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bifariam hispido-pilosus pilis patentibus persistentibus, aetate 
infra cortice albido suberoso donatus. Folia lanceolata vel in- 
feriora ovalia utroque acuminata vel inferiora abrupte breviterque 
acuta plus minusve faleata integra plus minusve sinuata paullum 
coriacea utrinque glabra concoloria cystolithigera media 4.8-6.7 cm. 
longa 8.5-19mm. lata, inferiora 3.3-5.5em. longa 1.6-2.7 cm. 
lata; petioli 3mm. longi glabri, basibus connatis hispido-pilosis 
pilis subrufescentibus. Spicae simplices vel basi ramosae termi- 
nales et e axillis supremis 5-9 cm. longae minute patenterque 
hispidulae nudae, nodis 5-16 mm. distantibus; flores solitarii 
oppositi. Bracteolae laterales 2 subulatae ad 12 mm. longae; 
pedicelli ad 1.5mm. longi. Calycis segmenta 5 basi ima unita 
anguste subulata attenuata subaequalia hispidula plus minusve 
stipitato-glandulosa ad 2.3 mm. longa. Corolla lavendulacea sub- 
sparse patenti-puberula ad 2.7 em. longa; tubus tenuis ad 1.3 cm. 
longus 0.6 mm. diametro in fauces ad 7 mm. longas 1.5 mm. dia- 
metro subsensim ampliatus; limbi lobi 5 elliptici apice rotundati, 
2 superiores 9 mm. longi 5.5 mm. lati, 3 inferiores 8 mm. longi 4 
mm. lati. Stamina 2 ad basin faucium affixa longe inclusa; loculi 
antherarum fere aequales mutici oppositi glabri 1.5 mm. longi; 
filamenta glabra ad 1 mm. longa; staminodia 2 paullo alterius 
inserta 1mm. longa glabra e staminibus omnino libera. Stylus 
18 mm. longus vix exsertus; stigma minute inaequaliterque bifi- 
dum. Capsula 1.4cm. longa clavata stipitato-glandulosa com- 
pressa tetrasperma. Semina laevia. — British Honpuras: in 
damp low forest, Toledo, 10 April 1907, M. E. Peck 830 (ryPe in 
Gray Herb.).— Seemingly more closely related to some Philip- 
pine species, for example E. minutiflorum Elmer, than to any of 
the Mexican or South American species. 
ERANTHEMUM tetrasepalum, sp. nov. Planta 1-1.6m. alta ut 
videtur herbacea. Caulis ramosus dense cystolithiger subteres 
bifariam hispido-pilosus pilis recurvatis, ramulis paullum ancipiti- 
bus. Folia ovata vel ovali-ovata acuminata plus minusve faleata 
basi late rotundata vel rotundato-cuneata margine crenato-sinuata 
utrinque glabra cystolithigera infra paullo pallidiora 7.5-10.5 cm. 
longa 3.3-4.7 em. lata, in petiolis 5-6 mm. longis margine incurvo- 
pubescentibus. Spicae simplices vel ternatae terminales et exaxillis 
supremis 8.7-12.5 em. longae, rachebreviter bifariamque hispido- 
pilosa, pedunculo 0.9-2.1 cm. longo, nodis 5-7-mm. distantibus; 
