﻿UNDESCRIBED PLANTS FROM GUATEMALA AND 

 OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS' 

 XXXIX 1 



John Donnell Smith 



Celastrus vulcanicolus Donn. Sm.— Folia coriacea nitida 

 oblongo-elliptica apice acuminata basi cuneata subintegra. Racemi 

 singuli simplices laxiflori, pedicellis medio articulatis ibidem 

 ebracteolatis basi deltoideo-bracteatis, floribus minimis. Petala 

 oblonga obtusa genitalibus longiora. Stamina sub disco inserta, 

 antheris cordatis. Ovarium triloculare, loculis uniovulatis. Cap- 

 sula late ellipsoidea monosperma. 



Frutex omnibus in partibus glaberrimus, ramulis lenticelligeris, novellis 

 racemisque angulatis purpureo-fuscescentibus. Folia 6-8 cm. longa 2-3 cm. 

 lata calloso-apiculata supra medium subobsolete calloso-appressoque-serrulata, 

 costa supra subimmersa subtus robusta prominente, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 6 nonnisi subtus conspicuis, petiolis 3-4 mm. longis canaliculars, stipulis 

 ciliiformibus aegre perspiciendis deciduis. Racemi 8-12-flori, floriferi 1.5- 

 2 cm. longi, fructiferi 3.5-4.5 cm. longi, pedicellis 4mm. longis, bractea 0.5 

 mm. longa. Calyx basi cupularis incrassatus, segmentis jam in alabastro 

 ovoideo 2 mm. longo liberis ovatis obtusis 0.75 mm. longis. Petala imbricata 

 1 . 5 mm. longa. Stamina 1 mm. longa. Discus prominens pentagonus 

 2 mm.-diametralis. Ovarium liberum depresso-globosum 1 mm. altum, 

 ovulis erectis, stylo vix ullo, stigmatibus 3. Capsula nondum satis matura 

 clausa calyce persistente fulta tenuiter coriacea 1 . 6-2 cm. longa basi contracta 

 unilocularis, valvis loculicide cohaerentibus intus medio septicide late alatis, 

 semine nonnisi juvenili viso capsulam inflatam parum implente, arillo pur- 

 purascente.— Ad C. racemosam (Reiss.) Loes. et ad C. Pringlei Rose proxime 



In declivibus ad Volcan de Fuego, Depart. Zacatepequez, Guatemala, 

 alt. 1900 m., Mart. 1892, John Donnell Smith, n. 2549 ex PI. Guat. etc. quas 

 edidit Donn. Sm. 



Gilibertia diplostemona Donn. Sm— Folia simpticia integra 

 coriacea elliptica tenuiter acuminata in petiolum angustata. 

 Stipulae obsoletae. Umbella terminalis solitaria pedunculata 

 pluriradiata ter quaterve irregulariter decomposita densiflora 



'Continued from Bot. Gaz. 57:427. 1914. 

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