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pallidiora subdense puberula pilis incurvis 2.2-4.8 em. longa 1.7— 
2.7 cm. lata in petiolis 2 mm. longis. Racemi subdensiflori ca. 5 
em. longi. Flores ut videtur ochroleuci. Sepala lanceolata acumi- 
nata subdense patenti-pilosula 3 mm. longa. Alae oblongo-ovales 
apice rotundatae ciliolatae ad costam et apicem versus subpatenti- 
pilosulae 4.5-5.5 mm. longae 2.5-2.8 mm. latae. Carina glabra 4.2 
mm. longa. Petala superiora oblonga carinam aequantia. Capsula 
elliptica emarginata dense ciliolata et subpatenti-pilosula 9 mm. 
longa 8 mm. lata. Semen sericeum 6 mm. longum. Arillus 2.3-3.8 
mm. altus scariosus plus minusve pilosus, umbone minimo subindu- 
rato densius piloso, margine anteriore verticali dorsali suberecto, 
irregulariter dentato-lobato. — GuaTemaLa: Escuintla, Dept. 
Escuintla, 335 m., Mar. 1890, J. D. Smith 1980 (typE: G); 
Cerro Gordo, Dept. Santa Rosa, 1065 m., Sept. 1892, Heyde & 
Lux 3941 p. p. (G). Also in hb. Kew. from Guatemala without 
definite locality, collected by J. D. Smith (probably a portion of 
J. D. 8. 1980). — T. 2. Fie. 33. 
60. P. GUATEMALENSIS A. W. Bennett. Suffruticulose, 0.5 m. 
high, with few erect branches. Stem slender, rather closely pubes- 
cent with short incurved hairs mixed with long spreading ones. 
Leaves ovate, the upper acuminate, scarcely mucronulate, at base 
rounded-cuneate, reticulate with 5-7 pairs of lateral veins, firm and 
subcoriaceous, ciliate, above dark green, subsparsely pubescent 
with short and long incurved-appressed hairs, beneath paler, 
sparsely incurved-puberulous along the veins, with a few longer 
looser hairs, 2.5-3.9 em. long, 8-15 mm. wide, on incurved-puberu- 
lous and subspreading-pilose petioles 1.5-3 mm. long. Racemes 
somewhat densely flowered, incurved-puberulous, 4.5-9.5 em. long. 
Sepals lanceolate, acute, ciliolate and sparsely incurved-puberulous, 
3 mm. long. Alae oblong, rounded at apex, incurved-puberulous 
Upper petals oblong, 6 mm. long. Capsule (immature) elliptic, 
rather densely pilosulous with short spreading hairs, 8 mm. long, 
mm. wide. Seed (quite immature) glabrous, 2.2 mm. long. 
Arillus 1.1 mm. high, cloak-like, closely investing the seed, suben- 
tire with short but distinct horizontal dorsal lobe, the sides mem- 
branous-scarious, unlobed. — A. W. Bennett! Journ. Bot. sate 
108 (1895). — GuaTeMa.a: bushy places, Coban, 1340 m., Tuer 
heim 298 (typr: K). — Cited by Bennett as “ Kurtz 298,” but on 
