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Stellaria Irazuensis Donnell Smith Caules humifusi glabri. 
Folia longe petiolata glabra ovata aut ovato-lanceolata, apice 
acuminato, basi leviter cordata, margine crispato-crenulato. 
Pedunculi terminales longissimi, ramis binis filiformibus recurvis, 
floribus tetrameris minimis in cymas bracteolatas confertis. 
Petala partita, segmentis lineari-spatulatis quam sepala sesqui- 
longioribus. Ovarium globosum digynum tetraspermum. 
Stems stramineous, branching, apparently 2-3 ft. long. Leaves %-I 
in.X 4-8 1., epunctate, bordered by an intramarginal nerve ; petioles pubescent, 
5-10 l.long. Peduncles 4-8 in. long, branches 3-4 in. long, branchlets 4-1! 
in. long ; bracts foliaceous, subsessile ; cymes glandulose-pubescent, several 
times dichotomous ; axes I-21. long; bracteoles glabrous, %4-11.long. Sepals 
4, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, 3¢ 1. long, smooth and shining, 1-nerved. Petals 
4, parted to near the base, a little longer than the 4 stamens. Ovary 4 l. 
high, equaling the uncinate styles, 4-valvate. Seeds reniform, red, punctulate. 
—Remarkable among American species by the 4-merous flowers, and by its 
other characters nearest to S. micrantha Spruce (no. 6023 Spruce / no. 47 
Fendler!). 
Oak-clearings, slope of Volcdn Irazi, Prov. Cartago, alt. 6000 ft., July 
1891, Tonduz, no. 4292 herb. nat. C. R 
Saurauia Costaricensis Donnell Smith—Ramuli petioli costae 
paniculae calyces simul cano-pubescentes et ferrugineo-setosi. 
Folia obovato-oblonga aut -lanceolata acuminata ad basin acuta 
aut obtusa supra sparsim strigillosa subtus molliter et in costa 
nervisque densius rca, margine inaequaliter mucronato.— 
Paniculae longe ped plae alt tim laxeque ramosae. 
Sepala intus subglabra petalis | ‘Aiscretin glabris dimidio breviora.— 
Styli ovario bis longiores. Bacca cano-lanuginosa. 
Asmall tree. Bristles of branchlets paleaceous, puberulous, tipped with 
a a hair, usually copious and spreading, occasionally more sparing short and 
appressed. eesaes 9-13 X 33/-5 in., scarcely rough to the touch, sometimes — 
» petioles 
1-2 in. long. Panicles axillary, shorter than 
glabrescent 
their peduncles, occasionally nearly as long as the leaves; bracteoles linear, 
3-8 |. long; flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals nearly equal, 2 1. long; setos¢ — 
on the back, the 2 exterior ones everywhere, the 1 intermediate on one half, — 
the 2 interior in a line; the 3 ‘extesior ovate, setulose or at least pubescent on 
face near the apex; the 2 interior orbicular, glabrous on face and margin. 
Petals 4 1. long, 2 1. broad, each end end obtuse. Stamens biserial, about 32+ 
intermixed hairs white, filaments 1 1. Jong anthers linear, 1 1. long, affixed 
