154 BOTANICAL GAZETTE (mance 
Alloplectus ventricosus Donn. Sm. ( § Hypocyrrompe! Hans. 
in Linnaea 34 : 377-)— Folia cum caule glabra ampla oblongo- 
lanceolata utrinque acuminata integra subtus rubescentia ds 
paria, cujusque paris majus rarius utrumque longe petiolatum 
Pedunculi toti bracteosi apice congestiflori. Calycis segments 
sicut bracteae paulo majores pubescentia sanguinea ovalia. Cor 
olla tomentosa calyce pallidior et bis fere longior superne infialo 
ventricosa et ore bis amplior, lobis minutis erectis. Anthem ! 
oblongae bilobae. 
Epiphytal ; stem stout. Leaves shining, the larger in the pairs 28x¢° 
and attenuated into a petiole 5° long, a third or a half longer than the other 
one ; nerves 6-7 to theside, arcuately ascending to the margin, like midrib stat 
beneath. Peduncles stout, 1.5-2°" long; bracts imbricating, not invola 
crate, orbicular-oval, 1.5°™ long, contracted into a short stipe ; pedicels oat 
recurved. Calyx oblique; segments obovate-oval, 12™" long, apex dente 
late, the posterior one a half smaller. Corolla declinate at base, above the 
middle obovate-ventricose, 2‘™ long, 1° broad at top, lobes 2™* 
Anthers 3™™ long. Gland posterior, solitary. Fruit puberulous, spherical, : 
12™" in diam., exceeded by the accrescent calyx, dehiscing in 2 valves 
Related to 4, Sparsifiorus Mart. 
Atirro, Prov. Cartago, C. R., alt. 600™., April 1896, Donn. Sm. 00. 673) 
Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. sh 
Codonanthe macradenia Donn. Sm.— Praeter petiolos pedut : 
culos flores puberulos glabra. Folia carnosa opaca ellipti@ : 
utrinque acuta, costa in utraque facie immersa, nervis Gp 
| Pedunculi solitarij aut gemini petiolo bis longiores. ee 
pedunculum subaequans, segmentis filiformi-linearibus a e: 
recta leviter ventricosa dimidio brevioribus. Stamina — 
Disci glandula majuscula. : 
the yours 
5h 
15-2.5™. Calyx oblique ; segments fusco-puberulous on both oe ie 
gm long. Corolla yellow, tube above gibbous base ampliate, ‘ 
2™ long, at throat 6™™ broad ; lobes veiny, orbicular, 2™™ in diamet? : 
Berry oval-spherical, apiculate, 1°™ long, a little exceedin 
Calyx, indehiscent,— Nearest to C. graci/is Hanst. 
