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near the middle, dehiscing by a slit. Ovary densely villous, styles 2 1. long. 
Berry globose, 4 1. in diam., enclosed by the accrescent calyx; seeds yellow, 
truncate-obpyramidal, ¥ 1. long, deeply alveolate.—S. scaérida Hemsl., S. 
strigillosa Triana et Planch. and S. Lehmannii Hieron., with somewhat simi- 
lar indument, differ from the above by scabrid leaves and glabrous ovary ; 
S. Veraguensis Seem., related by its hirsute ovary, is distinct by tomentose 
sepals and petals. 
artago, Costa Rica, alt. 4250 ft., Dec. 1887, Coofer, no. 5714 Pl. Guat. 
etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.—Rio Segundo, C. R., alt. 6000 ft., Jan. 1890, Zonduz, 
no. 1744 herb. nat. C. R—San Marcos de Dota., C. R., alt. 3800 ft., Mch. 1893, 
Yonduz, no. 7685 herb. nat. C. R.—Alajuelita, Prov. S. José, C. R., alt. 3300 
ft., Mch. 1894, Donn. Sm. no. 4745 Pl. Guat. etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm.—Navarro, 
Prov. Cartago, C. R., alt. 3500 ft., Donn. Sm., no. 4746 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed, 
Donn. Sm.—San José, C. R., alt. 3600 ft., Nov. 1894, Pitt G& Tond., no. 8959 
herb. nat. C. R. : 
Saurauia Pittieri Donnell Smith Ramuli cum petiolis panic- 
ulisque ferruginei scabriusculi. Folia late oblongo-obovata, 
apice subobtuso, basi acuta, facie superiori tuberculis rubris scab- 
rida, inferiori_in costa nervis venis venulis canescente. Paniculae 
pedunculis longiores folia paene aequantes pyramidales, axibus 
alternis. Sepala parva petalis vix breviora utrinque canescentia 
tuberculis rubris extus punctata. Stamina pauca. Ovarium 
glabrum, stylis perbrevibus. 
Arboreous. Younger parts rubescent, densely and minutely scabrid. 
Leaves 74-10 X 33-5 % in., ending above in an obtuse and below in an 
acute angle; upper surface tubercular-punctate, otherwise glabrous; the 
lower besides the canescent reticulation sprinkled with a stellate pubesence ; 
petioles 3-1 in. long. Panicles axillary, 7-8 in. long, lowest branches 3— 
3% in. long; bracteoles linear, 14 1. long; flowers hermaphrodite, 5 |. in 
os Sepals oval, 2 1. long; the exterior 2 tuberculose on the back, the 
ntermediate 1 on a half of the back, the interior 2 in a dorsal line. Petals 
idiaery connate, broadly oblong, glabrous. Stamens biserial, 20-24; fila- 
ments I ies fone, at — sparingly barbate with white hairs; anthers some- 
Forests of La Palma, Pacific slope, Costa Rica, ee sis 
Pittier, no. ~— a . 
Pavonia hylle — 2 Donnell Le petio 
