Blake — Notes on Clibadium 7 
appressis) utrinque scabra supra patenter vel adscendenter hispida 
et hispidula pilis basi tuberculatis subtus paullo pallidiora sparsius 
hispida et hispidula pilis basi non tuberculatis 7-9.5 cm. longa 2.3-4 
cm. lata, in petiolis dense patenter hispidis et hispidulis immargi- 
natis 1-3 cm. longis. Paniculae 3.5 cm. latae ca. 9-11-cephalae; 
pedicelli dense hispidi et hispiduli 3-7 mm. longi. Capitula glo- 
bosa ca. 5mm. alta 6mm. diametro. Involucri phyllaria ca. 2 
ovalia acutiuscula strigosa lineata ca. 3 mm. longa 1.5 mm. lata. 
Receptaculum paene ad apicem paleaceum; paleae exteriores 
ovales obtusae supra strigosae hispido-ciliatae ca. 5-nerviae 4 mm. 
longae 2 mm. latae; interiores sensim angustiores, intimae anguste 
oblongae 1-nerviae apice subherbaceae sursum hispido-ciliatae 
pilis incurvis 3mm. longae. Flor. fem. 29, hermaph. 8. Flor. 
fem.: corolla glabra obtuse 3-denticulata 1.7 mm. longa. Flor. 
hermaph.: corolla clavato-tubulosa 1.8 mm. longa, dentibus 5 
pilosis; ovarium sterile dense pilosum oblongum 1.2 mm. longum; 
stylus vix exsertus. Achenia nigrescentia obovoidea marginata 
apice dense pilosa 2mm. longa 1.5mm. lata. — Nicaragua: 
Chontales, 1867-68, R. Tate 192 (Brit. Mus., Kew, fragm. in hb. 
Gray); without definite locality, Seemann 88 (TYPE COLL.: Brit. 
Mus., Kew). — Unique among the species of the section Eucli- 
badium by reason of its very numerous female florets, in which it 
approaches the species of the section Trizidium. 
C. divaricatum, sp. nov. Frutex ramosus sect. Trizidii. Caulis 
tenuis subteres striatus plus minusve flexuosus minute subsparse 
strigillosus viridescens. Folia opposita ovato-lanceolata longe acu- 
minata basi acute cuneata paene e basi serrata (dentibus ca. 8-11- 
jugis appressis mucronatis) trinervia paullum reticulata supra 
obscure viridia minute subdense strigillosa subtus pallidiora sub- 
dense appresseque hispidulo-strigillosa 7-9.5 cm. longa 2.1-3.8 cm. 
lata, in petiolis tenuibus sparse strigillosis immarginatis 1-2.6 cm. 
longis. Paniculae ramos et ramulos terminantes breviter (ca. 1 
em.) pedunculatae divaricatissime ramosae strigillosae 20-27- 
cephalae 34cm. latae. Capitula depresso-hemisphaerica plus 
minusve distantia sessilia 2.5 mm. alta 4mm. diametro. Invo- 
lucri phyllaria 5 latissime orbiculari-ovata obtusiuscula viridescen- 
tia minute et subsparse strigillosa ciliolata 3.3 mm. alta 3mm. 
lata. Receptaculum omnino paleaceum; paleae extimae squamus 
consimiles; interiores oblongae obtusae subglabrae margine ciliato 
