Bouvardia glabra Polák

Bouvardia induta (B. L. Robinson) Standley, sp. nov
Bouvardia longiflora induta B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 45: 404. 1910.
Shrub, about 4 dm. high, sparsely branched, the branches slender, subangulate, densely grayish-hirtellous ; stipules triangular-acuminate, 1-2 mm. long, hirtellous; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 1-3 mm. long, hirtellous, the blades ovate or lance-ovate, 2-3 cm. long, 0.61.2 cm. wide, acute or acuminate at the base and short-decurrent, acute to long-attenuate at the apex, thick, concolorous, densely hirtellous or villosulous above, densely villous-tomentose beneath, the lateral veins nearly obsolete, the margin plane or subrevolute; flowers axillary and terminal, mostly in 3-flowered cymes, sessile or nearly so; hypanthium subglobose, 2-3 mm. long, densely tomentose; calyx-lobes linear or lanceolate, 5-8 mm. long, acute, tomentose;
corolla densely villous-tomentose outside, the tube 4-5 cm. long, about 2 mm. thick above,
the lobes spreading, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8-9 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, acute, villosulous
within; anthers linear, 4 mm. long; style-branches slender, 5 mm. long.
Type locality: Chiapas. Distribution: Chiapas.

Bouvardia glabra Polak. Linnaea 41: 565. 1877
Bouvardia glabra gracilis Polak. Linnaea 41: 566. 1877.
Shrub, the branches stout, subangulate, grayish, the internodes short or elongate; stipulesheath short, cuspidate and glandular-aristate ; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 2-9 mm. long, glabrous, the blades ovate, lance-ovate, or broadly ovate, 3-7 cm. long, 0.8-2.5 cm. wide, obtuse or abruptly short-acuminate at the base, acute to attenuate at the apex, thin, glabrous, bright-green above, paler beneath, the lateral veins few, conspicuous, arcuate, ascending at an acute angle; flowers in terminal or axillary, pedunculate, mostly 3-5-flowered cymes, the pedicels 2-12 mm. long or sometimes wanting, glabrous; bracts usually large and leaf-like; hypanthium 2 mm. long, glabrous; calyx-lobes lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, foliaceous, 4-12 mm. long, acute, scaberulous on the margins; corolla white, glabrous outside, the tube slender, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, about 1 mm. thick, glabrous within, the lobes oblong or elliptic, 6-11 mm. long, 2-5 mm. wide, acute or acutish, glabrous wit'iin; anthers sessile or nearly so, included, about 2.5 mm. long; style included or exserted; capsule subglobose, about 6 mm.
in diameter.
Type locality: San Jos6, Costa Rica. Distribution: Guatemala to Costa Rica.