300 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [OCTOBER 
Folia 3.5-49™ longa perlonge attenuata supra glabra subtus niveo-lepidota 
spinis corneis inter se 5—1o™™ distantibus 1-3™™ longis crenulata. Scapus cum 
panicula glaber in sicco purpurascens, vaginis supra oinochrois subtus niveis e 
basi ovato-lanceolata longissime filiformeque attenuatis 7-9°™ longis internodia 
superantibus. Panicula 5-64™ longa, racemis raro binis sueto inter se 3-7°™ 
distantibus 4-8°™ longis, bracteis 1.5-2°™ longis uti bracteolae 7-8™™ longae 
lineari-lanceolatis, pedicellis 3™™ longis, floribus glabris. Perianthii segmenta dis- 
creta ovato-lanceolata, exteriora 5™™ longa cum bracteis bracteolisque oinochroa, 
interiora 6™™ longa alba. Florum masculinorum solum cognitorum stamina 
perianthium aequantia, ovarii rudimentum glabrum. 
n collibus declivibus ad flumen Quwililé prope Santa Rosa, Depart. Baja 
Verapaz, Guatemala, alt. 1600", Maj. 1g05, O. F. Cook. 
BALTIMORE, Mp. 
