1897} UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 3 
pedicellis gracilibus singulis aut usque ad 6 umbellatim confertis. 
Petala ovalia sepalis 5-plo longiora a staminibus dimidio a gyno- 
phoro bis superata. 
Scales stellate; those of branchlets, petioles, inflorescence and flowers 
ferruginous. Leaves 6-11X23%,-33 in., caudate apex %-114 in. long, 
petioles 2-4 1. long. Peduncle terminating short axillary branches, 24-3 % 
in. long, pedicels 10 1. long. Sepals triangular, 1 1. long, twice exceeding 
scales of disk. Petals cano-tomentose sprinkled with scales. Stamens about 
20. Ovary cano-tomentose,2 1. long; gynophore glabrous, 1o 1. long. 
Berry not seen.— A most distinct species in me subgenus by the large leaves 
and the slender axes of inflorescence. 
Suerre, Llanos de S. Clara, Costa wah alt. goo ft., Apr. 1896, Donn. 
Sm., no. 6433 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.— Santa Clara, C. R., Sept. 
1896, Cooper, no. 10,238 herb, nat. C. R. 
Trigonia thyrsifera Donnell Smith. (§ Cymosar Warm.)— 
Folia discoloria supra glabrescentia subtus niveo-tomentulosa 
elliptico- vel obovato-oblonga utrinque acuta, costis petiolisque 
sicut inflorescentia fuscis. Paniculae axes primarii pauci oppositi 
erecti elongati thyrsoidei, secundarii breves crebri cymas ter 
quaterve dichotomas subaequantes, floribus minimis. Sepala 
extus nivea intus glabra. 
Arborescent (Biolley), branchlets quadrangular. Leaves somewhat bul- 
late, 414-6X13-2¥ in., base and apex slightly conduplicate, nerves 8-9 to 
the side. Petioles % in. long. Panicle contracted, nearly a foot long, 
branches in about two pairs, 6-7 in. long; bracts foliaceous, elliptical, 2X 
ies each end rounded. Peduncles 51. A bractlets 34-1 % 1. long, trian- 
gular-lanceolate, incurved, crowded, pedicels 4-1 1. long. 
Sepals 14-2 |. long. Petals white (Biolley), 1%-2 1. long ; the spur glo-— 
—, Eek long. — the o: rbicular-obovate blade. ‘aeariadamem he 
