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412 (K), 453 (K); Sallé (K). Guatremata: Skinner (GK); moun- 
tains, Jan. 1841, Hartweg 572 (BK); Chilasco, 1861, Salvin & 
Godman (K); Pansamala, 1220 m., May 1887, Twerckheim 390 (K); 
Guatemala City, 1525 m., Feb. 1890, J. D. Smith 1857 (GK); 
Carrizal, Dept. Santa Rosa, 1525 m., Jan. 1892, Heyde & Luz 
4313 (GK); Coban, 1350 m., Mar. 1907, Twuerckheim II. 703 
(BG); between Jacaltenango and San Martin, 1615-2135 m., 24 
Dec. 1895, Nelson 3603 (G); Tactic, Dept. Alta Verapaz, 1800 
m., Mar. 1903, Tuerckheim 8376 (G). —T. 2. Fia. 39. 
75. P. spHamRospPoRA Chod. Shrub with slender striate slightly 
puberulous branches. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, at base long- 
cuneate, chartaceous or subherbaceous, glabrescent, 3.8-7 cm. 
long, 1.3-2.4 cm. wide, on petioles 2-3 mm. long, puberulous. 
Racemes terminal, at length loosely flowered, the rachis appressed- 
puberulous; pedicels 10 mm. long, at length nodding. Flowers 9— 
10 mm. long, like those of P. floribunda. Capsule shorter than the 
wings, 7 mm. long, 7.5 mm. broad. Seeds globose, grayish but not 
tomentose with subappressed hairs. Aril deeply and irregularly 
rugose, 1/3 shorter than the seed, glabrous and shining. — Chod. 
Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 75 (1914), as P. sphaerosporum. — De- 
scribed by Chodat from Seler 3393, from sandstone slates, above 
San Geronimo, Dept. Samala, Guatemala. — Not seen; descrip- 
tion compiled. 
76. P. Securipaca Chod. Shrub, the branches woody, densely 
leafy, above subtomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptic, barely acute, 
obtusiusculous, usually rounded at base, subcoriaceous, the mid- 
nerve prominent beneath, the lateral nerves 6-7 pairs, softly to- 
mentellous, 4.2-7 cm. long, 2-3.3 em. wide, on petioles 2.5-3 mm. 
long, tomentellous. Racemes terminal, solitary or rarely subpanic- 
ulate, subcorymbiform or shortly cylindric, 3-5 cm. long, 2.5 em. 
broad; rachis tomentellous or hirsute; pedicels hirsute, 7 mm. long. 
Flowers 10-12 mm. long. Wings as in P. floribunda. Fruit and 
seed unknown. — Chod. Bot. Jahrb. lii. Beibl. 115. 76 (1914). — 
Described by Chodat from Seler 3345, mountain wood above Co- 
pan, Honduras. — Not seen; description compiled. 
77. P. apoprTata Brandegee. Shrub or small tree, 0.6-5 m. 
high, branched, the branches woody, grayish-green, sparsely or 
densely strigillose, leafy. Leaves ovate, acutish to truncate or 
