I4 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ JANUARY 
argute serrulata discoloria ovato-lanceolata ad basin rotunda 
vel subtruncata. Racemorum verticillastri 2—6-flori, bracteze 
foliaceae cum bracteolis ovalibus parvae caducae. Calycis tubu- 
loso-cainpanulati dentes 3 lati mucronati. Corolla villosa calyce 
3-plo longior, labio superiori indiviso, labii inferioris demissi 
minimi lobis lateralibus reflexis, lobo medio majore patente. 
Fruticose. Leaves nearly glabrous above, canescent beneath, 2%-3 
xX1%—-13 in., petioles 4-1 in. long. Racemes 5~8 in. long. Calyx about 
equaling internodes, 6-7 |. long, twice or thrice exceeding pedicels, strongly 
7-nerved, glandular, nerves and margins pubescent, interior minutely setu- 
lose; teeth 1 1. long, the superior obtuse, the inferior acute. Corolla scarlet, 
18—20 |. long, tube nearly cylindrical, superior lip orbicular, 3 1. in diam., 
the inferior reduced to rounded teeth of limb 4-11. high. Stam 
corolla; the sterile branch of connective exceeding the fertile one, Hele 
edentulate, connate. Style smooth. Disk unilaterally ovate.—Nearest to S. 
nervata Mart. et Gal. ex char. 
Todos Santos, Depart. arch aise Guat., alt. 10,000 ft., Dec. 1895, 
E. W. Nelson, no. 3635. 
Urera Tuerckheimii Donnell Smith.—Rami tuberculati, setis 
urentibus retrorsis. Folia ovato-lanceolata 3-nervia dentata 
utrinque praesertim subtus setosa, adulta supra tuberculata. 
Flores monoici. Cymae petiolis breviores pedunculatae, mas- 
culinarum in axilibus superioribus natarum flores 4-meri ad 
apicem axium glomerati, feminarum repetite dichotomarum flores 
discreti pedicellati. 
Stipules free, lanceolate, 4 |. long, bifid. Leaves 2%~-3 in. x 11-13 1., 
acutely pointed, lateral nerves above base 3—4, petioles 5-7 l.long. Axes of 
cymes complanate, punctate with cystoliths. Staminate flowers globose, % 
1. high, rudimentary ovary cupuliform. Pistillate flowers oval, ¥ 1. long, 
ovule elliptical, stigma penicillate; achenia not seen.—Nearest to U. sim- 
plex Wedd., but distinct in the section by monoicous flowers. 
Pansamald, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guat., alt. 3800 ft., May 1887, H. von 
Tiirckheim, no. 1243 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. —Distributed as 
Pilea sp. 
BaLTIMorE, Mp. 
