ania Mar ee te oer ene arty ale” ee Se Mea 
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acuminata ad basin rotunda et juxta petiolum biglandularia. 
Pedunculi ad basin bracteosi pluri-fasciculati. Drupa globosa 
magna, epicarpio intus confluenti-granuloso, seminibus orbicular- 
ibus compressis erubescentibus punctatis, cotyledonibus laete 
prasinis. 
Spines not present in the single specimen. Leaves subdistichous, 3 4— 
5% X1-2% in., both surfaces green, only the lower one reticulated ; glands 
large, disk-shaped; petioles corrugated, canaliculate, 7 l.long. Peduncles 
and small ovate bracts rusty puberulous. Drupe4 ¥ 1. in diam,, thrice exceed- 
ing the cupule of calyx, dehiscing septicidally from the base and loculicid- 
ally from the apex ; epicarp reddish, rugulose outside, within closely occupied 
by large yellow granules; nutlets crustaceous with hyaline sides ; seeds with 
a glaucous bloom, 3 1. long and broad, convex on back, flat and scarcely angulate 
on face. Flowers not seen.— The two Central American species recently pub- 
lished by Dr. J. N. Rose in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3:315, differ from the 
above as follows: C. elsoni by smaller subrhomboid leaves reticulated on 
both surfaces, glands remote from the petiole, epicarp sparingly granulated, 
pale obovoid seed, white cotyledons: C. Mexicana (more nearly stan by 
| naked 
C. 
lanceolate-elliptical ay with pubescent nerves, short petioles, died 
angular 
Forests along the river 1 Tuc Talamanca, Costa Rica, Mch. 1894, 
Tonduz, no. 8507 herb. nat. C. 
No. 4569 herb. nat. C. R., likewise cited for Colubrina spinosa, is to be 
referred to Cormonema Nelsoni | 
Rusus GuYANENSIS aes var. vulcanicolus Donnell Smith.— 
Folia pleraque quinata. Pedunculi parce aculeati. 
_ Leaflets with parallel and close transverse veins, midrib aculeate beneath. | 
Petals roseate, orbicular, 3 1. in diam., a little longer than the ovate-lanceo- 
late — Drupelets small, numerous, mse a em linear, a} long, wy 
glabrous. 
_ Rancho del Achiote, S. W. flank of Voleia Puss, Gade Rica, alt. 6800 ft, 
Jan. 1889, Pittier, no. 806, herb. nat. C. R.—Rancho Flores, forests of Voleén 
Barba, Costa Rica. alt. 6200 ft., Feb. 1890, Tomes, no. 2120 herb. nat. C.R. 
