954 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
E. qurnquesetum, Benth., Vidensk. meddel., 1852, 79, according 
to the original description would appear to be Fleischmannia rhodo- 
stylis, Sch. Bip. 
E. silvicola, spec. nov. Fruticosum, ramulis sordido-tomentosis 
ad nodos compressis; foliis oppositis magnis ovatis serratis vel 
subintegris acuminatis basi obtusis tenuibus viridibus glabrisque 
sed in nerviis subpinnatis et venis principalibus sordido-tomentosis 
1.2-1.7 dm. longis, 8-12 em. latis venulis translucentibus, petiolo 
sordido-tomentuso 3-7 cm. longo; capitulis pedicellatis 7—10-floris 
7 mm. longis in panicula composita oppositiramea folioso-bracteata 
dispositis, involucri squamulis circa 3-seriatim imbricatis valde 
inaequalibus, exterioribus brevibus ovatis acutiusculis viscidis tomen- 
tosis intermediis interioribusque lanceolato-linearibus acutis sub- 
scariosis viridi-striatis glabris vel glabriusculis; corollis glabris gra- 
datim a basi ad apicem ampliatis 5 mm. longis (immaturis), limbo 
5-dentato erecto ; stylis filiformi-clavellatis perlongis, achaeniis parce 
glandulosis,— Costa Rica: in the forest of Copey, alt. 1800 m., Ad. 
Tonduz, nos. 11,694, 11,848, and 12,203. 
2. Synopsis oF THE Mrkanias or Costa Rica. 
Mixanta, Willd., Spee. pl., iii, 1742 (1804); DC., Prodr., v, 187, vii, 
270; Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. pl. ii, 246; Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Am., 
Bot., ii, 102; Hoffm. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf., iv, Ab. 5, 
140; Robinson & Greenman, Proc. Am. acad., xxxii, 10. Willug- 
baeya, Neck., Elem., i, 82. Corynanthelium, Kunze, Linnaea, xx, 
19.— Capitula homogama discoidea 4-flora; squamulae involucri 4 
aequales. Styli rami elongati leviter clavellati. Antherae apice 
appendiculatae basi muticae.— Herbae vel frutices scandentes foliis 
oppositis dentatis vel integris saepius cordatis vel hastatis. 
Capitula evidenter racemosa vel spicata in paniculis ramosis disposita 
+ Capitula sessilia. 
. M. nocorensis, Benth. Pl. Hartw., 201 (1845), Species 
fortan corollae facile recognoscenda; foliis tenuibus subhastato- 
cordatis; corollis 3 mm. longis valde exsertis glabris tubo per- 
gracile elongato per fauces subnullos in limbum latum profunditer 
