VOLUME XLVII 



NUMBER 4 



Botanical Gazette 



APRIL igog 



I'XDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND OTHER 



CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS. XXXP 



John Donnell Smith 



(with one figure) 



Magnolia guatemalensis Donn. Sm — Glabra. Folia brcvitcr 

 petiolata elliptica apice acuta basi obtusiuscula concoloria subtu 

 labrescentia crebre penninervia. Sepala oblonga tenuiter coriacea 

 nervia. Petala spatulato-obovata coriacea. Stamina numerosissima. 

 Gynophorum fusiforme. 



Arbor 6-8-metralis. Folia supra cum ramulis petiolis pedunculo glabra subtus 

 P'issparsis castaneis aspersa vel denique glabra i2-i6 cm longa S-S" 8 5 cm Iata 

 Plerumque abrupte breviterque cuspidata. costa subtus tuberculato-rugosa, uervtf 

 'ateralibus utrinque 13-16, interjectis minoribus vix ullis, petiolis 1.5-^ lon P ,s 

 ap'ce canaliculatis ceterum teretibus. Pedunculus 3 cm longus, stipulis fohorum 



Pentium 8-15™ i on gis passim castaneo-pubescentibus. Sepala 58- 60 

 "onga 2i~ 22 mm , ata ima basi 68mm , ata humectate pdlucido-punctulata. Petala 



t: ^ mm longa 29 mm lata ima basi 2 _ 3mm lata opaca cum sepalis obtusa glabra 



"""«■ Receptaculum staminale 6 m ™ longum ^-diametrale, staminibus at- 



at 95- Gynophorum 25™ longum medio g^-diametrale, carpellis circiter 



??J florso sulcatis in stigma 4 mm longum recurvatum attenuatis. Fructus 



ideratur— J/, portorhensi Bello proxima differt praesertim glabritate. 



*■ Palude profunda prope Tactic, Depart. Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, alt. 



fc° m - Mart. 1908, H. von Tuerckheim (n. II. 2165). 



Ma 'ila verapazensis Donn. Sm.-Folia supra glabra subtus 

 nePVls P u berula et diaphano-punctulata ceterum opaca oblonga acute 

 cu ^lmeo-cuspidata basi acutiuscula. Racemi folia subaequanK- 

 [,ubm <»'. Sepala ovata vel ovalia pedicellum aequantia petal- 



jato-oblongis paulo breviora. Antherae in appendicem hnearcm 

 Ucta e- Stylus ovario vix brevior, stigmate minimo. 



Continued from Bot. Gazette 46:117. 1908. 



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