(595 ) 
1.5 mm. long, eae ae the yellow pistils, which are at first 
tufted at the s 
“A small nee 20 ae high; Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Dec. 11, 1901” 
(No. 753). 
The same as Bang No. 11706. 
i seteamn (?) parvifolium sp. 
eis gray, uee issued branchlets short, slender, 
re ae es 4-8 mm. long; blades 3-10 cm — 
roa he ee and obtuse, coriaceous, shining, 
the secondaries numerous, straight and slender, the principal ones 
interarching close to the margin, the venation prominent on both 
sides; peduncle recurved, pa ce upward; carpels ee i on 
thick stipes 6 mm. long, 2-2.5 . long, 8 mm. broad, 
obtuse, falcate, grooved on the idrib, about 6- seeded Bat 
yellowish or brown, oe) slightly See. 6 mm. long, trans- 
ea rugose, the ma arginal grooves narrow. 
Iam in some doubt as to whether this is not a species of Asimina, 
which its foliage more resembles. In the absence of flowers, I 
cannot determine this point. 
“A small tree; Tumupasa, 1800 ft., Jan. 6, 1902” (No. 511). 
Symbopetalum monospermum sp. nov. 
Glabrous; branchlets very slender, the internodes 18-25 mm. 
long; pet etioles 4 mm. long, very thick; blades 15-20 cm. long, 
em. 
point, entire, thin; secondaries about 8 on each side, interarching, 
e the c 7 reticulate, slender ewe: light'y prominent 
short and broad; outer pe m broad, ovate, 
obtuse or minutely aaa thick, the inner of about the same 
lengt t narrower ous low, above thick, the apex 
inflexed; stamen-mass 5 mm. broad, . mm. long; stamens yellow; 
stigmas capitate, depressed; ae els few, the stipes at maturity 
o-12 mm. long, the ripe carpels inaequilaterally oval, 9 mm. long, 
one-seeded; seed reddish-brown, shining, coarsely | ee 
“A tree 30 ft. high and 8 inches in diameter, with yellowish 
ious and thick petals; San Buena Ventura, 1400 ft., Nov. 12, 
1901” .No. 670 
LauRACEAE 
Persea (?) filipes sp. nov. 
labrous, the eames slender, deep-purple, very 
leafy; petioles slender, about 1 cm. long, slightly margined at the 
summit by the very ay ee base of the blade; blades 
