250 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [APRIL 
subtus glabra lanceolato-elliptica longe caudato-acuminata deor- 
sum angustata mucronibus exsertis dentata. Racemi_ folliis 
reductis fulti in paniculam saepe dispositi, verticillastris bifloris, 
bracteolis purpureis ellipticis cuspidatis calycem superantibus. 
Calycis purpurei labia brevissima, posticum subintegrum sub- 
truncatum, antici dentes triangulares. Corollae purpureae tubus 
ventricosus calyce et labiis subaequalibus 3-plo longior. Geni- 
talia inclusa. 
Stems several from a fibrillose root, simple, 1-2% ft. high. Leaves 4— 
5%4XI-1% in., the prolonged tip 5-8 1. long, base and apex not dentate, 
lower surface pale and minutely reticulated, petioles 3-4 1. long. Racemes 
2-4 in. long, closely flowered ; pedicels flavo-pubescent, 1 1. long; bracteoles 
6 l..long, ciliate. Calyx tubulose-campanulate, 4-5 1. long, nerves ciliate. 
Corolla pubescent above, smooth within ; superior lip oblong and entire, the 
inferior much broader and oval. Style glabrous. Gland of disk twice longer 
than nutlets. 
Pansamalé forest, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, alt, 4000 ft., June 
1886, von Tiirckheim, no. 933 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm, Specimens 
under this number have already been distributed as Sa/via sf. to various 
erbaria. 
Costus podocephalus Donnell Smith.—Vaginae elongatae 
striatae pubescentes in lobos 2 rotundatos breviter productae, 
foliis glabris subtilissime nervatis elongato-lanceolatis caudato- 
acuminatis ad basin sessilem acutis. Pedunculus subexsertus 
bracteatus. Strobilus ovoideus, bracteolis dense imbricatis 
erectis striatis oblonyis, inferioribus obtusis mucronatis, superio- 
ribus acuminatis. Flores inclusi. Calyx partitus corolla tubulosa 
genitalibusque parum brevior. 
Leaves 11-13 X — 4s in , nately rubro-punctate beneath, slender cusp 
_ punctate | ally 
reticulated. Bracts of peduncle 2, an eek distant, 25 %4xX%im., slenderly 
cuspidate, t Strobile 2%4-3 4 in. long, stramineous; 
bracteoles: 15-18X5-6 L pubescent, the mucro tipped with a deciduous awn- 
EOS we ioe ga ore lanceolate, - 
| te : margins hya corolla striate, the 
. Stigma nemispheral, ciliate. Developed 
ae _staminodes and the eapenies not Lacemaes —— 
