1897] UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA 251 
Gudpiles, Llanos de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, alt. 850 ft., Apr. 1894, 
Donn. Sm., no. 4972 Pl. Guat. etc.; qu. ed. Donn. Sm.—Forests of Shirores, 
yn Costa Rica, alt. 300 ft., Febr. 1895, Zonduz, no. 9238 herb. nat. 
cx, 
Myrosma Guapilesense Donnell Smith. (§ SaranrHE)—Folia 
glabra oblongo-ovalia subito acuminata ad basin imam cuneata, 
radicalia longissime petiolata, caulinum I terminale ceteris nec 
Superatum. Paniculae ad apiceum caulis 2 longe pedunculatae 
corymbosae, spicis binis dense bracteosis, flore superiori pedicel- 
lum aequante, inferiori in medio pedicelli communis subsessili. 
Sepala petalis -latiora vix breviora. Ovarium profunde g-sulca- 
tum 
Rhizome repent, 3-4 in. long, articulations vaginate, roots fibrillose 
Radical petioles distichous, 1 34 ft. long, nearly glabrous; articles pads. 
10-11 1. long, puberulous on face. Leaves 10-12 X 4-4% in., the cauline 
somewhat smaller, its petiole 7 in. long. Flowering stem 13-15 in. long ; 
peduncles pubescent at base, 2%-3¥% i so exceeding the 
a Ww. 
linear bracts; spikes 1-2 %4 in. long, flexuous; bracteoles distichous, 7—9 l. 
long, 3-4 times exceeding internodes, at first pubescent, enclosing a pair of 
flowers. Sepals oblong- elliptical, 4—5 1. long, scarious, glabrous, multinerved, 
nigro- mucronulate, etals oblong, acute, nigro-apiculate. External stami- 
ngular 
cell Sean: ovule 1% |. long, rubescent; aril minute, bifid. Fruit not 
ee, Llanos de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, alt. 850 ft., Apr. 1894, 
Donn. Sm., no 4970 Pl. Guat., etc., qu. ed. Donn. Sm. 
GyMNoGRAMME CERATOLEPIS (Asplenium Ceratolepis Christ in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 35: 203), var. Atirrensis Donnell Smith. 
—Pinnae integrae aut leviter crenatae, discretarum venae cunctae 
adscendentes liberae marginem attingentes, connatarum vena 
infima cum ea pinnae contiguae juxta rhachin arcuatim conjuncta. 
In the typical specimens (no. 1170 herb. nat. C. R.!) the pinnae are lobed | 
to their middle with a conjunctive vein near the midrib. The sori, present 
oS all stages of development, exhibit, as Dr. Christ has also remarked, no 
traces of an indusium. 
Swampy thickets at Atirro, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, alt. 1800 ft, ee 
1896, Donn. Sm., no. 6882 Pl. Guat., etc., qu.ed. Donn. Sm. a 
| even, Mp. 
