12 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
ad margines stigmatosis. Bacca ovalis calyce haud aucto cincta, 
pericarpio membranaceo. Semina pluriseriatim imbricata hori- 
zontalia prope basin placentis prominulis affixa ovalia leviter com- 
pressa, dorso arcuato, ventre recto; embryo exalbuminosus, coty- 
ledonibus planis orbicularibus subaccumbentibus radicula tereti 
latioribus paulo brevioribus.—Frutex epiphyticus. Folia glabra. 
integra penninervia. Pedunculi axillares longissimi penduli, apice 
confertim racemoso-florifero, pedicellis gracilibus, floribus magnis. 
Genus inter Cestrineas inflorescentia corolla seminibus dis- 
tinctum. Nomen pedunculum funiformem indicat. 
Merinthopodium neuranthum Donnell Smith. (Markea neu- 
rantha Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 429)—Caulis junior cum 
pedunculis tuberculatus. Folia elliptico- vel obovato-oblonga 
cuspidata ad basin acuta, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 marginem 
versus arcuatim conjunctis, venis paene obsoletis. Flores pul- 
verulenti. Corolla calyce bis terve longior usque ad 4—1 lobata, 
filamentis inferne pubescentibus, antheris fauces superantibus. 
Stems stout, pitted with scars of fallen leaves, tubercles tipped with a 
hair, epidermis exfoliating. Leaves 5-11 X 2-5 in., petioles 1 4-2 in. long. 
Peduncles filiform, 1-2 ft. long; rhachis 1-2 in. long, often furcate, thickened 
and densely scarred with articulations of the flowers of former seasons; 
pedicels subfasciculate 6—13, 1-2 in. long, thickened upwards. Calyx-seg- 
ments g-12 1. long, 1-nerved and ae = yellowish-green, veiny, 
very variable in size, 114-2 in. long; lobes oblong-ovate, 4-7 x 24-5 L., 
obtuse, sinuses 3-5 |. broad, bilobulate. Anthers 61. long. Ovary glabrous, 
conical ; lobes of stigma 2 l. long. Berries 9X61. Seeds1 1. long.—In 
describing this species from imperfect material Mr. Hemsley has suggested 
that its fruit, when known, might show it to represent a new genus. 
La Concepcién, Llanos de S. Clara, Costa Rica, alt. 700 ft., chee Pil 
Donn. Sm., no. 6678 Pl. Guat., ete. qu. ed. Donn. Sm.—Atirro 
Cartago, C. R., alt. 2000 ft., Apr. 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6679 Pl. oe Pals e 
qu. ed. Donn. Sm.—La Palma, Prov. S. José, C. R., alt. 4600 oe Sept. aie ey 
Pittier, no. 10,174 herb. nat. C. R. us 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 
Fig. 1, flowering branch.—Fig. 2, Se x es laid open. Fig 
4, pistil—Fig. 5, berry.—Fig. 6, berry wi ith pericarp remov ed. Fig. 7, v 
cal section of berry.—Fig. 8, seed.—Fig. 9, vertical section of s 
86, oe tS 11, tuberculate. me ee 
