8 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ JANUARY 
Loasa speciosa Donnell Smith.—Setis urentibus horrida. 
Folia inferiora opposita, subtus praeter nervos esetosa et venis 
aureo-pubescentibus pulchre reticulata, palmatim 5-fida ad basin 
cordatam 5-nervia, segmentis triangularibus acute lobatis, ter- 
minali maximo. Flores hujus generis maximi. Squamae laciniis 
calycinis dimidio breviores in apice bifido lobulis 2 intermediis 
instructae, ad basin plica bilobata appendiculatae. 
A large herbaceous plant with leaves 4—5 in. long and broad, and petioles 
one-half or fully as long. Peduncles axillary, 2~3 in. long, 1-flowered. 
Flowers 5 in. in diam. Calyx-segments elongate-lanceolate, 1 14 in. long, 3- 
nerved. Petals nearly plane, externally setose and pubescent, oblong-oval, 
2% xX1in. Nectariferous scales oblong, 8 x 3 |., exterior lobes 2 1. long, the 
interior oblong and a half shorter, basal appendages semi-orbicular. Anthers 
oblong. Staminodes filiform, a half longer than the scales, barbate. Cap- 
sules not seen. — Nearest to L. argemonoides Humb. et Bonpl. 
Forests of Volcin Turrialba, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 7500 ft., Jan. 
1889, Pittier. no. 875 herb. nat. C. R.— Same locality, Mch. 1894, F. N. Cox, 
no. 4812 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
Diplostephi b Donnell Smith.—Pubescens. Folia 
elliptico-oblonga acuta ad basin rotundata, marginis subrevoluti 
crenaturis mucronatis. Corymbi polycephali. Involucri hirtelli 
a disco superati bracteae lineari-lanceolatae. Flores feminini 
plerumque 1-interdum pluri-seriati, ligulis violaceis patentibus 
cum tubo aequilongis discum superantibus. Stylorum disci rami 
oblongi. Achaenia pubescentia, setis plerisque elongatis aequali- 
bus rubescentibus, paucis brevibus intermixtis. : 
_ Shrub 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 2%—4 X 3(-1% in., strigillose above, velutin- 
ous beneath, faintly crenulate. Petioles hirsute, 4-8 |. long. Corymbs 
obpyramidal, 3-4 in. wide. Heads 3 1. high. Scales of obconic involucre 
about 4-seriate with acute colored tips. Ligules oblong-elliptical, 3 os 
se: a Disk-flowers few or numerous. 
odos Santos, alt. 10,000 ft., Dec. 1895, no. 3639, Hacienda de Chancol, 
ah 11,000 eae 1896, no. 3644, Depart. eam canes tt Guat., E. Ww. 
Nelson. 
osteph ‘paniculatum Donnell Smith.— Praeter faciem 
: ae ities et capitula totum cano-floccosum. _ Folm... 
= | discoloria lamecobterorate ad imam basin cuneata, ae Sh 
revolute ato. /Panicula gc cera ; . 
