﻿basi rotundata vol subcordata subintegra utrinque pilis bulbc 

 spersa, nervis lateralibus praeter basales subobsoletis, petiolis 2- 

 Capitula terminalia solitaria sessilia folds 4 fulta, folds interioi 



4 mm. longae, interiores 5-6 mm. longae. Receptaculi paleae ( 

 Flores radii circiter 13, ligulis 6 mm. longis bidentatis flavis. 

 paleas aequantes. Achemia glabra tuberculosa, in radio triqi 

 oblonga 4 mm. longa, aristis subaequalibus 2-3 mm. longis, in di 

 lata absque auriculis 1 mm. longis 2 . 5 mm. longa nigra, alis e basi 

 conspicue pectinato-fimbriatis ciliolatis. Semen in radio obov; 



San Jeronimo, Chiapas, Mexico, 1907, G. N. Collins et C. B. Doyle, n. 27. 

 693246 vidi. 



Physalis porphyrophysa Donn. Sm. — Frutescens. Folia lanceo- 

 lato-elliptica vel -oblonga utrinque acuminata integra supra 

 glabrescentia subtus praesertim nervis strigilloso-pubescentia. 

 Pedicelli 4-fasciculati. Calyces fructiferi maximi oblongo-ellip- 

 soidei purpurei. Bacca calyce 4-5-plo superata. 



striatis glabrescentibus, ad apicem versus tetragonis et pube simplice vestitis. 

 Folia tantum superiora suppetentia 4-6 . 5 cm. longa 1 . 2-2 cm. lata in petio- 

 lum 7-1 1 mm. longum pubescentem decurrentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 6 subtus fuscis. Pedicelli solum fructiferi visi plerumque 4-fasciculati rarius 

 singuli 1 . 4-1 . 7 cm. longi retroflexi pubescentes. Calyx fructifer membra- 

 naceus 4-5 cm. longus 1 . 7-2 cm. latus basi intrusus pentagonus 10-costatus 

 reticulatus saturate purpureus, dentibus porrectis orificium claudentibus tri- 

 angularibus 4 mm. longis muticis margine pubescent ibus. Bacca aurantiaca 

 11 mm.-diametralis, seminibus numerosis obovato-compressoque-globosis levi- 

 ter rugosis. Flores desiderantur.— Species ob inflorescentiam fasciculatam 



Prope oppidulum Zacapa, Depart. Zacapa, Guatemala, alt. 200-400 m., 

 Dec. 1906, H. Pitticr, n. 1754— Typus in herbario Musei Nationalis numero 

 proprio 578148 signatus asservatur. 



Diastema micranthum Donn. Sm.— Folia ex ovali ovata acuta 

 basi rotundata crenulata supra sparsim bulboso-pilosa subtus 

 nervis neglectis glabrescentia. Pedunculi axillares 2-3-ni petiolo 

 longiores florem subaequantes uniflori, floribus minimis. Corollae 

 tubus segmenta calycina lanceolata bis superans basi aequalis 

 subrectus lobis propriis aequalibus pluries longior. 



