248 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ APRIL 
Tree 20 ft. high, branching, glabrous in all parts. Leaflets 3- or 4- or 5- 
nate, thin-membranaceous, glaucous beneath, oblong- or obovate-elliptical, 
abruptly acuminate, base chiefly acute, midrib and the few patent nerves 
conspicuous beneath; terminal leaflet about as long as the general petiole, 
5-6 2-2 in; exterior leaflets decreasing in size, unequal at base ; petio- 
lules 4-8 l. long. Racemes (the male only seen) disposed in a terminal 
panicle leafy below, peduncles 1-1% in. long. Calyx 1 1. high, triangular 
obes equaling tube. Corolla white; tube 2—3 in. long, 1 1 in diam.; lobes 
oblong-elliptical, 5—7 1. long, dextrorsely (as seen from the inside) convolute. 
Superior anthers 2 1. long, adnate to somewhat shorter filaments ; the inferior 
m all species of the doubtfully distinct genera Carica and /aracatia. 
Popes called Papaya del Monte. 
Forests bordering the river Zhorquin, Talamanca, Costa Rica, March 
1894, ane no. 8509 herb, nat. C. R.—Suerre, Llanos de Santa Clara, 
Costa Rica, alt. goo ft., April 1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6526 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. 
ed. Donn. Sm. 
Siphocampylus discolor Donnell Smith._— Frutex pube pallide 
ochracea totus fere furfuraceus. Folia supra pube sparsim 
punctata subtus ochracea in costa nervis venis furfuracea obo- 
vato-oblonga acuminata deorsum attenuata glandulis passim 
denticulata. Pedunculi folia aequantes, bracteis filiformibus. 
Calycis tubus ovalis segmentis linearibus parum brevior. Corol- 
lae albae usque ad medium fidae tubus segmentis calycinis vix 
longior superne inflatus, laciniis inaequalibus falcatis secundis. 
Antherae majores in vertice nudae, omnes linea media albo- 
_pubescentes ceterum glabrae. 
_ Branchlets subalate by decurrent petioles. Leaves 7-9X2-2% in., peti- 
oles 7-10 Il. long. Peduncles from upper axils, glabrescent, bracts 5-10 |. 
long. Flowers 24-23 in. long. Tube of calyx in anthesis 5-6 1. long; 
segments 7~10 |. long, glandular-denticulate. Tube of corolla more or less 
furfuraceous, an inch long, segments linear-lanceolate, the 2 superior ones 
12-13 I. long and twice exceeding the others. Staminal column glabrescent; 
anthers exsert, 71. long. Capsule gle nose-oval, me: toes, sor apiranel ope 
tate; ribs 10, furfuraceous.— Nearest to 5 Adidas G. Don. 
_-Forests of Rancho Flores, Volcén Barba, Costa Riess ak 6700 ft., Feb- 
