156 BOTANICAL GAZETTE 
cous beneath; petioles canaliculate, 5~7™™ long. Peduncles 6-13 long; 
pedicels about 5-9, chiefly 2™ long. Segments of calyx, with the 3™ lng 
mucro added, 10o-12™" long. Corolla 12-13™" long; lobes 2™™ long, the 
superior two broader and connate. Stamensinserted below middle of tule 
anthers conniving by their apexes in a square. Ovary conic-ovoid, equalitg 
Style. Fruit globose, 6™" in diam., included in the not augmented calyx 
apiculated by the remains of style, pericarp granulated,— Related to B, an 
flora Benth. 
Damp woods at El Recreo, Costa Rica, July 1888, Pétéier, no. 572 hen. 
nat. C. R.— Borders of road to Carrillo, C. R., alt. 300, May 1899, Piller, 
no. 2495 herb. nat. C. R.— Forests of Tuis, Prov. Cartago, C. R., alt. 60% 
Oct. 1897, Tonduz, no. 11358 herb. nat. C. R. 
Besleria robusta Donn. Sm. (§ PseupoBEsLeria Fritsch in Engl 
et Prantl. Natuerl. Pflanzenfam. 43° : 158; non Oerst.) — Cals 
petiolique crassi tomentosi. Folia coriacea integra maxill® 
obovata acuta deorsum attenuata penninervia evenia supra glabra 
Flores paucifasciculati breviter pedunculati. Calyxalte parts 
extus Sericeus intus glaber et rubescens, segmentis aequalibis 
oblongo-ovatis. Corolla glabra e basi vix gibbosa tubulost 
calycem paulo superans, limbo aequali patulo. 
Stem terete, near apex 1 in diam., internodes 14" long. Leavés a 
14%, becoming pale in drying, with scattered hairs beneath; nee pe 
the side, extending to margin, like midrib tomentose beneath; petioles 5: a 
long, 5-6™ thick, canaliculate. Peduncles sericeous, 6-8%™ eee 
ments of calyx 12m long. Corolla apparently yellow, succulent, pu 
within, 14m long, 3" wide, suberect; lobes round, 3" long: ; ee 
inserted below middle of tube, the rudimentary one 4™™ long; anthers F . 
form, cohering; cells oblong, 2™™ long, connective trian 
equal. Ovary glabrous, oblong-conical, with equal style added ¢ itn 
mike stigma distinctly bilobed. Fruit not seen.— Nearest to Ve sat 
anst, 
Tins 
Forests of Tsaki, Talamanca, Costa Rica, alt, 200%, Apt: 1895: 
NO. 9556 herb. nat. C. R 
Tabebuia sessilifolia Donn. Sm.—Glabra. Folia oblanceo# 
Cuspidato-acuminata in basin sessilem sensim attenuata. 
culi ad a 
Coriaceus 
bilobus, tu 
Corolla in 
picem bracteosum ramulorum pauci-aggregatt fs ae 
amplus pedunculum aequans spathaceo-fissu® oe 
bo campanulato, lobis oblongo-ovatis integris 
fundibuliformis intus praesertim ad lobos . 
