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the divide between the Atlantic and the Pacific slopes and is subject to a high 
rate of rainfall without distinction of seasons. It is remarkable for the num- 
ber of new or rare plants that have been found in its neighborhoo 
Forests of La Palma, Prov. S. José, Costa Rica, alt. 5100 ft., July 1895, 
Tonduz, no. 9712 herb. nat. C. R. 
Quararibea platyphylla Pittier et Donn. Sm.— Folia pedalia 
ovalia altero tanto longiora quam latiora cuspidata ad basin 
rotunda inaequilatera omnino glabra, petiolis geniculatis. Flores 
singuli breviter pedunculati. Tubus stamineus calyce 4-plo 
petalis bis longior in septima parte superiori sparsim antheriferus, 
tubi lobis staminodia gerentibus. 
Branchlets glabrous excepting the lepidote leaf-buds. Leaves coriaceous, 
basal nerves 3, the lateral ones 5—7 to the side and with naked axils; petioles 
stout, glabrous, verrucose, half an inch long, geniculate above the middle at 
a right angle. Flowers axillary. Calyx 3-bracteolate, twice longer than 
peduncle, on outside minutely lepidote but otherwise glabrous, sericeous 
inside, tubulous-obconic, in anthesis 6 X 3 1., breaking irregularly into 4~5 
lobes. Petals cuneate-linear, 11 1. long, pubescent on outside. Staminal tube 
glabrous, 22-24 1. long; lobes oblong, 1 |., apiculate, punctate at apex wit 
red staminodes; anthers 1-celled, about 28, glomerate above, subverticillate 
below, nearly adnate, occasionally geminate, reniform, 3 1. long. Ovary 
semi-inferior, conical, style shortly exsert and pubescent at apex, superior 
lobe of stigma produced. Fruit not seen.— Q. turbinata Poir, similar in habit, 
differs chiefly by stamens and pistil little exceeding petals, anthers wherene 
arranged. 
Forests of the river Naranjo, Comarca de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, alt. 
600 ft., Mch. 1893, Zonduz, no. 7579 herb. nat. C. R. 
Buettneria macrocarpa Donnell Smith.— Frutex erectus iner- 
mis, ramulis teretibus petiolis inflorescentia minute stellato- 
pubescentibus. Folia longe petiolata glabrescentia integerrima 
acuminato-ovata aut ovato-lanceolata ad basin rotunda 5-nervia. 
Pedunculi axillares solitariil, cymis fructiferis _* aequanti- 
bus. Capsulae inter maximas generis spinis _longis rigidis et 
aculeis brevibus dense armatae. 
Eearte 4-6 2-3 in., midrib beneath pubescent and marked near the 
beneath, petioles 2-3 in. long. Peduncles i in fruit sie L log, pes x 
times - —- pedicels tm! 1. a2 be coca sed-globose, 
