2 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
Guatteria dolichopoda Donnell Smith.— Folia lanceolato- 
oblonga longe acuteque acuminata deorsum cuneata. Pedunculi 
axillares solitarii graciles floris viridis sericei diametrum aequan- 
tes et in primi trientis articulatione et in basi bracteolati. Petala 
extus ad basin versus ochroleuco-sericea parum inaequalia obtusa, 
exteriora oblonga, interiora oblongo-ovata excrescendo oblon- 
gata intus ad basin versus glabra sepalis ter quaterve longiora. 
Stipites filiformes paces ovales numerosissimas 3—4-plo super- 
antes. 
Tree 20 ft. high with reclinate branches and a dusky patent pubescence. 
Leaves chartaceous, pilose, at length glabrescent, paler beneath, 5—7 X I 4-2 
in. Buds yellow-sericeous. Peduncles 1 4-13 in. long; bracteoles oblong- 
ovate, 2 1. long, caducous. Sepals ovate, acuminate, 2% 1. long, glabrous 
within. Exterior petals sericeous throughout, 9X3 1., the interior 104-5 1. 
Ovaries shorter than the sericeous stipes; torus hemispherical, excavate. 
Berries 30-50, green, glabrous, obtuse at each end, 4X3 I.; stipes red, glab- 
rous, 11-16 1. long, chiefly equaling the upper article of peduncle, torus 4 
1. broad.— To be located with G. nigrescens Mart. 
Shirores, Talamanca, Costa Rica, alt. 300 ft., Feb. 1895, aca & Tonduz, 
no. 9166 herb. nat. C. R—La Concepién, Llanos de S. Clara, C. R., alt. 700 
ft., Feb. 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6429 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Bini Sm. 
Asimina Costaricensis Donnell Smith.—Glaberrima. Folia 
membranacea elliptico-oblonga abrupte longeque acuminata, 
summo apice obtuso, basi acuta, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 
tenuibus. Pedunculi laterales elongati, toro depresso-globoso ~ 
-nodoso, baccis circiter 8 oblongis pedunculum aequantibus bre- 
viter stipitatis, seminibus circiter 14 biserialibus. 
Leaves 6-8X13%/-2% in., petioles 3-41. long. Peduncles remote from 
axil, 13 in. long, thickened upwards, recurved. Torus 5 1. in diameter, 
stipes 5 1. long ; berries 24 X 10 1., fleshy, smooth and shining ; seeds oblong, 
x 4 Px obtuse at each — vertically aieatly compressed, pale yellow, income 
arillus. 
herb. b. nat. ek. 
Wee. wove Ty. tt < 
“(Subgen. Breysiastrum DC. ) 
eves Folia brevissime petiolata paene pedalia oblongo- 
obovata coh ae pomenpne oa a“ basin acuta, juniora 
ne adult: genteo-lep — Li recone 
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Talamanca, Cask. Rica, cali 600 ft., Ape 1894, Tonduz, no. 8709 _ 
