Toat, lobes 3mm long and acute. Stamens subsessile at middle of tube; 
» 2.5™" long, muticous. Ovary glabrous, conic-ovoid, short 
¢low the conic apex. Drupes not seen. ‘ge 
_ vateau of Voledn Turrialba, Costa Rica, alt. 2700", Jan. 1891, Pétiter, 
877 herb. nat. C. R. 
. 
Calceolaria Sciadephora Donn. Sm. (§ CHEILONCOS Wettst. in 
Benth , og Natuerl. Pflanzenfam. 4”: 55. § Perfoliatae 
‘/~~ “IScoso-pubescens. Folia subtus incano-tomentulosa 
hevige licato-dentata elongato-deltoidea in petiolos pare 
tracta, c ate alatos basi dilatata dentata connatos abrupte ew 
flor “dunculi elongati apice bracteato subumbellatim mul i- 
” Pedicellis filiformibus. Calyx luteus corolla triente brevior 
re bis longior. Antherae reniformes, loculis con- 
S proclinatis, 
Suffrutic 
added Sem l 
broad, 
®Se, erect, tall. Leaves discolorate, with petiole ee ae pes 
P one, 3.55% broad, acute, base truncate, interpetiolar wing 9-12 
*duncles from upper axils, 4.5-7°™ long; pedicels 2-3 long, 
