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~M. paniculata Blake. The other species of the genus will form 
the sect. Eumyriocarpa. — Flores filiformiter cymoso-spicati in- 
numerabiles. Perianthium minus definitum saepius 2-partitum. — 
a : _Species typica M. stipitata Benth. 
ve ¥Ss9 POLYGONACEAE 
MILispavGuia leiophylla, sp. nov. Frutex valde intricateque 
ramosus. Caulis flexuosus, ramis late patentibus junioribus brun- 
neis senioribus canescentibus demum cortice cano fibrilloso-decor- 
ticato fuscis. Folia 1-3 in fasciculis obovata apice late rotundata 
interdum minute mucronulata basi angustata obscure inaequali- 
terque cordata integerrima chartaceo-subcoriacea supra obscure 
viridia subtus vix pallidiora utrinque glaberrima et reticulata, nervis 
lateralibus ca. 5-jugis nervulis anastomosantibus, 1.6-3.3 cm. 
longa 0.8-1.6 em. lata, in petiolis glabris 2-3 mm. longis. Racemi 
solitarii vel bini axillares puberuli 5-5.5 em. longi, floribus 2-6 in 
fasciculis; pedicelli demum 5-6 mm. longi tenues. Perianthium 
frugiferum 6.5-7 mm. longum; valvaec exteriores 3 suborbiculari- 
ovatae obtusae basi late rotundatae vel subcordatae puberulae 
3-nerviae et valde reticulatae; interiores 3 lanceolatae acuminatae 
I-nerviae reticulatae 5mm. longae. Achenium lanceolatum 3- 
gonum lateribus concavis in angulis ciliolatum pallide brunneum 
4.5mm. longum 1.5mm. latum, stylis 3 ad 1mm. longis. — 
British Honpuras: a shrub with hard light-brown wood, in 
swampy saline ground, Manatee Lagoon, 30 Jan. 1905, M. E. 
: Peck 320 (typr in Gray Herb.). — An interesting addition to a 
genus hitherto known only from Yucatan. From the two pub- 
hed species M. leiophylla is at once distinguished by its glabrous 
leaves. 
LAURACEAE 
Persea (Eupersea) podadenia, sp. nov. Frutex vel arbor. 
Rami vetustiores glabri cortice canescente tecti, juniores fusci 
minute strigilloso-tomentelli, hornotini valde striati dense strigil- 
loso-tomentelli et glanduloso-adspersi. Folia alterna lanceolata 
vel anguste lanceolato-elliptica utroque acuta vel subacuminata 
obscure mucronata integra coriacea supra sice. sublaete viridia in 
costa subdense alibi sparsissime appresso-pilosula dense foveolata 
subtus glaucescentia in costa et venis subdense alibi subsparse 
