UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND OTHER 
CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. XXVIII." 
JouHN DONNELL SMITH. 
Saurauja Maxoni Donn. Sm.—Glaberrima. Folia nitida obovato- 
oblonga in apicem angulo obtuso in basin angulo acuto desinentia 
calloso-denticulata, nervis lateralibus remotissimis arcuatis. Pani- 
culae subterminales longe pedunculatae folia subaequantes. Sepala 
paene glabra. 
Frutex 3-4-metralis, ramulis laevibus. Folia crassa 14-20°™ longa 6-8 
lata, margine vix ac ne vix undulato, nervis lateralibus haud parallelis 1. ge 
inter se distantibus, petiolis validis 2-3°™ longis. Pedunculi ro-17°™ longi et 
panicularum axes complanati striati nitidi, axibus primariis alternis 1.5~?- ase 
longis, pedicellis 4-5™™ longis, bracteis lincaribus 4™™ longis et bracteolis cilio- 
latis, floribus 2.5°™-diametralibus. Sepala ovalia 7-8™™ longa juxta marginem 
basinque intus pubescentia. Petala discreta oblongo-ovata bilobulata. Filamenta 
basi cinereo-barbata antheris aequilonga, loculis dimidio discretis. Ovarium 
glabrum 5- vel rarius 3-loculare, stylis discretis 4.5™™ longis. 
Secanquirh, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, alt. 550”, Jan. 1995; Maxon 
et Hay (n, 3221). 
Saurauja ovalifolia Donn. Sm.—Strigillosa. Folia ovalia bis 
longiora quam latiora apice obtusa basi rotundata supra scabriuscula 
subtus nervatione pubescentia mucronulis denticulata. Paniculae 
pauciflorae. Sepala strigillosa et pubescentia. Bacca magna villosa. 
Frutex orgyalis. Ramuli petioli pedunculi panicularum axes strigillis fer- 
rugineis pilo albo apiculatis operti. Folia 20-23°™ longa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinsecus 20-22, venis utrinque manifestis, petiolis circiter 2.5°" longis. Pedun- 
culi ex quaque axilla nascentes 7-10°™ longi, paniculis 4-6°™ longis, axibus 
plerumque geminatis 1-2°™ longis, pedicellis 5-1o™™ longis, bracteolis linearibus 
7-1o™™ longis. Sepala acuminato-ovata 7™™ longa. Bacca sordide —_ 
9™™-diametralis 5-locularis polysperma, stylis discretis 5™™ longis, seminibus 
vbovatis scrobiculatis—Petala et stamina in exemplis 2. gamers deficiunt. 
Rio Navarro, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. rroo™, Mart. 1894, J: Donnell 
Smith, n. 4746 ex Pl. Guat. etc. quas ed. Donn. Sm. 
Saurauja subalpina Donn. Sm.—Furfuraceo-strigillosa. Folia 
longe petiolata oblanceolata utrinque acuta mucronulis incurvis 
* Continued from Bor. GazeTTE 40:11. 1905. : 
Botanical Gazette, vol. 42] : aid 
