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THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  ILLINOIS 

LIBRARY 


OCT  7     1939 


FLORA  OF  PERU 


BY 

J.  FRANCIS  MACBRIDE 

ASSOCIATE  CURATOR  OF  THE   HERBARIUM,  DEPARTMENT  OF  BOTANY 


V 

N     NATURAL 

HISTORY 


THE  LIBRARY  OF  THE 

NOV  191938 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 

BOTANICAL  SERIES 

FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY 

VOLUME  XIII,   PART  II,   NUMBER  3 

OCTOBER  31,  1938 

PUBLICATION  428 


FEINTED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 
BY  FIELD  MUSEUM  PRESS 


FLORA  OF  PERU 


J.  FRANCIS  MACBRIDE 


70.  BERBERIDACEAE.    Barberry  Family 

The  importance  of  this  family  in  Peru  centers  about  Berberis  lutea 
and  relatives,  the  "ccarhuascassa"  or  "palo  amarillo,"  sometimes 
called  "espino  amarillo,"  whose  yellow  wood,  with  that  ofBocconia, 
furnishes  the  beautiful,  yellow  dye  seen  in  ponchos  and  other  clothing 
to  this  day  (Ruiz  &  Pavdri). 

1.  BERBERIS  L.    Barberry 

Reference:  Schneider,  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  33^*8,  133-148, 
391-403,  449-464,  655-670,  and  800-831.  1904-1905. 

Shrubs  with  or  without  spines,  these  typically  trifurcate.    Leaves 

,  simple  in  the  Peruvian  species,  fasciculate,  entire  or  more  or  less 

l  aculeate-dentate.    Flowers  yellow  or  reddish  yellow,  variously  dis- 

r-  posed,  with  3-4,  most  often  6,  deciduous  sepals  and  usually  as  many 

petals,  these  biglandular  within.    Filaments  as  many  as  the  petals, 

.  dentate  or  edentate.    Ovules  1-12,  laterally  inserted  at  the  base  of 

<  the  1-celled  ovary,  the  fruit  2-3-seeded. — Schneider  has  given  a 
'  careful  and  discriminating  account  of  the  Andean  forms  which, 
5  however,  with  more  knowledge,  probably  will  be  found  to  constitute 

fewer  species.    For  the  purposes  of  this  work  it  has  seemed  practical 

to  follow  earlier  authors  and  group  the  forms  primarily  according  to 

y>  the  nature  of  the  inflorescence,  which  for  well  developed  specimens 

^  of  nearly  all  species  is  quite  obvious.    It  may  be  stated  that  the  work 

^  of  P.  E.  Citerne,  cited  several  times  on  the  following  pages,  is  a 

thesis  of  the  Faculty  des  Sciences  de  Paris,  Se"rie  B,  No.  183.  1892, 

very  rare  and  sometimes  filed  in  libraries  under  this  citation. 

v?       Omitted  from  the  following  synopsis  is  the  name  B.  rotunda 

~  Macbr.  Candollea  6:  3.  1934,  which,  as  casual  observation  of  the 

type  has  shown,  has  nothing  in  common  with  this  family  except 

;  a  certain  similarity  in  foliage.    Because  of  this,  the  specimen  had 

w  been  laid  in  a  cover  with  species  of  Berberis  described  the  same 

<  evening  and  perhaps  flowers  of  Berberis  became  mixed  with  the 
*  aberrant  sheet. 

Flowers  racemose  (sometimes  very  shortly  so),  racemose-corymbose, 

or  paniculate. 

^      Flowers  borne  in  more  or  less  peduncled  panicles. 

665 


666  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  oblong-elliptic  or  obovate. 
Leaves  distinctly  paler  beneath,  often  glaucous-pruinose. 
Leaves  papillose  beneath,  the  veins  scarcely  obvious. 

B.  brumalis. 

Leaves  epapillose,  finely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides. 
Leaves  (beneath)  and  panicles  puberulent. 

B.  Hochreutinerana. 
Leaves  and  panicles  glabrous B.  Barbeyana. 

Leaves  concolorous,  not  at  all  paler  beneath,  or  at  least 
lustrous  on  both  sides. 

Leaves  mostly  2-4  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  mostly  spinose-denticulate;  panicles  glabrous. 

B.  Beauverdiana. 
Leaves  entire  or  sparsely  spinulose;  panicles  typically 

granular-puberulent. 
Leaves  obovate,  often  4-5  cm.  wide;  panicles  4-5  cm. 

broad B.  multiflora. 

Leaves  oblong-elliptic,   about  2  cm.   wide;  panicles 

strict,  narrow B.  paniculata. 

Leaves  mostly  1-1.5  cm.  wide B.  loxensis. 

Leaves  rotund  or  more  or  less  4-angled,  dentate. 
Leaves  epapillose,  elevated-reticulate  above,  truncate  at  the 

base B.  podophylla. 

Leaves  papillose  beneath,  obscurely  reticulate-veined  above, 

cordate  at  the  base B.  buceronis. 

Flowers  racemose  or  variously  disposed  but  not  obviously  in 

peduncled  panicles  (cf.  B.  brumalis  and  B.  loxensis), 
Leaves  distinctly  subrotund  or  subquadrate,  epapillose  or  sub- 

epapillose  beneath. 
Leaves  spinulose-dentate,   epapillose,   lustrous   above. 

B.  Gayi. 
Leaves  spinulose-dentate,  subpapillose,  dull  on  both  sides. 

B.  armata. 

Leaves  entire,  papillose  above B.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  distinctly  longer  than  broad. 

Leaves  typically  entire  (exceptions  seem  to  concern  only  an 
occasional  leaf). 


FLORA  OF  PERU  667 

Venation  densely  and  finely  reticulate. 

Leaves  ashy-pruinose  beneath B.  Jelskiana. 

Leaves  concolorous. 

Leaves  3-4  cm.  long,  papillose B.  monosperma. 

Leaves  1.5  cm.  long  or  shorter,  epapillose. 

B.  boliviano,. 

Venation  lax,  if  reticulate,  as  in  B.  flexuosa  at  maturity, 
neither  continuously  nor  closely  netted. 

Inflorescence  glabrous,  glaucous;  pedicels  10-15  mm.  long. 

B.  commutata. 

Inflorescence  more  or  less  granular-glandular  or  puberu- 
lent;  pedicels  shorter. 

Leaves  epapillose;  spines  none  or  reduced. 

B.  Lobbiana. 

Leaves  papillose,  especially  above;  spines  well  devel- 
oped  B.  flexuosa. 

Leaves  characteristically  serrate  or  spinulose. 
Leaves  longer  than  1  cm. 

Leaves  to  1.5  cm.  wide,  apically  dentate,  epapillose. 

B.  Lobbiana. 
Leaves  mostly  wider,  usually  dentate  below  the  middle, 

papillose. 
Venation  densely  reticulate;  leaves  sparsely  spinulose- 

dentate B.  peruviana. 

Venation  loose,  yellowish;  leaves  spinescent-serrate. 

B.  dryandriphylla. 

Leaves  small,  rarely  1  cm.  long,  apically  3-angled-spinulose 
or  entire B.  Humbertiana. 

Flowers  solitary  or  fasciculate  (cf.  B.  brumalis). 
Leaves  about  as  broad  as  long. 

Branchlets  spinose,  pubescent;  leaves  closely  reticulate- veined 

beneath B.  agapatensis. 

Branchlets  glabrous,  not  spinose;  venation  lax,  faint. 

B.  Benoistiana. 
Leaves  distinctly  longer  than  broad. 

Leaves  rather  large,  usually  wider  than  1  cm.,  longer  than  2  cm. 
Leaves  epapillose,  to  3  cm.  long,  13  mm.  wide.  .  B.  Lobbiana. 


668  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  papillose  beneath,  often  larger. 

Leaf  margin  entire,  the  leaves  chartaceous B.  latifolia. 

Leaf  margin  spinose,  the  leaves  coriaceous. 
Pedicels  6-10  mm.  long,  glabrate;  leaves  regularly  spinose- 

dentate B.  saxicola. 

Pedicels    4-5    mm.    long,    puberulent;    leaves    apically 

spinose-dentate B.  carinata. 

Leaves  mostly  small,  scarcely  10  mm.  wide  except  sometimes  in 

B.  lutea  var.  conferta,  rarely  longer  than  2  cm. 
Leaves  evidently  glaucous  beneath. 

Leaves  broadly  obovate,  about  2  cm.  long,  1  cm.  wide. 

B.  carinata. 

Leaves  oblanceolate,  5-8  mm.  wide B.  huanucensis. 

Leaves  concolorous  or  nearly  so,  at  least  when  dry. 
Leaves  conspicuously  callous-margined,  papillose. 

B.  cliffortioides. 

Leaves  merely  margined,  epapillose  unless  obscurely  so 
near  the  petiole,  or  waxy. 

Pedicels  glabrous,  5-8  mm.  long B.  virgata. 

Pedicels  typically  granular-puberulent B.  lutea. 

Berberis  agapatensis  Lechl.  Berb.  Amer.  Austr.  44.  1857;  148. 

A  shrub  about  1.5  meters  high,  with  divaricate,  soon  terete, 
slightly  pubescent  branchlets;  nodal  trifid  spines  6-8  mm.  long; 
leaves  subcordate  and  entire  at  the  base,  dentate  above  the  middle, 
2-2.5  cm.  long,  about  as  wide,  glabrous,  coriaceous,  lustrous  above, 
papillose,  glaucous  and  conspicuously  reticulate- veined  beneath; 
petioles  slightly  pubescent,  to  2  cm.  long;  pedicels  3-7  and  1-2  cm. 
long;  filaments  edentate;  berry  8-10-seeded,  the  seeds  oblong-obo- 
vate,  angled. — Fruit  purple-violet,  "twice  as  large  as  that  of  the 
common  jumper."  The  type  grew  in  an  argillaceous  schist.  Neg. 
34505. 

Puno :  Agapata  to  Sachapata,  Lechler  2646,  type.    Bolivia. 

Berberis  armata  Citerne,  Berber,  et  Erythrosp.  152.  1892;  813. 

Spines  3-5-furcate,  to  5  cm.  long;  branchlets  flexuous,  smooth, 
whitish  yellow;  leaves  in  2's  or  3's,  attenuate  or  subrounded  at  the 
base,  3-4  cm.  long,  2.5-3.5  cm.  wide,  coriaceous,  essentially  epapil- 
lose, that  is,  subpapillose  only  beneath,  dull,  obscurely  nerved  on 
both  sides,  undulate  and  5-6-spinulose-dentate  or  serrate,  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  669 

sounded  tip  mucronate;  racemes  simple  or  compound,  few-flowered, 
shorter  than  the  leaves,  granular-puberulent;  pedicels  4-6  mm.  long; 
style  distinct;  flowers  about  6  mm.  broad,  the  crenulate  sepals  about 
as  long  as  the  petals.— Negs.  14286,  34506. 

Cuzco(?):Ga2/,  1839-1840.— Without  locality:  Dombey. 

Berberis  Barbeyana  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  816. 1905. 

Branchlets  terete;  spines  none  or  short,  rarely  1.5  cm.  long; 
blades  elliptic-oblong,  2-4.3  cm.  long,  1.3-2  cm.  wide,  coriaceous, 
rarely  with  1  or  2  teeth,  distinctly  whitish  beneath,  not  papillose; 
petiole  3-8  mm.  long;  panicles  6-14  cm.  long;  pedicels  7-11  mm. 
long;  bracts  about  3  mm.  long;  flowers  9  mm.  broad;  stamen  connec- 
tive scarcely  obvious;  style  short;  ovules  4. — Neg.  27404. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 

Berberis  Beauverdiana  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5: 
817.  1905. 

Branchlets  strongly  sulcate,  yellowish  brown;  spines  weak,  5-7- 
parted,  scarcely  8  mm.  long;  leaves  elliptic  or  oblong,  usually  short- 
dentate,  coriaceous,  lustrous  on  both  sides,  little  paler  beneath,  not 
distinctly  papillose,  3-5  cm.  long,  1.7-2.5  cm.  wide;  panicles  to  9  cm. 
long,  glabrous;  pedicels  5-6  mm.  long,  the  bracts  about  half  as  long; 
stamen  connective  obvious;  style  obsolete;  ovules  2. — B.  Jamesonii 
Lindl.  Journ.  Hort.  Soc.  5:  8.  1850,  accredited  to  Peru  by  Schneider,' 
is  from  Ecuador;  it  is  distinguishable  by  its  roundish,  brown-red 
branchlets,  and  pedicels  10-15  mm.  long.  Negs.  27405,  14287. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. — Cajamarca:  Huama- 
lies,  Weberbauer  1+199  ("a  variety?;  leaves  entire  and  pedicels  longer," 
Schneider  in  herb.). 

Berberis  Benoistiana  Macbr.,  sp.  nov. 

B.  agapatensis  Lechl.  similis,  glabra;  foliis  ellipticis  basi  fere 
rotundatis  infra  medium  usque  ad  apicem  sparse  spinuloso-dentatis, 
ad  4  cm.  longis,  3  cm.  latis,  subtus  perobscure  nervatis  haud  reticu- 
latis  perdense  papillosis;  sepalis  fere  6  mm.  longis;  petalis  ca.  4  mm. 
longis. — At  one  time  referred  to  Lechler's  species  of  southern  Peru, 
and  obviously  closely  allied,  but  that  shrub  is  somewhat  puberulent 
and  the  strongly  reticulate-veined  leaves  are  relatively  less  papillose. 
The  papillae  on  the  under  leaf  surface  of  the  new  species  are  so 
abundant  that  they  seem  to  form  a  tissue.  Moreover,  the  habitat 
is  strikingly  different.  B.  Benoistiana  was  found  on  a  fog-drenched 
summit  in  open,  mossy  places.  A  slender  shrub,  1  meter  high,  the 


670  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

flowers  bright  yellowish  red,  the  fruits  black.  Named  for  Dr.  R. 
Benoist  of  the  Natural  History  Museum,  Paris,  whose  discriminating 
studies  on  the  related  flora  of  Ecuador  may  be  commemorated  here. 
Huanuco:  Tambo  de  Vaca,  4,000  meters,  Macbride  4455  (type  in 
Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

Berberis  boliviana  Lechl.  Berb.  Amer.  Austr.  21.  1857;  393. 
B.  conferta  HBK.  var.  boliviana  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5: 
393.  1905. 

A  branched  shrub,  the  conspicuously  spiny  branchlets  often  arcu- 
ately  spreading,  little  flexuous;  spines  slender,  straight,  spreading, 
usually  trifid,  about  15  mm.  long;  leaves  5-8-fasciculate,  obovate- 
cuneate,  sessile  or  subsessile,  pale  green,  concolorous,  entire,  thinly 
callous-margined,  subcoriaceous,  mostly  12  mm.  long  and  5  mm. 
wide,  finely  and  conspicuously  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  epa- 
pillose;  flowers  in  short  racemes  or  subcorymbs,  these  1-1.5  cm.  long; 
pedicels  obscurely  but  obviously  puberulent,  2-3  mm.  long;  open 
flowers  4-5  mm.  broad,  the  obovate  sepals  and  petals  subequal, 
about  3  mm.  long;  stigma  large,  sessile.— Type  collected  by  Pentland 
in  Bolivia,  near  the  Peruvian  boundary.  B.  Keissleriana  Schneid., 
808,  of  Bolivia  has  linear-spatulate  leaves,  definitely  papillose 
beneath;  B.  Rechingeri  Schneid.,  808,  similar,  has  broader,  epapillose 
leaves,  and  simple  or  no  spines.  Neg.  34507. 

Cuzco:  Pachar,  2,900  meters,  bushy  bank,  Pennell  13690;  fruit 
blue,  glaucous.  At  3,200  meters,  Herrera  3028.  Cuzco,  Soukup  577. 
Bolivia.  "Chehejche." 

Berberis  brumalis  Macbr.  Candollea  6:  4.  1934. 

Glabrous,  the  long,  yellowish  green,  nearly  terete  branches 
unarmed;  leaves  5-7-fasciculate;  petioles  short-dilated  at  the  base, 
strongly  canaliculate,  about  7  mm.  long,  articulate  below  the  elliptic- 
oval  blade,  this  about  4  cm.  long  and  2  cm.  wide,  rounded-acute 
at  the  base,  spinulose-cuspidate  at  the  apex,  the  revolute  margin 
entire  or  with  2-3  remote,  spinulose  teeth,  coriaceous,  lustrous  and 
obscurely  reticulate- veined  above,  dull,  paler,  scarcely  veiny  but 
papillose  beneath;  pedicels  1  mm.  long,  glabrous;  sepals  and  petals 
scarcely  3.5  mm.  long,  minutely  ciliate;  stamens  apparently  almost 
2  mm.  long,  the  connective  strongly  produced. — The  type  has  no 
inflorescence,  but  has  one  dissected  flower.  The  position  of  the 
species  now  appears  to  me  to  be  doubtful.  In  leaves  it  simulates 
species  with  fasciculate  flowers,  but  it  matches  no  species  seen  by  me. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Weberbauer  6799,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  671 

Berberis  buceronis  Macbr.  Candollea  6:  3.  1934. 

A  spiny  shrub  with  flexuous,  terete,  glabrous  branchlets  and  2- 
3-fid  spines,  these  1.5  mm.  thick  at  the  base,  7  mm.  long,  strongly 
curved;  petioles  slender,  1-2.5  cm.  long,  minutely  puberulent,  about 
5-fasciculate;  leaves  subrotund,  usually  deeply  cordate  at  the  base, 
3-4  cm.  long  and  broad,  chartaceous,  slightly  lustrous  above  but 
scarcely  veiny,  dull,  papillose,  and  prominently  reticulate-veined 
beneath,  undulate-spinulose-dentate;  flowers  in  peduncled  corymbs 
or  subpaniculate,  granular-pulverulent,  5  mm.  long;  pedicels  to 
10  mm.  long;  stamens  3.5  mm.  long;  connective  obtuse;  stigma 
capitate. 

Peru :  Without  locality,  Weberbauer  6994,  type. 

Berberis  carinata  Lechl.  Berb.  Amer.  Austr.  41.  1857;  394. 

A  shrub  1  meter  tall  or  taller,  with  terete,  divaricate,  unarmed, 
rusty- tomentose  branchlets,  glabrate  in  age;  leaves  cuneate-obovate, 
carinate-cartilaginous  on  the  margins,  the  apex  strongly  5-6-spinose- 
dentate,  2-2.5  cm.  long,  8-12  mm.  wide,  lustrous  above,  conspicu- 
ously glaucescent  and  papillose  beneath;  pedicels  somewhat  shorter 
than  the  leaves;  flowers  nodding,  the  sepals  5,  subrotund,  dull 
yellow,  the  longer,  yellow  petals  obovate,  acuminate;  fruit  ovate, 
"lageniform." — Var.  echinata  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11: 
782.  1933,  has  hard  leaves  with  spines  2-2.5  mm.  long.  B.  tomentosa 
R.  &  P.  of  Chile  has  larger  leaves,  pubescent  beneath;  Schneider  and 
Lechler  in  error  ascribe  it  to  Peru.  Neg.  34510. 

Puno:  In  schist,  Agapata,  Lechler  2644,  type. — Cuzco:  Hills  of 
Sacsahuaman,  3,500  meters,  Herrera,  type  of  the  variety.  Bolivia. 

Berberis  cliffortioides  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11: 
782.  1933. 

Young  branches  purple-glaucescent;  spines  1-3-fid;  leaves 
crowded,  almost  sessile,  fleshy-coriaceous,  narrowly  oblanceolate, 
entire,  acutely  spinescent  at  the  apex,  with  conspicuous,  thick 
margins,  7-15  mm.  long,  2-3.5  mm.  wide,  papillose  and  weakly 
nerved  beneath,  the  midrib  prominent;  peduncle  6-10  mm.  long, 
puberulent;  sepals  papillose-puberulent,  the  inner  4  mm.  long,  pale 
yellow. — Noted  by  the  collector  as  30  cm.  high.  Contrasted  by  the 
author  with  B.  rectinervia  Rusby,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  3,  pt.  3:  5. 
1893,  a  glabrous  plant  of  Bolivia,  and  apparently,  with  that,  too 
near  B.  lutea,  sens.  lat. 

Junin :  Puna  in  Cordillera  de  Punto  in  via  a  Huancayo  ad  Collor- 
bamba  (Raimondi,  type). 


672  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Berberis  commutata  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  231. 
1864;  804.  B.  divaricata  Rusby,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  4:  203.  1895. 

A  glabrous  shrub  with  light-colored,  elongate  branches,  more  or 
less  well  developed,  trifid,  yellowish  spines,  and  yellowish  green 
leaves,  their  nerves  and  veins  rather  prominent  on  both  sides;  leaves 
oblong-obovate,  cuneate  to  the  base,  apiculate  at  the  acutish  to 
broadly  rounded  apex,  entire  or  with  1-2  remote,  weakly  spinulose 
teeth,  subcoriaceous,  lustrous  above,  paler,  dull,  and  papillose 
beneath,  typically  about  2  cm.  wide,  6  cm.  long,  or  half  as  long  and 
as  wide,  or  somewhat  narrower;  racemes  more  or  less  nodding, 
slightly  shorter  or  longer  than  the  leaves,  the  pedicels  soon  10-15  mm. 
long;  flowers  5  mm.  long;  style  well  developed,  the  stigma  prominent. 
— Weberbauer,  178,  has  recorded  the  species  from  the  Department 
of  Junin  at  3,300  meters.  Neg.  34513. 

Apurimac:  Abancai  (Weberbauer  5911;  det.  Schellenberg).— 
Huanuco:  Dunkafael,  Sawada  78. — Ayacucho:  Hacienda  Totora- 
bamba  (Weberbauer  5485;  det.  Schellenberg). — Cuzco:  Gay  2191. 
Valle  del  Urubamba,  Herrera  3395.  Prov.  Calca,  Hammarlund  609. 
— Pelechuco  (Peru,  fide  Rusby),  type  of  B.  divaricata  (Pearce). 
Bolivia.  "Tancar." 

Berberis  dryandriphylla  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11: 
781. 1933. 

Glabrous,  with  trifid  spines  and  black  branchlets;  blades  coria- 
ceous, obovate-oblong,  coarsely  spinescent-serrate,  3-6.5  cm.  long, 
1.5-2.5  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above,  papillose  beneath  and  with  light 
yellow  nerves;  petioles  2-8  mm.  long;  racemes  sessile,  lax,  to  5  cm. 
long,  the  purple  pedicels  1  cm.  long;  sepals  elliptic,  5-6  mm.  long, 
3-5  mm.  wide,  the  petals  nearly  as  large;  stamens  3.5  mm.  long,  the 
connective  obtuse;  ovary  3  mm.  long;  style  obsolete;  ovules  2.— 
Compared  by  the  author  withB.  pichinchensis  Turcz.,  with  pubescent 
racemes.  B.  Trollii  Diels,  of  Bolivia,  has  leaves  2-3  cm.  wide, 
racemes  1.5-2  cm.  long,  and  pedicels  5-6  mm.  long. 

Cuzco:  Valle  del  Forachtay,  2,150  meters  (Herrera  1742). 

Berberis  flexuosa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  52.  pi.  281.  1802;  812. 

A  densely  branched  shrub  2  meters  high;  branchlets  slender, 
virgate,  little  angled,  distinctly  flexuous;  spines  slender,  trifid,  1-3 
cm.  long;  leaves  elliptic-obovate,  acute  at  the  short  petiole,  entire 
or  with  2-3  teeth  near  the  apex,  becoming  about  3  cm.  long,  1.5  (-2) 
cm.  wide,  at  maturity  loosely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  papil- 
lose, especially  above,  paler  and  dull  beneath;  racemes  (2-)  4-6  cm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  673 

long,  rather  densely  but  obscurely  puberulent;  bractlets,  even  in  age, 
puberulent,  sessile,  ovate-aristulate;  pedicels  finally  5-8  mm.  long; 
flowers  pale  yellow,  scarcely  5  mm.  long;  stamen  connective  pro- 
duced; style  obvious;  ovules  3-4;  young  berry  lageniform. — There 
may  be  two  forms  on  the  type  sheet  at  Madrid,  although  all  the 
material  is  referred  by  Diels  to  the  type  without  question.  The 
smaller  branchlet  has  obovate  leaves  only  1.5  cm.  long  and  7  mm. 
wide,  faintly  veined,  but  apparently  young;  inflorescence  4-flowered, 
almost  glabrous.  The  stem  is  very  flexuous,  as  on  the  other  branch, 
which  doubtless  is  to  be  taken  as  the  exact  type.  Neg.  12988.  Ruiz 
and  Pavon  gave  Tarma,  Cheuchin,  and  Pillao  as  localities.  The 
Paris  Dombey  material  is  much  better.  B.  papillosa  Benoist  of 
Ecuador,  which  might  be  sought  here,  has  larger  leaves  lustrous 
above,  white-glaucescent  beneath,  and  spinulose-dentate  toward  the 
apex.  B.  Rechingeri  Schneid.,  808,  of  Bolivia,  has  simple  spines  and 
leaves  only  half  as  large.  My  No.  1285,  distributed  as  B.  mono- 
sperma,  had  dark  blue  fruit  used  locally  to  make  ink. 

Lima:  Cheuchin,  Ruiz  &  Pav6n.  San  Rafael,  river  canyon  slopes, 
2,500  meters,  3133. — Junin:  Tarma,  Dombey;  Weberbauer  1726. 
Chinche,  Yanahuanca,  on  grassy  slope,  1285. — Without  locality, 
Haenke.  "Haucampe,"  "huajanpe." 

Berberis  Gayi  Citerne,  BerbeY.  et  Erythrosp.  152.  1892;  670. 

Spines  trifid,  scarcely  2  cm.  long;  branchlets  straw-colored, 
glabrous;  leaves  elliptic  to  subrotund,  about  3.5  cm.  long  and  broad, 
or  smaller,  especially  somewhat  narrower,  coriaceous,  smooth  and 
lustrous  above,  almost  dull  beneath,  faintly  reticulate-veined  on  both 
sides,  epapillose,  with  about  16  spinulose  teeth,  short-petiolate, 
the  base  rounded-acute;  racemes  spreading,  2-4  cm.  long,  usually 
simple;  bractlets  subulate-acuminate,  puberulent;  fruiting  pedicels  4 
mm.  long;  style  obvious;  stigma  large;  fruit  lageniform. — The  fruit- 
ing racemes,  except  for  the  bractlets,  are  glabrous,  but  the  flowers  are 
unknown.  Neg.  34521. 

Cuzco(?):Ga#  1164,  type. 

Berberis  Hochreutinerana  Macbr.  Candollea  6:  2.  1934. 

Spines  trifid,  to  7  mm.  long,  barely  1  mm.  thick  at  the  base; 
branchlets  glabrous,  subterete;  leaves  about  7-fasciculate,  the  blades 
oblong-oblanceolate,  mostly  7-8  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  rounded 
at  the  apex,  cuneate-attenuate  to  the  petiole,  entire,  chartaceo- 
coriaceous,  epapillose,  lustrous  and  slenderly  reticulate- veined  above, 
paler  and  dull  beneath,  the  rather  prominent  nerves  pulverulent; 


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petioles  to  1  cm.  long,  articulate  at  the  persistent  sheath,  this  some- 
times nearly  1  cm.  long;  panicles  many-flowered,  solitary,  distinctly 
puberulent,  with  spreading  branchlets,  to  15  cm.  long;  bracts  3-4 
mm.  long;  pedicels  rarely  nodding,  to  7  mm.  long;  sepals  to  5.5  mm. 
long,  exceeding  the  obovate  petals;  stamens  3.5  mm.  long,  the  con- 
nective little  produced;  style  prominently  capitate-dilated. 
Cuzco:  Mount  Acomayo,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  6831. 

Berberis  huanucensis  (Schneid.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  B.  glauca 
R.  &  P.  in  herb.,  the  name  untenable.  B.  virgata  R.  &  P.  var. 
huanucensis  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  391.  1905. 

Similar  to  B.  lutea,  to  which  it  could  be  referred  as  a  variety, 
but  at  least  the  younger  leaves  conspicuously  glaucous  beneath; 
spines  none,  or  trifid  and  rarely  9  mm.  long;  leaves  to  2.5  cm.  long, 
5-8  mm.  wide,  often  3-5-spinulose-dentate  at  the  apex,  densely 
granular-papillose  beneath  and  above  but  the  papillae  often  hidden 
by  glaucous  wax;  bracts  slightly  ciliate;  pedicels  1.5-3  cm.  long, 
glabrous.— Negs.  14313,  29227. 

Huanuco:  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.    Chiclin,  Sawada  85.    "Chijchi." 

Berberis  Humbertiana  Macbr.,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  glaberrimus;  ramis  vel  ramulis  virgatis  haud  flexuosis 
teretibus;  spinis  trifidis  sat  validis  ca.  5  mm.  longis;  foliis  fasciculatis 
sessilibus  cuneato-obovatis  apice  3-angulato-spinuloso-dentatis  vel 
interdum  lanceolatis,  fere  integerrimis  et  acuto-mucronatis,  cartilagi- 
neo-marginatis,  rigido-coriaceis,  supra  paullo  nitidulis,  subtus  opacis 
prominente  papillosis  obscure  laxeque  reticulatis,  8-10  mm.  longis 
4-5  mm.  latis;  racemis  6-15  mm.  longis;  pedicellis  2-2.5  mm.  longis; 
floribus  4-6;  sepalis  subrotundatis  cum  petalis  vix  3  mm.  longis;  sta- 
minibus  obscure  apiculatis;  stylis  nullis;  fructibus  globosis. — With 
a  superficial  resemblance  to  B.  lutea  and  its  allies,  this  shrub  is 
closely  related  to  B.  Keissleriana  Schneid.,  808,  as  remarked  by 
Schneider  on  the  type  sheet,  but  that  Bolivian  plant  is  puberulent, 
has  definitely  petioled,  narrower  leaves,  and  more  numerous  flowers. 
B.  Wettsteiniana  Schneid.,  809,  similar,  has  much  larger  leaves, 
racemes  to  4  cm.  long,  the  flowers  6  mm.  broad,  on  pedicels  3-5  mm. 
long.  Citerne  had  given  the  Peruvian  plant  a  herbarium  name 
without,  however,  indicating  the  characters.  It  may  commemorate 
the  furtherance  of  botanical  science  by  Professor  H.  Humbert, 
Director  of  the  botanical  museum,  Museum  of  Natural  History,  Paris. 
Neg.  34532. 

Cuzco  (?):  Gay,  type  in  herb.  Paris. — Andes  of  Peru,  Castelnau. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  675 

Berberis  Jelskiana  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  808.  1905. 

Branchlets  glabrous;  leaves  subcoriaceous,  oblong,  entire,  slen- 
derly elevated-reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  attenuate  to  the  petiole, 
about  2  cm.  long,  scarcely  half  as  wide;  racemes  lax,  10-15-flowered, 
to  6  cm.  long;  bracts  2-3  mm.  long;  flowers  10-11  mm.  broad;  anthers 
without  connective;  ovules  2;  style  obsolete. — Neg.  14296. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Jelski  232,  type. 

Berberis  latifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  52.  pi.  282.  1802;  450. 

Glabrous;  branchlets  virgate,  elongate;  leaves  entire  but  undu- 
late, obovate,  the  larger,  with  the  petiolar  base,  8  cm.  long,  3  cm. 
wide,  lustrous  above,  papillose  beneath,  prominently  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides,  chartaceous;  spines  trifid,  3-6  mm.  long,  shorter 
than  the  slender  petioles;  flowers  3-6-fasciculate;  peduncles  very 
much  shorter  than  the  leaves;  style  developed;  fruit  oval,  3-4-seeded, 
the  seeds  obovate. — Schneider  describes  the  leaves  as  mucronate, 
but  those  of  the  Madrid  material  are  rounded  at  the  apex  and  not 
apiculate.  Neg.  29228. 

Huanuco:  In  cold  groves,  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  "Huajanpe," 
"palo  amarillo." 

Berberis  Lobbiana  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  83.  1908.  B.  con- 
ferta  HBK.  var.  Lobbiana  Schneid.  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  394.  1905. 

Similar  to  B.  Jelskiana;  flowers  3-4-fasciculate  or  distinctly 
racemose  and  the  inflorescence  then  to  4  cm.  long;  pedicels  and 
bracts  apically  glandular;  leaves  obovate-lanceolate,  entire  or  with 
2-6  short  teeth  above  the  middle,  to  nearly  3  cm.  long  and  13  mm. 
wide,  presumably  not  papillose  beneath  because  compared  by  the 
author  with  B.  virgata.—Negs.  14299,  30132-3. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3805.  Bolivia. 
"Quisca." 

Berberis  loxensis  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  125.  1843;  819. 

Similar  in  general  to  B.  paniculata;  leaves  narrowly  obovate, 
rounded  at  the  minutely  apiculate  apex,  narrowed  below  to  the 
distinct  petiole,  the  larger  about  4  cm.  long,  15-17  mm.  wide, 
typically  entire,  very  finely  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides;  peduncles 
leafless;  bractlets  puberulent;  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long;  sepals  and  petals 
about  3  mm.  long. — Differs  from  B.  multiflora  in  its  smaller  leaves 
and  flowers,  the  latter  in  narrower  panicles;  also,  according  to 
Schneider,  the  leaves  have  an  obvious  hypoderm  (a  specific  char- 
acter?). He  referred  Weberbauer  1+199  to  B.  Beauvardiana  with  the 


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remark  "leaves  entire,  pedicels  longer."  Some  leaves  show  1-3  short, 
appressed  teeth  and  mostly  they  measure  3  cm.  long,  and  12  mm. 
wide,  otherwise  the  specimen,  in  aspect  at  least,  matches  B.  loxensis. 
Closely  allied  forms  include:  B.  Warscewiczii  (Klotszch)  Hieron., 
819,  leaves  typically  dentate  but  an  entire-leaved  form  is  doubtfully 
distinct  from  the  present  plant;  B.  Schwerini  Schneid.,  818,  found 
near  Peru,  with  larger  flowers,  is  well  marked,  the  leaves  spinulose- 
dentate,  drying  brown  beneath,  obscurely  reticulate-veined  above; 
B.  Hallii  Hieron.,  813,  has  shorter  leaves  and  suggests  B.  flexuosa, 
the  panicles  being  simple  except  near  the  base.  Neg.  14301. 

Cajamarca:  Huambos,  2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  4199.- — Huanuco: 
Yanano,  1,800  meters,  along  trail,  3728.  Yata,  2,100  meters,  2289. 
Ecuador. 

Berberis  lutea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  51.  pi.  280.  1802;  392. 

Unarmed,  the  branchlets  more  or  less  densely  puberulent;  leaves 
oblanceolate,  1-2  cm.  long,  5-9  mm.  wide,  nearly  always  entire,  or 
2-4-spinose-dentate,  sessile  or  subsessile,  lustrous,  perhaps  slightly 
glaucescent  beneath  but  drying  concolorous;  flowers  mostly  3-6- 
fasciculate;  pedicels  finally  6-10  mm.  long,  at  least  minutely  puberu- 
lent, mostly  about  half  as  long  as  the  leaves;  style  distinct;  fruit 
ovate-elliptic;  seeds  usually  2,  rarely  3-4,  oblong-obovate. — The 
original  description  reads  "shrub  glabrous,"  but  the  Madrid  material 
is  all  definitely  and  persistently  puberulent.  The  yellow  petals  are 
2-3  times  longer  than  the  reddish  yellow  calyx.  The  longer  branches 
are  unbranched  for  several  decimeters  (Ruiz  and  Pavon).  With  its 
wood  the  Indians  dyed  "bayatas"  and  cottons  a  yellow  color, 
beautiful  and  permanent,  and  because  of  its  durability  made  tool 
handles  from  it.  Their  name  means  "yellow  wood  with  spiny 
leaves."  (Ruiz  &  Pavon.)  Negs.  8605,  27416. 

Huanuco:  On  wooded  rocks,  Panao,  Pillao,  Chaclla,  Mufia, 
Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  Chaclla,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  6689. — Amazonas: 
Chachapoyas  (Mathews).  "Espino  amarillo,"  "ccarhuascassa." 

Berberis  lutea  R.  &  P.  var.  conferta  (HBK.)  DC.  Syst.  2:  14. 
1821;  393.  B.  conferta  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  69.  pi  J^O.  1821. 
B.  phyllacantha  Rusby,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  6:  4.  1896. 

A  shrub  1  meter  high;  young  branchlets  terete,  yellowish,  mi- 
nutely puberulent,  the  older  ones  short,  stout,  glabrous;  spines 
shortly  trifid,  deciduous;  leaves  rarely  entire,  usually  3-5-spinulose- 
dentate  near  the  apex,  oblanceolate  or  obovate,  short-petiolate, 
mostly  10  mm.  long,  6-8  mm.  wide,  or  15-18  mm.  long,  very  smooth 


FLORA  OF  PERU  677 

above,  lustrous  and  faintly  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  not  at 
all  paler  beneath,  waxy-celled  but  epapillose;  flowers  1-4-fasciculate, 
5-6  mm.  wide;  pedicels  puberulent-pilose,  3-8  mm.  long. — This  is 
the  typical  form  of  the  variety.  Citerne,  116,  found  the  hypoderm 
cellular,  but  that  of  B.  lutea  fibrous.  As  Baehni  has  suggested  to  me, 
this  apparent  difference  may  well  be  the  result  of  environment. 

Among  several  described  variations  of  B.  confer ta  the  following 
have  been  found  in  Peru,  but  since  they  have  not  been  studied  by  me 
in  relationship  to  B.  lutea,  they  are  not  transferred;  their  existence 
suggests  that  the  last  five  species  in  the  key  may  not  all  be  distinct 
from  them  or  from  each  other:  var.  Spruceana  Schneid.,  393,  spines 
none  or  simple,  leaves  to  20  mm.  long,  7  mm.  wide,  entire,  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides,  pedicels  to  15  mm.  long;  var.  hypopyrrantha 
Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  82.  1908,  leaves  12-30  mm.  long,  6-20  mm. 
wide,  narrowed  at  the  base  to  a  petiole  5  mm.  long,  pedicels  hirsu- 
tulous,  10  mm.  long,  flowers  orange,  to  1  cm.  wide,  branchlets  espi- 
nose;  var.  psiloclada  Schneid.  loc.  cit.,  similar  to  var.  hypopyrrantha, 
but  short-spinescent,  leaves  somewhat  smaller,  flowers  1-3,  yellow, 
reddish  outside,  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long,  glabrous.  Neg.  14290  (var. 
hypopyrrantha). 

Lima:  Rio  Blanco,  4,500  meters,  3013. — Cajamarca:  Humboldt, 
type.  Huambos,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  4157;  260  (var.  Spru- 
ceana).— Ancash:  Above  Huaraz,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  8225 
(type  of  var.  psiloclada).  Yungai,  3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  3278.— 
Puno:  Cuyocuyo,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  853;  183  (var.  hypo- 
pyrrantha). On  Bolivian  boundary  (Pentland;  var.  boliviano).— 
Huanuco:  Grassy  hillside,  3,000  meters,  1846.  Northeast  of  Hua- 
nuco,  3,660  meters,  2173.  Hualgayoc,  Martinet  1071. — Ayacucho: 
Huanta,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5560. — Cuzco:  Paucartambo  to 
Tres  Cruces,  3,400  meters,  Pennell  14162.  Urubamba,  Soukup  60. 
Ollantaitambo,  2,800  meters,  Herrera  3449. 

Berberis  monosperma  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  52.  1802;  804. 

Branchlets  pale,  smooth,  flexuous,  glabrous;  spines  trifid,  to  2.5 
cm.  long;  leaves  fasciculate,  lance-obovate  to  subelliptic,  obtuse, 
mucronate,  cuneate  to  the  sessile  or  subsessile  base,  entire,  narrowly 
callous-margined,  dull,  finely  reticulate-veined,  clearly  papillose, 
especially  above,  3-4  cm.  long,  8-10  mm.  wide;  flowers  racemose  or 
corymbose,  the  nodding,  puberulent  pedicels  about  10  mm.  long; 
flowers  about  10,  and  4  mm.  wide,  apparently  granular-puberulent, 
like  the  sessile  bractlets. — The  Madrid  material  is  somewhat  dam- 
aged, so  the  character  of  the  pubescence  is  not  entirely  clear;  plant 


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"glabrous"  according  to  Ruiz  and  Pa  von.  The  specimen  referred 
here  by  Schneider  may  not  accord  with  this  description.  Neg.  29229. 
Lima(?):  Huamantanga,  Nee. — Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.— 
Ancash:  Tallenga,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  2851  (det.  Schneider). 
— Puno:  Agapata,  3,000  meters  (Lechler  2642). 

Berberis  multiflora  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  124.  1843;  816. 

Very  similar  to  B.  Barbeyana,  the  leaves  also  without  obvious 
hypoderm  but  not  at  all  glaucescent  beneath,  to  3  cm.  wide  and  6 
cm.  long,  or  larger;  panicle  branches  typically  puberulent  but  gla- 
brous in  var.  calvescens  Schneid.,  816. — This  is  perhaps  the  earliest 
name  for  a  group  of  too  closely  distinguished  forms,  mostly  Ecua- 
dorean  but  to  be  expected  in  adjacent  Peru.  See  note  under  B. 
loxensis.  Neg.  14313. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador. 

Berberis  paniculata  Juss.  ex  DC.  Syst.  2:  12.  1821;  819. 

Spines  (on  flowering  branch)  trifid,  straight,  5  mm.  long,  decidu- 
ous; branchlets  glabrous,  smooth,  striate  at  first,  angled;  leaves 
fascicled,  oblong-elliptic,  short-acute,  mucronate,  attenuate  to  the 
base,  5  cm.  long,  1.5-2  cm.  wide  (perhaps  larger  on  the  branches), 
lustrous  and  finely  but  manifestly  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides, 
especially  beneath,  epapillose,  concolorous;  petioles  to  5  mm.  long; 
peduncles  bearing  1-3  leaves  similar  to  those  of  the  subtending 
fascicle  but  smaller;  panicles  strict,  the  flowering  portion  5-8  cm. 
long,  2  cm.  broad,  distinctly  granular-glandular  or  puberulent;  pedi- 
cels 4-5  mm.  long;  sepals  and  petals  subequal,  about  4  mm.  long.— 
The  type  may  be  from  Ecuador,  the  original  label  (Paris)  reading 
simply  "Peru."  Neg.  34530. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Jussieu. 

Berberis  peruviana  Schellenb.  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl.  Ill:  6. 
1913. 

Glabrous  except  the  puberulent  branchlet  tips;  spines  trifid; 
petioles  7  mm.  long;  blades  obovate,  cuneate  at  the  base,  coriaceous, 
lustrous  above,  papillose,  dull  and  densely  reticulate- veined  beneath, 
to  4  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  wide,  mostly  smaller,  all  sparsely  spinulose- 
dentate;  racemes  about  twice  as  long  as  the  leaves;  pedicels  9  mm. 
long;  sepals  5  mm.  long;  style  fungiform,  persistent  on  the  blue-black 
berry. 

Cuzco:  Prov.  Convention,  near  mouth  of  Rio  Pampas,  2,800 
meters,  Weberbauer  5897,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  679 

Berberis  podophylla  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  84.  1908. 

A  glabrous,  armed  shrub,  the  large,  trifid  spines  nearly  2  cm. 
long;  leaves  rotund  or  4-angled,  usually  truncate  at  the  base,  with 
8-14  spreading  teeth,  epapillose  but  distinctly  elevated-reticulate 
on  both  sides;  petioles  (5-)  8-14  mm.  long;  panicles  many-flowered, 
to  5  cm.  long;  flowers  yellow,  4-5  mm.  broad;  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long, 
the  very  acute  bracts  1-1.5  mm.  long;  style  none. — Neg.  14306. 

Ancash:  Between  Samanco  and  Huaraz,  3,000  meters,  Weber- 
bauer  3120,  3137;  170. 

Berberis  saxicola  Lechl.   Berb.  Amer.  Austr.  42.   1857;  392. 

A  low,  unarmed,  glabrous  shrub  about  30  cm.  high,  with  arcuate, 
terete,  robust  branchlets;  leaves  in  fascicles  of  5-12,  obovate,  attenu- 
ate to  the  short  petiole,  coarsely  spinose-dentate,  coriaceous,  laxly 
reticulate-veined,  lustrous  above,  pale  waxy-papillose  beneath,  to 
5.5  cm.  long  and  2.5  cm.  wide;  pedicels  1-several,  2-5  mm.  (10  in 
fruit)  long;  sepals  5-6,  oblong-obovate,  entire  like  the  larger,  obovate 
petals;  fruit  ovate,  the  style  obvious,  the  stigma  orbicular. — Flowers 
orange,  "larger  than  those  of  the  common  barberry";  apparently 
6-7  mm.  wide.  Suggested  by  Schneider  to  be  a  synonym  of  B.  lutea 
but  apparently  the  same  as  B.  conferta  HBK.  var.  hypopyrrantha 
Schneid.  Negs.  34536,  34537. 

Puno:  In  rocks,  Sachapata  and  Tabina,  4,700  meters,  Lechler  2096, 
type. — Cuzco:  Paso  de  Tres  Cruces,  3,700  meters,  Pennell  13911; 
petals  scarlet.  Paucartambo,  Soukup  389.  Cuzco,  3,600  meters, 
Vargas  530. 

Berberis  undulata  Lindl.  Journ.  Hort.  Soc.  5:  7.  1850;  809. 

Spines  3-5-parted;  leaves  fasciculate,  oblong-lanceolate,  coria- 
ceous, dull,  scarcely  reticulate- veined,  undulate  or  sometimes  spinose- 
dentate;  racemes  erect,  subsessile,  shorter  than  the  leaves. — Schneider 
suggests  that  this  poorly  described  plant,  apparently  cultivated  from 
Lobb  material  (from  Peru?)  may  belong  to  his  group  Truxillenses, 
represented  in  Peru  by  B.  Jelskiana.  Unless  the  name  can  be  placed 
more  definitely,  it  is  best  to  ignore  it. 

Berberis  virgata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  51.  pi.  281.  1802;  391. 

Similar  to  B.  lutea  but  glabrous  and  with  many  smaller  leaves; 
spines  none  or  simple,  stipular,  4-7  mm.  long;  branches  slender, 
whiplike,  often  several  decimeters  long  without  a  branchlet;  leaves 
typically  entire,  or  rarely  with  3-4  spinose  teeth  near  the  apex, 
narrowly  oblanceolate,  7-13  mm.  long,  3-5  mm.  wide,  apiculate, 


680  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

apparently  concolorous,  very  lustrous  above,  slightly  so  beneath, 
finely  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides;  pedicels  mostly  3  and  5-8  mm. 
long;  flowers  small,  the  petals  3-4  mm.  long,  conspicuously  exceeding 
the  calyx;  style  sessile,  mushroom-like;  berry  2-seeded,  the  seeds 
obovate  (Ruiz  and  Pavon). — B.  rariflora  Lechl.,  of  Bolivia,  more 
stockily  branched,  has  short,  trifid  spines,  but  is  otherwise  similar. 
Negs.  27422,  14314. 

Huanuco:  Woods,  Huasa-huasi,  Pillao,  Huarica,  Ruiz  &  Pavon, 
type. — Cuzco:  Above  Yanamanche,  4,000  meters,  Weberbauer  4946; 
243,  244. 

Berberis  Weberbaueri  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  83.  1908. 

A  shrub  2  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  minutely  puberulent, 
the  older  ones  armed  with  trifid,  rather  stout  spines  to  1.5  cm. 
long;  leaves  obovate-elliptic  to  subrotund,  truncate  or  narrowed  at 
the  base  to  the  (4-8  mm.  long)  petiole,  entire,  1.5-3(-4)  cm.  long, 
1.2-3  cm.  wide,  papillose  and  finely  reticulate- veined  above;  racemes 
to  3.5  cm.  long,  minutely  puberulent;  flowers  4-10,  yellow,  10-12 
mm.  broad;  pedicels  4-8  mm.  long;  style  distinctly  developed. — In 
the  obvious  style,  allied  to  B.  monosperma,  but  in  other  respects  to 
B.  Jelskiana.  Neg.  14318. 

Ancash:  Ocros,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  2680;  170. 

71.  MENISPERMACEAE.    Moonseed  Family 
Reference:  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94.  1910. 

A  family  comprising  low-climbing,  herbaceous  vines  and  more  or 
less  scandent  shrubs  whose  often  small  pistillate  and  staminate 
flowers  suggest  the  Euphorbiaceae.  The  leaves  of  some  species 
are  entire  and  variously  lobed,  most  often  palmately,  on  the  same 
plant,  the  fruits  being  grape-like  in  appearance.  Economic  interest 
of  the  family  lies  in  a  species  of  Chondodendron  (cf.  polyanthum) 
and  Anomospermum  reticulatum,  known  as  "pani,"  which,  as  shown 
recently  by  Smith  and  Krukoff,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  64:  401-409. 
1937,  are  ingredients  of  the  arrow  poison  "curare."  The  first  named 
plant  is  known  by  the  Indians  as  "atinupa,"  the  latter  as  "iku." 
In  spite  of  monographic  treatments  of  the  family,  the  genera  remain 
identifiable  only  on  technical  characters,  largely  those  of  the  fruit. 
A  supplementary,  artificial  key  has  therefore  been  devised  for  the 
Peruvian  plants,  but  with  either  key  the  genera  are  difficult  to  dis- 
tinguish. Most  of  the  material  cited  here  has  been  determined  by 
Diels. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  681 

Artificial  key  (often  applicable  only  to  Peruvian  species) 
Inflorescence  spicate  or  racemose,  or  at  least  apparently  so. 

Leaf  nervation  somewhat  melastomaceous 3.  Sciadotenia. 

Leaf  nervation  not  at  all  melastomaceous  (unless  in  D.  remota  with 

broadly  ovate,  truncate-based  leaves). 

Stamens  free,  usually  3;  petals  basally  thickened .  5.  Disciphania. 
Stamens  more  or  less  united ;  petals  evenly  fleshy. 

4.  Odontocarya. 

Inflorescence  cymose  or  compound. 

Petioles  more  or  less  contorted  or  geniculate  at  the  base,  or  tumid 
below  the  blade,  but  at  least  not  noticeably  enlarged  at  the 
base  (cf.  Anomospermum) . 

Petioles  tumid  or  triangularly  broadened  below  the  blade  (little 
so  in  Somphoxylon  Klugii  with  oblong  and  pinnate-nerved 
leaves) . 
Inflorescences  20  cm.  long  or  shorter,  or  the  leaves  softly 

white-tomentose  beneath 2.  Chondodendron. 

Inflorescences  mostly  several  decimeters  long;  leaves  glabrate 

or  puberulent  beneath 6.  Somphoxylon. 

Petioles  not  tumid   below  the  blade,   unless   in   Sciadotenia 

brachypoda. 
Leaves  broadly  ovate. 
Petals  and  sepals  6;  leaves,  if  pubescent,  deeply  cordate  at 

the  base 4.  Odontocarya. 

Petals  1  or  2  or  none;  leaves  pubescent,  or  not  deeply  cordate 

at  the  base 1.  Cissampelos. 

Leaves  suboblong. 

Leaves  entire 3.  Sciadotenia. 

Leaves  serrate 7.  Synandropus. 

Petioles  definitely  enlarged  at  the  base  and  straight  (sometimes 
also  tumid  below  the  blade,  or  in  Anomospermum  to  the  base 
but  straight). 
Leaves  melastome-like;  petals  minute  or  none. 

Leaves  glabrous;  sepals  6,  the  outer  3  bracteolate.  .  11.  Abuta. 
Leaves  white-pubescent  beneath;  sepals  6-18,  imbricate. 

2.  Chondodendron. 
Leaves  not  melastome-like;  petals  obvious. 

Inflorescence  (staminate)  crowded,  much  shorter  than  the 
petioles 10.  Elissarrhena. 


682  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Inflorescence  (at  least  the  staminate)  an  elongate  (5-15  cm.) 
panicle. 

Inflorescences  3  or  4  together  or  congested;  petals  not  very 
thick 8.  Hyperbaena. 

Inflorescences  1  or  2  together,  open;  petals  very  fleshy. 

9.  Anomospermum. 

Technical  key  (based  on  Diels,  op.  cit.) 

Sepals  of  pistillate  flowers  1  or  2,  of  the  staminate  4;  flowers  minute, 
the  staminate  many;  cotyledons  not  foliaceous;  endosperm 
scarcely  ruminate 1.  Cissampelos. 

Sepals  6-36  in  both  kinds  of  flowers. 
Sepals  valvate  or  spirally  imbricate;  endosperm  none. 

Flowers  pedicellate,  paniculate 2.  Chondodendron. 

Flowers  in  small  cymes 3.  Sciadotenia. 

Sepals  more  or  less  imbricate. 

Outer  sepals  often  distinctly  smaller  but  not  minute;  cotyledons 
foliaceous,  except  in  Hyperbaena. 

Leaves  membranous  or  subcoriaceous,  often  lobed;  endosperm 
present. 

Inflorescence    narrowly    paniculate,    pseudoracemose,    or 
spicate. 

Stamens  or  staminodia  usually  6,  more  or  less  connate. 

4.  Odontocarya. 
Stamens  3-6,  free;  pistillate  flowers  without  staminodia. 

5.  Disciphania. 
Inflorescence  amply  paniculate. 

Leaves  entire 6.  Somphoxylon. 

Leaves  serrate 7.  Synandropus. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  entire;  endosperm  none.  .  .8.  Hyperbaena. 
Outer    sepals   minute,    bractlike;    cotyledons    not   foliaceous. 
Petals  conspicuous. 

Petals  fleshy,  strongly  thickened;  stems  not  fistulous. 

9.  Anomospermum. 

Petals  fleshy,  but  little  thickened;  stems  fistulous. 

10.  Elissarrhena. 

Petals  minute  or  none. .  .11.  Abuta. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  683 

1.  CISSAMPELOS  L. 

Usually  herbaceous  vines  with  often  peltate  leaves  and  many- 
flowered,  paniculate-corymbose,  axillary  inflorescences,  or  these 
borne  on  axillary  branchlets.  Staminate  flowers  with  4  sepals,  these 
usually  pilose  dorsally,  often  spreading.  Petals  connate  or  very 
rarely  free.  Stamens  connate.  Pistillate  flowers  with  1  obovate 
sepal  and  usually  only  1  shorter  petal.  Carpel  1,  villous.  Drupes 
fleshy. 

Leaves   mostly   and    distinctly   peltate;    staminate   inflorescences 

elongate,  open. 

Leaves  often  more  or  less  pilose,  the  hairs  long;  inflorescence 
pubescence  loose,  spreading;  bracts  all  foliaceous. 

C.  Iropaeolifolia. 

Leaves  glabrate,  the  sparse   pubescence   minute;    inflorescence 
cinereous-strigose-hispidulous;  bracts  all  reduced. 

C.  grandifolia. 

Leaves  not  peltate  except  sometimes  in  C.  Pareira  with  the  staminate 
inflorescence  normally  corymbose  in  the  leaf  axils. 

Leaves  glabrous  beneath  or,  if  pubescent,  not  so  densely  that  the 
leaf  surface  is  hidden,  if  at  all  cordate,  very  shallowly  and 
openly  so;  bracts  all  reduced. 
Leaf  base,  even  if  slightly  cordate,  tapering  into  the  petiole; 

pistillate  inflorescence  simple C.  andromorpha. 

Leaf  base  somewhat  cordate,  at  the  junction  with  the  petiole 
rounded   or  truncate;   pistillate  inflorescence  paniculate. 

C.  fasciculata. 

Leaves  densely  pubescent  beneath,  the  leaf  surface  often  con- 
cealed ;  staminate  bracts  reduced C.  Pareira. 

Cissampelos  andromorpha  DC.  Syst.  Veg.  1:  539.  1818;  303. 

Petioles  and  blades  sparsely  pilose,  the  blades  ovate-cordate, 
sub  truncate  or  emarginate  at  the  base,  usually  obtuse  or  retuse  at  the 
apex,  mucronulate,  5-7  cm.  long,  6-8  cm.  wide,  with  5-7  palmate 
nerves,  these  conspicuous  beneath;  staminate  panicles  often  fascicu- 
late, cymosely  branched,  5-25  cm.  long;  bracts  obsolete;  pistillate 
inflorescence  simple;  staminate  sepals  glabrous  or  sparsely  pilose 
outside. — Flowers  yellow  (Williams). 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  200  meters,  King  2029.  Mishu- 
yacu,  in  clearing,  100  meters,  Klug  1008.  Balsapuerto,  in  clearing, 
King  2893.  Iquitos,  Williams  8098;  in  clearing,  Klug  967,  1008. 


684  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2085.  Pebas,  Isern  2263. — Rio  Acre:  Ule 
9384  (form  with  acuminate  leaves).  Widely  distributed  in  South 
America. 

Cissampelos  fasciculata  Benth.  Lond.  Journ.  Bot.  2:  361.  1843; 
304. 

Closely  related  to  C.  andromorpha,  but  the  pistillate  inflorescence 
paniculate,  the  staminate  sepals  usually  densely  pubescent  outside, 
and  the  bracts  mostly  well  developed.- — Flowers  brownish  yellow 
(Klug).  Juice  from  the  leaves  is  employed  as  a  remedy  for  diseases  of 
the  eye  (King).  Neg.  27515. 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  180  meters,  King  2322.  Lower 
Rio  Nanay,  Williams  405.  Mishuyacu,  Klug  1498.  Central  and 
South  America.  ' ' Aipoyo . ' ' 

Cissampelos  grandifolia  Triana  &  Planch.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV. 
17:  44.  1862;  305. 

Branches  sulcate;  petioles  pilose,  attached  to  the  blade  as  much 
as  4  cm.  from  the  margin;  blades  finally  glabrous  above,  pubescent 
beneath,  especially  on  the  5  prominent  nerves,  very  broadly  ovate  or 
suborbicular,  sometimes  shallowly  crenate,  7-15  cm.  long  and  broad; 
staminate  panicle  ample,  to  20  cm.  long,  the  primary  branchlets  soli- 
tary or  few,  densely  hispidulous-tomentulose;  sepals  sericeous- 
pilose;  drupes  tuberculate,  pilose,  5-6  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Leticia,  Williams  3049,  3051.  Pumayacu,  between 
Balsapuerto  and  Moyobamba,  600-1,200  meters,  in  forest,  Klug 
3230.  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  in  clearing,  Klug  773.  Rio  Napo, 
near  Mazan,  110  meters,  overflowed  bank,  Mexia  6 463 a.  Central 
and  South  America. 

Cissampelos  Pareira  L.  Sp.  PI.  1031.  1753;  286. 

More  or  less  pubescent,  the  staminate  inflorescence  subcorym- 
bose,  in  the  axils  of  normal  leaves;  the  only  Peruvian  species  with 
this  character. — Many  forms  have  been  described  as  varieties,  the 
Peruvian  plants  being  mostly  var.  Haenkeana  Presl  (ex  Diels, 
Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  292.  1910;  C.  Haenkeana  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2: 
80.  1835;  type  collected  in  Peru  by  Pavon;  C.  hirsutissima  Presl,  loc. 
cit.;  type  from  Peru,  Poeppig  1293;  another  synonym  is  C.  cor  data 
Ruiz,  mss.),  differing  from  the  type  form  in  having  only  the  upper 
leaves  peltate,  often  larger  and  heavier.  Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich, 
loc.  cit. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  in  forest,  Williams  7256, 
7375.  Tarapoto,  750  meters,  Williams  5564;  Spruce  4409;  Ule  523.— 


FLOI&  OF  PERU  685 

Huanuco:  Posuso,  Cochero,  Chacahuasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Pam- 
payacu,  Kanehira  83;  at  1,050  meters,  climbing  over  shrubs,  5022. 
Yanano,  1,800  meters,  3758.  Cochero,  Poeppig  1293.  Between 
Chaclla  and  Mufia,  2,100  meters,  Weberbauer  6710,  6702—Cuzco: 
Quebrada  Versalles,  Diehl  2448. — Without  locality,  Gay  1031,  1019. 
— Junin:  Tarma,  Weberbauer  6523, 1993;  247.  Tropics  of  both  hemi- 
spheres. "Vaca-nahui-huasca"  (Williams). 

Cissampelos  tropaeolifolia  DC.  Syst.  Veg.  1:  532.  1818;  299. 

Petioles  6-8  cm.  long,  more  or  less  hispid;  blades  peltate,  ovate 
or  subtriangular-orbicular,  truncate  or  rotund  at  the  base,  long- 
mucronate,  4-7  cm.  long,  3.5-7  cm.  wide;  staminate  inflorescence 
with  slender  peduncles  and  branchlets;  carpels  glabrous. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  700  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  23443.  Chan- 
chamayo,  Isern  2416.  Chacahuasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — San  Martin: 
San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7456. — Huanuco:  Posuso,  4594. 
Cochero,  Dombey,  type.  Pampayacu,  5059. — Loreto:  Moyobamba, 
Weberbauer  4517,  4521.  El  Recreo,  Williams  3936.  Rio  Itaya,  110 
meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29384;  Williams  3400,  3374.  San  Antonio, 
Rio  Itaya,  110  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  29497.  Rio  Nanay, 
Williams  518.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2405.  Balsapuerto,  Klug 
2911. — Sandia:  Chunchosmayo,  Weberbauer  1188. — Rio  Acre:  Ule 
9385.  Extending  to  Brazil  and  Central  America. 

2.  CHONDODENDRON  R.  &  P. 

Climbing  shrubs  with  tuberculate  bark  and  entire  leaves.  Pani- 
cles axillary,  solitary  or  fasciculate  from  older  branches.  Staminate 
flowers  with  6-18  sepals,  the  outer  minute,  pubescent  within,  the 
inner  glabrate  but  ciliate,  the  tips  finally  reflexed.  Petals  6,  gla- 
brous. Stamens  6  and  free  or  3  and  connate,  the  anthers  longitu- 
dinally dehiscent.  Pistillate  flowers  similar,  with  minute  or  no 
staminodia.  Carpels  6;  style  obsolete,  the  stigma  linguiform. 
Drupes  stipitate,  spreading;  endosperm  none. — The  name  was  spelled 
Chondrodendron  by  Miers. 

Besides  the  following  there  is  a  sterile  specimen  apparently 
referable  to  the  genus  from  Pebas,  Loreto,  collected  by  Castelnau, 
who  noted  it  as  used  by  the  Oregones,  less  frequently  by  the  Yaguas, 
as  an  arrow  and  fish  poison  under  the  name  "pani."  This  was  named 
Cocculus  toxicoferus  Wedd.  in  Castelnau,  Exped.  Ame"r.  Sud  5:  22. 
1851.  It  may  be  described  as  follows:  Scandent  shrub  with  thin, 
smooth,  gray  bark,  sparsely  brownish-rugulose;  branches  terete, 
striate,  glabrous;  leaves  (young)  palmate-ovate,  acutish  at  the  sub- 


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peltate  base,  abruptly  and  narrowly  acuminate,  3-5-nerved;  marginal 
nerves  scarcely  half  the  leaf  length,  the  3-5  secondary  veins  anasto- 
mosing toward  the  tip  of  the  leaf  arcuately  with  the  primaries  and 
the  midrib,  glabrous  throughout,  the  upper  surface  lustrous,  pale 
green,  the  lower  glaucous;  petiole  greatly  elongate,  subequaling  the 
leaf  blade;  flowers  unknown  (but  said  to  flower  in  September,  fruit 
in  December). 

Sepals  6,  all  tomentulose  outside. 

Outer  sepals  less  than  1  mm.  long C.  candicans. 

Outer  sepals  more  than  1  mm.  long. 

Principal  basal  leaf  nerves  3;  petals  pilose C.  polyanthum. 

Principal  basal  leaf  nerves  5;  petals  glabrous C.  iquitanum. 

Sepals  more  numerous,  the  inner  ones  glabrous C.  tomentosum. 

Chondodendron  candicans  (Rich.)  Sandw.  Kew  Bull.  342. 
1930.  Abuta  candicans  Rich,  ex  DC.  Syst.  Veg.  1:  543. 1818.  Sciado- 
tenia  candicans  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  87.  1910. 

Leaves  rather  chartaceous,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  cinereous- 
crustaceous-tomentulose  beneath,  narrowly  ovate,  gradually  acute  or 
acuminate,  about  20  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide  or,  according  to 
Sandwith,  6-17  cm.  long,  3-10  cm.  wide,  3  of  the  5  basal  nerves 
stout;  staminate  inflorescence  paniculate,  cinereous-tomentulose,  to 
15  cm.  long,  4-10  cm.  wide  at  the  base;  pedicels  2-10  mm.  long; 
outer  sepals  0.8  mm.  long,  0.6  mm.  wide,  the  inner  to  1.5  mm.  long, 
12  mm.  wide;  petals  6,  glabrous,  to  0.6  mm.  long;  fruiting  inflores- 
cence 2-5  cm.  long,  the  densely  pilose  pedicels  spreading,  8-12  mm. 
long;  drupes  often  3,  densely  brownish-tomentose,  the  free  stipes 
3-5  mm.  long. — Description  of  flowers  from  Sandwith,  of  fruit  from 
Diels,  based  on  the  Huber  material. 

Rio  Acre:  Huber  4286.    Brazil;  Guianas. 

Chondodendron  iquitanum  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
9:  997.  1926. 

Adult  branches  glabrous;  petioles  minutely  pubescent,  8-18  cm. 
long;  blades  coriaceous,  glabrous  above,  pale  and  minutely  tomentose 
beneath,  broadly  ovate  or  ovate-elliptic,  acuminate,  18-26  cm.  long, 
12-17  cm.  wide,  the  5  primary  as  well  as  the  secondary  nerves  promi- 
nent beneath;  staminate  inflorescence  8-10  cm.  long,  sericeous- 
tomentose,  the  pedicels  2.5-3  mm.  long;  outer  sepals  1.3  mm.  long, 
the  inner  2.3  mm.  long;  petals  obovate,  1.2  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  687 

glabrous   stamens. — Allied   to  C.   polyanthum,   but   with   shorter, 
stouter  pedicels  and  5-7  basal  leaf  nerves.    Neg.  27514. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  in  upland  forest,  Tessmann  4196. 

Chondodendron  polyanthum  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  78. 
1910.  Hyperbaena  polyantha  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  50: 
73.  1908. 

Similar  to  C.  tomentosum,  but  much  less  pubescent,  the  leaves 
glabrous  above,  and  with  2  basal  nerves;  inner  sepals  2-2.5  mm. 
long;  petals  slightly  pilose,  to  2  mm.  long. — Type  from  Brazil, 
with  leaves  8-15  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  slender,  3-6  mm.  long.  Neg. 
4985. 

Loreto:  San  Antonio,  Rio  Itaya,  Kittip  &  Smith  29337.  Balsa- 
puerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28665.  Fortaleza,  near  Yurimaguas,  Klug 
2782.  Pebas,  Castelnau.  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  200  meters,  in 
forest,  Klug  2042.  Brazil.  "Atinupa." 

Chondodendron  tomentosum  R.  &  P.  Syst.  261.  1798;  79. 
Epibaterium  tomentosum  Pers.  Syn.  PI.  2:  561.  1807.  Cocculus 
Chondodendron  DC.  Syst.  1:  522.  1818.  Botryopsis  Spruceana  Eichl. 
Flora  47:  394.  1864.  Chondodendron  cretosum  Miers,  Contr.  Bot. 
3:  312.  1871. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  and  especially  the  blades  beneath  velutinous- 
pubescent;  petioles  8-12  cm.  long,  apically  enlarged;  blades  sparsely 
pubescent  or  glabrous  above,  subcordate-ovate  or  suborbicular,  obtuse 
or  somewhat  emarginate,  obscurely  crenate,  sometimes  10-15  cm. 
long  and  about  as  broad,  but  often  smaller;  the  basal  nerves  5,  the 
lateral  3-4;  panicles  10-25  cm.  long;  9  outer  sepals  about  1  mm.  long, 
the  6  inner  ones  3.5  mm.  long;  fruiting  pedicels  enlarged;  drupes 
ellipsoid,  12  mm.  long,  the  stipes  3-4  mm.  long. — Illustrated,  Mart. 
FI.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  pi  48  (fls.).  Neg.  34500. 

Junin:  Chacahuasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Rio  Perene*,  600 
meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  25175. — San  Martin:  Rio  Mayo,  Williams 
6276.  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4474;  Ule.  Chazuta,  260  meters,  in  forest, 
Klug  4044-— Loreto:  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  3342,  3157.  Mouth 
of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4333.  Colombia  and  Panama. 

3.  SCIADOTENIA  Miers 

Similar  to  Chondodendron,  but  the  staminate  sepals  18-36. 
Petals  pubescent  without.  Anthers  obliquely  dehiscent.  Pistillate 
flowers  without  petals.  Carpels  6-16,  connate  at  the  base. 


688  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  cordate  or  truncate  at  the  base S.  ramiflora. 

Leaves  narrowed  to  the  base. 

Leaves  3-nerved S.  brachypoda. 

Leaves  5-nerved S.  similis. 

Sciadotenia  brachypoda  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  84.  1910. 

Similar  to  S.  ramiflora  but  less  pubescent,  the  petioles  4-6  cm. 
long,  the  blades  acute  at  the  base,  10-20  cm.  long,  half  as  wide,  long- 
acuminate,  3-nerved  at  the  base;  fruiting  peduncles  1.5-2.5  cm. 
long,  densely  hispidulous-pilose. — Probably  in  Amazonian  Peru,  since 
it  has  been  found  on  the  Rio  Futumayo.  S.  amazonica  Eichl.  and 

5.  Sprucei  Diels  have  axillary  pistillate  peduncles;  leaves  in  the  former 
only  3.5  cm.  wide,  in  the  latter  5-7  cm.    Neg.  4986. 

Peru:  Probably.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Sciadotenia  ramiflora  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  202. 
pi.  47.  1864;  84. 

Young  branches  shortly  rusty-pilose;  petioles  2.5  to  nearly  4  cm. 
long;  blades  thin,  glabrous  and  shining  above,  sparsely  pilose  beneath, 
cordate-ovate  or  lance-cordate,  rarely  truncate  at  the  base,  acuminate 
at  the  apex,  7.5-13  cm.  long,  2.5-6.5  cm.  wide,  with  5  basal  nerves; 
pistillate  inflorescences  supra-axillary,  mostly  solitary;  drupes  6, 
obovoid,  pilose,  on  short-connate  stipes,  8-12  mm.  long. — Negs. 
30149,  4986. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2271,  type.  Mishuyacu,  100 
meters,  Klug  1299. 

Sciadotenia  similis  Moldenke,  ined. 

Leaves  slender-petiolate,  glabrous,  subcoriaceous,  the  blades 
broadly  elliptic  to  elliptic-ovate,  10-15  cm.  long,  abruptly  long- 
acuminate,  rounded  and  abruptly  contracted  at  the  base,  somewhat 
lustrous,  very  pale  beneath;  drupes  narrowly  obovoid,  about  1.5  cm. 
long  and  1  cm.  wide,  rounded  at  the  apex. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  on  the  Amazon,  in  forest,  Williams  3075. 

4.  ODONTOCARYA  Miers 

Scandent  shrubs  with  verrucose  and  fistulous  branchlets  and 
long-petioled,  more  or  less  cordate-ovate  or  elliptic,  rather  thin  leaves 
with  5-7  basal  nerves.  Staminate  inflorescence  pseudoracemose,  the 
flowers  fasciculate;  pistillate  inflorescence  racemose,  the  flowers 
solitary;  sepals  membranous,  concave,  6,  the  outer  3  smaller.  Petals 

6,  the  margins  inflexed.    Stamens  usually  6,  more  or  less  connate, 
the  anthers  dehiscent  by  a  vertical  slit.     Pistillate  flowers  with  6 


FLORA  OF  PERU  689 

filamentose  staminodia.  Carpels  3,  glabrous,  the  sessile  stigma 
radiately  incised.  Drupes  fleshy,  with  a  scabrous-tuberculate  and 
coarsely  pilose  endocarp. — Similar  to  Somphoxylon  except  for  the 
inflorescence;  see  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  13:  27.  1936. 

Leaves  truncate  or  very  shallowly  cordate  at  the  base,  glabrous 
beneath  or  nearly  so. 

Leaves  5-6  cm.  wide  and  distinctly  longer. 

Acumen  of  the  leaf  5  mm.  long;  inner  sepals  about  1.5  mm.  long. 

0.  diplobotrya. 
Acumen  2-3  mm.  long;  inner  sepals  about  3  mm.  long.  .0.  Ulei. 

Leaves  9-11  cm.  wide  and  nearly  as  long 0.  floribunda. 

Leaves  usually  cordate  at  the  base,  pubescent  beneath .  .0.  paupera. 

Odontocarya  diplobotrya  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  172. 
1910. 

Glabrous  or  nearly  so;  branchlets  slender,  sulcate-striate;  petioles 
flexuous,  4-7  cm.  long;  blades  thin,  paler  beneath,  emarginate  or 
truncate  at  the  base,  the  conspicuous  tip  subobtuse,  8-9  cm.  long, 
about  6  cm.  wide,  the  3  basal  nerves  prominent  beneath;  staminate 
inflorescence  compound,  10  cm.  long,  the  lower  subracemose,  spread- 
ing branchlets  about  1  cm.  long;  flowers  solitary  or  in  small  fascicles; 
outer  sepals  ovate,  the  inner  obovate,  1.5  mm.  long;  petals  1.2  mm. 
long;  stamens  more  or  less  connate. — Neg.  4988.  The  Ayacucho 
specimen  has  slightly  larger  flowers  (Smith).  The  related  0.  Schim- 
pffi  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  13:  27.  1936,  of  Ecuador  has 
only  3  stamens. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig,  type;  Williams  5241,  5126.  La 
Victoria,  Williams  2657,  2593.  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  3265,  3356.— 
Junin:  Chanchamayo,  Raimondi;  Martinet. — Ayacucho:  Rio  Apuri- 
mac  valley  (Killip  &  Smith  22855;  det.  Smith).  Brazil. 

Odontocarya  floribunda  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6: 
133. 1914. 

Scandent,  with  lenticellate,  striate  branches;  petioles  8-11  cm. 
long;  blades  glabrous  except  for  the  minutely  puberulent  nerves 
beneath,  cordate  at  the  base,  slightly  decurrent  on  the  petiole,  sub- 
orbicular,  acuminate,  9-11  cm.  wide,  nearly  as  long,  the  3-5  primary 
nerves  prominent  beneath;  pedicels  slender;  outer  sepals  broadly 
ovate,  1.3  mm.  long,  the  narrower  inner  ones  3.5-4  mm.  long;  petals 
2-2.5  mm.  long;  stamens  connate  nearly  to  the  middle,  about  2  mm. 


690  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

long. — Similar  in  staminate  inflorescence  to  0.  diplobotrya.     Neg. 
27513. 

Rio  Acre:  Seringal  San  Francisco,  Ule  9381,  type. 

Odontocarya  paupera  (Griseb.)  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94: 
172.  1910.  Cocculus  pauper  Griseb.  Gott.  Abh.  7:  162.  1857. 

Petioles  slender,  slightly  pilose,  5-10  cm.  long;  blades  thin, 
minutely  scabrous  above,  usually  somewhat  pubescent,  especially  on 
the  nerves  beneath,  more  or  less  distinctly  cordate  or  sometimes 
truncate  and  subhastately  trilobed,  obtuse  or  acute,  to  15  cm.  long 
and  nearly  as  broad,  often  much  smaller,  with  3-7  basal  nerves; 
staminate  inflorescence  slender,  to  15  cm.  long,  the  flowers  in  fascicles 
of  5-6,  on  pedicels  2.5-4  mm.  long;  outer  sepals  ovate-elliptic,  the 
inner  obovate-elliptic,  2.5-3  mm.  long;  petals  2-2.5  mm.  long; 
filaments  more  or  less  connate;  pistillate  inflorescence  with  pedicels 
5-8  mm.  long;  carpels  3,  with  a  3-lobed  stigma;  drupes  1  cm.  long.— 
Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  pi.  36.  Neg.  30151. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Williams  4235,  5168.  Caballo-cocha, 
Williams  2330. — San  Martin:  Zepelacio,  1,200  meters,  in  forest, 
Klug  3317.  West  Indies;  Central  and  South  America. 

Odontocarya  Ulei  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6: 133. 1914. 

Similar  to  0.  diplobotrya,  but  the  ovate  leaves  subobtuse  at  the 
base  and  the  outer  sepals  only  0.6-0.8  mm.  long,  the  inner  ones  3  mm. 
long,  the  petals  1.5  mm.  long. — Neg.  4989. 

Rio  Acre:  Seringal  San  Francisco,  Ule  9380,  type. 

5.  DISCIPHANIA  Eichl. 

Perennial  vines  from  bulbous  roots.  Leaves  usually  cordate, 
sometimes  3-7-lobed,  the  palmate  nerves  5-7.  Flowers  in  simple, 
axillary  spikes  or  pseudoracemes.  Staminate  sepals  usually  6  and 
subequal,  thin  or  fleshy.  Petals  much  smaller,  fleshy,  more  or  less 
excavate  at  the  base.  Stamens  3  or  rarely  6,  free.  Pistillate  sepals 
and  petals  subequal.  Staminodia  none.  Carpels  3,  free,  the  stigma 
discoid,  subsessile.  Drupes  often  solitary,  fleshy,  the  endocarp 
woody. 

Leaves,  at  least  in  part,  distinctly  cordate  at  the  base. 
Plants  not  densely  pilose. 

Leaf  sinus  closed D.  clausa. 

Leaf  sinus  open. 

Leaves  all  cordate  at  the  base,  strigose D.  convolvulacea. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  691 

Leaves  all  cordate  at  the  base,  glabrous D.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  slightly  cordate  at  the  base,  some  of  them  truncate, 

glabrate D.  Ernstii. 

Plants  densely  long-pilose D.  lobata. 

Leaves  truncate  or  rounded  at  the  base. 

Leaves  5-nerved  from  the  base D.  remota. 

Leaves  pinnate-nerved D.  Killipii. 

Disciphania  clausa  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  176.   1910. 

Glabrous  (except  sepals),  the  branchlets  drying  purple;  petioles 
6-8  cm.  long;  blades  thin,  paler  beneath,  cordate-ovate  or  broadly 
elliptic,  8-11  cm.  long,  6-8  cm.  wide,  5-nerved;  pistillate  inflorescence 
7-8  cm.  long;  sepals  free,  papillose- velutinous  within  at  the  base,  the 
subovate  outer  ones  7  mm.  long,  the  inner  narrower  and  shorter; 
petals  narrowly  obovate,  2.5-3  mm.  long;  drupes  subglobose,  18  mm. 
long. — Type  from  northern  Amazonian  Brazil.  Neg.  4999. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9383  (det.  Diels).    Brazil. 

Disciphania  convolvulacea  (Poepp.)  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV. 
94:  178.  1910.  Chondodendron  convolvulaceum  Poepp.  Nov.  Gen.  & 
Sp.  2:  65.  pi.  190.  1838.  Odontocarya  convolvulacea  Miers,  Contr. 
Bot.  3:  62.  1871. 

Distinctly  hispidulous-pilose  on  all  parts;  petioles  9-18  cm.  long; 
blades  cordate-acuminate,  about  10  cm.  long,  7-10  cm.  wide,  5-7- 
nerved;  pistillate  spikes  finally  15  cm.  long,  on  peduncles  3-4  cm. 
long;  bracts  3-4  mm.  long;  outer  sepals  elongate-ovate,  much  exceed- 
ing the  inner  ones;  carpels  3;  stigma  sessile;  sepals  finally  7  mm.  long, 
tardily  deciduous;  fruits  berry-like. — D.  micrantha  Diels,  Amazonian, 
is  glabrous,  and  aberrant  in  the  genus  by  its  6  stamens  and  unequal 
sepals,  the  outer  ones  smaller.  The  Ecuadorean  D.  appendiculata 
Diels  has  petioles  4-5  cm.  long  and.appendaged  petals.  Neg.  5000. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  1394-    "Uva  del  monte." 

Disciphania  Ernstii  Eichl.  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  2:  329. 
pi  12.  1883;  175. 

Glabrous  or  nearly  so;  petioles  5-7  cm.  long;  blades  thin,  paler 
beneath,  7-15  cm.  long  and  broad,  cordate,  entire  or  irregularly  3-7- 
angulate-lobed,  5-7-nerved;  staminate  spikes  about  6  cm.  long,  the 
sepals  4  times  as  long  as  the  fleshy  petals;  pistillate  flowers  similar, 
but  the  petals  and  sepals  connate  at  the  base,  the  sepals  4-5  mm. 
long,  the  petals  1.5  mm.  long;  carpels  3,  the  stigma  subsessile;  drupes 


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mostly  solitary,  scarlet,  the  endocarp  winged. — Compare  D.  micran- 
tha,  under  D.  convolvulacea.    Neg.  5001. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  600  meters,  cultivated,  but  said  to  be  native, 
5466. — Loreto:  Huallaga,  Yurimaguas,  Williams  4654-  Venezuela. 

Disciphania  Killipii  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  782. 
1933. 

Herbaceous;  leaves  ovate-elliptic,  acuminate,  rounded  or  sub- 
truncate  at  the  base  but  not  cordate  nor  at  all  peltate,  glabrous, 
8-10  cm.  long,  4.5-5.5  cm.  wide,  the  petiole  5-6  cm.  long,  the  primary 
nerves  3-5;  staminate  spikes  solitary,  axillary;  sepals  joined  and  cup- 
like  at  the  base,  then  stellate-spreading,  salmon  pink,  fleshy,  5-6.5 
mm.  long,  3-3.5  mm.  wide,  the  outer  ones  slightly  longer  and  nar- 
rower; petals  broadly  obtriangular;  stamens  3. — Apparently  the 
spikes  may  sometimes  be  paniculate-racemose,  but  perhaps,  as  the 
author  suggests,  an  anomaly.  The  species  is  unique  in  its  epeltate 
leaves. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  27041,  type. 

Disciphania  lobata  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  169. 
pi.  36.  1864;  178. 

Like  D.  convolvulacea,  but  more  reddish-villous,  the  leaves  some- 
times 20  cm.  long  and  broad,  the  basal  sinus  very  deep;  bracts  about 
2  mm.  long;  drupes  angulate-oblong,  hispid. — Illustrated,  Pflanzen- 
reich,  loc.  cit.  /.  63.  Flowers  red-brown. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  in  forest,  King  780,  423.    Brazil. 

Disciphania  remota  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  782. 
1933. 

Herbaceous;  longer  petioles  about  8  cm.  long;  blades  glabrous, 
broadly  or  narrowly  ovate,  truncate  or  very  slightly  emarginate  at 
the  base,  acuminate,  3-5-nerved,  12-15  cm.  long,  6-10  cm.  wide; 
staminate  spikes  slender,  with  the  peduncle  to  25  cm.  long,  the 
remote  flowers  glabrous;  sepals  elliptic-ovate,  concave,  incurved  at 
the  tip,  4.5  mm.  long,  2.5  mm.  wide;  petals  6,  slightly  fleshy,  1.5  mm. 
broad,  the  back  very  shortly  produced;  stamens  0.8-1  mm.  long,  the 
connective  dilated . — Allied  to  D.  Ernstii  Eichl.,  but  the  leaves  not 
lobed  and  the  flowers  remote. 

Loreto:  Puerto  Arturo,  Yurimaguas,  135  meters,  in  forest,  Killip 
&  Smith  27892,  type;  Williams  4649.  Yurimaguas,  Williams  5353. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  693 

Disciphania  Tessmannii  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
137. 1924. 

A  glabrous,  herbaceous  vine  with  striate  stems;  petioles  genicu- 
late,  6-8.5  cm.  long;  blades  membranaceous,  cordate-hastate-ovate, 
acutely  acuminate,  6-7  cm.  long,  4  cm.  wide,  palmately  5-nerved, 
the  nerves  scarcely  prominent;  staminate  spikes  pedunculate,  the 
bracts  obsolete(?);  flowers  sessile,  yellowish  green,  the  6  sepals 
rotately  spreading,  the  outer  ones  5  mm.  long,  half  as  broad,  the 
inner  5-6  mm.  long,  3.5  mm.  broad;  petals  6,  with  a  narrow,  tongue- 
shaped  appendage. — D.  appendiculata  Diels,  of  Ecuador,  has  broader, 
7-nerved,  pubescent  leaves.  Neg.  27512. 

Loreto :  Yarina-cocha,  middle  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  8385,  type. 

6.  SOMPHOXYLON  Eichl. 

Vines  with  entire,  pinnately  nerved  (except  for  the  basal  nerves) 
leaves.  Staminate  flowers  with  6  sepals,  the  3  larger,  inner  ones 
broadly  elliptic  and  concave.  Petals  6.  Stamens  3,  connate  to  the 
anthers;  anthers  vertically  dehiscent.  Panicles  very  large,  with 
widely  spreading  branches,  the  flowers  subspicate,  in  glomerules  of 
2-5.— Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:/.  62. 

Petioles  rarely  more  than  1.5  cm.  long S.  Klugii. 

Petioles  3-8  cm.  long. 

Petals  6;  stamens  3 S.  Wullschlaegelii. 

Petals  3;  stamens  reduced  to  1 S.  deminutum. 

Somphoxylon  deminutum  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
997. 1926. 

Similar  to  S.  Wullschlaegelii,  but  remarkable  in  the  reduction  of 
the  petals  to  3  and  the  stamens  to  1;  leaves  broadly  ovate,  excisely 
cordate  at  the  base,  about  15  cm.  long,  10-11  cm.  wide,  the  primary 
lateral  nerves  about  5;  staminate  panicle  glabrous,  abundantly 
floriferous;  outer  sepals  0.5  mm.  long,  the  inner  1.5  mm.  long,  obo- 
vate;  petals  with  inflexed  margins,  1  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  San  Isidro,  mouth  of  Rio  Pastaza,  in  low,  flooded  woods, 
Tessmann  4976,  type. 

Somphoxylon  Klugii  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  92. 
1931. 

Branchlets  striate;  petioles  slightly  swollen  at  the  base,  12-16  mm. 
long;  blades  oblong  or  ovate-oblong,  rounded  at  the  base,  acuminate 
or  caudate,  13-16  cm.  long,  5-6  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  7-8; 


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staminate  inflorescence  to  30  cm.  long  and  broad,  the  primary 
branches  12-15  cm.  long,  densely  but  minutely  puberulent;  outer 
sepals  ovate-deltoid,  the  ovate  inner  ones  1.8  mm.  long;  petals  1.4 
mm.  long;  anther  column  1.5  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  579,  type;  276.  La 
Victoria,  Williams  2663. 

Somphoxylon  Wullschlaegelii  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13, 
pt.  1:  206.  pi.  37. 1864.  S.  Ulei  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  50: 
74. 1908. 

Branches  terete,  not  at  all  striate;  petioles  3-8  cm.  long,  some- 
what enlarged  below  the  subcoriaceous  blades,  these  lustrous  above, 
dull  and  glabrous  or  papillose-puberulent  beneath,  ovate-elliptic, 
the  base  rounded  or  subcordate,  the  apex  acuminate  or  cuspidate, 
sometimes  25  cm.  long  and  19  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  5-8; 
staminate  panicles  very  minutely  puberulent,  to  60  cm.  long  and 
45  cm.  wide,  the  primary  branches  20-30  cm.  long,  the  secondary 
branches  3-5  cm.  long;  flowers  yellowish  white;  outer  sepals  ovate, 
the  broader  inner  ones  2-3.5  mm.  long;  petals  1.5-3  mm.  long; 
anther  column  1.5-2.5  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  San  Antonio,  Ule  6696;  type  of  S.  Ulei.    Brazil;  Guianas. 

7.  SYNANDROPUS  A.  C.  Smith 

A  woody  vine,  the  branchlets  with  loose,  thin  bark,  the  serrate, 
petiolate  leaves  palmately  nerved  at  the  base,  pinnately  nerved 
above.  Pistillate  inflorescence  (staminate  unknown)  ample,  panicled, 
with  spreading  branches,  arising  below  the  leaves,  the  flowers  fasci- 
cled. Sepals  6,  the  outer  small,  the  inner  ovate,  thin.  Petals  3, 
opposite  the  3  stamens  whose  anthers  they  enclose. — Allied  to  Odon- 
tocarya  and  Somphoxylon,  from  both  of  which  it  differs  in  its  less 
completely  fused  stamens,  in  having  3  instead  of  6  petals,  and 
usually,  further,  from  the  first  in  having  only  3  stamens.  The 
author  suggests  that  each  petal  represents  a  complete  fusion  of  2. 
The  validity  of  the  genus  evidently  must  depend  on  characters  of 
pistillate  flowers  or  fruit,  because  elsewhere,  as  in  Disciphania,  the 
number  of  petals  and  stamens  may  vary,  and  the  number  of  stamens 
and  degree  of  stamen  connation  varies  in  Odontocarya.  Under  these 
circumstances  the  validity  of  the  present  genus  is  extremely  doubtful. 

Synandropus  membranaceus  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club 
58:  93.  1931. 

Petioles  slender,  at  first  pilose,  1-5  cm.  long;  blades  oblong,  cor- 
date at  the  base,  obtusely  acuminate,  8-10  cm.  long,  3-4.5  cm.  wide, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  695 

glabrous  or  sparsely  pilose  beneath,  5-9-nerved;  inflorescence  gla- 
brous, to  25  cm.  long,  minutely  bracteolate;  pedicels  to  1.5  mm.  long; 
inner  sepals  1.5  mm.  long;  petals  1  mm.  long  and  broad,  the  margins 
inflexed;  filaments  fused  half  their  length;  anthers  2-celled,  opening 
by  lateral,  vertical  clefts. — Probably  to  be  found  in  Amazonian  Peru. 

Peru:  Probably.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

8.  HYPERBAENA  Miers 

Leaves  coriaceous,  entire,  and,  except  for  the  3-5  basal  nerves, 
pinnately  nerved.  Staminate  inflorescence  paniculate,  with  cymose 
branchlets,  the  pistillate  less  branched.  Sepals  6,  the  3  inner  ones 
larger,  all  imbricate.  Petals  6,  somewhat  fleshy.  Stamens  6,  free, 
vertically  and  laterally  dehiscent.  Carpels  3,  free,  gibbous.  Endo- 
sperm none. 

Hyperbaena  domingensis  (DC.)  Benth.  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  5: 
Suppl.  2:  50. 1861;  200.  Cocculus  domingensis  DC.  Syst.  1:528. 1818. 

Scandent,  the  branchlets  and  bractlets  of  the  finely  branched, 
lax  inflorescences  rusty-pilose;  petioles  1.5-5  cm.  long,  geniculate 
below  the  blade,  this  mostly  5-8  cm.  wide,  8-10  cm.  long,  glabrous 
in  age,  lustrous  above,  the  basal  nerves  usually  not  more  conspicuous 
than  the  lateral  ones;  inflorescences  5-20  cm.  long  or  longer,  the 
staminate  decompound,  the  pistillate  less  branched;  outer  sepals  1.5 
mm.  long,  1  mm.  broad  or  narrower,  the  inner  scarcely  longer,  strongly 
concave,  nearly  as  broad  as  long;  petals  subrotund,  about  as  long  as 
the  sepals;  stamens  1  mm.  long;  pistillate  flowers  similar,  the  stami- 
nodia  0.4  mm.  long;  drupes  1.2-1.6  cm.  long,  scarlet,  ripening  black- 
violet,  lustrous. — Illustrated,  Deless.  Icon.  1:  pi.  96;  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  94:  198  (flowers  and  fruit). 

Libertad:  Ongon,  1,200  meters,  Weberbauer  7061.  Bolivia  to  the 
Guianas  and  West  Indies. 

9.  ANOMOSPERMUM  Miers 

Leaves  entire,  reticulate-veined.  Flowers  axillary  or  supra- 
axillary.  Sepals  6,  the  outer  minute,  the  much  larger  inner  ones 
elliptic  or  suborbicular.  Petals  6,  smaller  than  the  inner  sepals. 
Anther  cells  longitudinally  dehiscent.  Pistillate  flowers  with  6 
staminodia.  Carpels  3,  free;  stigma  ligulately  dilated.  Drupes 
lustrous,  coriaceous.  Endosperm  abundant. 

Leaves  not  triplinerved. 

Leaves  glabrous;  inner  sepals  6-8  mm.  long A.  Schomburgkii. 


696  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  minutely  puberulent  beneath;  inner  sepals  about  1  mm.  long. 

A.  minuliflorum. 
Leaves  triplinerved. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  very  densely  and  minutely  reticulate-veined 
beneath,  the  nerves  scarcely  elevated  on  the  upper  surface. 

A.  chloranthum. 

Leaves  rather  thin,  laxly  reticulate-veined,  the  nerves  strongly 
elevated  on  the  upper  surface A.  japurense. 

Anomospermum  chloranthum  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  6:  132.  1914. 

Glabrous  except  the  sparsely  pilose  younger  branches;  petioles 
5-6  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  broadly  obovate,  triangularly 
narrowed  to  the  base,  acuminate,  10-12  cm.  long,  about  half  as  wide, 
nearly  triplinerved;  staminate  flowers  paniculate,  on  leafless  branch- 
lets  10-18  cm.  long  and  2-3  cm.  broad;  peduncle  2  cm.  long;  flowers 
greenish,  the  outer  sepals  1.2  mm.  long,  1  mm.  wide,  the  inner  5  mm. 
long,  nearly  as  broad;  petals  2-2.5  mm.  long  and  wide,  connivent 
over  the  stamens,  these  1.7  mm.  long,  with  small,  erect  or  slightly 
oblique  anthers. — Distinct  by  its  broadly  obovate,  nearly  3-nerved 
leaves,  but  in  the  absence  of  fruit  the  relationship  is  unknown.  Tess- 
mann  4579  has  nearly  elliptic  but  triplinerved  leaves.  Neg.  4996. 

Loreto:  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  3414-  Pongo  de  Manseriche,  Tess- 
mann  4689,  4579. — Rio  Acre:  Seringal  San  Francisco,  Ule  9388,  type. 

Anomospermum  japurense  (Mart.)  Eichl.  Flora  47:  388. 1864. 
Cocculus  japurensis  Mart.  Flora  24:  Beibl.  2:  44.  1841. 

Leaves  slender-petiolate,  the  blades  thin,  glabrous,  concolorous, 
lustrous,  ovate  or  lance-ovate,  acutely  short-cuspidate,  usually 
rounded  at  the  base,  7.5-10  cm.  long,  3-5  cm.  wide;  flowering  pedicels 
2-6  mm.  long;  drupes  obovoid,  almost  3  cm.  long  and  1.5  cm.  in 
diameter. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  in  forest,  200  meters,  Williams  3860  (det. 
Moldenke).  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Anomospermum  minutiflorum  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  9:  996.  1926. 

A  liana  as  much  as  25  meters  long,  the  stems  to  17  cm.  thick; 
petioles  straight,  thickened  throughout,  glabrous;  blades  coriaceous, 
minutely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  lustrous,  minutely  pilose 
beneath,  broadly  elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic,  acuminate,  10-15  cm. 
long,  5-6.5  cm.  wide,  the  primary  nerves  6-8,  obscure  above;  panicles 


FLORA  OF  PERU  697 

solitary  or  binate,  to  15  cm.  long,  the  subspicate  cymules  only  2.5  mm. 
long,  the  rachis  and  peduncle  cinereous-pilose;  flowers  greenish,  the 
outer  sepals  0.5  mm.  long,  the  inner  broadly  elliptic-obovate,  1.2 
mm.  long;  petals  subspatulate,  0.5  mm.  long,  the  stamens  1  mm. 
longer. — Neg.  27510.  A.  Ulei  Diels,  Amazonian,  has  larger,  ovate, 
merely  acutish  leaves  and  smaller  flowers,  the  inner  sepals  about 
4  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  in  upland  woods,  Tessmann 
4565,  type;  4626. 

Anomospermum  Schomburgkii  Miers,  Ann.  Nat.  Hist.  II. 
7:39.  1851;  186. 

Glabrous  except  for  the  puberulent  branchlet  tips  and  the  cilio- 
late,  bracteolate  outer  sepals;  petioles  1-1.5  cm.  long;  blades  coria- 
ceous, lustrous  above,  oblong-elliptic,  acuminate,  mucronulate, 
about  10  cm.  long,  3.5-4  cm.  wide,  with  2  marginal  basal  nerves  free 
to  the  third  or  fifth  lateral  nerve,  finely  reticulate;  flowers  borne 
loosely  on  leafy  or  leafless  branchlets,  solitary  or  few-fascicled; 
pedicels  1-1.5  cm.  long;  bractlets  broadly  triangular;  outer  sepals 
broader  than  long,  scarcely  1  mm.  long;  inner  sepals  roundish,  6-8 
mm.  long,  glabrous,  yellow;  petals  very  fleshy,  strongly  arched 
apically  to  enclose  the  stamens  or  staminodia,  2.5-3  mm.  long  and 
about  as  wide;  drupes  straight,  2-2.5  cm.  long,  fleshy-coriaceous, 
with  ligneous  endosperm.— The  Peruvian  plant  is  var.  lucidum 
(Miers)  Diels,  with  the  leaves  exceedingly  lucid  above  and  obsoletely 
veined.  Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  187.  Neg.  30148. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Klug  1370.  Maquisapa,  upper  Rio  Nanay, 
climbing  over  trees  and  shrubs,  Williams  1191. — San  Martin: 
Zepelacio,  1,100  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3739,  3756;  flowers  yellow. 
Brazil;  Guianas. 

10.  ELISSARRHENA  Miers 

Well  marked  by  the  fistulous,  tomentose  branches,  long-petioled, 
glabrous  leaves,  and  tomentulose,  short-peduncled,  congested  in- 
florescence. Flowers  (pistillate  unknown)  with  3  minute,  broadly 
ovate  and  3  much  larger,  suborbicular  sepals.  Petals  6,  glabrous, 
broadly  reniform.  Stamens  6,  free,  the  filaments  exteriorly  strongly 
convex.  Anther  cells  horizontally  valvate-dehiscent. 

Elissarrhena  grandifolia  (Eichl.)  Diels,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94: 
189.  1910.  Anomospermum  grandifolium  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
13,  pt.  1:  169.  pi.  37.  1864. 


698  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Petioles  5-14  cm.  long;  blades  thin,  paler  beneath,  narrowed  or 
truncate  at  the  base,  obtuse  or  acute  at  the  apex,  sometimes  30  cm. 
long  and  15  cm.  wide,  with  3-5  basal  nerves;  inflorescence  2.5-5  cm. 
long;  bracts  very  minute;  larger  sepals  4  mm.  long,  3.5  mm.  broad.— 
Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  94:  189.  Neg.  19130. 

Loreto:  Pongo  de  Manseriche,  Tessmann  3834-  Balsapuerto 
(Killip  &  Smith  28665;  det.  Smith).  San  Antonio,  on  Rio  Itaya 
(Killip  &  Smith  29337;  det.  Smith).— Rio  Acre:  Ule  9389.  Brazil. 

11.  ABUTA  Aubl. 

Leaves  coriaceous.  Staminate  inflorescence  usually  panicled  and 
compound,  the  pistillate  laxly  racemose.  Sepals  6,  the  outer  bract- 
like.  Petals  minute  or  none.  Stamens  6,  connate  or  free,  the  cells 
dehiscent  by  vertical  or  transverse  slits.  Pistillate  flowers  with  6 
or  fewer  staminodia.  Carpels  3,  free,  with  sessile,  subulate,  recurved 
stigmas.  Drupes  short-stipitate  or  attenuate  at  the  base.  Endo- 
sperm present. 

Leaves  large,  mostly  16-30  cm.  long,  the  nerves  very  prominent  on 
the  upper  surface A.  grandifolia. 

Leaves  small,  chiefly  10  cm.  long  or  less,  the  nerves  not  prominent 
on  the  upper  surface A.  Klugii. 

Abuta  grandifolia  (Mart.)  Sandwith,  Kew  Bull.  Misc.  Inf. 
1937:  397.  1937.  A.  concolor  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2: 
64.  pi.  188.  1838;  197. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  with  strict,  finally  glabrous  branches; 
petioles  tumid  at  the  base,  gradually  enlarged  toward  the  apex, 
2.5-8  cm.  long;  blades  pale  green,  glabrous,  ovate-oblong  or  nearly 
oblanceolate,  acuminate  or  cuspidate,  10-20  cm.  long,  6-12  cm.  wide, 
with  3  very  prominent,  palmate  nerves;  staminate  inflorescence 
2-8  cm.  long;  anthers  transversely  dehiscent,  the  cells  finally  often 
confluent,  the  filaments  glabrous;  drupes  ellipsoid,  glabrous,  yellow- 
ish, 2-2.5  cm.  long. — A.  panurensis  Eichl.,  of  northern  Brazil, 
similar,  has  hispidulous  filaments.  A.  Grisebachii  Triana  &  Planch, 
and  A.  Imene  (Mart.)  Eichl.,  both  Amazonian,  have  longitudinally 
dehiscent  anthers;  the  leaves  of  the  former  are  tomentulose  beneath, 
of  the  latter,  glabrous.  The  roots  of  A.  concolor,  boiled  in  water, 
serve  as  a  remedy  for  anemia  (Williams). 

San  Martin:  Pongo  de  Cainarachi,  Klug  2757. — Loreto:  Caballo- 
cocha,  Williams  2435.  Tira  Doble,  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1051. 
Iquitos,  Williams  8013;  Tessmann  5334.  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  3500. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  699 

Yurimaguas,  Williams  4713;  Killip  &  Smith  29101,  28708.  Mishu- 
yacu,  100  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  2526;  a  tree  of  7  meters.  Balsa- 
puerto,  220  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3006;  a  tree  of  4  meters. 
Between  Yurimaguas  and  Balsapuerto,  150  meters,  Killip  &  Smith 
28295.— Rio  Acre:  Ule  9387,  9386.  "Sanango,"  "caimitillo," 
"trompetero-sanango."  French  Guiana;  Brazil;  Bolivia. 

Abuta  Klugii  Moldenke,  ined. 

A  woody  vine,  with  the  aspect  of  Anomospermum,  the  slender 
branches  glabrous;  leaves  slender-petiolate,  the  blades  ovate  to 
oblong-ovate  or  elliptic-ovate,  abruptly  acuminate,  obtuse  or 
narrowly  rounded  at  the  base,  3-nerved,  coriaceous,  somewhat 
lustrous,  the  finer  venation  very  inconspicuous;  inflorescence  sparsely 
griseous-sericeous. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  in  forest,  Klug 
1415,  type.  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

72.  WINTERACEAE 

Reference:  Robert  P.  McLaughlin,  Trop.  Woods  34:  21-22.  1933. 
This  family,  which  often  has  been  included  in  Magnoliaceae,  has 
a  different  wood  structure  (cf.  McLaughlin,  op.  cit.  35),  and  is 
distinguished  readily  by  its  exstipulate,  pellucid-punctate  leaves  and 
never  conelike  fruits,  the  carpels  being  arranged  circularly  more  or 
less  in  a  single  whorl. 

1.  DRIMYS  Forst. 

An  evergreen  shrub  or  tree  with  light-colored,  smooth,  aromatic 
bark.  Sepals  and  petals  in  whorls.  Flowers  in  axillary  or  terminal 
cymes  or  umbels.  Stamens  several,  the  anther  cells  distinct. 

Drimys  Winter!  Forst.  Char.  Gen.  84.  pi.  42.  1776.  D.  grana- 
tensis  Mutis  ex  L.  f.  Suppl.  269. 1781.  D.  Winteri  Forst.  f.  granatensis 
Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  135.  1864. 

Leaves  oblong-obovate,  7-13  cm.  long,  more  or  less  glaucous 
beneath;  flowers  white,  with  6  or  more  petals;  fruit  purplish  black. — 
Sometimes  a  tree  to  18  meters.  Botanists  are  not  in  agreement  as 
to  the  specific  limitation  of  this  widely  distributed  plant,  which 
exhibits  great  variation  in  the  development  of  the  inflorescence  and 
in  the  leaves;  cf.  Miers,  Contr.  Bot.  1:  123-137.  pi.  25-27.  1851-61, 
and  Hauman,  Comm.  Mus.  Nac.  Buenos  Aires  2:  50.  1923,  who 
recognize  a  number  of  species.  Eichler,  on  the  other  hand,  in  Mart. 
Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  pi.  30,  31,  considers  that  there  is  one  species 
with  a  number  of  forms. 


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Eichler  and  many  others  have  related  the  story  of  the  plant's 
discovery  by  Captain  Winter  who,  accompanying  Sir  Francis  Drake 
on  the  circumnavigation  of  1577-1580,  remained  in  the  Magellan 
region  after  a  storm  to  let  his  men  recuperate,  and  used  the  bark  of 
Drimys  against  scurvy,  after  which  time  it  enjoyed  great  popularity 
in  medicine  for  many  years.  It  is  now  used  only  locally  or  as  a 
condiment. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas  (Weberbauer,  262).  Central  and  South 
America;  Australia;  New  Caledonia.  "Winter's  bark,"  "canela." 

73.  ANNONACEAE.    Anona  Family 
By  Rob.  E.  Fries 

Ligneous  plants  with  the  leaves  alternate,  entire,  and  exstipulate. 
Flowers  generally  trimerous.  Sepals  3,  rarely  2,  valvate  or  imbricate. 
Petals  generally  6,  in  2  series,  valvate  or  imbricate,  the  inner  some- 
times rudimentary  or  absent.  Stamens  generally  numerous;  anther 
cells  adnate,  the  connective  usually  expanded  above  the  anther  and 
truncate.  Carpels  numerous,  rarely  few  or  solitary,  generally 
free;  ovules  1  or  more.  Fruiting  carpels  sessile  or  stipitate,  free 
(monocarps)  or  united  in  a  dry  or  fleshy  mass.  Seeds  with  or  without 
an  aril,  with  copious,  ruminate  endosperm  and  minute  embryo.— 
The  large  family  Annonaceae,  which  is  of  pan  tropic  distribution, 
is  represented  in  America  by  33  genera,  of  which  17  are  represented  in 
the  flora  of  Peru.  For  some  years  the  author  has  been  engaged  on 
a  monographic  revision  of  the  American  genera  and  has  published 
his  results  in  Acta  Horti  Bergiani,  volumes  10  and  12,  to  which  the 
reader  is  referred.  This  revision  is  now  nearly  completed;  of  the 
South  American  genera  only  the  largest  and  also  the  most  difficult 
genus,  Guatteria,  remains.  A  preliminary  revision  has  been  under- 
taken but  it  can  not  be  helped  that  the  synopsis  of  the  Peruvian 
Guatterias  given  below  should  be  regarded  as  provisional.  Further 
researches  certainly  will  show  that  many  additions  and  corrections 
will  be  necessary. 

The  difficulty  in  the  taxonomic  treatment  of  Annonaceous  plants 
is  above  all  due  to  the  fact  that  the  material  accessible  at  present 
is  frequently  incomplete.  Numerous  species  are  known  with  flowers 
only,  others  only  in  the  fruiting  stage.  For  this  reason  a  comparison 
of  the  species  is  often  impossible,  which  is  particularly  evident  when 
it  comes  to  the  construction  of  the  analytic  keys.  The  keys  given 
here  are  thus  in  many  cases  quite  artificial  and  do  not  pretend  to 


FLORA  OF  PERU  701 

show  the  true  relations  of  the  species.    The  same  applies  also  to  the 
arrangement  of  the  genera. 
Petals  imbricate. 

Pedicels  with  bracts;  anthers  not  transversely  septate. 
Pubescence  of  simple  hairs. 
Ripe  carpels  free. 
Flowers  axillary. 
Ovules  basal. 

Pedicels  with  a  bract  above  the  articulation;  connec- 
tive  of  the   stamens  not   expanded   above   the 

anther 1.  Oxandra. 

Pedicels  without  a  bract  above  the  articulation;  con- 
nective expanded  and  truncate  above  the  anther. 

2.  Guatteria. 

Ovules  lateral,  sometimes  near  the  upper  end  of  the  ovary. 
Petals  rotund  to  oblong,  obtuse. 
Pedicels  without  bracts  above  the  articulation. 

3.  Pseudoxandra. 
Pedicels  with  bracts  above  the  articulation. 

4.  Cremastosperma. 
Petals  linear-lanceolate,  gradually  attenuate  to  the 

acute  apex 5.  Ruizodendron. 

Flowers  opposite  the  leaves 6.  Malmea. 

Carpels  united  into  a  fleshy  mass  in  fruit 7.  Fusaea. 

Pubescence  of  stellate  hairs  or  stellate  scales 8.  Duguetia. 

Pedicels  entirely  without  bracts;  anthers  transversely  septate. 

9.  Porcelia. 
Petals,  at  least  the  outer  ones,  valvate. 

Pedicels  entirely  without  bracts;  flowers  solitary;  inner  petals 
large,  saccate,  with  involute  margins;  anthers  transversely 

septate 10.  Cymbopetalum. 

Pedicels  with  bracts;  inner  petals  not  saccate. 
Ovules  more  than  one,  lateral. 
Anthers  not  transversely  septate. 

Flowers  spherical  in  bud,  all  bisexual;  petals  rotund-ovate. 

11.  Unonopsis. 

Flowers  elongate  in  bud,  polygamous  or  dioecious;  petals 
linear-oblong 12.  Diclinanona. 


702  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Anthers  transversely  septate 13.  Xylopia. 

Ovules  2,  basal,  erect 14.  Anaxagorea. 

Ovule  1,  basal  or  nearly  so. 

Flowers  axillary;  monocarps  free,  stipitate. 

Pedicels  long,  with  a  bract  above  the  articulation. 

11.  Unonopsis. 

Pedicels  very  short  (flowers  nearly  sessile),  not  bracteate 
above  the  articulation 15.  Guatteriopsis. 

Flowers  not  axillary;  carpels  united  into  a  more  or  less  fleshy 
mass  in  fruit. 

Outer  petals  without  wings  or  spurs 16.  Annona. 

Outer  petals  produced  into  wings  or  spurs ....  17.  Rollinia. 

1.  OXANDRA  A.  Rich. 

Trees  or  shrubs.  Flowers  small,  solitary  in  the  axils  or  in  few- 
flowered,  axillary  inflorescences;  pedicels  articulate  a  little  above  the 
base,  bearing  a  few  small,  distichous  bracts  below  and  one  above 
the  articulation.  Sepals  imbricate  in  bud,  persistent.  Petals  all 
rather  alike,  thin,  orbicular,  ovate,  or  oblong,  imbricate,  black  when 
dried.  Stamens  6-20,  the  connective  elongate  above  the  anther  into 
a  triangular  to  lanceolate  appendage.  Carpels  rather  few  (to  13); 
ovule  1,  basal,  erect.  Monocarps  shortly  stipitate  or  nearly  sessile, 
one-seeded. — A  medium-sized  genus,  centering  about  the  Amazon 
and  its  tributaries  and  in  Guiana  (15  species);  one  of  them  and  3 
others  occur  in  Colombia  and  Panama,  2  in  the  West  Indies,  and 
2  in  southern  Brazil. 

Leaves  acute  or  rounded  at  the  base,  without  a  tooth  on  each  side 
of  the  petiole. 

Leaves  cuneate  at  the  base,  not  verrucose. 

Flowers  several,  in  branched  inflorescences;  pedicels  minutely 
hairy 1.0.  Riedeliana. 

Flowers  1-2;  pedicels  glabrous 2.  0.  Espintana. 

Leaves  rounded  or  very  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  more  or  less 
verrucose. 

Leaves  small,  up  to  2  or  rarely  3  cm.  broad;  midrib  deeply  sunken 
on  the  upper  surface 4.  0.  acuminata. 

Leaves  larger,  more  than  3  cm.  broad;  midrib  flat  or  prominent 
on  the  upper  surface. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  703 

Monocarps  spherical,  on  stipes  1  cm.  long;  leaves  rounded, 
but  not  emarginate,  at  the  base 3.  0.  sphaerocarpa. 

Monocarps  ellipsoidal,  on  short  stipes  2-3  mm.  long. 

Leaves  glabrous,  rounded  but  not  emarginate  at  the  base. 

5.  0.  euneura. 

Leaves  hairy  beneath  and  on  the  midrib  above,  rounded 
and  slightly  emarginate  at  the  base. 6.  0.  macrophylla. 

Leaves  truncate  at  the  base,  with  a  small  tooth  on  each  side  of  the 
petiole 1.0.  xylopioides. 

1.  Oxandra  Riedeliana  R.  E.  Fries,  Arkiv  Bot.  5,  pt.  4:  2. 

pi.  2,  f.  7-9.  1905. 

A  small  tree,  15  meters  high;  youngest  branchlets  minutely 
sericeous  and  soon  glabrous;  leaves  membranaceous,  usually  yellowish 
green  when  dried,  glabrous  and  lustrous,  lanceolate  or  rhombic- 
lanceolate,  broadest  at  the  middle  and  equally  narrowed  at  both  ends, 
cuneate  and  very  acute  at  the  base,  long-acuminate  to  the  obtuse 
apex,  8-12  cm.  long,  rarely  longer;  midrib  prominent  on  both  sides; 
flowers  several,  in  small,  sessile  inflorescences;  pedicels,  bracts,  and 
sepals  minutely  appressed-hairy;  flower  buds  ovoid;  sepals  about 
1  mm.  long,  ciliate;  petals  glabrous,  ciliate,  elliptic  to  oblong- 
elliptic,  about  6  mm.  long.  Neg.  19322. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5383. — Known  also  from  several 
localities  in  Brazil,  on  the  Amazon  and  its  southern  tributaries. 

2.  Oxandra  Espintana  (Spruce)  Baill.  Hist.  PL  1:  207.  1868. 
Bocagea  Espintana  Spruce  ex  Benth.  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  5:  71.  1861. 
0.  aromatica  Tr.  &  PL  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV.  17:  36.  1862.    B.  aromatica 
Britton,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  16:  14.  1889.    0.  ovata  Rusby,  Descr. 
New  Sp.  S.  Amer.  PL  19.  1920. 

A  small  tree,  10  meters  high;  leaves  ovate-elliptic,  lanceolate  or 
obovate-lanceolate,  usually  gradually  narrowed  at  the  apex,  cuneate 
at  the  acute  or  rarely  obtuse  base,  glabrous,  lustrous  and,  finally, 
reticulate  on  both  sides,  6-12  cm.  long;  midrib  a  little  impressed  on 
the  upper  side;  flowers  1-2,  on  very  short,  glabrous  pedicels  1-2  cm. 
long;  bracts,  sepals,  and  petals  glabrous;  flower  buds  globular  to 
ovoid.  Negs.  21296,  27550. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4920  (type).  Juanjui,  upper  Rio 
Huallaga,  Klug  3814.  Also  in  Colombia  and  western  Amazonian 
Brazil. 


704  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

3.  Oxandra  sphaerocarpa  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12: 
198. 1934. 

Leaves  membranaceous,  oblong  to  elliptic-oblong,  1-1.5  mm.  long, 
cuspidate,  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous  above,  with  a  few  hairs  on 
the  midrib  when  young,  covered  beneath  with  long,  appressed  hairs, 
finally  more  or  less  glabrescent,  rather  thinly  verrucose  on  both 
sides;  midrib  flat  above;  inflorescences  1-2-flowered;  fruits  on  rigid, 
glabrous  pedicels  5-7  mm.  long;  monocarps  spherical,  glabrous,  on 
stipes  1  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  475  (type),  478. 

4.  Oxandra  acuminata  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  410.  1906. 

A  tree  up  to  20  meters  high;  young  branchlets  densely  covered 
with  erect,  golden-ferruginous  hairs,  soon  glabrescent;  leaves  small, 
lanceolate-oblong,  more  or  less  abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into 
a  cusp  2-3  cm.  long,  rounded  or  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  glabrous, 
densely  verruculose  beneath,  up  to  10  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  broad; 
midrib  deeply  impressed  above;  inflorescences  sessile  in  the  axils 
of  detached  leaves,  1-3-flowered;  pedicels  glabrous,  2-3  mm.  long; 
bracts  and  calyx  sericeous  and  ciliate;  flower  buds  short-cylindric- 
trigonous;  petals  6-7  mm.  long. 

Junin:  Tarma,  near  La  Merced,  Weberbauer  1897  (type).  Also 
in  Brazil  on  the  rivers  Jurua  and  Madeira. 

5.  Oxandra  euneura  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  173. 
1927. 

A  small  tree,  8  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  covered  with  a 
short  and  dense  fulvous  pubescence;  leaves  very  shortly  petiolate 
(1-2  mm.  long),  oblong  to  elliptic,  very  abruptly  contracted  at  the 
apex  into  a  cusp  1-1.5  cm.  long,  rounded  but  not  emarginate  at  the 
base,  glabrous  and  densely  verruculose-punctate  on  both  sides,  10-20 
cm.  long  and  4-6.5  cm.  broad;  midrib  prominent  on  both  sides; 
pedicels  3-4  mm.  long,  pubescent;  monocarps  ovoid,  nearly  sessile. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  28029,  28036.  Mishuyacu, 
King  135.  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  Soledad,  Tessmann  5320  (type).  "Es- 
pintana." 

6.  Oxandra  macrophylla  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10: 
173. 1931. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  densely  covered  with 
short,  patent,  fuscous  hairs;  petioles  only  1-2  mm.  long;  lamina 
large  (17-25  cm.  long  and  6-8  cm.  broad),  ovate  to  oblong-ovate, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  705 

abruptly  narrowed  into  a  cusp  1.5-2  cm.  long,  rounded  and  a  little 
cordate  at  the  base,  very  densely  verruculose-punctate  on  both  sides; 
pedicels  of  the  fruits  glabrous,  3-4  mm.  long;  monocarps  ellipsoidal, 
on  stipes  about  3  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  28752  (type) ;  Williams  4129. 

7.  Oxandra  xylopioides  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
172. 1927. 

A  tall  tree,  reaching  20-25  meters;  leaves  rigid,  linear-oblong, 
gradually  narrowed  to  the  apex,  more  or  less  truncate  at  the  base 
with  a  small  tooth  on  each  side  of  the  short  petiole,  8-12  cm.  long  and 
about  1.5  cm.  broad,  both  sides  smooth,  the  upper  glabrous,  the 
lower  covered  when  young  with  long,  appressed  hairs  but  very  soon 
quite  glabrous;  midrib  impressed  above,  prominent  below,  the  nerves 
and  veins  not  conspicuous;  flowers  solitary  on  short,  densely  brac- 
teate  pedicels;  petals  narrowly  ovate,  7-8  mm.  long. — Neg.  27553. 

Loreto:  Upper  Maranon,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tess- 
mann  4572  (type).  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  28317.  Amazonian 
Brazil.  "Espintano." 

2.  GUATTERIA  R.  &  P. 

Shrubs  or  trees,  the  pubescence  of  simple  hairs.  Sepals  valvate. 
Petals  imbricate,  usually  hairy,  especially  so  outside  at  the  base. 
Stamens  numerous;  connective  expanded  above  the  anther  into  a 
truncate  disk.  Carpels  numerous;  ovule  1,  basal,  erect.  Monocarps 
ovoid  or  ellipsoid,  or  shortly  cylindrical-ellipsoid,  one-seeded,  sti- 
pitate. — The  genus  is  the  largest  of  the  family  Annonaceae,  the 
species  numbering  nearly  200.  All  are  American,  with  a  distribution 
from  southern  Mexico  and  the  West  Indies  to  Bolivia  and  southern 
Brazil. 

Flowers  terminal 1.  G.  terminates. 

Flowers  axillary. 

Leaves  not  verruculose-punctulate. 

Leaves  small  or  larger,  up  to  20-25  cm.  long;  pedicels  generally 
more  than  1  cm.  long;  monocarps  (when  known)  ovoid, 
ellipsoid,  or  pyriform. 
Lower  side  of  the  leaves  more  or  less  hairy  but  never  entirely 

covered  with  appressed,  persistent  hairs. 
Leaves  small  to  medium-sized   (less  than  7  cm.  broad). 
Leaves  lanceolate  to  narrowly  oblong. 
Pedicels  hairy. 


706  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Young  branchlets  very  densely  covered  with  short, 
patent  hairs;  connective  disk  short-hairy. 

2.  G.  Schomburgkiana  var.  holosericea. 
Young  branchlets  with  sparse,  more  or  less  patent 
hairs  or  appressed-hairy;  connective  disk  gla- 
brous. 

Young  branchlets  and  the  lower  side  of  the  leaves 

with   long  and   more   or  less  patent  hairs; 

midrib  hairy  above,   at  least  when  young. 

Leaves  rounded  or  acute  at  the  base,  but  not 

emarginate. 

Pedicels  1-1.5  cm.  long. 
Flowers  small;  petals  up  to  12  mm.  long. 

3.  G.  Augusti. 
Flowers  larger;   petals  20-25   mm.   long. 

4.  G.  alutacea. 
Pedicels  2-4  cm.  long. 

Leaves  lanceolate,  long-acute  at  the  base, 

1.5-2.5  cm.  broad 5.  G.  Klugii. 

Leaves  oblong  to  lanceolate,  rounded  or 
very  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  3-4  cm. 
broad. 

Leaves    glabrous    above    when    young 
(except  on  the  midrib);  branchlets 

thinly  hairy 6.  G.  juruensis. 

Leaves  hairy  above  when  young;  branch- 
lets  with  dense,  patent  hairs. 

Leaves  usually  rounded-acute  at  the 
base;  network  of  the  veins  dense 
and  nicely  prominent  beneath. 

7.  G.  hirsuta. 
Leaves  oblong,  rounded  at  the  base; 

network  with  larger  meshes. 

8.  G.  excelsa. 
Leaves  rounded  and  emarginate  at  the  base. 

9.  G.  trichoclonia. 

Young  branchlets  and  the  lower  side  of  the  leaves 
with  short  and  appressed  hairs;  midrib  quite 
glabrous  above. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  707 

Leaves  15-20  cm.  long,  with  a  long  and  very 
sharp  acumen 10.  G.  acutissima. 

Leaves  9-12  cm.  long,  contracted  into  a  short 
and  blunt  cusp 11.  G.  elata. 

Pedicels  quite  glabrous,  black  and  lustrous. 

12.  G.  modesta. 

Leaves    oblanceolate     (broadest    above    the    middle). 
Leaves  with  a  cusp  1-1.5  cm.  long. .  13.  G.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  obtuse  at  the  apex,  not  cuspidate. 

14.  G.  chlorantha. 

Leaves  elliptic,  rarely  elliptic-obovate. 
Leaves  long-cuneate-acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base. 
Leaves  8-12  cm.  long  and  3-5  cm.  broad;  pedicels 
and  flowers  ferruginous-tomentose. 

15.  G.  eugeniaefolia. 

Leaves  15-20  cm.  long  and  5-7  cm.  broad;  pedicels 
and  flowers  gray-sericeous. 

16.  G.  phanerocampta. 

Leaves  rounded  or  very  shortly  acute  at  the  base. 
Petals  not  glaucous,  from  a  narrow  base  obovate, 

the  inner  ones  retuse. 

Flowers  and  pedicels  rufous-pilose;  sepals  decidu- 
ous   17.  G.  calliantha. 

Flowers    and    pedicels    ferruginous-hairy;    sepals 

not  deciduous 18.  G.  coeloneura. 

Petals  glaucous,  from  a  broad  base  oblong-ovate,  all 

rounded  at  the  apex. 
Leaves  shortly  acute  at  the  base. 

19.  G.  pleiocarpa. 
Normal  leaves  rounded  at  the  base. 

Monocarps  rounded  at  the  apex,  about  12  mm. 
long;  pericarp  fleshy;  stipes  about  15  mm. 

long 20.  G.  glauca. 

Monocarps    apiculate,    with    a    dry    pericarp, 
8-9  mm.  long;  stipes  3-10  mm.  long. 

21.  G.  juninensis. 

Leaves  about  20  cm.  long  or  more,  7-10  cm.  broad,  elliptic 
to  elliptic-obovate. 


708  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  with  patent  hairs  beneath 22.  G.  ucayalina. 

Leaves  with  appressed  hairs  beneath. 

Leaves  dark  red -brown  when  dried,  smooth  above; 
upper  side  of  the  midrib  hairy  toward  the  base. 

23.  G.  Guentheri. 

Leaves  yellowish  green  when  dried,  with  prominent 
veins  above;  midrib  quite  glabrous  above. 

24.  G.  spectabilis. 
Lower  side  of  the  leaves  entirely  covered  with  appressed, 

persistent  hairs 25.  G.  hyposericea. 

Leaves  very  large  (when  normally  developed  30-50  cm.  long), 
oblong  and  long-petiolate;  pedicels  5-10  mm.  long;  mono- 
carps  large,  short-cylindric,  on  stipes  3-6  mm.  long. 
Leaves  acute  at  the  base;  sepals  6-8  mm.  long;  petals  lanceo- 
late, narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex ...  26.  G.  megalophylla. 
Leaves  rounded  at  the  base;  sepals  more  than  1  cm.  long; 
petals  broadly  obovate,  broadly  rounded  at  the  apex. 

27.  G.  melosma. 
Leaves  verruculose-punctulate. 

Leaves  medium-sized    (rarely  more  than  20  cm.  long)   and 
generally  broadest  at  the  middle  (if  cuneate,  not  more  than 
6  cm.  broad). 
Leaves  rounded  or  rounded-acute  at  the  base. 

29.  G.  macrocarpa. 
Leaves  long-acute  at  the  base. 
Verrucae  on  the  leaves  rather  sparse,  not  touching  each  other. 

Petioles  2-3  mm.  long 28.  G.  Dielsiana. 

Petioles  8-10  mm.  long 30.  G.  peruviana. 

Verrucae  very  small  and  dense,  more  or  less  touching  each 

other 31.  G.  decurrens. 

Leaves  large  (20-35  cm.  long),  obovate  or  oblanceolate. 

Young  branchlets  appressed-hairy 32.  G.  amazonica. 

Young  branchlets  covered  with  patent  or  reflexed  hairs. 
Leaves  obovate,  gradually  attenuate  into  a  narrow,  obtuse 
base;  petals  linear-oblong,  retuse  at  the  truncate  apex. 

33.  G.  multivenia. 

Leaves  oblanceolate,  narrowed  to  the  broad,  rounded  base; 
petals  ovate-elliptic,  obtuse  to  rounded  at  the  apex. 

34.  G.  excellens. 
Insufficiently  known  species 35.  G.  eriopoda. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  709 

1.  Guatteria  terminalis  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov.   Guatteria  glauca 
Hohenacker  in  sched.,  non  R.  &  P. 

Ramuli  novelli  primo  ferrugineo-,  dein  cinerascenti-sericei; 
foliorum  petiolus  2-4  mm.  longus;  lamina  rigida,  lucida,  supra  ab 
initio  glabra,  subtus  primo  adpresse  hirsuta  demumque  glabra,  late 
rhombeo-lanceolata,  basin  versus  cuneato-acutata  et  lato-decurrens, 
apice  brevius  et  obtusiuscule  acutata,  5-9  cm.  longa  et  2.5-3.5  cm. 
lata;  reticulum  venularum  densissimum,  utroque  latere  elevatum; 
flores  solitarii  in  ramulis  foliosis  terminales;  pedicellus  articulatus, 
supra  articulationem  1.5-2  cm.  longus,  rigidus,  sericeus;  sepala 
triangulari-ovata,  ad  5  mm.  longa;  petala  extus  densissime  longeque 
sericea;  carpella  40-50. 

Peru:  Tatanara,  Lechler  2648  (type  in  Herb.  Upsal.). 

2.  Guatteria  Schomburgkiana  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  38. 

1841.  Guatteria  vestita  Kl.  in  R.  Schomb.  Fauna  und  Flora  Brit. 
Guiana  979.  1848  (nomen  nudum).  Annona  Hostmannii  Steud.  Flora 
26,  pt.  2:  754.  1843. 

2a.  Guatteria  Schomburgkiana  var.  holosericea  R.  E.  Fries, 
var.  nov. 

Ramuli  novelli,  petioli  et  nervus  medius  subtus  pilis  densissimis 
brevibus  patentissimis  rubiginosis  vestiti,  holosericei;  folia  lanceo- 
lata,  sat  abrupte  in  cuspidem  1-1.5  cm.  longam  contracta,  basi 
rotundato-acuta  et  breviter  decurrens,  supra  demum  glabra  et  lucida, 
8-9  cm.  longa  et  ca.  2.5  cm.  lata;  flores  parvi,  5-10  mm.  longe 
pedicellati;  petala  exteriora  oblongo-oblanceolata,  ca.  8  mm.  longa 
et  3.5  mm.  lata,  interiora  obovato-elliptica,  4-5  mm.  lata.  Con- 
nectivi  appendix  breviter  pilosa. — Neg.  14210. 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  at  mouth  of  Rio  Zubineta,  in 
forest,  Klug  2259  (type  in  Herb.  Mus.  Stockholm).  Huitoto  Indian 
name,  "Ag-guio." 

The  variety  differs  from  the  type  (of  Guiana)  especially  in 
the  very  dense  pubescence  of  short,  patent  hairs. 

3.  Guatteria  Augusti  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9:  51. 
1924. 

A  tree  about  10  meters  high,  young  branchlets  covered  with 
loosely  appressed  hairs;  leaves  on  petioles  2-3  mm.  long,  rigid,  gla- 
brous above  except  on  the  midrib,  sparsely  clothed  beneath  with 
long,  decumbent  hairs,  lanceolate-oblong,  short-acute  at  the  base, 
attenuate  at  the  apex  into  a  long,  narrow  acumen,  7-11  cm.  long 


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and  2-3  cm.  broad;  flowers  1-2,  pedicels  1-1.5  cm.  long,  pilose; 
sepals  about  7  mm.  long,  broadly  ovate,  acuminate,  long-hairy  out- 
side, tomentose  inside;  corolla  finally  stellate-expanded;  petals  long- 
sericeous  outside,  reaching  12  mm.  in  length,  the  outer  lanceolate, 
rather  acute,  about  4  mm.  broad,  the  inner  ovate,  obtuse,  5-6  mm. 
broad. 

Peru:  On  the  Rio  Mixiollo,  a  left  tributary  of  Rio  Huallaga, 
below  Ongon,  altitude  1,200-1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  7062  (type). 

4.  Guatteria  alutacea  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
126.  1905. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  5-10  meters  high,  the  young  branches 
with  patent  hairs;  leaves  on  petioles  about  4  mm.  long,  sericeous 
above  when  very  young,  soon  glabrescent,  appressed-hairy  beneath, 
oblong-lanceolate  and  long-acuminate,  acute  at  the  base,  10-18 
cm.  long  and  2.5-4  cm.  broad;  pedicels  generally  solitary,  rigid, 
pilose,  10-15  mm.  long;  sepals  finally  recurved,  broadly  ovate,  long- 
sericeous  outside,  5-7  mm.  long;  petals  puberulous,  yellow-sericeous 
outside  at  the  base,  oblong-ovate,  the  inner  20-25  mm.  long,  the 
outer  a  little  shorter.— Neg.  27536. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6427  (type);  Spruce  4270;  Mathews 
465, 1423;  Williams  5503,  6510. 

4a.  Guatteria  alutacea  var.  angustifolia  R.  E.  Fries,  var.  nov. 

A  typo  differt  folis  anguste  lanceolatis,  apicem  versus  sensissime 
longeque  angustatis,  basi  longe  acutatis,  12-16  cm.  longis  et  2-2.8  cm. 
latis. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4270a  (type,  in  Herb.  Berlin). 

5.  Guatteria  Klugii  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  ca.  2  m.  altus,  ramulis  novellis  pilis  patentibus  flaves- 
centibus  vestitis;  folia  2-3  mm.  longe  petiolata,  rigida,  supra  ab 
initio  glabra  costa  impressa  diu  hirsuta  excepta,  subtus  pilis  adpressis 
sparse  vestita,  anguste  lanceolata,  utrinque  longe  acutata,  7-11  cm. 
longa  et  1.5-2.5  cm.  lata;  pedicelli  solitarii,  graciles,  pilosi,  3-4  cm. 
longi;  sepala  ovata,  parce  sericea,  7  mm.  longa;  petala  lanceolata, 
extus  praesertim  basin  versus  flavescenti-sericea,  ceterum  tomentella, 
interiora  demum  18-20  mm.  longa  et  8-9  mm.  lata,  exteriora  paulo 
minora  et  angustiora. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  in  forest,  Williams  6976.  Zepelacio, 
near  Moyobamba,  Klug  3299  (type,  in  Herb.  Mus.  Stockholm). 


FLORA  OF  PERU  711 

6.  Guatteria  juruensis  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
126.  1905. 

A  large  tree,  up  to  30  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  sparsely 
pilose;  leaves  membranaceous,  on  petioles  3-4  mm.  long,  glabrous 
above  and  very  thinly  hairy  or  glabrous  beneath,  narrowly  oblong, 
rounded  or  very  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  acuminate,  10-14  cm. 
long  and  3-4  cm.  broad;  pedicels  2-4  cm.  long,  solitary,  slender, 
provided  with  a  few  patent  hairs;  sepals  broadly  ovate,  sparsely 
hairy  outside,  tomentellous  inside,  reflexed  and  pendulous,  8-10  mm. 
long;  petals  minutely  sericeous,  longer-ferruginous-sericeous  at  the 
base  outside,  the  inner  oblong-obovate,  often  crenulate  at  the  apex, 
2-2.5  cm.  long  and  1  cm.  broad,  the  outer  slightly  smaller;  stamens 
1  mm.  long. — Neg.  14194. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria  on  the  Amazon,  Williams  2864-  Leticia, 
Williams  3157.  Also  in  western  Amazonian  Brazil  (Rio  Jurua, 
Ule  5010,  type). 

7.  Guatteria  hirsuta  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  146. 
1798. 

A  shrub,  with  young  branchlets  covered  with  long,  patent,  ferrugi- 
nous hairs,  soon  glabrescent  and  blackening;  leaves  on  petioles  3-5 
mm.  long,  clothed  at  first  on  both  sides  with  decumbent  hairs,  glabres- 
cent and  lustrous  above,  lanceolate  or  lanceolate-oblong,  shortly  acute 
at  the  base  and  shortly  decurrent,  long  and  gradually  narrowed  at 
the  apex  into  an  obtuse  acumen,  10-15  cm.  long  and  3-4  cm.  broad, 
veins  forming  a  dense  network,  prominent,  especially  on  the  lower 
surface;  flowers  1-2;  pedicels  2-2.5  cm.  long,  densely  rufous-hirsute; 
sepals  long  and  densely  rufous-sericeous;  petals  not  seen;  mono- 
carps  (immature)  clavate,  glabrous,  obtuse,  9-12  mm.  long  and  5-6 
mm.  thick,  narrowed  into  a  stipe  15  mm.  long. — Negs.  14193,  27543. 

Huanuco:  "In  nemoribus  versus  Chinchao  vicum,"  Ruiz  (type). 

8.  Guatteria  excelsa  Poepp.  ex  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  38. 
1841. 

Young  branchlets  hirsute,  the  hairs  long,  patent,  ferruginous; 
petioles  about  4  mm.  long;  lamina  membranaceous,  12-16  cm.  long 
and  2.5-4  cm.  broad,  blackening  when  dried,  at  first  appressed-hairy 
above,  later  glabrescent  except  on  the  midrib,  the  lower  surface  thinly, 
on  the  midrib  densely,  clothed  with  long,  straight,  patent  hairs,  nar- 
rowly oblong  with  rounded  and  shortly  decurrent  base,  terminating  at 
the  apex  in  an  obtuse  2-3  cm.  long  acumen,  lateral  nerves  18-20  pairs, 
the  network  of  the  slightly  prominent  veins  with  large  meshes; 


712  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

flowers  solitary;  pedicels  hirsute,  15-25  mm.  long,  articulate  near 
the  middle;  sepals  ovate,  rufous-hirsute  outside,  tomentellous  inside, 
about  8  mm.  long;  petals  stellate-expanded,  all  rhombic-obovate 
and  crenulate  at  the  apex,  rufous- tomentellous;  stamens  1  mm.  long. 
Neg.  14185. 

Peru:  Pampayaco,  Poeppig  139  (1467),  type. 

As  the  material  of  G.  excelsa  and  G.  hirsuta  accessible  at  present 
is  very  incomplete,  it  has  been  difficult  to  state  exact  differences 
between  them  (see  the  key).  Perhaps  they  are  not  specifically 
separate. 

9.  Guatteria  trichoclonia  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
11:77.  1931. 

A  tree,  5-10  meters  high,  young  branchlets  densely  covered  with 
long,  straight,  patent,  yellow  hairs;  leaves  on  petioles  2-3  mm. 
long,  long-hirsute  on  both  sides  but  especially  at  the  margins  and 
on  the  midrib  beneath,  lanceolate-oblong,  acuminate,  rounded  and 
a  little  cordate  at  the  base,  7-18  cm.  long  and  2.5-6  cm.  broad; 
pedicels  1.5-3  cm.  long,  patently  hairy;  sepals  ovate,  up  to  10  mm. 
long,  hairy;  petals  broadly  lanceolate,  the  inner  a  little  larger, 
sericeous,  nearly  2  cm.  long;  monocarps  obovate  or  ellipsoid,  acute 
at  both  ends  or  obtuse  at  the  apex,  7-8  mm.  long  and  4-5  mm. 
thick,  their  stipes  slender,  6-10  mm.  long.  Neg.  14217. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Poeppig  1889.    Also  in  Bolivia. 

10.  Guatteria  acutissima  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  9  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  sericeis  mox  glabrescentibus 
et  nigricantibus;  foliorum  petiolus  ca.  5  mm.  longus;  lamina 
rigida,  exsiccata  nigrescens,  adulta  supra  glaberrima  nitidaque, 
subtus  sparse  adpresse  hirsuta,  oblongo-lanceolata,  ad  medium  latis- 
sima,  utrinque  aequaliter  longeque  angustata,  ad  basin  acutam  con- 
spicue  decurrens,  apice  acumine  angusto  acutissimo  1-1.5  cm.  longo 
ornata,  14-20  cm.  longa  et  4-5.5  cm.  lata;  flores  in  axillis  solitarii; 
pedicelli  rigidi,  recti,  ferrugineo-sericei,  ca.  1  cm.  longi;  sepala 
reflexa,  triangulari-ovata,  extus  sericea,  4-5  mm.  longa;  petala 
oblongo-oblanceolata,  apice  rotundata,  15-18  mm.  longa;  exteriora 
5-6,  interiora  7-8  mm.  lata,  puberula  et  basi  extus  ferrugineo-sericea. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  in  forest,  Klug  1268  (type  in 
Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

11.  Guatteria  elata  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  20-30  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  adpresse  pilosis,  cito 
glabrescentibus  et  nigricantibus;  folia  5-7  mm.  longe  petiolata, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  713 

coriacea,  exsiccata  nigricantia,  supra  glabra  laevia  et  lucida,  subtus 
pilis  laxis  persistentibus  adpressis  obsita,  oblongo-elliptica,  rarius 
oblongo-oblanceolata,  sat  abrupte  in  cuspidem  ca.  1  cm.  longam 
obtusam  contracta,  basi  acuta  et  decurrens,  9-12  cm.  longa  et  3-4 
cm.  lata;  flores  1-2,  pedicellis  1-1.2  cm.  longis  rufo-sericeis  sustenti; 
sepala  ovata,  extus  sericea,  ca.  5  mm.  longa;  petala  exsiccata 
subglauca,  extus  minute  sericea,  primo  oblongo-obovata,  demum  in 
laminam  rotundatam  dilatata,  interiora  demum  18  mm.  longa  et 
15  mm.  lata,  exteriora  paulo  minora;  stamina  1  mm.  longa. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  826.  Also  collected  in 
Brazil  at  Sao  Paulo  de  Olivenca,  near  the  Peruvian  frontier  ( Krukoff 
8356;  type  in  Herb.  Mus.  Stockholm). 

Klug  649  probably  belongs  to  this  species  but  differs  in  its  more 
oblanceolate  leaves,  less  hairy  pedicels,  and  other  details. 

12.  Guatteria  modesta  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
139.  1924. 

A  tree  with  quite  glabrous,  black  branchlets;  leaves  rigid, 
glabrous  on  both  sides,  lustrous  above,  lanceolate  and  broadest  at 
the  middle,  long-attenuate  and  acute  at  both  ends,  decurrent  at 
the  base,  10-16  cm.  long  and  3.5-5  cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary; 
pedicels  slender,  quite  glabrous  and  blackening,  about  2  cm.  long; 
sepals  broadly  ovate,  nearly  glabrous,  about  4  mm.  long,  deciduous; 
petals  small,  sericeous  outside,  elliptic-ovate,  obtuse,  the  outer 
9-10  mm.  long  and  4-5  mm.  broad,  the  inner  a  little  shorter  and 
broader;  stamens  1.2  mm.  long;  monocarps  ellipsoid,  obtuse,  about 
15  mm.  long  and  8  mm.  thick,  abruptly  narrowed  into  a  stipe  12-16 
mm.  long.  Neg.  14202. 

Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  31+76  (type). 
Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  4896.  "Cara  huasca,"  "espintanal." 

13.  Guatteria  Tessmannii  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  ca.  15  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  minute  ferrugineo-sericeis; 
foliorum  petiolus  7-10  mm.  longus;  lamina  supra  mox  glabrata  et 
lucida,  subtus  pilis  sparsis  brevibus  adpressis  instructa  vel  subglabra, 
oblanceolata,  basi  longe  cuneata  et  decurrens,  apice  in  acumen  1.5-2 
cm.  longum  obtusum  sat  abrupte  contracta,  12-18  cm.  longa  et  3.5- 
5  cm.  lata;  flores  2-3  axillares;  pedicelli  stricti,  ferrugineo-sericei, 
12-15  mm.  longi;  sepala  mox  reflexa,  5-6  mm.  longa;  petala  oblonga, 
apice  rotundato-truncata  et  saepe  crenulata,  extus  ferrugineo-sericea, 
12-14  mm.  longa  et  4.5-7  mm.  lata;  stamina  1  mm.  longa;  carpella 
numerosissima,  germine  rufo-hirsuto. 


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Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann 
4651  (type  in  Herb.  Berlin). 

14.  Guatteria  chlorantha  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
9:  139.  1924. 

A  tree  with  sericeous  branchlets;  leaves  rigid,  when  adult  glabrous 
and  lustrous  above,  sparsely  appressed-hairy  beneath,  8-12  cm.  long 
and  2.5-4  cm.  broad,  oblanceolate,  gradually  narrowed  to  the  very 
acute  base,  and  long-decurrent  on  a  petiole  5-10  mm.  long;  flowers 
issuing  from  the  lower  part  of  the  branchlets,  1-2  in  the  axils  of 
fallen  leaves,  the  pedicels  about  1  cm.  long;  sepals  broadly  ovate, 
5-6  mm.  long,  deciduous;  petals  obovate-elliptic,  narrowed  at  the 
base,  rounded  at  the  apex,  puberulous,  1.5-2  cm.  long  and  8-10  mm. 
broad;  stamens  1  mm.  long.  Neg.  14179. 

Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  3423  (type). 
"Yana  waska,"  "yuno"  (Chama). 

15.  Guatteria  eugeniaefolia  A.  DC.  in  sched.  (in  herb.  DC.). 
G.  ovalis  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  38.  1841  (non  R.  &  P.). 

Young  branchlets  thinly  tomentellous;  leaves  on  petioles  3-6 
mm.  long,  hairy  above  when  young,  finally  quite  glabrous  and 
lustrous,  sparsely  appressed-hairy  beneath,  elliptic-obovate,  cuneate 
and  decurrent  at  the  base,  abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into  a 
cusp  1  cm.  long,  8-12  cm.  long  and  3-5  cm.  broad,  veins  equally 
prominent  on  both  sides,  forming  a  dense  network;  flowers  solitary; 
pedicels  12-15  mm.  long,  tomentose;  sepals  4-5  mm.  long,  tri- 
angular-ovate, ferruginous- tomentose;  petals  12-15  mm.  long, 
rounded  at  the  apex,  ferruginous-tomentose  on  the  outside,  yellow- 
ish-gray-tomentellous  inside,  the  outer  oblong,  about  5  mm.  broad, 
the  inner  narrowly  obovate,  7  mm.  broad;  connective  disk  um- 
bonate;  monocarps  (only  unripe  ones  seen)  numerous,  obovoid,  on 
pedicels  5-7  mm.  long.  Neg.  27539. 

Loreto:  Tocache,  Mainas,  Poeppig  1859  (type  in  Herb.  DC.). 

16.  Guatteria    phanerocampta    Diels,    Notizbl.    Bot.    Gart. 
Berlin  11:  76.  1931. 

Young  branchlets  sericeous,  soon  glabrescent;  leaves  niembra- 
naceous,  15-20  cm.  long  and  5-7.5  cm.  broad,  pale  green  when  dried, 
glabrous  above  and  very  sparsely  appressed-hairy  beneath,  lanceolate- 
elliptic  or  rarely  obovate,  rounded-acute  and  long-decurrent  at  the 
base,  ending  at  the  apex  in  an  acumen  1-3  cm.  long;  flowers  solitary, 
on  sericeous  pedicels  2-3  cm.  long;  corolla  stellate-expanded,  3-4  cm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  715 

across;  petals  gray-sericeous  outside,  the  outer  rhombic-elliptic  and 
narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex,  12-18  mm.  long  and  7-10  mm.  broad, 
the  inner  oblong-obovate,  rounded  at  the  apex,  slightly  longer  and 
broader  than  the  outer;  stamens  1.8-2  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Upper -Rio  Itaya,  San  Antonio,  Williams  3436  (type). 
"Charahusca"  (Quechua). 

17.  Guatteria  calliantha  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  ca.  15  m.  alta;  folia  5-7  mm.  longe  petiolata,  mem- 
branacea,  supra  laevia  et  adulta  glabra,  subtus  primo  ferrugineo- 
sericea,  glabrescentia  sed  pilis  nonnullis  longis  instructa,  elliptico- 
obovata,  obtuse  cuspidata,  ad  basin  contracta  et  acute  decurrens, 
10-15  cm.  longa  et  5-6  cm.  lata;  nervi  validiores  supra  impressi; 
flores  in  axillis  inferioribus  2-4  (rarius  1),  pedunculo  ca.  1  cm.  longo 
rubiginoso-crinito  sustenti;  sepala  demum  reflexa,  rotundato-ovata, 
extus  rubiginoso-hirsuta,  ca.  6  mm.  longa;  petala  extus  ad  basin 
rubiginoso-sericea,  ceterum  minutissime  sericea  et  demum  fere 
glabrescentia,  e  basi  angusta  obovato-spathulata;  interiora  apice 
retusa  18-22  mm.  longa  et  10-13  mm.  lata,  exteriora  paulo  minora. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  Soledad,  Tessmann  5164  (type  in  Herb. 
Mus.  Berlin). 

18.  Guatteria  coeloneura  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  408.  1906. 

A  tree  about  10  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  ferruginous- 
pilose;  leaves  coriaceous,  on  petioles  3-5  mm.  long,  glabrescent 
above  and  sparsely  hairy  below  even  when  mature,  elliptic  and 
shortly  acuminate,  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  8-14  cm.  long  and  3-6 
cm.  broad,  lateral  nerves  impressed  on  the  upper  side;  pedicels  1-2, 
ferruginous- tomentose,  1.5-2  cm.  long;  sepals  rounded-ovate,  decid- 
uous, 8-9  mm.  long;  petals  ferruginous-sericeous,  especially  at  the 
base  outside,  broadly  obovate,  rounded  or  truncate  at  the  apex, 
the  inner  12-13  mm.  long  and  11-12  mm.  broad,  the  outer  a 
little  shorter  and  narrower;  monocarps  ellipsoid,  8-9  mm.  long 
and  5-6  mm.  broad,  their  stipes  thick,  straight,  5-6  mm.  long. 
Neg.  14182. 

Huanuco:  In  the  mountains  southwest  of  Monson,  Weberbauer 

3548  (type). 

19.  Guatteria  pleiocarpa  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  409.  1906. 

A  shrub  5  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  clothed  with  soft, 
patent,  rufous  hairs;  leaves  coriaceous,  on  petioles  5-8  mm.  long, 


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glabrous  above  when  adult,  loosely  appressed-hairy  beneath,  oblong- 
elliptic,  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  acuminate,  14-16  cm.  long  and 
5-6  cm.  broad;  pedicel  1  (rarely  2),  straight,  rufous-pilose,  1.5-2.5 
cm.  long;  sepals  recurved,  7-8  mm.  long;  petals  glaucous  when 
dried  and  minutely  ferruginous-tomentellous,  oblopg-ovate,  the  outer 
about  10  mm.  long  and  5  mm.  broad,  the  inner  13-14  mm.  long, 
7  mm.  broad;  monocarps  numerous,  ellipsoid  or  obovoid,  apiculate, 
7-8  mm.  long  and  4  mm.  broad,  stipes  very  slender,  1.5-2  cm. 
long.  Neg.  14206. 

Loreto:  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4530  (type). 

20.  Guatteria  glauca  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg.  Fl.  Peruv.  1: 145. 1798. 

Young  branchlets  sparsely  clothed  with  long,  rather  appressed 
hairs;  leaves  on  petioles  4-7  mm.  long,  coriaceous,  thinly  appressed- 
hairy  on  both  sides  when  young,  soon  glabrescent,  elliptic  to  oblong- 
elliptic,  rounded  or  sometimes  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  abruptly 
contracted  at  the  apex  into  a  short,  obtuse  cusp,  12-20  cm.  long  and 
5-7  cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary;  pedicels  1-2  cm.  long,  softly  hairy; 
sepals  rounded-ovate,  about  7  mm.  long,  recurved;  petals  elliptic, 
ferruginous-sericeous  at  the  base  outside,  tomentellous  on  the  upper 
part,  inner  petals  up  to  17  mm.  long  and  10  mm.  broad,  the  outer 
a  little  smaller;  monocarps  ellipsoid-pyriform,  rounded  at  the  apex, 
about  12  mm.  long  and  8  mm.  broad,  stipes  about  1.5  cm.  long. 
Neg.  14187. 

Huanuco:  "In  nemoribus  versus  Cochero  et  Chinchao,"  Ruiz 
(type). 

21.  Guatteria  juninensis  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  vel  arbor  parva,  ramulis  novellis  minute  pilosis,  cito 
glabrescentibus;  foliorum  petiolus  3-5  mm.  longus;  lamina  coriacea, 
adulta  supra  glaberrima  nitidaque,  subtus  pilis  laxissimis  brevibus 
adpressis  obsita,  oblonga  vel  oblongo-elliptica,  basi  rotundata,  apicem 
versus  sensim  vel  modice  abrupte  contracta  obtuseque  acuminata, 
10-20  cm.  longa  et  4-6.5  cm.  lata;  nervi  laterales  paulo  impressi; 
flores  solitarii;  pedicelli  rigidi,  1.5-2.5  cm.  longi,  breviter  pilosi; 
sepala  rotundato-ovata,  obtusa,  extus  sericea,  3-4  mm.  longa,  mox 
reflexa;  petala  ovato-elliptica,  apice  late  rotundata,  extus  basi 
sericea  ceterumque  tomentella,  interiora  10-14  mm.  longa  et  6-10 
mm.  lata,  exteriora  paulo  minora;  monocarpia  pyriformia,  breviter 
acuta,  8-9  mm.  longa  et  5  mm.  lata,  stipitibus  3-5  mm.  longis  (rarius 
longioribus)  sustenta. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  717 

Junin:  La  Merced,  Hacienda  Schunke,  above  San  Ramon, 
Macbride  5753,  5786;  Schunke  A91;  Killip  &  Smith  24877.  Chan- 
chamayo  Valley,  Schunke  267  (type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.).  East  of 
Quirimi  Bridge,  near  La  Merced,  Killip  &  Smith  23975.  Colonia 
Perene",  Killip  &  Smith  24949. 

22.  Guatteria  ucayalina  Huber,  Bol.  Mus.  Goeldi  4:  560. 1906. 
Young   branchlets    densely    ferruginous-hirsute;   leaves   rigidly 

membranaceous,  elliptic-obovate,  abruptly  acuminate  at  the  apex, 
acute  at  the  base,  glabrous  above  except  on  the  midrib  and  thicker 
nerves,  sparsely  hairy  beneath,  with  patent  hairs  more  dense  on  the 
nerves,  15-25  cm.  long  and  7-10  cm.  broad;  pedicels  solitary, 
glabrescent,  about  3.5  cm.  long  in  fruiting  stage,  articulate  a  little 
above  the  base;  monocarps  numerous,  pyriform,  apiculate,  1-1.2 
cm.  long  and  7  mm.  broad,  glabrous,  narrowed  at  the  base  into  a 
very  slender  stipe  3-3.5  cm.  long. — Neg.  14218. 

Peru:  Quebrada  Grande  del  Cerro  de  Canchahuaya,  Huber  1431 
(type). 

23.  Guatteria  Guentheri  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
169.  1927. 

A  large  tree,  up  to  25  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  sericeous; 
leaves  on  petioles  7-10  mm.  long,  large,  rigid,  dark  brown  when 
dried,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above  except  on  the  lower  part  of  the 
sunken  midrib,  densely  sericeous  beneath  at  first,  finally  almost 
glabrescent,  elliptic,  shortly  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  narrowed  to  the 
acute  or  sometimes  rather  obtuse  base,  18-22  cm.  long  and  7-9.5  cm. 
broad;  flowers  1-2,  often  produced  from  old  branches;  pedicels 
straight,  rigid,  appressed-hairy,  2-3  cm.  long;  sepals  recurved, 
7-8  mm.  long;  petals  obovate,  puberulous  and  ferruginous-sericeous 
outside  at  the  base,  3-3. 5  cm.  long,  the  margins  retrorse. — Neg.  14189. 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago, 
Tessmann  4387  (type).  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

24.  Guatteria  spectabilis  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
138.  1924. 

A  large  tree,  about  25  meters  high,  with  a  trunk  half  a  meter 
thick,  the  young  branchlets  appressed-hairy,  soon  glabrescent;  leaves 
coriaceous,  18-25  cm.  long  and  6-10  cm.  broad,  glabrous  and  lus- 
trous above,  appressed-hairy  beneath,  elliptic,  abruptly  contracted 
to  a  nearly  round  base  but  rather  long-decurrent  on  the  petiole, 
which  is  8-10  mm.  long,  cuspidate  at  the  apex;  flowers  1-2  in  the 


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leaf  axils;  pedicels  2.5-3.5  cm.  long,  sericeous;  sepals  finally  pendu- 
lous, 0.8-1.2  cm.  long;  petals  oblong-obovate,  rounded  at  the  apex, 
puberulous  and  ferruginous-tomentose  outside  at  the  base,  attaining 
3.5  cm.  in  length  when  fully  developed,  the  interior  a  little  larger 
than  the  outer.— Neg.  14215. 

Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  in  forest,  Tessmann 
3235  (type).  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago, 
Tessmann  1+638. 

25.  Guatteria  hyposericea  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
11:  76.  1931. 

A  medium-sized  tree,  the  young  branchlets  densely  sericeous; 
petioles  7-8  mm.  long;  lamina  coriaceous,  soon  glabrous  above,  very 
densely  covered  beneath  with  appressed  hairs,  lanceolate-oblong, 
gradually  narrowing  at  both  ends,  long-acuminate  at  the  apex, 
decurrent  at  the  base,  12-20  cm.  long  and  3-7  cm.  broad;  pedicels 
1-2,  sericeous,  1.3-1.8  cm.  long;  sepals  and  petals  densely  ferrugi- 
nous-sericeous or  tomentellous;  petals  broadly  elliptic,  11-13  mm. 
long,  6-8  mm.  broad;  stamens  1.3  mm.  long,  the  connective  disk 
umbonate;  monocarps  ellipsoid-obovoid,  shortly  acute,  glabrous, 
10  mm.  long  and  6  mm.  thick,  abruptly  contracted  into  a  slender 
stipe  10-15  mm.  long. 

San  Martin:  Upper  Rio  Huallaga,  Tarapoto,  Williams  6323, 
6671.  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  4129  (type).  "Jana  huasca." 
Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil  (State  of  Para). 

26.  Guatteria  megalophylla  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb. 
47:  127.  1905. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  15  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  sericeous; 
petiole  1.5-3  cm.  long,  its  lower  part  (the  real  petiole)  thickened  and 
black,  its  upper  half  narrow-winged;  lamina  very  large  (30-50  cm. 
long  and  7-15  cm.  broad),  rigid,  glabrous  and  smooth  above,  very 
thinly  appressed-hairy  or  glabrous  beneath,  oblong  to  oblanceolate, 
acute  at  the  base,  long-acuminate;  pedicels  1-2,  up  to  8  mm.  long, 
thick;  sepals  broadly  ovate,  golden-sericeous  outside,  6-8  mm.  long 
and  broad;  petals  coriaceous,  golden-sericeous  outside,  12-14  mm. 
broad,  the  outer  petals  elongate-ovate,  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex, 
18-25  mm.  long,  the  inner  ovate-elliptic,  less  narrowed  to  the  rounded 
apex,  22-27  mm.  long;  monocarps  oblong-ellipsoid,  18-22  mm. 
long,  abruptly  narrowed  into  a  thick  stipe  3-6  mm.  long. — Neg.  14199. 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann 
4325.  Between  Yurimaguas  and  Balsapuerto,  on  the  lower  Rio 


FLORA  OF  PERU  719 

Huallaga,  Killip  &  Smith  28260.  Santa  Rosa,  below  Yurimaguas, 
Kittip  &  Smith  28780.  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  27326.  "Envira." 
Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil  (  Ule  5630,  type). 

27.  Guatteria    melosma    Diels,    Notizbl.    Bot.   Gart.   Berlin 
10:  170.  1927. 

A  tree,  up  to  15  meters  high;  leaves  very  large,  the  petiole 
1.5-3  cm.  long,  thickened  below  the  middle,  narrow-winged  above; 
lamina  coriaceous,  glabrous  above,  thinly  appressed-hairy  beneath, 
oblong,  abruptly  contracted  at  the  base  and  decurrent,  cuspidate 
(1-2  cm.  long)  at  the  apex,  30-40  cm.  long  and  6-12  cm.  broad; 
flowers  axillary,  1-2;  pedicels  5-10  mm.  long;  sepals  rigid,  rounded- 
ovate,  ferruginous-sericeous  outside,  about  1.2  cm.  long  and  broad; 
petals  obovate,  broadly  rounded  at  the  apex,  golden-sericeous  outside 
near  the  base,  silvery-sericeous  toward  the  apex,  1.8-2.5  cm.  long; 
monocarps  oblong-ellipsoid,  2-2.2  cm.  long  and  about  1  cm.  broad, 
on  stipes  4-5  mm.  long. — Neg.  14200. 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5039  (type), 
5352.  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  King  719,  1112. 

28.  Guatteria  Dielsiana  R.  E.  Fries,  nom.  nov.    G.  ucayaliana 
Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9:  138.  1924. 

A  small  tree  with  appressed-hairy  branchlets;  leaves  medium- 
sized,  rather  thinly  verruculose-punctulate,  glabrous  above  from  the 
beginning,  densely  sericeous  beneath  when  young,  later  glabrescent 
and  finally  sparsely  appressed-hairy  or  nearly  glabrous,  narrowly 
oblong,  acuminate,  gradually  narrowed  to  the  base  and  decurrent  on 
the  (2-4:  mm.  long)  petiole,  10-18  cm.  long  and  3.5-5  cm.  broad; 
pedicels  1-3,  sericeous,  short;  sepals  appressed,  about  7  mm.  long; 
petals  silvery-sericeous  outside,  18-20  mm.  long,  the  outer  nar- 
rowly lanceolate,  acute,  the  inner  ovate-lanceolate,  obtuse;  fruits 
unknown. 

Loreto:  Rio  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  forest  near  the  lake,  Tess- 
mann 3212  (type). 

29.  Guatteria  macrocarpa  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  vel  frutex;  ramuli  novelli  pilis  patulis  longiusculis  flaves- 
centibus  dense  velutino-sericei ;  foliorum  petiolus  ca.  5  mm.  longus; 
lamina  (exsiccata)  flavovirens,  utroque  latere  verruculoso-punctata, 
supra  glaberrima,  subtus  primo  dense  sericea,  adulta  setulis  sat 
decumbentibus  sparse  vestita,  oblongo-elliptica,  basi  rotundata  et 
ima  basi  tantum  brevissime  decurrens,  apice  abrupte  5-10  mm.  longe 


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cuspidata,  14-20  mm.  longa  et  4.5-6.5  mm.  lata;  flores  ignoti; 
monocarpia  cylindrico-oblonga,  apice  rotundata  et  minute  apiculata, 
basi  obtusiuscula,  demum  glabra,  ca.  24  mm.  longa  et  9  mm.  lata, 
stipitibus  ca.  8  mm.  longis  crassis  sustenta. 

Loreto:  Santa  Rosa,  lower  Rio  Huallaga,  below  Yurimaguas,  in 
dense  forest,  Kittip  &  Smith  28965  (type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

30.  Guatteria  peruviana  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  6-7  m.  alta,  ramuli  novellilonge  strigosi;  foliorum  petiolus 
ca.  10  mm.  longus;  lamina  papyracea,  utroque  latere  creberrime 
verruculoso-punctata,  adulta  supra  glaberrima,  subtus  pilis  longius- 
culis  adpressis  plus  minusve  sparse  obsita,  oblongo-elliptica,  basi  acuta 
et  decurrens,  apice  abrupte  in  cuspidem  1-2  cm.  longam  contracta, 
15-20  cm.  longa  et  5.5-7.5  cm.  lata;  pedicelli  erecti,  stricti,  strigosi, 
ca.  8  mm.  longi;  sepala  baud  recurvata;  petala  erecto-patula,  crassa, 
oblonga,  apice  rotundata,  extus  ferrugineo-sericea,  15  mm.  longa  (vel 
longiora?),  6-7  mm.  lata;  carpella  20-25;  monocarpia  cylindrico- 
elongata,  in  triente  superiore  latissima,  6-8  mm.  longe  stipitata. 

Loreto:  Along  Rio  Maranon,  near  mouth  of  Rio  Tigre,  on  wooded 
banks,  Kittip  &  Smith  27522  (type  in  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb.). 

31.  Guatteria  decurrens  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  6-8  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  pilis  oblique  patentibus 
vestitis;  foliorum  petiolus  3-5  mm.  longus;  lamina  membranacea, 
flavovirens,  creberrime  verruculoso-punctata.  supra  glabra,  subtus 
pilis  pallidis  laxis,  in  nervis  densioribus,  decumbentibus  obsita, 
oblanceolata,  1-2  cm.  longe  cuspidata,  basin  versus  longissime  sensim- 
que  angustata,  ima  basi  obtusa,  16-23  cm.  longa  et  5-6  cm.  lata; 
flores  ignoti;  fructus  pedicellus  2.5-3  cm.  longus,  rigidus,  strigosus; 
monocarpia  pauca,  elongato-ellipsoidea,  obtusa,  basi  acuta,  17-19 
mm.  longa,  7-8  mm.  crassa,  10-13  mm.  longe  stipitata. 

Loreto:  Soledad,  on  Rio  Itaya,  in  dense  forest,  Killip  &  Smith 
29585  (type  in  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb.). 

32.  Guatteria  amazonica  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  vel  arbor  parva,  ad  6  m.  alta;  ramuli  novelli  primo  pilis 
rigidis  adpressis  dense  sericei,  mox  glabrescentes;  foliorum  petiolus 
3-5  mm.  longus;  lamina  papyracea,  verrucis  minutissimis  densissime 
punctata,  supra  ab  initio  glabra,  subtus  primo  dense  flavescenti- 
sericea,  glabrescens  et  rubescens,  demum  pilis  disseminatis  longis 
adpressis  instructa,  oblanceolata  vel  obovata,  basin  obtusam  versus 


FLORA  OF  PERU  721 

rotundato-cuneata,  apice  in  cuspidem  ca.  2  mm.  longam  sat  abrupte 
contracta,  25-35  cm.  longa  et  8-12  cm.  lata;  flores  ignoti;  fructus 
in  trunco  vel  ramis  crassis  glomerati,  pedicellis  rigidis  adpresse  hir- 
sutis  15-22  mm.  longis  sustenti;  monocarpia  elongato-ellipsoidea, 
16-18  mm.  longa  et  7-8  mm.  crassa,  in  stipites  8-9  mm.  longos 
abrupte  contracta;  pericarpium  siccum  tenue. 

Loreto:  Chimbote,  on  Rio  Amazonas,  Kuhlmann  (Herb.  Rio  de 
Janeiro  24260;  type  in  Herb.  Stockholm).  Also  in  western  Amazo- 
nian Brazil  (Sao  Paulo  de  Olivenca,  Krukoff  8500) . 

33.  Guatteria   multivenia   Diels,   Notizbl.   Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  171.  1927. 

A  tree  about  15  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  densely  covered 
with  short,  patent,  soft  hairs;  petioles  3-6  mm.  long;  leaves  thin, 
very  densely  verruculose-punctulate,  glabrous  above  when  adult,  at 
first  densely  golden-sericeous  beneath,  later  thinly  clothed  with 
patent,  long  hairs,  obovate,  gradually  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  base, 
rounded  at  the  apex  and  abruptly  cuspidate,  20-35  cm.  long  and  6-12 
cm.  broad;  flowers  produced  from  thick  branches;  pedicels  thick 
rigid,  1-1.5  cm.  long;  sepals  recurved,  7-9  mm.  long;  petals  seri- 
ceous on  the  outside,  oblong,  the  outer  18-20  mm.  long  and  7-8  mm. 
broad,  the  inner  up  to  25  mm.  long,  emarginate  at  the  apex;  fruits 
not  known.  Neg.  14203. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  Soledad,  Tessmann  5192  (type). 

34.  Guatteria  excellens  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  3  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  crassis  fusco-velutinis;  foliorum 
petiolus  2-4  mm.  longus;  lamina  utroque  latere  creberrime  verrucu- 
loso-punctata,  adulta  supra  glabra,  subtus  (praesertim  in  nervis) 
pilis  decumbentibus  obsita,  oblanceolata,  basi  inaequilatera  et 
rotundata,  apice  in  cuspidem  2-2.5  cm.  longam  acutissimam  abrupte 
contracta,  35-50  cm.  longa,  10-15  cm.  lata;  nervi  laterales  20-30 
utrinque;  flores  solitarii,  pedicellis  crassis  rufo-velutinis  ca.  1  cm. 
longis  sustenti;  sepala  10  mm.  longa;  petala  ovato-elliptica, 
omnia  ca.  15  mm.  longa  et  extus  argenteo-sericea;  monocarpia 
cylindrico-ellipsoidea,  apice  rotundata  et  minutissime  apiculata, 
ca.  20  mm.  longa  et  10-11  mm.  crassa,  5  mm.  longe  stipitata,  peri- 
carpio  carnoso. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  in  forest,  Klug  1273  (type  in 
Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

35.  Guatteria  eriopoda  DC.  (ex  Dunal,  Monogr.  Anon.  130. 
1817)  is  an  insufficiently  known  species,  described  from  material 


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collected  by  Dombey  near  Cochero  in  Peru.  It  is  probably  related 
to  G.  hirsuta  and  G.  excelsa.  Perhaps  Poeppig  1786  (from  Mainas) 
belongs  to  this  species,  but  the  material  is  incomplete,  since  developed 
flowers  and  fruits  are  missing.  Neg.  34471. 

3.  PSEUDOXANDRA  R.  E.  Fries 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  medium-sized,  oblong  or  lanceolate  leaves. 
Flowers  axillary,  solitary  or  in  few-flowered  inflorescences;  pedicels 
very  short,  articulate,  with  distichous  bracts  below  the  articulation 
but  without  any  bract  above  this.  Flower  buds  globose.  Sepals 
imbricate,  small.  Petals  concave,  with  thin  margins,  imbricate, 
ovate-rotund,  all  similar  but  the  inner  thicker.  Stamens  numer- 
ous, the  connective  expanded  above  the  pollen  sacs  into  a  disk. 
Carpels  several;  ovule  1,  lateral  and  usually  attached  to  the  top  of 
the  ovary,  pendulous.  Monocarps  globose,  shortly  stipitate,  one- 
seeded. — A  small  genus,  containing  six  species  in  the  Amazonian 
region  and  British  Guiana,  only  two  recorded  from  Peru. 

Leaves  lustrous  above,  rounded  and  only  shortly  decurrent  at  the 
base;  lateral  nerves  conspicuously  thicker  than  the  veins;  flowers 
larger;  petals  11-12  mm.  long,  the  outer  densely  sericeous 
outside 1.  P.  Williamsii. 

Leaves  dull,  conspicuously  acute  at  the  base;  lateral  nerves  slender, 
of  about  the  same  thickness  as  the  veins;  flowers  small;  petals 
6-8  mm.  long,  nearly  glabrous 2.  P.  polyphleba. 

1.  Pseudoxandra  Williamsii  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12: 
227.  /.  2b-c.  1937.    Cremastosperma  Williamsii  R.  E.  Fries,  op.  cit. 
206.  1934. 

A  shrub,  the  youngest  branchlets  sericeous;  leaves  membrana- 
ceous,  oblong,  rather  abruptly  narrowed  into  a  short  cusp  (1-1.5 
cm.  long),  rounded-acute  at  the  base  and  shortly  decurrent  to  a 
petiole  4-5  mm.  long,  lustrous  and  clothed  when  young  with  long, 
appressed  hairs  on  both  surfaces,  finally  almost  glabrous,  12-20 
cm.  long  and  3-5  cm.  broad;  network  of  veins  dense,  nicely  prominent 
on  both  sides;  flowers  sericeous,  their  pedicels  about  5  mm.  long; 
sepals  and  outer  petals  gray-sericeous  outside,  the  inner  petals  seri- 
ceous only  along  the  midrib;  all  petals  of  the  same  size,  broadly 
ovate,  11-12  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Williams  3960  (type). 

2.  Pseudoxandra  polyphleba  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.  12:  230.  1937.     Unonopsis  polyphleba  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  723 

Brandenb.  47:  131.  1905.    Cremastosperma  polyphlebum  R.  E.  Fries, 
Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  331.  1931. 

A  shrub  or  tree  20  meters  high;  leaves  membranaceous,  opaque, 
elliptic  or  elliptic-oblong,  very  abruptly  cuspidate,  acute  and  decur- 
rent  at  the  base,  glabrous  on  both  sides  or  with  a  few  hairs  beneath, 
12-18  cm.  long  and  4-6  cm.  broad;  sepals  1-2  mm.  long;  petals 
nearly  glabrous,  about  8  mm.  long,  their  margins  very  thin,  mem- 
branaceous and  crisp;  stamens  2  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Mexia  6416.    Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

4.  CREMASTOSPERMA  R.  E.  Fries 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  1,  rarely  2,  axillary  flowers,  or  sometimes 
cauliflorous.  Flowers  medium-sized,  generally  glabrous;  pedicels 
articulate  above  the  base,  nearly  always  with  one  small  bract  above 
the  articulation.  Sepals  free,  imbricate  in  bud,  with  thin,  ciliolate 
margins.  Petals  much  longer  than  the  calyx,  rigid,  imbricate,  with 
thin  edges.  Stamens  numerous,  the  connective  expanded  above  the 
anther  into  a  disk.  Carpels  several;  ovule  one,  attached  close  to  the 
upper  end  of  the  ovary,  pendulous,  sometimes  located  lower  down. 
Monocarps  free,  stipitate,  one-seeded. — Twelve  species  are  known 
hitherto,  inhabiting  the  most  tropical  parts  of  South  America,  the 
eastern  slopes  of  the  Peruvian  and  Bolivian  Andes,  Amazonian 
Brazil,  and  French  Guiana. 

Flowers  small  to  medium-sized;  petals  10-15  mm.  long. 

Pedicels  glabrous,  produced  from  the  axils  of  persistent  or  some- 
times fallen  leaves. 

Petals  oblong;  pedicels  very  slender,  up  to  3  cm.  long. 

1.  C.  gracilipes. 
Petals  round  or  elliptic;  pedicels  thicker. 

Pedicels  5  cm.  or  longer. 

Leaves  lanceolate,  gradually  long-attenuate  at  the  apex, 
broadest  at  the  middle 2.  C.  pendulum. 

Leaves  obovate-elliptic,  shortly  narrowed  at  the  apex  and 
usually  broadest  above  the  middle. 

3.  C.  pedunculatum. 
Pedicels  short,  less  than  3  cm. 

Leaves  narrowing  at  the  apex  into  a  filiform  cusp,  this 
2-3  cm.  long 4.  C.  longicuspe. 

Leaves  with  a  short  and  broad  cusp.  .5.  C.  megalophyllum. 


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Pedicels  covered  with  a  short,  dense  pubescence;  flowers  produced 

from  old,  thick  branches 6.  C.  cauliflorum. 

Flowers  larger;  petals  about  25  mm.  long 7.  C.  peruvianum. 

1.  Cremastosperma  gracilipes  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg, 
pt.  26,  10:  325.  1931. 

A  shrub  or  small  forest  tree  with  slender,  glabrous  branchlets, 
provided  on  the  youngest  parts  with  a  more  or  less  conspicuous, 
narrow  ridge;  leaves  10-15  cm.  long  and  3-6  cm.  broad,  membra- 
naceous,  glabrous,  oblong  or  oblanceolate,  rounded  and  obtuse  or 
very  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into 
a  blunt  cusp  1-2  cm.  long;  flowers  small;  pedicels  very  thin  and 
glabrous,  about  3  cm.  long;  petals  blackening  when  dried,  glabrous, 
all  of  about  the  same  size,  oblong-elliptic  and  10-13  mm.  long  when 
fully  developed,  their  margins  thin  and  crisp. 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  Puerto  Mele"ndez,  Tessmann  4748 
(type).  Puerto  Arturo,  near  Yurimaguas,  Williams  5085,  5287,  5296. 
Yurimaguas,  Santa  Rosa,  Williams  4919;  Killip  &  Smith  28961. 

2.  Cremastosperma  pendulum  (R.  &  P.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta 
Hort.  Berg.  10:  325.  1931.    Guatteria  pendula  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg. 
Fl.  Peruv.  1:  146.  1798. 

Leaves  on  petioles  6-7  mm.  long,  rigid,  lustrous,  minutely  seri- 
ceous when  young,  soon  quite  glabrous,  lanceolate,  broadest  at  the 
middle  and  narrowing  equally  at  the  acute  base  and  at  the  acuminate, 
obtuse  apex,  14-25  cm.  long  and  3-7  cm.  broad;  midrib  prominent 
on  both  sides,  the  lateral  nerves  divergent  at  a  very  acute  angle;  net- 
work of  veins  dense  and  nicely  prominent  on  both  sides;  flowers 
solitary;  pedicels  up  to  10  cm.  long,  slender,  black;  sepals  and 
petals  glabrous  but  ciliate  at  the  margins,  blackening  when  dried; 
petals  all  of  equal  length  (10-12  mm.  long),  the  outer  orbicular,  the 
inner  a  little  narrower;  monocarps  ellipsoid,  black,  on  stipes  13-14 
mm.  long.  Negs.  29211,  27527. 

Huanuco:  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavon. 

3.  Cremastosperma  pedunculatum  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta 
Hort.  Berg.  10:  48.  /.  6a-c.  1930.    Aberemoa  pedunculata  Diels,  Bot. 
Jahrb.  37:  409.  1906.    Duguetia  pedunculata  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
4:  172.  1929.    Guatteria  socialis  Macbr.  op.  cit.  171. 

A  tree,  12  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  appressed-ferrugi- 
nous-hirsute;  leaves  15-20  cm.  long  and  5-8  cm.  broad,  rigid,  finally 
quite  glabrous  and  lustrous  on  both  sides,  oblanceolate-elliptic, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  725 

tapering  into  a  blunt  cusp,  long-cuneate  at  the  base  and  shortly 
decurrent  on  the  (7-10  mm.  long)  petiole;  flowers  1  or  rarely  2, 
axillary  on  young  branches;  pedicels  very  long,  up  to  10  cm.,  straight, 
black  and  rugose;  sepals  rounded,  2-3  mm.  long,  ciliate;  petals 
ovate-elliptic,  all  of  the  same  length  (about  15  mm.),  the  inner  a 
little  narrower  than  the  outer;  monocarps  pyriform,  their  stipes 
thick,  straight,  rigid,  about  16  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Near  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4558  (type) ;  Klug  3726.— 
Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  Schunke  395. 

Schunke  states  that  his  plant  is  a  liana,  but  as  it  agrees  with  the 
typical  C.  pedunculatum  in  the  leaves,  flowers,  and  other  characters, 
his  specimen  (the  type  of  Guatteria  socialis  Macbr.)  may  be  regarded 
as  C.  pedunculatum. 

4.  Cremastosperma  longicuspe  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
12:  203.  1934. 

A  small  shrub,  usually  less  than  one  meter  high;  young  branchlets 
glabrous;  leaves  membranaceous,  glabrous  on  both  sides  or  some- 
times with  a  few  hairs  on  the  midrib,  obovate,  abruptly  contracted 
into  a  (2-3  cm.  long)  very  narrow  and  filiform  cusp,  cuneate  and 
acute  at  the  base,  14-23  cm.  long  and  6-9  cm.  broad;  network  of  the 
veins  large-meshed;  flowers  1-2,  axillary  on  young  branches;  pedicels 
up  to  2  cm.  long,  glabrous,  obviously  thickened  toward  the  top;  petals 
not  blackening  when  dried,  thick,  glabrous,  all  rather  alike,  ovate  to 
orbicular,  12-18  mm.  long;  monocarps  clavate-ellipsoid,  their  stipes 
1  cm.  long  or  slightly  more;  pericarp  glabrous,  fragile,  the  single  seed 
attached  to  the  upper  end  of  the  ovary,  pendulous. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Poeppig  2091  (type).  Yurimaguas,  Williams 
4092;  Kuhlmann  (Herb.  Rio  de  Janeiro  24265). 

5.  Cremastosperma  megalophyllum  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.  10:  329.  1931. 

A  small  tree  with  thick,  glabrous  branchlets;  leaves  unusually 
long-petiolate  (up  to  15  mm.  long),  very  large,  20  cm.  long  or  more 
(sometimes  attaining  45  cm.),  10-17  cm.  broad,  elliptic  to  obovate, 
more  or  less  acute  at  the  base  and  abruptly  narrowed  into  a  broad, 
obtuse  cusp  1-1.5  cm.  long,  quite  glabrous  and  lustrous  on  both 
sides;  flowers  solitary  in  the  axils  of  fallen  leaves,  sometimes  on 
rather  thick  branches;  pedicels  thin,  glabrous,  2  cm.  long;  perianth 
glabrous,  white  to  light  yellow,  but  blackening  when  dried;  sepals 


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rounded,  5-6  mm.  long,  ciliolate;  petals  all  alike,  orbicular,  with  thin, 
ciliolate  margins,  13-15.  mm.  long  and  broad. 

Loreto:  Boca  de  Pebas,  Ducke  (Herb.  Rio  de  Janeiro  19620,  type). 
Balsapuerto,  King  3069. 

6.  Cremastosperma   cauliflorum   R.   E.   Fries,    Acta    Hort. 
Berg.  10:  330.  1931. 

A  small  tree,  9  meters  high,  the  youngest  branchlets  tomentellous; 
leaves  large,  up  to  30  cm.  long  and  12  cm.  broad,  blackening  when 
dried,  glabrous  and  lustrous  on  both  sides,  with  a  few  appressed, 
small  hairs  on  the  midrib  and  larger  veins  beneath,  where  the  smaller 
veins  form  a  very  dense  and  nicely  prominent  network;  base  of  the 
leaves  acute  and  shortly  decurrent;  flowers  clustered  on  thick, 
old  branches;  pedicels  about  2.5  cm.  long,  covered  with  dense,  short 
pubescence;  petals  all  of  the  same  length  (about  15  mm.  long),  the 
outer  ovate,  the  inner  a  little  narrower,  oblong-ovate,  all  covered  on 
the  outside  and  on  the  upper  part  of  the  inside  with  a  yellowish  gray, 
soft  pubescence. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  902  (type). 

7.  Cremastosperma  peruvianum   R.   E.   Fries,   Acta   Hort. 
Berg.  12:  204.  1934. 

A  small  tree  with  thick,  glabrous  branchlets;  leaves  very  large 
(50-55  cm.  long  and  11-16  cm.  broad),  elliptic  or  oblong,  abruptly 
cuspidate  at  the  apex,  broadly  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  on  both  sides;  flowers  solitary  in  the  axils  of  fallen  leaves; 
pedicels  about  17  mm.  long,  after  an  thesis  elongated  to  30  mm., 
glabrous,  with  a  few  bracts  1  mm.  long  near  the  base,  articulate  but 
without  any  bract  above  the  articulation ;  sepals  orbicular,  glabrous 
but  ciliolate,  3-4  mm.  long;  petals  pale  yellow,  green  at  the  base, 
not  blackening  when  dried,  glabrous,  elliptic  to  narrowly  spatulate, 
of  almost  equal  length  (22-27  mm.). 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann 
4*7*  (type). 

5.  RUIZODENDRON  R.  E.  Fries 

A  tree  with  medium-sized  leaves;  network  of  the  veins  dense, 
prominent.  Flowers  axillary,  bisexual.  Sepals  free,  imbricate  in 
bud.  Petals  free,  all  rather  alike,  membranaceous,  linear-lanceolate, 
imbricate.  Stamens  numerous,  the  connective  expanded  above  the 
pollen  sacs  into  a  truncate  disk.  Carpels  numerous;  ovary  glabrous, 
oblong-ovoid,  with  a  sessile,  hairy  stigma;  ovule  solitary,  lateral, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  727 

attached  below  the  middle  of  the  cavity,  obliquely  ascending. 
Monocarps  free,  stipitate,  fleshy,  depressed  and  transversely  ovoid. 
Seed  solitary,  horizontal. — A  monotypic  genus. 

1.  Ruizodendron  ovale  (R.  &  P.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Arkiv  Bot.  28B, 
No.  4:  3.  1936.  Guatteria  ovalis  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg.  Fl.  Peruv.  1: 
146.  1798. 

A  tree  about  5  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  appressed- 
hirsute;  petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  lamina  elliptic,  ovate,  or  lanceolate- 
ovate,  rounded  at  the  base  but  very  shortly  decurrent  on  the  petiole, 
obtuse  at  the  apex,  10-20  cm.  long  and  5-9  cm.  broad,  glabrous 
above,  glaucous  and  nearly  glabrous  beneath;  flowers  solitary  on 
pedicels  4-6  mm.  long;  sepals  ovate-lanceolate,  sericeous  on  the 
outside,  5  mm.  long;  petals  white  but  blackening  when  dried,  linear- 
lanceolate  and  long-attenuate  to  the  acute  apex,  finally  glabrous, 
4-4.5  cm.  long  and  3-7  mm.  broad;  monocarps  about  10  mm.  high 
and  12-15  mm.  broad,  glabrous.  Neg.  29210. 

Huanuco:  Posuso,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  (type). — San  Martin:  Juanjui, 
upper  Rio  Huallaga,  Klug  3798.  Also  in  Bolivia. 

6.  MALMEA  R.  E.  Fries 

Trees  or  shrubs.  Flowers  medium-sized  or  large;  inflorescences 
few-  to  several-flowered,  opposite  the  leaves;  pedicels  articulate 
immediately  above  a  nearly  basal  bract  and  bearing  another  bract 
above  the  articulation.  Sepals  small,  with  thin  margins,  imbricate 
in  bud.  Petals  much  longer  than  the  sepals,  blackening  when  dried, 
orbicular-elliptic,  imbricate  in  bud,  their  margins  thin  and  more  or 
less  crispate.  Stamens  very  numerous,  the  connective  expanded 
above  the  anther  into  a  truncate  disk.  Carpels  numerous,  containing 
one  basal,  erect  ovule.  Monocarps  free,  stipitate,  one-seeded. — 
Of  this  genus  eleven  species  are  known,  six  inhabiting  the  Amazonian 
region  and  Guiana,  one  native  of  Bahia,  one  of  Ecuador,  and  three  of 
Central  America  (Mexico  to  Panama). 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base. 

Leaves  not  cuspidate;  pedicels  more  than  1  cm.  long. 

Leaves  smaller  (up  to  10-11  cm.  long);  outer  petals  shorter  than 

the  inner 1.  M.  Dielsiana. 

Leaves  larger;  all  petals  of  equal  length 2.  M.  Raimondii. 

Leaves  cuspidate;  pedicels  0.5  cm.  long  or  shorter. 

4.  M.  cuspidata. 
Leaves  rounded  at  the  base. .  .  .3.  M.  xanthochlora. 


728  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

1.  Malmea   Dielsiana    (Saff.)   R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
10:  42.  /.  56.  1930,  and  10:  319.  1931.    Cymbopetalum  Dielsianum 
Saff.  ex  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 1156. 1927. 

A  tree  or  shrub,  the  youngest  branchlets  ferruginous-hirsute; 
leaves  small  (up  to  12  cm.),  elliptic  or  lanceolate,  cuneate  at  the 
base,  gradually  narrowed  to  the  blunt  apex,  at  first  appressed-hairy 
beneath,  soon  glabrate  except  on  the  midrib;  inflorescences  on 
peduncles  0.5  cm.  long,  1  (-2)  -flowered;  pedicels  2-2.5  cm.  long; 
petals  orbicular  or  elliptic,  all  glabrous,  or  the  outer  bearing  a  few 
small,  appressed  hairs,  the  inner  petals  about  18  mm.  long,  the  outer 
9-12  mm.;  monocarps  oblong-ellipsoid,  about  15  mm.  long,  shortly 
and  densely  hairy,  their  stipes  up  to  2.5  cm.  long. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  10  (type);  Williams  6710. 

2.  Malmea  Raimondii  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
10:  320.  1931.   Guatteria  Raimondii  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
11:75.1931. 

Leaves  large,  coriaceous,  glabrous  on  both  sides  and  lustrous, 
elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic,  broadest  at  the  middle  and  narrowed  equally 
to  the  acute  base  and  the  obtuse  apex,  10-22  cm.  long  and  4-7  cm. 
broad;  midrib  prominent  on  both  sides;  inflorescences  very  shortly 
pedunculate  (1-)  2-flowered;  pedicels  thick,  usually  curved,  up  to  3.5 
cm.  long;  sepals  and  petals  densely  and  shortly  pubescent;  petals 
all  alike,  nearly  orbicular,  undulate  at  their  margins,  2-2.5  cm.  long; 
connective  disks  conspicuously  hairy. — Neg.  14209. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce;  Raimondi  238,  1974  (types); 
Williams  6226.  "Sabina." 

3.  Malmea   xanthochlora    (Diels)   R.   E.   Fries,  Acta   Hort. 
Berg.  10:  45. /.  5a.  1930.    Guatteria  xanthochlora  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot. 
Gart.  Berlin  10:  169.  1927. 

A  small  tree,  about  6  meters  high;  leaves  rigid,  appressed- 
hirsute  when  young,  soon  quite  glabrous  and  lustrous  on  both  sides, 
lanceolate-oblong,  rounded  and  obtuse  at  the  base,  gradually 
narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex,  up  to  22  cm.  in  length  and  7  cm. 
in  breadth;  inflorescences  very  shortly  pedunculate,  few-  to  4- 
flowered,  but  developing  only  one  flower  at  a  time;  pedicels  1-1.5 
cm.  long;  sepals  ferruginous-pilose  on  the  outside;  petals  all  alike, 
elliptic,  rounded  at  the  apex,  undulate  on  the  margins,  2.5-3  cm. 
long,  glabrous. 

Loreto:  Upper  Rio  Maranon,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago, 
Tessmann  4426,  4553  (type). 


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4.  Malmea  cuspidata  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11: 
78.  1931. 

Leaves  sericeous-pilose  when  young,  soon  quite  glabrous,  coria- 
ceous and  lustrous  above,  obovate-elliptic,  contracted  at  the  apex 
into  a  cusp  1-1.5  cm.  long,  acute  at  the  base,  10-12  cm.  long  and 
3.5-5  cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary,  on  short  (about  5  mm.  long), 
pilose  pedicels;  sepals  small,  densely  pilose;  outer  petals  pilose 
outside  and  ciliate  on  the  margins,  up  to  16  mm.  long,  the  inner 
glabrous  and  of  about  the  same  size. 

Loreto:  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  113  (type). 

7.  FUSAEA  Saff. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  large,  oblong  leaves.  Flowers  large,  solitary 
or  in  few-flowered  inflorescences,  terminal  on  very  reduced,  axillary 
or  supra-axillary  branchlets.  Perianth  segments  rigid;  sepals  large, 
valvate,  finally  detached  at  the  base;  petals  free  or  connate  at  the 
base,  much  longer  than  the  sepals,  oblong-lanceolate  to  rhombic- 
obovate,  imbricate  in  bud,  densely  covered  with  long,  appressed 
hairs.  Stamens  numerous,  on  a  low,  convex  torus;  connective 
terminating  in  a  truncate  disk;  outer  stamens  sterile,  longer  than 
the  fertile.  Carpels  very  numerous,  densely  packed  in  a  central 
cavity  on  the  torus;  ovule  one,  basal,  erect.  Fruiting  carpels  fused 
into  a  spherical,  solid  mass. — Only  three  species  known,  all  recorded 
from  Peru,  two  of  them,  so  far  as  known,  endemic  in  that  country. 

Petals  free  (Sect.  Eu-Fusaea  R.  E.  Fries). 

Leaves  rounded  or  shortly  acute  at  the  base;  nerves  and  veins 
impressed  on  the  upper  surface;  staminodes  2-2.5  mm.  broad, 

rounded  at  the  apex 1.  F.  longifolia. 

Leaves  long-acute  at  the  base  and  long-decurrent;  veins  not 

impressed  on  the  upper  surface;  staminodes  about  1.5  mm. 

broad,  gradually  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex .  2.  F.  decurrens. 

Petals  connate  at  the  base,  forming  a  short  perianth  tube  (Sect. 

Synpetalantha  R.  E.  Fries) 3.  F.  peruviana. 

1.  Fusaea  longifolia  (Aubl.)  Saff.  Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb.  18: 
65.  /.  73-74.  1914.  Annona  longifolia  Aubl.  Hist.  PI.  Guian.  1:  615. 
pi.  248.  1775.  Duguetia  longifolia  Baill.  Adansonia  8:  327.  1868. 
Aberemoa  longifolia  Baill.  Hist.  PI.  1:  205. /.  233-235.  1868.  Annona 
rhombipetala  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  5:  pi.  489  (ined.)  ex  G.  Don,  Gen. 
Syst.  1:  87.  1831.  F.  rhombipetala  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  172. 
1929.  Uvaria  spectabilis  DC.  ex  Dun.  Monogr.  Anon.  92.  1817. 


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A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  ferruginous-hirsute; 
leaves  rigid,  oblong  or  rarely  oblanceolate,  long-cuspidate,  shortly 
acute  or  more  or  less  rounded  at  the  base,  quite  glabrous  above  and 
finally  nearly  glabrous  or  sparingly  hairy  beneath,  very  densely 
verrucose-dotted,  12-30  cm.  long  and  4-10  cm.  broad;  nerves  and 
veins  impressed  on  the  upper  surface;  sepals  broadly  ovate,  1-1.6  cm. 
long,  connate  at  the  base;  petals  free,  the  outer  3-4  cm.  long,  the 
inner  4-4.5  cm.;  staminodes  oblong-obovate,  puberulous,  4-6  mm. 
long  and  2-2.5  mm.  broad;  fruit  fleshy  and  edible,  of  the  size  of  a 
small  apple  (about  6  cm.  in  diameter),  glabrous  and  smooth  or 
areolate. 

Peru:  Rivero. — Huanuco:  Pueblo  Nuevo  and  Chicoplaya,  Ruiz 
(type  of  Annona  rhombipetala) . — Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos, 
King  865. 

2.  Fusaea  decurrens  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12: 207. 1934. 
A  small  tree,  about  7  meters  high,  with  slender,  rufous-strigose 

branchlets;  leaves  finally  glabrous  and  densely  verruculose,  very 
lustrous  above,  oblanceolate  or  rarely  oblong-lanceolate,  cuspidate, 
narrowed  to  the  base  and  long-decurrent,  forming  narrow  wings  on 
the  upper  part  of  the  petiole,  18-22  cm.  long  and  4-6.5  cm.  broad; 
midrib  and  principal  nerves  sunken  on  the  upper  surface,  the  smaller 
veins  not  impressed  and  hardly  visible;  petals  densely  silvery-  or 
ferruginous-sericeous  on  both  sides,  rather  abruptly  contracted  into 
an  obtuse  cusp,  the  outer  about  2.5  cm.  long  and  1  cm.  broad,  the 
inner  about  3  cm.  long,  1.5  cm.  broad;  staminodes  linear-oblong, 
gradually  narrowing  from  the  middle  to  the  obtuse  apex,  5  mm.  long 
and  1.2-1.7  mm.  broad;  fruit  not  known. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  952,  type. 

3.  Fusaea  peruviana  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  273. 
1937. 

A  small  tree;  youngest  branchlets  with  patent,  ferruginous  hairs; 
leaves  1&-30  cm.  long,  4-8  cm.  broad,  membranaceous,  opaque, 
glabrous  above,  finally  so  beneath,  usually  conspicuously  verruculose, 
oblanceolate-oblong,  long-narrowed  to  the  obtuse  base,  gradually 
or  rather  abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into  a  narrow  cusp  about 
3  cm.  long;  inflorescences  1-2-flowered,  sessile,  supra-axillary  from 
about  the  middle  of  the  internode;  petals  densely  golden-sericeous 
outside,  especially  near  the  base,  connate  at  the  base  into  a  cylindric 
tube,  1  cm.  long  and  1.5  cm.  wide;  corolla  lobes  oblong-obovate, 
the  outer  obtuse  and  about  2.5  cm.  long,  1-1.2  cm.  broad,  the  inner 


FLORA  OF  PERU  731 

broadly  rounded  at  the  apex,  3-3.5  cm.  long  and  1.7-2  cm.  broad; 
fruits  unknown. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Kuhlmann  (Herb.  Rio  de  Janeiro  24.362; 
type). 

8.  DUGUETIA  St.  Hil. 

Trees  or  shrubs  with  stellate  hairs  or  stellate  scales.  Inflores- 
cences few-  or  many-flowered,  more  or  less  strictly  opposite  the  leaves 
or  sometimes  produced  from  older  branches  or  from  the  trunk. 
Flowers  medium-sized  or  large,  bisexual.  Sepals  valvate.  Petals 
free,  imbricate  in  bud,  generally  coriaceous.  Stamens  numerous; 
connective  generally  (in  all  Peruvian  species)  expanded  above  the 
anther  into  a  truncate  disk.  Carpels  numerous;  ovule  solitary,  basal, 
erect.  Monocarps  sessile,  closely  crowded,  ligneous  or  fleshy,  easily 
separable  or  more  or  less  coherent. — A  large  genus  of  about  65 
species,  inhabiting  a  vast  area  from  Panama  and  the  southernmost 
islands  of  the  West  Indies  south  to  Paraguay. 

Petals  densely  covered  on  the  outside  with  stellate  scales. 
Sepals  quite  or  nearly  free. 
All  petals  of  equal  breadth,  up  to  2.5  cm.  long. 

Leaves  completely  covered  beneath  with  very  dense  scales. 

1.  D.  odorata. 
Adult  leaves  with  scattered  scales  beneath. 

Leaves  lanceolate-elliptic,  at  most  3-4  times  longer  than 

broad. 
Leaves  thin,  smaller  and  narrower  (up  to  about  5  cm. 

broad) ;  petals  oblong 2.  D.  quitarensis. 

Leaves  rigid,  larger  and  broader  (5-9  cm.  broad);  petals 

obovate-spatulate 3.  D.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  oblong,  5  times  longer  than  broad. 4.  D.  peruviana. 
Inner  petals  obviously  narrower  than  the  outer,  all  about  4.5  cm. 

long 5.  D.  macrophylla. 

Sepals  large,  conspicuously  connate  at  the  base .  .  6.  D.  hadrantha. 
Petals  softly  tomentellous  with  short,  stellate  hairs. 

Young  branchlets  covered  with  appressed,  stellate  scales;  mono- 
carps  about  2  cm.  long,  with  conic  and  acute  apex. 

7.  D.  Spixiana. 

Young  branchlets  with   small,   rigid,   stellate  hairs;  monocarps 
truncate  and  plane  at  the  apex,  about  1  cm.  long. 

8.  D.  latifolia. 


732  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

1.  Duguetia  odorata  (Diels)  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  172. 
1929.    Aberemoa  odorata  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  171. 
1927. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  up  to  12  meters  high;  leaves  narrowly 
elliptic  to  oblanceolate,  long  and  gradually  attenuate  at  both  ends, 
15-30  cm.  long  and  4-9  cm.  broad,  quite  glabrous  above,  even  when 
young,  completely  covered  beneath  with  persistent,  silvery  scales; 
flowers  produced  from  older  branches;  sepals  with  gold-colored  scales 
outside;  petals  spatulate-elliptic,  rounded  at  the  apex,  silvery-scaly 
outside,  stellate-hairy  inside,  17-20  mm.  long. — Neg.  14229. 

Loreto:  Miraflores,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Tigre,  Tessmann  3745, 
type.  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  1587.  Also  in  western 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

2.  Duguetia  quitarensis  Benth.  in  Hook.  Lond.  Journ.  Bot.  2: 
361.  1843.    Aberemoa  quitarensis  R.  E.  Fries,  Sv.  Vet.  Akad.  Handl. 
34,  pt.  5:  20.  1900.    Duguetia  ibonensis  Rusby,  Mem.  N.  Y.  Bot. 
Card.  7:  246.  1927. 

A  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  wholly  covered  with  round, 
yellow  scales;  leaves  on  petioles  3-7  mm.  long,  lanceolate  to  elliptic, 
acute  at  both  ends,  10-20  cm.  long  and  3-5.5  cm.  broad,  glabrous 
above,  even  when  young,  at  first  densely  scaly  beneath  but  soon 
nearly  glabrate  and  provided  only  with  scattered,  stellate  scales; 
inflorescences  1-2-flowered,  the  pedicels  3-7  mm.  long;  sepals  elliptic- 
oblong,  with  dense  golden  scales  outside,  12-13  mm.  long;  petals  all 
alike,  ligulate-oblong,  rounded  at  the  apex,  15-20  mm.  long  and 
6-7  mm.  broad,  with  very  dense  silvery  to  yellow  scales  outside;  fruit 
3-4  cm.  in  diameter;  monocarps  glabrous,  shortly  acute. — Neg.  14231. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  4907.  Also  in  Bolivia, 
Amazonian  Brazil,  and  British  Guiana. 

3.  Duguetia  Tessmannii  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  52. 
1934. 

A  tree  10-13  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  with  dense  golden 
scales;  petioles  7-13  mm.  long;  lamina  rigid,  glabrous  and  lustrous 
above,  thinly  scaly  beneath,  elliptic  to  elliptic-oblong,  acute  at  both 
ends,  15-25  cm.  long  and  5-9  cm.  broad;  pedicels  7-15  mm.  long; 
sepals  ovate  or  rounded-ovate,  11-15  mm.  long  and  9-11  mm. 
broad;  petals  obovate-spatulate,  rounded  at  the  apex,  up  to  24  mm. 
long  and  8-12  mm.  broad,  the  inner  a  little  broader  than  the  outer, 
all  with  densely  golden  scales  outside. — Neg.  28602. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  733 

Loreto:  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  3201.  Upper  Maranon, 
at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4373,  type.  Lower  Rio 
Huallaga,  below  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  28877.  Also  in  western 
Amazonian  Brazil  (Rio  Purus). 

Closely  related  to  Duguetia  quitarensis  and  possibly  only  a  variety 
of  that  species. 

4.  Duguetia  peruviana  (R.  E.  Fries)  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
4: 172. 1929.    Aberemoa  peruviana  R.  E.  Fries,  Sv.  Vet.  Akad.  Handl. 
34,  pt.  5:  22.  pi.  3,  f.  1-3.  1900.    Annona  conifera  Ruiz  in  sched. 

Young  branchlets  densely  stellate-scaly,  yellow;  leaves  on  petioles 
2-4  mm.  long,  oblong  or  oblong-lanceolate,  with  an  acumination 
1-1.5  cm.  long,  shortly  rounded-acute  at  the  base,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  above,  olivaceous  beneath  and  provided  with  numerous 
yellow,  stellate  scales,  not  covering  the  whole  surface;  inflorescences 
opposite  the  leaves,  sessile,  1-3-flowered ;  pedicels  about  7  mm.  long; 
sepals  oblong-ovate,  12-13  mm.  long,  with  golden  scales  outside; 
petals  rounded  at  the  apex,  about  15  mm.  long,  the  outer  ovate, 
8  mm.  broad,  the  inner  obovate,  10  mm.  broad. — Neg.  14230. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Ruiz,  type. 

5.  Duguetia  macrophylla  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12: 
63.  1934. 

A  tree  7-9  meters  high;  leaves  rigid,  large  (35-45  cm.  long  and 
10-13  cm.  broad),  oblanceolate,  abruptly  contracted  into  an  acute 
cusp,  long  and  gradually  narrowed  to  the  rounded  base,  glabrous 
above  and  finally  very  thinly  stellate-scaly  or  nearly  glabrous 
beneath;  pedicels  about  1  cm.  long,  thick;  sepals  broadly  ovate, 
acuminate,  with  dense  rufous  scales  outside,  15-18  mm.  long;  petals 
white,  blackening  when  dried,  grayish-stellate-scaly  outside,  about 
4.5  cm.  long,  obtuse,  the  outer  oblong  and  1.5  cm.  broad,  the  inner 
linear-oblong,  0.9  cm.  broad;  stamens  3  mm.  long;  connective  disk 
puberulous;  monocarps  2-2.5  cm.  long,  glabrous,  in  the  center  of 
the  truncate  top  provided  with  a  cusp  2  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  27291,  type.  Alto  Rio  Itaya, 
Williams  3430. 

6.  Duguetia  hadrantha  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
12:  65.  1934.    Aberemoa  hadrantha  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb. 
47:  128.  1905. 

•  A  tree  6-12  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  densely  scaly; 
leaves  on  petioles  3-5  mm.  long,  rigid,  obovate-oblanceolate  or  more 


734  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

rarely  oblong,  abruptly  cuspidate,  long-narrowed  to  the  acute  base, 
8-20  cm.  long  and  4-7  cm.  broad,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above, 
very  thinly  scaly  beneath;  pedicels  5-6  mm.  long,  with  dense  golden 
scales;  sepals  ovate,  obtuse,  striate,  scaly  outside,  15-20  mm.  long, 
connate  below  for  3-5  mm.;  petals  oblong-ovate,  obtuse,  densely 
yellowish-gray-scaly  outside;  stamens  about  2  mm.  long,  the  disk 
of  the  connective  setulose;  fruit  unknown. — Neg.  14225. 

Junin:  Between  Pampa  Hermosa  and  Pangoa,  Raimondi  2985. 
Also  in  western  Amazonian  Brazil  (  Ule  5794,  type) . 

7.  Duguetia  Spixiana  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  23.  pi.  5,111, 
1841.    Aberemoa  Spixiana  R.  E.  Fries,  Sv.  Vet.  Akad.  Handl.  34, 
pt.  5:  22.  1900. 

A  small  or  medium-sized  tree  or  a  tall  shrub;  young  branchlets 
scaly;  leaves  membranaceous,  15-25  cm.  long  and  5-8  cm.  broad, 
oblong-elliptic  or  narrowly  obovate,  abruptly  cuspidate,  rounded- 
acute  or  sometimes  cuneate  at  the  base,  smooth  and  glabrous  above, 
even  when  young,  at  first  densely  covered  beneath  with  round, 
appressed  scales,  soon  glabrescent  and  finally  thinly  scaly;  inflores- 
cences opposite  the  leaves,  1-4-flowered;  buds  globular,  apiculate; 
sepals  densely  scaly  outside;  petals  elliptic-orbicular,  rounded  at  the 
apex,  2-2.5  cm.  long,  clothed  with  a  short,  dense  pubescence  of  soft, 
stellate  hairs  yellowish  gray  in  color;  fruit  ellipsoid,  6-7  cm.  long  and 
4-5  cm.  broad;  monocarps  about  2  cm.  long,  the  apex  conic,  acute. 
-Neg.  6491. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  near  Soledad,  Tessmann  5301.  Alto 
Rio  Itaya,  Williams  3292,  3455.  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Yurimaguas, 
Williams  4348.  Amazonian  Brazil  (Martins  3010,  type). 

8.  Duguetia  latifolia  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  103. 
1934. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  10  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  clothed 
with  small,  deeply  divided,  stellate  scales  or  stellate  hairs;  leaves 
very  large,  up  to  30-40  cm.  long  and  8-12  cm.  broad,  cuspidate, 
rounded-acute  or  sometimes  rather  obtuse  at  the  base,  glabrous 
above  and  finally  nearly  glabrous  beneath,  with  a  few  very  small, 
rigid,  stellate  hairs  (or  deeply  divided,  stellate  scales) ;  inflorescences 
often  produced  from  older  branches,  many-flowered;  pedicels  thick, 
rigid,  1-1.5  cm.  long,  with  dense  yellow  scales,  tomentellous;  flower 
buds  ovoid,  acuminate;  sepals  ovate,  acute,  about  10  mm.  long; 
petals  all  alike,  spatulate,  broadly  rounded  at  the  apex,  15-18  mm. 
long,  rather  thinly  clothed  with  short,  gray,  stellate  hairs;  fruit 


FLORA  OF  PERU  735 

spherical,  2-3  cm.  across;  monocarps  about  1  cm.  long,  the  apex 
truncate,  gray-tomentellous. 

Loreto:  Between  Yurimaguas  and  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith 
28240,  type.  Also  in  the  western  part  of  Amazonian  Brazil. 

9.  PORCELIA  R.  &  P. 

Trees.  Leaves  ovate  to  lanceolate-oblong,  nearly  glabrous, 
with  translucent  glands.  Flowers  medium-sized,  bisexual  or  polyga- 
mous, terminal  or  opposite  the  leaves,  often  produced  on  axillary, 
very  reduced  branchlets  (pseudo-axillary  flowers) ;  pedicels  articulate 
at  the  base,  without  bracts.  Perianth  gray-tomentellous;  sepals 
small;  petals  imbricate  in  bud  and  finally  widely  spreading,  all  of 
about  the  same  size,  oblong-ovate  or  obovate.  Stamens  numerous; 
pollen  sacs  divided  by  transverse  membranes  into  a  row  of  small 
chambers;  connective  expanded  above  the  anther  into  a  truncate 
disk.  Ovules  numerous,  lateral.  Monocarps  large,  free,  stipitate, 
ellipsoid-cylindric,  with  large,  reniform  seeds. — A  small  genus  of  four 
species,  one  of  them  in  Peru  and  adjacent  Bolivia,  one  in  Bolivia  and 
western  Brazil,  and  two  in  South  Brazil  (Goyaz,  Minas  Geraes,  and 
Sao  Paulo). 

1.  Porcelia  nitidifolia  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg.  1: 144. 1798.  P.  Saf- 
fordiana  Rusby,  Mem.  N.  Y.  Bot.  Gard.  7:  242.  /.  2.  1927.  P.  pon- 
derosa  Rusby,  op.  cit.  245.  Gftta#ma(?)  ponderosa  Rusby,  Bull. 
N.  Y.  Bot.  Gard.  6:  504.  1910. 

A  large  tree  with  ochraceous,  puberulous  young  branchlets,  soon 
glabrescent;  leaves  soon  quite  glabrous,  oblong,  gradually  narrowed 
at  the  apex,  more  or  less  rounded  at  the  base,  but  acute  near  the 
petiole  and  obviously  decurrent,  15-18  cm.  long  and  4-5  cm.  broad; 
flowers  on  pedicels  2-3  cm.  long;  petals  up  to  16  mm.  long;  stamens 
2  mm.  long,  the  connective  appendix  velutinous. 

Huanuco:  Chacahuasi,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type. — San  Martin: 
Zepelacio,  near  Moyobamba,  Klug  3750.  Also  in  Bolivia:  Rurre- 
nabaque,  Rusby  1751,  type  of  Porcelia  Saffordiana;  and  Williams 
1479,  type  of  Porcelia  (Guatteria)  ponderosa. 

In  eastern  Bolivia  and  adjacent  Brazil  another  species  occurs:  Por- 
celia Steinbachii  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  which  may  also  be  found  in  Peru. 
It  is  closely  related  to  Porcelia  nitidifolia  but  is  characterized  by 
shorter  leaves  of  more  ovate  form,  more  rounded  and  less  decurrent 
at  the  base. 


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10.  CYMBOPETALUM  Benth. 

Trees  and  shrubs  with  large,  rather  thin  leaves.  Flowers  solitary, 
terminal  or,  usually,  produced  from  the  internodes  above  the  axils, 
only  rarely  from  an  axil  (pseudo-axillary  flower) ;  pedicels  articulate 
at  the  base,  without  bracts.  Perianth  segments  valvate  in  bud; 
sepals  small;  outer  petals  flat  and  thin,  the  inner  thick  and  fleshy, 
cymbiform,  with  involute  margins.  Stamens  numerous;  pollen  sacs 
divided  into  small  chambers  by  transverse  membranes;  connective 
expanded  above  the  anther  into  a  truncate  disk.  Fruit  of  several 
free,  oblong-cylindric  monocarps,  containing  several  (4-14)  lateral 
seeds. — A  small  genus  of  9  species,  5  of  them  native  of  Central 
America  and  4  of  the  Amazonian  region.  One  of  them,  the  eastern 
species,  C.  brasiliense  (Veil.)  Benth.,  extends  north  to  Guiana  and 
Trinidad,  and  south  to  Rio  de  Janeiro.  Only  two  species  are 
recorded  from  Peru. 

Young  branchlets  and  lower  surface  of  the  leaves,  especially  the 
thicker  nerves,  clothed  with  persistent  hairs;  flowers  large 
(inner  petals  3-4  cm.  long),  on  very  long  pedicels  (up  to  20-30 
cm.,  rarely  shorter) 1.  C.  longipes. 

Young  branchlets  and  leaves  soon  glabrous;  flowers  smaller  (inner 
petals  about  1.5  cm.  long),  on  pedicels  3-6  cm.  long. 

2.  C.  Tessmannii. 

1.  Cymbopetalum  longipes  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb. 
47:  132.  1905. 

A  low  tree  with  pubescent  branchlets;  leaves  rather  rigid,  glabrous 
above,  hirsute  beneath,  especially  on  the  nerves,  ovate-elliptic  or 
ovate-lanceolate,  narrowed  from  the  middle  to  both  ends,  usually 
acute  and  oblique  at  the  base,  gradually  attenuated  toward  the 
apex,  12-24  cm.  long  and  4-11  cm.  broad;  flowers  large,  the  very  long 
pedicels  reaching  10-20  cm.,  rarely  a  little  shorter;  outer  petals 
about  2  cm.  long,  the  inner  3-4  cm.,  very  thick  and  broadly  involute 
at  the  margins,  the  midrib  and  lateral  nerves  impressed  on  the  out- 
side of  the  petals.— Neg.  27529. 

Huanuco:  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Williams 
2831.  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4512. — San  Martin:  Tarapoto, 
Spruce  4097,  type.  Juan  Guerra,  near  Tarapoto,  Ule  6912;  Williams 
6875,  6876,  6877,  6920.  Alto  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  6161,  6305, 
6512.  Tocache,  Poeppig.  Also  known  from  Brazil  (western  Ama- 
zonian region)  and  Bolivia. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  737 

In  Amazonian  Brazil,  extending  west  to  near  the  Peruvian 
border,  another  species  of  this  genus  occurs,  Cymbopetalum  odoratis- 
simum  Barb.  Rodr.,  which  is  very  closely  related  to  C.  longipes.  It 
has  the  same  large  flowers  and  long  pedicels,  but  is  distinguished  by 
larger  leaves  with  longer  tips,  quite  glabrous  and  densely  verrucu- 
lose-punctulate.  It  will  probably  also  be  found  in  Peru. 

la.  Cymbopetalum  longipes  var.  minor  R.  E.  Fries,  var.  nov. 

Typo  omnino  minor;  frutex  humilis;  folia  5-7  cm.  longa, 
1.5-2.2  cm.  lata;  pedicelli  breviores,  ca.  4  cm.  longi;  flores  minores, 
petala  interiora  (nondum  rite  evoluta?)  1  cm.  longa. 

San  Martin:  Juan  Guerra,  near  Tarapoto,  Williams  6922  (type  in 
Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

A  noteworthy  form,  agreeing  with  the  type  in  all  characters  (leaf 
shape,  pubescence,  etc.),  differing  only  in  the  much  smaller  dimen- 
sions of  all  parts. 

2.  Cymbopetalum  Tessmannii  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
10:  188.  pi.  7.  1931. 

A  low  tree,  the  youngest  branchlets  very  soon  quite  glabrous, 
verruculose;  leaves  membranaceous,  glabrous,  oblong-elliptic  or 
oblanceolate,  cuspidate,  rounded-acute  at  the  base,  10-18  cm.  long; 
pedicels  glabrous,  up  to  6  cm.  long  but  usually  shorter,  produced 
above  the  axil  on  one-fourth  to  one-half  the  height  of  the  internode; 
flowers  rather  small,  the  outer  petals  about  1  cm.  long,  the  inner  1.5 
cm.  long,  their  margins  narrowly  involute. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  near  Soledad,  Tessmann  524.2,  type. 
Upper  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  3513. 

11.  UNONOPSIS  R.  E.  Fries 

Shrubs  or  small  to  medium-sized  trees.  Inflorescences  axillary 
or  sometimes  produced  from  older  branches  or  from  the  trunk; 
pedicels  articulate  above  the  basal  bract,  and  provided  with  a  second 
bract  above  the  articulation.  Flowers  small;  flower  buds  spherical. 
Sepals  minute,  valvate.  Petals  rigid,  valvate,  ovate  or  rotund, 
concave,  especially  the  inner  thick.  Stamens  numerous;  connective 
expanded  above  the  anther  into  a  truncate  disk.  Carpels  several  to 
numerous;  ovules  few  (to  6-8),  lateral  and  horizontal,  or  else  solitary 
and  attached  near  the  lower  or  upper  end  of  the  ovary.  Monocarps 
free,  stipitate. — About  24  species,  distributed  from  Honduras  and 
West  Indies  to  South  Brazil;  9  species  are  recorded  from  Peru. 


738  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Ovules  2  or  more,  lateral,  horizontal. 
Young  branchlets  densely  covered  with  soft,  patent  hairs. 
Leaves  elliptic  to  elliptic-obovate,  rounded  at  the  base. 

1.  U.  Williamsii. 

Leaves  oblanceolate,  acute  at  the  base 2.  U.  peruviana. 

Young    branchlets    quite    or    nearly    glabrous,   or   with    short- 

appressed  hairs. 

Monocarps  smaller;  seeds  7-9  mm.  in  diameter  .4.  U.  Matthewsii. 
Monocarps  larger;  seeds  10-14  mm.  in  diameter. 

Leaves  broadest  at  the  middle  or  below 3.  U,  grandis. 

Leaves  broadest  above  the  middle. 

Branchlets  slender;  leaves  oblanceolate,  3-5  cm.  broad. 

5.  U.  gracilis. 
Branchlets  thicker  and  rigid;  leaves  obovate,  5-7  cm.  broad. 

6.  U.  obovata. 
Ovule  1. 

Outer  petals  thickened  toward  the  apex,  their  margins  thick  and 

truncate;  ovule  pendulous  from  near  the  top  of  the  ovary. 

Young  branchlets  glabrous;  leaves  broadest  at  the  middle,  acute 

at  the  base;  inflorescences  many-flowered .  7.  U.  floribunda. 

Young  branchlets  shortly  tomentellous;  leaves  broadest  above 

the  middle,  obtuse  at  the  base;  inflorescence  few-flowered. 

8.  U.  venificiorum. 

Outer  petals  not  thickened,  their  margins  thin,  even  at  the  apex; 
ovule  erect  from  near  the  base  of  the  ovary .  .  9.  U.  stipitata. 

1.  Unonopsis  Williamsii  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  238. 
/.  6f,  pi  1.  1937. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree;  young  branchlets,  petioles,  and  pedicels 
densely  tomentose;  leaves  elliptic  to  elliptic-obovate,  rounded  and 
obtuse  at  the  base,  abruptly  cuspidate,  finally  quite  or  nearly  gla- 
brous, but  the  midrib  clothed  with  long,  persistent,  soft  hairs  above, 
very  densely  and  minutely  verruculose-punctate,  15-20  cm.  long,  5-9 
cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary  or  in  few-flowered  inflorescences;  sepals 
about  3  mm.  long;  outer  petals  ovate,  ferruginous-sericeous  outside, 
about  12  mm.  long;  inner  petals  thicker,  about  10  mm.  long;  ovules 
5-6,  rarely  fewer. 

Loreto:  Alto  Rio  Itaya,  San  Antonio,  Williams  3449,  type. 
Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  739 

2.  Unonopsis  peruviana  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva,  ramulis  novellis  ferrugineo-tomentosis;  foliorum 
petiolus  3-5  mm.  longus,  crassus,  tomentosus;  lamina  primo  utroque 
latere  sericea,  demum  fere  omnino  glabrescens,  nervo  medio  tamen 
supra  persistenter  tomentoso,  oblanceolata,  cuspidata,  basin  acutam 
versus  longe  cuneata,  12-16  cm.  longa  et  4-5  cm.  lata;  florum 
pedicelli  crassi,  ferrugineo-tomentelli,  fructiferi  ca.  15  mm.  longi; 
sepala  in  discum  ca.  8  mm.  latum  cqnnata;  petala  exteriora  rotun- 
data,  extus  sericea,  ca.  12  mm.  longa;  stamina  3  mm.  longa; 
ovaria  cinereo-tomentosa,  ovulis  2-3  parata;  monocarpia  globosa 
vel  breviter  globoso-ellipsoidea,  12-15  mm.  diam.,  stipitibus  crassis 
7-8  mm.  longis  sustenta;  semina  (1-2  in  monocarpiis  examinatis) 
ca.  10  mm.  diam.,  castanea. 

Loreto:  Rio  Nanay,  near  Altura,  in  forest,  Williams  841-  Maqui- 
sapa,  on  the  upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1184  (type;  Herb.  Field 
Mus.  No.  608,102),  "Cura-caspi"  (Inca),  "espintana." 

3.  Unonopsis  grandis  (Benth.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Sv.  Vet.  Akad. 
Handl.  34,  pt.  5:  28.  1900.    Trigyneia  grandis  Benth.  Journ.  Linn. 
Soc.  Bot.  5:  70.  1861. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  about  6  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets 
very  shortly  puberulous;  leaves  on  petioles  4-6  mm.  long,  coriaceous, 
glabrous  above  (even  on  the  midrib),  minutely  sericeous  beneath 
and  finally  quite  glabrous,  elliptic-ovate  and  more  or  less  oblique, 
rounded  or  shortly  rounded-acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base,  long- 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  12-24  cm.  long  and  5-8.5  cm.  broad,  the 
veins  impressed  above;  inflorescences  with  several  flowers;  pedicels 
slender,  sericeous,  10-12  mm.  long;  outer  petals  thinly  gray-sericeous, 
attaining  7  mm.,  the  inner  5-6  mm.  long;  carpels  few  (4-7),  the  ovules 
5;  monocarps  about  20  mm.  long  and  13-15  mm.  broad. — Neg.  14241. 

Loreto:  Maquisapa,  on  the  upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1204. 
Iquitos,  Williams  3645.  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil  and  Venezuela 
(Spruce  3163,  type). 

4.  Unonopsis  Matthewsii  (Benth.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Sv.  Vet.  Akad. 
Handl.  34,  pt.  5:  28.  1900.     Trigyneia  Matthewsii  Benth.  Journ. 
Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  5:  69.  1861. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  up  to  15  meters  high,  the  branchlets  rather 
appressed-hairy,  soon  glabrate;  leaves  on  petioles  3-4  mm.  long, 
sericeous  on  both  sides  when  young,  but  soon  glabrescent  or  with  a 
few  appressed  hairs  on  the  midrib  beneath,  oblong-elliptic  or  obovate- 
oblanceolate,  usually  acute  at  the  base  and  shortly  decurrent,  rather 


740  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

abruptly  cuspidate,  10-20  cm.  long  and  3-8  cm.  broad;  inflorescences 
in  the  axils  of  leaves,  usually  many-flowered;  pedicels  slender, 
appressed-hirsute,  1-2  cm.  long;  outer  petals  sericeous  outside, 
5-6  mm.  long;  carpels  4-10,  with  3-5  ovules;  monocarps  rufous, 
oblong-cylindric,  up  to  25  mm.  long  and  8-10  mm.  broad,  often 
shorter  or  even  globose,  if  only  one  seed  is  developed;  seeds  7-9  mm. 
across.— Negs.  27564,  34457. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Mathews  1421,  type;  Spruce  4402;  Ule 
6341 ;  Williams  5386,  5455,  5462,  5467,  5562.  Lamas,  near  Tarapoto, 
Williams  6490.  Juanjui,  Alto  Rio  Huallaga,  King  3839.  Chazuta, 
Rio  Huallaga,  King  4062.— Rio  Acre:  San  Francisco,  Ule  9369. 

5.  Unonopsis  gracilis  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  247. 
/.  5,  f-h.  1937. 

A  small  tree  with  slender  branches,  the  young  branchlets  thinly 
sericeous  and  soon  glabrescent;  leaves  on  petioles  3-5  mm.  long, 
glabrous  on  both  surfaces,  oblanceolate  or  narrowly  oblanceolate, 
long-acuminate,  still  longer  narrowed  to  the  acute  and  shortly 
decurrent  base,  12-20  cm.  long  and  2.5-5  cm.  broad,  rarely  broader; 
inflorescences  few-flowered,  on  peduncles  2-3  mm.  long;  pedicels 
very  slender,  sericeous,  18-25  mm.  long;  outer  petals  thinly  sericeous 
outside,  7-8  mm.  long;  carpels  very  few  (2-5);  ovules  4;  monocarps 
fleshy  and  orange-red  when  fresh,  oblong-ellipsoid,  up  to  3.5  cm. 
long  and  1.5-2  cm.  in  diameter,  their  stipes  thick,  3-5  mm.  long; 
seeds  disciform,  about  12  mm.  across. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  27985.  Yurimaguas,  For- 
taleza,  Williams  4188,  type.  Yurimaguas,  Paranapura,  Williams 
4608.  Yurimaguas,  Puerto  Arturo,  Williams  5346.  Santa  Rosa, 
Killip  &  Smith  28824.  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28583. 

6.  Unonopsis  obovata  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  249. 
/.  5,  a-e.  1937. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  sericeous,  soon 
glabrescent;  leaves  on  petioles  3-5  mm.  long,  finally  glabrous  on 
both  sides,  but  with  a  few  minute  hairs  on  the  thicker  nerves  beneath, 
obovate,  generally  abruptly  contracted  into  a  cusp  1-2  cm.  long, 
acute  or  obtuse  at  the  base,  12-17  cm.  long  and  5-7  cm.  broad; 
inflorescences  in  the  axils  of  persistent  or  recently  fallen  leaves, 
bearing  1-2  fruits  (flowers  not  seen);  pedicels  rigid,  1-2  cm.  long; 
monocarps  few  (up  to  6),  ellipsoid-oblong,  fleshy  and  orange  when 
fresh,  glabrous,  up  to  2.5  cm.  long  and  1.3-1.7  cm.  broad;  stipes 
short  and  thick,  3-5  mm.  long;  seeds  up  to  4,  disciform. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  741 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Killip  &  Smith  27985,  type;  Williams  4112. 
—San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Williams  6303. 

7.  Unonopsis  floribunda  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
137. 1924. 

A  tree  up  to  20  meters  high,  with  slender,  glabrous  branchlets; 
leaves  on  petioles  3-6  mm.  long,  glabrous  on  both  sides,  elliptic  or 
lanceolate,  rather  equally  narrowed  to  both  ends,  acute  at  the  base, 
12-25  cm.  long  and  4-8  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  freely  branched  and 
many-flowered,  issuing  from  leafless  parts  of  the  branches;  pedicels 
10-20  mm.  long,  slender;  flowers  small,  the  outer  petals  7-10  mm. 
long,  thinly  gray-sericeous  outside;  carpels  numerous  (10-22  counted) ; 
ovule  one,  pendulous,  attached  near  the  upper  end  of  the  ovary; 
monocarps  globose-clavate,  on  stipes  7-10  mm.  long. — Neg.  14240. 

Loreto:  Ucayali,  Cashibo  Playa,  Tessmann  3262,  type.  Mishu- 
yacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  974-  An  apparently  common  species  in  the 
western  regions  of  Amazonian  Brazil,  entering  the  eastern  part 
of  Peru. 

8.  Unonopsis  veneficiorum  (Mart.)   R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.    12:   259.    1937.     Guatteria   veneficiorum   Mart,   in   Buchner, 
Repert.  Pharmacie  36:  344.  1830;  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  34.  1841. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  up  to  10  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  very 
shortly  but  densely  rufous- tomentellous;  leaves  on  petioles  3-7  mm. 
long,  oblong-oblanceolate  or  obovate,  long-acuminate,  usually 
long-cuneate  toward  the  rounded  base,  20-30  cm.  long  and  5-10  cm. 
broad,  strigose  on  the  thicker  nerves  when  young,  but  soon  quite 
glabrous;  inflorescences  in  the  axils  of  persistent  or  fallen  leaves, 
sessile,  few-flowered,  their  internodes  very  short;  pedicels  sericeous,  up 
to  2.5-3  cm.  long;  outer  petals  8-9  mm.  long  and  broad,  rufous- 
sericeous;  carpels  about  12;  ovule  solitary,  pendulous  from  near  the 
upper  end  of  the  ovary;  monocarps  on  stipes  1-2  cm.  long,  clavate- 
ellipsoid,  1.5-2  cm.  long;  seed  ellipsoid  and  slightly  compressed  from 
the  sides,  11-15  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  San  Antonio,  on  Rio  Itaya,  Killip  &  Smith  29340, 
29370,  29530;  Williams  3408.  Soledad,  Rio  Itaya,  Killip  &  Smith 
29723,  29733.  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5131;  Killip  &  Smith  27086; 
Williams  3772.  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  29935; 
Klug  1556.  Caballo-cocha,  on  the  Amazon  River,  Williams  2320. 
Pebas,  Williams  1941.  Also  in  western  Amazonian  Brazil  (Martins, 
type;  Krukoff  8149). 


742  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

9.  Unonopsis  stipitata  Diels,  Verb.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
130.  1905. 

A  small  tree,  5  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  fulvous- tomentel- 
lous,  soon  glabrous;  leaves  on  thick  petioles  4-8  mm.  long,  rigid, 
glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  glabrous  and  sometimes  with  sparse 
hairs  on  the  midrib  beneath,  obovate  or  obovate-oblong,  rounded 
at  the  apex  and  very  abruptly  cuspidate,  long-attenuate  toward  the 
rounded-acute  or  cuneate  base,  20-28  cm.  long  and  5-9  cm.  broad; 
inflorescences  issuing  from  rather  thick  branches;  outer  petals  ful- 
vous-sericeous outside,  often  striate,  about  12  mm.  long,  their 
margins  thin  up  to  the  apex  but  the  petals  nevertheless  valvate  in 
bud;  connective  appendix  papillose;  carpels  very  numerous,  50-60 
or  even  more;  ovule  solitary,  erect,  attached  very  near  the  base  of 
the  ovary;  monocarps  obliquely  clavate-ellipsoid,  11-15  mm.  long 
and  on  stipes  1-2  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Leticia,  Ule  6191,  type.  Lower  Rio  Nanay,  Williams 
650.  Distributed  eastward  to  Amazonian  Brazil,  French  Guiana, 
and  Surinam. 

12.  DICLINANONA  Diels 

Small  trees  with  rather  large,  oblong  to  oblanceolate-obovate 
leaves.  Inflorescences  axillary.  Flowers  medium-sized,  polygamous 
(or  dioecious?).  Sepals  small,  free,  valvate.  Petals  valvate,  linear 
to  oblong,  concave  at  the  base  on  the  inner  side,  with  2  oblong 
glands  at  the  margins.  Stamens  numerous  in  the  staminate  flowers, 
few  in  the  bisexual,  their  connectives  expanded  and  truncate  above 
the  pollen  sacs.  Carpels  few,  globose-ovoid,  pilose;  stigma  sessile, 
glabrous;  ovules  6-9,  lateral,  horizontal.  Monocarps  globose,  with 
thick  and  ligneous  pericarp,  indehiscent;  seeds  few,  flat,  horizontal.— 
Only  two  species  known,  both  occurring  in  Peru. 

Leaves  acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base,  gradually  continuing  in  the 
edges  of  the  10-15  mm.  long  petiole;  pedicels  very  slender, 
1-2  cm.  long;  petals  1-2  mm.  broad 1.  D.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  decurrent  as  narrow  wings  on  the  petiole,  the  lower  end  of 
the  wings  suddenly  contracted;  petioles  4-6  mm.  long;  pedicels 
thicker,  5-8  mm.  long;  petals  2.5-3.5  mm.  broad .  .  2.  D.  calycina. 

1.  Diclinanona  Tessmannii  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  174.  1927. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  6  meters  high;  leaves  large  (15-25  cm.  long 
and  5-8  cm.  broad),  obovate-elliptic,  long  and  narrowly  cuspidate, 
cuneate  at  the  base,  glabrous  from  the  beginning  on  the  upper  surface 


FLORA  OF  PERU  743 

(even  on  the  midrib),  appressed-hirsute  beneath  when  young,  but 
soon  quite  glabrous;  flowering  branchlets  very  short,  usually  pro- 
duced from  the  axils  of  fallen  leaves;  flowers  few  (up  to  5),  on  slender 
pedicels  1-2  cm.  long;  only  staminate  flowers  known;  sepals  oblong- 
ovate,  7-8  mm.  long;  petals  nearly  linear,  spreading,  16-20  mm.  long 
and  1.5-2  mm.  broad. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5387,  type. 

2.  Diclinanona  calycina  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
12:  4.  1934.  Xylopia  calycina  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  175.  1927. 

A  low  tree;  leaves  10-20  cm.  long,  3-6  cm.  broad,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  above,  the  midrib  with  persistent  hairs,  thinly  sericeous 
beneath,  oblanceolate-obovate,  abruptly  cuspidate,  cuneate  toward 
the  base,  on  each  side  of  the  petiole  forming  a  narrow  wing  (5-8  mm. 
long)  which  is  suddenly  contracted  to  a  more  or  less  obtuse  base, 
the  true  petiole  4-6  mm.  long;  flowers  numerous,  in  dense,  freely 
branched,  ferruginous-sericeous  inflorescences,  usually  produced 
from  the  axils  of  persistent  leaves;  pedicels  5-8  mm.  long;  staminate 
and  bisexual  flowers  are  known;  sepals  5  mm.  long;  petals  erect, 
connivent,  linear-oblong,  densely  sericeous,  up  to  20  mm.  long; 
monocarps  (only  one  noticed  in  each  fruit)  sessile,  globose,  3-3.5 
cm.  in  diameter;  pericarp  ligneous,  about  2  mm.  thick.  Neg.  14250. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  96.  La  Victoria,  on  the 
Amazon,  Williams  2756.  Upper  Maranon,  near  mouth  of  Rio 
Santiago,  Tessmann  4369,  type. 

13.  XYLOPIA  L. 

Shrubs  or  trees.  Inflorescences  axillary  or  sometimes  produced 
from  old  branches  or  from  the  trunk,  sessile  or  short-pedunculate; 
flowers  few  (rarely  one)  or  numerous,  usually  small,  their  pedicels 
short.  Sepals  small,  valvate  in  bud,  nearly  free  or  connate  into  a 
cupular  calyx.  Petals  thick,  valvate,  linear-oblong  or  sometimes 
deltoid.  Stamens  numerous,  the  anther  cells  divided  by  transverse 
membranes  into  a  row  of  small  chambers;  connective  expanded 
above  the  anther.  Carpels  few  to  numerous,  free;  ovaries  hidden 
in  a  deep  cavity  in  the  center  of  the  torus.  Monocarps  free,  clavate 
to  cylindric,  containing  a  row  of  rather  few  seeds. — A  large  genus, 
with  45  American  species;  also  in  the  tropics  of  the  Old  World. 

Petals  linear-oblong;  flower  buds  elongate,  cylindric-trigonous. 
Sepals  free,  or  connate  at  the  base  only;  carpels  few  (3-12). 


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Leaves  appressed-hairy  beneath. 
Pedicels  and  calyx  hairy. 
Leaves  finely  reticulate  above;  stigmas  long-hairy. 

1.  X.  micans. 
Leaves  smooth  above;  stigmas  glabrous.  .  .2.  X.  densiflora. 

Pedicels  and  calyx  glabrous 3.   X.  ligustrifolia. 

Leaves  covered  with  patent  hairs  beneath ....  4.  X.  conjungens. 
Sepals  connate  into  a  more  or  less  cup-shaped  calyx,  merely  dentic- 
ulate at  the  margin,   and  sometimes  splitting   irregularly. 

Plants  with  axillary  flowers 5.  X.  aromatica. 

Plants  cauliflorous 6.  X.  Benthamii. 

Outer  petals  ovate  or  elongate-deltoid,  inner  petals  elongate-rhombic; 

flower  buds  ovoid  to  short-conic. 
Leaves  small  (up  to  11  cm.  long),  acute  at  the  base. 

7.X.  peruviana. 

Leaves  large  (14-25  cm.  long),  more  or  less  rounded  at  the  base. 
Leaves  rounded-acute  at  the  base,  with  sparse  and  short  hairs 

beneath 8.  X.  cuspidata. 

Leaves  rounded  and  often  emarginate  at  the  base,  covered  with 
long,  dense  hairs  beneath 9.  X.  Poeppigii. 

1.  Xylopia  micans  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  276. 1937. 

A  small  tree,  about  5  meters  high;  leaves  rather  small  (6-9  cm. 
long  and  1.3-2  cm.  broad),  narrowly  lanceolate,  very  shortly  acute 
or  nearly  truncate  at  the  base,  long-caudate-acuminate  at  the  apex, 
glabrous  and  finely  reticulate  above,  very  densely  covered  with 
appressed,  golden  brown,  long,  persistent  hairs  beneath ;  sepals  nearly 
free,  broadly  ovate,  1.5  mm.  long;  outer  petals  linear-ligulate,  up 
to  18  mm.  long,  the  inner  petals  a  little  shorter  and  narrower;  carpels 
about  6;  stigmas  covered  in  their  upper  part  with  long,  patent  hairs. 

Loreto:  Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  Klug  3034,  type. 

2.  Xylopia  densiflora  R.  E.  Fries,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  ca.  20  m.  alta,  ramulis  novellis  adpresse  hirsutis.  Foliorum 
petiolus  5-6  mm.  longus;  lamina  papyracea,  adulta  supra  glabra  et 
laevis,  subtus  pilis  longis  adpressis  subdense  vestita,  lanceolata, 
basi  sensim  acutata,  apice  longius  sensimque  angustata,  7-10  cm. 
longa,  2-2.5  cm.  lata.  Flores  numerosi,  dense  glomerati.  Sepala 
ovata,  extus  sericea,  2-2.5  mm.  longa.  Alabastra  tereti-trigona. 
Petala  exteriora  plana,  oblonga,  extus  cinereo-sericea,  8-10  mm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  745 

longa,  interiora  lineari-clavata,  subtrigona,  ca.  9  longa.  Stamina 
0.7-0.8  mm.  longa,  connectivi  disco  glabro.  Pistilla  ca.  6;  styli  basi 
geniculati,  una  cum  stigmatibus  glabris  2  mm.  longi. 

Loreto:  Maucallacta,  Rio  Paranapura,  King  3923  (type  in  Herb. 
Field  Mus.). 

3.  Xylopia  ligustrifolia  Dun.  Monogr.  Anon.  121.  pi.  18.  1817. 
X.  ruscifolia  Humb.  &  Bonpl.  ex  Dun.  op.  cit.  121.  X.  usitata  Diels, 
Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9:  140.  1924.  Xylopicrum  ligustrifolium 
Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  1:  8.  1891. 

A  large  tree;  leaves  small  (4-6  cm.  long  and  1.5-2  cm.  broad), 
oblong-elliptic,  shortly  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex,  acute  or  more 
or  less  truncate  at  the  base,  glabrous  above,  strictly  appressed-hairy 
and  glabrescent  beneath;  inflorescences  1-2-flowered,  axillary;  pedi- 
cels glabrous,  black;  sepals  glabrous,  nearly  free,  broadly  ovate, 
about  2  mm.  long;  outer  petals  linear,  finally  narrowly  ligulate,  15-16 
mm.  long  and  about  3  mm.  broad,  sericeous;  inner  petals  somewhat 
shorter  and  narrower;  carpels  8-12,  the  stigmas  subulate,  penicillate- 
pilose;  monocarps  clavate,  brown,  glabrous,  12  mm.  long  or  shorter; 
seeds  normally  2,  but  often  only  1  developed.  Neg.  14255. 

Loreto:  Rio  Ucayali,  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  321 7,  5549.  Also 
in  Colombia  and  Amazonian  Brazil. 

4.  Xylopia  conjungens  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  333. 
1931. 

A  tree  about  20  meters  high;  young  branchlets  covered  with  dense, 
patent  hairs;  leaves  small  (4-6.5  cm.  long  and  1-2.2  cm.  broad),  very 
shortly  petiolate,  elliptic-lanceolate,  shortly  narrowed  to  the  obtuse 
base,  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  densely 
covered  with  soft,  patent  hairs  beneath;  flowers  axillary,  solitary; 
calyx  deeply  lobed,  5-6  mm.  across,  long-hairy  outside;  outer 
petals  up  to  17  mm.  long,  linear-oblong,  clothed  with  long,  dense 
hairs;  carpels  about  7;  styles  and  stigmas  filiform,  hirsute;  fruits 
unknown. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  970,  type. 

Closely  related  to  Xylopia  barbata  Mart,  from  the  lower  Amazon, 
but  easily  distinguished  by  its  long,  acuminate  leaves. 

5.  Xylopia  aromatica  (Lam.)   Mart.   Fl.  Bras.   13,  pt.  1:  43. 
1841.    Cf.  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10: 106. 1930,  where  23  syno- 
nyms are  quoted. 


746  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

A  tree;  leaves  large,  8-15  cm.  long  and  2-4.5  cm.  broad,  lanceolate 
or  elliptic-lanceolate,  gradually  narrowing  at  the  apex,  rounded  or 
shortly  acute  at  the  base,  glabrous  above  except  on  the  midrib, 
glaucous  and  hairy  beneath;  flowers  numerous,  in  axillary  inflores- 
cences; sepals  almost  wholly  connate  into  a  cup-shaped  calyx; 
flower  buds  long  and  narrow,  triquetrous,  densely  sericeous;  outer 
petals  finally  up  to  30  mm.  long  and  2-3  mm.  broad;  carpels  about  25; 
monocarps  cylindric,  torulose,  2-2.5  cm.  long,  with  about  6,  some- 
times less,  seeds. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6695,  Williams  5378,  5850—Loreto: 
Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  Klug  2074-  Balsapuerto,  Klug  2845.  A 
very  common  species  in  tropical  America,  widely  distributed  from 
the  West  Indies  and  Central  America  (Costa  Rica)  down  to  South 
Brazil  (Sao  Paulo,  Matto  Grosso)  and  Paraguay. 

6.  Xylopia  Benthamii  R.  E.  Fries,  var.  subnuda  R.  E.  Fries, 
Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  333.  1931. 

A  small  tree;  young  branchlets  slender,  with  sparse,  patent  hairs; 
leaves  8-10  cm.  long  and  2-2.5  cm.  broad,  membranaceous,  oblong- 
lanceolate,  rather  abruptly  contracted  into  a  long,  obtuse  cusp,  acute 
at  the  base,  glabrous  above;  young  leaves  with  long,  patent  hairs 
beneath,  soon  quite  glabrous;  flowers  clustered  on  the  trunk  or  old 
branches;  calyx  a  low  cup,  about  1  cm.  across,  the  teeth  hardly 
distinguishable;  petals  ligneous,  glabrous  and  blackening  when  dried, 
linear,  acute;  outer  petals  26-28  mm.  long  and  5-6  mm.  broad,  the 
inner  a  little  shorter  and  narrower;  monocarps  glabrous  and  obliquely 
striate,  oblong,  3.5  cm.  long  and  about  1.5  cm.  broad;  seeds  5-6. 

Loreto :  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  557,  type  of  the  variety. 
The  type  of  the  species  occurs  in  British  and  Dutch  Guiana,  Vene- 
zuela, and  Amazonian  Brazil.  The  Peruvian  variety  differs  in  its 
very  sparse  hairiness  and  its  larger  flowers. 

7.  Xylopia  peruviana  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  117. 
/.  10. 1930. 

Leaves  rigid,  elliptic,  short-cuspidate  at  the  apex,  short-acute  at 
the  base,  glabrous  above,  appressed-hairy  beneath  when  young, 
soon  glabrescent  and  very  densely  reticulate,  6-11  cm.  long  and  3-5 
cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary  in  the  axils  of  the  leaves,  on  pedicels  3-4 
mm.  long;  sepals  connate  to  the  middle,  4  mm.  long;  flower  buds 
conic,  densely  ferruginous-sericeous;  carpels  numerous;  monocarps 
obliquely  cylindric,  apiculate,  2  cm.  long;  seeds  4,  often  less. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  747 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Williams  6192,  6225;  Spruce  4166,  type. 
Yurimaguas,  Spruce  4598. 

8.  Xylopia  cuspidata  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  175. 
1927. 

A  large  tree,  the  branchlets  appressed-pilose,  ferruginous;  leaves 
large  (about  25  cm.  long  and  9  cm.  broad),  elliptic-oblong,  rounded 
or  very  shortly  acuminate  at  the  base,  rounded  at  the  apex,  and 
terminating  in  a  narrow  cusp  3-4  cm.  long,  glabrous  above,  thinly 
and  shortly  appressed-pilose  beneath;  flowers  solitary  on  old,  leafless 
branches;  calyx  cup-shaped,  3-4  mm.  high,  with  very  short  lobes; 
outer  petals  ovate- triangular,  acute,  sericeous;  inner  petals  lanceo- 
late, shorter  and  narrower;  carpels  numerous,  with  4-5  ovules; 
styles  and  stigmas  glabrous,  conglutinated ;  fruits  unknown.  Neg. 
14251. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Itaya,  Soledad,  Tessmann  5323,  type. 

9.  Xylopia  Poeppigii  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  121. 
1930.     Uvaria  ferruginea  Poepp.  in  sched. 

Young  branchlets  covered  with  long,  more  or  less  patent,  ferrugi- 
nous hairs;  leaves  about  22  cm.  long  and  7  cm.  broad,  membrana- 
ceous,  rounded  and  slightly  cordate  at  the  base,  abruptly  contracted 
at  the  apex  into  a  cusp  2  cm.  long  or  sometimes  longer,  glabrous 
above,  rather  densely  clothed  beneath  with  long,  appressed  hairs; 
flowers  solitary  on  short  pedicels;  sepals  long-connate,  ferruginous- 
hirsute  on  the  outside,  the  lobes  broadly  triangular,  acute;  petals 
thick,  ligneous,  the  outer  ovate- triangular,  20-22  mm.  long  and  about 
1  cm.  broad,  on  the  outside  densely  covered  with  silver-gray,  ap- 
pressed hairs;  inner  petals  a  little  shorter  and  narrower,  very  acute, 
keeled  along  the  back;  carpels  numerous,  with  glabrous  stigmas; 
ripe  fruits  not  known.  Neg.  14258. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Poeppig  2219,  type.  Yurimaguas,  Williams 
4105;  Killip  &  Smith  28199,  28732.  Balsapuerto,  King  3048; 
Killip  &  Smith  28391,  28612;  Kuhlmann  (Herb.  Rio  de  Janeiro 
24267}. 

This  species  is  very  closely  related  to  Xylopia  cuspidata;  further 
material  is  needed  to  decide  whether  the  two  species  may  be  kept 
separate. 

14.  ANAXAGOREA  St.  Hil. 

Small  trees  or  shrubs.  Flowers  small,  axillary,  sometimes  pro- 
duced on  the  older,  leafless  branches;  pedicels  bracteolate.  Sepals 
thin,  valvate  in  bud,  sometimes  connate  at  first  and  irregularly 


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splitting,  often  deciduous.  Petals  valvate,  all  rather  alike  but  the 
inner  mostly  a  little  smaller  and  thicker,  all  or  only  the  inner  keeled 
on  the  inner  surface  above  the  middle.  Stamens  several,  the  inner- 
most often  sterile;  connectives  of  the  fertile  stamens  not  forming  a 
disk  above  the  anthers,  but  elongated  into  a  ligule,  sometimes  very 
short.  Carpels  several,  with  2  basal,  erect  ovules.  Monocarps  free, 
dry,  stipitate,  club-shaped,  opening  along  the  inner  side.  Seeds  2, 
smooth  and  lustrous,  plane  on  one  side,  convex  on  the  other. — The 
genus  contains  19  species,  which  occupy  a  vast  region  from  Central 
America  to  South  Brazil,  centering  along  the  Amazon.  A  few  species 
are  native  of  tropical  Asia. 
Sepals  free  even  in  bud. 

Pedicels  15-25  mm.  long,  the  uppermost  bract  below  their  middle; 
outer  petals  not  keeled  on  the  inner  surface.  1.  A.  pachypetala. 

Pedicels  about  5  mm.  long,  the  uppermost  bract  at  their  top  close 
to  the  calyx;  all  petals  keeled  on  the  inner  side.  .2.  A.  minor. 
Sepals  connate  in  bud,  irregularly  splitting  and  soon  deciduous. 

Outer  petals  ovate-elliptic,  about  10  mm.  long. 3.  A.  megalophylla. 

Outer  petals  narrowly  lanceolate,  about  15  mm.  long. 

4.  A.  phaeocarpa. 
Insufficiently  known  species 5.  A.  pallida. 

1.  Anaxagorea  pachypetala  (Diels)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.   10:   175.   1931;   12:   10.   1934.     Oxandra  pachypetala  Diels, 
Notizbl.   Bot.   Gart.   Berlin  10:  173.   1927.     Guatteria  pachypetala 
Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  171.  1929. 

A  small  tree;  leaves  membranaceous,  glabrous,  oblong,  gradually 
attenuate  into  a  long,  narrow  cusp,  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  6-12 
cm.  long  and  1.5-3  cm.  broad;  petiole  4-6  mm.  long,  slender;  pedicels 
solitary,  slender  but  rigid,  1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  bearing  below  the  middle 
a  1.5-2  mm.  long  bract,  amplexicaul;  sepals  free,  ovate,  4-5  mm. 
long;  outer  petals  ovate,  rather  thick  but  not  keeled  on  the  inner 
side,  8-10  mm.  long;  inner  petals  rhombic-obovate,  keeled  above 
the  middle  on  the  inner  surface,  about  7  mm.  long;  connective 
scarcely  elongated  above  the  anther,  rounded-truncate.  Neg.  27517. 

Loreto:  Rio  Maranon,  at  the  mouth  of  Rio  Apaga,  Tessmann 
4893,  type. 

2.  Anaxagorea  minor  Diels  ex  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
12:  22.  /.  2,  a-e.  1934. 

A  small  tree  with  glabrous  young  branchlets;  leaves  on  petioles 
4-6  mm.  long,  thin,  glabrous,  oblong-elliptic,  sometimes  oblanceolate, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  749 

acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base,  more  or  less  abruptly  cuspidate 
at  the  apex,  12-16  cm.  long  and  3-5  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  axillary 
or  pseudoterminal,  few-  (or  one-)  flowered;  pedicels  about  5  mm. 
long,  rigid,  provided  with  a  collar-shaped  bract  close  to  the  calyx; 
sepals  not  connate,  ovate,  8-10  mm.  long;  petals  up  to  15  mm.  long, 
lanceolate-oblong,  thick,  and  all  keeled  on  the  inner  side  above 
the  middle;  connective  elongated  above  the  anther  to  a  ligule 
0.6  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  On  the  Rio  Nanay,  near  Altura,  Williams  849,  854  (type), 
855.  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28610. 

3.  Anaxagorea  megalophylla  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg. 
12:  20.  1934. 

A  small  tree,  6-9  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  ferruginous- 
tomentellous;  petioles  about  12  mm.  long;  lamina  membranaceous, 
very  large,  about  35  cm.  long  and  12-14  cm.  broad,  obovate  and 
abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into  a  cusp  3  cm.  long,  longer-attenu- 
ate and  decurrent  at  the  base,  glabrous  on  both  sides,  but  minutely 
puberulous  beneath  when  very  young,  especially  on  the  midrib; 
inflorescences  few-flowered;  pedicels  thick,  about  5  mm.  long;  sepals 
connate  in  bud,  splitting  irregularly;  petals  thick,  the  outer  elliptic 
and  not  keeled  on  the  inside,  the  inner  rhombic-obovate  and  keeled 
above  the  middle  on  the  inner  side. 

Peru(?):  Monterico,  Pearce,  type. 

4.  Anaxagorea  phaeocarpa  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  40.  1841, 
pro  parte;  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  21.  1934. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  rufous- tomentellous; 
leaves  membranaceous,  on  petioles  8-15  mm.  long,  glabrous  above, 
when  young  minutely  rufous-puberulous  beneath,  especially  on  the 
midrib,  finally  glabrate,  oblong  to  oblong-oblanceolate,  long-cuspi- 
date, rounded-acute  at  the  base  and  long-decurrent,  with  the  margins 
revolute,  up  to  25  cm.  long  and  9  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  1-4- 
fiowered,  produced  from  old  branches;  pedicels  1-1.5  cm.  long, 
thick,  provided  with  a  collar-shaped  bract  near  the  top;  sepals 
connate  in  bud,  splitting  irregularly;  petals  narrowly  lanceolate,  long- 
attenuate,  the  inner  keeled  on  the  inside,  14-18  mm.  long  and  4-6 
mm.  broad;  connective  elongate  above  the  anther  into  a  rounded- 
truncate  ligule  0.5-0.6  mm.  long.  Neg.  6494. 

Loreto:  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28529.  Also  in  Amazonian 
Brazil. 


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5.  Anaxagorea  pallida  Diels  is  an  incompletely  known  species 
from  Peru,  described  from  only  fruiting  material  (Notizbl.  Bot. 
Gart.  Berlin  11:  79.  1931).  Its  leaves  and  long  pedicels  are 
reminiscent  of  Anaxagorea  pachypetala,  its  leaf  shape  also  of 
A.  minor.  Since  the  flowers,  which  afford  the  best  specific  characters 
of  this  genus,  are  unknown,  it  is  hardly  possible  to  decide  the  specific 
status  of  this  plant. 

Known  only  from  Loreto:  Santa  Rosa  on  the  lower  Rio  Huallaga, 
Williams  4873,  type. 

15.  GUATTERIOPSIS  R.  E.  Fries 

Trees;  leaves  medium-sized  or  large,  oblong  to  oblanceolate. 
Flowers  axillary,  easily  detached;  pedicels  very  short,  articulate  above 
the  middle,  the  lower  part  bracteate,  the  upper  without  bracts. 
Sepals  and  petals  thick,  rigid,  valvate  in  bud,  the  petals  all  alike. 
Stamens  numerous;  connective  expanded  above  the  pollen  sacs  into 
a  truncate  disk.  Carpels  numerous;  ovule  solitary,  basal,  erect. 
Monocarps  free,  stipitate,  fusiform  or  elongate-ovoid,  dry,  one- 
seeded. — A  small  genus  of  4  species,  centering  in  Amazonian 
Brazil,  one  of  them  entering  Peru,  another  extending  south  to  Minas 
Geraes. 

1.  Guatteriopsis  sessiliflora  (Benth.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.  12:  109.  1934.  Annona  sessiliflora  Benth.  in  Hook.  Journ. 
Bot.  5:  8.  1853.  Guatteria  sessiliflora  Saff.  Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb. 
18:  6.  1914. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  6  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  appressed- 
hirsute,  strigose;  leaves  densely  verruculose  on  both  sides,  from  the 
beginning  glabrous  above,  at  first  densely  covered  with  appressed 
hairs  beneath,  but  finally  more  or  less  glabrescent,  oblong  or  oblong- 
lanceolate,  short-cuneate  and  decurrent  at  the  base,  abruptly  cuspi- 
date at  the  apex,  15-25  cm.  long  and  5-8  cm.  broad;  inflorescences 
axillary,  usually  2-flowered;  pedicels  about  4  mm.  long;  perianth 
covered  with  dense,  gray  hairs;  petals  11-15  mm.  long;  monocarps 
cylindric-obovoid,  rounded  at  the  apex,  about  17  mm.  long  and  7-8 
mm.  broad. 

Loreto:  Along  Rio  Maranon,  near  mouth  of  Rio  Tigre,  Killip 
&  Smith  27522.  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

16.  ANNONA  L. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  simple  or  stellate  hairs.  Flowers  solitary 
or  in  few-flowered  inflorescences,  terminal  or  opposite  the  leaves,  or 


FLORA  OF  PERU  751 

extra-axillary  from  the  internodes.  Sepals  valvate.  Petals  6,  free 
or  connate  at  the  base,  2-seriate,  or  the  inner  rudimentary  or  absent, 
the  outer  valvate,  the  inner  imbricate  or  valvate.  Stamens  numer- 
ous, the  connective  generally  terminating  in  a  swollen  head  or 
hoodlike  process  above  the  pollen  sacs.  Carpels  numerous;  ovule  1, 
basal,  erect.  Fruit  fleshy,  formed  by  the  concrescent  carpels  and 
torus,  usually  areolate  on  the  surface,  the  areoles  indicating  the 
united  carpels  and  often  gibbous  or  acuminate. — A  large  genus  of 
about  100  American  species;  also  in  tropical  Africa. 

Petals  free. 

Flower  buds  globose  to  ovoid;  outer  petals  round  to  ovate. 
Petals  6,  the  inner  imbricate,  of  about  the  same  size  as  the  outer. 
Leaves  glabrous  beneath,  at  least  when  mature,  with  minute 
pockets  or  pits  in  the  angles  between  the  midrib  and  the 
nerves. 
Outer  petals  abruptly  cuspidate;  fruit  with  upward-curved 

spines .  .  .  1.  A.  muricata. 

Outer  petals  gradually  narrowed  to  the  apex;  spines  of  the 

fruit  patent,  straight. 
Leaves  10-20  cm.  long,  their  pits  setulose;  fruit  large, 

up  to  15  cm.  across 2.  A.  montana. 

Leaves  6-10  cm.  long,  the  pits  glabrous;  fruit  small, 

3-6  cm.  long 3.  A.  deminuta. 

Leaves  softly  pubescent  beneath,  without  pits  or  pockets  in 

the  axils  of  the  lateral  nerves 4.  A.  excellens. 

Petals  3,  the  inner  absent  or,  rarely,  rudimentary,  very  minute. 
Leaves  softly  pubescent  beneath  with  patent  hairs. 
Sepals  small,  much  shorter  than  the  petals. 

Leaves   medium-sized,   3-6   cm.   broad;   sepals   shortly 
cuspidate;  fruits  with  appressed  points  on  the  areoles. 

5.  A.  scandens. 

Leaves  large,   7-12   cm.   broad;   sepals  long-cuspidate; 
fruits  with  patent,  usually  recurved  points  on  the 

areoles 6.  A.  cordifolia. 

Sepals  large,  broadly  ovate  and  nearly  as  long  as  the  petals. 

7.  A.  macrocalyx. 
Leaves  appressed-hairy  or  glabrous  beneath. 

Leaves  more  or  less  elliptic,  with  persistent  hairs  on  the 
lower  surface. .  .  .8.  A.  Tessmannii. 


752  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  oblong,  glabrous  beneath  when  mature. 

9.  A.  iquitensis. 
Flower  buds  elongate,  more  or  less  triquetrous-cylindrical;  outer 

petals  linear-oblong,  the  inner  rudimentary  or  absent. 
Leaves  appressed-hirsute  or  finally  quite  glabrous. 
Leaves  lanceolate-elliptic,  rounded  or  obtuse,  not  acuminate 

at  the  apex 10.  A.  squamosa. 

Leaves  lanceolate,  acuminate 11.  A.  reticulata. 

Leaves  with  soft,  patent,  persistent  pubescence  beneath. 

12.  A.  Cherimolia. 
Petals  connate  at  the  base. 

Flower  buds  globose;  outer  petals  round  to  ovate,  up  to  7  mm. 

long;  leaves  less  than  12  cm.  long. 
Leaves  obovate  to  elliptic,  short-acuminate;  inner  petals  nearly 

as  long  as  the  outer 13.  A.  Duckei. 

Leaves  lanceolate,  long  and  gradually  attenuate  at  the  apex; 
inner  petals  reduced,  about  1  mm.  long  and  much  shorter 

than  the  outer 14.  A.  neglecta. 

Flower  buds  elongate-conic;  outer  petals  oblong,  15-25  mm.  long; 
leaves  15-25  cm.  long 15.  A.  Ambotay. 

1.  Annona  muricata  L.  Sp.  PI.  536.  1753.  A.  Bonplandiana 
HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  58.  1821.  A.  cearensis  Barb.  Rodr.  PL 
Nuev.  Cult.  Jard.  Bot.  Rio  Jan.  6:  3.  pi.  2.  1898.  A.  macrocarpa 
Werckle",  Tropenpflanzer  428.  1903.  A.  muricata  L.  var.  borinquensis 
Morales,  Fl.  Arb.  Cub.  60.  1887.  Guanabanus  muricatus  Gomez,  Fl. 
Haban.  114.  1897. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  8  meters  high,  with  ferruginous-sericeous 
branchlets;  leaves  rather  thin,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  sericeous 
beneath  when  young,  soon  glabrate  and  olivaceous,  with  small, 
pocket-shaped,  hairy  pits  in  the  nerve  angles,  obovate  or,  rarely, 
oblong,  shortly  and  obtusely  acute  at  the  apex,  rounded-acute  at 
the  base,  8-12  cm.  long;  flowers  solitary,  on  ferruginous-sericeous 
pedicels  1.5-2  cm.  long;  outer  petals  cordate  at  the  base,  rounded- 
ovate  and  abruptly  cuspidate,  2.5-3.5  cm.  long;  fruit  large,  attaining 
15-20  cm.,  ovoid  or  oblong-ovoid,  dark  green,  bearing  numerous  long, 
up-curved  spines. 

A  cultivated  species  with  edible  fruits;  probably  native  of  the 
West  Indies.  Specimens  seen  from:  Loreto,  Ule  6522;  Caballo-cocha, 
Williams  2399. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  753 

2.  Annona    montana    Macfad.  Fl.  Jam.  1:  7.  1837;  emend. 
R.  E.  Fries.    A.  muricata  Veil.  Fl.  Flum.  5:  pi.  126.  1827  (non  L.). 
A.  muricata  L.  var.  0  Dun.  Monogr.  Anon.  63.  1817.    A.  Marcgravii 
Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  5.  1841.    A.  Pisonis  Mart.  op.  cit.  5.    A. 
sphaerocarpa  Splitg.  Tijdsch.  Nat.  Gesch.  9:  96.  1842. 

A  small  or  medium-sized,  glabrous  tree;  leaves  chartaceous, 
lustrous  and  glabrous  above  even  when  young,  at  first  very  shortly 
grayish-sericeous  beneath,  soon  glabrate,  obovate  or  elliptic,  shortly 
and  obtusely  cuspidate,  acute  at  the  base,  10-20  cm.  long  and  4-8  cm. 
broad,  the  pits  in  the  nerve  angles  of  the  lower  surface  rather  large, 
more  or  less  rounded  and  ciliate;  outer  petals  broadly  ovate,  gradu- 
ally attenuate  but  not  cuspidate,  2-3  cm.  long;  fruit  globose  to  ovoid- 
globose,  up  to  15  cm.  in  diameter,  with  short,  straight  prickles. 

Loreto:  Caballo-cocha  on  the  Amazon  River,  Williams  2400. 
Iquitos,  Williams  3687.  Yurimaguas,  Williams  3818,  4450. — San 
Martin:  Tarapoto,  Williams  5438,  5545.  Chazuta,  Rio  Huallaga, 
Klug  3973.  "Huanabana"  or  also  "chirimoya"  (this  name  generally 
used  for  Annona  Cherimolia).  Distributed  over  a  large  area,  from 
the  West  Indies  to  South  Brazil.  As  it  is  taken  here,  "sensu  lato," 
it  contains  several  not  sharply  defined  forms,  which  can  hardly  be 
regarded  as  different  species. 

3.  Annona  deminuta  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  212. 
/.  14,  a-d.  1934. 

A  shrub  with  glabrous  branchlets;  leaves  small,  on  petioles  5-6 
mm.  long,  chartaceous,  glabrous  when  mature,  glossy  above,  oliva- 
ceous beneath,  with  small  but  deep,  round  pits  without  hairs,  obovate 
or  broadly  oblanceolate,  cuneate  to  the  acute  or  rarely  rounded- 
acute  base,  abruptly  contracted  at  the  apex  into  an  obtuse  cusp  5-10 
mm.  long,  6-10  cm.  long  and  2-4.5  cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary,  on 
pedicels  12-15  mm.  long;  outer  petals  broadly  ovate,  gradually 
narrowed  to  the  apex,  shortly  ferruginous-sericeous  outside,  about  20 
mm.  long;  fruit  globose-ovoid,  3-6  cm.  long  and  3-4.5  cm.  in  diam- 
eter, with  straight,  conic  prickles  3-4  mm.  long. 

San  Martin:  Alto  Rio  Huallaga,  Tarapoto,  Williams  5579,  type; 
6862. 

4.  Annona    excellens    R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  215. 
pi.  10.  1931. 

A  small  tree;  young  branchlets  densely  ferruginous- tomentose; 
petiole  about  1  cm.  long;  lamina  coriaceous,  elliptic  to  oblong-elliptic, 
shortly  acute  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  rounded  or  very  shortly  acute 


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at  the  base,  glabrous  above  and  covered  with  a  rufous-gray,  persistent 
pubescence  beneath,  15-21  cm.  long  and  6-9  cm.  broad;  inflores- 
cences few-flowered,  sessile,  issuing  from  the  middle  of  the  internode 
above  the  axil;  pedicels  about  1.5  cm.  long;  outer  petals  rounded- 
ovate,  acute,  pale  ferruginous-sericeous  outside,  2.5-3  cm.  long; 
inner  petals  obovate,  with  dorsal  keel,  rounded  at  the  apex  and 
contracted  to  the  base,  about  2.5  cm.  long;  stamens  5  mm.  long. 
Loreto:  Seringal  Auristella,  Rio  Acre,  Ule  9374,  type.  Also 
in  western  Amazonian  Brazil  (Rio  Jurua). 

5.  Annona  scandens  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 134. 
1905. 

A  climbing  shrub  with  tomentellous  branchlets;  petiole  5-8  mm. 
long,  issuing  from  the  top  of  a  prominent  little  knob,  the  lamina 
broadly  elliptic  to  obovate,  truncate  to  rounded  at  the  base,  shortly 
acute  or  rounded  at  the  apex,  finally  glabrous  on  the  upper  side  except 
on  the  midrib,  paler  and  glaucous  and  softly  hirsute  beneath,  7-12  cm. 
long  and  3-6  cm.  broad;  flowers  solitary,  on  pedicels  1-2  cm.  long; 
petals  3,  thick,  rigid,  ovate,  about  2  cm.  long,  tomentellous  out- 
side; fruit  elongate  to  cylindric,  gray- tomentellous,  up  to  5  cm. 
long  and  1.5-2  cm.  in  diameter,  the  areoles  elongate,  ending  in  an 
appressed  cusp. 

San  Martin:  Near  Tarapoto,  Ule  6521,  type;  Williams  5431, 
5829,  6737.  San  Roque,  Williams  7395.  "Anonilla." 

6.  Annona   cordifolia   Poepp.  ex   Szyszyl.  Diss.  Math.  Nat. 
Acad.  Litt.  Cracov.  27:  140.  1894.  Rollinia  cordifolia  Szyszyl.  loc. 
cit.     Annona  scandens   Diels  var.  polychyla  Diels,   Notizbl.   Bot. 
Gart.  Berlin  11:86.  1931. 

A  shrub,  climbing  up  to  15  meters,  the  young  branchlets  densely 
fulvous-tomentose;  petiole  10-13  mm.  long,  rarely  shorter,  issuing 
from  the  top  of  a  prominent  little  knob,  the  lamina  elliptic  or  nearly 
orbicular,  rounded  or  shortly  acute  at  the  apex,  rounded  and  often 
a  little  emarginate  at  the  base,  finally  glabrous  above  except  on  the 
nerves,  thinly  and  softly  tomentose  and  glaucous  beneath,  15-25 
cm.  long  and  7-12  cm.  broad;  pedicels  3-4  cm.  long;  sepals  abruptly 
ending  in  a  long,  filiform  cusp;  petals  3,  broadly  ovate,  about  1.5  cm. 
long;  fruit  ellipsoid  to  cylindric,  grayish-hirsute,  4-5  cm.  long  and 
2-3  cm.  broad,  the  areoles  prominent,  tapering  into  more  or  less 
recurved  cusps. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  near  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2090,  type.  Yuri- 
maguas,  Killip  &  Smith  28715;  Williams  3810,  3846,  4197,  4757. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  755 

7.  Annona  macrocalyx  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  246. 
pi.  17. 1931. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  5  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  pale 
ferruginous- tomentose;  leaves  elliptic,  rounded  or  shortly  acute  at 
the  base,  shortly  and  broadly  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  10-14  cm.  long 
and  4-6.5  cm.  broad,  at  first  softly  hairy  but  finally  glabrescent 
above,  gray- tomentose  beneath;  flowers  solitary,  issuing  from 
about  the  middle  of  the  internode  below  a  leaf;  pedicels  13-20  mm. 
long,  bearing  near  the  base  (below  the  articulation)  a  lanceolate, 
curved  bract  1  cm.  long,  and  higher  up  a  second  bract  of  the  same 
length;  sepals  exceptionally  large,  broadly  ovate,  acute,  tomentose 
outside,  12-15  mm.  long  and  10-12  mm.  broad;  petals  3,  rounded- 
ovate,  15-18  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Masisea,  Killip  &  Smith  26860,  type. 

8.  Annona  Tessmannii  Diels,  Notizbl.   Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
140. 1924. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  shortly  appressed- 
sericeous;  leaves  on  petioles  7-10  mm.  long,  elliptic,  usually  rounded 
at  the  base,  shortly  acute,  rarely  cuspidate,  at  first  soft-hirsute  above 
but  finally  glabrous  and  lustrous,  paler  and  covered  with  short, 
appressed  hairs  on  the  lower  surface,  8-15  cm.  long  and  4-8  cm. 
broad;  inflorescences  generally  many-flowered,  short-pedunculate; 
pedicels  1-2.5  cm.  long,  rigid;  sepals  about  2  mm.  long;  petals  3, 
thick,  rigid,  broadly  ovate,  1.5-2  cm.  long;  fruit  ovoid,  4  cm.  long 
(not  fully  developed?),  with  numerous  conic  protuberances  on  the 
surface.  Neg.  27524. 

Loreto:  Near  Yurimaguas,  Rio  Paranapura,  Mexia  6070.  Rio 
Ucayali,  Amaquiria,  Tessmann  3367,  type.  La  Victoria,  Williams 
2853.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2305,  2418.  Pebas,  Williams  1842. 
Iquitos,  Tessmann  5076.  Iquitos,  Rancho  Indiana,  on  the  left 
bank  of  Rio  Maranon,  Mexia  6429.  Leticia,  Wittiams  3048.  Rio 
Putumayo,  Klug  1621.  Also  in  western  Amazonian  Brazil. 

9.  Annona  iquitensis  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  10:  251. 
1931. 

A  tree;  leaves  rigid,  chartaceous,  oblong  or  narrowly  oblong- 
obovate,  rarely  elliptical-oblong,  rounded  at  the  base  and  abruptly 
contracted  at  the  apex  into  a  blunt  cusp  about  1  cm.  long,  pale 
green,  glabrous,  and  smooth  above,  a  little  paler  beneath  and  quite 
glabrous,  at  least  when  mature,  10-16  cm.  long  and  3.5-4.5  cm. 
broad;  flowers  solitary,  terminal,  on  pedicels  about  2  cm.  long; 


756  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

sepals   6-7   mm.    long,    rounded-triangular,    acuminate;    petals   3, 
broadly  ovate,  13-15  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  2984-8,  type. 

10.  Annona  squamosa  L.  Sp.  PI.  537.  1753.    A.  cinerea  Dun. 
Monogr.  Anon.  71.  pi.  8.  1817.     Xylopia  frutescens  Sieb.  ex  Presl  in 
Oken,  Isis  21:  273. 1828  (non  Aubl.).   Guanabanus  squamosus  Gomez, 
Fl.  Haban.  114.  1897. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  5  meters  high;  leaves  membranaceous,  elliptic 
or  lanceolate,  shortly  and  obtusely  acute,  often  glaucous  beneath 
and  finally  quite  or  nearly  glabrous,  5-11  cm.  long  and  2-5  cm. 
broad;  inflorescences  1-few-flowered;  pedicels  glabrous  or  slightly 
pubescent,  1-2  cm.  long;  outer  petals  linear-oblong,  obtuse,  often 
narrowed  to  the  base,  1.5-3  cm.  long;  inner  petals  rudimentary, 
about  1  mm.  long;  fruit  globose-ovoid,  glabrous,  more  or  less  glaucous 
at  first,  8-9  cm.  in  diameter,  the  fruiting  carpels  loosely  cohering, 
rounded  at  the  extremities. 

I  have  not  seen  any  specimen  from  Peru,  but  the  species  is  certainly 
cultivated  here  and  there  in  the  country  for  its  edible,  delicious  fruit. 

11.  Annona  reticulata  L.  Sp.  PI.  537.  1753.    A.   Humboldtii 
Dun.   Monogr.  Anon.   64.  pi.  3.   1817.     A.    Humboldtiana  HBK. 
Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  56.  1821  (ubique  flore  excl.).    A.  laevis  HBK. 
op.  cit.  60.    A.  excelsa  HBK.  op.  cit.  59.    A.  riparia  HBK.  op.  cit. 
59.    A.  longifolia  Sesse"  &  Moc.  Fl.  Mex.  146.  1887. 

A  small  tree,  up  to  8  meters  high;  leaves  rigidly  membranaceous, 
at  first  appressed-hirsute,  especially  on  the  nerves,  finally  glabrous, 
lanceolate  to  oblong-lanceolate,  gradually  long-acuminate,  10-20  cm. 
long,  2-5  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  issuing  from  the  middle  of  the 
internodes,  rarely  opposite  the  leaves,  many-flowered;  outer  petals 
linear-oblong,  obtuse,  keeled  on  the  inside,  1.5-2,  rarely  2.5  cm.  long; 
inner  petals  very  small,  scale-like;  fruit  globose-ovoid,  9-10  cm.  in 
diameter,  smooth,  with  the  surface  divided  into  rhomboid  or  hexag- 
onal areoles  by  impressed  lines,  reddish  or  reddish  brown  when  ripe. 

Cajamarca(?) :  Rio  Huancabamba,  near  Colasai,  Humboldt  & 
Bonpland  3583.  Prov.  Jae"n,  Pueblo  de  Perico,  on  the  shore  of  Rio 
Chinchipe,  Raimondi  2247.  Bahia  Grande,  Raimondi  12996. 
Probably  native  of  the  West  Indies,  now  cultivated  in  many  tropical 
countries  for  its  edible  fruit. 

12.  Annona  Cherimolia  Mill.  Gard.  Diet.  ed.  8.  No.  5.  1768. 
A.  tripetala  Ait.  Hort.  Kew.  2:  252.  1789.     A.  pubescens  Salisb. 
Prodr.  380.  1796. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  757 

A  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  fulvous-tomentose;  leaves 
membranaceous,  nearly  glabrous  above,  persistently  tomentose 
beneath  with  soft,  patent  hairs,  elliptic,  shortly  acute  at  the  apex, 
rounded  or  cuneate  at  the  base,  8-12  cm.  long  and  4-6  cm.  broad, 
sometimes  larger;  flowers  generally  issuing  from  near  the  base  of 
the  branchlets,  1-2;  pedicels  tomentose,  8-12  mm.  long;  outer 
petals  linear,  obtuse,  rufous-tomentellous  outside,  1.5-2.5  mm.  long; 
inner  petals  rudimentary;  fruit  more  or  less  ovoid,  heart-shaped, 
green. 

Without  locality:  Pavon;  Dombey  603;  Raimondi  8614,  8620.— 
Lima:  Lima,  Raimondi  9908. — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews. 
Native  of  the  borders  of  Ecuador  and  Peru,  where  it  grows  at 
an  elevation  of  1,400-2,000  meters;  often  cultivated  for  its  delicate 
fruit. 

13.  Annona  Duckei  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  86. 
1931. 

A  tree  or  shrub,  the  young  branchlets  slightly  sericeous;  leaves 
glabrous  above,  paler  and  thinly  appressed-hairy  beneath,  obovate 
or  elliptic,  acute  or  rounded  at  the  base  and  shortly  decurrent  on  the 
(5-7  mm.  long)  petiole,  short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  4-10  cm.  long 
and  3.5-5.5  cm.  broad;  flowers  issuing  a  little  below  a  leaf;  pedicels 
slender,  slightly  sericeous,  about  1  cm.  long;  flower  buds  depressed- 
globose,  about  1  cm.  in  diameter;  sepals  almost  entirely  connate; 
outer  petals  7  mm.  long,  connate  about  half  their  length,  rounded- 
ovate,  thinly  and  shortly  sericeous;  inner  petals  nearly  as  long  as  the 
outer;  fruit  depressed-globose,  3-4  cm.  in  diameter,  the  areoles  flat 
or  slightly  umbonate-apiculate.  Neg.  22519. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Ducke  7609,  type. 

14.  Annona  neglecta  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  278. 
1937.    A.  axillaris  R.  &  P.  in  sched. 

A  tree  or  shrub,  the  slender  branchlets  rufous-sericeous  when 
young;  petiole  5-8  mm.  long,  slender;  lamina  lanceolate,  acute 
at  the  base,  longer  and  rather  gradually  attenuate  to  the  obtuse 
apex,  7-12  cm.  long  and  2-3.5  cm.  broad,  with  scattered  short 
white  hairs  on  the  upper  surface  when  young,  finally  quite  glabrous, 
paler  beneath  and  shortly  appressed-hairy;  inflorescences  2-4- 
flowered,  extra-axillary;  pedicels  slender,  rufous-sericeous,  8-15  mm. 
long;  flower  buds  depressed-globose,  about  5  mm.  in  diameter; 
sepals  1.5  mm.  long,  nearly  free;  outer  petals  thick,  rounded,  rufous- 


758  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

sericeous  on  the  outside,  4  mm.  long,  the  inner  petals  about  1  mm. 
long;  stamens  0.5-0.8  mm.  long.    Neg.  14239. 

Huanuco:  Vitoc,  Ruiz,  type. 

15.  Annona  Ambotay  Aubl.  Hist.  PI.  Guian.  1:  616.  pi.  249. 
1775. 

A  small  tree,  but  also  stated  to  be  a  robust,  climbing  shrub, 
the  young  branchlets  densely  ferruginous-tomentose;  leaves  on 
petioles  7-10  mm.  long,  large,  membranaceous,  when  young  hairy 
above  and  sometimes  lustrous,  finally  glabrous,  with  the  midrib 
and  nerves  tomentose,  glaucous  beneath  when  young,  and  clothed 
with  soft,  patent,  finally  more  or  less  evanescent  hairs,  obovate, 
elliptic,  or  oblong-lanceolate,  short-acute  or  sometimes  rounded  at 
the  base,  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  15-25  cm.  long  and  5-12  cm.  broad; 
inflorescences  few-  to  many-flowered,  sessile,  opposite  the  leaves 
or  from  near  the  middle  of  the  internodes,  often  long-persistent  on 
leafless  branches;  pedicels  about  5  mm.  long,  rarely  longer;  sepals 
2  mm.  long;  outer  petals  oblong,  obtuse,  outside  ferruginous-tomen- 
tellous,  15-25  mm.  long,  connate  at  the  base  for  about  5  mm.; 
inner  petals  half  as  long,  linear- triangular;  fruit  globular,  3-4  cm. 
in  diameter,  the  areoles  not  obvious. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  958.  Also  in  Amazonian 
Brazil  and  French  Guiana,  whence  the  type. 

The  species  is  here  taken  in  a  wide  sense,  comprising  a  number 
of  forms  which  may  eventually  be  found  to  represent  different  species 
or  varieties  when  more  material  is  accessible.  The  Peruvian  speci- 
men is  characterized  by  its  very  glossy  leaves,  with  few  hairs  on  the 
lower  surface,  except  on  the  nerves. 

Annona  peruviana  Humb.  et  Bonpl.  ex  Dun.  (Monogr.  Anon.  67. 
1817)  is  a  synonym  of  A.  glabra  L.  (A.  palustris  L.).  The  type  was 
collected  at  Guayaquil  in  Ecuador  (Humboldt  &  Bonpland  3804), 
and  the  species  has  never  been  recorded  from  Peru.  A.  glabra  grows 
in  humid  forests  near  the  sea  and  in  mangrove  swamps,  and  is  charac- 
terized by  large,  ovate-elliptic,  quite  glabrous  leaves,  without  pits 
on  the  lower  surface,  by  large  flowers  with  6  free  petals,  and  globose- 
ovoid,  smooth  fruit  7-12  cm.  long  with  inconspicuous  areoles. 

17.  ROLLINIA  St.  Hil. 

Trees  or  shrubs.  Flowers  opposite  the  leaves  or  extra-axillary 
from  the  internodes;  pedicels  articulate,  with  bracts  at  the  base  and 
usually  above  the  articulation.  Sepals  small,  valvate.  Petals 


FLORA  OF  PERU  759 

valvate,  connate  at  the  base,  the  outer  produced  into  a  wing  or  spur. 
Stamens  numerous,  the  connective  expanded  and  truncate  above  the 
anther.  Carpels  several  to  numerous,  united  in  fruit;  ovule  solitary, 
basal,  erect. — Closely  related  to  the  genus  Annona,  but  differing  by 
the  presence  of  wings  or  spurs  on  the  petals.  A  large  genus  of 
56  species,  distributed  from  Central  America  and  the  West  Indies 
to  southern  Brazil  and  northern  Argentina. 
Sepals  more  or  less  concave,  the  midrib  thickened  and  keeled  on  the 

outside. 
Leaves  with  appressed  hairs  beneath. 

Petal  wings  oblong,  of  the  same  breadth  throughout  or  slightly 

widened  toward  the  apex. 

Leaves  oblong;  petal  wings  straight  or  only  slightly  recurved. 
Young  branchlets  densely  ferruginous- tomentellous;  petal 
wings  obliquely  spreading,  4-6  mm.  broad. 

2.  R.  rigidiflora. 
Young  branchlets  nearly  glabrous,  with  a  few  appressed 

hairs;  petal  wings  very  divergent,  about  3  mm.  broad. 

3.  R.  peruviana. 
Leaves  more  or  less  elliptic;  petal  wings  recurved. 

4.  R.  jucunda. 
Petal  wings  large,  from  a  narrow  base  cuneate-obovate. 

5.  R.  papilionella. 

Leaves  with  patent,  soft  hairs  beneath 6.  R.  insignis. 

Sepals  thin,  flat,  not  keeled. 

Flowers  usually  2  or  more;  pedicels  bracteate  above  the  articula- 
tion. 
Fruit  large,  up  to  10  cm.  long  (edible) ;  petal  wings  more  than 

1  cm.  long 1.  R.  mucosa. 

Fruit  small  (where  known,  1-3  cm.  in  diameter);  petal  wings 

less  than  1  cm.  long. 
Petal    wings    flat,    cuneate-obovate    or    orbicular    from    a 

narrow  base. 
Inflorescences  1-2-flowered;  ovaries  glabrous. 

7.  R.  occidentalis. 

Inflorescences  5-6-flowered;  ovaries  hairy 8.  R.  Ulei. 

Petal  wings  shortly  rounded  to  oblong  from  a  broad  base, 

horizontal  or  curved  upward. 

Petal  wings  ferruginous-tomentellous,  curving  upward  from 
a  horizontal  base 9.  R.  curvipetala. 


760  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Wings  gray-tomentellous,  horizontal,  straight. 

10.  R.  pachyptera. 
Wings  narrow,  spurlike,  not  narrowed  to  the  base,  deflexed. 

11.  R.  centrantha. 
Flowers  solitary;  pedicels  naked  above  the  articulation. 

Leaves  gradually  narrowed  to  the  base;  petal  wings  shortly 
oblong 12.  R.  uniflora. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  base  or  shortly  acute;  wings  very  shortly 

semicircular 13.  R.  sphaerantha. 

Insufficiently  known  species  (flowers  unknown) .  .  14.  R.  microcarpa. 

1.  Rollinia  mucosa  (Jacq.)  Baill.  Adansonia  8:  268.  1868. 
Anona  mucosa  Jacq.  Obs.  1:  16.  1764.  A.  reticulata  L.  /3  mucosa 
Willd.  Sp.  PI.  2:  1266.  1800.  A.  obtusiflora  Tuss.  Fl.  Antill.  1:  191. 
1808.  A.  biflora  R.  &  P.  in  sched.,  sec.  G.  Don,  Gen.  Syst.  1:  91. 
1831.  R.  biflora  G.  Don,  op.  cit.  91.  R.  Sieberi  A.  DC.  Me"m.  Soc. 
Phys.  Geneve  5:  200. 1832.  A.  reticulata  Sieb.  ex  A.  DC.  op.  cit.  200. 

A  small  tree  with  grayish-ferruginous-sericeous  branchlets;  leaves 
with  soft,  patent  hairs  above,  glabrescent  except  on  the  midrib  and 
thicker  nerves,  densely  appressed-hairy  beneath,  but  finally  thinly 
sericeous,  elliptic  to  oblong-elliptic  or  lanceolate,  shortly  acute  or 
rarely  rounded  at  the  base,  usually  longer  and  gradually  narrowed 
at  the  apex,  12-25  cm.  long  and  3-9  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  1-3- 
or,  more  rarely,  many-flowered;  pedicels  up  to  5-6  cm.  long,  often 
shorter;  corolla  2-3.5  cm.  across,  tomentellous;  wings  not  thickened, 
spreading  and  often  curved  upward  a  little  or  horizontal,  cuneate- 
obovate  or  oblong;  fruit  edible,  globose,  up  to  10  cm.  in  diameter; 
areoles  produced  into  conic  tubercles. 

This  species  is  often  cultivated  for  its  edible  fruit.  I  have  seen 
Peruvian  specimens  (all  cultivated?)  from  the  following  localities: 

Without  definite  locality:  Herb.  Pawn  (type  of  Annona  biflora 
and  Rollinia  biflora).  Sarayaco,  Raimondi  987, 12842.  San  Antonio 
de  Tinga  Maria,  Raimondi  12838. — Loreto:  Iquitos,  cultivated, 
Ducke  (Herb.  Rio  de  Janeiro  24178). — San  Martin:  San  Roque, 
abandoned  land,  Williams  7127. 

la.  Rollinia  mucosa  var.  neglecta  R.  E.  Fries,  comb.  nov. 
R.  neglecta  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  124.  1934. 

An  insufficiently  known  form,  characterized  by  stiff,  straight 
and  finally  reflexed  pedicels,  by  pale  grayish-tomentose  flowers,  and 
strictly  horizontal  wings,  of  the  same  breadth  throughout. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  in  forest,  Klug  333. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  761 

Ib.  Rollinia  mucosa  subsp.  aequatorialis  R.  E.  Fries,  op.  cit. 
123. 

Leaves  very  thin,  membranaceous,  on  the  fertile  branchlets  more 
or  less  obovate,  with  unusually  sharp  points,  cuneate  and  decurrent 
at  the  base;  petal  wings  narrow,  spreading  horizontally. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  27231.  Also  in  western  Amazo- 
nian Brazil. 

Rollinia  orthopetala  A.  DC.  (Mem.  Soc.  Phys.  Geneve  5:  200. 
1832)  is  closely  related  to  R.  mucosa  and  differs  chiefly  in  the  erect 
and  incurved  petal  wings.  It  is  native  of  British  Guiana  and  the 
Brazilian  state  Para,  and  has  also  been  collected  by  Poeppig,  1830-31, 
in  the  gardens  of  the  Indian  missions  at  Yurimaguas  and  Tocache 
(Poeppig  D2004). 

2.  Rollinia  rigidiflora  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  154. 
/.  9,  a.  1934. 

A  tree,  about  8  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  densely 
ferruginous- tomentellous;  leaves  on  petioles  5-8  mm.  long,  glabrous 
above,  sparsely  clothed  beneath  with  minute,  appressed  hairs,  oblong 
to  oblong-lanceolate  or  narrowly  ovate,  rounded  at  the  base,  gradually 
narrowed  at  the  apex,  8-16  cm.  long  and  3-5  cm.  broad;  inflorescences 
1-2-flowered,  short-pedunculate,  the  pedicels  ferruginous-sericeous, 
1.5-3.5  cm.  long;  sepals  2-3  mm.  long;  corolla  18-22  mm.  across, 
ferruginous-tomentellous;  wings  obliquely  spreading,  thick  and  rigid, 
oblong  and  sometimes  a  little  widened  toward  the  rounded  apex, 
8-11  mm.  long  and  4-6  mm.  broad. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Yurimaguas,  Fortaleza,  Williams 
3886,  type;  444-2.  Yurimaguas,  El  Recreo,  Williams  4163. — San 
Martin:  Pongo  de  Cainarachi,  Rio  Cainarachi,  tributary  of  Rio 
Huallaga,  King  2716. 

3.  Rollinia  peruviana  Diels,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
135.  1905. 

A  small  tree  or  shrub,  3-9  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets 
nearly  glabrous;  leaves  on  petioles  5-6  mm.  long,  sparsely  white- 
hairy  above  when  young,  soon  glabrescent,  paler  and  subglaucous 
beneath,  with  a  few  short,  appressed  hairs,  lanceolate  or  lanceolate- 
oblong,  very  shortly  acute  or  rounded  at  the  base,  gradually  narrowed 
at  the  apex,  8-15  cm.  long  and  2-3.5  cm.  broad;  inflorescences 
1-2-flowered,  the  pedicels  up  to  3  cm.  long;  corolla  18-20  mm. 
across,  yellowish-gray-tomentellous;  wings  narrowly  oblong,  not 


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widened  toward  the  apex,  spreading  and  a  little  recurved,  about  10 
mm.  long  and  3-3.5  mm.  broad.    Neg.  14279. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6426,  type. — Rio  Acre:  Monte 
Alegre,  Seringal  San  Francisco  (Peru?),  Ule  9370. 

4.  Roll  in  ia  jucunda  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  177. 
1927. 

A  tree  about  7  meters  high;  petioles  1-1.3  cm.  long;  lamina 
glabrous  above,  cinnamomeous  beneath  and  thinly  clothed  with 
short  appressed  lustrous  hairs,  elliptic  or  elongate-elliptic,  shortly 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  short-acute  at  the  base,  10-17  cm.  long  and 
4-6  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  generally  2-flowered;  pedicels  straight, 
rigid,  ferruginous-sericeous,  1.5-1.8  cm.  long;  sepals  2.5-3  mm.  long; 
corolla  ferruginous-tomentellous,  the  wings  oblong,  rounded  at  the 
apex,  recurved  from  the  horizontal  base,  10-13  mm.  long  and  4-7  mm. 
broad.  Neg.  14270. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5341,  type. 

5.  Rollinia  papilionella  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
176.  1927. 

A  large  tree,  up  to  30  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  very 
shortly  tomentellous;  leaves  on  petioles  12-18  mm.  long,  rigid,  gla- 
brous and  lustrous  above,  densely  sericeous  beneath  with  short, 
appressed,  cinnamomeous  hairs,  ovate-elliptic,  short-acuminate  at 
the  apex,  rounded  at  the  base,  10-20  cm.  long  and  5-8  cm.  broad; 
inflorescences  up  to  5-flowered;  pedicels  2.5-3  cm.  long;  sepals  very 
short  (1.5  mm.  long  and  3-4  mm.  broad);  corolla  ferruginous-tomen- 
tellous, the  wings  thin,  flat,  obliquely  spreading,  obovate,  broadly 
rounded  at  the  apex,  18-23  mm.  long  and  12-13  mm.  broad.  Neg. 
14277. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  upper  Maranon,  Tessmann 
4664,  type. 

6.  Rollinia  insignis  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.   12:    161. 
pi.  17.  1934. 

A  tree,  up  to  15  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets  densely 
ferruginous- tomentose;  leaves  rigid,  on  petioles  12-15  mm.  long, 
glabrous  above  except  on  the  midrib  and  larger  nerves,  glaucous 
beneath  and  covered  with  patent,  crisp,  rufous  hairs,  broadly  elliptic 
to  elliptic-obovate,  rather  abruptly  cuspidate,  rounded  at  the  base, 
15-25  cm.  long  and  8-12  cm.  broad;  inflorescences  about  5-flowered; 
pedicels  1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  thick,  rigid;  sepals  about  3-4  mm.  long 


FLORA  OF  PERU  763 

and  5  mm.  broad;  corolla  ferruginous-tomentellous,  the  wings  spread- 
ing, not  thickened,  cuneate-obovate,  with  rounded  apex,  17-18  mm. 
long  and  about  8-10  mm.  broad  when  fully  developed. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  on  the  Amazon,  in  forest,  Williams  2685, 
type.  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

7.  Rollinia  occidentalis  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  165. 
pi.  18.  1934. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  up  to  8  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets 
sericeous;  leaves  on  petioles  6-10  mm.  long,  membranaceous,  quite 
glabrous  above  even  when  young,  glaucous  beneath  and  clothed 
with  golden  ferruginous,  appressed  hairs,  soon  more  or  less  glabres- 
cent,  lanceolate  or  elliptic,  acute  at  the  base  and  gradually  narrowed 
into  an  obtuse  apex,  5-10  cm.  long  and  1.5-4  cm.  broad;  inflorescences 
1-2-flowered,  the  pedicels  5-6  mm.  long,  in  fruiting  stage  reaching 
8-10  mm.;  sepals  appressed;  corolla  about  15  mm.  across;  wings 
thin,  membranaceous,  minutely  gray-tomentellous,  obovate-orbicu- 
lar,  narrowed  at  the  base,  7-9  mm.  long  and  5-8  mm.  broad;  fruit 
globose,  smooth  and  glabrous,  1.5  cm.  in  diameter. 

Peru :  Santa  Ana,  in  woods,  Pearce.  Also  recorded  from  northern 
Argentina. 

8.  Rollinia   Ulei   Diels,   Verh.   Bot.   Ver.   Brandenb.  47:   136. 
1905. 

A  shrub  about  4  meters  high,  the  branchlets  soon  glabrescent; 
petioles  slender  and  relatively  long  (1-1.5  cm.);  lamina  lustrous  on 
both  sides,  quite  glabrous  above,  very  thinly  appressed-hairy  beneath 
or  nearly  glabrous,  lanceolate  to  lanceolate-oblong  or  narrowly 
elliptic,  acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base  and  gradually  narrowed 
at  the  apex  into  an  obtuse  point,  10-15  cm.  long  and  4-5  cm.  broad; 
inflorescences  with  many  flowers  (5-6  or  perhaps  more);  pedicels 
slender,  at  first  sericeous,  soon  glabrate,  2-3.5  cm.  long;  sepals 
finally  recurved;  corolla  1.5-2  mm.  across,  tomentellous;  wings  spread- 
ing obliquely,  from  a  narrow  base  obovate-rounded,  8-10  mm.  long 
and  5-7  mm.  broad.  Neg.  27281. 

San  Martin :  Tarapoto,  Juan  Guerra,  Ule  6425,  type.  Tarapoto, 
Wittiams  5710,  5768,  6286.— Cuzco:  Gay  902. 

9.  Rollinia  curvipetala  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  178. 
f.  11,  a-c.  1934. 

A  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets  covered  with  erect-patent, 
ferruginous  hairs;  leaves  glabrous  above  except  on  the  midrib  and 


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thicker  nerves,  when  young  densely,  at  maturity  sparsely,  sericeous 
beneath,  oblanceolate  or  oblong-lanceolate,  acute  at  the  base,  rather 
gradually  narrowing  into  an  obtuse  apex,  7-11  cm.  long  and  2.5-3.5 
cm.  broad;  inflorescences  1-2-flowered;  pedicels  rufous-strigose, 
8-10  mm.  long;  sepals  appressed,  2-2.5  mm.  long;  corolla  up  to  18 
mm.  in  diameter,  ferruginous- tomentellous;  wings  curved  a  little  up- 
ward from  a  horizontally  spreading  base,  oblong  and  obtuse,  8-9  mm. 
long,  3-4  mm.  broad,  1  mm.  thick. 

Rio  Acre:  Seringal  San  Francisco,  Ule  9371,  type. 

10.  Rollinia  pachyptera  Diels,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
176.  1927. 

A  tree  about  10  meters  high;  young  branchlets  and  petioles 
appressed-sericeous-ferruginous;  leaves  membranaceous,  glabrous 
above  from  the  beginning,  except  for  persistent  hairs  on  the  impressed 
midrib,  sparsely  appressed-hairy  beneath  when  young,  later  glabrous, 
oblong,  acute  and  decurrent  at  the  base,  rather  abruptly  contracted 
at  the  apex  into  a  cusp  1.5  cm.  long,  7-14  cm.  long  and  2.5-4  cm. 
broad;  inflorescences  2-flowered  (always?),  opposite  the  leaves; 
pedicels  thick,  8-9  mm.  long;  corolla  pale  yellow  when  fresh,  fragrant, 
gray- tomentellous  when  dried;  wings  horizontally  spreading,  oblong 
and  obtuse  at  the  apex,  thick,  7  mm.  long.  Neg.  14276. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4704,  type. 

11.  Rollinia  centrantha  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12:  181. 
/.  13,  c-f.  1934. 

A  tree  6-7  meters  high;  young  branchlets,  petioles,  and  pedicels 
rufous-sericeous;  leaves  10-16  cm.  long,  5-8  cm.  broad,  on  petioles 
5-10  mm.  long,  sparsely  white-hirsute  above,  with  the  thicker  nerves 
more  densely  hairy,  probably  glabrescent  when  mature,  thinly 
appressed-sericeous  beneath,  obovate  to  elliptic  or  broadly  rhombic- 
elliptic,  acute  at  the  base,  rather  abruptly  narrowed  at  the  apex 
into  a  cusp  1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  inflorescences  sessile,  1-2-flowered, 
issuing  from  the  middle  of  the  internode  above  the  axil;  pedicels 
very  slender,  12-15  mm.  long,  bracteolate  at  the  middle  or  below; 
corolla  10-12  mm.  across,  deep  purple  when  fresh,  rufous-sericeous; 
wings  linear,  up  to  5  mm.  long  and  1.2-1.5  mm.  broad,  deflexed  or 
recurved;  fruit  globose,  15-18  mm.  in  diameter,  the  areoles  about  15, 
a  little  convex  and  terminating  in  a  short  point. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,    Killip  &  Smith  27073,  type;  Williams  8043. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  765 

12.  Rollinia  uniflora  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.   12:  182. 
/.  12,  c-d.  1934. 

A  small  tree  with  slender,  ferruginous-sericeous  and  soon  gla- 
brescent  branchlets;  leaves  on  petioles  7-10  mm.  long,  membrana- 
ceous,  glabrous  above  with  scattered  hairs  more  or  less  persistent 
on  the  midrib  and  thicker  nerves,  paler  and  nearly  glabrous  beneath 
with  a  few  appressed  hairs,  cuneate  and  long-decurrent  at  the  base, 
abruptly  cuspidate  at  the  apex;  flowers  solitary  from  the  middle  of 
the  internode,  supra-axillary;  pedicels  very  slender,  15-18  mm.  long, 
articulate  above  the  basal  bract  and  naked  above  the  articulation; 
sepals  reflexed,  2  mm.  long;  corolla  12-13  mm.  across,  gray-tomen- 
tellous;  wings  rounded-oblong,  horizontal,  laterally  compressed,  about 
6  mm.  long  and  5  mm.  broad. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  in  forest,  Spruce,  type. 

13.  Rollinia  sphaerantha  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort.  Berg.  12: 
184.  /.  13,  a-b.  1934. 

A  tree  3-6  meters  high;  young  branchlets  appressed-hirsute, 
ferruginous;  leaves  on  petioles  4-7  mm.  long,  membranaceous, 
finally  glabrate  on  both  sides  with  a  few  hairs  on  the  thicker  nerves, 
obovate  to  nearly  orbicular,  abruptly  cuspidate  at  the  apex  and 
short-acute  at  the  base,  7-15  cm.  long  and  4-8  cm.  broad;  flowers 
solitary,  issuing  from  about  the  middle  of  the  internode  above  the 
axil;  pedicels  slender,  1-2  cm.  long,  bracteolate  at  the  base;  sepals 
rounded,  recurved,  2  mm.  long;  corolla  about  12  mm.  across, 
ferruginous-sericeous;  petals  thick,  fleshy;  wings  short,  hemispheric; 
ovaries  densely  hairy. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  in  dense  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  27650,  type. 

14.  Rollinia  microcarpa  (R.  &  P.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Acta  Hort. 
Berg.  12:  187.  pi.  20.  1934.    Annona  microcarpa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv. 
5:  pi.  487,  ined.  sec.  G.  Don,  Gen.  Syst.  1:  90.  1831.    A.  pteropetala 
R.  &  P.  in  sched.(?).    A.  pterocarpa  R.  &  P.  op.  cit.  pi.  483  sec.  G. 
Don,  op.  cit.  91(7).    R.  pterocarpa  G.  Don,  op.  cit.  91(7). 

Young  branchlets  glabrate;  leaves  10-20  cm.  long  and  5-10.5  cm. 
broad,  on  petioles  10-14  mm.  long,  glabrous  above  when  mature 
except  on  the  impressed  midrib,  very  sparsely  provided  with  minute, 
appressed  hairs  beneath,  densely  and  minutely  verruculose-punctate, 
elliptic-obovate,  rounded  or  very  shortly  acute  at  the  base,  cuspidate, 
the  cusp  0.5-1  cm.  long,  the  veins  prominent,  especially  beneath, 
forming  a  very  dense  network;  fruit  on  pedicels  3-5  cm.  long, 
elongate-ovate,  2.2-3  cm.  long  and  1.8-2  cm.  broad,  covered  with 


766  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

numerous  hemispheric  and  obtuse  tubercles  2-3  mm.  broad;  seeds 
oblong-ellipsoid,  fuscous,  6  mm.  long  and  2.5-3  mm.  broad.  Neg. 
14275. 

Peru:  "In  Andium  montibus,"  Ruiz,  type. 

74.  MYRISTICACEAE.    Nutmeg  Family 
By  Albert  C.  Smith,  New  York  Botanical  Garden 

References:  Warburg,  Monographic  der  Myristicaceen,  Nov. 
Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  68:  1-680.  pi.  1-25.  1897;  A.  C.  Smith,  The 
American  species  of  Myristicaceae,  Brittonia  2:  393-510.  1938. 

Trees  or  shrubs,  often  aromatic;  leaves  alternate,  simple,  entire, 
pinnate-nerved,  estipulate;  flowers  unisexual,  usually  dioecious,  usu- 
ally fascicled,  apetalous;  perianth  small,  infundibuliform  to  rotate, 
3  (rarely  2-5)  -lobed,  the  lobes  valvate;  stamens  (in  the  Peruvian 
species)  3-10  (rarely  2),  the  filaments  connate  into  a  column,  the 
anthers  2-celled,  dehiscing  longitudinally,  free  to  the  base  or  dorsally 
connate  or  dorsally  adnate  to  a  carnose  connective  mass;  ovary  supe- 
rior, sessile,  1-celled,  the  stigma  subsessile,  the  ovule  1,  essentially 
basal;  fruit  fleshy,  2-valved,  the  seed  erect,  covered  by  an  often 
colored  aril;  endosperm  copious;  embryo  small. — A  family  of  tropical 
distribution,  the  genera  well  marked  and  with  sharp  geographic  lim- 
its. Five  genera  and  73  species  in  America. 

Tertiary  nerves  conspicuously  subparallel,  nearly  perpendicular  to 
the  costa;  seed  irregularly  black-  or  purple-splotched;  anthers 

4-10,  free,  recurved;  pedicels  ebracteolate 1.  Compsoneura. 

Tertiary  nerves  not  as  above;  seed  uniform  in  color. 

Hairs  of  young  branchlets  and  petioles  (and  sometimes  of  lower 
surfaces  of  young  leaves)  2-branched,  or  at  least  with  only  1 
or  2  conspicuous  branches. 

Leaf  vernation  conduplicate;  pedicels  ebracteolate;  anthers  free 
(in  Peruvian  species);  fruit  usually  ellipsoid,  the  aril  con- 
spicuously laciniate 2.  Dialyanthera. 

Leaf  vernation  convolute;  pedicels  bracteolate  at  the  summit; 
anthers  usually  dorsally  connate,  rarely  free;  fruit  usually 
transversely  ellipsoid,  the  aril  short-laciniate  or  nearly  en- 
tire   3.  Iryanthera. 

Hairs  of  young  branchlets  and  petioles   (and  usually  of  lower 

surfaces  of  leaves)  stellate  or  many-branched. 
Leaf  blades  rounded  at  the  apex;  pedicels  bracteolate  at  the 
summit;  anthers  12  or  14;  fruit  transversely  ellipsoid,  the 
aril  obscurely  laciniate 4.  Osteophloem. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  767 

Leaf  blades  usually  somewhat  acute  at  the  apex;  pedicels  ebrac- 
teolate;  anthers  usually  3  (2-6);  fruit  ellipsoid  or  subglo- 
bose,  the  aril  deeply  laciniate 5.  Virola. 

1.  COMPSONEURA  Warb. 

Dioecious  shrubs  or  small  trees;  leaves  glabrous,  petiolate,  the 
blades  entire  and  often  narrowly  recurved  at  the  margins,  the  nerves 
conspicuous,  prominulous  on  both  surfaces,  the  tertiary  nerves  sub- 
parallel,  nearly  perpendicular  to  the  costa;  inflorescences  (in  Peruvian 
species)  fasciculate-racemose  or  narrowly  paniculate;  bracteoles 
none;  flowers  pedicellate;  perianth  carnose  or  thin-carnose,  3  (rarely 
4  or  5)  -lobed;  filaments  connate  into  a  carnose  column;  anthers  4-8 
(rarely  10),  oblong,  basifixed  and  essentially  free  in  Peruvian  species, 
often  recurved;  ovary  subglobose  or  ellipsoid,  the  style  short,  the 
stigma  2-cleft;  fruit  ellipsoid,  glabrous,  2-valved,  smooth  or  obscurely 
carinate,  the  pericarp  very  thin,  the  aril  essentially  entire  or  minutely 
laciniate  at  the  apex,  the  seed  ellipsoid,  the  testa  conspicuously  and 
irregularly  splotched  with  black  or  purple. 

Inflorescences  essentially  glabrous;  anthers  2-4  times  longer  than 
the  filament  column;  leaf  blades  chartaceous  or  thin-coriaceous, 
often  translucent C.  Sprucei. 

Inflorescences  minutely  strigose,  at  length  glabrescent;  anthers  sub- 
equal  to  the  filament  column  (rarely  up  to  twice  as  long);  leaf 
blades  coriaceous,  opaque C.  capitellata. 

Compsoneura  capitellata  (A.  DC.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad. 
Leop.-Carol.  68:  146.  pi.  1,  f.  1-5.  1897.  Myristica  capitellata  A. 
DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  14:  697.  1857.  C.  Tessmannii  Markgraf,  Notizbl. 
Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9:  964.  1926. 

A  tree  up  to  10  meters  high;  petioles  7-12  (-20)  mm.  long;  leaf 
blades  coriaceous,  oblong-elliptic,  10-20  (-35)  cm.  long,  2.5-9  (-12) 
cm.  broad,  acute  to  attenuate  at  the  base,  obtusely  cuspidate  or 
short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves  5-12  per  side; 
staminate  inflorescences  minutely  strigose  on  all  exterior  surfaces, 
including  the  perianths,  at  length  glabrous,  at  anthesis  4-15  cm.  long; 
flowers  in  irregular  fascicles  of  5-25,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  2 
mm.  long;  perianth  often  glandular-pellucid-punctate,  1.8-3  mm. 
long,  lobed  about  one-half  its  length  or  slightly  more;  anthers  usually 
subequal  to  the  filament  column  or  slightly  longer;  pistillate  inflores- 
cences often  more  compact  than  the  staminate,  the  flowers  some- 
times 2  or  3  in  sessile  fascicles,  the  ovary  ellipsoid,  minutely  strigose. 


768  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Huanuco:  Pampayacu,  1,000  meters,  Macbride  5065. — Junin: 
Pichis  Trail,  1,100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  26053.— Loreto:  Rio 
Santiago,  Tessmann  4108  (type  of  C.  Tessmannii).  Vicinity  of 
Iquitos,  Tessmann  5101;  Williams  3786;  King  180.  Rio  Putu- 
mayo,  King  2130. — San  Martin(?):  Rio  Huallaga,  Poeppig  1971 
(type,  err.  cit.  1791).  Amazonian  Brazil.  "Senimoro-ey"  (Huitoto 
Indian  name). 

Compsoneura  Sprucei  (A.  DC.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.- 
Carol.  68:  143.  pi.  3,  f.  1,  2.  1897.  Myristica  Sprucei  A.  DC.  in 
DC.  Prodr.  14:  199.  1856. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  up  to  13  meters  high;  petioles  8-25  mm. 
long;  leaf  blades  chartaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  elliptic  or  oblong- 
elliptic,  9-25  (-32)  cm.  long,  3.5-10  (-15)  cm.  broad,  acute  to  atten- 
uate at  the  base,  obtusely  acuminate  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  the 
secondary  nerves  4-9  (-12)  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  gla- 
brous throughout,  2-8  cm.  long;  flowers  in  irregular  fascicles  of 
3-15,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  2  mm.  long;  perianth  thin-carnose, 
often  minutely  yellow-glandular,  1.5-3  mm.  long,  lobed  about  one- 
half  its  total  length;  anthers  usually  free  but  sometimes  dorsally 
connate  up  to  the  middle,  usually  2-4  times  longer  than  the  filament 
column;  pistillate  flowers  up  to  8  per  fascicle,  the  ovary  minutely 
glandular;  mature  fruits  1-4  per  inflorescence,  20-37  mm.  long,  13-21 
mm.  broad,  stipitate  at  the  base,  obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  apex,  the 
pericarp  brittle,  0.3  mm.  thick  or  less,  the  aril  usually  red,  waxy. 

Loreto:  Rio  Huallaga,  King  2946,  2842;  Williams  4202.  Rio 
Ucayali,  Tessmann  3096. — San  Martin:  Rio  Huallaga,  King  3982. 
Southern  Mexico,  Guatemala,  and  British  Honduras  to  Amazonian 
Brazil  and  Peru. 

2.    DIALYANTHERA  Warb. 

Dioecious  trees,  the  inner  bark  often  exuding  a  watery,  reddish 
liquid,  the  branchlets  and  petioles  usually  strigose  when  young; 
leaves  petiolate  (petioles  winged),  the  blades  chartaceous  or  thin- 
coriaceous,  entire  and  often  slightly  thickened  at  the  margins,  gla- 
brous above,  usually  minutely  strigose  beneath  when  young,  the 
secondary  nerves  obscurely  anastomosing  near  the  margins,  the 
veinlets  obscure;  inflorescences  axillary,  fasciculate-racemose  (in 
Peruvian  species);  bracteoles  none;  flowers  pedicellate;  perianth 
thin-carnose,  3  (rarely  4)  -lobed;  filaments  connate  into  a  carnose 
column;  anthers  3,  basifixed,  free  and  divergent  (in  Peruvian  species) ; 
ovary  subglobose  or  ellipsoid,  the  style  short,  the  stigma  inconspicu- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  769 

ously  cleft;  fruit  ellipsoid,  glabrous  at  maturity,  2-valved,  the  peri- 
carp woody,  the  aril  laciniate  more  than  one-half  its  total  length, 
the  seed  ellipsoid  or  subglobose. 

Dialyanthera  parvifolia  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
9:  964.  1926.  Myristica  Otoba  var.  glaucescens  A.  DC.  in  Mart.  Fl. 
Bras.  5,  pt.  1:  122.  1860. 

A  tree  5-15  meters  high;  petioles  1-4  mm.  broad,  including  the 
wings,  10-30  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  often  minutely  papillose  or  rugose 
on  both  surfaces,  elliptic,  8-20  cm.  long,  3.5-8  cm.  broad,  attenuate 
at  the  base,  obtusely  short-acuminate  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  the 
secondary  nerves  8-14  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  straight, 
slender,  simple,  strigose  on  all  exterior  surfaces,  4-16  cm.  long  at 
anthesis;  fascicles  12-29  per  inflorescence,  each  subtended  by  a  semi- 
orbicular  bract  1-1.5  mm.  long;  flowers  2-13  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels 
slender,  2-4  mm.  long;  perianth  3-4  mm.  long,  3-lobed  more  than 
one-half  its  total  length;  filament  column  conspicuously  swollen  at 
the  base,  the  anthers  0.5-0.7  mm.  long,  about  twice  as  long  as  the 
filament  column;  pistillate  inflorescences  2-4  cm.  long,  the  flowers 
solitary  or  paired  on  the  rachis;  mature  fruits  2  or  3  per  inflorescence, 
smooth  or  faintly  carinate,  25-27  mm.  long,  20-23  mm.  broad, 
short-stipitate  at  the  base,  often  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  the  pericarp 
1-2  mm.  thick. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  1,000  meters,  Weberbauer  1902. — Loreto: 
Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4075.  Rio  Maranon,  Tessmann  3872, 
type.  Rio  Huallaga  Valley,  Poeppig  2348B,  type  of  M.  Otoba  var. 
glaucescens;  Killip  &  Smith  29030,  29272;  King  3951.— San  Martin: 
Rio  Huallaga  Valley,  King  2663.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

This  species  has  been  confused  in  herbaria  and  in  literature  with 
D.  Otoba  (Humb.  &  Bonpl.)  Warb.,  which  occurs  from  Costa  Rica 
to  Colombia.  The  two  are  quite  distinct  in  foliage  and  very  differ- 
ent in  inflorescence  characters. 

3.  IRYANTHERA  Warb. 

Monoecious  (or  perhaps  sometimes  dioecious)  shrubs  or  trees, 
the  inner  bark  frequently  exuding  a  reddish  liquid,  the  branchlets 
ferruginous-strigose  when  young;  leaves  petiolate,  the  blades  gla- 
brous, often  finely  rugose  or  minutely  papillose,  fragile  when  dry,  the 
secondary  nerves  anastomosing  toward  the  margins;  inflorescences 
1-3  in  the  leaf  axils  or  on  defoliate  branchlets  (pistillate  often  on  old 
bark  of  trunk  or  branches),  minutely  strigose  on  all  exterior  surfaces, 
fasciculate-racemose  or  narrowly  paniculate;  pedicels  bracteolate 


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at  the  summit;  perianth  usually  thin-carnose  and  strigose  without, 

3  (rarely  4)  -lobed;  filaments  connate  into  a  column,  the  anthers  3 

(rarely  4),  connate  to  the  apex  or  distally  divergent  or  free  to  the 

base;  ovary  usually  ellipsoid,  glabrous,  the  style  short;  fruit  usually 

transversely   ellipsoid,    sometimes   essentially   globose,    coriaceous, 

2-valved,  the  pericarp  usually  woody,  the  aril  inconspicuously  lacini- 

ate  distally,  the  seed  transversely  ellipsoid  or  subglobose.  "Cumala." 

Perianth  campanulate,  the  lobes  less  than  one-half  the  total  length; 

androecium  1.6-2  mm.  long  or  more;  anthers  much  shorter  than 

the  filament  column,  sometimes  free. 

Leaf  blades   thick-coriaceous   (17-)   20-45  cm.  long;  staminate 

inflorescences  elongate. 

Leaf  blades  subcordate  to  obtuse  at  the  base;  staminate  inflores- 
cences 2-11  cm.  long,  the  flowers  in  essentially  sessile  fasci- 
cles; perianth  2-3  mm.  long /.  macrophylla. 

Leaf  blades  acute  to  cuneate  at  the  base;  staminate  inflores- 
cences 15-23  cm.  long,  the  flowers  borne  on  short,  lateral 

branches;  perianth  about  4  mm.  long I.  crassifolia. 

Leaf  blades  chartaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  8-22  cm.  long. 

Secondary  nerves  obvious;  leaf  apex  gradually  acuminate; 
branchlets  not  lenticellate;  anthers  with  inconspicuous 

connectives /.  Tessmannii. 

Secondary  nerves  often  immersed,  inconspicuous  or  plane  on 
both  surfaces;  leaf  apex  obtuse  or  obtusely  short-acuminate; 
branchlets  often  lenticellate;  anthers  with  conspicuous, 

carnose,  fused  connectives /.  laevis. 

Perianth  cupuliform  or  rotate,  the  lobes  often  more  than  one-half 
the  total  length;  androecium  up  to  1.6  mm.  long;  anthers  equal- 
ing the  filament  column  or  somewhat  shorter,  connate  (rarely 
free  at  the  apex). 
Androecium  0.8-1.6  mm.  long;  perianth  cleft  about  one-half  the 

total  length. 

Intramarginal  anastomoses  not  conspicuous,  often  irregular 
and  incomplete;  fruit  transversely  ellipsoid  or  subglobose, 
inconspicuously  carinate,  the  lateral  extremities  rounded. 

/.  juruemis. 
Intramarginal   anastomoses   complete   and   conspicuous;   fruit 

transversely  ellipsoid. 

Leaf  blades  minutely  papillose  or  nearly  smooth  on  both 
surfaces;  mature  fruit  up  to  11  mm.  long  and  18  mm. 
broad,  conspicuously  carinate /.  Ulei. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  771 

Leaf  blades  very  thick,  conspicuously  papillose  on  both  sur- 
faces; mature  fruit  13-17  mm.  long,  20-25  mm.  broad, 

faintly  carinate /.  longiflora. 

Androecium  0.5-0.7  mm.  long;  perianth  cleft  nearly  to  the  base, 

the  lobes  at  maturity  spreading,  flattened. 
Flower  surfaces  densely  short-pilose;  fruit  25-40  mm.  in  diame- 
ter, the  pericarp  4-5  mm.  thick;  intramarginal  anastomoses 

not  conspicuous /.  lancifolia. 

Flowers  sparsely  pilose;  fruit  less  than  13  mm.  long  and  24  mm. 
broad,  the  pericarp  0.5-1.5  mm.  thick;  intramarginal 
anastomoses  conspicuous I.  paraensis. 

Iryanthera  crassifolia  A.  C.  Smith,  Brittonia  2:  431.  1938. 

A  tree  up  to  17  meters  high;  petioles  stout,  13-22  mm.  long;  leaf 
blades  thick-coriaceous,  oblong  or  elliptic-oblong,  23-45  cm.  long, 
6-13  cm.  broad,  acute  or  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtusely  cuspidate 
or  short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  costa  prominent,  the  secondary 
nerves  17-20  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  15-23  cm.  long,  nar- 
rowly paniculate,  the  secondary  branches  14-23  per  inflorescence, 
up  to  5  mm.  long;  flowers  7-15  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels  slender,  up 
to  8  mm.  long;  bracteole  cleft  to  the  base,  about  1.5  mm.  long;  peri- 
anth campanulate,  flaring  distally,  about  4  mm.  long,  3-lobed  about 
one-third  its  length;  filament  column  2-2.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers 
about  0.5  mm.  long,  free  to  the  base;  fruiting  inflorescences  up  to 
10  cm.  long,  the  fruits  few,  slightly  transversely  ellipsoid,  incon- 
spicuously carinate,  up  to  26  mm.  long  and  33  mm.  broad,  the 
pericarp  3-7  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  4817.  Rio  Amazonas, 
Pebas,  Williams  1744,  type.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Iryanthera  juruensis  Warb.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
137.  1905.  I.  trigona  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  237. 
1928. 

A  tree  up  to  20  meters  high;  petioles  6-15  mm.  long;  leaf  blades 
chartaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  usually  dull  on  both  surfaces,  elliptic- 
obovate  or  obovate-oblong,  10-20  cm.  long,  3-7  cm.  broad,  acute  to 
subattenuate  at  the  base,  obtusely  short-acuminate,  the  secondary 
nerves  10-17  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  2-9  cm.  long,  the 
fascicles  5-18  per  inflorescence,  the  flowers  3-7  per  fascicle,  the  pedi- 
cels slender,  up  to  6  mm.  long;  bracteole  one-sided,  less  than  1  mm. 
long;  perianth  cupuliform,  2-3.5  (-4)  mm.  long,  3-lobed  more  than 
one-half  its  length;  filament  column  0.6-1.1  mm.  long,  usually  con- 


772  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

spicuously  swollen  at  the  base;  anthers  0.3-0.5  mm.  long,  dorsally 
connate  or  divergent  in  the  distal  half;  pistillate  inflorescences  usu- 
ally aggregated  on  old  bark,  3-6-branched  from  the  base,  the  flowers 
15^10  near  the  swollen  ends  of  the  branches,  the  ovary  subglobose 
or  ellipsoid;  mature  fruits  transversely  ellipsoid  or  subglobose, 
13-20  mm.  long,  15-24  mm.  broad,  inconspicuously  carinate,  the 
pericarp  1-2  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Rio  Huallaga  basin,  Killip  &  Smith  28817;  Williams 
4823;  King  3058.  Vicinity  of  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5386,  type  of  I. 
trigona.  Rio  Itaya,  Tessmann  5158;  Williams  34-61.  Amazonian 
Brazil. 

Iryanthera  laevis  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9: 
965.  1926. 

A  tree  up  to  25  meters  high;  branchlets  often  lenticellate;  petioles 
7-15  mm.  long,  often  narrowly  winged;  leaf  blades  chartaceous  or 
thin-coriaceous,  usually  shining  above,  oblong  or  elliptic-oblong  or 
obovate-oblong,  8-17  cm.  long,  3-7  cm.  broad,  obtuse  to  attenuate 
at  the  base,  obtuse  or  obtusely  short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  the 
secondary  nerves  8-14  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  4-10  cm. 
long,  the  fascicles  numerous;  flowers  2-9  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels 
slender,  up  to  12  mm.  long;  bracteole  cupuliform  or  cleft  to  the  base, 
0.5-1  mm.  long;  perianth  campanulate,  flaring  distally,  3.5-4.5 
mm.  long,  3-lobed  about  one-third  its  length;  anthers  0.4-0.5  mm. 
long,  about  5  times  longer  than  the  filament  column;  pistillate 
flowers  resembling  the  staminate,  the  ovary  ovoid-conic;  mature 
fruits  5-10  per  inflorescence,  transversely  ellipsoid,  distinctly  cari- 
nate, 15-23  mm.  long,  18-30  mm.  broad,  the  pericarp  2-5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4139,  type.  Lower  Rio  Hua- 
llaga, Killip  &  Smith  28779.  Rio  Itaya,  Tessmann  5172.  Amazo- 
nian Brazil. 

Iryanthera  lancifolia  Ducke,  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  26:  217. 
1936. 

A  tree  up  to  25  meters  high;  petioles  nigrescent,  10-20  mm.  long; 
leaf  blades  coriaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  narrowly  oblong  or  elliptic- 
oblong,  13-28  cm.  long,  4-8  cm.  broad,  obtuse  to  acute  at  the  base, 
obtusely  acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves  12-18  per 
side;  staminate  inflorescences  3-20  cm.  long,  the  fascicles  numerous, 
the  flowers  5-12  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  6  mm.  long; 
bracteole  one-sided,  0.5-1  mm.  long;  perianth  cupuliform  or  subro- 
tate,  1.5-1.8  mm.  long,  3-lobed  nearly  to  the  base;  androecium  0.5- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  773 

0.7  mm.  long,  the  filament  column  carnose,  the  anthers  about  0.25 
mm.  long;  mature  fruits  slightly  transversely  ellipsoid  or  nearly  sub- 
globose,  25-34  mm.  long,  27-40  mm.  broad,  inconspicuously  carinate, 
the  pericarp  very  rugose,  4-5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Rio  Putumayo,  at  mouth  of  Rio  Zubineta,  Klug  2234. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

Iryanthera  longiflora  Ducke,  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  26:  217. 
1936. 

A  tree  up  to  20  meters  high  or  more;  petioles  stout,  10-20  mm. 
long,  often  nigrescent;  leaf  blades  coriaceous,  elliptic-oblong,  15-30 
cm.  long,  4-10  cm.  broad,  acute  or  obtuse  at  the  base,  obtusely 
short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves  13-20  per  side, 
regularly  anastomosing  near  the  margins;  staminate  inflorescences 
3-8  cm.  long,  the  fascicles  7-12  per  inflorescence,  the  flowers  4-10 
per  fascicle,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  5  mm.  long;  bracteole  one- 
sided, 0.5-1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  cupuliform,  2-3  mm.  long,  3-lobed 
about  one-half  its  length;  anthers  0.4-0.5  mm.  long,  about  twice 
as  long  as  the  filament  column;  mature  fruits  transversely  ellipsoid, 
13-17  mm.  long,  20-25  mm.  broad,  faintly  carinate,  the  pericarp 
less  than  1  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4105,  4605.  Amazo- 
nian Brazil. 

Iryanthera  macrophylla  (Benth.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad. 
Leop. -Carol.  68:  155.  1897.  Myristica  macrophylla  Spruce  in  Benth. 
Journ.  Bot.  &  Kew  Misc.  5:  6.  1853. 

A  tree  up  to  17  meters  high;  petioles  narrowly  winged  distally, 
robust,  10-20  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  thick-coriaceous,  oblong  or 
obovate-oblong,  17-35  cm.  long,  5-12  cm.  broad  (occasionally  up 
to  40  by  14  cm.),  subcordate  or  rounded  or  obtuse  at  the  base, 
obtusely  cuspidate  or  short-acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  costa  very 
prominent,  the  secondary  nerves  14-20  per  side;  staminate  inflores- 
cences 3-7  (rarely  2-11)  cm.  long,  the  rachis  stout,  swollen  at  the 
fascicles;  fascicles  6-13  per  inflorescence,  the  flowers  4-12  per  fas- 
cicle, the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  5  mm.  long;  bracteole  cupuliform  or 
cleft  to  the  base,  0.7-1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  2-3  mm.  long,  flaring 
distally,  3-lobed  about  one-third  its  length;  filament  column  1.5-2.2 
mm.  long,  the  anthers  about  0.5  mm.  long,  free  to  the  base;  mature 
fruits  usually  3  or  4  per  inflorescence,  transversely  ellipsoid,  carinate, 
8-24  mm.  long,  10-26  mm.  broad,  the  pericarp  1.5-6  mm.  thick. 


774  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Loreto:  Rio  Huallaga  basin,  220  meters,  Klug  2906,  3045.  Ama- 
zonian Brazil  and  British  Guiana. 

Iryanthera  paraensis  Huber,  Bol.  Mus.  Goeldi  5:  358.  1909. 
/.  aeasilis  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  236.  1928. 

A  tree  up  to  15  meters  high;  petioles  7-17  mm.  long;  leaf  blades 
chartaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  oblong  or  narrowly  elliptic-oblong, 
15-40  cm.  long,  4.5-11  cm.  broad,  obtuse  to  cuneate  or  attenuate 
at  the  base,  gradually  narrowed  to  an  acuminate  apex,  the  secondary 
nerves  17-27  per  side,  regularly  anastomosing  near  the  margins; 
staminate  inflorescences  5-22  cm.  long,  slender,  the  fascicles  numer- 
ous, the  flowers  7-20  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  3  mm. 
long;  bracteole  ovate  or  minutely  peltate,  usually  less  than  0.3  mm. 
long;  perianth  cupuliform  or  subrotate,  0.8-1.6  mm.  long,  lobed 
nearly  to  the  base;  androecium  0.5-0.7  mm.  long,  the  anthers  0.2- 
0.3  mm.  long;  pistillate  inflorescences  1-3.5  cm.  long,  the  flowers  in 
clusters  of  10-20  at  the  swollen  ends  of  the  branches,  the  ovary  sub- 
cylindric;  mature  fruits  transversely  ellipsoid,  11-13  mm.  long, 
18-24  mm.  broad,  distinctly  carinate,  the  pericarp  0.5-1.5  mm. 
thick. 

Loreto:  Vicinity  of  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5332,  type  of  /.  sessilis; 
Klug  91 .  Rio  Amazonas,  La  Victoria,  Williams  2869.  Guiana  and 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

Iryanthera  Tessmannii  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:236.1928. 

A  shrub  or  low  tree,  up  to  6  meters  high;  petioles  6-10  mm.  long; 
leaf  blades  elliptic-oblong,  10-22  cm.  long,  3-6  cm.  broad,  acute  to 
attenuate  at  the  base,  obtusely  acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary 
nerves  9-16  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  1-4  cm.  long,  slender, 
the  fascicles  3-5  per  inflorescence,  the  flowers  2-5  per  fascicle,  the 
pedicels  slender,  up  to  5  mm.  long;  bracteole  cupuliform  or  cleft 
nearly  to  the  base,  0.3-1  mm.  long;  perianth  campanulate,  2.5-3.5 
mm.  long,  flaring  at  the  apex,  3-lobed  about  one-third  its  length; 
filament  column  1.8-2.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers  0.3-0.6  mm.  long, 
loosely  connate  to  the  apex  or  free  to  the  base;  pistillate  inflorescences 
less  than  1  cm.  long,  the  flowers  few;  mature  fruits  usually  2  or  3 
per  inflorescence,  transversely  ellipsoid,  carinate,  9-14  mm.  long, 
12-20  mm.  broad,  conspicuously  stipitate,  the  pericarp  0.5-1.5  mm. 
thick. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga  basin,  Williams  4815,  4824;  Killip 
&  Smith  27678,  27704.  Rio  Maranon,  Killip  &  Smith  27516.  Rio 


FLORA  OF  PERU  775 

Ucayali  basin,  Tessmann  3396,  type.     Rio  Amazonas  region,  Williams 
58, 2403, 2535, 2677, 2727, 2815, 2820, 2902, 2952.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Iryanthera  Ulei  Warb.  Verb.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  137. 
1905.  I.  leptoclada  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  9:  965. 
1926.  /.  congestiflora  Macbride,  Candollea  5:  350.  1934. 

A  tree  up  to  30  meters  high;  petioles  6-12  mm.  long;  leaf  blades 
coriaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  oblong-elliptic,  15-30  cm.  long,  4-10 
cm. 'broad,  obtuse  to  acute  at  the  base,  obtusely  cuspidate  or  acu- 
minate at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves  12-20  per  side,  conspicu- 
ously and  regularly  anastomosing  near  the  margins;  staminate 
inflorescences  0.5-9  cm.  long,  the  fascicles  3-17  per  inflorescence, 
the  flowers  5-10  per  fascicle,  the  pedicels  slender,  up  to  5  mm.  long; 
bracteole  one-sided  or  subpeltate,  0.5-1  mm.  long;  perianth  cupuli- 
form,  1.5-3  mm.  long,  3-lobed  about  one-half  its  length  or  slightly 
more;  anthers  0.2-0.6  mm.  long,  3-4  times  as  long  as  the  filament 
column,  dorsally  connate  or-  divergent  at  the  apex;  pistillate  inflores- 
cences often  aggregated  on  old  bark,  sometimes  axillary  and  much 
contracted,  up  to  8  cm.  long,  occasionally  less  than  1  cm.  long, 
the  flowers  in  clusters  of  10-40,  the  ovary  cylindric-conic;  mature 
fruits  transversely  ellipsoid,  8-11  mm.  long,  13-18  mm.  broad, 
conspicuously  carinate,  the  pericarp  0.5-1.5  mm.  thick,  the  seed 
much  broader  than  long. 

Loreto:  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4263.  Rio  Morona,  Tessmann 
3832,  type  of  /.  leptoclada.  Rio  Huallaga  basin,  Killip  &  Smith 
28289,  type  of  /.  congestiflora;  29096.  Rio  Amazonas  and  vicinity 
of  Iquitos,  Klug  60,  84,  363;  Williams  1613.  Amazonian  Brazil, 
Venezuela,  and  Colombia;  Magdalena  Valley  of  Colombia. 

4.  OSTEOPHLOEM  Warb. 

Dioecious  trees;  leaves  glabrous  at  maturity,  petiolate,  the  blades 
coriaceous,  entire  and  narrowly  revolute  at  the  margins;  inflores- 
cences 1-3  in  the  leaf  axils  or  on  defoliate  branchlets,  simple  or  with 
1-4  short,  lateral  branches;  flowers  pedicellate,  the  pedicels  bracteo- 
late  at  the  summit,  the  perianth  carnose,  3-lobed;  filaments  connate 
into  a  carnose  column;  anthers  usually  12  (sometimes  14),  linear, 
dorsally  adnate  to  a  carnose  connective  mass;  ovary  conic,  the  stigma 
sessile,  oblique;  fruit  transversely  ellipsoid,  2-valved,  conspicuously 
carinate,  the  pericarp  woody,  the  seed  about  half  as  long  as  broad. 

Osteophloem  platyspermum  (A.  DC.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad. 
Leop.-Carol.  68:  162.  pi.  1,  f.  1-5;  pi.  4,  f.  1-4-  1897.  Myristica 
platysperma  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  14:  695.  1857. 


776  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

A  tree  up  to  40  meters  high;  branchlets  minutely  and  densely 
puberulent  with  sessile,  stellate,  4-6-branched  hairs,  soon  glabrous; 
petioles  15-30  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  often  shining  above,  oblong- 
obovate,  8-20  cm.  long,  3-6.5  cm.  broad,  gradually  attenuate  at  the 
base,  rounded  at  the  apex  and  often  slightly  emarginate,  minutely 
punctate  and  often  ceriferous  beneath,  the  secondary  nerves  6-12 
per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  densely  puberulent  on  all  exterior 
surfaces,  1-6  cm.  long;  flowers  solitary  or  in  irregular  fascicles  of 
2-8,  the  pedicels  up  to  5  mm.  long;  bracteole  semiorbicular,  about 
2  mm.  broad  and  1  mm.  long;  perianth  about  4  mm.  long,  lobed 
nearly  to  the  base;  androecium  2.5-3  mm.  long,  the  filament  column 
1  mm.  long  or  less;  ovary  densely  and  minutely  lepidote-tomentel- 
lous;  fruiting  inflorescences  glabrous  throughout  at  maturity,  the 
mature  fruits  15-25  mm.  long,  20-25  mm.  broad,  the  pericarp  0.5- 
1.5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4505.  Near  Iquitos, 
Klug  262.  Rio  Amazonas,  Williams  3140.  Amazonian  Brazil  and 
Colombia. 

5.  VIROLA  Aubl. 

Dioecious  trees  or  rarely  shrubs,  the  inner  bark  usually  exuding 
a  brownish  or  reddish  liquid,  the  branchlets  tomentose  or  puberulent 
when  young;  leaves  petiolate,  the  blades  usually  glabrous  above 
and  pubescent  beneath  (hairs  stellate  or  irregularly  stellate),  the 
secondary  nerves  anastomosing  toward  the  margins;  inflorescences 
solitary,  axillary,  usually  broadly  paniculate,  pedunculate,  the  pistil- 
late usually  more  compact  than  the  staminate;  bracts  sometimes 
prominent;  bracteoles  none;  flowers  usually  in  fascicles  terminating 
the  ultimate  peduncles,  pedicellate  or  subsessile;  perianth  usually 
thin-carnose  and  pubescent  without,  3  (sometimes  4,  rarely  5)  -lobed ; 
filaments  connate  into  a  column,  the  anthers  usually  3  (2-6),  con- 
nate to  the  apex  or  distally  divergent;  ovary  globose  or  ellipsoid, 
the  style  short;  fruit  globose  or  ellipsoid,  2-valved,  the  pericarp  usu- 
ally woody,  the  aril  deeply  laciniate,  the  seed  globose  or  ellipsoid. 
"Cumala." 
Hairs  of  lower  leaf  surfaces  stalked,  stellate  or  irregularly  branched, 

persistent. 
Secondary  nerves  close,  numerous  (40-60  per  side). 

Leaf  blades  5-11  cm.  long,  1.7-4  cm.  broad;  staminate  perianth 
uniformly  and  sparsely  puberulent V.  flexuosa. 

Leaf  blades  25-60  cm.  long,  8-21  cm.  broad;  staminate  perianth 
pubescent  only  at  the  base  and  apex. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  777 

Upper  surface  of  leaf  blades  glabrous;  anthers  shorter  than 
the  filament  column V.  multinervia. 

Upper  surface  of  leaf  blades  pilose  with  stiff  hairs;  anthers 

slightly  longer  than  the  filament  column .  .  V.  decorticans. 

Secondary  nerves  comparatively  spaced,  fewer  (10-30  per  side). 

Fruit  persistently  tomentose  (hairs  jointed,  at  least  1.5  mm. 

long) ;  inflorescence  branches  tomentose  (hairs  1-4 mm.  long). 

Leaf  blades  often  glaucous  beneath;  hairs  of  the  inflorescence 
branches  and  fruit  usually  without  lateral  branches, 
those  of  the  fruit  7-9  mm.  long;  anthers  subequal  to  the 
filament  column V.  loretensis. 

Leaf  blades  not  conspicuously  glaucous;  hairs  of  the  inflores- 
cence branches  and  fruit  with  conspicuous  lateral  branches, 
those  of  the  fruit  2-2.5  mm.  long;  anthers  about  twice 
as  long  as  the  filament  column V.  mollissima. 

Fruit  deciduously  tomentose  (hairs  0.2-0.8  mm.  long);  inflores- 
cence branches  closely  tomentellous  or  puberulent  (hairs 
0.1-0.7  mm.  long). 
Leaf  blades  coriaceous;  fruit  usually  slightly  ellipsoid. 

V.  sebifera. 
Leaf  blades  submembranous  or  chartaceous;  fruit  essentially 

globose V.  cuspidata. 

Hairs  of  the  lower  leaf  surfaces  sessile,  stellate,  often  evanescent. 

Leaf  blades  20-55  cm.  long,  7-24  cm.  broad,  the  secondary  nerves 

comparatively   distant    (12-27   per   side);   filament   column 

sharply  contracted   distally;   staminate  inflorescence   12-30 

cm.  long V.  calophylla. 

Leaf  blades  rarely  to  35  cm.  long  and  11  cm.  broad,  the  secondary 
nerves  closer;  filament  column  not  sharply  contracted  distally; 
staminate  inflorescence  not  more  than  18  cm.  long. 
Secondary  nerves  very  close,  40-50  per  side;  leaf  blades  less  than 

11  by  4  cm V.  flexuosa. 

Secondary  nerves  less  than  40  per  side. 

Perianth  lobed  more  than  one-half  its  length;  anthers  sub- 
equal  to  the  filament  column  or  shorter;  fruit  ellipsoid, 
at  maturity  25  mm.  long  or  more. 

Secondary  nerves  15-20  per  side;  leaf  blades  oblong-elliptic 
or  narrowly  obovate-elliptic;  pericarp  not  lenticellate. 

V.  Pavonis. 


778  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Secondary  nerves  23-40  per  side;  leaf  blades  oblong  or  obo- 
vate-oblong;  pericarp  lenticellate  at  maturity. 

V.  Weberbaueri. 
Perianth  lobed  distally  about  one- third  its  length;  anthers  2-3 

times  as  long  as  the  filament  column. 
Secondary  nerves  17-30  per  side;  leaf  blades  abruptly  cus- 
pidate or  obtuse  at  the  apex;  fruit  ellipsoid,  20-28  mm. 

long,  soon  glabrous V.  peruviana. 

Secondary  nerves  9-20  per  side;  leaf  blades  gradually  acu- 
minate or  acute  at  the  apex;  fruit  often  subglobose, 
8-16  mm.  in  diameter,  when  young  densely  tomentose. 

V.  elongata. 

Virola  calophylla  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  68:  231. 
1897.  Myristica  calophylla  Spruce,  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  5:  4,  nomen. 
1860. 

A  tree  up  to  20  meters  high;  branchlets  and  petioles  closely  puber- 
ulent;  petioles  7-20  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  coriaceous,  oblong  or  ellip- 
tic-oblong, 20-55  cm.  long,  7-24  cm.  broad,  deeply  cordate  to  broadly 
obtuse  at  the  base,  acuminate  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  closely  and 
minutely  puberulent  beneath  (hairs  sessile-stellate),  the  secondary 
nerves  12-27  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  30  cm.  long  and 
18  cm.  broad,  minutely  and  densely  tomentellous  on  all  exterior  sur- 
faces; pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform,  1.3-2  mm. 
long,  3-lobed  about  one-third  its  length;  3  anthers,  0.4-0.7  mm.  long, 
exceeding  the  filament  column,  connate  to  the  apex;  fruiting  inflores- 
cences up  to  7  cm.  long,  the  mature  fruits  ellipsoid,  15-25  mm.  long, 
12-15  mm.  broad,  closely  and  minutely  brown-sessile-stellate-tomen- 
tellous,  glabrescent,  the  pericarp  1-5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Near  Iquitos,  Kittip  &  Smith  29933;  King  188,  473,  533. 
Rio  Itaya,  Kittip  &  Smith  29823;  Williams  3291.  Rio  Nanay,  Wil- 
liams 978,  1085.  Amazonian  Brazil  and  adjacent  Venezuela  and 
Colombia.  "Cumalablanca." 

Virola  cuspidata  (Benth.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol. 
68:  176.  1897.  Myristica  cuspidata  Spruce  in  Benth.  Journ.  Bot.  & 
KewMisc.  5:5. 1853. 

A  shrub  or  slender  tree,  up  to  10  meters  high;  branchlets  and 
petioles  tomentellous,  glabrescent;  petioles  8-15  mm.  long;  leaf  blades 
thin-coriaceous  or  submembranous,  oblong  or  narrowly  elliptic- 
oblong,  15-35  cm.  long,  4-10  cm.  broad,  obtuse  to  shallowly  cordate 
at  the  base,  acuminate  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  tomentose  beneath 


FLORA  OF  PERU  779 

(hairs  stalked,  0.2-0.3  mm.  long),  the  secondary  nerves  11-25  per 
side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  22  cm.  long  and  15  cm.  broad, 
closely  tomentellous  (hairs  up  to  0.5  mm.  long);  pedicels  up  to  3 
mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform,  1.5-2.5  mm.  long,  3-lobed  about 
one-third  its  length;  usually  3  anthers,  0.6-1  mm.  long,  1-2  times  as 
long  as  the  filament  column,  usually  apiculate  and  connate  nearly 
to  the  apex;  pistillate  inflorescences  up  to  6  cm.  long,  the  ovary 
densely  tomentose  (hairs  about  0.3  mm.  long);  fruits  subglobose, 
10-14  mm.  in  diameter,  at  length  glabrescent,  the  pericarp  less 
than  0.7  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Vicinity  of  Iquitos,  Tessmann  3615;  Killip  &  Smith 
27110;  King  1385,  2502.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Virola  decorticans  Ducke,  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  26:  262. 
1936. 

A  tree;  branchlets  and  petioles  densely  tomentose  (hairs  about 
1  mm.  long,  irregularly  branched) ;  petioles  stout,  7-20  mm.  long;  leaf 
blades  coriaceous,  broadly  elliptic  or  obovate-elliptic,  25-60  cm.  long, 
11-21  cm.  broad,  truncate  or  shallowly  cordate  at  the  base,  cuspidate 
or  abruptly  caudate-acuminate  at  the  apex,  pilose  above  (hairs  stiff, 
simple  or  forked,  0.5-1  mm.  long),  tomentose  beneath  (hairs  stalked, 
stellate  or  irregularly  branched,  about  1  mm.  long),  the  secondary 
nerves  45-60  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  22  cm.  long 
and  broad,  densely  tomentose;  bracts  conspicuous,  long-persistent; 
pedicels  up  to  3  mm.  long;  perianth  1.5-1.8  mm.  long,  strigose  at  the 
base  and  apex,  otherwise  glabrous,  3-lobed  nearly  to  the  base;  anthers 
3,  about  0.5  mm.  long,  slightly  longer  than  the  filament  column,  con- 
nate to  the  apex;  mature  fruits  ovoid-ellipsoid,  27-35  mm.  long, 
17-22  mm.  broad,  densely  and  persistently  tomentose  (hairs  1-1.5 
mm.  long). 

Loreto:  Rio  Amazonas,  La  Victoria,  Williams  3077.  Amazonian 
Brazil. 

Virola  elongata  (Benth.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol. 
68:  178.  pi.  5.  1897.  Myristica  elongata  Benth.  Journ.  Bot.  &  Kew 
Misc.  5:5. 1853. 

A  shrub  or  slender  tree,  occasionally  up  to  25  meters  high; 
branchlets  and  petioles  tomentellous,  glabrescent;  petioles  5-16  mm. 
long;  leaf  blades  papyraceous  or  submembranous,  narrowly  oblong 
to  oblong-elliptic,  up  to  32  cm.  long  and  11  cm.  broad  (rarely  7  by 
1.5  cm.),  obtuse  to  subcordate  at  the  base,  usually  long-acuminate 
at  the  apex,  puberulent  beneath  (hairs  sessile-stellate),  the  secondary 


780  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

nerves  9-20  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  18  cm.  long  and 
15  cm.  broad,  closely  tomentellous,  glabrescent;  pedicels  up  to  3 
mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform,  1.8-3  mm.  long,  3-4-lobed  about 
one-third  its  length;  anthers  usually  3  (occasionally  as  many  as  6), 
0.6-1.6  mm.  long,  2-3  times  as  long  as  the  filament  column,  usually 
apiculate  and  connate  nearly  to  the  apex;  pistillate  inflorescences 
up  to  7  cm.  long,  the  ovary  densely  tomentellous  (hairs  about  0.2 
mm.  long);  fruits  ellipsoid  or  subglobose,  11-16  mm.  long,  8-12  mm. 
broad,  soon  glabrescent,  the  pericarp  usually  less  than  1  mm.  thick. 
Loreto:  Rio  Putumayo,  Klug  2166.  Rio  Maranon,  Tessmann 
4852.  Basin  of  Rio  Huallaga,  Killip  &  Smith  28159;  Klug  2944; 
Williams  4575.  Rio  Amazonas  and  Iquitos,  Tessmann  3704;  Klug 
356;  Williams  2404,  2409,  2526,  2552,  2626,  2660,  2839,  2875.— 
Department (?):  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Amazonian  Brazil  and  adjacent 
Venezuela  and  Colombia.  "Ucufe-ey"  (Rio  Putumayo);  "cumala 
caspi"  (Rio  Huallaga);  "cumala  blanca." 

Virola  flexuosa  A.  C.  Smith,  Brittonia  2: 151.  1936. 

A  tree  up  to  30  meters  high;  young  branchlets  and  petioles 
densely  tomentellous;  petioles  2-7  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  submem- 
branous,  oblong  or  narrowly  elliptic,  5-11  cm.  long,  1.7-4  cm.  broad, 
cordate  at  the  base,  obtuse  or  acute  at  the  apex,  tomentellous 
beneath  (hairs  sessile  or  short-stalked),  the  secondary  nerves  40-50 
per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  9  cm.  long  and  broad,  densely 
tomentellous;  flowers  arranged  in  small,  compact  clusters,  the  pedi- 
cels about  1  mm.  long;  perianth  1.2-1.6  mm.  long,  3-lobed  nearly 
to  the  base;  anthers  3,  about  0.4  mm.  long,  subequal  to  the  filament 
column,  connate  to  the  apex. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  4423.  Rio  Ucayali, 
Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  3207.  Amazonian  Brazil  and  adjacent 
Bolivia. 

Virola  loretensis  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  95.  1931. 
V.  villosa  Ducke,  Bull.  Mus.  Paris  II.  4:  724.  1932. 

A  slender  tree,  4-10  meters  high ;  hairs  of  the  branchlets,  petioles, 
lower  leaf  surfaces,  and  inflorescence  branches  ferruginous,  multi- 
cellular,  1-4  mm.  long;  petioles  3-12  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  thin- 
coriaceous  or  papyraceous,  oblong,  oblong-elliptic,  or  narrowly  obo- 
vate-oblong,  15-35  cm.  long,  4-10  cm.  broad,  cordate  or  rounded 
at  the  base,  acute  or  acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves 
15-26  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  25  cm.  long  and  15 
cm.  broad;  pedicels  slender,  2-4  mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  781 

1.5-2.5  mm.  long,  3-4-lobed  nearly  one-half  its  length;  anthers  3, 
0.5-0.8  mm.  long,  equaling  or  slightly  exceeding  the  filament  column, 
apiculate  at  the  apex;  ovary  densely  tomentose;  fruits  10-40  per 
inflorescence,  subglobose,  13-22  mm.  in  diameter,  densely  and  per- 
sistently tomentose  (hairs  7-9  mm.  long),  the  pericarp  usually  less 
than  0.5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Vicinity  of  Iquitos,  Kittip  &  Smith  27026,  27359,  type; 
Ducke  17983,  type  of  V.  villosa;  Kuhlmann  17894;  King  1502,  1543. 
Rio  Itaya,  Kittip  &  Smith  29671 ;  Williams  3289,  3447.  Rio  Ama- 
zonas,  Williams  2264-  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Virola  mollissima  (A.  DC.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.- 
Carol.  68:  167.  1897.  Myristica  mollissima  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr. 
14:696.1857. 

A  slender  tree,  5-12  meters  high;  branchlets,  petioles,  lower  leaf 
surfaces,  and  inflorescence  branches  persistently  tomentose  (hairs 
ferruginous,  multicellular,  1-2  mm.  long);  petioles  stout,  8-21  mm. 
long;  leaf  blades  thin-coriaceous,  oblong  or  obovate-oblong,  25-50 
cm.  long,  8-19  cm.  broad,  deeply  cordate  to  rounded  at  the  base, 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  secondary  nerves  15-30  per  side;  stami- 
nate  inflorescences  up  to  25  cm.  long  and  18  cm.  broad;  pedicels  up 
to  3  mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform,  about  2  mm.  long,  3-lobed 
about  one-third  its  length;  anthers  3,  about  1  mm.  long,  twice  as 
long  as  the  filament  column,  apiculate  at  the  apex;  fruits  5-10  per 
inflorescence,  subglobose,  11-14  mm.  in  diameter,  densely  and  per- 
sistently tomentose  (hairs  2-2.5  mm.  long),  the  pericarp  less  than 
0.5  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga  basin,  Poeppig  s.  n.;  2195,  type; 
Killip  &  Smith  29044;  King  2822,  3128.  Rio  Ucayali  basin,  Yarina- 
cocha,  Tessmann  3473. 

Virola  multinervia  Ducke,  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  26:  261. 
1936. 

A  tree  up  to  30  meters  high;  branchlets  and  petioles  densely  ferru- 
ginous-tomentose  (hairs  to  1  mm.  long,  often  irregularly  branched) ; 
petioles  stout,  4-15  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  coriaceous,  elliptic-oblong, 
25-45  cm.  long,  8-16  cm.  broad,  rounded  or  shallowly  cordate  at  the 
base,  acute  or  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  tomentose  beneath  (hairs 
stalked,  irregularly  branched,  0.3-0.5  mm.  long),  the  secondary 
nerves  40-60  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  up  to  20  cm.  long 
and  broad,  densely  tomentose;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  perianth  1.2- 
1.5  mm.  long,  distally  strigose,  otherwise  glabrous,  3-lobed  nearly 


782  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

to  the  base;  anthers  3,  about  0.4  mm.  long,  slightly  shorter  than  the 
filament  column,  connate  to  the  apex,  obtuse;  pistillate  inflorescences 
robust,  the  ovary  subglobose,  densely  tomentellous  (hairs  about  0.3 
mm.  long);  mature  fruits  ellipsoid  or  obovoid,  20-30  mm.  long,  15-25 
mm.  broad,  densely  and  persistently  setulose  (hairs  1-2  mm.  long), 
the  pericarp  1.5-4  mm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Yurimaguas,  Kuhlmann  24557. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

Virola  Pavonis  (A.  DC.)  A.  C.  Smith,  Brittonia  2:  504.  1938. 
Myristica  Pavonis  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  14:  697.  1857.  V.  venosa 
var.  Pavonis  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  68:  225.  pi.  7, 
f.  1,  2.  1897. 

A  tree  up  to  23  meters  high;  young  branchlets  and  petioles 
puberulent,  soon  glabrous;  petioles  4-13  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  coria- 
ceous or  thin-coriaceous,  oblong-elliptic  or  narrowly  obovate-elliptic, 
8-21  cm.  long,  2-6.5  cm.  broad,  attenuate  to  obtuse  or  rarely 
rounded  at  the  base,  obtusely  cuspidate  to  rounded  at  the  apex, 
sparsely  pale-puberulent  beneath  (hairs  sessile-stellate),  soon  gla- 
brous, the  secondary  nerves  15-20  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences 
up  to  15  cm.  long  and  broad,  densely  puberulent,  soon  glabrous; 
pedicels  up  to  2  mm.  long,  the  perianth  1.5-2  mm.  long,  3-lobed  more 
than  half  its  length;  anthers  three,  0.4-0.7  mm.  long,  shorter  than 
the  filament  column,  usually  connate  to  the  apex;  pistillate  inflores- 
cences about  as  large  as  the  staminate,  the  ovary  densely  and  closely 
puberulent;  mature  fruits  ellipsoid,  25-50  mm.  long,  15-23  mm.  broad, 
usually  distinctly  carinate,  glabrous,  the  pericarp  2-7  mm.  thick. 

Huanuco:  Chicoplaya,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  (type). — Loreto:  Balsa- 
puerto,  Klug  3085.  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4047,  4122, 
4146.  Near  Iquitos,  Killip  &  Smith  27145.  Rio  Nanay,  Williams 
1166. — Loreto  or  San  Martin:  Rio  Huallaga,  Poeppig  2058. — San 
Martin:  Near  Moyobamba,  1,100  meters,  Klug  3713.  Amazonian 
Brazil. 

Virola  peruviana  (A.  DC.)  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol. 
68:  188.  1897.  Myristica  peruviana  A.  DC.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV.  4: 
30.  1855. 

A  tree;  branchlets  and  petioles  tomentellous;  petioles  7-20  mm. 
long;  leaf  blades  coriaceous  or  thin-coriaceous,  oblong,  16-35  cm. 
long,  6.5-10.5  cm.  broad,  shallowly  cordate  or  rounded  at  the  base, 
obtuse  to  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  tomentellous  beneath  (hairs  sessile- 
stellate),  glabrescent,  the  secondary  nerves  17-30  per  side;  staminate 


FLORA  OF  PERU  783 

inflorescences  10-18  cm.  long,  closely  puberulent  or  glabrous;  pedi- 
cels up  to  2  mm.  long;  perianth  infundibuliform,  2.3-3.2  mm.  long, 
usually  densely  tomentellous,  3-lobed  about  one- third  its  length; 
3  or  4  anthers,  1.1-1.6  mm.  long,  2-3  times  as  long  as  the  filament 
column,  connate  to  the  apex  and  apiculate;  pistillate  inflorescences 
3-5  cm.  long,  the  ovary  ellipsoid,  densely  tomentose  (hairs  about 
0.2  mm.  long);  mature  fruits  ellipsoid,  up  to  28  mm.  long  and  22 
mm.  broad,  at  length  glabrescent,  conspicuously  carinate,  the  peri- 
carp less  than  1.5  mm.  thick. 

Huanuco:  Pampayacu,  Sawada  19. — Junin:  La  Merced,  Weber- 
bauer  1861. — Loreto:  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  3055,  3259. — Depart- 
ment^): Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type.  Monterico  (Peru?),  Pearce.  Amazo- 
nian Brazil  (upper  Rio  Purus). 

Virola  sebifera  Aubl.  PL  Guian.  2:  904.  pi.  345,  f.  1-5.  1775. 
Myristica  Mocoa  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  14:  195.  1856.  V.  Mocoa 
Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  68:  183.  1897.  V.  peruviana 
var.  tomentosa  Warb.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  68:  189.  1897. 

A  tree  up  to  40  meters  high;  branchlets  and  petioles  tomentose, 
glabrescent;  petioles  10-25  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  coriaceous,  oblong 
or  elliptic-oblong,  15-47  cm.  long,  6-15  cm.  broad,  cordate  to  obtuse 
(occasionally  subacute)  at  the  base,  acuminate  or  acute  at  the  apex, 
tomentose  beneath  (hairs  stalked,  0.2-0.3  mm.  long),  the  secondary 
nerves  10-28  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  8-23  cm.  long  and 
broad,  closely  tomentellous  on  all  exterior  surfaces  (hairs  less  than 
0.2  mm.  long);  pedicels  slender,  up  to  3  mm.  long;  perianth  infundi- 
buliform, 1.8-3  mm.  long,  3  (occasionally  4  or  5)  -lobed  about  one- 
third  its  length;  anthers  3  (sometimes  4  or  5),  0.7-1.5  mm.  long, 
2-4  times  as  long  as  the  filament  column,  apiculate  and  usually 
connate  at  the  apex;  pistillate  inflorescences  3-7  cm.  long,  the  ovary 
densely  tomentose  (hairs  0.2-0.3  mm.  long);  fruits  ellipsoid  or  sub- 
globose,  10-19  mm.  long,  7-14  mm.  broad,  densely  tomentose  at 
maturity,  at  length  glabrescent,  the  pericarp  usually  less  than  1  mm. 
thick. 

Huanuco :  Chicoplaya,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type  of  V.  peruviana  var. 
tomentosa. — Loreto:  Rio  Huallaga,  Kuhlmann  23688,  24546;  Killip 
&  Smith  27935.  Mainas,  Poeppig  2390,  type  of  M.  Mocoa.— San 
Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4878.  San  Roque,  1,350-1,500  meters, 
Williams  6953,  7634.  Rio  Huallaga,  360-900  meters,  Williams  6615. 
Zepelacio,  1,100  meters,  Klug  3645.  Continental  tropical  America, 
from  Nicaragua  to  Bolivia  and  southern  Brazil. 


784  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Virola  Weberbaueri  Markgraf,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
9:  965.  1926. 

A  tree  up  to  30  meters  high;  branchlets  and  petioles  closely 
puberulent;  petioles  3-8  mm.  long;  leaf  blades  thin-coriaceous, 
oblong  or  obovate-oblong,  15-22  cm.  long,  4.5-7  cm.  broad,  obtuse 
or  narrowly  rounded  at  the  base,  cuspidate  at  the  apex,  closely 
puberulent  beneath  (hairs  sessile-stellate),  glabrescent,  the  secondary 
nerves  23^40  per  side;  staminate  inflorescences  10-15  cm.  long, 
closely  and  minutely  puberulent;  pedicels  up  to  5  mm.  long;  perianth 
2-3.2  mm.  long,  3-lobed  nearly  to  the  base;  anthers  3,  about  1  mm. 
long,  subequal  to  the  filament  column,  minutely  apiculate  and  essen- 
tially connate  to  the  apex;  mature  fruits  ellipsoid,  up  to  30  mm.  long 
and  22  mm.  broad,  closely  brown-puberulent,  soon  glabrous,  the 
pericarp  about  2  mm.  thick. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  1,000  meters,  Weberbauer  1893,  type. — Loreto: 
Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4005,  4339. 

75.  MONIMIACEAE 

Reference:  Perkins  &  Gilg,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101.  1901;  Nachtr. 
1911. 

Besides  the  following,  Laurelia  sempervirens  (R.  &  P.)  Tul.  has 
been  credited  by  Perkins  on  the  basis  of  a  Pa  von  specimen  without 
definite  locality.  It  is  certainly  Chilean,  the  type  collection  at 
Madrid  being  labeled  as  from  Conception. 

Anthers  large,  evalvate;  filaments  none  or  very  short;  sepals  4, 
obvious;  petioles  and  styles  mostly  short 1.  Mollinedia. 

Anthers  small;  filaments  well  developed,  often  broad;  sepals  4-7, 
often  obsolete;  petioles  often  and  styles  always  long. 

2.  Siparuna. 
1.  MOLLINEDIA  R.  &  P. 

Tetratame  Poepp.  &  Endl. 

Dioecious  shrubs  or  trees  with  opposite,  rarely  entire  leaves  and 
mostly  small  flowers,  the  staminate  usually  disposed  in  panicles, 
the  pistillate  in  racemes.  Anthers  longitudinally  dehiscent,  but  the 
cells  mostly  confluent.  Staminate  sepals  4,  usually  unequal,  the 
pistillate  equal  and  forming  a  calyptrum.  Stamens  8-50.  Carpels 
6-35.  Ovule  pendulous. — Two  keys  are  appended,  the  first  for 
fruiting  material,  especially  for  three  forms  proposed  by  me  as  new 
species  which,  however,  have  not  been  studied  in  connection  with 
the  preparation  of  this  account. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  785 

Mature  leaves  distinctly  but  sometimes  finely  pubescent  beneath, 

at  least  along  the  midrib  (M.  simulans). 
Leaves  rusty-villous  beneath,  especially  on  the  midnerve,  even 

in  age. 
Petioles  12-15  mm.  long;  blades  broadly  ovate-elliptic. 

M.  repanda. 

Petioles  6-8  (13)  mm.  long;  blades  oblong M.  pulcherrima. 

Leaves  not  rusty-villous;  petioles  5-8  mm.  long,  sometimes  longer. 
Leaves  at  least  shortly  acuminate;  branchlets  minutely  pubes- 
cent. 

Leaves  shortly  and  broadly  acuminate,  mostly  10-15  cm.  long. 

M.  latifolia. 
Leaves  long-acuminate,  20-30  cm.  long. 

Petioles  short;  sepals  entire M.  grandifolia. 

Petioles  elongate;  inner  sepals  laciniate M.  Krukovii. 

Leaves  obtuse  or  rarely  acute;  branchlets  densely  hairy. 

M.  Casca. 

Mature  leaves  glabrous  beneath  or  not  obviously  pubescent. 
Leaves  ovate  to  elliptic,  mostly  wider  than  5  cm. 
Leaves  coarsely  serrate,  the  remote  teeth  3-4  mm.  long. 

M.  grosseserrata. 

Leaves  indistinctly  or  repandly  and  shortly  denticulate. 
Leaves  caudate-acuminate,  the  acumen  about  1.5  cm.  long. 

M.  Killipii. 
Leaves  acute  to  acuminate. 

Leaves  oblong-elliptic,  5-6.5  cm.  wide M.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic,  8-14  cm.  wide. 

Inner  sepals  appendaged;  leaves  glabrous.  .  .  .M.  ovata. 

Inner  sepals  unappendaged ;  leaf  nerves  minutely  puberu- 

lent M.  grandifolia. 

Leaves  oblong  to  lanceolate,  mostly  less  than  5  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  glabrous  or  only  the  youngest  sparsely  pubescent. 
Leaves  denticulate  or,  if  acuminate,  cuneately  so. 

Petioles  about  1  cm.  long;  stamens  about  18.  .M.  lanceolata. 

Petioles  6-8  mm.  long;  stamens  about  24 M.  racemosa. 

Leaves  entire,  caudate-acuminate M.  caudata. 

Leaves  minutely  pubescent  beneath  in  age,  entire .  .  M.  simulans. 


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Key  after  Perkins 

(M.  Casca,  M.  caudata,  and  M.  simulans  omitted) 
Sepals  similar,  the  inner  not  appendaged. 
Pubescence  conspicuous. 

Leaves  broadly  ovate-elliptic M.  repanda. 

Leaves  oblong M.  pulcherrima. 

Pubescence  minute  or  wanting. 
Leaves  5-7  cm.  wide. 

Stamens  few;  leaves  caudate M.  Killipii. 

Stamens  many;  leaves  short-acuminate M.  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  about  14  cm.  wide M.  grandifolia. 

Sepals  unequal,  the  inner  appendaged. 

Cells  of  the  outer  anthers  not  at  all  confluent  apically .  .  M.  ovata. 
Cells  of  all  anthers  confluent  apically. 

Stamens  about  18;  leaves  1.5-3  (-5)  cm.  wide.  .  .M.  lanceolata. 
Stamens  about  25  or  more. 

Leaves  coarsely  dentate M.  grosseserrata. 

Leaves  entire  or  finely  denticulate. 

Stamens  about  25;  inflorescence  elongate M.  racemosa. 

Stamens  30-50;  inflorescence  short. 

Leaves  dentate M.  latifolia. 

Leaves  entire M.  Krukovii. 

Mollinedia  Casca  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  352.  1934. 

Robust,  with  densely  appressed-pilose  branchlets;  petioles  7-10 
mm.  long,  glabrate;  blades  broadly  elliptic,  rounded  at  both  ends 
or  obscurely  acute  at  the  apex,  about  14  cm.  long,  half  as  wide,  entire, 
chartaceous,  glabrous  above,  prominently  reticulate-veined  and 
sparsely  puberulent  beneath;  flowers  unknown;  carpels  about  12, 
glabrous  or  glabrate,  1.5  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  200  meters,  Williams  4585,  type. 

Mollinedia  caudata  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  351.  1934. 

A  glabrous  tree,  5  meters  high,  with  slender,  terete,  remotely 
branched  branches;  internodes  4-6  cm.  long;  petioles  5-10  mm.  long; 
blades  pale  green,  chartaceous-membranaceous,  very  densely  pellucid- 
puncticulate,  obscurely  veined,  entire,  oblong-  or  ovate-elliptic, 
rounded-acute  at  the  base,  subabruptly  caudate-acuminate,  the  acu- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  787 

men  to  2  cm.  long,  mostly  10-12  cm.  long,  3.5-4.5  cm.  wide;  carpels 
about  6,  black,  glabrous,  1.5  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Pebas,  on  the  Amazon,  in  forest,  Williams  1602,  type; 
1724,  1747.  Pumayacu,  1,000  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3215;  a  tree 
of  10  meters. — Junin:  Puerto  Bermudez,  375  meters,  Killip  &  Smith 
26562. 

Mollinedia  grandifolia  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
158. 1927. 

A  small,  dioecious  shrub,  only  the  youngest  branchlets,  the 
petioles,  the  leaf  nerves  beneath,  and  the  receptacle  (outside)  very 
minutely  pubescent;  leaves  thin,  broadly  elliptic,  14.5  cm.  wide, 
cuneate-rounded  at  the  base,  the  lateral  nerves  6-9;  inflorescence 
5-7  cm.  long,  few-flowered,  very  lax,  the  pedicels  5-8  mm.  long; 
staminate  flowers  yellowish  green,  6-7  mm.  broad;  sepals  not  append- 
aged,  the  outer  ones  ovate,  entire,  larger  than  the  inner  ones;  stamens 
40-50. — Placed  by  the  author  near  M.  salicifolia  Perk.  Neg.  13434. 

Loreto:  Flooded  areas,  upper  Rio  Maranon,  Tessmann  4581,  type. 

Mollinedia  grosseserrata  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  27:  673.  1900;  44. 

Leaves  about  10  cm.  long  and  4-7.5  cm.  wide,  rounded  or  more 
or  less  cuneate  at  the  base,  shortly,  broadly,  and  acutely  acuminate, 
glabrous,  deeply  serrate  on  the  upper  margins,  chartaceous;  inflores- 
cence 4-5  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  6  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers  5  mm. 
broad;  receptacles  ashy-pilose,  longer  than  the  rigid,  subequal  sepals; 
inner  sepals  with  a  long,  deeply  incised,  incurved  appendage;  sta- 
mens 24,  the  anther  cells  confluent. — The  Williams  (sterile)  specimen 
has  similar  leaves  but  the  caudate  tips  are  1  cm.  long.  Neg.  13435. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Lobb,  type.— Loreto :  Near  Altura,  Rio 
Nanay,  in  forest,  Williams  857(?). 

Mollinedia  Killipii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  351.  1934. 

A  tree  of  4.5-6  meters,  with  slender,  glabrous  branchlets,  the 
internodes  about  5  cm.  long;  petioles  8-10  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic, 
about  12  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide,  rounded  and  acute  or  broadly 
cuneate  at  the  base,  narrowly  caudate-acuminate,  the  acumination 
1.5  cm.  long,  entire,  membranous,  noticeably  reticulate-veined  only 
beneath,  glabrous  or  very  minutely  and  sparsely  puberulent  beneath  ; 
inflorescence  few-flowered,  glabrous;  pedicels  slender,  strongly  divari- 
cate, 2.5  cm.  long;  receptacles  obconic,  4  mm.  long,  3.5  mm.  wide; 
sepals  subequal,  entire,  inflexed,  truncate,  2  mm.  long;  stamens 


788  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

about  15,  nearly  1.5  mm.  broad,  the  cells  confluent,  the  connective 
scarcely  or  not  produced. 

Loreto:  Soledad,  on  Rio  Itaya,  110  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  & 
Smith  29751,  type. 

Mollinedia  Krukovii  A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  114.  1935. 

Younger  branchlets,  petioles,  and  leaves  beneath  minutely  pilose; 
petioles  1.5-3.5  cm.  long;  blades  chartaceous,  ovate,  20-30  cm.  long, 
11-17  cm.  wide,  acute  at  the  base,  the  apical  acumination  1  cm. 
long,  entire,  becoming  glabrescent  beneath,  obscurely  but  abun- 
dantly pellucid-punctulate,  the  lateral  nerves  7-9  pairs,  elevated  on 
both  sides,  the  many  reticulate  veins  prominent  beneath;  pedicels 
8-10  mm.  long,  finely  pilose;  staminate  flowers  yellow,  the  fleshy 
receptacle  glabrous  within;  outer  sepals  broadly  ovate,  to  10  mm. 
long,  nearly  as  broad,  the  inner  ones  oblong-orbicular,  about  8  mm. 
long  and  broad,  with  a  thin,  laciniate  margin;  stamens  about  50, 
the  glabrous,  fleshy  filaments  1  mm.  long,  the  oblong  anthers  twice 
as  long. — Compared  by  the  author  with  M.  latifolia;  cf.  Klug  3215, 
which  perhaps  belongs  here,  cited  under  M .  caudata. 

Peru:  Probably.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Mollinedia  lanceolata  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  143.  1798;  43. 

Leaves  12-17  cm.  long,  1.5-3  (-5)  cm.  wide,  gradually  narrowed 
to  the  base  and  to  the  acuminate  apex,  thin  but  rigid,  glabrous,  irregu- 
larly denticulate  above  the  middle;  staminate  flowers  3.5  mm. 
broad,  the  papery  receptacle  plane,  sparsely  yellowish-pilose,  the 
outer  sepals  much  larger  than  the  fimbriate-appendaged  inner  ones; 
stamens  sessile,  the  anther  cells  confluent. — Neg.  13441. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Santa  Cruz,  Cerro, 
1,800  meters  (Pearce;  Peru?). 

Mollinedia  latifolia  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  Tul.  Monogr.  402.  1855; 
49.  Tetratome  latifolia  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  47.  1838. 

Leaves  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  15-20  cm.  long,  rounded  at  the 
base,  papyraceous,  regularly  but  remotely  and  inconspicuously  den- 
ticulate toward  the  acute  apex,  sparsely  and  minutely  pubescent 
beneath;  inflorescence  2.5  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  5  mm.  long;  flowers 
3.5  mm.  broad;  receptacles  papery,  densely  yellowish-pilose,  longer 
than  the  very  unequal  sepals,  the  inner  sepals  deeply  fimbriate- 
appendaged;  stamens  about  30,  equal;  pistillate  flowers  ashy-pilose, 
like  the  numerous  carpels;  style  very  short. — A  shrub  or  tree  6 
meters  high.  The  pubescence  is  typically  minute.  Neg.  13442. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  789 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Poeppig  2216,  type.  Balsapuerto,  150-350 
meters,  in  forest,  Kittip  &  Smith  28587,  20691,  28409,  28671.  Ama- 
zonian Brazil. 

Mollinedia  ovata  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  143.  1798;  41. 

Leaves  ovate-oblong,  rounded  at  the  base,  acutely  acuminate, 
chartaceous,  indistinctly  denticulate  toward  the  apex,  glabrous; 
inflorescence  5.5  cm.  long,  4-5-flowered,  the  peduncles  2  cm.  long, 
the  pedicels  half  as  long;  staminate  flowers  4-8  mm.  broad;  recep- 
tacles papyraceous,  nearly  glabrous,  equaled  by  the  minutely  dentic- 
ulate, subequal  sepals;  stamens  33-35;  anther  connective  produced; 
pistillate  flowers  yellow,  4-5  mm.  broad,  yellowish-pilose  like  the 
receptacles  within  and  the  35  carpels. — Fruit  of  the  Killip  and  Smith 
specimen  1  cm.  thick,  obtuse,  green.  Neg.  13450. 

Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — Rio  Acre:  Ule  9395.— Aya- 
cucho:  Rio  Apurimac  Valley,  400  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  22862.— 
San  Martin:  San  Roque,  in  forest,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7187. 

Mollinedia  pulcherrima  Sleumer,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  39:  275. 
1936. 

Except  for  the  leaves  above  (these  at  maturity  glabrous)  densely 
clothed  throughout,  even  to  the  sepals  without,  with  a  brown,  velu- 
tinous  indument;  leaves  oblong,  gradually  acuminate,  the  tip 
subacute,  the  base  mostly  subrotund,  rarely  broadly  attenuate,  char- 
taceous, entire  or  minutely  and  remotely  denticulate  above  the 
middle,  11-19  cm.  long,  4-6.5  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  slightly 
impressed  above,  strongly  developed  beneath,  the  veins  distinctly 
reticulate;  inflorescence  4-6  cm.  long;  pedicels  about  1.5  cm.  long; 
receptacle  plane,  chartaceous,  the  staminate  8-9  mm.  broad;  outer 
sepals  broadly  ovate,  4-5  mm.  long,  glabrous  within;  stamens  many, 
more  than  20,  sessile,  glabrous,  the  anthers  nearly  hippocrepous; 
pistillate  flowers  unknown;  drupes  (young)  sessile,  crowded,  pilose.— 
Separated  from  M.  caloneura  Perk.,  39,  of  Bolivia,  with  the  nerves 
strongly  impressed  above,  the  lateral  ones  more  numerous. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Cutervo  (Raimondi,  type). 

Mollinedia  racemosa  (Schlecht.)  Tul.  Monogr.  382.  1885;  45. 
Tetratome  racemosa  Schlecht.  Linnaea  20 : 114. 1847.  T.  tri flora  Poepp. 
&  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  46.  pi.  163.  1838. 

Leaves  often  more  or  less  fascicled,  10-15  cm.  long,  3-5.5  cm. 
wide,  cuneate  at  the  base,  remotely  serrate-denticulate  toward  the 
attenuate,  acute  apex,  finally  glabrous;  inflorescence  long-pseudo- 


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racemose,  to  15  cm.  long,  many-flowered,  the  slender,  flexuous 
peduncle  to  1.5  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  5-8  mm.  long;  receptacles 
obconic,  appressed-sericeous;  outer  sepals  suborbicular,  the  longer 
inner  ones  repand-lacerate. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101 :  /.  6. 
Neg.  13457. 

Loreto:  Poeppig  1577,  type. 

Mollinedia  repanda  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  142.  1798;  34. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescences  rusty- 
tomentose-pilose;  leaves  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  15-20  cm.  long,  7-10 
cm.  wide,  shortly  or  not  at  all  acute,  rounded  or  shortly  cuneate  at 
the  base,  remotely  and  obscurely  sinuate,  coriaceous,  sometimes 
rigid,  rather  rugose-nervose,  lustrous  and  glabrous  above;  fruiting 
racemes  solitary,  axillary,  the  peduncle  1.5  cm.,  the  pedicels  2  cm. 
long;  receptacles  orbicular,  the  margins  completely  reflexed,  15-25- 
carpellate;  drupes  ovate,  subsessile,  1.5-2  cm.  long. — Neg.  13458. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Upper  Amazon, 
2,100  meters,  Kanehira  13. 

Mollinedia  simulans  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  352.  1934. 

A  shrub;  branches  glabrous,  the  internodes  3-6  cm.  long;  petioles 
6-7  mm.  long;  blades  entire,  oblong-lanceolate,  cuneate  or  broadly 
cuneate  at  the  base,  shortly  or  long-acuminate,  about  12  cm.  long, 
3.5-4.5  cm.  wide,  chartaceous-membranous,  glabrous  and  little 
lustrous  above,  beneath  paler,  minutely  and  sparsely  puberulent  and 
somewhat  reticulate-veined;  carpels  about  10,  appressed-strigose, 
2.5  cm.  long. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  in  forest,  Williams  6977, 
type.  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  180  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  2226;  a 
shrub  1  meter  high.  "Amoqui-ey"  (Huitoto  name). 

Mollinedia  Tessmannii  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
159. 1927. 

A  small,  dioecious  tree,  the  growing  parts  soon  glabrous;  leaves 
usually  oblong-elliptic,  cuneate-rounded  at  the  base,  shortly  and 
broadly  acuminate,  the  tip  acute,  minutely  and  remotely  denticulate, 
the  lateral  nerves  6-7;  staminate  inflorescence  3-9  cm.  long,  many- 
flowered,  the  pedicels  3-5  mm.  long;  flowers  6-9  mm.  long,'  about 
half  as  broad,  the  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long,  gray-pilose;  sepals  unap- 
pendaged,  the  2  outer  ones  broadly,  the  inner  ones  narrowly,  ovate; 
stamens  50;  pistillate  inflorescence  4  cm.  long,  the  flowers  smaller 
than  the  staminate  ones;  sepals  minute;  receptacles  and  carpels 


FLORA  OF  PERU  791 

(about  30)  pilose. — Allied  to  M.  macrantha  Tul.,  40,  with  shorter 
staminate  inflorescences  and  smaller  flowers.    Neg.  13465. 

Loreto:  Cumaria,  Rio  Ucayali,  225  meters,  in  lowland  forest, 
Tessmann  3349.  Sacarita  de  Masisea,  between  Cumaria  and  Iparya, 
215  meters,  Tessmann  3364- 

2.  SIPARUNA  Aubl. 

Citrosma  R.  &  P. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  subentire  or  denticulate  leaves,  the  petioles 
often  unequal,  opposite  or  sometimes  ternate.  Inflorescence  axillary, 
often  cymose.  Receptacles  nearly  always  campanulate  or  globose- 
urceolate,  the  sepals  4-7,  sometimes  obsolete,  not  rarely  connate 
into  an  entire  or  lobed  ring.  Stamens  1-60,  often  unequal.  Anthers 
dehiscing  within.  Styles  filiform  or  ligulate,  free  or  connate.  Car- 
pels 4-20.  Ovule  basal,  erect. — The  name  of  Ruiz  and  Pavon  has 
been  spelled  by  later  authorities  Citriosma.  Since  a  large  number 
of  the  Peruvian  species  are  imperfectly  known,  a  key  based  on  char- 
acters of  foliage  and  pubescence  has  been  attempted,  which,  to  be 
followed,  requires,  at  least  sometimes,  material  for  comparison. 
The  technical  key  is  after  Miss  Perkins'  but  modified  to  group  a 
majority  of  the  species  with  few  stamens  together,  because  the  genus 
is  probably  divisible  into  two  groups,  one  with  many,  the  other 
with  few  stamens.  The  several  species  proposed  by  me  have  been 
placed  in  the  technical  key,  but  their  validity  remains  doubtful. 
The  Peruvian  forms,  so  far  as  known,  are  dioecious  except  as  indi- 
cated, but  the  character,  at  least  for  some  species,  seems  to  be  feeble. 
Ruiz  and  Pavon,  referring  to  insect  deposits  frequent  on  these  shrubs, 
observed  in  their  journal  that  the  branches  appeared  as  though 
sprinkled  with  intent  by  saliva. 

Artificial  key 
Petioles  all  short,  the  longest  10-15  mm.,  most  of  them  shorter. 

Pubescence  mostly  or  entirely  simple,  hispid,  or  practically  lacking 
on  the  leaves. 

Pubescence  present. 

Hairs  spreading;  leaves  of  medium  to  large  size. 

Leaves  auricled  at  the  somewhat  narrowed  base. 

S.  auriculata. 

Leaves  not  at  all  auricled,  cuneate  at  the  base. S.  hispida. 
Hairs  appressed,  the  leaves  uniformly  small  (4-9  cm.). 


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Leaves  entire S.  parvifolia. 

Leaves  denticulate. 

Leaves  slightly  pubescent  beneath S.  ovalis. 

Leaves  glabrate S.  Mathewsii. 

Pubescence  none  on  the  leaves  or  sometimes  2-3  fascicles  of 

hairs  on  the  leaves  beneath S.  subinodora. 

Pubescence  stellate  or  lepidote,  sometimes  sparse. 
Branches  and  inflorescence  more  or  less  densely  lepidote,  the 
scales  sometimes  stellate,  but  the  scales  larger  than  the 
marginal  hairs. 

Scales  very  minutely  or  not  at  all  stellate. 
Leaves  acute  or  broadly  short-acuminate. 

Leaves  sparsely  lepidote  beneath S.  lepidantha. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  sparsely  stellate-pilose  beneath. 

S.  guianensis. 

Leaves  acuminate,  with  a  distinct  acumen  (cf.  some  forms 
of  S.  guianensis) . 

Leaves  mostly  shorter  than  9  cm.;  stamens  6. 

S.  crassi flora. 
Leaves  mostly  longer  than  9  cm.;  stamens  4-5. 

S.  ucayaliensis. 

Scales  rather  obviously  stellate  (cf.  also  S.  guianensis). 
Leaves  obovate,  with  a  very  abrupt,  linear-caudate  tip; 

stamens  4-5 S.  lepidiflora. 

Leaves  elliptic,  acuminate;  stamens  about  12. S.  cervicornis. 

Branches  and  inflorescence  more  or  less  stellate-pubescent,  some- 
times minutely  or  densely  so  but  not  definitely  lepidote. 

Leaves  obviously  very  pubescent,  especially  beneath,  even  if 
finely  so,  the  hairs  not  confined  to  the  nerves. 

Pubescence  fine,  pale,  scabrous-stellate  or  pilose  on  the 
leaves  above,  stellate-puberulent  beneath. 

Leaves  subentire S.  aiperula. 

Leaves  closely  mucronulate-denticulate .  .S.  saurauiifolia. 
Pubescence  long  and  soft,  often  fulvous. 

Leaves  closely  mucronulate-denticulate .  .  S.  saurauiifolia. 
Leaves  remotely  or  unevenly  denticulate  or  subentire. 
Leaf  veins  reticulately  impressed  above .  S.  Weberbaueri. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  793 

Leaf  veins  not  impressed  above. 

Petioles  4-5  mm.  long S.  tomentosa. 

Petioles  10  mm.  long  or  longer S.  fulva. 

Leaves  green,   even  beneath,   though  sometimes  distinctly 
pubescent  on  the  veins. 

Inflorescence  mostly  2-4  cm.  long,  densely  and  finely  stel- 
late-tomentose. 

Pubescence  extraordinarily  minute  and  compact,  espe- 
cially on  the  inflorescence. 

Leaves  6.5-7.5  cm.  wide;  pedicels  1  mm.  long. 

S.  cervicornis. 
Leaves  4-5.5  cm.  wide;  pedicels  1.5-2.5  mm.  long. 

S.  obstipa. 
Pubescence  somewhat  spreading,  the  branches  obvious 

(cf .  some  forms  of  S.  guianensis) S.  bifida. 

Inflorescence  mostly  about  1-1.5  cm.  long,  often  openly 

pubescent,  especially  when  larger. 
Leaves  thin,  slightly  pubescent  on  the  nerves  above. 
Leaves  entire,  mostly  under  5  cm.  wide.  .S.  loretensis. 
Leaves  more  or  less  dentate,  mostly  more  than  5  cm. 

wide. 
Pubescence    minute,    appressed;    leaf    reticulation 

faint S.  thecaphora. 

Pubescence  spreading;  leaf  reticulation  conspicuous. 

S.  harongifolia. 

Leaves  firm  or  almost  coriaceous,  glabrous  or  nearly  so 
above. 

Inflorescence  greenish. 
Leaves  of  medium  size. 

Pistillate  sepals  conspicuous;  leaves  conspicuously 

acuminate S.  Poeppigii. 

Pistillate  sepals  minute  or  none;  leaves  acute  or 

short-pointed 5.  guianensis. 

Leaves  small,  2-3  cm.  wide S.  calignosa. 

Inflorescences  compactly  yellow-gray-pubescent. 

S.  obstipa. 
Petioles  mostly  longer,  or  at  least  half  of  them  1.5  cm.  long  or  longer. 


794  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaf  veins  more  or  less  reticulately  bullate-impressed  above;  pubes- 
cence often  abundant,  even  in  immature  leaves  the  character 
reasonably  well  marked  (cf.  S.  harongifolia). 

Leaves  to  7  (-10)  cm.  wide,  mostly  narrower  or  the  pubescence 
beneath  soft. 

Leaves  glabrous S.  umbelliflora. 

Leaves  pubescent,  at  least  beneath. 

Pubescence  pale;  leaves  scarcely  reticulate- veined  beneath. 

S.  Tulasnei. 
Pubescence  often  more  or  less  distinctly  fulvous;  leaves 

always  conspicuously  reticulate-veined  beneath. 
Pubescence  soft  and  dense  beneath. 

S.  muricata,  S.  pyricarpa. 
Pubescence  soon  chiefly  confined  to  the  veins  beneath. 

Pubescence  distinctly  fulvous S.  neglecta. 

Pubescence  not  at  all  fulvous S.  suaveolens. 

Leaves  mostly  (except  the  younger)  1  to  several  decimeters  wide, 
the  pubescence  beneath  never  soft,  but  in  S.  pyricarpa 
dense. 

Leaves  mostly  8-12  cm.  wide. 
Stem  pubescence  hispid-stellate  or  fasciculate. 

Pistillate  inflorescences  short S.  aspera. 

Pistillate  inflorescences  elongate S.   exsculpta. 

Stem  pubescence  stellate-fasciculate  but  denser  and  shorter, 

thus  tomentose S.  pyricarpa. 

Leaves  mostly  15-30  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  conspicuously  serrate. 

Leaves  cuneate  at  the  base S.  podocarpa. 

Leaves  cordate  at  the  base S.  gigantophylla. 

Leaves  entire  or  nearly  so S.  plana. 

Leaf  veins  not  very  obviously  if  at  all  impressed  above,  even  in 

mature  leaves,  unless  in  S.  Uleana,  a  nearly  glabrous  plant. 
Pubescence  of  the  leaves  beneath  simple  or  rarely  hispid-stellate 
or  lepidote  (except  in  S.  Gilgiana),  often  extremely  minute 
and  mostly  or  entirely  confined  to  the  nerves,  or  even 
lacking. 

Leaves  glabrous  beneath  or  sometimes  with  a  few  (4-5)  remote 
hairs. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  795 

Leaf  width  rarely  4.5  cm. 

Inflorescence  dense,  umbelliform S.  umbelliflora. 

Inflorescence  open,  cymose S.  Tayloriana. 

Leaf  width  mostly  6-12  cm. 

Leaves  oblong-elliptic,  about  6-7  cm.  wide.  .S.  cuzcoana. 
Leaves  broadly  elliptic,  about  10  cm.  wide. 

Inflorescence  glabrate;  leaf  margins  denticulate. 

S.  Uleana. 
Inflorescence  rusty-stellate-lepidote;  leaves  entire. 

S.  Williamsii. 
Leaves,    at   least   on   the   midnerve,    somewhat   pubescent 

beneath. 
Pubescence  not  lepidote. 

Midrib  and  nerves  minutely  puberulent  or  hispidulous. 
Pubescence  minute. 

Trichomes  stellate S.  Gilgiana. 

Trichomes  simple S.  macrotepala. 

Pubescence  laxly  hispid-stellate,  partly  simple. 

S.  suaveolens. 
Midrib  (especially)  long-hispid. 

Petioles  2-5  cm.  long. 

Inflorescence  glabrate S.  pseudoumbellata. 

Inflorescence  pubescent S.  lyrata. 

Petioles  1-1.5  cm.  long S.  hispida. 

Pubescence  entirely  lepidote S.  decipiens. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaves  beneath  stellate,  dense,  or  at  least  dis- 
tributed over  the  surface. 

Pubescence  of  mature  leaves  gray  or  scarcely  fulvous,  fine, 
the  stellate  or  fasciculate  hairs  distinct  or  merely  approxi- 
mate; leaves  never  cordate. 
Leaves  cuneate  at  the  base. 

Leaf  margins  distinctly  and  closely  dentate. 

S.  harongifolia. 
Leaf  margins  entire  or  remotely  or  undulately  denticulate. 

Leaves  obviously  pubescent  above,  at  least  on  the 
nerves;  inflorescence  few-flowered. 


796  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  medium  in  size,  to  15  cm.  long  and  about  6 

cm.  wide S.  dasyantha. 

Leaves  large,  30  cm.  long  and  15  cm.  wide. 
Petioles  densely  fulvous-tomentose .  .S.  pauciflora. 
Petioles  rather  loosely  gray-stellate-pubescent. 

S.  tabacifolia. 
Leaves  glabrate  above,  very  minutely  and  sparsely 

puberulent;  flowers  many S.  heteropoda. 

Leaves  rounded-cuneate  at  the  base. 
Leaf  width  exceeding  10  cm. 

Leaves  dentate;  stamens  6 S.  eriocalyx. 

Leaves  entire;  stamens  about  20 S.  plana. 

Leaf  width  about  7  cm S.  galbina. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaves  fulvous  beneath  and  dense,  i.  e.,  the 
hairs  more  or  less  interwoven,  or  the  leaves  cordate  at 
the  base. 
Leaves  minutely  and  equally  or  subequally  dentate,  or 

subentire. 

Leaves  short-cuneate  at  the  obtuse  base. 
Petioles  to  about  2  cm.  long,  often  shorter. .  .S.  fulva. 

Petioles  to  3-4  cm.  long S.  radiata. 

Leaves  rounded  and  somewhat  cordate  at  the  base. 

Leaves  subentire,  the  pubescence  becoming  sparse. 

S.  magnified. 
Leaves  closely  denticulate,  the  pubescence  dense. 

S.  muricata. 
Leaves  coarsely  and  unequally  dentate S.  eriocalyx. 

Key  after  Perkins 

Flowers  characteristically  monoecious;  styles  more  or  less  coherent 

in  a  column  (so  far  as  known). 
Petioles  to  3  cm.  long;  leaves,  or  at  least  the  sepals,  densely 

lepidote S.  decipiens. 

Petioles  all  short,  rarely  to  1.5  cm.  long. 

Receptacles,  often  also  the  branchlets,  lepidote-pubescent. 
Leaves  large,  at  least  some  of  them  longer  than  15  cm., 

short-acuminate. 
Leaves  sparsely  lepidote  beneath S.  lepidantha. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  797 

Leaves,  at  least  on  the  nerves,  stellate-puberulent. 

S.  cervicornis. 
Leaves  8-15  cm.  long,  long-acuminate. 

Leaves  mostly  shorter  than  9  cm. ;  stamens  6 .  S.  crassiflora. 
Leaves  mostly  longer  than  9  cm.;  stamens  4-5. 

S.  ucayaliensis. 
Receptacles  or  sepals  not  lepidote,  at  least  not  typically  so 

(cf.  S.  cervicornis). 

Sepals  (pistillate)  well  developed,  the  receptacle  tomentose. 

S.  Poeppigii. 
Sepals  minute  or  wanting. 

Style  column  exserted S.  guianensis. 

Style  column  short,  included S.  bifida. 

Flowers  characteristically  dioecious;  styles  free  or  very  rarely 

coherent  (so  far  as  known). 
Stamens  mostly  5,  4  of  them  more  or  less  connate. 
Leaves  rounded  to  cordate  at  the  base;  inflorescence  short. 

S.  magnified. 
Leaves  narrowed  at  the  base;  inflorescence  1.5-3  cm.  long. 

Leaves  tomentose  beneath S.  radiata. 

Leaves  lepidote-stellate  beneath S.  lepidiflora. 

Stamens  often  more  numerous,  always  free. 

A.  Stamens  few,  rarely  as  many  as  20  (the  number  is  unknown 
for  a  few  species,  apparently  allied  to  the  following). 

Stamens  only  1  or  2 S.  Gilgiana. 

Stamens  5-10,  rarely  to  20. 

Leaves  soon  glabrous  or  subglabrous  beneath. 

Leaf  margin  entire,  undulate,  or  obscurely  denticulate. 
Leaves  membranous. 

Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  long-cuneate  to  the  base. 
Petioles  shorter  than  1  cm. 

Leaves  to  6  cm.  wide;  stamens  5-6. 

S.  subinodora. 
Leaves  to  3  cm.  wide;  stamens  17-18. 

S.  parviflora. 

Petioles  3-6  cm.  long S.  cuzcoana. 

Leaves  broader,  rounded-cuneate  at  the  base. 


798  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Petioles  2-4  cm.  long;  leaves  abruptly  acute. 
Petioles  2-2.5  cm.  long;  blades  with  10-12  lateral 

nerves,    10   cm.  wide S.  Williamsii. 

Petioles  2-4  cm.  long;  blades  with  7-8  lateral 

nerves,  6-10  cm.  wide S.  macrotepala. 

Petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  blades  about  7  cm.  wide, 

acuminate S.  thecaphora. 

Leaves  coriaceous S.  Tayloriana. 

Leaf  margin  obviously  denticulate. 

Leaf  texture  coriaceous S.  Tayloriana. 

Leaf  texture  scarcely  firm,  sometimes  papyraceous. 
Leaves  subcordate  at  the  base,  short-acuminate. 

S.  Uleana. 
Leaves  somewhat  cuneate  at  the  base,  acuminate. 

S.  thecaphora. 
Leaves,  at  least  beneath,  more  or  less  pubescent. 

B.  Pubescence  hirsute-pilose,  the  hairs  simple,  branched, 

or  long-stellate,  or  rarely  lepidote-stellate. 
Leaves  rather  manifestly  auricled  at  the  base. 

Petioles  5-8  mm.  long S.  auriculata. 

Petioles  2-3  cm.  long S.  lyrata. 

Leaves  not  manifestly  auricled. 
Leaves  definitely  rounded  or  cordate  at  the  base. 

Leaves  mostly  only  6  cm.  long S.  ovalis. 

Leaves  uniformly  larger. 
Sepals  large,  3-4  mm.  long. 

Petioles  1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  pedicels  1  cm.  long. 

S.  harongifolia. 

Petioles  2-4  cm.  long;  pedicels  2-6  mm.  long. 
Leaves  not  bullate  above  by  the  impressed 

veins. 
Pubescence  minute;  leaves  not  at  all 

lyrate S.  macrotepala. 

Pubescence  pilose;  leaves  somewhat  ly- 
rate at  the  base S.  lyrata. 

Leaves   bullate   above   by   the   impressed 
veins S.  aspera. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  799 

Sepals  minute  or  obsolete. 

Inflorescence  characteristically  short,  1-2  cm. 
long. 

Leaves   ternate   or   scattered;  receptacles 
subsessile S.  asperula. 

Leaves  opposite;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long. 

S.  obstipa. 

Inflorescence    typically    several    centimeters 

long. 

Leaves  more  or  less  denticulate;  stamens 
few. 

Leaves  to  30  cm.  wide,  21-26-nerved. 

S.  gigantifolia. 

Leaves  to  15  cm.  wide,  16-18-nerved. 

S.  exsculpta. 

Leaves  entire;  stamens  about  20.  .S.  plana. 
Leaves  cuneate  to  the  base. 

Petioles  mostly  or  all  shorter  than  15  mm. 
Pubescence  mostly  or  entirely  simple. 

Hairs  spreading S.  hispida. 

Hairs  appressed S.  parviflora. 

Pubescence  more  or  less  stellate  or  lepidote. 

Mature  leaves  glabrous  above,  merely  lepidote 
beneath S.  ucayaliensis. 

Mature  leaves,  if  glabrate  above,  not  merely 

lepidote  beneath. 

Leaves  membranous,  slightly  pubescent  on 
the  often  many  nerves  above. 

Leaves  entire,  mostly  narrower  than  5 

cm S.  loretensis. 

Leaves  denticulate,  usually  wider. 

S.  thecaphora. 

Leaves  firm,  chartaceous,  glabrous  or  nearly 
so  above,  the  lateral  nerves  few  (7-9). 

Leaves  to  7  cm.  long S.  calignosa. 

Leaves  9-16  cm.  long S.  obstipa. 

Petioles,  at  least  part  of  them,  longer  than  15  mm. 


800  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  more  or  less  bullate  above  by  the  im- 
pressed veins. 

Leaves  ternate  or  scattered S.  suaveolens. 

Leaves  opposite S.  Tulasnei. 

Leaves  not  bullate  above,  the  veins  little  if  at 

all  impressed. 
Sepals  connate  or  none. 
Leaves  of  medium  size,  glabrate,  denticu- 
late   S.  thecaphora. 

Leaves  large,  stellate-puberulent,  entire. 

S.  plana. 
Sepals  free. 
Leaves  and  receptacles  minutely  pilose. 

S.  macrotepala. 

Leaves  and  receptacles  more  or  less  stellate- 
tomentose. 

Leaves  glabrate  above S.  heteropoda. 

Leaves  pubescent  above. .  .S.  tabacifolia. 
B.  Pubescence  tomentose  in  quality,  at  least  that  of 
leaves  and  stems  (this  key  contrast,  after  Perkins, 
not  always  easily  interpreted). 

Leaves  more  or  less  coriaceous  and  noticeably  bullate 
above  by  the  impressed  veins. 

Petioles  to  1  cm.  long S.  Weberbaueri. 

Petioles,  at  least  some  of  them,  1.5  cm.  long,  often 

longer. 
Leaves  mostly  8-12  cm.  wide. 

S.  exsculpta,  S.  pyrocarpa. 
Leaves  mostly  15-30  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  cuneate  at  the  base S.  podocarpa. 

Leaves  cordate  at  the  base S.  gigantophylla. 

Leaves  membranous,  the  veins  little  if  at  all  impressed 

above. 
Leaves  ternate. 

Petioles  to  1  cm.  long. 

Leaves  sparsely  tomentose S.  asperula. 

Leaves  densely  tomentose S.  tomentosa. 

Petioles  to  3  cm.  long S.  galbina. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  801 

Leaves  opposite. 
Leaves  unequally  and  coarsely  dentate. 

S.  eriocalyx. 

Leaves  minutely  dentate  or  entire. 
Petioles  to  2  cm.  long;  sepals  connate,  tomentose. 

S.  fulva. 
Petioles  to  3  cm.  long;  sepals  free,  glabrate. 

S.  galbina. 
A.  Stamens  many  (20)  30-60  (cf.  S.  plana). 

Glabrous  shrub  with  umbellate  inflorescence.  .S.  umbelliflora. 
Pubescent  shrubs;  fruit  often  long-muricate. 
Stamens  about  30. 

Petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long S.  saurauiifolia. 

Petioles  2-5  cm.  long. 

Leaves  about  10  cm.  wide;  sepals  connate. S.  pauciflora. 
Leaves  4-7.5  cm.  wide;  sepals  free.  .S.  pseudoumbellata. 
Stamens  40-60. 
Pubescence  soon  confined  to  the  leaf  nerves  beneath. 

S.  neglecta. 

Pubescence  dense  on  the  leaves  beneath.  . .  .S.  muricata. 
Pubescence  almost  none;  leaves  small S.  Mathewsii. 

Siparuna  aspera  (R.  &  P.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  645. 
1868.  S.  calocarpa  Perk.  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  1:  153.  1905.  Citrosma 
aspera  R.  &  P.  ex  Tul.  Monogr.  325.  1855. 

A  stout  and  heavy-leaved,  rather  coarsely  rusty-pubescent  shrub; 
petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  leaves  opposite,  to  25  cm.  long,  mostly  sub- 
cordate  at  the  rounded  base,  the  margins  undulate,  finally  glabrous 
above  and  more  or  less  conspicuously  bullate  by  the  impressed  nerves 
and  veins;  staminate  inflorescence  to  2.5  cm.  long,  the  peduncles  1 
cm.  long,  the  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long;  flowers  4  mm.  broad;  receptacles 
papery,  glabrous  within,  twice  as  long  as  the  4  ovate,  acute  sepals; 
stamens  9;  pistillate  inflorescence  2-4-flowered,  the  peduncle  5-6 
mm.  long,  the  pedicels  half  as  long,  strongly  enlarged  in  fruit;  flowers 

5  mm.  broad,  the  sepals  rotund;  fruit  1-1.5  cm.  thick,  obovoid, 
unequally  sericeous. — Sleumer  has  indicated  in  herb.  Madrid  the 
identity  of  S.  calocarpa  and  S.  aspera.     Weberbauer  115  was  a  tree 

6  meters  high. 

Junin:  Below  Huacapistana,  1,400  meters,  Weberbauer  2317,  type 
of  S.  calocarpa.  Colonia  Peren£  (Weberbauer  115). — Huanuco:  Chin- 


802  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

chao,  Muna,  and  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Huanuco  to  Pampayacu, 
Kanehira  235.  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  24-40.  Pampayacu, 
Kanehira  58;  a  shrub.  Cueva  Grande,  1,050  meters,  sunny,  brushy 
slopes,  4760;  a  shrub  or  small  tree;  flowers  greenish  yellow;  fruits 
reddish. 

Siparuna  asperula  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  647. 
1868;  100.  Citrosma  asperula  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III.  4:  35.  1855. 
C.  amazonum  Tul.  Monogr.  332.  1855. 

A  tree,  the  ternate  or  scattered  leaves  slightly  asperous;  branch- 
lets  and  petioles  (about  1  cm.  long)  rather  densely  pale  rusty-pubes- 
cent; blades  often  rounded  and  unequal  at  the  base,  nearly  10  cm. 
long  and  half  as  wide;  staminate  and  pistillate  receptacles  fasciculate, 
subsessile,  the  velum  ashy-pubescent,  the  5-6  minute  sepals  unequal ; 
stamens  5-8;  styles  many,  exserted. — Neg.  13479. 

Junin:  Tocache,  Poeppig  1961. — Loreto:  Rio  Putumayo,  in  forest, 
Klug  1641;  a  shrub  of  3  meters;  flowers  white;  fruit  red. 

Siparuna  auriculata  A.  DC.  Journ.  Bot.  3:  219.  1865;  94. 

Well  marked  by  the  basally  auriculate  leaves,  abruptly  narrowed 
to  the  base,  remotely  denticulate  and,  especially  beneath,  densely 
long-hispid,  the  branches  similarly  pubescent;  petioles  5-8  mm. 
long,  the  blades  about  20  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide;  pistillate  in- 
florescence very  short;  fruit  rusty-hispid,  crowned  by  the  unequal, 
oblong  sepals. — Compare  S.  Uleana  and  S.  hispida.  S.  grandiflora 
(HBK.)  Perk.,  Colombian,  lacks,  apparently,  the  leaf  auricles. 
Neg.  13480. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4369,  type.  San  Roque,  1,400 
meters,  in  forest,  Williams  7076,  7573;  a  large  or  small  shrub. 

Siparuna  bifida  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16, 
pt.  2:  652.  1868;  114.  Citrosma  bifida  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov.  Gen. 
&  Sp.  2:  48.  1838. 

Similar  to  S.  guianensis,  but  the  longer  inflorescences  racemose 
or  the  branches  racemose  and,  particularly,  the  styles  free  or  united 
below  and  reflexed  at  the  tip. — The  leaves  may  be  as  long  as  16  cm., 
as  wide  as  5.5  cm.,  their  abrupt,  caudate  acuminations  to  1.5  cm. 
long;  fruit  loosely  villous,  subechinate.  Perkins,  from  Bolivian 
material,  has  described  the  staminate  inflorescences  as  2.5  cm.  long, 
the  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long,  the  flowers  to  1  mm.  wide,  papyraceous; 
stamens  about  12,  free,  little  exserted,  the  plane  filaments  glabrous. 
Neg.  8087. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  803 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2131B,  type;  in  or  at  edge  of  forest, 
200  meters,  Williams  4719,  7829;  a  shrub.  Lower  Rio  Nanay,  in 
forest,  Williams  642.  Iquitos,  120  meters,  edge  of  forest,  Williams 
3539;  Ule  6905  (det.  Perkins).  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  5479. 
Bolivia;  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Siparuna  calignosa  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  353.  1934. 

A  tree  of  4.5-5.5  meters,  the  somewhat  angulate  branchlets 
at  first  slightly  scabrous-stellate;  petioles  4-7  mm.  long,  densely 
short-pubescent  with  brownish  green,  stellate  hairs;  blades  elliptic, 
becoming  7  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  acute  at  the  base,  very  short- 
acuminate,  minutely  denticulate  or  entire,  glabrous  above  except 
the  obscurely  strigillose  nerves,  sparsely  and  minutely  stellate- 
pubescent  on  the  nerves  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  about  7,  the  veins 
scarcely  obvious;  racemes  slender,  axillary,  to  15  cm.  long;  pedicels 
1-2  mm.  long;  receptacles  depressed-conic,  3  mm.  thick,  2  mm. 
high,  the  mouth  small;  sepals  minute,  glabrous;  stamens  4,  free.— 
Apparently  resembling  S.  hylophila  Perk.,  with  much  longer  peti- 
oles, or  S.  guianensis  Aubl.,  with  larger  leaves  and  many  stamens. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  in  forest,  100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  27069, 
type. 

Siparuna  cervicornis  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
145.  1905. 

A  small  tree,  about  8  meters  high,  the  pubescence  of  the  branches 
and  leaf  nerves  minutely  and  compactly  stellate;  petioles  1.5  cm. 
long;  blades  15-20  cm.  long,  6.5-7.5  cm.  wide,  chartaceous,  cuneate 
at  the  base,  acute  at  the  apex,  the  lateral  nerves  10-14;  inflorescence 
racemose,  many-flowered,  to  4  cm.  long;  staminate  flowers  1-1.5  mm. 
broad,  the  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  receptacles  papery,  broadly  open, 
the  sepals  and  velum  lacking;  stamens  11  or  12,  slightly  exserted.— 
The  type  has  lepidote-stellate  pubescence.  The  Brazilian  S.  sarmen- 
tosa  Perk.  Nachtr.  56,  is  glabrate,  the  broader  staminate  flowers  with 
about  15  exserted  stamens,  the  pedicels  1-2  cm.  long.  Neg.  13487. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  in  forest,  Williams  2706.  Mouth  of  Rio 
Santiago,  Tessmann  4395. —Rio  Acre:  Krukoff  5270;  Ule  9391. 
Brazil. 

Siparuna  crassiflora  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  702.  1901;  112. 

Doubtfully  distinct  from  S.  ucayaliensis,  but  typically  differing 
by  the  somewhat  smaller  leaves  (6.5-9  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  wide),  the 
flowers  in  pseudo-umbels  less  than  1  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  7  mm. 


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long,  the  stamens  6. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101:  /.  23. 
Brazilian  specimens  referred  here  have  longer  leaves  and  more  stel- 
late scales;  compare  also  the  apparently  similar  S.  lepidiflora. 
Neg.  13492. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4907. — Loreto:  Tessmann  3191. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

Siparuna  cuzcoana  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  461. 1911;  Nachtr.  47. 

A  green  shrub,  the  sparse  pubescence  obvious  only  on  the  young 
parts;  leaves  ternate  or  verticillate,  5-20  cm.  long,  2-6.5  cm.  wide, 
cuneately  attenuate  to  the  (3-6  cm.  long)  petiole,  acute  or  short- 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  thin,  obscurely  undulate-dentate,  sometimes 
with  a  few  stellate  hairs  beneath,  even  in  age,  on  the  laxly  reticulate 
veins;  staminate  inflorescence  1-1.5  cm.  long,  cymose,  the  peduncle 
about  5  mm.  long,  the  pedicels  6  mm.  long;  receptacles  fleshy, 
sparsely  stellate-pubescent  outside,  the  subequal  sepals  glabrous; 
stamens  15,  unequal,  glabrous. — A  shrub  of  4  meters  with  citrus- 
yellow  flowers,  at  first  greenish,  6  mm.  wide.  Neg.  13493. 

Cuzco:  Provincia  de  Convencion,  1,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5042 , 
type. 

Siparuna  dasyantha  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6:  134. 
1914. 

Related  to  S.  loretensis  Perk.,  but  the  branchlets,  petioles  (1-2.5 
cm.  long),  and  blades,  the  latter  especially  on  the  nerves  of  both  sides, 
rusty-stellate-pilose;  blades  thin,  ovate-oblong,  11-14.5  cm.  long, 
4-5.5  cm.  wide,  attenuate  to  the  base,  shortly  and  broadly  acuminate 
at  the  apex,  the  tip  obtuse,  the  lateral  nerves  8-9;  inflorescence 
subsessile,  axillary,  few-flowered,  cymose;  staminate  flowers  2  mm. 
broad,  pedicellate;  receptacle  thin,  pilose  only  outside;  stamens  6.— 
A  shrub  of  2-7  meters.  Neg.  13494. 

Rio  Acre:   Ule  9392,  type. 

Siparuna  decipiens  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  643. 
1868;  110.  Citrosma  decipiens  Tul.  Monogr.  368.  1855. 

Closely  related  to  S.  lepidantha,  but  more  or  less  yellow-lepidote 
throughout,  only  the  older  leaves  glabrate  above;  petioles  to  3  cm. 
long;  inflorescence  4-6  cm.  long;  stamens  4-6,  included;  receptacles 
ventricose  below,  constricted  beneath  the  throat,  the  sepals  connate 
into  a  tube;  velum  a  cylindric  tube,  the  aperture  nearly  a  slit;  styles 
united.— Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101 :/.  26.  Neg.  27573. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9623.    Brazil;  French  Guiana. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  805 

Siparuna  eriocalyx  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  646. 
1868;  102.  Citrosma  eriocalyx  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III.  4:  35.  1855. 

Branches,  petioles,  and  inflorescence  densely  yellowish-stellate- 
tomentose;  petioles  3-6  cm.  long;  blades  almost  caudate-acuminate, 
conspicuously  and  more  or  less  irregularly  dentate,  the  teeth  often 
glandular-calloused,  sparsely  hispidulous  above  and  on  the  midnerve 
stellate-tomentose, .  beneath  evenly  stellate-hispidulous,  scarcely 
venose  above,  slightly  so  beneath,  10-20  cm.  long,  10-12  cm.  wide 
(the  younger  leaves  half  as  large) ;  inflorescence  about  1  cm.  long,  the 
pedicels  4-5  mm.  long;  receptacle  globose-urceolate;  sepals  4-6, 
large,  rotund,  connate  at  the  base,  in  the  pistillate  flowers  reflexing; 
stamens  6,  exserted,  the  styles  10-12,  free. — The  Ecuadorean  S.  apici- 
fera  (Tul.)  A.  DC.,  105,  may  have  a  longer  inflorescence,  and  the 
fruit  is  said  to  be  calloused  or  aculeate;  compare  also  S.  pyricarpa. 
Very  near,  also,  is  S.  gesnerioides  (HBK.)  A.  DC.,  102,  of  Ecuador, 
with  minutely  sinuate-denticulate  leaves.  Neg.  34793. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Dombey,  type;  River o. 

Siparuna  exsculpta  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  144. 
1905;  Nachtr.  54. 

A  shrub  or  tree  of  2.5-4.5  meters;  resembling  S.  aspera  and  S.  pyri- 
carpa, but  the  leaves  sometimes  thinner  and  crenulate-denticulate, 
the  pistillate  inflorescence  to  3  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  to  1  cm.  long.— 
Negs.  13498,  27575. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6831,  type. — Junin:  Colonia  Perene", 
in  forest,  680  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  25027,  25017. 

Siparuna  fulva  A.  DC.  Journ.  Bot.  3:  219.  1865;  103. 

Said  to  be  related  to  S.  eriocalyx;  whole  plant  velvety- tomentose, 
even  the  leaves  above,  the  pubescence,  especially  on  the  branches, 
bright  brown;  leaves  9-15  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide,  acutely  short- 
acuminate,  venose  only  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  10-13,  obscurely 
reticulate-veined,  entire  or  remotely  calloused;  sepals  4-5,  connate 
at  the  base,  ovate-rotund;  styles  exserted;  flowers  3-4,  on  pedicels 
5  mm.  long,  these  in  fruit  to  2  cm.  long,  the  fruit  1  cm.  thick. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4361,  type. 

Siparuna  galbina  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  354.  1934. 

A  shrub  of  3-4.5  meters,  the  young  branchlets,  petioles,  and  leaves 
beneath  softly  stellate-pubescent;  petioles  opposite  or  sometimes 
ternate,  to  3  cm.  long;  blades  pale  yellowish  green,  chartaceous, 
sparsely  stellate-scabrous  above  on  the  prominent  nerves,  these 


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about  8,  reticulate-veined  beneath,  marginally  undulate  or  minutely 
and  remotely  denticulate,  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  rounded  or  broadly 
cuneate-rounded  at  the  base,  subacute  at  the  apex,  finally  about 
13  cm.  long  and  7  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  axillary,  densely  stellate- 
pubescent,  about  1  cm.  long;  pedicels  3-5  mm.  long;  receptacle  ovoid, 
nearly  4  mm.  thick;  sepals  5-6,  glabrate,  1  mm.  thick,  2  mm.  broad; 
styles  many,  conspicuously  exserted,  free,  filiform,  revolute.— 
Flowers  orange-green. 

Ayacucho:  Carrapa,  1,000  meters,  wooded  hillside,  Killip  & 
Smith  22453,  type. 

Siparuna  gigantophylla  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  54:  Beibl.  118:  2. 
1916. 

Like  S.  podocarpa,  but  the  petioles  4-13  cm.  long;  blades  40  cm. 
long  or  larger  and  35  cm.  wide,  cordate  at  the  base,  densely  hispid 
above,  unequally  serrate,  21-26-nerved;  staminate  flowers  5-10  mm. 
broad,  the  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long,  densely  stellate-pilose,  in  panicles 
7.5  cm.  long;  sepals  ovate,  unequal;  stamens  6-7. 

Cajamarca:  Tabaconas,  1,900  meters,  Weberbauer  6242,  type. 

Siparuna  Gilgiana  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  161. 
1927. 

A  small  tree,  the  young  branchlets,  petioles  (1.5-4  cm.  long), 
and  staminate  receptacles  outside  stellate-pilose;  leaves  usually 
elliptic,  7.5-15.5  cm.  long,  3-8  cm.  wide,  acuminate,  cuneate-rounded 
at  the  base,  undulate-dentate,  papyraceous,  glabrous  except  the 
nerves  (7-8),  which  are  minutely  pilose  beneath;  cymes  1-1.5  cm. 
long,  3-6-flowered,  the  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  stamens  2,  free.— 
Related  to  S.  Mouraei  Perk.,  86.  Compare  S.  thecaphora,  the  number 
of  its  stamens  unknown,  to  which  part  of  the  following  material  may 
belong.  The  Ecuadorean  S.  Eggersii  Hieron.,  90,  has  broader  leaves, 
staminate  pedicels  5  mm.  long,  and  7-8  nearly  included  stamens. 
Neg.  13500. 

Loreto :  Pongo  de  Manseriche,  Tessmann  4464,  type.  La  Victoria, 
Williams  2798.  Yurimaguas,  Williams  4262.  Iquitos,  Williams 
1405;  Killip  &  Smith  27243,  27227.  Santa  Rosa,  Williams  4946. 
Puerto  Arturo,  Williams  5363. — Junin:  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  (det. 
Sleumer). — Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavon  24-32. 

Siparuna  guianensis  Aubl.  PI.  Guian.  2:  865.  pi.  333.  1775;  113. 

Related  to  S.  Poeppigii,  but  sepals  of  the  pistillate  flowers  reduced 

and  the  styles  long-connate,  long-exserted ;  often  reddish-tomentose 


FLORA  OF  PERU  807 

on  the  younger  parts,  but  glabrate  in  age;  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long; 
sepals  4-6,  minute,  suborbicular;  stamens  10-12,  long-exserted,  un- 
equal ;  fruit  yellow. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101 :  /.  25,  27.— 
A  shrub  or  small  tree. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  Williams  5626,  6674, 
5385.  Moyobamba  (Weberbauer,  289).  San  Roque,  Williams  7309. 
Lamas,  840  meters,  Williams  6524- — Loreto:  Iquitos,  open  land,  100 
meters,  Williams  1510,  7949;  Killip  &  Smith  26097.  Mishuyacu, 
100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29874;  King  85,  2546.  Trinidad  to 
Colombia,  Bolivia,  and  northern  Brazil.  "Isula  micuna,"  "isula 
caspi,"  "curuinsi-sacha." 

Siparuna  harongifolia  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  686.  1901;  96. 

Resembling  S.  thecaphora,  but  the  leaves  pubescent  beneath, 
sometimes  25  cm.  long  and  15  cm.  wide,  and  the  inflorescence  to 
2.5  cm.  long;  staminate  flowers  5  mm.  broad;  sepals  4,  large,  rusty- 
pilose,  especially  on  the  margins;  stamens  6,  exserted,  unequal,  the 
medial  ones  much  smaller  than  the  outer;  fruit  about  12  mm.  thick. — 
Neg.  13504. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4553. — Puno:  Sangaban,  Lechler 
2362.  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  24-31  (det.  Sleumer). — Cuzco:  Machu- 
picchu,  2,200  meters,  Herrera  3206,  3211,  3205. 

Siparuna  heteropoda  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6: 
135.  1914. 

Branches  4-sided,  the  youngest  brown-stellate-pilose  as  also  the 
very  unequal  petioles  (1.5-7  cm.  long),  and  to  a  less  extent  the  thin, 
obscurely  undulate-dentate  blades;  blades  oblong-obovate,  cuneateat 
the  base,  obtusely  acuminate  at  the  apex,  12.5-22.5  cm.  long,  4.5-9 
cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  11-12;  cymes  3  cm.  long,  subsessile; 
staminate  flowers  reddish  yellow,  pedicellate;  receptacles  stellate- 
pilose  outside,  fleshy;  stamens  9. — As  much  as  10  meters  high. 
Compared  by  the  author  with  S.  riparia  (Tul.)  A.  DC.,  with  fewer 
flowers  and  dentate  leaves.  Neg.  13505. 

Rio  Acre:   Ule  9393,  type. 

Siparuna  hispida  A.  DC.  Journ.  Bot.  3:  219.  1865;  98. 

Branches  and  foliage  densely  long-hispid  with  brownish,  mostly 
simple  hairs;  blades  5-13  cm.  long,  3-5  cm.  wide,  narrowly  acuminate, 
crenulate-dentate;  petioles  10-15  cm.  long;  pistillate  inflorescence 
very  short,  subsessile,  the  pedicels  3  mm.  long,  the  flowers  little 
longer;  receptacle  densely  tomentose,  the  5  ovate  sepals  glabrate 


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within;  styles  6-8,  evidently  exceeding  the  fleshy  velum;  fruit  hispid, 
1  cm.  long.— Neg.  8090. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4243,  type.    Bolivia. 

Siparuna  lepidantha  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  701.  1901;  111. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  sometimes  12  meters  high,  monoecious,  the 
young  branchlets,  petioles,  leaf  nerves  beneath,  and  flowers  more 
or  less  densely  lepidote;  leaves  opposite,  the  blades  obovate-oblong, 
10-20  cm.  long,  5.5-9  cm.  broad,  broadly  short-acuminate,  rounded- 
cuneate  at  the  base,  entire,  chartaceous,  glabrous  above;  petioles 
1-1.5  cm.  long.— Neg.  13509. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Poeppig  2424,  type.  Yurimaguas,  135  meters, 
in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  28242.  Iquitos,  100  meters,  in  forest, 
King  838,  846,  237. 

Siparuna  lepidiflora  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
166.  1927. 

Youngest  branchlets,  petioles,  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescence 
gray-lepidote;  leaves  opposite,  the  blades  oblong-obovate,  7.5-15.5 
cm.  long,  3.5-6  cm.  wide,  papyraceous,  entire,  at  maturity  glabrous, 
the  lateral  nerves  5-6;  inflorescence  1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  cymose,  sub- 
sessile,  the  pedicels  5-10  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers  4-5  mm.  broad, 
lepidote;  receptacle  campanulate,  broadly  open;  stamens  4-5.— 
As  much  as  10  meters  high,  the  trunk  13  cm.  in  diameter.  Neg. 
13510. 

Loreto:  Soledad,  lower  Rio  Itaya,  in  upland  forest,  Tessmann 
5283,  5326.  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  in  forest,  King  1504;  a  tree  of 
6  meters. 

Siparuna  loretensis  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  143. 
1905;  Nachtr.  51. 

A  green  shrub,  the  branches  and  leaves  very  sparsely  rusty- 
stellate-pubescent;  petioles  6-7  mm.  long,  densely  pubescent;  blades 
oblong-lanceolate,  to  15  cm.  long,  acuminate,  acute  at  the  base, 
with  about  30  nerves;  inflorescence  rarely  1  cm.  long;  flowers  brown- 
ish, 3  mm.  broad,  the  pedicels  to  3  mm.  long;  receptacle  membranous, 
glabrous  within;  sepals  connate;  stamens  6,  subequal. — Neg.  13511. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  1,200  meters,  Ule  6829,  type. 

Siparuna  lyrata  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  142.  1905; 
Nachtr.  50. 

A  slightly  pubescent  shrub,  sometimes  8  meters  high,  the 
branches,  petioles,  leaves  beneath,  and  receptacles  pale  fasciculate- 


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hispid-stellate;  petioles  2-3  cm.  long;  blades  gradually  attenuate 
toward  the  somewhat  lyrately  enlarged  base,  to  30  cm.  long  and  10 
cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  18-20;  inflorescence  short-paniculate, 
to  2  cm.  long;  staminate  flowers  straw-colored,  2-6  mm.  broad,  the 
pedicels  to  5  mm.  long;  receptacle  glabrous  within,  papery,  hirsute, 
one-third  longer  than  the  (3-4  mm.  long)  punctate  sepals;  stamens 
6. — Resembling  S.  auriculata,  from  which  it  differs  in  its  branched 
pubescence  and  longer  petioles,  but  nearly  related  to  the  Colombian 
S.  grandiflora  (HBK.)  Perk.,  95.  Neg.  13512. 

Loreto:  Pampas  de  Ponasa,  1,100  meters,  Ule  6832,  type. 

Siparuna  macrotepala  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47: 
140.  1905;  Nachtr.  48. 

A  citrous-scented  shrub  with  rusty-pilose  branches  and  sparsely 
and  minutely  pilose  leaves  and  receptacles;  leaves  opposite,  the 
blades  elliptic  or  broadly  oblong,  cuneate-rounded  at  the  base, 
broadly  acuminate  at  the  apex,  10-20  cm.  long,  6.5-10  cm.  wide, 
thin,  subentire  or  very  minutely  serrulate,  the  lateral  nerves  7-8; 
petioles  2-4  cm.  long;  inflorescence  cymose,  3-3.5  cm.  long;  pistillate 
flowers  2  mm.  broad,  the  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  receptacle  coria- 
ceous, papery,  the  lanceolate  sepals  over  4  mm.  long,  glabrous  above; 
styles  about  7. — A  shrub  2.5  meters  high,  with  yellow  flowers. 
Neg.  13513. 

Loreto:  Pampas  de  Ponasa,  Ule  6833,  type.  La  Victoria,  edge  of 
forest,  Williams  2763.  Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  in  forest,  King  2924. 

Siparuna  magnifica  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  699.  1901;  108. 

A  shrub  or  tree  of  5  meters  or  less,  the  mature  branchlets  glabrate; 
petioles  1-8  cm.  long;  leaves  opposite,  chartaceous,  the  blades  obo- 
vate-oblong,  20-30  cm.  long,  10-15  cm.  wide,  shortly  and  broadly 
acuminate,  faintly  undulate  or  dentate,  at  first  rusty-tomentose 
on  both  sides,  the  pubescence  persisting  on  the  nerves;  flowers 
crowded,  the  pedicels  only  2  mm.  long,  the  flowers  3  mm.  broad, 
the  broadly  ovate  receptacle  loosely  stellate-pubescent;  sepals 
reduced  to  a  ring;  stamens  5,  the  outer  connate  into  a  tube. — The 
Colombian  S.  mollis  (HBK.)  DC.  has  denser,  more  grayish  pubes- 
cence, especially  on  the  receptacles,  and  if  not  distinct  specifically, 
is  the  earlier  name.  Neg.  13514. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2145,  type;  Killip  &  Smith  28742, 
28363.  Pebas,  in  forest,  Williams  1783,  1715.  Mishuyacu,  100 
meters,  Klug  531. — San  Martin:  Zepelacio,  1,100  meters,  in  forest, 
Klug  3760;  flowers  violet  and  white. 


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• 

Siparuna  Mathewsii  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  680.  1901;  91. 

Glabrous  except  the  mostly  alternate  leaves,  these  slightly  pubes- 
cent beneath  with  simple  hairs;  petioles  1-1.5  cm.  long;  blades  ovate- 
oblong,  acutish,  cuneate-rounded  at  the  base,  2.5-3  cm.  wide, 
minutely  denticulate  above  the  middle;  inflorescence  2  cm.  long, 
the  peduncle  1  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  half  as  long;  staminate  flowers 
5  mm.  broad;  receptacle  subglobose,  papery,  glabrous,  the  sepals 
obsolete;  stamens  40-50,  the  outer  much  larger. — Illustrated, 
Pflanzenreich  IV.  101 :/.  23  (receptacle).  Neg.  13515. 

Peru:  Without  locality  (Mathews  1560,  type). 

Siparuna  muricata  (R.  &  P.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2: 
651.  1868;  106.  Citrosma  muricata  R.  &  P.  Prodr.  123.  pi.  29.  1794; 
Syst.  1:  265.  1798. 

A  shrub  or  tree  as  much  as  9  meters  high;  marked  among  species 
with  leaves  bullate-nervose  at  maturity  by  the  abundant  and  soft, 
fulvous  pubescence  on  the  branches,  petioles,  and  leaves  beneath; 
petioles  2.5-3  cm.  long,  leaves  3-4-verticillate,  the  blades  oblong- 
lanceolate,  to  30  cm.  long  and  3-5  (-8)  cm.  wide,  acute,  very  mi- 
nutely but  densely  serrate;  staminate  inflorescence  crowded;  recep- 
tacles at  first  cup-shaped,  later  ruptured  and  spreading,  the  4  sepals 
becoming  obsolete;  stamens  60;  pistillate  inflorescence  2-3  cm.  long, 
the  pedicels  5-8  mm.  long,  densely  fleshy-tuberculate,  the  4-6  sepals 
as  long;  styles  few. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  101:  /.  23,  24- 
The  younger  leaves  are  not  bullate.  The  Ecuadorean  S.  buddleiifolia 
(Benth.)  A.  DC.,  106,  has  opposite  leaves  and  about  20  stamens. 
Neg.  27576. 

Huanuco:  Macora,  Muna,  and  Acomayo,  also  Pillao,  Ruiz  & 
Pavon,  type. — Cochero,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Without  locality,  Ruiz  & 
Pawn  24-36,  24-33,  24-35.  Panao,  2,700  meters,  in  thicket,  3623. 
Twelve  miles  south  of  Panao,  3,000  meters,  in  dense  thicket,  2202. 
Pampayacu,  Kanehira  234,  65.  Without  locality:  Dombey. — Junin: 
Chanchamayo,  Isern  2384. 

Siparuna  neglecta  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  647. 
1868;  105.  Citrosma  neglecta  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III.  4:  36.  1855. 

Resembling  S.  muricata,  but  much  less  pubescent,  the  thick, 
often  opposite  leaves  glabrous  above;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  inflores- 
cence 2.5-4  cm.  long,  axillary,  the  peduncle  2  cm.  long,  the  pedicels 
1  cm.  long;  staminate  sepals  4-6,  scarcely  equal,  spreading;  stamens 
40-50,  not  at  all  exserted;  velum  thick,  the  aperture  small;  drupes 
1  cm.  thick,  densely  long-muricate. — Perkins,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  811 

Berlin  10:  166,  placed  this  species  between  numbers  62-66  of  her 
monograph.     Neg.  13523. 

Junin:  Lateral  valley  of  Rio  Comas,  2,800  meters,  Weberbauer 
6620,  6608.  Ecuador. 

Siparuna  obstipa  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  354.  1934. 

A  shrub,  or  a  tree  of  5  meters;  branchlets  at  first  minutely  and 
sparsely  stellate-pubescent,  compressed  at  the  nodes,  4  mm.  broad; 
petioles  opposite,  5-7  mm.  long;  blades  thin-chartaceous,  glabrous 
and  little  if  at  all  lustrous  above,  minutely  stellate-pubescent  on 
the  nerves  beneath  or  glabrate,  elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic,  rounded- 
acute  at  the  base,  subcaudate-acuminate  and  acute  at  the  apex, 
9-16  cm.  long,  3-5  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  about  9,  inconspicu- 
ous on  both  sides,  the  veins  obscure;  staminate  racemes  axillary, 
1-1.5  cm.  long,  solitary  or  geminate,  densely  but  minutely  grayish- 
yellow-stellate-pubescent;  pedicels  to  2  (2.5)  mm.  long;  receptacle 
ovoid,  2  mm.  thick;  sepals  and  velum  none;  stamens  15,  very  unequal, 
the  10  outer  ones  well  exserted  and  apparently  bent  to  one  side,  the 
inner  (sterile?)  much  shorter. — The  exact  nature  of  the  5  inner  sta- 
mens(?)  is  not  clear  to  me.  A  small  tree  with  the  aspect  of  S.  cervi- 
cornis  Perk. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  in  forest,  120  meters,  Williams  3790,  type. 
Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  320. 

Siparuna  ovalis  (R.  &  P.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  650. 
1868;  95.  Citrosma  ovalis  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  266.  1798. 

Branches  rusty-tomentose;  leaves  mostly  ternate,  the  blades 
oblong-elliptic,  mostly  to  6  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  scarcely  acute, 
often  subcordate  at  the  base,  minutely  hispidulous  on  the  nerves, 
especially  beneath,  where  also  minutely  puberulent,  soon  glabrate 
above;  petioles  about  5  mm.  long;  staminate  inflorescence  to  1  cm. 
long,  usually  sessile,  the  pedicels  4-8  mm.  long;  flowers  2.5  mm. 
broad;  receptacle  little  pubescent,  about  as  long  as  the  4-6  suberect 
sepals;  stamens  6-8. — Neg.  8542. 

Huanuco:  Mufia,  Sarriapata,  Playa,  Tambo  Nuevo,  Ruiz  & 
Pawn  906,  type.  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pawn  24-38. 

Siparuna  parviflora  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  141. 
1905;  Nachtr.  48. 

A  low  or  tall,  sparsely  rusty-pilose  or  glabrate  shrub;  leaves 
opposite,  the  blades  suboblong,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  slightly  narrowed 
to  the  obtuse  apex,  but  more  so  to  the  (4-6  mm.  long)  petioles,  thin, 


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entire,  the  lateral  nerves  5-6;  inflorescence  to  1.5  cm.  long,  1-2- 
flowered,  the  flowers  3  mm.  broad,  on  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  recep- 
tacles slightly  pilose  outside  only;  sepals  glabrous,  connate;  stamens 
17-18. — 12a.  Ule  6584a,  presumably  the  pistillate  plant,  has  flowers 
4  mm.  wide,  minute,  oval  sepals,  exserted,  free  styles,  and  a  yellow- 
ish, subglobose  drupe  8  mm.  thick.  The  name  was  published  both 
as  parvifolia  and  as  above  (in  the  remarks),  and  maintained  as  "parvi- 
folia"  in  the  Nachtrdge.  Neg.  13525. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  1,100  meters,   Ule  6584,  type;  6584a. 

Siparuna  pauciflora  (Beurl.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2: 
656. 1868;  105.  Citrosma  pauciflora  Beurl.  Vet.  Akad.  Handl.  Stockh. 
1854;  144.  1856. 

Closely  related  to  S.  neglecta,  but  the  nerves  of  the  much  larger 
leaves  not  at  all  or  not  obviously  impressed  above,  sparsely  pubes- 
cent, the  scarcely  exserted  stamens  fewer  (20-30). — Illustrated, 
Pflanzenreich  IV.  101:  /.  28.  Neg.  13526. 

Loreto:  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28527,  28485(1).  Leticia, 
Ule  6217  (det.  Perkins).  Extending  to  Colombia  and  Costa  Rica. 

Siparuna   Perkinsiana   Standl.,   sp.   nov. 

Arbuscula  4-metralis,  ramulis  crassis  subteretibus  in  sicco  fuscis 
fere  glabris,  internodiis  ut  videtur  brevibus;  folia  breviter  petiolata 
magna  opposita  herbacea,  in  sicco  fusca,  utrinque  plus  minusve  lucida, 
petiolo  crassiusculo  fere  glabro;  lamina  obovato-elliptica  20-26  cm. 
longa  9.5-11  cm.  lata,  abrupte  longiuscule  acuminata,  infra  medium 
subabrupte  angustata  et  basin  versus  attenuata,  basi  ipsa  sublyrate 
dilatata  et  utroque  latere  subauriculata,  saltern  e  medio  usque  apicem 
grosse  remote  sinuato-serrata,  versus  basin  vulgo  integra,  supra 
glabra,  subbullata,  nervis  perspicuis  crassis,  venis  laxe  reticulatis 
subimpressis,  subtus  concolor  glabra,  costa  gracili  elevata,  nervis  late- 
ralibus  utroque  latere  ca.  11  angulo  lato  divergentibus  arcuatis;  inflo- 
rescentia  laxe  pauciflora  vix  petiolo  longior  glabra  vel  glabrata. — The 
leaves  are  similar  to  those  of  S.  lyrata  and  S.  auriculata,  to  which 
the  plant  undoubtedly  is  closely  related,  but  both  those  species  have 
abundant  pubescence  on  all  or  most  parts  of  the  plant.  The  type 
specimen  is  in  very  unsatisfactory  condition  as  regards  the  flowers, 
which  are  so  much  deteriorated  that  they  cannot  be  dissected 
satisfactorily. 

San  Martin:  Zepelacio,  near  Moyobamba,  1,100-1,200  meters, 
in  forest,  King  3352  (type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.) ;  flowers  red-brown. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  813 

Siparuna  plana  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  355.  1934. 

Monoecious,  the  branchlets  and  petioles  at  first  densely  rusty- 
stellate-puberulent,  the  branchlets  compressed  at  the  nodes  and 
1  cm.  thick;  petioles  opposite,  12-22  mm.  long;  blades  large,  often  15 
cm.  wide,  nearly  30  cm.  long,  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  rounded  or 
broadly  cuneate-rounded  at  the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex,  entire 
or  somewhat  undulate,  glabrous  and  slightly  lustrous  above,  or  the 
impressed  nerves  stellate-pubescent,  the  nerves  and  laxly  reticulate 
veins  prominent  and  sparsely  stellate-pubescent  beneath;  panicles 
axillary,  about  5  cm.  long,  densely  stellate-pubescent;  staminate 
receptacles  mostly  terminal  and  fasciculate,  flat,  cupular,  about 
4  mm.  broad,  the  pedicels  5-7  mm.  long;  sepals  and  velum  none; 
stamens  about  20;  pistillate  receptacle  sessile,  the  sepals  apparently 
minute. — Young  and  perhaps  not  correctly  interpreted ;  the  staminate 
receptacles  are  extremely  shallow,  and  the  relationship  apparently 
is  with  S.  guianensis  Aubl. 

Loreto:  San  Ramon,  Yurimaguas,  200  meters,  in  forest,  Williams 
4584,  type.  "Isula  micunan." 

Siparuna  podocarpa  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  54:  Beibl.  118:  2.  1916. 

A  shrub  with  yellowish-stellate-pilose  branchlets  (4-sided),  recep- 
tacles, and  fruits;  petioles  (3.5-6.5  cm.  long),  pedicels,  and  blades 
above  sparsely  pilose,  the  blades  velvety-tomentose  beneath,  coria- 
ceous, crenulate-dentate,  25-35  cm.  long  and  10-15  cm.  wide,  the 
nerves  (lateral  16-19)  and  veins  impressed  above,  the  leaf  surface 
bullate;  pistillate  flowers  4-7  mm.  wide,  on  pedicels  4-12  mm.  long, 
in  many-flowered,  subumbellate  cymes,  the  peduncles  1-1.5  cm.  long; 
receptacle  coriaceous;  styles  about  10;  fruit  obpyriform,  the  pedicels 
3.5-5.5  cm.  long.— Neg.  13528. 

Cajamarca:  Tabaconas,  1,900  meters,  Weberbauer  6240,  type. 

Siparuna  Poeppigii  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2:  653. 
1868;  112.  Citrosma  Poeppigii  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III.  4:  39.  1855. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  probably  monoecious,  the  young  branch- 
lets  sparsely  lepidote-stellate;  leaves  opposite,  about  20  cm.  long 
and  6-9  cm.  wide,  acutely  acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base,  entire, 
sparsely  appressed-stellate-pubescent  beneath,  glabrous  above;  pistil- 
late inflorescence  shorter  than  the  (1-1.5  cm.  long)  petioles,  more 
or  less  densely  yellowish-stellate-pubescent,  the  4-8  flowers  sub- 
sessile;  receptacle  obconic,  tomentose,  equaled  by  the  4  erect,  broadly 
ovate  sepals;  velum  conic;  styles  exserted  in  a  column. — Illustrated, 
Pflanzenreich  IV.  101 :  /.  24.  Neg.  8086. 


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Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  D2060,  2066,  type;  at  200  meters, 
Williams  4721,  4141,  3833;  Killip  &  Smith  27988,  28826,  28696, 
27943.  Iquitos,  100  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  27215  — 
San  Martin:  Juanjui,  400-800  meters,  in  forest,  King  4400,  3777; 
flowers  green. 

Siparuna  pseudoumbellata  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  54:  Beibl.  118: 
1.  1916. 

A  shrub  3  meters  high,  the  branchlets  and  foliage  more  or  less 
laxly  pubescent  throughout  with  long,  yellowish  hairs;  petioles  2-5 
cm.  long;  blades  opposite,  oblong-obovate,  9-18.5  cm.  long,  4-7.5 
cm.  wide,  short-acuminate,  cuneate  at  the  base,  unequally  serrate, 
the  lateral  nerves  11-13;  staminate  flowers  7  mm.  broad,  greenish, 
in  subumbellate,  many-flowered  cymes,  the  pedicels  3-8  mm.  long, 
nearly  glabrous;  receptacle  usually  glabrous;  sepals  4-6,  glabrous, 
equal;  stamens  about  30. — "Near  S.  Tonduziana  Perk."  S.  lyrata 
might  be  sought  here. 

Piura:  Above  Palambla,  1,450  meters,  Weberbauer  6031,  type. 

Siparuna  pyricarpa  (R.  &  P.)  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  690.  1901; 
100.  Citrosma  pyricarpa  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  264.  1798.  C.  limoniodora 
R.  &  P.  ex  Tul.  Monogr.  330.  1855. 

A  large-leafed,  dioecious  tree,  the  younger  branches  softly  and 
thickly  pubescent,  as  also  the  petioles  and  blades  beneath,  the  petioles 
to  2  cm.  long;  blades  abruptly  short-acuminate,  to  25  cm.  long  and 
10  cm.  wide,  coarsely  erose-dentate  or  subentire,  the  upper  surface 
more  or  less  bullate  by  the  impressed  veins;  staminate  inflorescence 
2-3  cm.  long,  the  peduncle  as  long;  receptacle  obconic,  the  3-6  sepals 
broadly  ovate-acutish ;  stamens  5-6. — According  to  Sleumer  in  Herb. 
Madrid,  C.  dentata  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  48.  1838, 
vix  R.  &  P.,  belongs  here.  Negs.  8541,  27580. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Chinchao,  Posuso,  Muna,  and  Pillao  (Ruiz 
&  Pavon).  Macora,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type.  Pampayacu,  Poeppig 
D1228.  Monzon,  1,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3454;  284  (det.  Perkins). 

Siparuna  radiata  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16, 
pt.  2:  656.  1868;  109.  Citrosma  radiata  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  & 
Sp.  2:  48.  1838. 

Similar  to  S.  magnifica;  leaves  often  smaller,  always  cuneate  at 
the  base  and  rather  rough-pubescent  above;  cymes  2-3  cm.  long; 
pedicels  2-3  cm.  long;  receptacle  densely  rusty-tomentose. — Included 
by  Perkins  in  the  synonymy  of  S.  cristata  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  A.  DC., 


FLORA  OF  PERU  815 

III,  but  not  cited  as  to  collection;  the  latter  species  is  Brazilian, 
monoecious,   with   12-15  free  stamens.     Illustrated,   Pflanzenreich 

IV.  101:  /.  23.  Neg.  13529. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  D2145,  type;  edge  of  forest,  200 
meters,  Williams  4740.  "Isula  micunan." 

Siparuna  saurauiifolia  Perk.  Nov.  Sp.  Repert.  1:  155.  1905; 
Nachtr.  55. 

A  low  shrub,  densely  yellowish-brown-pubescent  nearly  through- 
out; petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long;  leaves  opposite  or  ternate,  the  blades 
lanceolate  or  suboblong,  to  8-15  cm.  long  and  3.5-5  cm.  wide,  rounded 
at  the  base,  acute  at  the  apex,  minutely  serrate,  coriaceous,  in  age 
sparsely  pilose  above,  the  lateral  nerves  14-17,  prominent  only 
beneath;  staminate  inflorescence  to  3.5  cm.  long,  the  peduncle  to 
2  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  1.5  cm.  long;  flowers  greenish,  6.5  mm.  broad; 
receptacle  papery,  the  sepals  at  maturity  obscure;  stamens  30, 
unequal;  pistillate  inflorescence  shorter,  the  pedicels  nearly  2  mm. 
long,  the  flowers  3  mm.  broad,  the  3-5  sepals  stellate- tomentose  on 
both  sides,  nearly  as  long  as  the  coriaceous  receptacle;  styles  4-5; 
fruit  6  mm.  thick,  densely  long-muricate  and  slightly  pubescent.— 
Compare  S.  tomentosa  (R.  &  P.)  Perk.  Negs.  27579,  13537. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  4370,  4371; 
262. 

Siparuna  suaveolens  (Tul.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt.  2: 
647.  1868;  Nachtr.  51.  Citrosma  suaveolens  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III. 
4:36.  1855. 

A  scandent  or  clambering  shrub  with  spreading  branches,  the 
younger  ones  pubescent  with  few  fasciculate  hairs;  leaves  ternate  or 
verticillate,  the  blades  obovate-lanceolate,  to  30  cm.  long,  the  pubes- 
cence on  the  nerves  beneath  sparse  at  maturity,  mostly  simple;  peti- 
oles 1-3  cm.  long;  staminate  inflorescence  to  3.5  cm.  long,  soon  gla- 
brate,  the  peduncles  6  mm.  long,  the  pedicels 4-5 mm.  long;  receptacle 
papery;  sepals  4,  obtuse  or  acute,  unequal,  glabrous  within;  stamens 
8,  the  filaments  petaloid,  very  unequal;  pistillate  inflorescence  3-5 
cm.  long,  the  pedicels  6-10  mm.  long;  sepals  5-6,  rotund,  the  larger 
to  4  mm.  long,  finally  reflexed. — A  tree  3-4  meters  tall,  with  agree- 
able odor,  the  fruits  reddish  (Weberbauer).  Negs.  13533,  34802. 

Cuzco:  Above  Lucumayo,  1,500  meters,  Weberbauer  4985.  Santa 
Ana,  Weddell  4760,  type. 


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Siparuna  subinodora  (R.  &  P.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr.  16,  pt. 
2:  649.  1868;  88.  Citrosma  subinodora  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  265.  1798. 

Branches  trigonous;  leaves  ternate,  the  blades  obovate-oblong- 
lanceolate,  to  20  cm.  long  and  6  cm.  wide,  subacute  to  acuminate, 
attenuate  at  the  base,  more  or  less  obsoletely  undulate-crenate, 
papyraceous,  glabrous;  petioles  3-8  mm.  long;  inflorescence  short, 
the  staminate  flowers  shortly-pedicellate;  receptacle  hispidulous, 
finally  glabrate;  sepals  5  or  6,  suborbicular,  reflexing;  velum  glabrous, 
finally  suberect;  stamens  5-6,  included. — Negs.  13534,  8540. 

Junin:  Chacahuassi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Without  locality, 
Ruiz  &  Pavon  24-34. 

Siparuna  tabacifolia  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  144. 
1905;  Nachtr.  52. 

A  shrub  with  large,  thin  leaves,  rather  laxly  gray-pubescent  or 
pale-rusty;  petioles  3-6  cm.  long;  blades  obovate,  short-acuminate, 
obscurely  denticulate,  the  lateral  nerves  11-14;  pistillate  flowers 
solitary,  yellowish,  4  mm.  broad,  the  pedicels  to  8  mm.  long;  recep- 
tacle coriaceous,  densely  stellate- tomentose;  sepals  4-5,  glabrous 
above,  2  mm.  long;  styles  about  12;  fruit  obpyriform,  sparsely  pilose, 
the  pedicels  to  4  cm.  long. — 41b.  Neg.  13535. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Ponasa,  1,300  meters,  Ule  6670,  type. 

Siparuna  Tayloriana  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  162. 
1927. 

A  shrub  with  climbing  branches,  opposite  or  sometimes  ternate, 
glabrous  leaves,  slender  petioles  1-2  cm.  long,  and  few-flowered  cymes 
3-6  cm.  long;  blades  usually  oblong,  6.5-12.5  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  wide, 
cuneate  or  rounded-cuneate  at  the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex, 
obsoletely  crenate-serrate,  coriaceous,  with  9-10  lateral  nerves; 
peduncle  1-4  cm.  long,  the  glabrous  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long;  pistillate 
flowers  2-3  mm.  broad,  the  coriaceous  receptacle  and  ovate-acute 
sepals  glabrous,  as  also  the  globose  fruit,  this  about  6  mm.  thick.— 
Assigned  No.  25a  in  the  monograph. 

Huanuco:  Rio  Posuso,  2,000  meters,  in  forest,  Weberbauer  6739, 
type. 

Siparuna  thecaphora  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  A.  DC.  in  DC.  Prodr. 
16,  pt.  2:  657.  1868;  90.  Citrosma  thecaphora  Poepp.  &  Endl.  Nov. 
Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  48.  1838. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  nearly  glabrous,  the  thin,  minutely  den- 
ticulate leaves  sparsely  pubescent  only  on  the  nerves;  blades  obovate- 


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oblong,  about  15  cm.  long  and  nearly  half  as  wide,  acuminate,  the 
petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  pistillate  inflorescence  short,  the  subsessile 
flowers  pseudofasciculate;  flowers  to  2.5  mm.  broad;  receptacle 
obconic,  chartaceous,  slightly  stellate-puberulent;  sepals  connate, 
glabrous,  like  the  flat  velum  with  a  narrow  throat;  styles  10-11, 
little  exserted,  recurving. — Neg.  13541. 

Junin:  San  Ramon,  1,100  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  26005. 
— Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  D2157b,  type.  Iquitos,  100  meters, 
Killip  &  Smith  27239;  King  75;  Williams  3544, 1367;  Ule  6248  (det. 
Perkins).  San  Antonio,  110  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29479.  Caballo- 
cocha,  in  forest,  Williams  2142,  2094,  2024.  Rio  Itaya,  Williams 
3283,  3411.  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  639.  Pinto-cocha,  Rio  Nanay, 
Williams  826.  "Curuinsi-sacha,"  "sacha-limon,"  "macusaro,"  "isula 
caspi." 

Siparuna  tomentosa  (R.  &  P.)  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  691. 
1901;  101.  Citrosma  tomentosa  R.  &  P.  Syst.  1:  265.  1798. 

A  shrub,  softly  and  densely  pale-rusty-pubescent  nearly  through- 
out; blades  to  15  cm.  long,  4-6  cm.  wide,  obtusely  acuminate,  the 
petioles  4-5  mm.  long;  pistillate  inflorescence  on  a  peduncle  4-7  mm. 
long,  the  pedicels  8-10  mm.  long;  receptacle  suburceolate;  sepals 
5-7,  unequal;  styles  free,  scarcely  exserted. — According  to  Weber- 
bauer,  clambering  in  habit.  Neg.  8372. 

Amazonas:  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4509;  291  (det.  Perkins). — 
San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7457.  Rumizapa, 
400-900  meters,  Williams  6755. — Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Muiia,  Pillao 
to  Chacahuassi,  and  Cochero,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  902,  type.  Without 
locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  24-37.  Muna,  2,100  meters,  3936.  Bolivia. 

Siparuna  Tulasnei  Perk.  Bot.  Jahrb.  28:  688.  1901;  98. 

More  or  less  yellowish-pubescent,  but  the  leaves  finally  glabrous 
above;  petioles  1.5-2  cm.  long;  blades  10-20  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide, 
sometimes  narrowly  acuminate,  cuneate  to  the  rounded  base,  mi- 
nutely denticulate  or  undulate;  pistillate  flowers  apparently  5  mm. 
broad;  receptacle  subglobose,  the  4  triangular  sepals  glabrous  inside; 
styles  about  10,  exceeding  the  glabrous  velum,  the  aperture  narrow. 
-Neg.  13543. 

Huanuco:  Tocache,  Poeppig  1818,  type. 

Siparuna  ucayaliensis  Perk.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
167. 1927. 

A  monoecious  or  dioecious  shrub,  more  or  less  lepidote-pubescent 
except  the  mature  leaves  above;  leaves  opposite,  oblong-obovate, 


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cuneate  at  the  base,  rounded  at  the  apex  and  extended  into  a  cau- 
date mucro,  chartaceous,  entire,  9.5-15.5  cm.  long,  2.5-6  cm.  wide, 
the  lateral  nerves  7-9;  inflorescence  cymose,  1-2  cm.  long;  flowers 
minute;  stamens  4-5;  staminate  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long,  the  pistillate 
1  mm. ;  styles  2-3,  little  exserted. — Differing  from  S.  lepidantha  Perk, 
in  its  pointed  leaves,  not  lepidote  on  the  midrib  above.  A  shrub 
about  5  meters  high.  Compare  also  5.  crassiflora.  Neg.  13544. 

Loreto:  Yarina-cocha,  Rio  Ucayali,  155  meters,  in  forest,  Tess- 
mann  5409,  type. 

Siparuna  Uleana  Perk.  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  142. 
1905;Nachtr.  49. 

A  small,  glabrous  or  essentially  glabrous  shrub  with  opposite, 
short  (1-2  cm.)  petioled,  suboblong  leaves,  these  15-30  cm.  long, 
7.5-13  cm.  wide,  subcordate  at  the  base,  thin,  minutely  denticulate; 
inflorescence  1.5-3  cm.  long;  flowers  reddish,  3  mm.  broad,  the  pedi- 
cels 2-3  mm.  long;  receptacle  membranous,  the  4  longer,  lanceolate 
sepals  3.5  mm.  long;  stamens  6,  unequal,  the  flat  filaments  very 
broad. — Mature  leaves  are  somewhat  bullate  above,  sometimes 
more  or  less  enlarged,  toothed,  and  auricled  at  the  base,  slightly  so 
in  the  type  collection.  Neg.  13545. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Ponasa,  1,300  meters,  Ule  6830,  type. — San 
Martin:  Moyobamba,  King  3352  (distributed  as  S.  auriculata  DC.?). 

Siparuna  umbelliflora  Perk.  Nov.  Sp.  Repert.  1:  153.  1905; 
Nachtr.  49. 

A  glabrous  shrub;  leaves  ternate  or  verticillate,  the  blades  more 
or  less  lanceolate,  less  than  15  cm.  long,  short-acuminate,  elongate- 
narrowed  to  the  slender  petioles,  some  of  which  are  shorter  than  1.5 
cm.;  leaf  margins  unequally  and  conspicuously  serrate,  the  lateral 
nerves  11-14;  inflorescence  umbellate,  the  peduncle  to  1.5  cm.  long, 
the  pedicels  to  6  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers  4  mm.  broad,  the  recep- 
tacle obconic,  3  times  exceeding  the  4  minute  sepals;  stamens  52, 
short-exserted,  unequal. — Neg.  13546. 

Cajamarca:  Above  San  Miguel,  2,600  meters,  Weberbauer  3905, 
type;  258. 

Siparuna  Weberbaueri  Perk.  Nov.  Sp.  Repert.  1:  154.  1905; 
Nachtr.  53. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  densely  and  softly  fulvous-tomentose,  or 
the  mature  leaves  glabrous  and  bullate  above;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long; 
leaves  mostly  ternate  or  verticillate,  the  blades  to  7.5  cm.  long,  3.5 


FLORA  OF  PERU  819 

cm.  wide,  rounded  or  broadly  acute  at  each  end,  coriaceous,  the 
lateral  nerves  10-12;  inflorescence  about  1  cm.  long,  the  peduncles 
and  pedicels  5  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers  greenish,  3.5  mm.  broad; 
receptacle  papery,  glabrous  within;  sepals  connate- tubular;  stamens 
10,  unequal. 

Libertad:  Angon,  valley  of  Rio  Mixiollo,  Weberbauer  7063.— 
Junin:  Above  Huacapistana,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  2161,  type; 
246.  Huacapistana,  1,000-2,400  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  24136  — 
Huanuco:  Valley  of  Rio  Posuso,  1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  6742. 

Siparuna  Williamsii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  353.  1934. 

A  tree,  reported  to  attain  a  height  of  15  meters,  the  branchlets 
terete,  at  first  slightly  rusty-stellate-puberulent,  compressed  at  the 
nodes  and  about  1  cm.  thick;  petioles  opposite,  glabrate,  acutely 
sulcate  above,  2.2-5  cm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  rounded  to  the  acute 
base,  abruptly  and  very  shortly  acuminate,  20-30  cm.  long,  10-12 
cm.  wide,  chartaceous,  glabrous  or  sometimes  sparsely  and  minutely 
stellate-puberulent  on  the  nerves  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  10-12, 
not  at  all  impressed  above,  the  veins  moderately  prominent  beneath, 
laxly  reticulate;  staminate  racemes  simple  or  1-2-branched,  mostly 
5-6  cm.  long,  densely  stellate-pubescent  with  minute  hairs;  pedicels 
slender,  to  almost  1  cm.  long;  receptacle  ovoid,  to  2  cm.  thick;  sepals 
and  velum  none;  stamens  12-15,  the  extremely  broad,  flattish  fila- 
ments not  or  scarcely  exserted. — In  the  broad  filaments,  resembling 
S.  pauciflora  (Beurl.)  A.  DC.,  but  vegetatively  suggesting  S.  Uleana 
Perk. 

Loreto:  Alto  Rio  Itaya,  145  meters,  in  forest,  Williams  3371, 
type.  San  Antonio,  Rio  Itaya,  110  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  29467. 
Soledad,  Rio  Itaya,  110  meters,  in  forest,  Kittip  &  Smith  29818. 

76.  LAURACEAE.  Laurel  Family 
Reference:  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  1-556.  1889. 

The  majority  of  the  many  Peruvian  species  of  this  family  are 
trees,  often  of  great  beauty,  not  rarely  of  great  utility,  and  generally 
distributed  in  the  montana.  In  the  higher  and  drier  regions  there 
are  a  number  of  shrubs  which,  however,  never  ascend,  according  to 
Weberbauer,  above  3,200  meters,  and  on  the  western  ranges  only  to 
2,000  meters.  The  following  remarks  were  written  before  Koster- 
mans'  recent  revisions. 

Few  families  afford  a  greater  fascination  in  their  study,  for  the 
characters,  largely  floral,  are  of  a  neatness  and  variation  that  seem 


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to  be  almost  infinite  in  the  number  of  combinations  in  which  they 
have  developed.  Closely  knit,  therefore,  the  family  has  always 
been  subjected  to  diverse  interpretation  regarding  the  lines  to  be 
drawn  between  groups  of  more  or  less  obviously  related  species.  It 
seems  to  me  a  great  pity  to  divide  a  family  of  such  economic  and  gen- 
eral interest  into  many  narrowly  limited  genera,  however  logical 
this  may  seem,  and  I  have  written  the  following  paragraphs  hoping 
to  call  attention  to  the  possibility  of  strengthening  the  generic  segre- 
gation proposed  by  Mez,  but  not  by  further  segregation,  which,  of 
course,  is  always  the  easiest  way  to  deal  with  a  family  having  many 
aberrant  elements,  thus  isolating  its  larger  and  better  defined  groups. 

The  relative  value  of  characters  used  to  indicate  generic  lines  in 
the  Lauraceae — in  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  19-20.  1931,  I  published  a 
general  comment — has  been  too  little  considered,  and  a  reconsidera- 
tion of  at  least  some  generic  limits  seems  necessary.  For  instance, 
if  treated  relatively  as  other  groups,  Aniba  should  be  defined  to 
include  Acrodiclidium  (Licaria)  and  Endlicheria  as  regards  Peru,  as 
well  as  Silvia,  Misanteca,  Huberodaphne,  Systemonodaphne,  Phylloste- 
monodaphne,  and  Chanekea,  so  that  species  more  nearly  related  to 
each  other  than  to  those  of  any  other  genus  might  conveniently  have 
one  generic  name.  It  seems  to  me  that  the  characters  upon  which 
these  genera  rest  cannot  logically  be  accepted  as  indicative  of  generic 
lines.  For  instance,  the  degree  of  filament  development  and  glandu- 
losity  is  highly  variable  throughout  the  family. 

Dismissing  the  argument  that  no  character  in  the  family  is  con- 
stant— which  is  true,  for  even  the  usually  fundamental  one  of  2-  and 
4-celled  anthers  must  be  qualified  with  exceptions — evidently  ten- 
dencies must  rule  in  determining  probable  natural  lines  of  develop- 
ment. One  is  faced  with  the  fact  that  regularity  of  development 
of  staminodia  as  foliaceous  or  reduced  in  series  4  suggests  its 
reliability  in  delineating  genera.  In  contrast,  the  variation  of  stami- 
nodia in  the  outer  series  within  a  group  of  admittedly  related  species 
seems  to  point  to  its  lack  of  value  as  a  generic  character.  If  one 
does  not  reason  thus  as  regards  characters  in  the  Lauraceae,  that  is, 
consider  their  relative  or  major  validity  in  the  family  as  a  whole,  one 
is  soon  forced  to  establish  many  new  "genera"  on  negative  char- 
acters. The  result  of  the  latter  method  is  to  lose  in  a  multitude  of 
generic  names,  all  of  which  purport  to  have  equal  value,  any  com- 
prehensive view  of  the  natural  grouping  of  species  within  the  family. 

Aniba  sens,  lat.,  as  suggested,  would  strengthen  the  whole  generic 
system  of  the  family  and  form  a  group  of  no  more  variation  than 


FLORA  OF  PERU  821 

Ocotea  or  Nectandra,  and  one  even  better  contrasted  with  its  nearest 
relative,  Ajouea.  Acrodiclidium  is  logically  only  a  section  of  Aniba, 
with  the  2  outer  series  of  stamens  modified  or  aborted,  a  character 
not  of  generic  value,  as  shown  clearly  by  its  variability  in  Ajouea 
and  elsewhere.  Further,  Endlicheria  cannot  be  regarded  as  a  group 
distinct  from  Aniba  on  the  character  of  dioecious  flowers,  since  both 
perfect  and  dioecious  species  exist  in  other  genera,  and  some  species 
may  even  be  either  (Ocotea  minarum,  for  example).  Other  char- 
acters purporting  to  define  Endlicheria  exist  in  every  degree  of 
development  in  most  if  not  all  accepted  genera.  (But  Kostermans 
has  shown  recently  that  there  may  be  a  partially  constant  fruit 
character  and  a  generally  constant  difference  in  anther  shape— facts 
that  strengthen  the  argument.  It  seems  to  me  that  only  one  genus 
is  involved,  composed  of  several  fairly  well  marked  groups  of  species.) 
The  unreliability  of  the  anther  form  as  a  generic  character,  at  least 
here,  is  shown  in  Endlicheria  anomala,  whose  second  pair  of  anthers 
usually  has  the  more  circular  shape  that  normally  characterizes 
anthers  of  Acrodiclidium  and  Aniba.  The  form  of  the  anthers  else- 
where has  not  been  regarded  by  Mez  himself  as  alone  significant  in 
drawing  generic  lines. 

Urbanodendron  Mez  would  not  necessarily  be  included  in  Aniba 
sens.  lat.  because  its  position  in  the  2-celled  anther  series  of  genera 
is  about  analogous  to  that  of  Pleurothyrium  in  the  4-celled  series. 
Urbanodendron  could  be  maintained,  although,  except  for  its  fila- 
ments and  style,  it  is  essentially  the  same  as  the  Peruvian  Endlicheria 
Sprucei. 

In  accord  with  the  above  remarks,  there  may  be  found  in  the 
following  synopsis  of  the  Peruvian  laurels  a  vegetative  and  technical 
key  to  Aniba,  sens.  lat.  For  convenience  an  artificial  key  has  been 
attempted  for  all  the  species,  disregarding  generic  lines,  in  hope  that 
it  may  lead  one  to  at  least  the  better  marked  forms,  even  when 
flowers  are  lacking,  but  of  course  it  requires  herbarium  material  for 
comparison. 

Besides  the  native  Lauraceae  listed  below,  the  European  laurel, 
a  beautiful,  evergreen  tree,Laurus  nobilis  L.,  is  sometimes  cultivated. 
Its  crowded,  coriaceous,  lanceolate  leaves  are  aromatic,  dark  green, 
and  smooth,  usually  paler  and  the  midrib  reddish  beneath;  its  inflo- 
rescences are  short,  few-flowered,  and  subtended  by  brown  bracts 
that  fall  with  the  opening  of  the  flowers,  these  4-parted,  the  stami- 
nate  usually  with  10-12  stamens,  the  pistillate  with  2-4  staminodia. 


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Although  Kostermans'  work  is  cited  in  so  far  as  published  at  this 
writing,  at  the  beginning  of  generic  descriptions,  I  must  take  occa- 
sion to  record  here  my  deep  indebtedness  to  him.  He  not  only 
made  available  all  his  manuscripts  before  publication  but  had  the 
kindness  to  make  many  suggestions  and  many  insertions  in  my 
manuscript,  which  had  already  (for  several  years,  based  on  Mez) 
been  prepared. 

Generic  key  after  Mez  (after  Kostermans  as  to  Aniba  group) 
Anthers  of  the  exterior  series  2-celled  or  aborted. 

Fruit  on  a  naked,  not  enlarged  pedicel;  staminodia  of  series  4 
foliaceous • ....  1.  Beilschmiedia. 

Fruit  subtended  by  a  cup;  staminodia  often  minute  or  none. 

Staminodia  of  series  4  large,  foliaceous 2.  Ajouea. 

Staminodia  of  series  4  minute  or  none. 

Flowers  dioecious;  pedicel  and  cup  typically  fleshy,  the  former 
enlarged 3.  Endlicheria. 

Flowers  perfect;  pedicel  and  cup  (so  far  as  known)  woody, 
the  former  not  elongate,  the  cup  usually  deep. 

Outer  stamens  (6  or  9)  fertile,  free 4.  Aniba. 

Outer  stamens  (6)  none  or  modified,  only  the  inner  3  fertile, 
connate  or  free 5.  Licaria. 

Anthers  of  2  outer  series  4-celled  or  very  rarely  all  2-celled. 

Staminodia  (series  4)  large,  sagittate,  stipitate;  perianth  lobes, 
with  few  exceptions,  persistent. 

Outer  perianth  lobes  usually  shorter  than  the  inner;  perianth 
not  at  all  enlarging  above  the  globose  fruit 6.  Persea. 

Outer  perianth  lobes  rarely  shorter  than  the  inner,  strongly 
enlarged  about  the  usually  ellipsoid  fruit,  or  deciduous,  but 
the  pedicel  then  enlarged 7.  Phoebe. 

Staminodia  (series  4)  none  or  small  and  stipitiform. 

Outer  stamens  eglandular  (normally);  each  pair  of  anther  cells 
in  juxtaposition. 

Anther  cells  in  pairs,  one  pair  more  or  less  exactly  above  the 
other 8.  Ocotea. 

Anther  cells  placed  arcuately  in  line 9.  Nectandra. 

Stamens  all  basally  glandular;  each  pair  of  anther  cells  at  right 
angles  to  the  other 10.  Pleurothyrium. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  823 

Artificial  key  to  Peruvian  Lauraceae 

Based  largely  on  foliage;  the  leaf  size  is  taken  from  herbarium 
specimens  which  usually  are  branchlets  bearing  inflorescences. 

A.  Leaves  small,  i.e.,  mostly  less  than  10  cm.  long,  few,  if  any,  a 
little  longer,  or  in  this  case  only  2.5  cm.  wide  (see  forms  of  Persea 
caerulea). 

B.  Leaves  obviously  pubescent  beneath. 
Pubescence  elegantly  sericeous. 
Inflorescence  many-flowered. 
Leaves  silvery-pubescent  beneath,  acute  at  the  base. 

Ocotea  guianensis. 
Leaves  densely  coppery-pubescent  beneath,  rounded  at  the 

base Persea  Haenkeana. 

Leaves  slightly  coppery-pubescent  beneath,  acute  at  the 

base Ocotea  cuprea. 

Inflorescence  few-flowered. 

Leaves  about  8  cm.  long Persea  stricta. 

Leaves  5-6  cm.  long Persea  Weberbaueri. 

Pubescence  villous-tomentose,  sometimes  finely  so,  usually  rusty 
or  reddish  (see  Persea  stricta  and  Ocotea  macropoda). 

Leaves  (especially  beneath)  shortly  and  densely  tomentulose. 
Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  mostly  10-12  cm.  long. 

Leaves  densely  rusty-pubescent;  petioles  short. 

Ocotea  Jelskii. 

Leaves  cinereous- tomentulose  beneath;  petioles  to  1.5 
cm.  long Nectandra  Mathewsii. 

Leaves  ovate-elliptic,  often  shorter. 

Pubescence  very  reddish;  leaves  about  10  cm.  long. 

Ocotea  cardinalis. 

Pubescence  rusty  or  rusty  reddish;  leaves  usually  5-9 
cm.  long. 

Inflorescence  corymbose-panicled. 

Inflorescence    many-flowered;    style    much    shorter 
than  the  ovary Persea  corymbosa. 

Inflorescence  few-flowered;  style  and  ovary  subequal. 

Persea  ferruginea. 
Inflorescence  racemose Ocotea  ferruginea. 


824  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  rather  laxly  long-villous  or  finely  pilose,   at  least 
beneath. 

Branchlets  soon  glabrous Ocotea  aciphylla. 

Branchlets  villous  or  pilose. 

Leaves  subcordate  at  the  base Persea  Ruizii. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base. 

Pubescence  villous Persea  hirta. 

Pubescence  fine,  pilose  or  tomentulose. 

Flowers  glabrous Ocotea  tenella. 

Flowers  tomentose  .Licaria  multiflora,L.Quirirafuina. 
B.  Leaves  glabrous  or  with  minute  or  obscure  pubescence,  or  bar- 
bellate  in  the  nerve  axils  beneath   (small-leaved  forms  of 
Ocotea  leptobotra  might  be  sought  here). 
Leaves  3  to  rarely  5  cm.  long. 
Inflorescence  pilose. 
Inflorescence  sparsely  pilose,  about  equaling  the  leaves. 

Ocotea  Mandonii. 
Inflorescence  densely  pilose,  exceeding  the  leaves. 

Persea  boldufolia. 

Inflorescence  glabrous Ocotea  jumbillensis. 

Leaves  all  or  mostly  longer. 

C.  Inflorescences  small,  mostly  only  1-5  cm.  long;  see  also 

forms  of  Nectandra  Pichurim. 

D.  Inflorescence  glabrate  or,  in  any  case,  not  cinereous- 
pubescent. 
Flowers  7-8  mm.  wide. 

Leaves  narrowly  lanceolate Nectandra  microcarpa. 

Leaves  elliptic Ocotea  munacensis. 

Flowers  tiny  or  small. 

Flowers  3  mm.  wide,  the  inflorescence  crowded- thyrsoid. 

Phoebe  heterantha. 

Flowers  often  smaller,  the  inflorescence  not  crowded- 

thyrsoid. 
Inflorescence  glabrate;  flowers  2  mm.  long. 

Leaves  obscurely  veined Ocotea  minutiflora. 

Leaves  distinctly  veined. 
Petioles  4-7  mm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  825 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic,  caudate. 

Ocotea  tarapotana. 
Leaves  suboblong,  acuminate. 

Endlicheria  mishuyacensis. 

Petioles  to  1  cm.  long Ocotea  Killipii. 

Inflorescence  pubescent;  flowers  2-5  mm.  long. 
Shrubs  with  rigid,  concolorous  leaves. 

Flowers  subracemose Ocotea  Weberbaueri. 

Flowers  subcorymbose. 

Branches  glabrate. . .  .Ocotea  Schomburgkiana. 

Branches  tomentose Ocotea  monzonensis. 

Trees  with  thinner,  flexible  leaves,  paler  beneath. 
Leaves  rounded  at  the  base . . .  Phoebe  maynensis. 
Leaves  acute  at  the  base . . .  Phoebe  pichichensis. 
D.  Inflorescence  cinereous-pubescent. 

Leaves  elliptic Persea  americana. 

Leaves  suboblong Phoebe  Poeppigii. 

C.  Inflorescence  longer,  often  2-4  times  longer. 
D.  Inflorescence  shorter  than  or  about  equaling  the  leaves. 

Leaves  coppery-pubescent  beneath Ocotea  cuprea. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate  (at  least  the  adult  ones). 
Leaves  obtuse  or  subcordate  at  the  base. 
Leaves  rigid;  petioles  thickish,  about  1  cm.  long. 

Leaves  glaucous Persea  Mutisii. 

Leaves  lustrous  above,   comparatively  few  but 

crowded Ocotea  piurensis. 

Leaves  flexible;  petioles  slender,  1.5-3  cm.  long. 
Leaves  subcordate;  petioles  1.5-3  cm.  long. 

Persea  cordata. 
Leaves  subobtuse;  petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long. 

Acrodiclidium  armeniacum. 
Leaves  acute  at  the  base,  or  flexible  and  the  petioles 

short. 
Inflorescence  glabrous. 

Plants  entirely  glabrous Ocotea  subrutilans. 

Plants  with   the  leaf  nerves  beneath  minutely 
strigose. 


826  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Pedicels  5-20  mm.  long. 

Acrodiclidium  armeniacum. 

Pedicels  2-3  mm.  long Nectandra  Sawadai. 

Inflorescence  at  least  minutely  pubescent. 

Branches  and  inflorescence  sericeous- tomentulose. 

Per  sea  durifolia. 
Branches  and  inflorescence  glabrate  or  minutely 

pubescent. 
Leaves  thin,  lance-elliptic. 

Leaves  with  barbellate  pubescence. 

Ocotea  minarum. 
Leaves  with  no  pubescence. 

Nectandra  Williamsii. 
Leaves  subcordate,  oblong-elliptic. 
Petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  leaves  mostly  3  cm. 

wide Persea  scoparia. 

Petioles  10-12  mm.  long;  leaves  3.5  cm.  wide. 
Inflorescence  more  or  less  panicled;  leaves 

3-nerved Phoebe  Poeppigii. 

Inflorescence  subracemose;  leaves  pinnate- 
nerved  Phoebe  Mathewsii. 

D.  Inflorescence  2-3  times  longer  than  the  leaves. 

Branchlets  pilose Ajouea  tambillensis. 

Branchlets  glabrous Ocotea  piurensis. 

A.  Leaves  of  medium  to  large  size,  mostly  12  cm.  to  several  deci- 
meters long. 

E.  Leaves  of  average  or  medium  size,  mostly  12-15  cm.  long  or, 
if  larger,  only  (3)  4.5  to  rarely  8  cm.  wide  or,  if  wider,  only 
12-15  cm.  long. 

F.  Flowers  conspicuous,  10-15  mm.  wide. 
Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate  beneath. 

Pedicels  usually  3-5  mm.  long,  the  leaves  usually  long-acu- 
minate   Nectandra  lucida,  N.  globosa. 

Pedicels  usually  very  short,  the  leaves  acute  or  short-acu- 
minate. 
Leaves  acuminate  at  the  base;  perianth  tube  obvious. 

Nectandra  Jelskii. 
Leaves  merely  acute  at  the  base. 


^  FLORA  OF  PERU  827 

Inflorescence  rusty- tomentose;  perianth  tube  none. 

Nectandra  furcata. 
Inflorescence  glabrate;  perianth  tube  obvious. 

.   Nectandra  maranonensis. 
Leaves  pubescent  beneath  even  in  age,  or  at  least  densely  bar- 

bellate  in  the  nerve  axils. 
Leaf  pubescence  pale  or  confined  to  the  nerve  axils;  perianth 

tube  conspicuous,  except  in  Endlicheria  bullata. 
Leaves  broad. 

Inflorescence  and  leaves  subequal .  Nectandra  acutifolia. 
Inflorescence  often  shorter  than  leaves. 

Nectandra  globosa. 
Leaves  oblong-linear,  about  3  cm.  wide. 

Endlicheria  bullata. 
Leaf  pubescence  rusty,  evenly  distributed;  perianth  tube 

short. 
Leaves  more  or  less  pilose  on  both  sides,  at  least  on  the 

nerves  above,  rarely  only  puberulent  beneath. 
Leaves  rigid-coriaceous  or  nearly  so,  subobtuse  at  the 

base;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long Nectandra  Laurel. 

Leaves  more  or  less  flexible,  acute  at  the  base;  pedicels 

3-8  mm.  long Nectandra  reticulata. 

Leaves  glabrate  above  and  merely  puberulent-tomentose 

beneath Nectandra  longifolia. 

F.  Flowers  minute  to  medium-sized,  often  inconspicuous,  3  to 

rarely  8  mm.  wide,  or  smaller. 

G.  Mature  leaves  obviously  pubescent  beneath  or  at  least 
densely  barbellate  in  the  nerve  axils,   the  pubescence 
sometimes  very  minute  and  confined  to  the  veins. 
H.  Pubescence  sparse  or  minute,  fine,  always  inconspicu- 
ous, or  merely  barbellate. 

Leaves  barbellate  in  the  nerve  axils  beneath  (sometimes 
obscurely  so  in  Phoebe  maynensis),  or  slightly  pubes- 
cent on  the  costa. 
Scandent  shrubs;  petioles  to  5  mm.  long. 

Ocotea  tarapotana. 

Erect  shrubs  or  trees;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long. 
Leaves  more  or  less  distinctly  trinerved. 

Phoebe  maynensis. 


828  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL. 

Leaves  pinnate-nerved. 
Leaves  thin,  longer  than  the  inflorescence. 
Petioles  to  18  mm.  long;  flowers  dioecious. 

Endlicheria  dysodantha. 
Petioles  to  11  mm.  long;  flowers  perfect. 

Nectandra  Sawadai. 
Leaves  thick,  about  equaling  the  inflorescence. 

Ocotea  cuneifolia. 
Leaves  not  barbellate  beneath  or,  if  slightly  so,  otherwise 

pubescent  also. 
Petioles  elongate,  most  or  some  of  them  more  than  2.5 

cm.  long  (to  6  cm.). 
Leaves  obscurely  reticulate-veined  beneath;  stami- 

nodia  small. 

Inflorescence  tomentose;  pedicels  1-4  mm.  long. 

Nectandra  lineatifolia. 
Inflorescence  minutely  pubescent;   pedicels   5-8 

mm.  long Nectandra  myriantha. 

Leaves  obviously  reticulate- veined  beneath;  stami- 

nodia  large,  sagittate. 

Ovary  densely  pilose;  leaves  rather  thin;  flowers 
6-7  mm.  long;  perianth  segments  subequal. 

Per  sea  americana. 
Ovary  glabrous;   perianth    lobes    very    unequal, 

except  in  Nectandra  elongata. 
Leaves    short-acuminate,    slightly    reticulate- 
veined. 

Leaves  obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  base  (usu- 
ally), rather  thin;  flowers  4-6  mm.  long; 
pedicels  2-5  mm.  long  or  longer. 

Persea  caerulea. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base,  coriaceous;  flowers 
7-8  mm.  long;  pedicels  2  mm.  long. 

Persea  Raimondii. 

Leaves  long-acuminate,  prominently  reticulate. 

Nectandra  elongata. 
Petioles  short,  mostly  less  than  2.5  cm.  long  (5-25  mm. 

long),  that  is,  those  of  the  branchlets. 
I.  Some  petioles  1.5-2.5  cm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  829 

Pubescence,  at  least  at  first,  dense. 
Leaves  glabrate  in  age;  filaments  glabrous. 

Ocotea  Rusbyana. 
Leaves  often  minutely  pilose  beneath  in  age; 

filaments  pilose. 
Leaves  microscopically  papillose  beneath. 

Aniba  rosaeodora. 
Leaves  not  papillose. 
Pubescence  beneath  obvious  only  under  a 

lens Ocotea  Dielsiana. 

Pubescence   beneath   obvious    (see  Ocotea 

opifera) Ocotea  Trianae. 

Pubescence,  from  the  first,  sparse  or  inconspicuous. 
Leaves  subtriplinerved,  shorter  than  or  sub- 
equaling  the  inflorescence. 

Phoebe  cinnamomifolia. 

Leaves  pinnate-nerved,  longer  than  the  inflores- 
cence. 

Leaves  subobtuse Bellota  sulcata. 

Leaves  acuminate. 
Leaves  obscurely  tomentose  beneath. 

Aniba  Coto,  A.  Muca. 

Leaves    evenly    puberulent-strigillose   be- 
neath .  Nectandraelongata,N.Macbridei. 
Leaves  glabrous  except  the  minutely  stri- 

gose  costa  or  nerves. 

Leaves  narrowly  acuminate;  pedicels  elon- 
gate ....  Acrodiclidium  armeniacum. 
Leaves    gradually    acuminate;    pedicels 
1-2  mm.  long.  .  .Ocotea  Ottoschmidtii. 
I.  Some  petioles  5-10  mm.  long,  none  much  longer. 
Petioles  only  about  5  mm.  long. 

A  shrub  or  tree Ocotea  rubrinervis. 

A  scandent  shrub Ocotea  tarapotana. 

Petioles  about  10  mm.  long  (see  A.  rosaeodora). 
Leaves  obovate,  very  cuneate  at  the  base. 

Ocotea  cuneifolia. 
Leaves  not  obovate . .  .  .  J. 


830  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

J.  Leaves  rigid,  elliptic,  5  cm.  wide,  much  shorter  than  the  inflores- 
cence. 

Leaves  acute  at  each  end Per  sea  crassifolia. 

Leaves  subobtuse Ocotea  micans. 

Leaves  lanceolate  or  elliptic,  not  rigid  or  subequaling  the  inflores- 
cence. 

Pubescence  a  minute  puberulence. 

Leaves  membranous,  acuminate  or  caudate  (see  Ocotea  marmel- 

lensis,  rarely  Phoebe  Poeppigii). 

Flowers  large,  8  mm.  wide Nectandra  acutifolia. 

Flowers  small. 

Leaves  acuminate,  mostly  4.5  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  ovate-acuminate;  perianth  tube  obvious. 

Endlicheria  anomala. 

Leaves  elliptic-lanceolate;  perianth  tube  none  (see  End- 
licheria debilis). 
Flowers  dioecious;  leaves  mostly  4.5  cm.  wide. 

Ocotea  puberula. 
Flowers  perfect;  leaves  rarely  4.5  cm.  wide. 

Nectandra  Sawadai. 
Leaves  caudate,  mostly  6-7  cm.  wide. 

Acrodiclidium  latifolium. 
Leaves  rigid-coriaceous  or  coriaceous. 
Leaves  rigid;  branchlets  more  or  less  angled. 

Leaves  rarely  acuminate Ocotea  aurantiodora. 

Leaves  sharply  long-acuminate Ocotea  aciphylla. 

Leaves  coriaceous;  branchlets  terete Aniba  cylindri flora. 

Pubescence  a  sparse  pilosity. 
Leaves  about  10  cm.  long. 

Petioles  1.5-2.5  cm.  long Ocotea  Trianae. 

Petioles  usually  1  cm.  long. 

Leaves  pubescent  beneath ;  perianth  tube  obsolete. 

Ocotea  petalanthera. 
Leaves  becoming  glabrous;  perianth  tube  conspicuous. 

Ocotea  otuzensis. 
Leaves  about  15  cm.  long  or  longer Endlicheria  longifolia. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  831 

H.  Pubescence  obvious  or  even  conspicuous,  rather  coarse 
or,  if  fine,  dense  enough  to  color  the  leaf  surface  (see 
also  Ocotea  Raimondii  and  Aniba  rosaeodora). 
K.  Pubescence  cinereous  or  pale  rusty,  usually  pilose- 
hirsute  or  sericeous  or,  if  tomentose,  laxly  so  (see 
Endlicheria  bullata). 

Leaves  rounded,  obtuse,  or  acute  at  the  base;  petioles 
often  2-3  cm.  long. 

Petioles  scarcely  5  mm.  long Ocotea  licanioides. 

Petioles  mostly  much  longer. 

Leaves  acuminate;  petioles  1.5-3  cm.  long. 

Inflorescence  open,  often  little  shorter  than  the 

leaves,  these  lustrous  above. 
Peduncles  elongate;  perianth  lobes  unequal. 

Persea  cordata. 
Peduncles  short;  perianth  lobes  equal. 

Nectandra  superba. 

Inflorescence   dense,    much   shorter   than   the 
leaves,  these  dull  above.  Nectandra  dioica. 
Leaves  subobtuse;  petioles  1.5  cm.  long. 

Bellota  sulcata. 

Leaves  basally  acute,  only  above  the  base,  if  at  all, 
more  or  less  rounded;  petioles  usually  shorter  (see 
Nectandra  superba). 
Leaves  thin-coriaceous;  outer  anthers  2-celled  (except 

in  Nectandra  spp.). 
Leaves  acuminate,  glabrous  above. 

Petioles  to  14  mm.  long;  flowers  obscurely  stri- 

gose Endlicheria  anomala. 

Petioles  often  longer;  flowers  densely  sericeous. 
Endlicheria  Lhotzkyi,  E.  sericea. 
Leaves  acute,  the  costa  above  pubescent. 

Nectandra  Herrerae. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  except  in  Ocotea  amazonica  with 

the  leaves  pilose  beneath;  outer  anthers  4-celled. 

Leaves  mostly  5-8  cm.  wide  (see  also  Ocotea  Rus- 

byana) . 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  glabrate  or  cinere- 
ous-puberulent Ocotea  Trianae. 


832  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  rusty-puberulent 
or  shortly  yellow-villous  or  tomentose. 

Branchlets   and   inflorescence  rusty-puberu- 
lent. 
Leaves  obovate;  inflorescence  ample. 

Leaves  very  rigid-coriaceous. 

Pleurothyrium  Poeppigii. 
Leaves  flexible-coriaceous. 

Pleurothyrium  cuneifolium. 

Leaves  not  at  all  obovate;  inflorescence 
few-flowered Ocotea  micans. 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  yellow-villous  or 

velvety-tomentose. 

Pubescence  villous;  petioles  to  25  mm.  long. 

Nectandra  cissiflora. 

Pubescence  tomentose;  petioles  to  15  mm. 

long Nectandra  comasensis. 

Leaves  mostly  3.5-4.5  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  tomentulose  beneath;  inflorescence  and 
leaves  subequal. 

Leaves  mostly  narrower  than  4  cm. 

Nectandra  Pichurim. 
Leaves  mostly  wider. 

Nectandra  Mathewsii,  N.  Macbridei. 

Leaves  pilose-puberulent  beneath;  inflorescence 
manifestly  shorter  than  the  leaves. 

Pubescence  a  minute  puberulence. 

Ocotea  puberula. 

Pubescence  a  more  or  less  sparse  pilosity. 

Inflorescence  slightly  pubescent. 

Ocotea  petalanthera. 
Inflorescence  densely  pubescent. 

Leaves  apparently  glabrous  beneath. 

Ocotea  Rusbyana. 

Leaves  obviously  pilose  beneath. 

Ocotea  amazonica. 

K.    Pubescence   definitely   rusty  or   reddish-tomentose- 
villous. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  833 

Leaves  rigid-coriaceous,  densely  reddish-tomentose,  at 
least  beneath,  and  attenuate-acuminate. 

Endlicheria  Szyszylowiczii. 

Leaves  somewhat  flexible,  soon  glabrate  above  or 
tomentose  only  on  the  nerves,  not  elongate-acu- 
minate. 

Petioles  2.5-5  cm.  long;  leaves  rounded-subcordate 
at  the  base  (see  Per  sea  peruviand). 

Persea  subcordata. 

Petioles  2.5  cm.  long  or  often  shorter;  leaves  not  sub- 
cordate  at  the  base. 

Branchlets  villous-hirsute Endlicheria  hirsuta. 

Branchlets  not  villous-hirsute. 

Leaves   reticulate-veined,    if    acuminate,    not 

narrowly  so;  outer  anthers  4-celled. 
Leaves  about  5  cm.  wide. .  .Ocotea  macropoda. 
Leaves  about  8  cm.  wide. 
Inflorescence  narrow,  dense. 

Ocotea  ovalifolia. 
Inflorescence  broad,  open. 

Endlicheria  anomala. 

Leaves  obscurely  reticulate-veined,  or  long  and 

narrowly  acuminate;  outer  anthers  2-celled. 

Inflorescence    tomentose,     subequaling     the 

leaves Endlicheria  tomentella. 

Inflorescence  pilose,  much  shorter  than  the 
leaves Endlicheria  Sprucei. 

G.  Mature  leaves  glabrous  or  essentially  so,  even  be- 
neath   Ocotea  otuzcensis. 

L.  Leaves  mostly  under  5  cm.  wide  (inflorescence  leaves 
2  to  about  5  cm.  wide). 

M.  Leaves  more  or  less  abruptly  subcaudate-acuminate, 
the  acumination  usually  1  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Perianth  tube  none  or  extremely  short. 

Inflorescence  glabrous . .  .  Acrodiclidium  armeniacum, 
Inflorescence  pubescent. 

Inflorescence  racemose-paniculate. 

Ocotea  maynensis. 


834  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Inflorescence  fasciculate-paniculate. 

Ocotea  Schomburgkiana. 
Perianth  tube  obvious. 
Leaves  coriaceous,  very  lustrous  above. 

Ocotea  leptobotra. 

Leaves  papyraceous  or  rarely  coriaceous,  dull  or 
little  lustrous,  except  in  Endlicheria  mishuya- 
censis. 

Inflorescence  often  2-4  cm.  long,  glabrate,  or  gla- 
brous if  elongate  (Ocotea  marmellensis). 

Leaves  caudate;  perianth  tube  short. . .  .Ocotea 
Killippii,  0.  caudata,  0.  marmellensis,  Nectandra 

citrifolia. 

Leaves  long-acuminate;  perianth  tube  elongate. 

Endlicheria  mishuyacensis. 

Inflorescence  often  6-10  cm.  long,  more  or  less 

tomentose. 

Petioles  almost  1.5  cm.  long  or  longer. 
Petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long;  inflorescence  lax. 

Leaves  thin,  the  reticulation  obscure,  fine. 

Aniba  Tessmannii. 

Leaves  thin,  the  reticulation  beneath  coarse. 

Aniba  firmula. 

Petioles  to  2  cm.  long;  inflorescence  dense. 

Nectandra  maynensis. 

Petioles  rarely  8  mm.  long Ocotea  Keriana. 

M.  Leaves  obtuse,  acute,  or,  if  acuminate,  gradually 
or  shortly  so  (see  also  Ocotea  Keriana). 

Leaves  mostly  less  than  2  cm.  wide. 

Nectandra  microcarpa. 
Leaves  much  wider. 

Perianth  tube  none,  or  extremely  short  (see  Acrodi- 
clidium  Pucheri);  leaves  rarely  conspicuously 
reticulate- veined . 

Leaves  obscurely  reticulate- veined. 

Ocotea  multiglandulosa. 

Leaves   obviously  reticulate-veined,    or   at   least 
beneath. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  835 

Leaves  densely  white-puncticulate;  inflorescence 

glabrate Ocotea  albopuncticulata. 

Leaves    not    white-puncticulate;    inflorescence 

more  or  less  pubescent. 

Flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long.  . .  .Ocotea  puberula. 
Flowers  3.2-3.5  mm.  long. Ocotea  Tessmannii. 

Perianth  tube  conspicuous;  reticulate  venation  often 
prominent. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  essentially  so. 
Branchlets  pilose,  at  least  toward  the  tip. 

Flowers  2.5  mm.  long Ajouea  Jelskii. 

Flowers  3-4  mm.  long ....  Ajouea  tambillensis. 
Branchlets  glabrous .  Pleurothyrium  densiflorum. 
Inflorescence  pubescent. 

Leaves  exceptionally  densely  and  prominently 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides. 

Acrodiclidium  Pucheri. 

Leaves   laxly   and   usually   lightly   reticulate- 
veined  above. 

Petioles  about  20  mm.  long. 

Nectandra  intermedia. 

Petioles  about  10-15  (-20)  mm.  long. 

Bark  often  aromatic;  inflorescences  shorter 
than  the  leaves. 

Leaves  firm-coriaceous,  rather  obscurely 
reticulate- veined . 

Leaves   densely   reticulate-veined   be- 
neath;   outer    stamens    modified. 
Acrodiclidium  Pucheri. 

Leaves  laxly  reticulate- veined  beneath; 
stamens  all  fertile. 

Aniba  Muca,  A.  Canelilla. 

Leaves  very  thin,  conspicuously  reticu- 
late-veined .  .  .  Endlicheria  rubriflora. 

Bark  not  aromatic;  inflorescence  usually 
about  equaling  the  leaves,  or  longer 
(see  Endlicheria  rubriflora). 


836  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  closely  reticulate- veined  beneath, 

obtuse  at  the  base  .Ocoteapichurensis. 

Leaves  laxly  reticulate-veined,  acute  at 

the  base. 
Leaves  subtriplinerved. 

Phoebe  cinnamomifolia. 
Leaves  pinnate-nerved. 
Leaves  subobtuse .  Phoebe  Mathewsii. 

Leaves  acuminate Nectandra 

Pichurim,  Aniba  perutilis. 

L.  Leaves  mostly  over  5  cm.  wide  (about  5-10  cm.  wide). 
Petioles  3-6  cm.  long. 

Ovary  densely  pilose;  flowers  6-7  mm.  long. 

Persea  americana. 

Ovary  glabrous;  flowers  4-6  mm.  long. Persea  caerulea. 
Petioles  mostly  1-2  cm.  long. 

N.  Pedicels  mostly  4-5  mm.  long  or  longer. 
Inflorescence  glabrous  or  essentially  so. 
Leaves  obsoletely  reticulate-veined  above. 

Ajouea  tambillensis. 

Leaves  more  or  less  reticulate-veined  even  above. 
Leaves   thin,    very   densely   reticulate- veined, 
often  8  cm.  wide  or  wider. 

Bellota  sulcata,  Endlicheria  rubriflora. 
Leaves   thick,    rather   laxly   reticulate- veined, 

often  narrower. 
Inflorescence  longer  than  the  leaves. 

Ajouea  tambillensis. 
Inflorescence  shorter  than  the  leaves. 
Petioles  scarcely  1  cm.  long. 

Pleurothyrium  densiflorum. 
Petioles  about  1.5  cm.  long  .Ocotea  leptobotra. 
Petioles  about  2.5  cm.  long.OcoZea  obovata. 
Inflorescence  more  or  less  pubescent. 

Flowers  umbellate Ocotea  piurensis. 

Flowers  not  evidently  umbellate. 

Leaves  thin,  very  densely  reticulate-veined,  8-9 
cm.  wide. .  .  .Bellota  sulcata. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  837 

Leaves  not  as  above  in  all  respects. 
Perianth    tube    short;    leaves    not    broadly 

rounded-obovate. 
Leaves  subobtuse  or  acute,  6-12  cm.  wide; 

anthers  2-celled Bellota  sulcata. 

Leaves  acuminate,  4.5-9  cm.  wide;  anthers 

4-celled. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  9-11;  flowers 

strigose.  .  .Nectandra  capanahuensis. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  5-8;  flowers 

puberulent. 

Leaves  6-8  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  10 
cm.  long .  Nectandra  breaparinensis. 
Leaves  about  5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence 
about  5  cm.  long .  Nectandra  lucida. 
Perianth  tube  conspicuous;  leaves  more  or 
less  broadly  rounded-obovate,  conspicu- 
ously cuneate  at  the  base. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  slightly  strigose; 

flowers  dioecious Ocotea  obovata. 

Inflorescence  tomentulose;  flowers  perfect. 

Ocotea  compacta. 
N.  Pedicels  mostly  much  shorter. 

0.  Perianth  tube  conspicuous,  except  in  Endlicheria 

arunciflora,  where  short. 
Leaves  long-acuminate  or  caudate. 
Leaves  acuminate  or  subcaudate. 
Leaves  narrowed  at  both  ends. 

Reticulation  of  the  leaves  obscure. 

Aniba  Puchury-minor. 
Reticulation  of  the  leaves  conspicuous. 

Endlicheria  mishuyacensis. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  base  or  at  both  ends. 

Inflorescence  small . . .  .Ocotea  marowynensis. 

Inflorescence  ample  to  very  ample. 

Reticulation  of  the  leaves  very  coarse, 

lax Endlicheria  arunciflora. 


838  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Reticulation    of   the   leaves   very   fine, 
dense Aniba  citrifolia. 

Leaves  conspicuously  caudate.  .Ocotea  laxiflora. 

Leaves  rounded  or  short-acuminate   (see  Ocotea 
compactd). 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  apex,  conspicuously  obo- 
vate Ocotea  obovata. 

Leaves  short-acuminate,  little  or  not  at  all  obo- 
vate. 

Reticulation   of  the  leaves  conspicuous  on 
both  sides Endlicheria  rubriflora. 

Reticulation  of  the  leaves  inconspicuous,  at 
least  above. 

Leaves  subcoriaceous,   dull,   at  least  be- 
neath. 

Inflorescence  5-8  cm.  long,  the  flowers 
clustered. 

Perianth  segments  unequal. 

Aniba  Canelilla. 

Perianth  segments  equal. 

Aniba  Puchury-minor. 

Inflorescence  often  shorter,  the  flowers 
not  clustered Ocotea  leptobotra. 

Leaves  papyraceous,  lustrous  beneath. 

Ocotea  Ottoschmidtii. 
0.  Perianth  tube  none  or  short. 

Leaves  lustrous  or  very  lustrous  above. 

Leaf  reticulation  prominent,  at  least  beneath. 

Leaves  acuminate;  flowers  to  4  mm.  wide  or 
wider. 

Inflorescence  pubescent. 

Leaves    about    two-thirds    longer    than 
broad Nectandra  yarinensis. 

Leaves   scarcely   one-third   longer   than 
broad Nectandra  latifolia. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  glabrate. 

Nectandra  maranonensis. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  839 

Leaves  subobtuse;  flowers  7-8  mm.  wide. 

Nectandra  purpurea. 
Leaf  reticulation  obscure. 

Inflorescence  short,  cinereous-tomentulose. 

Ocotea  architectorum. 

Inflorescence  ample,  glabrate. 

Nectandra  Raimondii. 
Leaves  little  if  at  all  lustrous. 
Petioles  to  1  cm.  long. 
Leaves  elliptic,  merely  acute  at  each  end. 
Flowers  4  mm.  wide .  Nectandra  viburnoides. 

Flowers  7  mm.  wide. 

Nectandra  mamnonensis. 

Leaves  cuneately  narrowed  to  the  base. 

Ocotea  Tessmannii. 

Petioles  to  2  cm.  long . .  .  Ocotea  albopunctulata. 

E.  Leaves  ample,  mostly  2  to  several  decimeters  long,  or  8  cm. 
wide  or  wider. 

P.  Leaves  about  twice  longer  than  broad,  often  broadly  elliptic 
or  obovate,  or  at  any  rate  mostly  less  than  3  times  longer 
than  broad. 

Q.  Leaves  pubescent  beneath,  obviously  but  sometimes 
finely  so. 

Leaves  subcordate  at  the  base;  petioles  to  4  cm.  long. 

Persea  subcordata. 

Leaves  acute  to  acuminate  at  the  base  or,  if  rounded, 
the  petioles  mostly  under  2.5  cm.  long. 

Petioles  mostly  2.5  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Branchlets  more  or  less  acutely  angled  or  distinctly 
ribbed Persea  ferruginea* 

Branchlets  not  as  above. 

Inflorescence  large,  about  half  as  long  as  the  leaves 
or  longer. 

Inflorescence  long-peduncled,   subequaling  the 
leaves Nectandra  Arnottiana. 

Inflorescence    short-peduncled,    much    shorter 
than  the  leaves. .  .Persea  boliviensis. 


840  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Inflorescence  only  about  3  cm.  long. 

Persea  peruviana. 
Petioles  mostly  2  cm.  long  or  shorter. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  apex. 

Pleurothyrium  chrysophyllum. 
Leaves  acute  or  acuminate. 

Branchlets  rusty-  or  yellow-pubescent. 
Leaves  mostly  10  cm.  wide  or  narrower. 

Reticulation  of  the  leaves  not  conspicuous. 

Pleurothyrium  cuneifolium. 
Reticulation  of  the  leaves  conspicuous. 

Nectandra  reticulata. 
Leaves  mostly  7-8  cm.  wide. 

Nectandra  myriantha. 
Branchlets  minutely  gray-tomentose. 

Ocotea  ovalifolia. 

Q.  Leaves  glabrous  beneath,  or  the  pubescence  minute  and 
very  obscure. 

Base  of  the  leaves  cuneate. 

Petioles  grooved  above;  fruits  (so  far  as  known)  soon 
exserted. 

Flowers  3-4  mm.  long,  perfect Ocotea  cuneifolia. 

Flowers  2-3  mm.  long,  dioecious Ocotea  obovata. 

Petioles  plane  above;  fruits  (young)  enclosed  in  the  peri- 
anth   Endlicheria  robusta. 

Base  of  leaves  rounded  or  shortly  acute. 
Leaves  thin,  more  or  less  acuminate. 

Branchlets  or  inflorescence  velvety-puberulent. 

Endlicheria  Tessmannii. 
Branchlets  glabrous  or  glabrate. 

Leaves  prominently  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides. 

Endlicheria  glaberrima. 
Leaves  not  prominently  reticulate-veined. 

Inflorescence  pubescent .  Nectandra  capanahuensis. 

Inflorescence  glabrous Ocotea  olivacea. 

Leaves  coriaceous  or  subcoriaceous,  or  obtuse. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  841 

Inflorescence  glabrate  or  pubescent,  but  not  densely 

sericeous. 
Leaves  finely  reticulate- veined. 

Ovary  densely  pilose;  leaves  rather  thin;  flowers 
6-7  mm.  long Persea  americana. 

Ovary  glabrous. 

Leaves  obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  base  (usu- 
ally), rather  thin;  flowers  4-6  mm.  long; 
pedicels  2-5  mm.  long  or  longer. 

Persea  caerulea. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base;  flowers  7-8  mm. 
long;  pedicels  2  mm.  long. 

Persea  Raimondii. 

Leaves  scarcely  reticulate-veined  or  laxly  so. 

Acrodiclidium  macrophyllum. 

Inflorescence  densely  sericeous-pilose  or  tomentulose. 
Leaves  rigid;  perianth  tube  short.  .  .Ocotea  caniflora. 

Leaves  flexible;  perianth  tube  fleshy,  conspicuous. 

Endlicheria  paradoxa. 

P.  Leaves  about  3  times  longer  than  broad,  often  lance-elliptic. 

R.  Leaves  glabrous  beneath  or  glabrate  (cf.  Endlicheria  gla- 
berrima  and  Cryptocarya  robusta). 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  velvety  brown-  or  red-tomen- 
tose. 

Inflorescence  several  decimeters  long;  perianth  tube  2 
mm.  long Pleurothyrium  maximum. 

Inflorescence  about  1  cm.  long;  perianth  tube  1  mm.  long. 

Pleurothyrium  Williamsii. 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  puberulent  or  glabrous. 
Branchlets  terete,  or  at  least  neither  sulcate  nor  angled. 
Branchlets  tomentulose. 

Petioles  2  cm.  long Nectandra  Macbridei. 

Petioles  1  cm.  long Nectandra  yarinensis. 

Branchlets  glabrous. 

Leaves  narrowed  to  or  acute  at  the  base. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  few. 

Nectandra  Raimondii. 


842  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  many. 

Pleurothyrium  Krukovii. 
Leaves  rounded  at  the  base. 

Acrodididium  macrophyllum. 

Branchlets,  at  least  the  young  ones,  angled  or  sulcate. 
Pedicels  mostly  2-4  mm.  long. 
Leaves  glabrous Ocotea  ucayaliensis. 

Leaves  obscurely  and  minutely  pubescent  on  the 
nerves Ocotea  aurantiodora. 

Pedicels  very  short  or  wanting. 

Inflorescence    dense;    leaves    obscurely    reticulate- 
veined  Ocotea  amplissima. 

Inflorescence  very  open;  leaves  conspicuously  reticu- 
late-veined   Ocotea  grandifolia. 

R.  Leaves  pubescent  beneath,  the  hairs  sometimes  minute. 

Leaves  subsessile Per  sea  grandis. 

Leaves  petioled. 

Inflorescence  persistently  bracteate. 

Endlicheria  bracteata. 
Inflorescence  not  persistently  bracteate. 

Inflorescence  extremely  narrow,  elongate,  and  lax;  all 
filaments  glandular Pleurothyrium  bifidum. 

Inflorescence  not  extremely  narrow,  elongate,  and  lax; 
filaments  never  all  glandular. 

Pedicels  1  mm.  long  or  shorter. 

Inflorescence  dense Aniba  gigantifolia. 

Inflorescence  very  open. 

Branchlets  ferruginous-velvety. 

Nectandra  Macbridei,  Ocotea  magnifica. 

Branchlets  hirsute Endlicheria  verticillata. 

Branchlets  puberulent Ocotea  amplissima. 

Pedicels  2  (1.5)  -4  mm.  long. 

Petioles  about  2  cm.  long  or  longer;  perianth  not 
fleshy. 

Branchlets  slightly  sulcate;  leaf  veins  obscure 
or  very  fine  above. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  843 

Petioles  to  3.5  cm.  long;  anthers  sessile. 

Nectandra  longifolia. 

Petioles  about  2  cm.  long;  anthers  pedicellate. 

Endlicheria  Williamsii. 

Branchlets    angled;     leaves    reticulate- veined 

above Ocotea  aurantiodora. 

Petioles  about  1  cm.  long. 

Perianth  fleshy,  persistent;  leaf  nerves  4-5. 

Cryptocarya  robusta. 
Perianth  not  persistent;  leaf  nerves  12-16. 

Endlicheria  loretensis. 

1.  BEILSCHMIEDIA  Nees 

Hufelandia  Nees;  Bellota  Gay. 

A  genus  well  marked  in  fruit  by  the  lack  of  a  cup.  Perianth  tube 
shallow.  Staminodia  of  series  4  foliaceous.  Ovary  subglobose, 
scarcely  or  not  at  all  distinct  from  the  broad,  conic  style  that  is  stig- 
matic  laterally  at  the  tip. — Cryptocarya  R.  Br.,  by  error  on  Dombey 
labels  sometimes  accredited  to  Peru,  but  so  far  as  known  the  speci- 
mens Chilean,  has  slenderer,  urceolate  flowers,  the  ovary  immersed 
and  in  fruit  included  in  the  ligneous  perianth  tube. 

Beilschmiedia  sulcata  (R.  &  P.)  Kosterm.,  comb.  nov.  Laurus 
sulcata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  356.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  11.  Persea 
sulcata  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  54.  1864.  Hufelandia  sul- 
cata Nees,  Linnaea  21:  494.  1848.  H.  latifolia  Nees,  Syst.  Laur. 
674.  1836. 

A  tree  or  shrub  with  slender,  angled,  at  first  silky-strigose  branch- 
lets  and  rather  coriaceous,  finally  glabrate,  orbicular-elliptic,  sub- 
obtuse  leaves  8-18  cm.  long  and  6-12  cm.  wide,  reticulate-veined, 
especially  above;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  inflorescence  tomentulose, 
subequaling  the  leaves;  flowers  2.5-3  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  to  3  mm. 
long;  anthers  (outer)  sometimes  emarginate,  the  connective  elongate; 
fruit  to  3.5  cm.  long  and  nearly  2  cm.  in  diameter,  the  pedicels  3-5 
mm.  long. — Kostermans  notes  that  the  drawing  of  Ruiz  and  Pavon 
shows  an  anther  with  4  cells,  probably  in  error. 

Huanuco:  Muna,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Cajamarca:  Tambillo, 
Raimondi.  Cutervo  (Jelski  187).  San  Carlos  (Mathews  1433,  type 
of  H.  latifolia). — San  Martin:  San  Roque,  Williams  7077  (det.  Koster- 
mans). North  to  Costa  Rica.  "Tashango  Colorado,"  "ushun 
muena." 


844  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

2.  AJOUEA  Aubl. 

Like  Beilschmiedia,  but  the  perianth  tube  conspicuous  and  only 
the  2  outer  series  of  stamens  fertile,  the  2  inner  modified  to  stamino- 
dia,  or  rarely  only  1  row,  or  less  rarely  the  first  3  rows,  fertile.  Sta- 
minodia  of  series  4  foliaceous,  rarely  almost  stipitiform.  Cup 
usually  little  developed,  borne  on  a  thick,  fleshy  pedicel,  the  margin 
entire  or  with  6  large  teeth. 

Ajouea  tambillensis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  33.  1889. 
A.  Jelskii  Mez,  loc.  cit. 

Branchlets  densely  yellowish-tomentose,  finally  glabrous;  petioles 
glabrous,  1-1.5  cm.  long;  leaves  glabrous  except  for  a  few  hairs  on 
the  midnerve  beneath,  coriaceous,  elliptic  or  elliptic-lanceolate,  acute 
at  the  base,  shortly  obtuse-acuminate  or  obtuse,  7-15  cm.  long, 
3.5-6  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  6-12,  scarcely  prominent,  the  veins 
reticulate  beneath;  panicles  axillary,  pyramidal,  many-flowered,  gla- 
brous even  to  the  flowers,  these  2.5-3  mm.  long,  the  equal  sepals 
pilose  within;  outer  6  stamens  pilose,  the  ovate  anthers  with  a  con- 
spicuous connective;  staminodia  to  1  mm.  long,  stipitate;  ovary  gla- 
brous, 1  mm.  long,  the  style  somewhat  shorter . — Ajouea  rubra  A.  C. 
Smith,  Phytologia  1: 115.  1935,  of  Amazonian  Brazil,  has  broad  peri- 
anth lobes,  filiform  staminodia,  the  leaves  4-6  cm.  wide,  and  only  the 
2  outer  series  of  stamens  fertile.  Thus  it  resembles  A .  scandens  Ducke, 
a  vine,  with  long-petioled,  broad  leaves  (Smith). 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Prov.  Cutervo,  Jelski  185,  type;  184,  195, 
type  collections  of  A.  Jelskii;  Raimondi  4097  (det.  Schmidt). — 
Loreto:  Manfinfa,  upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1090.  "Ciruelillo," 
"yakumuena." 

3.  ENDLICHERIA  Nees 

References:  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31:  170-179.  1933; 
Kostermans,  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl.  34:  500-557.  1937. 

Resembling  Aniba  except  that  the  flowers  are  dioecious,  and, 
according  to  Kostermans,  with  differently  shaped  anthers  and  usually 
a  shallow,  fleshy  fruit  cup,  the  pedicel  fleshy  and  enlarged.  Third 
series  of  stamens  rarely  4-celled.  Style  seldom  as  long  as  the  usually 
glabrous  ovary. — It  seems  desirable  at  present  to  maintain  these 
established  groups,  but  it  may  be  remarked  that  they  may  be  shown 
eventually  to  constitute  one  genus,  for  the  distinctions  may  be  rela- 
tive. In  Ocotea  the  flowers  may  be  perfect  or  dioecious,  and  at  least 
one  species  of  Aniba  has  anthers  resembling  those  of  Endlicheria. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  845 

If  the  fruit  character  is  constant,  it  may  prove  to  be  the  funda- 
mental distinction. 

For  other  keys  compare  the  two  joint  keys  under  Aniba  to  Aniba, 
Endlicheria,  and  Acrodiclidium. 

Branchlets  and  leaves  glabrate,  or  the  latter  sparsely  pubescent  be- 
neath, especially  on  the  nerves,  the  former  puberulent  (see 
also  E.  Tessmannii,  with  long  petioles). 

Inflorescence  branches  glabrous  or  glabrate;  leaves  ample,  often 
25-30  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Leaves  membranous;  filaments  pilose E.  pyriformis. 

Leaves  coriaceous;  filaments  nearly  suppressed E.  paradoxa- 

Inflorescence  branches  more  or  less  puberulent;  leaves  often  me- 
dium in  size  (see  also  E.  paradoxa}. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  essentially  so,  or  minutely  sericeous  at  first. 
Branchlets  and  leaves  beneath  minutely  sericeous. 

E.  robusta. 

Branchlets  and  leaves  not  at  all  sericeous-pubescent. 
Nerve  axils  beneath  somewhat  tufted-pubescent. 

E.  dysodantha. 
Nerve  axils  beneath  not  pubescent. 

Pedicels  1-2  mm.  long E.  mishuyacensis. 

Pedicels  3-5  mm.  long E.  rubriflora. 

Leaves  more  or  less  pubescent  beneath  on  the  nerves. 
Base  of  the  leaves  cuneate;  third  series  of  anthers  2-celled. 
Leaves  alternate,  hirsutulous  on  the  nerves  beneath. 

E.  hirsuta. 
Leaves  subverticillate,  puberulent  on  the  nerves  beneath. 

E.  Cocuirey. 
Base  of  the  leaves  acute;  third  series  of  anthers  4-celled. 

E.  anomala. 
Branchlets,  and  usually  also  the  leaves  beneath,  conspicuously  and 

softly  pubescent. 

Pubescence,  at  least  on  the  branchlets,  distinctly  tomentose  or 
rarely  villous  and  nearly  always,  apparently  typically,  reddish 
in  color. 
Petioles  short,  6-20  mm.  long. 

Flowers  glabrous,  at  least  the  staminate  ones. 

Petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  flowers  red-brown. . .  .E.  arunciflora. 


846  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Petioles  rarely  1  cm.  long;  flowers  yellow-green. 

E.  verticillata. 
Flowers  pubescent. 

Leaves  coriaceous  or  rigid,  ovate,  with  an  obtuse  or  acute  base. 

E.  Szyszylowiczii. 
Leaves  chartaceous-elliptic,  contracted  at  the  base. 

Leaves  rarely  20  cm.  long E.  Sprucei. 

Leaves  mostly  longer  than  20  cm E.  Cocuirey. 

Petioles  2-5  cm.  long. 
Leaves  densely  tomentulose  beneath. 

Leaves  rigid-coriaceous E.  tomentella. 

Leaves  chartaceous E.  Williamsii. 

Leaves  soon  glabrous  beneath E.  Tessmannii. 

Pubescence  grayish  rusty,  usually  rather  loose  or,  if  appressed, 

sericeous. 

Pubescence  often  closely  appressed,  the  leaves  thus  lustrous- 
sericeous  beneath E.  Lhotzkyi. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaves  loose,  hirsute  or  villous  or,  if  tomentu- 
lose, the  leaves  not  sericeous  beneath. 
Leaves  broader  than  oblong-linear. 
Leaves  more  or  less  caudate-acuminate. 
Leaf  veins  conspicuously  reticulate. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  15-17 E.  bracteata. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  6-8 E.  debilis. 

Leaf  veins  scarcely  reticulate  above E.  Poeppigii. 

Leaves  acute  or  obtusely  acuminate E.  hirsuta. 

Leaves  oblong-linear,  conspicuously  bullate E.  bullata. 

Endlicheria  anomala  Nees  ex  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
173.  1864;  508.  Geoppertia  anomala  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  370.  1836. 

Branchlets  lightly  tomentose;  petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long;  blades 
papyraceous,  somewhat  sericeous-hirsute  beneath,  elliptic,  acumi- 
nate, 3-8  cm.  wide,  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides;  flowers  obscurely 
strigose,  2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  very  short;  stamens  of  the  third 
series  conglutinate  below  the  ovate,  truncate,  4-celled  anthers,  these 
equaled  by  the  glabrous  filaments;  ovary  of  the  staminate  flower 
none,  of  the  pistillate  flower  glabrous,  the  style  short;  fruit  to  13  mm. 
long;  cup  nearly  flat,  4  mm.  broad,  the  obconic  pedicel  5  mm.  long, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  847 

3  mm.  thick  at  the  summit. — A  tree,  sometimes  15  meters  high. 
Williams  states  that  the  bark,  when  incised,  yields  a  small  amount 
of  sweet,  brown  resin.  Negs.  7304,  7305. 

Loreto:  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  3439  (det.  Schmidt).  Near 
Iquitos,  100  meters,  Tessmann  5126;  Williams  1494, 1495, 1500,  3670, 
8144  (det.  Kostermans);  Klug  728;  Killip  &  Smith  27192,  29959 
(det.  Kostermans).  Pebas,  Williams  1877  (det.  Schmidt).  Rio 
Itaya,  Williams  15, 176,  3307  (det.  Kostermans),  176  (det.  Schmidt). 
Rio  Nanay,  Williams  609  (det.  Schmidt).  Brazil;  Guiana.  "Nana," 
'muena  del  agua,"  "canela,"  "canela-muena." 

Endlicheria  arunciflora  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  131.  1889;  517.  Ampelodaphne  arunciflora  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr. 
15,  pt.  1:81.  1864. 

Branchlets  stout,  reddish-brown-villous;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long; 
blades  rigid,  pilose  on  the  nerves,  even  in  age,  pubescent  beneath, 
the  nerves  immersed  above,  beneath  prominently  ribbed  and  loosely 
reticulate,  lanceolate,  acuminate,  to  about  18  (-25)  cm.  long  and  4 
(-9)  cm.  wide;  staminate  inflorescence  subtended  by  persistent  bracts 
5-10  mm.  long,  pilose  only  in  the  axils,  diffusely  pyramidate-panicu- 
late,  pendulous,  longer  than  the  leaves;  flowers  subsessile,  yellowish 
red,  glabrous,  1  mm.  long,  2.5  mm.  wide;  perianth  tube  conspicuous; 
filaments  glabrous,  those  of  the  third  series  (glands  small)  subequal- 
ing  the  suborbicular  anthers,  the  connective  not  produced. — Fruit 
and  pistillate  flowers  unknown.  A  tree  of  20  meters.  Illustrated, 
Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  5,  pt.  2:  pi.  57. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  1403,  1264 
(det.  Schmidt).  Venezuela;  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  bracteata  Mez,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  16:  306. 
1920;  520. 

A  small  tree  with  rusty-hispid-villous  branches  and  inflorescence, 
the  branches  terete,  the  inflorescence  apparently  pendent  and  about 
equaling  the  thin,  obovate,  caudate-acuminate  leaves;  leaves 
subverticillate,  to  30  cm.  long  and  10  cm.  broad,  conspicuously  reticu- 
late-veined, glabrate  above,  softly  pilose  beneath;  bracts  and  bract- 
lets  persistent;  perianth  tube  subglobose;  flowers  2  mm.  long,  3.5 
mm.  wide,  cream-colored  or  white,  gray-hirsute,  subsessile;  filaments 
and  anthers  equal,  glabrous,  the  anthers  depressed-orbicular,  broadly 
emarginate,  the  connective  not  produced;  basal  glands  rather  large, 
short-stipitate;  ovary  glabrous. — Kostermans  observes  that  the  type 
is  staminate,  pistillate  flowers  and  fruit  being  unknown.  A  tree  of 


848  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

6  meters.     Illustrated,  Kostermans,  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne'er!.  34: 
519.    Neg.  3813. 

Amazonas:  Moyabamba,  Weberbauer  4680,  type. — San  Martin: 
Zepelacio,  1,100  meters,  Klug  3745  (det.  Kostermans). — Loreto: 
Pumayacu,  600-1,200  meters,  Klug  3187. 

Endlicheria  bullata  Ducke,  Archiv.  Jard.  Bot.  Rio  Janeiro  4: 
190.  1925;  511. 

A  striking  shrub  because  of  its  strongly  bullate,  linear-oblong, 
acuminate  leaves,  these  20-30  cm.  long,  about  3  cm.  wide,  lustrous 
above,  nearly  dull  beneath  and  conspicuously  spreading-hispid  on 
the  reticulate  veins;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long,  mostly  shorter,  hispidu- 
lous,  like  the  young  branches;  panicle  usually  shorter  than  the  leaves, 
reddish-tomentose;  pedicels  scarcely  2  (-4)  mm.  long,  with  small, 
subpersistent  bractlets;  staminate  flowers  about  5  mm.  broad,  the 
.perianth  tube  very  short,  the  segments  equal,  subobtuse,  glabrous 
within,  spreading;  outer  dilated  filaments  and  introrse,  truncate  an- 
thers subequal,  the  glands  of  series  3  large,  the  extrorse  anthers  much 
smaller  than  the  inner;  filaments  glabrous,  the  outer  suppressed. — A 
shrub  about  5  meters  high  (Krukoff).  Illustrated,  Kostermans, 
Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl.  34:  510.  Neg.  3814. 

Rio  Acre:  Mouth  of  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5780  (det.  Koster- 
mans). Amazonian  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  Cocuirey  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne'er!.  34: 
522. 1937. 

Branchlets  minutely  but  densely  reddish- tomentulose;  petioles 
to  10  mm.  long;  leaves  subverticillate,  chartaceous,  glabrous  above 
except  for  the  costa,  beneath  minutely  and  sparsely  pubescent  on 
the  12-17  prominent  nerves,  densely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides, 
elliptic,  18-32  cm.  long,  6.5-11  cm.  wide,  attenuate  at  the  base, 
acuminate;  staminate  panicles  many-flowered,  densely  tomentulose, 
to  9  cm.  long;  pedicels  hirsute,  1  mm.  long;  flowers  hirsute,  white, 
3  mm.  wide,  1.5  mm.  long,  the  tube  glabrous  within,  shorter  than 
the  equal  sepals;  stamens  glabrous,  the  outer  anthers  as  long  as  the 
filaments;  glands  small;  sterile  ovary  1  mm.  long. — Fruit  and  pis- 
tillate flowers  unknown.  A  tree  of  4  meters  (Klug).  Differs  from 
E.  bracteata  in  its  larger  leaves  and  different  indument  (Kostermans). 

Loreto:  Florida,  180  meters,  Klug  2253,  type.   "Hioma  cocuir-ey." 

Endlicheria  debilis  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne'er!.  34: 
555. 1937. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  849 

A  tree  of  6-7.5  meters;  known  only  in  fruit,  but  in  pubescence 
and  in  leaf  form  resembling  E.  bracteata;  allied,  according  to  the 
author,  to  E.  mishuyacensis ;  leaves  alternate,  12-17  cm.  long,  3.5-5 
cm.  wide;  fruit  cup  smooth,  to  12  mm.  high,  18  mm.  wide,  decurrent 
into  the  fleshy  pedicel,  this  3  cm.  long,  5  mm.  broad  at  the  top. 

Loreto:  Balsapuerto,  150-350  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  28400,  type. 

Endlicheria  dysodantha  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  5:  118.  1889;  537.  Laurus  dysodantha  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4: 
pi.  355.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  14-  Geoppertia  dysodantha  Nees,  Linnaea 
21:514.  1848. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  essentially  glabrous  except  for  tufts  of 
hairs  beneath  in  the  nerve  axils  of  the  leaves  and  a  very  short,  white 
pilosity  on  the  young  flowers;  petioles  10-18  mm.  long;  blades  papy- 
raceous, elliptic-lanceolate,  acuminate,  3.5-7  cm.  wide,  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides;  inflorescences  much  shorter  than  the  leaves; 
flowers  2  mm.  long,  the  tube  very  short;  outer  anthers  subsessile; 
connective  acuminately  produced;  inner  filaments  broad;  glands 
large,  conglutinate. — A  small  tree,  to  12  meters  high,  with  a  trunk 
diameter  of  about  6  cm.  Neg.  27587. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  3953,  3999,  4248  (det. 
Schmidt).  Middle  Rio  Blanco,  Tessmann  3058a.— Huanuco(?): 
Macora,  Ruiz,  type. — Puno:  Sangaban,  Lechler  2317.  Bolivia;  Ama- 
zonian Brazil. 

Endlicheria  Lhotzkyi  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:122.  1889;  544.  Ocotea  Lhotzkyi  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  475.  1836. 

A  tree  with  gray-green,  coriaceous  leaves,  these  becoming  gla- 
brate  above,  permanently  silvery-  or  brown-lustrous-sericeous 
beneath;  branchlets  angled,  densely  reddish-pubescent;  petioles  1.5- 
2.5  cm.  long;  leaves  ovate-lanceolate,  rather  obtuse  at  the  base,  short- 
acuminate,  11-17  cm.  long,  4-6.5  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  often 
very  prominent  beneath,  the  veins  laxly  reticulate;  inflorescences 
loosely  thyrsoid-paniculate,  much  shorter  than  the  leaves,  densely 
pilose;  flowers  2.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  campanulate-conic,  the 
lance-ovate  lobes  equal;  pedicels  obsolete,  or  to  1  mm.  long;  outer 
stamens  fertile,  the  anthers  ovate,  longer  than  broad,  obtuse,  2-celled, 
subequaling  the  sparsely  pilose  filaments;  connective  little  produced. 
—Probably  here  belong  the  Peruvian  records  for  the  typically  Antil- 
lean  E.  sericea  Nees,  with  inflorescence  and  leaves  subequal,  and 
pedicellate  flowers.  A  tree  almost  30  meters  high  (Krukoff).  Neg. 
3817. 


850  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Rio  Acre:  Mouth  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5279  (det.  Koster- 
mans).  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  mishuyacensis  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club 
58:  102.  1931;  538. 

Branchlets  and  foliage  evanescently  strigose;  petioles  rugose, 
slender,  3-10  mm.  long;  blades  oblong-lanceolate  or  narrowly  obo- 
vate,  attenuate  at  the  base,  obtusely  acuminate,  7-16  cm.  long,  2-2.5 
cm.  broad,  chartaceous,  soon  glabrous,  densely  and  prominently 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides;  inflorescence  10-20-flowered,  3-6  cm. 
long,  strigillose,  the  flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long,  white;  pedicels  to  1.5 
mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obconic;  outer  anthers  sessile,  the  connec- 
tive slightly  protruding,  the  inner  ones  nearly  as  large,  on  broad 
filaments,  these  eglandular;  ovary  glabrous,  longer  than  the  style; 
cup  thick,  with  a  thin  margin,  3  cm.  wide,  1  cm.  high,  the  pedicel  to 
1  cm.  long. — Compared  by  the  author  with  E.  dysodantha.  A  tree 
of  6-10  meters. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  204,  type; 
411,  621,  703;  Killip  &  Smith  29870.  Upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams 
1124-  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28400.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  paradoxa  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  114. 
1889; 534. 

A  glabrous,  large-leaved  tree,  to  25  meters  high ;  branchlets  rusty- 
pilose  at  the  tips;  leaves  lustrous  above,  beautifully  and  closely  reticu- 
late-veined on  both  sides,  elliptic-lanceolate;  inflorescence  at  first 
sericeous-tomentulose,  paniculate,  much  shorter  than  the  leaves; 
pedicels  1-4  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers  3-4  mm.  long,  the  subglo- 
bose,  very  fleshy  tube  strongly  accrescent  after  an  thesis;  stamens 
fertile;  anthers  introrse,  elongate- triangular-ovate,  with  produced 
connective,  simulating  those  of  Cryptocarya;  glands  small,  congluti- 
nate;  ovary  glabrous,  the  style  short. — The  stamens  of  the  inner  row 
are  fertile,  the  valves  developed  (Kostermans).  The  blades,  accord- 
ing to  Schmidt,  are  as  much  as  38  cm.  long  and  15.5  cm.  wide,  with 
thick  petioles  to  4  cm.  long.  The  type  gives  the  impression  of  being 
abnormal  ( Kostermans) . 

Lima:  Santa  Cruz,  2,100  meters  (Pearce).     Guiana(?). 

Endlicheria  paniculata  (Spreng.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Citrosma 
paniculata  Spreng.  Syst.  2:  545.  1825.  E.  hirsuta  Nees,  Linnaea  8: 
38.  1833;  549.  Cryptocarya  hirsuta  Schott  in  Spreng.  Syst.  4,  pt.  2: 
405. 1827.  Geoppertia  longifolia  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  368. 1836.  E.  longi- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  851 

folia  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  119.  1889.  Aniba  hirsuta  Pax 
ex  Sampaio,  Comm.  Linh.  Telegr.  Matto  Grosso,  Annexe  5,  Bot.  10: 
9.  pi.  8.  1917. 

A  shrub  or  a  large  tree,  with  rusty  or  grayish-tomentose  branch- 
lets  and  panicles,  the  leaves  chartaceous  to  coriaceous,  ovate-elliptic- 
lanceolate,  little  longer  than  the  panicles,  acute  at  both  ends, 
glabrate  above,  usually  pilose-hirsute  beneath,  even  in  age;  petioles 
to  1.5  cm.  long;  blades  usually  about  15  cm.  long,  3.5-5  cm.  wide, 
laxly  if  at  all  reticulate- veined  above;  pedicels  1.5-4  mm.  long,  the 
long-pilose  flowers  2-3  mm.  long,  the  tube  very  short;  filaments  gla- 
brous or  pilose;  connective  little  produced;  glands  large,  basal  or 
suprabasal;  cup  shallow,  4-7  mm.  high,  10-15  mm.  broad,  the  pedi- 
cels 5-12  mm.  long. — According  to  Kostermans,  the  glands  may  be 
attached  only  slightly  above  the  base  or  one-third  above  (E.  longi- 
folia) ;  variable  also  as  to  foliage,  this  even  glabrous.  E.  Klugii  0.  C. 
Schmidt,  of  adjacent  Colombia,  is  similar  to  E.  tomentella  (which  see 
below),  but  the  larger  leaves  (20-40  cm.  long)  are  only  short-pilose 
beneath,  the  perianth  tube  narrowly  obconic,  2  mm.  long,  the  pilose 
outer  filaments  S-curved.  E.  Krukovii  (A.  C.  Smith)  Kosterm.,  of  the 
upper  Amazon,  has  less  pubescent,  caudate-acuminate  leaves.  Negs. 
19260, 3818. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig,  type  of  E.  longifolia. — Loreto:  Pongo 
de  Manseriche  (Mexia  6329;  det.  Kostermans).  Brazil;  Paraguay. 

Endlicheria  Poeppigii  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne'er!.  34: 
555.  1937.  Geoppertia  hirsuta  Nees,  var.  hirsutior  Mejssn.  in  DC. 
Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  172.  1864. 

Branchlets  rusty-villous  with  long,  somewhat  spreading  hairs, 
the  branches  glabrate;  petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  15  cm. 
long,  6  cm.  wide,  mostly  about  10  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide,  more  or 
less  narrowed  to  the  rounded  or  acutish  base,  nearly  caudate-acumi- 
nate, chartaceous,  glabrous  above  or  the  impressed  midnerve  puberu- 
lent,  pilose-hirsute  beneath  on  the  prominent  nerves  and  reticulate 
veins,  the  nerves  about  5  on  each  side,  impressed  above;  inflorescence 
2-4  (-15)  cm.  long,  the  rachis  rusty-villous,  the  calyx  ashy-strigose, 
perhaps  1  mm.  long  (immature) ;  staminate  flowers  4  mm.  broad.— 
Neg.  35000. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2298,  type;  (King  2833;  det. 
Kostermans). 

Endlicheria  pyriformis  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5: 116.  1889;  540.  Cryptocarya  pyriformis  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  220.1836. 


852  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

E.  glaberrima  Mez,  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  236. 1905.  Aniba  flexuosa 
A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  117.  1935. 

Glabrous,  with  ample,  thin,  elliptic,  short-acuminate  leaves, 
conspicuously  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides;  inflorescence  few- 
flowered,  laxly  squarrose-paniculate;  flowers  green  or  reddish,  to  4 
mm.  long,  the  tube  infundibuliform,  2  mm.  long,  twice  longer  than 
the  segments;  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long;  outer  anthers  3  times  longer 
than  the  pilose  filaments;  connective  slightly  produced;  glands  of 
series  3  minute,  hirsutely  stipitate,  attached  above  the  filament  base; 
style  obvious;  cup  5-10  mm.  high,  7-15  mm.  wide,  the  fleshy,  red 
pedicel  7-14  mm.  long. — E.  formosa  A.  C.  Smith,  535,  has  white, 
subglobose  flowers  2  mm.  long,  with  large,  sessile  glands;  Amazonian 
and  to  be  expected.  E.  pyriformis  is  said  to  attain  a  height  of 
30  meters.  Neg.  3820. 

Loreto:  Between  Yurimaguas  and  Balsapuerto  (Killip  &  Smith 
28291;  det.  Kostermans).  Pongo  de  Manseriche,  Tessmann  4736 
(det.  Kostermans).  Yurimaguas,  Vie  6296,  type  of  E.  glaberrima. 
Bolivia  to  the  Guianas. 

Endlicheria  robusta  (A.  C.  Smith)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav. 
Bot.  Ne"erl.  34:  556.  1937.  Cryptocarya  robusta  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull. 
Torrey  Club  58:  97.  1931. 

Essentially  glabrous  except  that  the  branchlets  and  leaves  beneath 
at  first  are  minutely  sericeous  with  a  dense  pubescence;  petioles  10-12 
mm.  long;  blades  oblong  or  elliptic,  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtuse- 
acuminate,  17-22  cm.  long,  6-9  cm.  wide,  subcoriaceous,  olivaceous, 
the  lateral  nerves  4-6,  rather  prominently  reticulate- veined  beneath ; 
panicles  few-flowered,  to  7  cm.  long,  sericeous;  fruiting  pedicels  3-7 
mm.  long;  remnants  of  sepals  and  stamens  on  young  fruits  show  the 
connective  slightly  protruding,  the  outer  anthers  ovate-triangular, 
merging  with  pilose  filaments  as  long;  glands  rather  small;  ovary 
glabrous. — The  shape  of  leaves  and  the  reticulation  point  to  a  rela- 
tionship with  E.  debilis  and  E.  hirsuta,  but  the  shape  of  the  anthers 
to  the  group  of  E.  dysodantha  ( Kostermans). 

Junin:  San  Nicolas,  Pichis  Trail,  1,100  meters  (Killip  &  Smith 
26077,  type). 

Endlicheria  rubriflora  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
494.  1889;  512.  Aniba  reticulata  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club 
58:  99.  1931. 

A  tree;  branchlets  soon  glabrous;  petioles  6-15  mm.  long;  blades 
oblong-ovate,  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtusely  and  abruptly  acuminate 


FLORA  OF  PERU  853 

(acumen  to  2.5  cm.  long),  10-28  cm.  long,  3.5-9  cm.  wide,  charta- 
ceous,  glabrous  or  minutely  and  sparsely  pilose  beneath,  abundantly 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides;  panicle  many-flowered,  in  bud  slightly 
pilose  but  soon  glabrous,  to  12  cm.  long;  flowers  at  first  slightly  pilose 
outside,  the  staminate  with  the  tube  glabrous  within,  scarcely  1  mm. 
long,  the  pistillate  similar  but  the  sepals  caducously  tomentulose 
within;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  the  pistillate  5  mm.  long;  stamens  all  fertile, 
the  anthers  shorter  than  the  glabrous  filaments;  basal  glands  very 
large,  conglutinate;  style  obsolete,  the  ovary  glabrous;  cup  and  pedi- 
cel fleshy,  the  cup  2.5  cm.  wide,  the  pedicel  1  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  135  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  28050,  type  of 
A.  reticulata.  Pumayacu,  Klug  3178(1}.  Colombia. 

Endlicheria  sericea  Nees,  Linnaea  8:  38.  1833;  122;  545. 

A  small  to  tall  (35  meters)  tree,  sericeous-tomentulose  on  the 
branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescence,  even  to  the  flowers; 
leaves  chartaceous-coriaceous,  finally  lustrous  and  glabrous  above, 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  ovate-elliptic,  acuminate,  sometimes 
20  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide;  pedicels  3-7  mm.  long;  staminate 
inflorescence  pyramidate-paniculate,  subequaling  the  leaves,  the 
squarrose  pistillate  inflorescence  shorter  and  few-flowered;  staminate 
flowers  2.5  mm.  the  pistillate  4  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  and  segments 
subequal;  anthers  of  third  series  biglandular;  connective  produced; 
ovary  included  in  the  tube,  the  half -included  fruit  ovoid,  the  perianth 
lobes  subpersistent. — The  wood  is  highly  valued  for  manufacture  of 
fine  furniture  (Herrera). 

Ancash:  Moro  (Pearce). — Cuzco:  Provincias  Convention  and 
Paucartambo  (Herrera).  Bolivia  to  Venezuela  and  West  Indies. 
"Laurel  bianco." 

Endlicheria  Sprucei  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
125.  1889;  514.  Geoppertia  Sprucei  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
172.  1864. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  the  slender  branchlets  almost  velvety-red-tomen- 
tose;  petioles  to  8  mm.  long;  blades  chartaceous,  the  primary  nerves 
at  least  tomentose,  usually  on  both  sides,  especially  beneath  reticu- 
late-veined, elliptic,  narrowly  long-acuminate  at  the  apex,  rarely  18 
cm.  long  and  7  cm.  wide;  inflorescences  crowded,  paniculate,  shorter 
than  the  leaves,  the  long-pilose  flowers  1.5  mm.  long,  5  mm.  wide, 
the  pistillate  2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  very  short,  the  segments  and 
limb  subequal;  filaments  short,  united  with  the  sepals,  with  2  small 
basal  glands  within;  glands  of  the  inner  stamens  large;  anther  con- 


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nective  not  produced. — A  shrub  of  4-6  meters,  the  flowers  red  or  red- 
brown  (King).    Neg.  3821. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  King  272,  273  (det.  Schmidt). 
Colombia;  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  Szyszylowiczii  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
121.  1889;  548. 

A  shrub  or  tree  with  thick,  velvety-pubescent  branchlets  and 
rigid-coriaceous,  ovate  leaves,  rusty-tomentose  on  both  sides, 
becoming  glabrate  above;  blades  obtuse  at  the  base,  acuminate, 
reticulate-veined  beneath,  4-7.5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  thyrsoid- 
paniculate,  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  subsessile,  or  the  pedicels 
to  3  mm.  long,  densely  villous,  2.5  mm.  long,  the  tube  and  lobes 
subequal;  filaments  hirsute;  otherwise  likeE".  hirsuta;  fruit  and  pistil- 
late flowers  unknown. — Falsely  called  "lanche  pardo"  (Raimondi) . 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt).  Cutervo  (J el- 
ski  165,  type;  191,  195}.  Bolivia.  "Ishpingo  rufo,"  "oberillo." 

Endlicheria  Tessmannii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  227.  1928;  521. 

Young  branches  and  panicles  subvelutinous;  petioles  3.5-5  cm. 
long;  blades  broadly  elliptic  or  obovate-elliptic,  thin,  glabrous  or 
minutely  pilose  beneath  on  the  nerves,  more  or  less  acuminate,  9-15 
cm.  wide;  inflorescence  about  20  cm.  long;  staminate  flowers  2  mm. 
long,  white,  on  pedicels  1.5-2  mm.  long;  tube  and  lobes  subequal; 
stamens  glabrous,  the  connective  not  protruding,  the  outer,  broadly 
ovate  anthers  on  pilose  filaments  as  long;  basal  glands  rather  large; 
fruit  and  pistillate  flowers  unknown. — Allied  to  E.  bracteata;  the 
type,  according  to  the  collector,  a  tree  of  8  meters,  branching  at  2.5 
meters,  the  trunk  15  cm.  in  diameter.  E.  macrophylla  (Meissn.)  Mez, 
523,  has  leaves  densely  hirsute  beneath.  Neg.  3822. 

Loreto:  Near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Tessmann  5146,  type;  Klug 
161,  26  (det.  Kostermans). 

Endlicheria  tomentella  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  115. 
1889;  533. 

A  large  tree  with  angled,  rufous-tomentulose  branchlets  and 
coriaceous,  elliptic  leaves,  glabrous  above,  red-tomentose  beneath, 
obscurely  reticulate- veined ;  blades  acuminate,  about  10  cm.  (10-18 
cm.)  long  and  half  as  wide;  inflorescence  cinereous- tomentulose, 
shorter  than  or  equaling  the  leaves;  pistillate  flowers  white,  2-2.5 
mm.  long;  broadly  obconic  tube  and  lobes  subequal;  filaments  of  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  855 

outer  series  shorter  than  the  anthers,  of  the  inner  longer;  glands 
minute;  anthers  all  2-celled,  the  connective  produced;  cup  verrucose, 
1  cm.  high,  1.5  cm.  broad,  the  pedicel  3  mm.  long. — A  tree  of  20-35 
meters  (Pearce).     Pubescence  sometimes  grayish. 
Ancash:  Near  Moro  (Pearce,  type).    Bolivia. 

Endlicheria  verticillata  Mez,  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  235. 
1905;  518. 

Branches  stout,  densely  reddish-yellow-hirsute;  petioles  to  10 
mm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  acuminate,  to  25  cm.  long,  chartaceous, 
prominently  reticulate-veined  and  loosely  hirsute-pilose  on  the 
nerves  on  both  sides;  staminate  inflorescence  pyramidate-paniculate, 
often  shorter  than  the  leaves;  bracts  and  bractlets  persistent;  flowers 
greenish  yellow,  glabrous,  short-pedicellate,  1.5  mm.  long,  3  mm. 
wide,  the  slender  tube  and  lobes  subequal;  basal  glands  small,  sessile; 
outer  anthers  broader  than  long,  the  elliptic  inner  ones  on  filaments 
as  long;  fruit  and  pistillate  flowers  unknown;  ovary  glabrous. — A 
tree  of  20  meters  (  Ule).  Neg.  3823. 

Loreto:  Rio  Itaya,  Tessmann  5288.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Endlicheria  Williamsii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
177.  1933;  529. 

Branches  and  leaves  beneath  rather  softly  tomentulose,  the  leaves 
becoming  glabrate  above  and  dull,  chartaceous,  lanceolate  or  elliptic, 
20-25  cm.  long,  6-9  cm.  wide,  the  acumen  to  2  cm.  long,  narrowed 
to  the  petiole,  this  2  cm.  long,  the  lateral  nerves  8-10,  reticulate; 
staminate  inflorescence  pyramidate-paniculate,  6-14  cm.  long,  lax, 
many-flowered,  the  slender  pedicels  to  2.5  mm.  long,  villous-pilose, 
the  axils  tomentose;  pistillate  inflorescence  thyrsoid,  few-flowered; 
staminate  flowers  slightly  pilose  outside,  densely  pilose  within,  the 
obconic  tube  1  mm.  long,  the  lobes  twice  as  long,  the  similar  pistillate 
flowers  smaller;  stamens  glabrous;  glands  large,  sessile;  connective 
not  produced;  ovary  glabrous,  longer  than  the  style. — A  tree  of  23 
meters,  with  wide-spreading  crown;  fruit  ovoid,  with  adherent,  red 
calyx  (Williams).  E.  Klugii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  530,  has  petioles  5-6.5 
cm.  long  and  broader  leaves. 

Loreto:  Timbuchi,  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1002, 1003, 1004-  Maqui- 
sapa,  upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1193,  type;  1203.  "Isma  muena," 
"pampa-muena,"  "muena  blanca." 

4.  ANIBA  Aubl. 

Leaves  alternate  or  verticillately  crowded.  Flowers  perfect. 
Stamens  9,  included,  all  fertile  or  rarely  those  of  the  third  row  sterile, 


856  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

this  series  usually  with  sessile  glands.  Fruit  finally  exserted  from 
the  usually  simple-margined  and  verruculose  cup. — Preceding  two 
keys  to  Aniba  is  a  joint  key  to  the  genus  withLicaria  and  Endlicheria, 
which  could  conveniently  be  treated  as  sections  of  Aniba. 

Vegetative  key  to  Aniba  sens.  lat.  (including  Licaria  and  Endlicheria) 
A.  Leaves  large,  25-60  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Leaves  pilose  or  tomentose  beneath,  sometimes  finely  so. 
Leaves  broader  than  oblong-linear. 
Flowers  subsessile,  the  pedicels  rarely  1  mm.  long. 
Inflorescence  tomentose,  the  bractlets  deciduous. 

A.  gigantifolia. 

Inflorescence  villous,  the  bractlets  persistent  .E.  bracteata. 
Flowers  pedicellate,  the  bractlets  1.5  mm.  long  or  longer. 
Pedicels  mostly  longer  than  2.5  mm. ;  flowers  dioecious. 

E.  loretensis. 
Pedicels  rarely  2.5  mm.  long;  flowers  perfect. 

L.  macrophylla. 

Leaves  oblong-linear,  conspicuously  bullate E.  bullata. 

Leaves  glabrous  beneath  or  essentially  so. 
Inflorescence  branches  glabrous. 

Stamens  all  fertile;  leaves  thin E.  glaberrima. 

Stamens  in  part  (outer  or  series  3)  reduced  to  staminodia; 
leaves  coriaceous. 

Petioles  4  cm.  long;  outer  stamens  fertile E.  paradoxa. 

Petioles  7  cm.  long;  outer  stamens  reduced  to  staminodia. 

L.  endlicheriaefolia. 
Inflorescence  branches  pubescent. 

Pedicels  1-4  mm.  long. 
Staminate  flowers  2-3  mm.  long;  stamens  of  series  3  fertile. 

Petioles  4-5  cm.  long E.  Tessmannii. 

Petioles  to  1  cm.  long E.  Cocuirey. 

Staminate  flowers  4  mm.  long;  stamens  of  series  3  reduced 

to  staminodia E.  paradoxa. 

Pedicels  6  mm.  long L.  macrophylla. 

A.  Leaves  small  to  medium-sized,  mostly  10-20  cm.  long,  sometimes 

to  25  cm.  long. 
B.  Branchlets  tomentose,  villous,  or  pilose  (cf.  L.  multiflora). 


FLORA  OF  PERU  857 

Branchlets  densely  gray-pilose;  leaves  pilose  on  both  sides. 

E.  verticillata. 

Branchlets  villous,  tomentose,  or  hirsute,  the  pubescence  often 
reddish. 

Leaves  long-acuminate  or  caudate-acuminate   (see  also  E. 
debilis). 

Branchlets  often  red-tomentose;  petioles  5-10  mm.  long. 

Leaves  thinnish,  epapillose,  with  5-6  lateral  nerves. 

E.  Sprucei. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  papillose  beneath,  with  10-12  nerves. 

A.  cylindriflora. 

Branchlets  rusty-sericeous;  petioles  longer.  . .  .L.  latifolia. 

Branchlets  rusty- villous;  petioles  3-5  mm.  long. 

E.  Poeppigii. 
Leaves  short-acuminate. 

Inflorescence  much  longer  than  the  leaves .  . .  .E.  arunciflora. 
Inflorescence  equaling  or  shorter  than  the  leaves. 

Leaves  lustrous-sericeous  beneath .  .E.  sericea,E.Lhotzkyi. 

Leaves  not  so  pubescent. 
Leaves  mostly  shorter  than  15  cm. 

Leaves  pubescent  on  both  sides,  at  least  on  the 
nerves E.  Szyszylowiczii. 

Leaves  soon  glabrous  above. 
Pubescence  distinctly  reddish. 

Trichomes  obvious  beneath,  the  vein  reticula- 
tion obscure E.  tomentella. 

Trichomes  obscure  beneath,  the  vein  reticula- 
tion prominent A.  firmula. 

Pubescence  grayish-rusty. 

Pubescence  tomentulose E.  anomala. 

Pubescence  villous E.  Poeppigii. 

Leaves  mostly  20  cm.  long. 
Petioles  about  2  cm.  long. 

Leaves  chartaceous E.  Williamsii. 

Leaves  rigid-coriaceous E.  rosaeodora. 


858  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long. 
Leaf  reticulation  prominent  on  both  sides. 

E.  longifolia. 
Leaf  reticulation  prominent  only  beneath. 

Branchlets  villous-hirsute E.  hirsuta. 

Branchlets  red-tomentulose A.  firmula. 

B.  Branchlets  glabrous,  or  more  or  less  puberulent-tomentulose, 

but  the  hairs  usually  deciduous. 
Leaves  prominently  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides. 
Leaves  thin;  branchlets  slightly  tomentose;  anthers  of  series 

three  4-celled E.  anomala. 

Leaves  and  other  characters  otherwise,  at  least  in  part. 
Leaves  glabrous  except  for  axillary  tufts  of  hairs  beneath. 

E.  dysodantha. 

Leaves  more  or  less  pubescent,  or  the  axillary  tufts  lacking. 
Flowers  many,  often  glabrous. 
Panicles  pubescent. 

Pedicels  3-4  mm.  long E.  paniculata. 

Pedicels  1  mm.  long L.  Pucheri,  L.  limbosa. 

Panicles  soon  glabrous E.  rubriflora. 

Flowers  pilose,  few E.  mishuyacensis. 

Leaves  prominently  reticulate-veined  only  beneath,  if  at  all. 
Reticulation  prominent  beneath,  coarse  or  dense. 
Leaves  mostly  4.5  cm.  wide  and  shorter  than  15  cm. 
Outer  stamens  fertile;  branchlets  soon  glabrous.  A.  Muca. 
Outer  stamens  reduced  to  staminodia;  branchlets  puberu- 

lent A.  Puchury-minor. 

Leaves  mostly  wider  than  4.5  cm.  and  longer  than  15  cm. 
Leaves  usually  6  cm.  wide  or  less;  ovary  glabrous. 

Branchlets  smooth A.  salicifolia. 

Branchlets  verruculose A.  Puchury-minor. 

Leaves  7-9.5  cm.  wide;  ovary  pilose.  .  .  .A.  gigantifolia. 
Reticulation  beneath  obscure  or  fine. 

Leaves  mostly  7-9  cm.  wide L.  latifolia. 

Leaves  mostly  3-6  cm.  wide. 

Pubescence  reddish . .  .  .E.  tomentella. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  859 

Pubescence  not  at  all  reddish. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  slightly  pilose.  .L.  armeniaca. 
Inflorescence  tomentulose. 

Perianth  lobes  definitely  unequal A.  Canelilla. 

Perianth  lobes  equal. 

Leaves  short-acuminate;  filaments  short. 

A.  perutilis. 
Leaves  conspicuously  acuminate;  filaments  long. 

Leaves  2.5-3  (-4)  cm.  wide L.  multi flora. 

Leaves  4.5-10  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  not  minutely  papillose  beneath. 

Branchlets  slender,  lustrous;  petioles  gla- 
brous  A.  salicifolia. 

Branchlets  thick,  verruculose;  petioles  pu- 
bescent  A.  Puchury-minor. 

Leaves  papillose  beneath. 

Bractlets  persistent;  ovary  glabrous. 

A.  cylindrifolia. 
Bractlets  deciduous;  ovary  pubescent. 

A.  Goto. 

Technical  key  to  Aniba  sens.  lat.  (including  Licaria  and  Endlicheria) 
Third  series  of  stamens  fertile,  the  outer  modified  or  lacking. 
Perianth  lobes  reflexing  and  longer  than  the  obsolete  tube. 

L.  armeniaca. 

Perianth  tube  developed,  often  subequaling  or  longer  than  the 
lobes. 

Leaves  soon  glabrous,  or  slightly  tomentulose  beneath;  pedicels 
5-6  mm.  long. 

Inflorescence    short,    few-flowered;    staminodia   of   series  4 
wanting L.  Pucheri. 

Inflorescence  elongate,  20-40-flowered ;  staminodia  of  series  4 

present. 

Leaves  cordate  at  the  base;  flower  tube  glabrous  within. 

L.  macrophylla. 
Leaves  not  cordate;  flower  tube  sericeous  within. 

L.  endlicheriaefolia. 


860  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  pubescent  beneath;  pedicels  short. 
Leaves  ovate-lanceolate. 

Outer  staminodia  present L.  multi flora. 

Outer  staminodia  wanting L.  Quirirafuina. 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic L.  latifolia. 

All  series  of  stamens  fertile  or  only  the  inner  3  sterile. 
Flowers  perfect  (see  technical  key  to  Aniba). 
Flowers  dioecious. 

Stamens  of  the  2  outer  series  fertile E.  paradoxa. 

Stamens  of  the  3  outer  series  fertile. 
Anthers  of  series  three  4-celled. 

Leaves  mostly  shorter  than  15  cm.,  somewhat  3-nerved. 

E.  anomala. 

Leaves  much  larger,  pinnate-nerved E.  loretensis. 

Anthers  of  series  three  2-celled. 
Third  series  of  stamens  biglandular  above  the  base. 

E.  longifolia. 

Third  series  of  stamens  eglandular,  or  all  the  stamens 
biglandular  at  the  base. 

Stamens  all  biglandular E.  Sprucei. 

Stamens  only  of  series  3  biglandular,  or  these  eglandular. 
A.  Stamen  connective  more  or  less  produced. 

Leaves  at  maturity  at  least   minutely  pubescent 

beneath. 

Pubescence  a  dense  pilosity  or  tomentum. 
Leaves  mostly  about  20  cm.  long;  pubescence 
of  the  branchlets  spreading. 

Leaves  acute E.  hirsuta. 

Leaves  more  or  less  caudate E.  bracteata. 

Leaves  mostly  10-15  cm.  long;  pubescence  of 

the  branchlets  tomentose. 
Pubescence  more  or  less  persisting  on  the  leaf 

veins  above E.  Szyszylowiczii. 

Pubescence  on  leaves  above  soon  deciduous. 
Leaves  pilose-sericeous  beneath. 

E.  Lhotzkyi,  E.  sericea. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  861 

Leaves  red-tomentose  beneath. 

E.  tomentella. 
Leaves  beneath  with  minute  or  sparse  pubescence. 

Bractlets  persistent E.  bracteata. 

Bractlets  deciduous E.  robusta. 

Leaves  at  maturity  glabrous  beneath,  unless  for 

axillary  tufts  of  hairs. 

Stamens  of  third  series  eglandular  (see  E.  debilis) . 

E.  mishuyacensis. 
Stamens  of  third  series  biglandular. 

Leaves  with  axillary  tufts  of  hairs  beneath. 

E.  dysodantha. 
Leaves  glabrous. 
Staminate  flowers  3  mm.  wide;  cells  of  the 

outer  anthers  large E.  pyriformis. 

Staminate  flowers  5-6  mm.  wide;  cells  of  the 

outer  anthers  small E.  rubriflora. 

A.  Stamen  connective  not  produced  (seeE.  rubriflora). 
Leaves  oblong-linear,  conspicuously  bullate. 

E.  bullata. 

Leaves  broader  than  linear-oblong. 
Leaves  large  to  very  large,  mostly  longer  than 
20cm. 

Petioles  4-5  cm.  long E.  Tessmannii. 

Petioles  to  1  cm.  long E.  Cocuirey. 

Leaves  medium  in  size,  mostly  shorter  than  20  cm. 
Leaves  more  or  less  pubescent,  not  typically 

lanceolate. 
Leaf  pubescence  beneath  dense  in  age;  sta- 

minodia  none E.  Williamsii. 

Leaf  pubescence  sparse;  staminodia  obvious. 

E.  verticillata. 
Leaves  glabrous  at  maturity,  lanceolate. 

E.  arunciflora. 
Vegetative  key  to  Aniba  sens,  strict. 

Perianth  lobes  definitely  unequal A.  Canelilla. 

Perianth  lobes  equal  or  subequal. 

Leaves  not  minutely  papillose  beneath. 


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Leaves  alternate;  stamens  of  the  third  series  sterile.  A.  perutilis. 
Leaves  usually  subverticillate;  stamens  all  fertile. 

Leaves  often  25  cm.  long  or  longer;  stamens  of  the  third  series 

longer  than  the  outer  ones A.  gigantifolia. 

Leaves  usually  smaller;  stamens  of  the  third  series  smaller 

than  the  outer  ones. 
Branchlets  slender,  lustrous;  petioles  slender,  glabrous. 

A.  salicifolia. 
Branchlets  thick,  verruculose;  petioles  thick,  pubescent. 

A.  Puchury-minor. 
Leaves  papillose  beneath. 

Bractlets  persistent;  ovary  glabrous A.  cylindri flora. 

Bractlets  deciduous;  ovary  pubescent. 

Leaves  abruptly  rounded  at  the  base A.  rosaeodora. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base. 

Leaves  rigid-coriaceous A.  Goto. 

Leaves  chartaceous  or  at  least  flexible.  A.  Muca,  A.firmula. 

Technical  key  to  Aniba  (after  Kostermans) 

Stamens  of  the  third  row  large  but  sterile A.  perutilis. 

Stamens  of  the  third  row  fertile. 

Stamens  of  series  3  larger  than  the  outer,  the  subquadrate  anthers 
with  cells  protruding;  connective  of  the  outer  stamens  well 

extended  beyond  the  small  cells A.  gigantifolia. 

Stamens  of  series  3  smaller,  or  rarely  as  large  as  the  outer,  the 
anthers  suborbicular,  the  cells  not  protruding;  connective  of 
the  outer  stamens  not  at  all  or  obscurely  extended. 
Leaves  not  papillose  beneath,  sometimes  pilose. 

Sepals  distinctly  unequal A.  Canelilla. 

Sepals  equal  or  subequal. 

Branchlets  and  petioles  slender,  glabrous.  .  .  .A.  salicifolia. 
Branchlets  and  petioles  thick,  the  former  verrucose,  the 

petioles  pubescent A.  Puchury-minor. 

Leaves  minutely  yellowish-papillose  beneath. 

Ovary  glabrous A.  cylindriflora. 

Ovary  pubescent  (at  least  minutely). 

Leaves  abruptly  rounded  at  the  base A.  rosaeodora. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  863 

Flowers  1.5-3  mm.  long;  leaves  chartaceous  to  coriaceous. 

A.  Muca,  A.  firmula. 
Flowers  1.5  mm.  long;  leaves  rigid-coriaceous. .  .A.  Goto. 

Aniba  Canelilla  (HBK.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  53. 
1889.  Cryptocarya  Canelilla  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  7: 192.  pi.  645. 
1825.  A.  elliptica  A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  115.  1935. 

Glabrous  except  the  cinereous-tomentulose  branchlets  of  the 
inflorescence  and  the  flowers;  petioles  8-20  mm.  long;  blades  sub- 
coriaceous,  the  6-8  (-10)  nerves  and  abundant  reticulation  more  or 
less  prominent  beneath,  elliptic,  cuneate  at  the  base,  acute  or  obtuse 
at  the  apex,  13-20  cm.  long,  usually  less  than  half  as  wide;  pedicels 
1.5-2.5  mm.  long;  flowers  2.5-3  mm.  long,  2.5  mm.  wide,  the  broadly 
ovate  outer  segments  scarcely  1  mm.  long,  the  broader  inner  ones  half 
longer;  outer  filaments  fleshy,  pilose,  twice  as  long  as  the  obtuse 
anthers,  the  inner  filaments  thrice  as  long;  connective  not  protrud- 
ing, the  anthers  of  the  third  series  with  suborbicular  pores;  basal 
glands  large,  sessile;  style  as  long  as  the  glabrous  ovary. — The  Rio 
Acre  tree  was  12  meters  high,  the  trunk  6  cm.  in  diameter  (Krukoff). 
The  species  is  said  to  be  well  known  on  the  Rio  Orinoco  for  its  cinna- 
mon-flavored and  scented  bark.  This  is  sometimes  used  for  making 
a  stimulating  tea  (Ducke).  The  species  has  been  confused  with 
Ocotea  Quixos  (Lam.)  Kosterm.,  which  has  fruit  cups  with  a  broad, 
double  margin. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5601,  type  of  A.  elliptica. 
Amazonian  Brazil ;  Venezuela ;  Guiana.  ' 'Louro  precioso, ' ' ' 'canelilla. ' ' 

Aniba  Goto  (Rusby)  Kosterm.  in  mss.,  comb.  nov.  Nectandra 
Goto  Rusby,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  49:  260.  1922. 

In  general  characters  similar  to  A.  Muca;  leaves  often  persistently 
pilose  on  the  costa  beneath,  rigid,  2.5-5  cm.  wide;  cup  thick,  roughly 
tuberculate,  obscurely  double,  to  2.2  cm.  broad,  2  cm.  high,  12  mm. 
deep,  with  a  thick,  verrucose  pedicel. — According  to  collectors,  a 
tree  15-20  meters  tall,  with  cinnamon-brown  bark,  pungent  in  odor 
and  taste. 

Peru:  Probably.     Bolivia;  Colombia.    "Goto." 

Aniba  cylindriflora  Kosterm.,  ined. 

Branchlets  thick,  terete,  like  the  few-flowered,  broadly  pyramidal 
panicles  densely  but  minutely  tomentulose;  petioles  1  cm.  long; 
blades  coriaceous,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  dull  and  (under  a 
lens)  densely  papillose  and  minutely  pilose  beneath,  finally  glabrate, 


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lanceolate  or  elliptic-lanceolate,  contracted  to  the  petiole  at  the 
subrotund  base,  the  slender  apical  acumen  to  1.5  cm.  long,  the 
lateral  nerves  10-12,  prominent  and  reticulate  on  both  sides;  pani- 
cles to  5  cm.  long;  flowers  sessile,  3-3.5  mm.  long,  4-5  mm.  broad, 
the  cylindric  tube  glabrous  within;  sepals  subequal;  outer  anthers 
about  twice  exceeded  by  the  slender,  hirsute  filaments,  the  filaments 
of  the  orbicular  inner  anthers  glabrous  on  the  upper  portion;  ovary 
glabrous,  well  exceeded  by  the  style;  cup  rugulose,  minutely  rusty- 
verruculose,  to  10  mm.  high,  18  mm.  broad. — Near  the  Amazonian 
A.  parviflora  (Meissn.)  Mez,  56,  with  very  unequal  sepals. 

Junin:  Colonia  Perene",  Killip  &  Smith  25061  (det.  Kostermans). 

Aniba  firmula  (Nees  &  Mart.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
58.  1889.  Aydendron  firmulum  Nees  &  Mart.  Linnaea  8:  36.  1833. 
Aydendron  panurense  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  89.  1864. 
Aniba  panurensis  Mez,  loc.  cit. 

Similar  to  A.  Muca,  but  the  leaves  usually  obovate-elliptic,  acu- 
minate, 7-22  cm.  long,  2-3  cm.  wide,  sometimes  coriaceous,  soon 
glabrous;  flowers  1.5-2.5  mm.  long. — According  to  Ducke,  the  entire 
tree  is  fragrant.  It  is  not  clear  to  me  that  the  species  is  separable 
from  A.  Muca,  even  varietally;  Schmidt  referred  the  Raimondi  col- 
lection to  the  latter.  Neg.  22064. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Jelski  (det.  Kostermans).  Tambillo,  Rai- 
mondi (det.  Kostermans). — Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  Klug  409  (det. 
Schmidt).  Brazil;  Venezuela;  Colombia.  "Ishpingo  chico." 

Aniba  gigantifolia  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  225.  1928.  A.  Williamsii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
169.  1933. 

Branches  and  ample  inflorescence,  including  the  flowers,  tomentu- 
lose;  blades  mostly  subverticillate,  obovate-elliptic,  about  20  (10-35) 
cm.  wide,  narrowed  to  a  petiole  1-2  cm.  long,  glabrous  above,  very 
minutely  tomentulose  beneath  or  sparsely  pilose  only  on  the  10-30 
prominent  nerves;  inflorescence  densely  paniculate,  15-20  cm.  long; 
flowers  orange-yellow,  2-2.5  mm.  long,  the  obconic  tube  attenuate  to 
a  pedicel  scarcely  1  mm.  long;  ovary  pilose,  attenuate  to  the  some- 
what longer,  pilose  style;  stamens  all  fertile,  those  of  series  3  with 
large,  subquadrate  anthers,  the  pores  crescent-shaped,  the  connective 
of  the  outer  stamens  well  exserted;  glands  subbasal,  rather  small; 
cup  rather  thin,  with  small,  rusty  warts. — Said  to  be  a  tree  of  10 
meters.  It  often  is  recognizable  by  its  enormous  leaves  but,  accord- 
ing to  Kostermans,  it  is  separable  from  A.  Hostmanniana  (Nees) 


FLORA  OF  PERU  865 

Mez  of  Surinam  and  the  lower  Amazon  only  by  its  pilose  ovary;  it 
should  be  treated,  perhaps,  as  merely  a  geographic  variety.  Koster- 
mans  reduces  A.  Williamsii  with  some  hesitation,  remarking  that 
its  leaves  become  glabrous,  as  in  Venezuelan  specimens,  the  branches 
being  more  slender  than  usual,  and  the  flowers  slightly  smaller. 
The  similar  Amazonian  A.  affinis  (Meissn.)  Mez,  63,  has  smaller, 
alternate  leaves,  as  also  the  related  A.  Burchellii  Kosterm.,  but  this 
has  leaves  minutely  papillose  beneath.  Neg.  3800. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  3628,  type;  Killip  &  Smith  27217  (det. 
Schmidt).  Alto  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  3495,  type  of  A.  Williamsii. 
"Muena  amarillo." 

Aniba  Muca  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  57. 1889. 
Laurus  Muca  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  360.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  18. 
Aydendron  Muca  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  498.  1848. 

A  medium-sized  tree  with  aromatic  bark,  minutely  tomentulose 
on  the  angular  young  branchlets,  inflorescence,  and  sometimes  on 
the  leaves  beneath;  leaves  oblong  or  elliptic-lanceolate,  chartaceous, 
minutely  papillose  beneath,  more  or  less  acuminate,  acute  at  the 
base,  usually  about  10-12  (-22)  cm.  long,  the  nerves  7-10,  prominent 
and  reticulate  beneath;  inflorescence  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers 
1.5  mm.  long;  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  abruptly  enlarging, 
pilose  within ;  sepals  subequal ;  outer  filaments  densely  pilose,  as  long 
as  or  longer  than  the  anthers,  the  smaller  inner  anthers  with  filaments 
glabrous  above,  the  large  glands  subbasal;  ovary  small,  pilose,  sub- 
equaled  by  the  style;  cup  rather  thin,  to  1.5  cm.  high  and  broad, 
rugulose,  with  minute,  rusty  warts. — A.  parviflora  (Meissn.)  Mez, 
56,  Amazonian,  may  be  distinguished  by  its  very  unequal  sepals,  in 
this  respect  resembling  A.  Canelilla.  Neg.  27592. 

Junin:  Vitoc,  Raimondi  (det.  Kostermans).  La  Merced,  1,000 
meters,  Weberbauer  1919  (det.  Mez). — Huanuco:  Posuso,  Cochero, 
Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Cuzco:  Cosnipata,  700  meters,  Weberbauer 
6961  (det.  Schmidt).  Bolivia.  "Muca-muca." 

Aniba  perutilis  Hemsl.  Kew  Bull.  7,  197.  1894.  A.  compacta 
A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  97.  1931. 

Twigs  and  dense  foliage  deciduously  puberulent,  the  leaves  gla- 
brous, except  toward  the  base  on  both  sides,  pulverulent  beneath 
when  young;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  blades  often  more  or  less  obovate, 
attenuate-acuminate  at  the  base,  shortly  obtuse-acuminate  at  the 
apex,  10-15  cm.  long,  3.5-6.5  cm.  wide,  coriaceous,  the  costa  promi- 


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nent,  at  least  beneath,  like  the  7-12  lateral  nerves,  the  closely  reticu- 
late veins  obscure;  panicle  densely  yellowish-tomentulose,  to  13  cm. 
long,  many-flowered;  pedicels  2-3  (-6)  mm.  long;  perianth  tube 
broad,  2  mm.  long,  the  lobes  fleshy,  rounded;  outer  stamens  fertile, 
those  of  the  third  series  large  but  sterile;  filaments  pilose,  stout, 
broader  than  long  but  equaling  the  deltoid,  obtuse  anthers;  stami- 
nodia  minute,  stipitiform,  pilose,  sometimes  wanting;  ovary  glabrous, 
1  mm.  long,  the  style  slightly  shorter;  fruit  large,  to  nearly  3  cm. 
long  and  2  cm.  thick,  the  irregularly  thickened  cup  8-15  mm.  high, 
with  a  few  minute,  rusty  spots. — In  Colombia  furnishing  a  valuable 
timber  for  cabinetwork  and  construction;  see  Kew  Bull.  loc.  cit. 
Illustrated,  Hook.  Icon.  pi.  2485. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters  (Klug  608,  type  of  A.  compacta; 
755).  Colombia;  Bolivia.  "Comino,"  "muena  negro." 

Aniba  Puchury-minor  (Mart.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  70. 1889.  Ocotea  Puchury-minor  Mart,  in  Buchner,  Repert.  Pharm. 
35:  172. 1830.  Aydendron  amazonicum  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt. 
1 :  89. 1864.  Aniba  amazonica  Mez,  op.  cit.  69.  A.  Tessmannii  0.  C. 
Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  226.  1928. 

Branchlets  angled,  densely  but  minutely  ferruginous-tomentu- 
lose;  petioles  to  nearly  1.5  cm.  long;  blades  mostly  elliptic,  10-25 
cm.  long,  3-6  (-10)  cm.  wide,  narrowed  to  each  end,  the  apical  acu- 
mination  sometimes  2  cm.  long,  glabrous  or  minutely  tomentulose 
beneath,  papyraceous;  panicles  usually  6-10  cm.  long,  slender,  lax, 
tomentulose;  flowers  yellow,  2.5-3  mm.  long,  2.5  mm.  broad,  the 
tube  1.5  mm.  long;  pedicels  thick,  1  mm.  long;  stamens  all  fertile, 
the  filaments  at  least  3  times  longer  than  the  anthers;  ovary  glabrous; 
fruit  subglobose,  7-8  mm.  long. — A  tree  7-20  meters  high,  with  a 
trunk  diameter  of  40  cm.  (Tessmann);  bark  dark  purplish  brown 
(Williams}.  Var.  intermedia  (Meissn.)  Kosterm.,  comb.  nov.  (Ay- 
dendron intermedium  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  89.  1864),  has 
panicles  to  17  cm.  long  and  slightly  larger  flowers.  The  seeds  are 
sold  as  "pichurin"  beans  and  are  used  in  treatment  of  dysentery 
(Kostermans).  Neg.  3799. 

Loreto:  Soledad,  Tessmann  5222,  type  of  A.  Tessmannii.  Yuri- 
maguas,  Poeppig  2478,  type  of  A.  amazonica;  Williams  5897,  4287; 
Killip  &  Smith  27658. — Puno:  Isilluma,  Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt; 
the  var.,  fide  Kostermans). — Rio  Acre:  Ule  9407.  Bolivia  to  Brazil 
and  Colombia.  "Muena  amarillo,"  "miena  amarillo." 


FLORA  OF  PERU  867 

Aniba  rosaeodora  Ducke,  Rev.  Bot.  Appl.  8:845.  1928. 

Branchlets  angulate-sulcate,  densely  puberulent-tomentulose; 
petioles  10-17  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic  to  ovate,  at  maturity  rounded 
at  the  base,  the  margin  incurved,  broadly  and  obtusely  acuminate, 
the  acumen  to  1  cm.  long,  15-20  (-30)  cm.  long,  4-6  (-13)  cm.  wide, 
rigid-coriaceous,  glabrous  above,  dull,  yellow,  densely  and  micro- 
scopically papillose  and  pulverulent-tomentulose  beneath,  the  pubes- 
cence disappearing,  the  nerves  9-11,  prominent,  like  the  areolate 
veins,  especially  beneath;  panicles  rusty-tomentulose,  to  14  cm. 
long;  pedicels  thick,  0.5-1  mm.  long;  flowers  1.5-2  mm.  long,  the 
sulcate  tube  1  mm.  long;  sepals  subequal;  outer  stamens  with  broad, 
lanuginous  filaments,  the  connective  minutely  protruding,  the  inner 
filaments  with  small  anthers,  glabrous  above  the  large  glands;  ovary 
small,  minutely  pilose,  the  style  slightly  longer;  cup  rather  shallow, 
with  few  rusty  spots,  to  2  cm.  high,  3  cm.  broad,  the  obscure  outer 
margin  formed  by  the  thick  tubercles,  the  pedicels  to  1.5  cm.  long. — 
The  Peru  collection  was  referred  by  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club 
58:  100.  1931  (and  also  by  Schmidt)  to  A.  citrifclia  (Nees)  Mez,  74, 
a  Brazilian  species  with  the  connective  produced,  the  stamens  of  the 
third  row  with  large  anthers.  Said  to  attain  a  height  of  30  meters. 
Rose  oil,  used  especially  in  the  making  of  perfumes,  is  distilled  from 
the  bark,  which  formerly  was  shipped  to  France  for  this  purpose,  but 
is  said  now  to  be  more  economically  treated  by  distillation  at  Cayenne 
(Kostermans).  Illustrated,  Arch.  Jard.  Rio  Jan.  5:  109.  pi.  5.  Neg. 
3808. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  1313.  Brazil;  Guiana; 
Colombia. 

Aniba  salicifolia  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  71. 
1889.  Aydendron  salicifolium  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  252.  1836. 

A  tree  with  lustrous,  slender,  terete  branchlets,  soon  glabrous; 
petioles  5-10  mm.  long;  blades  obovate-elliptic,  narrowed  to  the 
slightly  decurrent  base,  broadly  and  obtusely  acuminate,  charta- 
ceous,  glabrous,  dull,  mostly  10-15  cm.  long,  3-4.5  cm.  wide,  the  lat- 
eral nerves  6-8,  rather  prominent  beneath;  panicles  few-flowered, 
ferruginous-tomentulose,  4-6  cm.  long;  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  flowers 
2-3  mm.  long,  2  mm.  wide,  the  narrowly  obconic  tube  abruptly 
enlarging,  glabrous  within;  outer  stamens  elliptic,  with  broad,  villous 
filaments  and  depressed-ovate  anthers,  the  connective  scarcely  pro- 
truding, the  outer  filaments  glabrous  on  the  narrowed  upper  portion; 
glands  slightly  suprabasal;  ovary  glabrous,  1  mm.  long,  the  style 


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to  1.5  mm.  long;  cup  about  1  cm.  high  and  broad,  with  rather  large, 
rusty  marks  like  spots,  obscurely  stipitate.- — A  tree  13  meters  high 
(Krukoff).  Neg.  22065. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  200  meters,  Williams  4638  (det.  Koster- 
mans).  Brazil;  Guiana.  "Louro,"  "siuchi  caspi." 

5.  LICARIA  Aubl. 

Acrodiclidium  Nees. 

Reference:  Kostermans,  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl.  33:  719-754. 
1936;  34:  575-604. 1937. 

Like  Aniba,  but  usually  only  the  third  series  of  stamens  fertile, 
rarely  also  the  second,  the  latter  mostly  and  the  first  always  modi- 
fied into  leafy  staminodia,  or  these  rarely  lacking;  fourth  series  of 
stamens  usually  aborted.  Perianth  tube  sometimes  obsolete.  Style 
shorter  than  or  subequaling  the  ovary.  Cup  usually  double-mar- 
gined.— Kostermans,  op.  cit.  754,  segregates  Phyllostemonodaphne 
Kosterm.  to  provide  for  a  Brazilian  species  with  only  1  row  of 
stamens  reduced  to  staminodia.  Besides  the  following,  Ducke, 
Archiv.  Jard.  Bot.  Rio  Janeiro  4:  187.  1925,  has  recorded  L.  Canella 
Kosterm.  as  one  of  the  more  common  species  on  the  upper  Ama- 
zonian tributaries,  where  it  is  known  as  "casca  preciosa."  Its  bark, 
with  very  agreeable  aroma  similar  to  that  of  cinnamon  but  milder, 
is  used,  powdered,  to  scent  linen  and  sometimes  as  a  stimulating  tea. 

Leaves  medium-sized,  10-20  cm.  long;  stamens  of  series  4  aborted. 
Leaves  ovate-lanceolate,  about  5  cm.  wide,  often  narrower. 

Leaves  narrowly  long-acuminate,  subobtuse  at  the  base;  flowers 
globose  or  urceolate,  short. 

Leaves  3-6  cm.  wide;  flowers  glabrescent L.  armeniaca. 

Leaves  2.5-3  cm.  wide;  flowers  densely  tomentose. 

Outer  staminodia  present L.  multiflora. 

Outer  staminodia  wanting L.  Quirirafuina. 

Leaves  merely  short-acuminate,  the  base  acute;  flowers  infundi- 

buliform,  2-3  mm.  long L.  Pucheri. 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic,  about  8  cm.  wide L.  latifolia. 

Leaves  large,  about  30  cm.  long;  staminodia  of  series  4  present. 
Leaves  cordate  at  the  base;  perianth  tube  glabrous  within. 

L.  macrophylla. 

Leaves  rounded-acute  at  the  base;  perianth  tube  sericeous  within. 

L.  endlicheriaefolia. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  869 

Licaria  armeniaca  (Poepp.)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl. 
34:  584.  1937.  Acrodiclidium  armeniacum  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  5:  85. 1889.  Evonymodaphne  armeniaca  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  264. 
1836.  Oreodaphne  Evonymodaphne  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
139.  1864. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  the  branchlets  4-angled,  soon  glabrous,  the 
leaves  thin,  soft,  glabrous  except  the  minutely  strigose  costa  beneath; 
petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long;  blades  ovate-lanceolate,  narrowly  long- 
acuminate,  the  base  subobtuse,  about  10  (-18)  cm.  long  and  (3-)  4- 
6  cm.  wide,  scarcely  lustrous,  somewhat  reticulate- veined  beneath; 
inflorescence  about  as  long  as  the  leaves,  few-flowered,  extremely 
lax,  soon  glabrous;  flowers  1.5-2  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  5  mm.  long, 
to  20  mm.  long  in  fruit;  perianth  tube  obsolete,  sericeous  within; 
outer  staminodia  elongate-stipitate,  the  inner  wanting;  basal  glands 
large,  often  sepaloid.— Neg.  3835. 

San  Martin:  Tocache,  Poeppig  1787,  type. — Loreto:  Rio  Itaya, 
Williams  64, 104-  (det.  Schmidt);  Killip  &  Smith  29288  (det.  Koster- 
mans).  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  King  1267,  1379  (det.  Schmidt). 
La  Victoria,  Williams  2728  (det.  Kostermans).  Brazil. 

Licaria  endlicheriaefolia  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl. 
34:  583.  1937.  Acrodiclidium  endlicheriaefolium  Kosterm.  Med.  Bot. 
Rijks  Mus.  Utrecht  37:  724.  1936. 

A  glabrous  tree;  petioles  7  cm.  long;  blades  broadly  elliptic, 
rounded  or  subcordate  at  the  base,  the  veins  prominent  on  both 
sides;  perianth  tube  glabrous  within;  outer  staminodia  spatulate, 
fimbriate  marginally  at  the  apex;  fertile  stamens  glabrous,  with 
rather  large  cells;  staminodia  of  series  4  short,  glabrous. — Otherwise 
similar  to  L.  macrophylla.  A  tree  of  7-8  meters. 

Junin:  San  Ramon,  1,000  meters  (Killip  &  Smith  24901,  type). 

Licaria  latifolia  (A.  C.  Smith)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot. 
Ne"erl.  34:  601.  1937.  Acrodiclidium  latifolium  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull. 
Torrey  Club  58:  100.  1931. 

A  small  tree,  except  for  the  leaves  above  more  or  less  densely 
ferruginous-pilose;  petioles  12-15  mm.  long,  slender;  blades  oblong 
or  broadly  ovate-oblong,  the  base  broadly  cuneate,  the  apex  abruptly 
caudate-acuminate,  glabrous  or  sparsely  pilose  above,  15-19  cm.  long, 
7-9  cm.  broad,  the  veinlets  subimmersed;  inflorescence  lax,  7-9  cm. 
long,  solitary  in  the  axils,  many-flowered;  flowers  perfect,  the  tube 
to  1.5  mm.  long,  glabrous  within;  outer  stamens  sterile;  filaments 
of  the  fertile  third  series  2-3  times  longer  than  the  anthers;  basal 


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glands  minute;  ovary  and  style  subequal,  glabrous. — I  believe  this 
species  to  be  only  a  variety  of  L.  brasiliensis  Nees,  with  smaller,  less 
acuminate  leaves,  denser  panicles,  and  larger  glands  ( Kostermans) . 
Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters  (Klug  30,  type). 

Licaria  limbosa  (R.  &  P.)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl. 
34:  585. 1937.  Acrodiclidium  limbosum  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  89.  1889.  Laurus  limbosa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  361.  1802. 
Nectandra  limbata  Nees, -Linnaea  21:  509. 1848.  A.  limbatum  Macbr. 
Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:18.  1931. 

Flowering  branchlets  densely  and  minutely  ferruginous-tomen- 
tulose  but  soon  glabrous;  leaves  alternate,  glabrous,  somewhat 
lustrous,  obviously  and  densely  areolate-reticulate  on  both  sides,  evan- 
escently  so  above,  ovate-elliptic  to  elliptic,  11-19  cm.  long,  3-7  cm. 
wide,  cuneately  acute  at  the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  costa 
and  lateral  nerves  filiform  and  prominent  above,  the  costa  flattened 
beneath;  petioles  slender,  glabrous,  1-2  cm.  long;  panicles  axillary 
and  more  or  less  clustered  on  the  young  branchlets,  densely  ferrugi- 
nous-tomentulose,  many-flowered,  4-7  cm.  long;  bracts  and  bractlets 
deciduous;  pedicels  1  mm.  long,  glabrous  like  the  flowers  outside, 
these  2-2.5  mm.  long,  the  obconic  tube  1  mm.  long;  sepals  erect, 
fleshy,  acute,  1.25  mm.  long,  villous  at  the  base  within;  filaments 
densely  but  laxly  villous,  as  long  as  the  ovate  anthers;  basal  glands 
stalked;  ovary  glabrous,  1  mm.  long,  the  style  1.5  mm.  long;  fruit 
to  2.5  cm.  long,  the  cup  verruculose,  red,  with  small,  rusty  dots,  to 
1.5  cm.  high,  2.5  cm.  broad,  1  cm.  deep,  the  outer  margin  spreading, 
to  4  mm.  wide,  the  thinner  inner  one  erect,  to  2.5  mm.  high. — Koster- 
mans,  from  whom  this  description  is  copied,  originally,  op.  cit.  736, 
included  this  species  with  L.  Pucheri,  which  see.  Perhaps  the  Tacna 
reference  is  a  mistake  for  Tarma. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  Williams  6978. — Tacna: 
Tafalla. — Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz.  Bolivia  to  Costa  Rica  and  Venezuela. 

Licaria  macrophylla  (A.  C.  Smith)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav. 
Bot.  Ne"erl.  34:  583.  1937.  Acrodiclidium  macrophyllum  A.  C.  Smith, 
Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  101.  1931. 

Soon  glabrous  except  for  the  inflorescence  branches;  petioles  stout, 
2-3  cm.  (5-7  according  to  Kostermans)  long;  blades  oblong-ovate, 
cuneate  at  the  base,  long-acuminate  at  the  apex,  25-40  cm.  long, 
10-16  cm.  wide,  coriaceous,  the  veinlets  slightly  elevated  beneath, 
the  finer  ones  obscure;  inflorescence  racemose-paniculate,  20-40- 
flowered;  flowers  perfect,  glabrous,  3  mm.  long,  the  tube  sericeous 


FLORA  OF  PERU  871 

within,  to  1.5  mm.  long,  fleshy;  outer  stamens  sterile,  large,  auricled, 
those  of  the  third,  fertile  series  with  pilose,  glandular  filaments; 
anthers  auricled,  the  cells  minute;  staminodia  of  series  4  large,  densely 
sericeous;  ovary  semi-immersed,  the  style  subequal. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters  (King  80,  type);  also  246  (det. 
Schmidt). 

Licaria  multiflora  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne*erl.  34:  584. 
1937.  Acrodiclidium  multiflorum  Kosterm.  op.  cit.  33:  735.  1936. 

Branchlets  slender,  densely  ferruginous- tomentose;  leaves  char- 
taceous,  elliptic,  7-10  cm.  long,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  narrowed  at  the  base, 
distinctly  and  broadly  acuminate  at  the  apex,  the  obovate  acumen 
to  1.5  cm.  long,  lustrous  and  glabrous  above,  the  veins  more  or  less 
evidently  and  densely  reticulate,  scarcely  obvious,  or  at  least  not 
prominent,  beneath,  dull,  sparsely  tomentose,  the  nerves  4-5,  the 
veins  scarcely  conspicuous,  areolate-reticulate;  petioles  10-15  mm. 
long;  panicles  finely  tomentulose,  the  branchlets  to  2  cm.  long; 
pedicels  2-3  mm.  long;  flowers  urceolate,  densely  ferruginous-tomen- 
tulose,  1-1.5  mm.  long,  0.75  mm.  broad,  the  tube  urceolate,  1  mm. 
long  and  broad;  perianth  segments  glabrous  within,  to  1  mm.  long; 
outer  staminodia  glabrous,  1.5  mm.  long;  fertile  stamens  subexserted, 
glabrous,  with  distinct,  slender  filaments;  ovary  glabrous,  equaled 
by  the  style. — A  tree  25  meters  high  (Krukoff).  Simulating  this 
species  is  L.  Appelii  (Mez)  Kosterm.,  found  as  near  as  Rio  Livra- 
mento;  its  leaves  are  6-7  by  2-2.5  cm.,  and  the  flowers  3  mm.  long. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Purus,  near  mouth  of  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff 
5324,  type.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Licaria  Pucheri  (R.  &  P.)  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne"erl. 
34:  585.  1937.  Laurus  Pucheri  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi  352.  1802. 
Aniba  foeniculacea  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  65. 1906.  Acrodiclidium 
Pucheri  Kosterm.  op.  cit.  33:  736.  1936. 

Similar  toL.  limbosa;  blades  12-16  cm.  long,  3-6  cm.  wide;  peti- 
oles to  1  cm.  long;  panicles  axillary,  subterminal,  lax,  sparsely  and 
minutely  sericeous;  pedicels  to  9  mm.  long;  filaments  puberulous  at 
the  base;  ovary  and  style  1  mm.  long;  cup  12  mm.  high,  2  cm.  wide, 
the  inner  margin  1  mm.  high. 

Junin:  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type.  La  Merced,  Schunke  262; 
Weberbauer  1890,  type  of  Aniba  foeniculacea.  "Puchery,"  "cucherin." 

Licaria  Quirirafuina  Kosterm.  Recueil  Trav.  Bot.  Ne*erl.  34: 
584. 1937. 


872  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Similar  to  L.  multiflora;  leaves  9-12  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide,  the 
acumen  slender;  pedicels  1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  less  than  1  mm. 
long,  0.5  mm.  broad;  outer  staminodia  wanting;  glands  large;  style 
longer  than  the  ovary,  exserted. — A  tree  8  meters  high  (Klug). 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo  (Klug  2131,  type).  "Efuina  qui- 
rirafuina"  (Huitotoname). 

6.  PERSEA  Mill. 

Flowers  perfect,  the  tube  none,  the  segments  persisting,  the 
outer  ones  shorter  than  the  inner  or  rarely  subequal.  Third  series 
of  stamens  rarely  staminodial.  Filaments  usually  longer  than  the 
anthers,  the  anthers  of  the  third  series  sessile  or  stipitate-glandular. 
Staminodia  most  often  barbate.  Ovary  pilose  or  glabrous,  sub- 
globose,  the  style  and  perianth  lobes  scarcely  at  all  accrescent.— 
Genus  noteworthy  as  the  source  of  the  popular  fruit  "palta,"  Persea 
americana  Mill.  Ruiz  and  Pavon  wrote  in  their  journal  with  evident 
appreciation  of  the  fruit  of  this  beautiful  tree.  Weberbauer  found 
the  tree  cultivated  to  2,500  meters  in  the  inter-Andean  valleys  of 
central  Peru. 

Key  based  on  leaf  characters 

Leaves  large,  mostly  15  cm.  to  several  decimeters  long. 
Pubescence  of  the  leaves  beneath  dense,  conspicuous. 

Leaves  subsessile P.  grandis. 

Leaves  evidently  petiolate,  the  petioles  1-5  cm.  long. 
Leaves  suBobtuse  or  subcordate  at  the  base ...  P.  subcordata. 
Leaves  acute  at  the  base. 
Petioles  3-5  cm.  long. 

Inflorescence  about  5  cm.  long P.  peruviana. 

Inflorescence  ample P.  boliviensis. 

Petioles  about  1.5  cm.  long P.  crassifolia. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaves  minute,  obscure,  or  none. 

Ovary  densely  pilose;  leaves  rather  thin;  flowers  6-7  mm.  long, 

the  segments  subequal P.  americana. 

Ovary  glabrous;   outer  perianth  segments  distinctly  shorter 

than  the  inner. 

Leaves  usually  obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  base,  rather  thin; 
flowers  4-6  mm.  long;  pedicels  2-5  mm.  long  or  longer; 
style  little  longer  than  the  ovary P.  laevigata. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  873 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base;  flowers  7-8  mm.  long;  pedicels 
2  mm.  long;  style  slender,  nearly  3  times  longer  than 

the  ovary P.  Raimondii. 

Leaves  medium-sized,  mostly  6-9  cm.  long  (rarely  13  cm.). 
Leaves  definitely  pubescent  beneath. 
Pubescence  sericeous. 

Inflorescence  many-flowered;  leaves  rounded  at  the  base. 

P.  Haenkeana. 

Inflorescence  often  few-flowered;  leaves  acute  at  the  base. 
Leaves  usually  8-10  cm.  long;  ovary  glabrous. 
Leaves  about  3  cm.  wide;  flowers  subsessile.  .P.  stricta. 
Leaves  about  6  cm.  wide;  flowers  pediceled. 

P.  crassifolia. 
Leaves  about  5-6  cm.  long;  ovary  pubescent. 

P.  Weberbaueri. 

Pubescence  villous-tomentose,  sometimes  finely  so  (see P.  stricta). 
Pubescence  a  short,  dense  tomentum. 
Pubescence  short,  close;  style  2-3  times  longer  than  the 

ovary P.  corymbosa. 

Pubescence  longer  and  softer;  style  and  ovary  subequal. 

P.  ferruginea. 

Pubescence  rather  long  and  loose,  villous  or  pilose. 
Leaves  subcordate  at  the  base. 

Inflorescence  not  long-peduncled P.  Ruizii. 

Inflorescence  very  long-peduncled P.  subcordata. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base P.  hirta. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  minutely  and  obscurely  pubescent. 

Leaves  3  to  rarely  5  cm.  long P.  boldufolia. 

Leaves  mostly  8-9  cm.  long  or  longer. 
Leaves  obtuse  or  subcordate  at  the  base. 

Leaves  rigid;  petioles  thick,  about  1  cm.  long.  .  P.  Mutisii. 
Leaves  flexible;  petioles  slender,  1.5-3  cm.  long. 

P.  pyrifolia. 

Leaves  acute  at  the  base,  or  flexible  and  the  petioles  only 
1  cm.  long  or  shorter. 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  glabrate P.  scoparia. 

Branchlets  and  inflorescence  sericeous P.  durifolia. 


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Technical  key 

Third  series  of  anthers  sterile,  the  2  outer  series  4-celled. 
Flowers  long-pediceled,  the  pedicels  to  4  mm.  long .  .  P.  crassifolia. 
Flowers  sessile  or  short-pedicellate. 

Branchlets  soon  glabrate P.  Raimondii. 

Branchlets  densely  ferruginous-pubescent. 

Leaves  somewhat  acuminate P.  peruviana. 

Leaves  more  or  less  rounded  at  both  ends P.  boliviensis. 

Third  series  of  anthers  2-celled,  usually  fertile. 

All  the  anthers  2-celled P.  durifolia. 

Outer  anthers  4-celled. 
Anthers  of  the  third  series  2-celled. 

Leaves  sericeous  beneath  with  a  copper-colored  pubescence. 

P.  Haenkeana. 
Leaves  not  so  pubescent. 

Filaments  longer  than  the  anthers;  style  longer  than  the 

ovary P.  stricta. 

Filaments  and  anthers,  like  the  style  and  ovary,  subequal. 

P.  subcordata. 

Anthers  of  the  third  series  4-celled. 
Ovary  glabrous. 

Perianth  segments  subequal P.  Ruizii. 

Perianth   segments    unequal,    the   outer    ones    distinctly 

shorter. 
Floral  glands  at  least  short-stipitate. 

Inflorescence  long-peduncled P.  hirta. 

Inflorescence  short-peduncled P.  corymbosa. 

Floral  glands  sessile. 

Leaves  subsessile,  long P.  grandis. 

Leaves  petiolate. 

Mature  leaves  pubescent  beneath. 

Pubescence  coppery-sericeous P.  Haenkeana. 

Pubescence  whitish  or  reddish,  tomentose. 

P.  ferruginea. 
Mature  leaves  glabrate  or  obscurely  pubescent. 

Branchlet  tips  tomentose P.  pyrifolia. 

Branchlet  tips  glabrate  or  puberulent. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  875 

Leaves  4  cm.  long P.  boldufolia. 

Leaves  larger. 

Inflorescence  crowded,  subsessile . .  P.  Mutisii. 
Inflorescence  open,  peduncled. 

P.  scoparia,  P.  laevigata. 
Ovary  pilose. 

Leaves  sericeous  beneath,  small P.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  glabrate,  10-20  cm.  long P.  americana. 

Persea  americana  Mill.  Gard.  Diet.  ed.  8.  1768.  P.  gratissima 
Gaertn.  Fruct.  3:  222.  1807. 

The  well  known  "palta"  ("avocado"  of  the  United  States)  is  some- 
times cultivated.  Its  rather  thin,  glabrate,  broadly  elliptic  leaves, 
the  lateral  nerves  rugose-reticulate  beneath,  mostly  10-20  cm.  long 
and  half  as  wide,  distinguish  it  from  all  native  species  except  P. 
laevigata,  which,  however,  has  much  less  prominent  nervation  and 
a  glabrous  ovary.  The  palta  is  a  large,  beautiful  tree.  The  fruits 
are  known  also  as  "aguacates." 

Junin:  La  Merced,  700  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  23422.  Dense 
forest,  Schunke  Hacienda,  Killip  &  Smith  24630. — Loreto:  Cachi- 
puerto,  King  3118.  Lower  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  325,  324.  Mishu- 
yacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  in  clearing,  Klug  1426,  756.  Iquitos, 
in  forest,  100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29841- — Lima:  Lima,  culti- 
vated, Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Probably  native  of  Mexico  and  Central 
America.  "Palto,"  "palta,"  "huira  palta,"  "paltai." 

Persea  boldufolia  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  66.  1906. 

A  shrub  of  2  meters,  readily  recognized  by  its  numerous  small 
(mostly  less  than  4  cm.  long)  leaves,  obtuse  at  the  base  and  rounded 
at  the  apex;  inflorescence  densely  ferruginous-pilose,  few-flowered, 
to  6  cm.  long;  flowers  subsessile,  4  mm.  long;  filaments  pilose,  little 
longer  than  the  4-celled  (all  fertile)  anthers;  glands  sessile;  ovary 
glabrous. — Compared  by  Mez  with  P.  brevipes  Meissn.,  of  Ecuador, 
with  acute  leaves  about  twice  as  long  and  pedicellate  flowers  5  mm. 
long.  Neg.  3560. 

Amazonas:  Molinopampa,  east  of  Chachapoyas,  2,400  meters, 
Weberbauer  4379,  type;  263. 

Persea  boliviensis  Mez  &  Rusby,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  6:  113. 
1896. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  densely  ferruginous-tomentulose  on  the  branch- 
lets  and  more  finely  or  less  obviously  so  in  the  thyrsoid  inflorescences 


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and  on  the  leaves  beneath;  blades  elliptic,  subrotund  at  both  ends, 
as  much  as  20  cm.  long  and  8  cm.  wide,  coriaceous,  reticulate- 
veined,  especially  beneath;  petioles  to  4  cm.  long,  nearly  as  long  as 
the  subsessile,  few-flowered  inflorescences;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long; 
flowers  7  mm.  long,  the  outer  segments  much  shorter  than  the 
inner;  outer  anthers  4-celled,  those  of  the  third  series  2-celled  but 
sterile;  staminodia  pilose. — Compared  by  the  author  with  P.  peru- 
viana.  P.  Benthamiana  Meissn.  has  flowers  4-5  mm.  long  with 
3  series  of  4-celled,  fertile  anthers. 

Junin:  Hacienda  Schunke,  1,400-1,700  meters,  Killip  &  Smith 
24831;  Schunke  205,  206  (det.  Schmidt).  Bolivia. 

Persea  corymbosa  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  158.  1889. 

A  rather  densely  leafy  shrub  or  small  tree,  to  5  meters  high, 
conspicuously  ferruginous-tomentose  on  the  branchlets,  inflorescence, 
and  lower  leaf  surface;  petioles  fleshy,  to  9  mm.  long;  blades  rigid, 
elliptic  or  ovate,  rounded  or  subacute  at  each  end,  3-5  cm.  wide 
and  twice  as  long;  inflorescence  subsessile,  corymbose,  shorter  than 
the  leaves;  flowers  5  mm.  long;  filaments  of  the  third  series  glandular 
and  a  little  exceeding  the  4-celled  anthers,  the  others  shorter. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo  and  Cutervo  (Jelski  173;  177,  type); 
Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt).  Huambos,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  4159 
(det.  Mez);  260. 

Persea  crassifolia  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  67.  1906. 

A  shrub  or  tree  of  6  meters,  with  very  rigid,  elliptic  leaves, 
acute  at  each  end;  young  parts  and  leaves  beneath  sericeous-pilose; 
blades  about  10  cm.  long  and  6  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  ferruginous- 
tomentose,  much  exceeding  the  leaves,  the  stout,  angled  pedicels 
4-5  mm.  long;  flowers  green,  7  mm.  long;  filaments  pilose,  only  the 
2  outer  series  with  fertile,  4-celled  anthers;  ovary  glabrous,  half 
as  long  as  the  slender  style. — Related  to  P.  perumana  Nees.  Neg. 
3744. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  2,000-2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3525,  type; 
255. 

Persea  durifolia  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  65.  1906. 

A  tree  of  8  meters,  glabrous  or  glabrate  except  the  sericeous 
and  brownish-tomentulose  branchlets  and  inflorescence;  petioles  very 
stout,  to  1  cm.  long;  blades  rigid,  distinctly  glaucous  beneath, 
elliptic,  acute  at  each  end  or  the  base  subrounded,  usually  8-10 
cm.  long  and  half  as  wide,  sometimes  13  cm.  long;  inflorescence 


FLORA  OF  PERU  877 

subequaling  the  leaves,  corymbose,  long-peduncled ;  flowers  sub- 
sessile,  3  mm.  long;  filaments  long-pilose,  twice  longer  than  the 
2-celled  (all  fertile)  anthers;  ovary  glabrous,  exceeded  by  the  style. 
— Aberrant,  with  P.  cuneata  Meissn.  of  Colombia,  in  having  all 
the  anthers  2-celled.  Neg.  3564. 

Cuzco:  Santa  Ana,  2,100  meters,  Weberbauer  5010,  type. 

Persea  ferruginea  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  159.  1817;  158. 
P.  Humboldtii  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  158.  1889. 

Except  for  the  much  softer  pubescence,  similar  to  P.  corymbosa; 
glabrous  ovary  and  style  subequal. — Compare  also  P.  vestita  Mez, 
in  a  note  under  P.  subcordata,  and  P.  sericea  HBK.  Neg.  3565. 

Piura:  Huancabamba,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  6311.  Huai- 
cani  (Pearce).  Ecuador;  Colombia. 

Persea  grandis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  160.  1889. 

The  only  Peruvian  species  with  subsessile  leaves,  these  about 
30  cm.  long,  long-cuneate-oblong  from  the  base,  about  8  cm.  wide; 
filaments  pilose,  half  as  long  as  the  4-celled  anthers;  ovary  glabrous, 
exceeding  the  style. — Related  to  P.  hirta  Nees.  A  beautiful  tree  of 
20-25  meters.  The  type  locality  may  be  Bolivian. 

Peru(?):  Sandillani  (Pearce,  type). 

Persea  Haenkeana  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  174.  1889. 

Blades  elliptic-lanceolate,  about  6  cm.  long  and  2  cm.  wide, 
with  the  inflorescence  beautifully  pubescent  beneath  with  sericeous, 
copper-colored  hairs;  petioles  to  6  mm.  long;  inflorescence  long- 
peduncled,  about  equaling  the  leaves;  flowers  many,  white,  on 
pedicels  1-1.5  mm.  long,  the  segments  unequal;  filaments  some- 
what pilose,  the  anthers  4-celled  (all?);  style  and  glabrous  ovary 
slightly  unequal. — A  tree  of  3-6  meters  (Pearce}.  Neg.  19281. 

Peru:  Haenke,  type.    Santa  Cruz  (Pearce}. 

Persea  hirta  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  673.  1836;  159.  P.  rugosa 
Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  47.  1864. 

Similar  in  pubescence  to  P.  Ruizii;  petioles  about  5  mm.  long; 
blades  obovate  or  subelliptic,  about  8.5  cm.  long  and  4  cm.  wide; 
inflorescence  as  long,  broadly  pyramidal;  flowers  5  mm.  long,  sub- 
sessile;  filaments  glabrous;  glands  long-stipitate;  ovary  and  style 
subequal. 

Amazonas:  Yambrasbamba  (Mathews  1428,  type). 


878  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Persea  laevigata  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  157.  1817;  171. 
Laurus  caerulea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  350. 1802,  nomen;  Laurogr. 
pi.  2.  P.  caerulea  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 171. 1889. 

A  shrub  or  a  tree  to  18  meters  high,  with  much  the  aspect  of 
the  cultivated  P.  americana,  but  with  tomentulose  inflorescence, 
slightly  smaller  flowers,  and  glabrous  ovary;  blades  very  broadly 
ovate  or  elliptic,  often  15-25  cm.  long  and  7-10  cm.  wide. — P. 
Buchtienii  Schmidt,  of  Bolivia,  has  glabrous  pedicels  and  glabrate 
flowers.  Negs.  3561,  3562. 

Huanuco:  Below  Mufia,  1,900  meters,  Weberbauer  6791  (?;  det. 
Schumann),  6821;  Ruiz,  type.  Puyash,  Sawada  96.  Villcabamba, 
1,800  meters,  5008  (det.  Schmidt). — Cajamarca:  Nancho  and  Chiri- 
nos,  Raimondi. — San  Martin:  Cerro  Morro,  Moyobamba,  1,200 
meters,  Weberbauer  4588  (det.  Mez);  289.  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4919 
(det.  Schumann  and  Mez,  but  leaves  acute  at  the  base).  Zepelacio, 
1,100  meters,  King  3693.— Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  1322, 
1324-  North  to  Costa  Rica  and  Venezuela.  "Aguacate,"  "agua- 
cate  cimarron,"  "piria,"  "palton." 

Persea  Mutisii  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  158.  1817;  155. 

A  very  densely  leafy  shrub  or  small  tree  with  stout,  soon  gla- 
brate, angled  branchlets;  leaves  glaucous,  glabrous  or  nearly  so, 
rigid,  broadly  elliptic-obovate,  mostly  less  than  10  cm.  long,  half 
as  wide;  panicles  dense,  subsessile,  umbellate,  terminal  and  axillary, 
ferruginous- tomentose,  shorter  than  the  leaves;  pedicels  often  short, 
sometimes  7-8  mm.  long;  flowers  6-7  mm.  long;  anthers  4-celled, 
all  fertile,  the  glabrous  filaments  of  the  outer  series  twice  as  long,  the 
inner  sparsely  pilose,  the  glands  sessile;  style  much  longer  than  the 
glabrous  ovary. — Neg.  3589. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  197;  det.  Mez).  Ecuador;  Colombia; 
Venezuela. 

Persea  peruviana  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  155.  1836;  140. 

Branchlets,  inflorescence,  and  leaves  beneath  softly  and  densely 
ferruginous-pubescent  with  fine,  crisped  hairs;  blades  elliptic-oblong, 
subacuminate,  subrigid,  15-25  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide;  petioles 
3-5  cm.  long;  inflorescence  dense,  thyrsoid,  only  3  cm.  long;  flowers 
6-8  mm.  long,  sessile  or  nearly  so;  anthers  4-celled,  the  2  inner 
series  sterile,  about  equaling  the  densely  yellow-lanate  filaments; 
style  much  longer  than  the  glabrous  ovary. — Probably  a  large  tree. 
Neg.  3574. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  1310,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  879 

Persea  pyrifolia  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  145.  1836.  Laurus  cordata 
Veil.  Fl.  Flum.  4:  pi.  50;  text  163.  1825.  P.  cordata  Mez,  Jahrb. 
Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  165.  1889,  non  Meissn. 

Branchlets  densely  leafy,  more  or  less  yellowish-tomentulose, 
like  the  short  but  long-peduncled  inflorescences;  leaves  glabrous 
or  minutely  and  finely  pubescent  beneath,  ovate  or  elliptic-obovate, 
mostly  acute  or  acuminate,  usually  about  10  cm.  long  and  4-6  cm. 
wide  (narrower  in  the  Peruvian  form);  flowers  ferruginous-tomen- 
tose,  5  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long;  outer  perianth  segments 
much  shorter  than  the  inner;  filaments  pilose,  half  longer  than  the 
4-celled  anthers;  style  2.5  times  as  long  as  the  glabrous  ovary.— 
A  tree  of  12  meters,  said  to  be  valuable  for  its  fine  wood.  The 
Spruce  specimen  may  be  rather  P.  Raimondii. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4919  (det.  Mez).  Brazil.  "Ca- 
nella  rosa." 

Persea  Raimondii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  725.  1929. 

Branches  glabrate;  petioles  2-3.5  cm.  long;  blades  mostly  elliptic, 
acute  at  the  base,  narrowed  and  short-acuminate  at  the  apex, 
12-19  cm.  long,  5.5-9  cm.  wide,  short-strigillose  or  pilose  beneath, 
or  glabrate  in  age;  inflorescence  very  sparsely  short-pilose,  some- 
times 9.5  cm.  long;  stamens  4.5  mm.  long,  the  densely  pilose  fila- 
ments 3  mm.  long,  the  anthers  4-celled,  those  of  the  third  series 
2-celled  and  apparently  sterile;  style  3  times  as  long  as  the  glabrous 
ovary. — Probably  a  tree.  Related  to  the  reddish-tomentose  P. 
boliviensis  Mez  &  Rusby.  See  also  P.  cordata,  at  least  as  to  speci- 
men cited.  Neg.  3576. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi,  type.     "Paltojera." 

Persea  Ruizii  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  18.  1931.  Laurus 
ferruginea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  372.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  5.  P. 
ferruginea  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  154.  1889,  non  HBK. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  the  fleshy  branchlets  densely  red-villous  at 
first,  like  the  inflorescence  and  rugose- veined  leaves  beneath;  peti- 
oles thick,  1  cm.  long;  blades  rigid,  finely  pilose  on  the  nerves  above, 
even  in  age,  cordate-ovate,  obtuse,  6-10  cm.  long,  4-6  cm.  wide; 
inflorescence  much  shorter,  subracemose,  few-flowered;  flowers  7-10 
mm.  long,  the  pedicels  1-4  mm.  long;  filaments  long-pilose,  slightly 
longer  than  the  4-celled  anthers,  the  glands  of  series  3  sessile;  style 
a  little  longer  than  the  glabrous  ovary. — Neg.  3578. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type. 


880  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Persea  scoparia  Mez,  Spic.  Laur.  115.  1892. 

A  tree  or  shrub  with  slender,  glabrous  branchlets,  pruinose  at 
the  tip;  petioles  mostly  5-8  mm.  long;  blades  oblong-elliptic,  sub- 
obtuse  or  somewhat  acute  at  both  ends,  coriaceous,  glabrous,  the 
larger  9  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  a  little  shorter, 
slenderly  long-peduncled,  minutely  ferruginous-sericeous-tomentu- 
lose  or  glabrous;  flowers  few,  on  pedicels  scarcely  1  mm.  long,  the 
outer  segments  much  shorter  than  the  ovate  inner  ones,  these  nearly 
2  mm.  long,  tomentulose. — Compared  by  Mez  with  P.  Mutisii. 
Similar,  too,  is  P.  brevipes  Meissn.  of  Ecuador,  with  subsessile, 
pilose  inflorescences,  pedicels  2-5  mm.  long,  and  flowers  5  mm.  long. 

Peru:  Probably.    Bolivia. 

Persea  stricta  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  141.  1889. 

A  tree  with  the  anthers  of  P.  subcordata,  but  the  blades  mostly 
about  8  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  rigid,  sericeous-tomentulose 
beneath,  acute  or  acutish  at  each  end;  petioles  to  6  mm.  long; 
inflorescence  yellowish- tomentulose,  the  flowers  3.5-4  mm.  long,  sub- 
sessile;  filaments  twice  as  long  as  the  anthers;  style  half  longer 
than  the  glabrous  ovary. — P.  sericea  HBK.,  of  Ecuador,  with 
petioles  to  15  mm.  long  and  flowers  5-6  mm.  long,  which  might  be 
sought  here,  has  essentially  the  stamen  characters  of  P.  ferruginea 
HBK.  Pearce's  locality  may  be  Bolivian. 

Peru(?):  Sandillani  (Pearce,  type). 

Persea  subcordata  (R.  &  P.)  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  492.  1848; 
142.  Laurus  subcordata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  369.  1802;  Laurogr. 
pi.  6. 

A  tall  tree  with  ample,  cordate-ovate-subelliptic,  subobtuse 
leaves;  branchlets,  inflorescence,  and  leaves  beneath,  especially 
on  the  nerves,  ferruginous- villous  or  pilose;  blades  15-20  cm.  long 
and  11-12  cm.  wide,  the  reticulate  nervation  conspicuous  beneath; 
petioles  to  4  cm.  long;  inflorescence  long-peduncled,  about  equaling 
the  leaves;  flowers  5  mm.  long;  anthers  in  3  fertile  series,  those 
of  the  third  series  2-celled;  filaments  scarcely  as  long,  pilose,  the 
glands  subsessile;  glabrous  ovary  and  style  subequal. — A  tree  25-30 
meters  high  (Pearce).  P.  vestita  Mez,  154,  of  Bolivia  probably 
occurs  in  southeastern  Peru;  the  anthers  of  the  third  series  are 
4-celled;  petioles  to  2  cm.  long;  leaves  narrower,  scarcely  cordate. 
Neg.  3578. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  881 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Pan  de  Azucar, 
Sawada  76  (det.  Schmidt). — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas  (Mathews 
179}. — Department  uncertain:  Sandillani  (Pearce). 

Persea  Weberbaueri  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  66.  1906. 

A  shrub,  well  characterized  by  its  small,  elliptic-rounded  leaves, 
glabrous  above  but  sericeous  beneath;  petioles  to  8  mm.  long; 
inflorescence  subequaling  the  leaves,  densely  ferruginous-tomentu- 
lose,  like  the  young  branchlets;  pedicels  to  3  mm.  long;  flowers 
4^4.5  mm.  long,  the  outer  segments  only  half  as  long  as  the  inner; 
filaments  densely  long-pilose,  thrice  longer  than  the  4-celled  anthers 
(all  fertile);  glands  short-stipitate;  style  twice  as  long  as  the  densely 
pilose  ovary. — Neg.  3580. 

Puno:  Below  Tambo  Cachicachi,  1,800  meters,  Weberbauer  1161, 
type;  242. 

7.  PHOEBE  Nees 

Similar  to  Persea,  but  the  perianth  tube  sometimes  obvious,  the 
lobes  often  equal,  and  the  lower  anther  cells  of  the  4-celled  anthers 
little  broader  than  the  broadest  part  of  the  upper  2.  Perianth 
lobes  (when  persistent)  and  pedicel  obviously  accrescent  in  fruit. — 
The  difference  in  anther  cells  used  by  Mez  to  distinguish  this  genus 
from  Persea  is  often  slight  or  not  clear. 

Leaves  mostly  of  an  ovate-elliptic  type,  rounded,  obtuse,  oblique, 

or  short-acute  at  the  base;  anthers  partly  2-celled. 
Leaves  shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  pinnate-nerved;  anthers  of  the 

third  series  2-celled P.  heteranthera. 

Leaves  subacutely  caudate-acuminate,  somewhat  3-nerved;  an- 
thers of  the  third  series  4-celled P.  maynensis. 

Leaves  mostly  more  oblong-  or  lance-elliptic,  acute  at  the  base; 

anthers  of  the  third  series  unknown  (4-celled  in  P.  Mathewsii). 

Inflorescence  subracemose;  leaves  pinnate-nerved ...  P.  Mathewsii. 

Inflorescence  more  or  less  panicled;  leaves  usually  3-nerved  from 

near  the  base. 
Style  and  ovary  subequal. 

Leaves  3-nerved P.  Poeppigii. 

Leaves  pinnate-nerved P.  pichisensis. 

Style  elongate P.  cinnamomifolia. 

Phoebe  cinnamomifolia  (HBK.)  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  488.  1848; 
212.  Persea  cinnamomifolia  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  160.  1817. 


882  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

A  tree  with  oblong-lanceolate  or  elliptic-lanceolate  leaves,  acute 
at  both  ends,  mostly  10-15  cm.  long  and  4  cm.  wide,  and  narrow, 
panicled,  more  or  less  white-pilose  inflorescences  about  equaling 
the  leaves,  of  few  to  many  flowers;  blades  glabrous  or  obscurely 
puberulent  beneath,  somewhat  3-nerved,  the  nerves  and  reticu- 
lation fine,  prominent  only  beneath;  flowers  slightly  to  densely 
pilose,  2.5  mm.  long;  filaments  and  4-celled  anthers  glabrous,  sub- 
equal;  glands  foliaceous,  staminodia  large,  cordate,  slightly  pilose. 
-Neg.  3590. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  166}.    Colombia;  Venezuela. 

Phoebe  heteranthera  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  185.  1889.  P.  Ruiziana  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  489.  1848.  Laurus 
heteranthera  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  364.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  4. 

A  shrub  or  tree  with  yellowish-puberulent  branchlets,  soon  gla- 
brate,  and  crowded,  thyrsoid  inflorescences  much  shorter  than  the 
leaves;  blades  coriaceous,  glabrous  but  barbellate  beneath  in  the 
nerve  axils,  mostly  7-8  cm.  long  and  3-4  cm.  wide,  the  nerves  im- 
mersed above,  the  reticulation  beneath  fine;  flowers  sparsely  puberu- 
lent, about  3  mm.  long;  stamens  pilose,  the  outer  anthers  4-celled, 
those  of  the  third  series  2-celled;  glands  and  staminodia  large,  the 
former  punctate,  the  latter  pilose;  style  and  ovary  subequal. — Neg. 
3594. 

Peru:  According  to  a  Ruiz  specimen  in  Herb.  Berlin.  Loja, 
Ecuador,  according  to  Mez,  loc.  cit.,  but  without  data  at  Madrid. 

Phoebe  Mathewsii  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
217.  1889.  Persea  punctata  Meissn.  var.  Mathewsii  Meissn.  in  DC. 
Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  505.  1864. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  minutely  yellowish-tomentose  on  the  young 
branchlet  tips;  blades  narrowly  elliptic,  obovate  or  oblong,  acute 
at  the  base,  subobtuse  and  mucronulate  at  the  apex,  about  9  cm. 
long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above,  sparsely  pilose  on  the  nerves 
above  and  beneath,  becoming  glabrate,  rather  thick,  conspicuously 
and  finely  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides;  inflorescence  exceeding  the 
leaves,  at  least  in  fruit;  perianth  lobes  enlarged  at  the  base  of  the 
ellipsoid  fruit,  this  11  mm.  long,  7  mm.  thick;  pedicels  very  short, 
fleshy-turbinate. — Referred  to  Phoebe  with  doubt,  the  flowers  being 
unknown  (Mez).  Neg.  27633. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 

Phoebe  maynensis  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  118.  1836;  214.  P.  peruvi- 
ana  Meissn.  var.  glabriflora  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  32.  1864. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  883 

A  tall,  glabrate  tree,  sometimes  40  meters  high;  branchlet  tips 
and  inflorescence  minutely  and  sparsely  puberulent;  blades  char- 
taceous,  undulate-margined,  glabrous  but  barbellate  beneath  in  the 
nerve  axils,  somewhat  3-nerved,  mostly  15  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  wide, 
the  acumination  often  1  cm.  long;  filaments  and  sometimes  the  4- 
celled  anthers  sparsely  long-pilose,  subequal ;  staminodia  subcordate, 
glabrous;  style  slightly  shorter  than  the  ovary. — Negs.  359,  3595. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2305,  type;  at  200  meters,  Williams 
4774  (det.  Schmidt).— Junin:  La  Merced,  600  meters,  5364  (det. 
Schmidt). — San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,350  meters,  Williams  7406, 
Juanjui,  400  meters,  King  3768.  "Muena." 

Phoebe  pichisensis  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58: 
103.  1931. 

A  tree  of  10  meters;  branchlets  sub  terete,  soon  glabrous;  petioles 
slender,  puberulent,  6-10  mm.  long;  blades  ovate-oblong,  cuneate 
at  the  base,  short-acuminate,  '8-12  cm.  long,  2.5-4  cm.  wide,  nearly 
glabrous  above,  pilose  beneath,  chartaceous,  the  lateral  nerves  pale, 
conspicuous;  panicle  many-flowered,  minutely  puberulent;  flowers 
3-3.5  mm.  long;  staminodia  glabrous,  0.5  mm.  long. — Very  similar 
to  P.  brasiliensis  Mez,  with  pilose  staminodia. 

Junin:  Pichis  Trail,  900  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  25430,  type.— 
San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7626,  7085  (det. 
Schmidt).  "Pishcu  muena,"  "muena." 

Phoebe  Poeppigii  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  33.  1864. 
Laurus  triplinervis  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  363.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  9. 
P.  triplinervis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  211.  1889,  non 
Griseb. ;  P.  peruviana  Meissn.  op.  cit.  32.  P.  heterotepala  Mez,  Repert. 
Nov.  Sp.  3:  67.  1906. 

Very  similar  to  P.  cinnamomifolia  (HBK.)  Nees,  but  the  leaves 
minutely  pilose  beneath,  the  flowers  a  little  larger,  their  segments 
often  unequal,  the  ovary  and  style  subequal;  glands  subglobose; 
staminodia  sagittate. — A  shrub  or  tree,  sometimes  10-12  meters 
high  (Weberbauer}.  The  unequal  perianth  segments,  upon  which 
character  Mez  establishes  P.  heterotepala,  seem  to  me  to  be  equally 
evident  in  the  specimens  of  Ruiz  and  Poeppig.  Negs.  27632,  7269, 
3606. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  1,200  meters,  Weberbauer  3487,  3496;  284. 
Cochero,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type;  Poeppig  1311. 


884  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

8.  OCOTEAAubl. 

Scarcely  recognizable  among  the  genera  having  4-celled  anthers, 
except  as  indicated  in  the  key,  many  characters  being  shared  with 
other  genera;  the  flowers,  most  often  dioecious,  may  be  perfect,  the 
perianth  tube  conspicuous  or  none,  the  lobes  persistent  or  deciduous, 
the  filaments  longer  or  shorter  than  the  anthers,  or  none,  at  least 
those  of  series  3  glandular.  Ovary  various,  the  style  longer  or  shorter. 
Cup  of  the  fruit  simple  or  double-margined. — The  anther  cells  are 
placed  as  in  Persea  and  Phoebe,  with  which  groups  it  could  most 
readily  be  united  if  the  perhaps  arbitrary  acceptance  of  the  develop- 
ment of  staminodia  as  a  generic  character  should  be  discarded.  In 
the  following  descriptions  the  flowers  may  be  understood  to  be  dioe- 
cious unless  otherwise  stated.  0.  balanocarpa  and  0.  Trianae, 
described  from  fruiting  material,  are  omitted  from  the  following 
keys;  the  latter  may  suggest  0.  guyanensis. 

Key  based  on  leaf  characters 

A.  Leaves  mostly  less,  often  much  less,  than  10  cm.  long,  or  at  any 
rate  about  4.5  cm.  wide  or  narrower. 

Leaves  conspicuously  pubescent  beneath  (see  0.  cuprea). 

Pubescence  silvery,  the  trichomes  long,  closely  appressed. 

0.  guyanensis. 

Pubescence  softly  pilose  on  the  leaves  beneath 0.  tenella. 

Pubescence  a  rusty  or  reddish  tomentum. 

Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  mostly  10-12  cm.  long.  .  .0.  Jelskii. 
Leaves  ovate-elliptic,  often  shorter. 

Pubescence  reddish;  blades  about  10  cm.  long .  .0.  cardinalis. 
Pubescence  rusty;  blades  about  6  cm.  long. .  .0.  ferruginea. 
Leaves  glabrous  or  more  or  less  obscurely  pubescent  beneath. 
Leaves,  at  least  the  younger  ones,  sericeous-puberulent  beneath. 

Leaves  smooth  above,  not  foveolate 0.  cuprea. 

Leaves  foveolate- veined 0.  aciphylla. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate. 

Flowers  small,  sometimes  2  mm.  long;  inflorescence  glabrous 
or  soon  glabrate. 

Leaves  firm,  obscurely  veined,  heavy  or  fleshy-coriaceous 
and  dull. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  885 

Leaves  acute;  filaments  pilose 0.  minutiflora. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  apex;  filaments  glabrous. 

0.  subrutilans. 

Leaves  distinctly  veined  or  thin,  more  or  less  lustrous. 
Petioles  short,  3-7  mm.  long. 

Leaves  acute  at  both  ends 0.  minarum. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  apex 0.  jumbillensis. 

Leaves  caudate-acuminate 0.  tarapotensis. 

Petioles  long  and  often  slender,  to  11  mm.  long  or  longer. 

Inflorescence  usually  only  2-5  cm.  long. 

0.  leptobotra,  0.  caudata. 
Inflorescences  mostly  elongate. 
Flowers  usually  dioecious. 
Leaves  acuminate,  often  wider  than  3.5  cm. 

Leaves  3.5-6.5  cm.  wide;  perianth  lobes  unequal. 

0.  Killipii. 
Leaves  3-4  cm.  wide;  perianth  lobes  equal. 

0.  marmellensis. 

Leaves  acute,  2.5-3.5  cm.  wide 0.  minarum. 

Flowers  perfect 0.  Keriana. 

Flowers  usually  2-2.5  mm.  long;  inflorescence  pubescent  or 
tomentulose. 

Leaves  about  2  cm.  wide. 

Flowers  perfect;  leaves  acuminate 0.  Weberbaueri. 

Flowers  dioecious;  leaves  subobtuse 0.  Mandoni. 

Leaves  often  4  cm.  wide  or  wider. 

Flowers  racemose  or  subracemose 0.  munacensis. 

Flowers  most  often  subcorymbose. 

Branchlets  more  or  less  tomentulose;  leaves  acute. 

Leaves  about  4  cm.  wide;  pedicels  to  5  mm.  long. 

0.  monzonensis. 
Leaves  2.5-3.5  cm.  wide;  pedicels  to  3  mm.  long. 

0.  minarum. 
Branchlets  glabrate;  leaves  acuminate. 

Leaves  usually  much  longer  than  the  inflorescence; 
flowers  dioecious. 


886  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  chartaceous;  flowers  racemose-paniculate. 

0.  maynensis. 
Leaves   rigid-coriaceous;  flowers  fastigiate-panic- 

ulate 0.  Schomburgkiana. 

Leaves   and    inflorescence  often  subequal;  flowers 

perfect. 
Leaves  cuneate  at  the  base,  long-acuminate. 

0.  Keriana. 

Leaves  obtuse  at  the  base,  rounded  or  broadly 
acuminate  at  the  apex 0.  piurensis. 

A.  Leaves  mostly  longer  than  10  cm.,  or  most  of  them  definitely 

wider  than  4.5  cm. 
B.  Leaves  medium-sized,  mostly  12-15  cm.  long  and  4.5-7.5  cm. 

wide. 
C.  Leaves  pubescent,  usually  very  minutely  so,  at  least  on  the 

veins  beneath. 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic  or  obovate,  usually  5.5-8  cm.  wide 
(see  0.  aciphylla). 

Pubescence  rusty,  rather  conspicuous;  petioles  about  1  cm. 

long. 
Inflorescence  much  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  gla- 

brate 0.  macropoda. 

Inflorescence  and  leaves  subequal  (unless  in  0.  amazo- 
nica). 

Flowers  puberulent 0.  ovalifolia. 

Flowers  pilose 0.  amazonica. 

Pubescence  pale,  minute;  petioles  often  only  5  mm.  long. 

Petioles  12-18  mm.  long;  branchlets  glabrous. 

0.  Ottoschmidtii. 

Petioles  all  or  most  of  them  shorter  than  10  mm. ;  branch- 
lets,  at  least  at  first,  pubescent. 

Branchlets  terete,  glabrate 0.  rubrinervis. 

Branchlets  sharply  angled,  slightly  pubescent. 

Branchlets  tomentulose;  leaves  acute-attenuate  at 
the  base 0.  aurantiodora. 

Branchlets    pilose,    not    tomentulose;    leaf    blades 
rounded  at  the  base.  .  .  .0.  otuzensis. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  887 

Leaves  lance-elliptic,  usually  narrower  (see  also  0.  aurantio- 

dora  and  0.  amazonica). 

Petioles,  except  in  0.  Raimondii,  1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  pubes- 
cence, at  least  at  first,  dense. 
Leaves  more  or  less  glabrate  in  age,  the  hairs  loose  or 

coarse;  filaments  glabrous 0.  Rusbyana. 

Leaves  densely  and  minutely  pilose  beneath,  even  in  age; 

filaments  pilose. 
Pubescence  beneath  obvious  only  under  a  lens,  but 

the  leaves  bicolorous 0.  Dielsiana. 

Pubescence  on  the  leaves  beneath  obvious. 

0.  Trianae,  0.  Raimondii. 
Petioles  usually  about  1  cm.  long;  pubescence  from  the 

first  sparse,  except  in  0.  aciphylla. 
Pubescence  a  minute  puberulence. 
Leaves  acuminate. 

Pubescence  sparse 0.  puberula. 

Pubescence  dense 0.  aciphylla. 

Leaves  obtuse  or  obscurely  acute 0.  micans. 

Pubescence  a  sparse  pilosity 0.  petalanthera. 

C.  Leaves  (mature)  glabrous,  or  with  some  pubescence  in  the 

axils  beneath,  at  the  leaf  base,  or  on  the  costa. 
Leaves  more  or  less  abruptly  subcaudate-acuminate,  the  acu- 

mination  1  cm.  long  or  longer  (seeO.  Killipii). 
Perianth  tube  none  or  extremely  short. 

Inflorescence  glabrous 0.  tarapotana. 

Inflorescence  at  least  minutely  pubescent ...  0.  maynensis. 
Perianth  tube  obvious. 

Leaves  papyraceous,  dull  or  little  lustrous 0.  caudata. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  very  lustrous  above. 

Leaves  densely  reticulate- veined  beneath.  .0.  laxiflora. 
Leaves  subobscurely  and  laxly  reticulate-veined  be- 
neath   0.  leptobotra. 

Leaves  obtuse,  acute,  or,  if  long-acuminate,  gradually  so. 
Perianth  tube  conspicuous. 

Inflorescence  densely  tomentulose 0.  compacta. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  glabrate. 


FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  conspicuously  obovate,  obtuse  or  rounded  at 

the  apex 0.  obovata. 

Leaves  scarcely  obovate,  or  only  the  larger  ones,  acute. 

0.  cuneifolia. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete  or  very  short. 
Reticulate  venation  of  the  leaves  obscure,  even  beneath. 
Inflorescence  rather  lax,  the  branchlets  slender. 

0.  multiglandulosa. 
Inflorescence  very  dense,  the  branchlets  thick. 

0.  architectorum. 

Reticulation  of  the  leaves  more  or  less  prominent. 
Leaves  densely  white-puncticulate  beneath;  inflores- 
cence glabrate 0.  albopunctulata. 

Leaves  not  white-punctate;  inflorescence  more  or  less 

pubescent. 
Flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long. 

Perianth  tube  none 0.  puberula. 

Perianth  tube  1  mm.  long 0.  Killipii. 

Flowers  3.2-3.5  mm.  long 0.  Tessmannii. 

B.  Leaves  ample,  mostly  20-35  cm.  long,  or  at  least  8  cm.  wide 

(see  0.  cuneifolia,  0.  aurantiodora). 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic  or  obovate,  about  twice  as  long  as  wide 
(see  sometimes  0.  aurantiodora). 

Leaves  pubescent  beneath,  the  pubescence  ferruginous. 

Petioles  developed 0.  ovalifolia. 

Petioles  almost  obsolete 0.  licanioides. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate  beneath. 
Flowers  pubescent. 
Leaves  rigid-coriaceous;  flowers  sericeous,  subsessile. 

0.  caniflora. 
Leaves  somewhat  flexible;  flowers  moderately  pubescent, 

pedicellate 0.  obovata. 

Flowers  glabrous. 

Leaves  suboblong;  branchlets  angulate 0.  olivacea. 

Leaves  oval-elliptic;  branchlets  terete.  .0.  marowynensis. 
Leaves  lance-elliptic,  3  or  more  times  as  long  as  wide. 
Pedicels  2-4  (1-5)  mm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  889 

Leaves  thin;  petioles  mostly  2.5-3  cm.  long.  .0.  ucayalensis. 
Leaves  thick;  petioles  mostly  2  cm.  long  or  shorter. 

0.  aurantiodora. 
Pedicels  very  short  or  obsolete. 

Inflorescence  dense;  leaves  rigid-coriaceous  in  age,  obscurely 

reticulate- veined 0.  amplissima. 

Inflorescence  very  large  and  open;  leaves  rather  thin  or,  if 

rigid,  strongly  reticulate- veined. 
Leaves  densely  pubescent  beneath 0.  magnified. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  minutely  puberulent  beneath. 

0.  grandifolia. 

Technical  key 
A.  Flowers  perfect. 

Leaves  definitely  reddish-pubescent  beneath. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete 0.  ovalifolia. 

Perianth  tube  well  developed. 

Anthers  elliptic  or  subovate 0.  Jelskii. 

Anthers  quadrate. 

Flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long 0.  cardinalis. 

Flowers  4-5  mm.  long 0.  ferruginea. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  more  or  less  obscurely  pubescent  beneath. 

B.  Anthers  of  series  1  and  2  subsessile,  or  longer  than  the  fila- 
ments. 
Leaves  20  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Leaves  chartaceous;  inflorescence  glabrous 0.  olivacea. 

Leaves  fleshy-rigid ;  inflorescence  slightly  tomentulose. 

0.  amplissima. 
Leaves  smaller,  usually  much  smaller. 

Leaves  obovate,  at  least  the  larger  ones. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete 0.  jumbillensis. 

Perianth  tube  and  lobes  subequal. 

Flowers  2-3.5   (-4)   mm.  long;  outer  anthers  ovate; 
style  obvious 0.  cuneifolia. 

Flowers  2  mm.  long;  anthers  subquadrate;  stigma  sub- 
sessile 0.  minutiflora. 

Leaves  not  obovate,  sometimes  oblanceolate,  acuminate. 


890  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  densely  foveolate 0.  aciphylla. 

Leaves  smooth. 

Inflorescence  5-14  cm.  long. 
Leaves  coriaceous,  conspicuously  reticulate-veined 

beneath 0.  piurensis. 

Leaves  chartaceous,  less  conspicuously  reticulate- 
veined. 

Flowers  3.5-4  mm.  wide 0.  Raimondii. 

Flowers  smaller. 
Leaves  acuminate,  10  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Petioles  to  11  mm.  long;  inflorescence  puber- 

ulent 0.  Keriana. 

Petioles  to  18  mm.  long;  inflorescence  gla- 
brous  0.  Ottoschmidtii. 

Leaves  acute,  rarely  if  ever  10  cm.  long. 

0.  minarum. 
Inflorescence  2-3  (-4)  cm.  long. 

Leaves  glabrous 0.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  soft-pubescent  beneath 0.  tenella. 

B.  Anthers  of  series  1  and  2  shorter  than  or  barely  equaling  the 

well  developed  filaments. 

Perianth  tube  conspicuous;  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long. 
Ovary  and  style  subequal;  leaves  obtuse  at  the  base. 

0.  piurensis. 
Ovary  shorter  than  the  slender  style;  leaves  cuneate  at  the 

base 0.  compacta. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long.  .0.  Tessmannii. 
A.  Flowers  dioecious  or  rarely  monoecious. 
Leaves  ample,  mostly  20-35  cm.  long  and  8  cm.  wide  or  wider. 
Leaves  pubescent  beneath  or  glabrate  in  age. 
Leaves  densely  villous  beneath. 

Leaves  subsessile,  the  short  petioles  stout.  .  .  .0.  licanioides. 
Leaves  conspicuously  petiolate,  the  petioles  slender. 

0.  magnified. 

Leaves  sparsely  pilose  or  becoming  glabrate.  .0.  aurantiodora. 
Leaves  glabrous,  even  beneath,  or  essentially  so. 
Flowers  white-pubescent. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  891 

Leaves  very  rigid,  elliptic;  style  pilose 0.  caniflora. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  obovate;  style  glabrous. .  .0.  grandifolia. 
Flowers  glabrous  or  nearly  so. 
Perianth  tube  conspicuous,  at  least  1  mm.  long.  .0.  caudata. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete 0.  ucayalensis. 

Leaves  small  to  medium-sized,  rarely  longer  than  15  cm. 
C.  Outer  filaments  pubescent,  sometimes  very  short. 
Leaves  (at  least  the  younger  ones)  beautifully  sericeous;  fila- 
ments very  short. 
Pubescence  of  the  younger  leaves  coppery;  perianth  tube 

obsolete 0.  cuprea. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaves  silvery  beneath;  perianth  tube 

conspicuous 0.  guyanensis. 

Leaves  less  pubescent;  filaments  often  well  developed. 

Flowers  mostly  or  all  conspicuously  pedicellate,  the  pedi- 
cels 3-7  mm.  long,  or  only  a  few  of  them  shorter. 

Leaves  obovate;  flowers  white 0.  obovata. 

Leaves  elliptic;  flowers  greenish  yellow. .  .0.  monzonensis. 
Flowers  mostly  or  all  subsessile,  the  longest  pedicels  2  (-3) 
mm.  long. 

Perianth  tube  well  developed 0.  otuzensis. 

Perianth  tube  obsolete. 

Inflorescence  ample,  longer  than  the  leaves. 

0.  Dielsiana. 
Inflorescence  shorter  than  the  leaves  (see,  rarely,  0. 

cuprea) . 
Flowers  strigose;  leaves  sparsely  strigose  beneath 

on  the  nerves 0.  petalanthera. 

Flowers  glabrous  or  puberulent,  like  the  leaves 
beneath,  or  the  leaves  barbellate  in  the  axils  of 
the  nerves. 

Blades  about  15  cm.  long 0.  puberula. 

Blades  3-4  cm.  long 0.  Mandonii. 

C.  Outer  filaments  glabrous,   sometimes  very  short  or  even 

lacking. 

Inflorescence  conspicuously  shorter  than  the  leaves  (some- 
times terminal). 


892  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  lustrous-pubescent  beneath 0.  micans. 

Leaves,  if  pubescent,  not  lustrous. 
Leaves  densely  white-puncticulate  beneath. 

0.  albopuncticulata. 
Leaves  less  or  not  at  all  puncticulate. 
Inflorescence  glabrous. 
Perianth  tube  evident;  anthers  quadrate,   obtuse, 

sessile  or  subsessile 0.  caudata. 

Perianth  tube  short  or  obsolete;  anthers  ovate  or 

elliptic  and  acute 0.  tarapotana. 

Inflorescence  pubescent. 
Leaves  tomentose  or  pilose  beneath. 

Flowers  glabrate 0.  macropoda. 

Flowers  pilose 0.  amazonica. 

Leaves  glabrous,  or  the  nerves  pilose  beneath. 
Leaves  pilose,  at  least  on  the  nerves. 
Inflorescence  puberulent,  racemose. 

0.  munacensis. 

Inflorescence  pilose,  pyramidal.  .  .0.  amazonica. 
Leaves  glabrous. 
Leaves  rigid;  style  well  developed. 

Flowers  subsessile 0.  architectorum. 

Flowers  pedicellate 0.  Schomburgkiana. 

Leaves  thin  or  flexible;  style  obsolete. 

0.  maynensis. 

Inflorescence  more  or  less  approximating  the  leaves  in  length, 
usually  terminal  or  sub  terminal. 

Inflorescence  glabrous  or  essentially  so  (seeO.  marmellensis). 

Leaves  fleshy-coriaceous,  rounded  at  the  apex. 

0.  subrutilans. 
Leaves  chartaceous  or  finally  coriaceous,  more  or  less 

acuminate. 

Leaves  more  or  less,  sometimes  obscurely,  pubescent 
beneath. 

Leaves  caudate-acuminate 0.  caudata. 

Leaves  obtusely  acuminate 0.  Killipii. 

Leaves  glabrous. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  893 

Anthers  subquadrate,  obtuse;  inflorescence  narrowly 

paniculate 0.  laxiflora. 

Anthers  subovate,  acutish;  inflorescence  squarrose- 

paniculate 0.  leptobotra. 

Inflorescence  at  least  finely  pubescent. 
Petioles  short,  5-8  mm.  long. 

Leaves  to  10  cm.  long 0.  rubrinervis. 

Leaves  20  cm.  long  or  longer 0.  licanioides. 

Petioles  all  or  mostly  longer  than  8  mm. 

Perianth  tube  conspicuous 0.  aurantiodora. 

Perianth  tube  none  or  short. 
Anthers  more  or  less  emarginate;  leaves  obscurely 

short-acuminate. 

Inflorescence  lax,  paniculate,  pilose;  ovary  pilose. 

0.  multiglandulosa. 

Inflorescence  thyrsoid,   tomentulose;   ovary  gla- 
brous  0.  minarum. 

Anthers  ovate,  acute;  leaves  acuminate  .0.  Rusbyana. 
Anthers  rectangular;  leaves  caudate. 

0.  marmellensis. 

Ocotea  aciphylla  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  243. 
1889.  Oreodaphne  aciphylla  Nees,  Linnaea  8:  43.  1833. 

A  tree  20  meters  high,  the  bark  aromatic;  petioles  to  13  mm.  long; 
blades  coriaceous  only  in  age,  glabrous  and  typically  very  lustrous 
above,  more  or  less  sericeous  beneath,  densely  punctulate-foveolate- 
venulose  on  both  sides,  ovate-lanceolate  or  lanceolate,  scarcely  or 
shortly  acute  at  the  base,  long-acuminate,  about  10  cm.  long  and 
2.5-3  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  laxly  pyramidal,  subhirsute,  shorter 
than  the  leaves;  flowers  perfect,  tomentose,  the  tube  conspicuous; 
filaments  densely  pilose;  anthers  ovate,  very  acute;  ovary  glabrous. — 
Neg.  22071. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  891,  608,  755.  Florida, 
180  meters,  Klug  2315.  Brazil.  "Muena  negra." 

Ocotea  albopunctulata  Mez,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  16:  307.  1920. 

A  tree  of  30  meters,  with  terete,  soon  glabrate  branchlets  and 
coriaceous,  elliptic,  broadly  acuminate  leaves,  usually  a  little  more 
than  10  cm.  long  and  less  than  half  as  wide;  petioles  often  2  cm.  long; 
blades  glaucescent  green  above,  dull  and  densely  white-punctulate 


894  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

beneath,  obscurely  pilose,  at  least  on  the  nerves;  inflorescences  much 
shorter  than  the  leaves;  pedicels  to  3  mm.  long;  flowers  2.5  mm.  long, 
the  tube  very  short;  filaments  glabrous;  anthers  large,  subovate, 
rounded  at  the  apex. — Neg.  3618. 

Rio  Acre:  Seringal  San  Francisco,  Ule  9398,  type.  Near  mouth 
of  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5279. 

Ocotea  amazonica  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
359.  1889.  Oreodaphne  amazonica  Meissn.  in  "DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
123.  1864. 

Younger  branchlets  ferruginous- tomentose,  angled;  petioles  to 
13  mm.  long,  tomentose;  blades  chartaceous  or  rather  membranous, 
at  maturity  lustrous  above  and  glabrous  except  for  the  somewhat 
tomentulose,  impressed  nerves,  pilose  and  prominently  nerved  be- 
neath, reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  elliptic  or  obovate,  acute  at 
the  base,  mucronate-acuminate,  about  13  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide; 
inflorescence  few-flowered,  typically  much  shorter  than  the  leaves, 
ferruginous- tomentose;  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long;  staminate  flowers 
2-3  mm.  long,  tomentose-pilose,  the  tube  obsolete,  the  segments 
reflexed,  acute;  filaments  glabrous,  longer  than  the  anthers,  these 
subrectangular,  obtuse;  staminodia  none. — Neg.  3619. 

Peru:  Possibly.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Ocotea  amplissima  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  68.  1906. 

A  well  marked  shrub  because  of  its  thick,  angled,  glabrate  branch- 
lets  and  its  large  (about  30  cm.  long  and  10  cm.  wide),  extremely 
fleshy-rigid,  elliptic  leaves,  obtuse  or  acute  at  the  base,  beautifully 
acuminate;  inflorescence  slightly  tomentulose;  flowers  perfect;  peri- 
anth tube  elongate,  equaling  the  lobes;  pedicels  to  1.5  mm.  long; 
anthers  suborbicular,  obviously  contracted  at  the  base;  ovary  gla- 
brous, slightly  shorter  than  the  style. — A  shrub  of  3-4.5  meters,  with 
green  flowers,  allied  to  0.  Weberbaueri  Mez  and  0.  Stuebelii  Mez, 
the  latter  of  Colombia,  with  leaves  a  third  smaller,  the  pedicels  to 
3  mm.  long.  Neg.  3620. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3550,  type;  255. 
Pan  de  Azucar,  Sawada  80  (det.  Schmidt). 

Ocotea  architectorum  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  70.  1906. 

A  tall  tree,  20  meters  high,  with  minutely  puberulent,  subangu- 
late  branchlets,  rigid,  glabrous,  elliptic  blades,  and  short,  terminal, 
cinereous- tomentulose  inflorescences  of  subsessile,  white  flowers; 
petioles  about  1  cm.  long;  blades  short-acuminate,  about  15  cm.  long 


FLORA  OF  PERU     -  895 

and  6-7  cm.  wide;  perianth  tube  short;  filaments  glabrous,  shorter 
than  the  subrectangular  anthers;  ovary  glabrous,  elliptic,  equaling 
the  style.— Wood  used  for  construction.  Bark  of  the  branches 
aromatic  (Weberbauer).  Compared  by  Mez  with  the  West  Indian 
0.  leucoxylon  (Sw.)  Mez.  0.  ceanothifolia  (Nees)  Mez,  365,  similar 
but  with  leaves  10  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  and  conspicuous  perianth 
tube,  may  extend  from  Brazil.  Neg.  3622. 

Cajamarca:  Chugur,  2,700  meters,  Weberbauer  4079,  type;  258, 
259.  "Roble  bianco." 

Ocotea  aurantiodora  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  295.  1889.  Laurus  aurantiodora  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  349. 1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  15.  Mespilodaphne  aurantiodora  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr. 
15,  pt.  1:101. 1864. 

Branches  acutely  angled,  tomentulose;  petioles  2-3  cm.  long; 
blades  acutely  attenuate  at  the  base,  more  or  less  abruptly  acute 
or  acuminate  at  the  apex,  sometimes  very  broadly  elliptic,  often  15- 
20  cm.  long  and  10  cm.  wide,  or  even  larger,  lustrous  above,  sparsely 
pilose-strigillose  beneath  or  finally  glabrate,  rigid-coriaceous,  promi- 
nently reticulate- veined  on  both  sides;  flowers  pubescent,  the  peri- 
anth tube  conspicuous;  filaments  glabrous,  those  of  the  outer  series  a 
third  as  long  as  the  minutely  emarginate,  ovate-rectangular  anthers. 
— A  shrub  or  tree  with  loose,  many-flowered  inflorescences  about 
equaling  the  leaves.  The  type  at  Madrid,  in  fruit,  has  only  upper 
leaves,  the  largest  4.5  cm.  wide  and  13  cm.  long.  Comparable  is 
0.  opifera  Mart.,  291,  of  the  upper  Amazon,  with  tomentulose  in- 
florescence, very  short  perianth  tube,  and  ovate  anthers.  0.  Sprucei 
(Meissn.)  Mez,  323,  and  0.  viburnoides  (Meissn.)  Mez,  322,  have 
narrower  leaves,  4-5  cm.  wide;  the  former  has  leaves  pruinose- 
glaucous  beneath  and  obscurely  reticulate- veined ;  the  latter  has 
leaves  scarcely  paler  beneath  but  densely  and  minutely  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides.  Neg.  29399. 

Huanuco:  Cochero  and  Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Chin- 
chao,  Raimondi. — Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi.  Colombia. 
"Negrito." 

Ocotea  balanocarpa  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
388.  1889.  Laurus  balanocarpa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  354.  1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  16.  Mespilodaphne  balanocarpa  Nees,  Linnaea  21: 
495.  1848. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  known  only  in  fruit,  with  minutely  strigillose, 
subangulate  young  branches  and  coriaceous,  glabrous,  ovate-elliptic 


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leaves,  densely  and  obviously  foveolate-reticulate,  especially  beneath ; 
petioles  to  7  mm.  long;  blades  acute  at  the  base,  more  or  less  acumi- 
nate at  the  apex,  about  10  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence 
apparently  few-flowered;  cup  of  the  fruit  subglobose,  entire-margined, 
the  smooth,  subglobose  fruit  nearly  2  cm.  long,  mucronulate. — Neg. 
3627. 

Peru:  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. 

Ocotea  caniflora  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  69. 1906. 

A  tree  as  much  as  20  meters  high,  with  exceptionally  rigid,  ellip- 
tic, short-acuminate  leaves  about  20  cm.  long  and  8  cm.  wide; 
branchlets  subangulate,  obscurely  ferruginous-tomentulose,  like  the 
crowded  inflorescences;  flowers  white,  white-pubescent,  the  perianth 
tube  short;  filaments  glabrous,  equaling  the  subrectangular  anthers; 
ovary  glabrous,  the  shorter  style  densely  pilose  toward  the  tip.— 
Neg.  3636. 

Cuzco:  Santa  Ana,  1,700  meters,  Weberbauer  5036,  type. 

Ocotea  cardinalis  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  69.  1906. 

A  well  marked  shrub  because  of  its  distinctly  red-tomentose 
pubescence,  especially  on  the  leaves  beneath  and  the  inflorescence; 
petioles  about  1  cm.  long;  blades  acute  at  the  base,  broadly  short- 
acuminate,  about  4.5  cm.  wide;  flowers  green,  perfect,  2-2.5  mm.  long, 
with  a  short  tube,  the  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  filaments  slightly  pilose, 
about  as  long  as  the  quadrate  anthers;  style  shorter  than  the  gla- 
brous ovary. — Related  to  0.  discolor  Mez,  263,  of  Colombia,  with 
much  shorter  petioles,  narrower  leaves,  and  flowers  3-5  mm.  long. 
Neg.  3637. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3545,  type;  255. 

Ocotea  caudata  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  378. 
1889.  Oreodaphne  caudata  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  519.  1848.  Ocotea 
marowynensis  Mez,  op.  cit.  380. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  of  2-6  meters,  well  marked  by  its  thin  (in 
age  subcoriaceous),  elliptic-lanceolate,  definitely  caudate-acuminate 
leaves,  mostly  about  10  cm.  long  and  4-5  cm.  wide;  petioles  to  18 
mm.  long;  reticulation  of  the  leaves  conspicuous;  inflorescence  often 
only  2-4  cm.  long,  with  widely  spreading  branchlets,  glabrate; 
flowers  glabrous,  1-1.5  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  at  least  twice  as  long; 
perianth  tube  rather  conspicuous;  anthers  of  the  outer  series  quad- 
rate, sessile,  the  filaments  pilose;  style  much  exceeded  by  the 
glabrous  ovary. — Flowers  brownish  yellow. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  897 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Tessmann  5148.  Mishuyacu,  100 
meters,  King  123. — San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6503.  Amazonian 
Brazil;  British  Guiana. 

Ocotea  cuneifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
259.  1889.  Laurus  cuneifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  359.  1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  28.  Oreodaphne  cuneata  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  385.  1836. 
Ocotea  cuneata  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11: 18. 1931,  non  Gomez,  1894. 

A  tree  of  13  meters,  the  branchlets  subterete,  minutely  puberulent; 
petioles  slender,  1-1.5  (-2)  cm.  long;  blades  glabrous,  or  barbellate 
in  the  nerve  axils  beneath,  subcoriaceous,  elliptic-lanceolate  or  some- 
what obovate,  short-acuminate  or  acute,  mostly  about  10  cm.  long 
and  5  cm.  wide  but  sometimes  much  larger;  inflorescence  shorter  than 
the  leaves,  dense,  glabrate  or  puberulent;  flowers  perfect,  greenish, 
2-3  (-4)  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  as  long  or  longer;  filaments  very  short, 
densely  pilose,  the  ovate  anthers  minutely  emarginate;  ovary  gla- 
brous, the  style  as  long. — Neg.  27612. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type;  Dombey.  Without  local- 
ity, Raimondi.  Monzon,  900  meters,  Weberbauer  3445;  285. — Without 
locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavon  13-34.  Bolivia. 

Ocotea  cuprea  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  299. 
1889.  Oreodaphne  cuprea  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 114. 1864. 

Readily  recognized  by  the  oblong-lanceolate  leaves,  about  7  cm. 
long  and  2-3  (-5)  cm.  wide,  copper-colored  beneath  with  a  fine, 
sericeous  pubescence,  at  least  when  young,  sometimes  glabrate; 
inflorescence  few-many-flowered,  thyrsoid;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long; 
flowers  yellowish,  2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  filaments 
pilose,  very  short,  the  anthers  somewhat  emarginate;  ovary  glabrous, 
attenuate  into  a  style  twice  as  long. — A  tree  8-17  meters  high,  with 
the  aspect  of  some  Myristicaceae.  Neg.  3648. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4844,  type. — Loreto:  Iquitos, 
100  meters,  Tessmann  5349;  Killip  &  Smith  27302  (det.  Schmidt). 
Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  Klug  2952.  Pebas,  Williams  1884.  Puma- 
yacu,  600-1,200  meters,  Klug  3240.  Bolivia. 

Ocotea  Dielsiana  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
232.  1928. 

Young  branches  slightly  tomentulose;  blades  elliptic  or  obovate- 
elliptic,  narrowed  at  the  base,  subrotund  and  short-acuminate  at 
the  apex,  12-16  cm.  long,  3.6-5.8  cm.  wide,  thin,  glabrous  above 
and  apparently  so  beneath,  but  under  a  lens  with  a  fine,  close, 


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appressed  pubescence  apparent;  inflorescence  ample,  to  almost  20  cm. 
long;  flowers  dioecious,  yellowish,  3.5  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  1  mm. 
long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  filaments  pilose,  one- third  as  long  as  the 
subrectangular,  not  emarginate  but  attenuate  anthers  (of  series  1); 
ovary  glabrous. — Allied  to  0.  opifera  Mart.,  which  see  under  0.  auran- 
tiodora  and  0.  grandifolia.  According  to  the  collector,  a  tree  of 
6  meters,  with  a  trunk  diameter  of  17  cm.  Neg.  3650. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  5097,  type;  3629.  "Muena,"  "muena 
blanca." 

Ocotea  ferruginea  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
265.  1889.  Pleurothyrium  ferrugineum  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15, 
pt.  1:169. 1864. 

Branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescences  densely  ferrugi- 
nous-tomentose;  petioles  3-8  mm.  long;  blades  very  rigid,  in  age 
glabrous  above,  prominently  reticulate-veined  only  beneath,  ovate 
or  broadly  elliptic,  mostly  about  5  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  rounded 
or  barely  acute  at  each  end;  inflorescences  few-flowered,  shorter  than 
the  leaves;  perianth  tube  elongate;  flowers  4-5  mm.  long,  perfect; 
filaments  pilose,  the  anthers  quadrate;  staminodia  stipitiform;  ovary 
glabrous. — A  shrub  of  1-2  meters  with  greenish  yellow  flowers  (Weber- 
bauer). Neg.  27615. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  178,  193,  199};  Raimondi.  Yam- 
brasbamba,  Mathews  1429,  type.  Molinopampa,  2,000  meters, 
Weberbauer  4343  (det.  Mez). — Amazonas:  Cuelap,  2,600  meters, 
Weberbauer  4323;  263. 

Ocotea  grandifolia  (Nees)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
290.  1889.  Oreodaphne  grandifolia  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  517.  1848. 

A  tree  or  tall  shrub  of  5-25  meters,  easily  recognized  by  its  gla- 
brous, deeply  and  acutely  angled  branchlets;  leaves  obovate,  acute, 
often  30  cm.  long  and  10  cm.  wide,  granulate  above,  conspicuously 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  glabrous  or  nearly  so;  inflorescence 
sparsely  strigillose;  pedicels  to  1.5  mm.  long;  flowers  pilose,  2  mm. 
long;  perianth  tube  obsolete  or  in  the  pistillate  flowers  conspicuous; 
filaments  glabrous,  the  anthers  subovate;  ovary  glabrous,  the  style 
slightly  shorter. — Flowers  yellow,  turning  yellowish  brown.  0.  opi- 
fera Mart.,  291,  is  similar,  if,  indeed,  it  is  not  the  same,  or  a  variety 
with  branchlets  less  definitely  wing-angled;  leaves  acuminate,  more 
pubescent  beneath,  the  inflorescence  more  or  less  hirsute.  Neg.  3664. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  899 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2069,  type;  Ule  6291  (det.  Mez); 
at  200  meters,  Williams  4609,  7833  (det.  Schmidt);  Kittip  &  Smith 
27554,  29056.  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4702.  Florida,  180 
meters,  King  2194.— San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  Wil- 
liams  6618  (det.  Schmidt).  Brazil.  "Sipra  muena,"  "muenablanca," 
"maraco-f  uina. " 

Ocotea  guyanensis  Aubl.  PL  Guian.  781.  pi.  310.  1775;  296. 

Recognizable  by  the  beautiful  luster  of  the  sericeous  pubescence 
that  densely  clothes  the  under  side  of  the  leaves;  blades  glabrous 
above,  reticulate-veined,  mostly  10-12  cm.  long  and  2.5-3  cm.  wide, 
gradually  attenuate  to  the  acuminate  apex;  flowers  3-5  mm.  long; 
anthers  ovate,  the  short  filaments  tomentulose. — A  tree  of  5-20 
meters,  with  pyramidal,  many-flowered  inflorescences  about  equal- 
ing the  leaves. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  1,100  meters,  Ule  44p  (det.  Mez). 
Bolivia  to  the  Guianas. 

Ocotea  Jelskii  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  261.  1889. 

Similar  to  0.  ferruginea  (Meissn.)  Mez,  but  the  leaves  less  reticu- 
late-veined beneath,  less  rigid,  and  twice  as  long;  inflorescences 
equaling  or  exceeding  the  leaves;  filaments  pilose;  anthers  elliptic 
or  subovate,  acutish  or  obtuse. — A  tree  of  8-12  meters  (Jelski).  0. 
Benthamiana  Mez,  of  Ecuador,  related,  has  leaves  more  than  20  cm. 
long,  about  10  cm.  wide,  densely  reticulate-veined  beneath,  gla- 
brous filaments,  apically  rounded  anthers,  and  no  staminodia. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo  (Jelskii  167,  190,  1205);  Raimondi  (det. 
Schmidt).  Bolivia(?).  "Ishpingo." 

Ocotea  jumbillensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
182.  1933. 

A  small  tree,  5  meters  high,  the  glabrous,  terete  branches  with 
many  large  lenticels;  petioles  3-5  mm.  long,  glabrous;  blades  elliptic 
or  narrowly  obovate-elliptic,  narrowed  and  rounded  at  the  base,  or 
sometimes  decurrent  to  the  petiole,  rounded  at  the  apex,  2-4  cm.  long, 
about  1.5  (-2)  cm.  wide,  coriaceous,  glabrous  except  for  the  nerves, 
these  7-10,  the  slender  reticulation  more  or  less  prominent  on  both 
sides;  inflorescences  glabrous,  racemose-paniculate,  2.5-5.5  cm.  long; 
flowers  perfect,  greenish,  barely  4  mm.  wide,  tomentulose,  like  the 
pedicels,  these  1-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obscurely  developed; 
outer  anthers  ovate,  rectangular,  broadly  truncate,  1  mm.  long,  the 


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sparsely  pilose  filaments  0.3  mm.  long;  ovary  narrowly  ellipsoid, 
1  mm.  long,  the  style  half  as  long. — Compared  by  the  author  with 
0.  vaccinioides  (Meissn.)  Mez,  252,  of  eastern  Brazil. 

Amazonas:  Between  Jumbilla  and  San  Carlos,  2,900  meters, 
Weberbauer  7155,  type. 

Ocotea  Keriana  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  104.  1931. 

A  tree  of  9  meters;  twigs  and  leaves  soon  glabrous,  or  the  latter 
minutely  tomentulose  on  the  nerves  beneath;  petioles  slender,  6-11 
mm.  long;  blades  oblong-ovate-lanceolate,  cuneate  at  the  base,  long- 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  11-17  cm.  long,  3.5-5.5  cm.  wide,  chartaceous; 
panicles  many-flowered,  minutely  tomentulose,  to  14  cm.  long; 
flowers  perfect,  pale  yellow,  the  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube 
1  mm.  long,  the  lobes  1.8  mm.  long;  stamens  all  fertile,  the  glands  of 
the  third  series  0.3  mm.  thick;  ovary  glabrous,  the  style  subequal. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  27111,  type. 

Ocotea  Killipii  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  108.  1931. 

A  tree  of  6-9  meters,  the  young  twigs,  petioles,  and  blades 
deciduously  pilose;  petioles  slender,  to  15  mm.  long;  blades  ovate- 
oblong,  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtuse-acuminate  at  the  apex,  10-16  cm. 
long,  3.5-6.5  cm.  wide,  finally  subcoriaceous,  abundantly  reticulate- 
veined;  staminate  inflorescences  many-flowered,  essentially  glabrous; 
pedicels  to  1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  1  mm.  long,  the  ovate-oblong 
outer  lobes  broader  than  the  inner  ones;  stamens  all  fertile,  the 
filaments  only  of  series  3  (eglandular)  equaling  the  anthers;  lower 
anther  cells  obvious,  the  connective  not  produced. — Related  to  0. 
laxiflora  (Meissn.)  Mez;  see  also  0.  leptobotra. 

Junin:  Rio  Pinedo,  La  Merced,  900  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  23648, 
type. — Loreto:  Masisea,  Rio  Ucayali,  275  meters,  Killip  &  Smith 
26861.— San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  Williams  6708. 

Ocotea  laxiflora  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
371.  1889.  Mespilodaphne  laxiflora  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
107.  1864. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  glabrous  except  the  tips  of  the  young 
branchlets;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long;  blades  subcoriaceous,  strongly 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  lustrous  above,  elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute  at  the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex,  10-17  cm.  long,  4  cm.  wide 
or  wider;  inflorescences  laxly  and  narrowly  paniculate  or  subpanicu- 
late,  racemose,  somewhat  shorter  than  the  leaves;  perianth  tube  con- 
spicuous; anthers  sessile  or  nearly  so,  obtuse  or  minutely  emarginate; 


FLORA  OF  PERU  901 

style  much  shorter  than  the  glabrous  ovary. — 0.  debilis  Mez,  370, 
related,  with  obsolete  perianth  tube  and  exceptionally  lax  inflores- 
cences, may  extend  from  Brazil;  also  0.  pauciflora  (Nees)  Mez,  370, 
like  0.  laxiflora,  but  the  leaves  conspicuously  acuminate,  only  3  cm. 
wide,  the  filaments  pilose.  Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  5,  pt.  2:  pi.  75. 
Negs.  7278,  7286. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  486  (det.  Schmidt).  Brazil 
to  Colombia  and  the  Guianas. 

Ocotea  leptobotra  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
376.  1889.  Laurus  leptobotra  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  368.  1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  21.  L.  nitida  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  353. 1802;  Laurogr. 
pi.  13.  Oreodaphne  leptobotra  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  520.  1848.  0.  ter- 
minalis  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  426.  1836. 

Similar  to  0.  caudata,  but  rather  readily  distinguished  by  the 
lustrous,  more  coriaceous  leaves,  reticulate-veined  beneath,  less 
abruptly  caudate-acuminate,  and  often  7-8  cm.  wide  (sometimes  only 
half  as  wide);  anthers  sessile,  subovate,  acutish.— Also  resembling 
0.  laxiflora,  but  the  leaves  thinner,  less  densely  reticulate- veined,  and 
the  inflorescence  laxer.  Neg.  27619. 

Huanuco:  Chacahuassi,  Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Cochero,  Ruiz  &  Pavon. 
, — San  Martin:  Tocache,  Poeppig  1861.  Tarapoto  (Spruce  3918). 

Ocotea  licanioides  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58: 107. 1931. 

A  shrub  of  3  meters,  with  drooping  branches;  twigs,  leaves 
beneath  and  inflorescences  throughout  densely  brownish-villous- 
tomentose;  petioles  stout,  5-8  mm.  long;  blades  oblong,  truncate  or 
broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  subacute(?)  at  the  apex,  20-25  cm.  long, 
8-10  cm.  wide,  thick-coriaceous,  finally  glabrous  above;  staminate 
inflorescences  many-flowered;  pedicels  1  mm.  long  or  shorter;  peri- 
anth tube  obsolete;  stamens  all  fertile,  the  filaments  glabrous,  the 
stamens  of  the  fourth  series  and  the  gynecium  lacking. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  1506,  type. 
Upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1118.  "Muena  negra." 

Ocotea  macropoda  (HBK.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
348.  1889.  Persea  macropoda  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  160.  1817. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  villous-tomentose  on  the  angled  branchlets  and 
the  leaf  veins  beneath;  petioles  to  17  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  acute, 
mostly  10-12  cm.  long,  subcoriaceous,  rather  prominently  reticulate- 
veined,  becoming  glabrate  and  lustrous  above;  inflorescences  laxly 


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thyrsoid,  much  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  subsessile,  subgla- 
brous,  2.5-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  filaments  glabrous, 
the  subquadrate  anthers  sub  truncate;  glabrous  ovary  and  style  sub- 
equal.— Neg.  35023. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi;  (Jelski  169).  Colombia;  Brazil. 
"Tashango  corazon  negro." 

Ocotea  magnifica  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:233.  1928. 

Branches  thick  or  fleshy,  angled,  densely  ferruginous-velutinous, 
like  the  leaves  beneath  and  on  the  nerves  above;  blades  lanceolate, 
narrowed  to  the  base,  acuminate,  25-35  cm.  long,  8-9  cm.  wide; 
inflorescence  to  50  cm.  long,  few-flowered;  flowers  greenish  yellow, 
3.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  outer  anthers  elliptic-rec- 
tangular, slightly  longer  than  the  pilose  filaments;  ovary  glabrous. 
— A  tree  related  to  0.  opifera  Mart.,  which  see  under  0.  aurantiodora. 
Trunk  18  cm.  in  diameter  (Tessmann). 

Loreto:  Yarina-cocha,  150  meters,  Tessmann  3477,  type. 

Ocotea  Mandonii  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  311.  1889. 

A  glabrate  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  rigid,  broadly  elliptic  leaves 
barbellate  in  the  nerve  axils  beneath,  the  inflorescence  more  or  less 
pilose;  petioles  about  7  mm.  long;  blades  broadly  elliptic,  cuneate- 
narrowed  to  the  base,  more  or  less  obtuse,  conspicuously  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides,  the  upper  surface  somewhat  lustrous,  about 
3.5  cm.  long  and  2  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  as  long  as  the  leaves,  sub- 
corymbose-paniculate;  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  none; 
filaments  sparsely  pilose,  slightly  shorter  than  the  rectangular, 
obtuse  anthers;  ovary  subglobose,  about  equaled  by  the  style;  fruit 
ellipsoid,  2.5  cm.  long,  1  cm.  thick,  attenuate  at  the  base,  the  cup 
plane.— Neg.  3682. 

Peru:  Probably.    Northern  Bolivia. 

Ocotea  marmellensis  Mez,  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  238. 1905. 

Branchlets  slender,  obscurely  angled,  minutely  tomentulose  at 
the  tips;  petioles  slender,  about  1  cm.  long;  blades  oblong,  rather 
abruptly  caudate-acuminate,  slightly  lustrous,  finely  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides,  chartaceous,  typically  puberulent-pilose 
beneath  or  glabrous,  10-13  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide;  flowers  loosely 
paniculate,  the  inflorescence  shorter  than  or  equaling  the  leaves, 
typically  puberulent  but  often  glabrous;  perianth  slightly  puberulent 
or  glabrous,  the  tube  obvious,  with  the  equal  segments  2  mm.  long, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  903 

these  exceeding  the  glabrous  stamens;  filaments  and  rectangular, 
obtuse  anthers  subequal;  staminodia  none;  basal  glands  of  series  3 
large,  sessile. — The  Rio  Acre  material  is  glabrous  or  essentially  so, 
with  more  abruptly  acuminate  leaves  longer  than  the  inflorescences, 
and  may  be  known  as  var.  acrensis  Macbr.,  var.  nov.  Glabra  vel 
subglabra;  foliis  abrupte  acuminatis  inflorescentiis  plus  minusve 
longioribus.  A  tree  about  30  meters  high  (Krukoff).  Neg.  3683. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5262  (type  of  the  variety); 
Krukoff  5529.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Ocotea  maynensis  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
359.  1889.  Oreodaphne  maynensis  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
129.  1864. 

A  medium-sized  tree  with  glabrate,  terete  branchlets  and  thin 
or  rather  thick,  ovate-elliptic,  glabrous,  caudate-acuminate  leaves 
about  10  cm.  long  and  3.5-4  cm.  wide;  leaf  reticulation  prominent  on 
both  sides;  inflorescence  slightly  pilose-hirsutulous,  much  shorter 
than  the  leaves;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long; 
perianth  tube  obsolete;  filaments  glabrous,  slightly  longer  than  the 
subquadrate  anthers;  ovary  glabrous,  the  stigma  subsessile. — A  tree 
of  8-12  meters,  the  trunk  20-40  cm.  in  diameter,  branching  at  about 
4  meters  (Tessmanri).  Flowers  white,  the  wood  soft,  yellow  (Poep- 
pig~).  Flowers  yellowish  green  (Tessmann).  Neg.  3686. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  King  2889,  2834,  2829;  Poeppig  2364,  type; 
2305;  Williams  4043,  4574  (det.  Schmidt).  Iquitos,  100  meters, 
Tessmann  3536,  3627,  5113,  Balsapuerto,  Killip  &  Smith  28401, 
28604,  28390,  28597;  King  3010.  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  King 
1397,  943,  895,  401,  883,  1597,  2889.— San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  400- 
900  meters,  Williams  6599.  "Muena." 

Ocotea  micans  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  297.  1889. 

Similar  to  0.  guyanensis,  but  the  leaves  somewhat  larger,  espe- 
cially broader,  and  definitely  longer  than  the  few-flowered  inflores- 
cences; flowers  4-5  mm.  long;  filaments  glabrous;  anthers  subrec- 
tangular.— Neg.  3688. 

Huanuco:  Punta  de  Esperanza,  3,000  meters,  Sawada  60  (det. 
Schmidt).  Colombia. 

Ocotea  minarum  Mart,  ex  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
305.  1889. 

A  tree  of  medium  size  (about  10  meters),  with  somewhat  angled, 
minutely  tomentose  branchlets  and  thin,  lanceolate  or  elliptic  leaves, 
acute  at  each  end,  mostly  7-8  cm.  long  and  2.5-3.5  cm.  wide,  very 


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minutely  and  sparsely  pubescent  beneath;  inflorescence  about  equal- 
ing the  leaves,  slightly  puberulent;  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long;  flowers 
rarely  perfect,  pilose  or  tomentulose;  filaments  glabrous  or  nearly  so, 
very  short,  the  anthers  broadly  rectangular,  minutely  emarginate; 
glabrous  ovary  and  style  subequal. — Description  of  flowers  from 
Mez,  otherwise  from  Weberbauer  specimens  referred  here  by  Mez, 
which,  Schmidt  has  noted,  have  perfect  (5014)  or  monoecious  (4.987) 
flowers.  Flowers  yellowish  or  greenish  (Weberbauer). 

Cuzco:  Santa  Ana,  1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  5014-  Lucumayo, 
2,100  meters,  Weberbauer  4987;  280.— Cajamarca:  Tambillo  (Jelski 
202,  207,  209).  Brazil. 

Ocotea  minutiflora  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  231.  1928. 

Branches  glabrous  or  somewhat  pilose  at  first;  petioles  slender, 
7-10  mm.  long;  blades  obovate,  narrowed  to  the  base,  somewhat 
acuminate,  5.5-8.5  cm.  long,  2.5-3.5  cm.  wide,  glabrous,  papyra- 
ceous, brownish  yellow  beneath;  flowers  perfect,  pilose  within,  on 
slender  pedicels  1.5-2  mm.  long;  perianth  lobes  subacuminate,  about 
equaling  the  tube;  anthers  (series  1)  subquadrate,  their  very  short 
filaments  pilose,  those  of  series  3  sublanceolate,  broadly  rounded  at 
the  apex;  ovary  ovoid,  glabrous,  1  mm.  long,  the  stigma  subsessile. 
— A  tree  with  yellow  flowers,  about  7  meters  high,  the  trunk  18  cm. 
in  diameter  (Tessmann).  Neg.  3690. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Tessmann  5366,  type;  Williams 
3667  (det.  Schmidt). 

Ocotea  monzonensis  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  71.  1906. 

A  shrub  of  3  meters,  with  terete,  ferruginous-tomentose  branches 
and  rather  rigid,  glabrate,  elliptic  leaves  acute  at  each  end;  petioles 
1  cm.  long;  blades  about  8  cm.  long  and  4  cm.  wide;  pedicels  slender, 
squarrose-spreading,  often  4-5  mm.  long;  flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long; 
filaments  pilose,  the  anthers  subrectangular;  ovary  glabrous,  twice 
as  long  as  the  thick  style. — Flowers  greenish  yellow.  Neg.  3692. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3712,  type;  255. 

Ocotea  multiglandulosa  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  5:  280. 1889.  Laurus  multiglandulosa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi. 
365. 1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  22.  Oreodaphne  Poeppigiana  Nees,  Syst.  Laur. 
404.  1836.  Ocotea  Poeppigiana  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  18. 1931. 

A  tree  of  20  meters,  the  branches  slender,  slightly  angulate, 
obscurely  puberulent;  petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  blades  glabrate,  sub- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  905 

coriaceous,  obovate,  acute  at  the  base,  short-acute  at  the  apex, 
mostly  about  12  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  wide,  the  reticulation  very  fine; 
inflorescence  lax,  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  green,  tomentulose, 
on  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  none  or  obsolete;  filaments 
glabrous,  twice  as  long  as  the  subovate-quadrate,  emarginate  anthers; 
pilose  ovary  and  style  subequal. — Wood  soft,  yellow  (Poeppig}.  Neg. 
27620. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2435.  Chicoplaya,  Ruiz  &  Pawn, 
type. 

Ocotea  niunacensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31:  185. 
1933. 

A  glabrate  shrub,  the  young  parts,  like  the  green  flowers,  slightly 
puberulent;  petioles  6-8  (-10)  mm.  long;  blades  usually  elliptic, 
slightly  narrowed  to  the  base  and  to  the  short-acuminate  apex,  7.5-10 
cm.  long,  4-5.5  cm.  wide,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  and  beneath 
except  for  the  puberulent  nerves  and  the  barbellate  axils  of  the  nerves, 
thin-coriaceous,  the  lateral  nerves  8-10,  the  reticulation  evident  only 
beneath;  inflorescences  axillary,  racemose,  5-7-flowered,  to  3.5  cm. 
long,  the  flowers  often  crowded,  7  mm.  broad,  the  tube  scarcely 
1  mm.  long,  the  narrowly  elliptic  lobes  4  mm.  long;  anthers  subquad- 
rate,  0.8  mm.  long,  the  glabrous  filaments  barely  half  as  long;  basal 
glands  of  the  stamens  of  series  3  very  large;  ovary  globose,  1  mm.  long, 
the  style  half  longer. — Similar  to  0.  monzonensis,  with  paniculate 
inflorescences. 

Huanuco:  Between  Chaclla  and  Muna,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer 
6794,  type. 

Ocotea  obovata  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  366. 
1889.  Laurus  obovata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  357.  1802;  Laurogr. 
pi.  27.  Oreodaphne  obovata  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1 : 119.  1864. 

An  essentially  glabrous  tree,  7-25  meters  high,  with  obtusely 
angled  branches  and  chartaceous,  obscurely  reticulate- veined,  broadly 
obovate  leaves,  long-cuneate  at  the  base,  rounded  at  the  apex,  mostly 
15  cm.  long  and  8-9  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  much  shorter  than  the 
leaves,  the  widely  spreading  branches  several  centimeters  long, 
slightly  puberulent;  flowers  white;  filaments  sparsely  pilose,  the 
anthers  ovate,  rounded;  glabrous  ovary  and  style  subequal.— Neg. 
27621. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Without  locality: 
Ruiz  &  Pavon  13-31.  Venezuela. 


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Ocotea  olivacea  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  58:  105.  1931. 

A  tree  of  10-15  meters,  with  glabrous,  sulcate-angled  branchlets 
and  glabrous,  chartaceous,  olivaceous  leaves;  petioles  stout,  3-6  mm. 
long;  blades  oblong  or  oblong-elliptic,  abruptly  cuneate  at  the  base, 
long-acuminate  at  the  apex,  25-28  cm.  long,  8.5-9.5  cm.  wide; 
panicles  4-7  cm.  long,  the  branches  glabrous;  flowers  perfect,  mi- 
nutely tomentose  inside,  the  tube  less  than  1  mm.  long;  stamens  all 
fertile,  the  anthers  longer  than  the  short,  glabrous  filaments;  ovary 
and  style  subequal. — Compared  by  the  author  with  0.  minutiflora. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29843,  type. 

Ocotea  Ottoschmidtii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  355.  1934.  0. 
Weberbaueri  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 181. 1933,  non  Mez. 

A  shrub  of  3  meters,  glabrous  except  the  leaf  nerves  and  the 
flowers  within;  petioles  12-18  mm.  long;  blades  ovate-elliptic,  acute 
at  the  base,  acuminate,  10-18  cm.  long,  5-9  cm.  wide,  dull  above, 
lustrous  beneath,  papyraceous,  the  lateral  nerves  mostly  8,  prominent 
on  both  sides;  inflorescence  3-9  cm.  long,  narrowly  paniculate; 
flowers  many,  perfect,  greenish,  nearly  3  mm.  broad,  the  pedicels 
1-2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  1.5  mm.  long,  the  ovate  segments 
shorter;  anthers  subsessile,  subquadrate;  ovary  obo void-globose, 
1.5  mm.  long,  the  style  0.2-0.3  mm.  long. — Compared  by  the  author 
with  0.  pretiosa  (Nees)  Mez,  of  southern  Brazil,  but  in  some  respects 
similar  to  0.  piurensis  Mez. 

Libertad:  Valley  of  Rio  Mixiollo,  1,500  meters,  Weberbauer  7053, 
type. 

Ocotea  otuzcensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.Nov.31: 183. 1933. 

A  tree  of  8  meters,  the  younger  parts,  except  the  tomentulose 
inflorescence  and  yellowish  flowers,  more  or  less  pilose,  the  leaves 
glabrous  in  age;  petioles  7-10  mm.  long,  to  2.5  mm.  thick;  blades 
broadly  elliptic,  rounded  at  the  base  and  sometimes  slightly  decur- 
rent,  short-acuminate,  9-14  cm.  long,  5-8  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above, 
coriaceous,  the  costa  and  the  7-10  lateral  nerves  more  or  less  im- 
pressed above  but  prominent  beneath;  inflorescence  to  15  cm.  long, 
the  flowers  crowded  at  the  tips  of  the  branches;  pedicels  2  mm. 
long;  perianth  tube  3  mm.  long,  pilose;  stamens  1.6  mm.  long,  the 
subquadrate  anthers  contracted  to  the  sparsely  pilose  filament,  this 
0.6  mm.  long;  fruit  subglobose,  2.5  cm.  long,  the  perianth  tube 
becoming  much  enlarged. 

Libertad:  Prov.  Otuzco,  above  Suchabamba,  2,700  meters, 
Weberbauer  6998,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  907 

Ocotea  ovalifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 261. 
1889.  Laurus  ovalifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4 :  pi.  346. 1802.  Oreodaphne 
sublanuginosa  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  515.  1848.  Ocotea  sublanuginosa 
Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  19.  1931. 

A  tree,  related  to  0.  cuneifolia  but  in  general  characters  similar 
to  0.  macropoda;  blades  elliptic,  merely  acute  at  each  end,  rather 
thin,  conspicuously  ferruginous-pilose  beneath,  especially  on  the 
nerves,  often  20  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide;  inflorescence  narrow, 
15  cm.  long,  the  rachis  evanescently  but  densely  ferruginous-villous, 
the  flowers  3  mm.  long,  puberulent;  pedicels  1.5  mm.  long  or  less, 
anthers  subtrapeziform. — Neg.  27623. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pav6n,  type. 

Ocotea  petalanthera  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  358.  1889.  Oreodaphne  petalanthera  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15, 
pt.  1:  125.  1864. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  similar  to  0.  maynensis,  but  the  oblong-elliptic, 
acuminate  leaves  sparsely  pilose-strigose  beneath  on  the  nerves; 
inflorescence  densely  strigose,  nearly  half  as  long  as  the  leaves;  fila- 
ments densely  pilose,  the  anthers  ovate,  obtuse. — According  to  Kos- 
termans,  the  filaments  are  glabrous.  Neg.  3702. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2426,  type.    Brazil;  Guianas. 

Ocotea  piurensis  Mez,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  16:  308.  1920. 

A  sparsely  leafy  shrub,  glabrous  almost  throughout;  blades 
elliptic,  coriaceous,  about  10  cm.  long  and  4  cm.  wide,  obtuse  at 
the  base,  broadly  acuminate  or  rounded  at  the  apex,  closely  and  con- 
spicuously reticulate-veined  beneath;  inflorescence  at  first  ferrugi- 
nous-tomentulose,  fasciculate,  terminal,  exceeding  or  shorter  than 
the  leaves;  pedicels  elongate,  as  much  as  5  mm.  long;  flowers  dull 
yellow,  perfect,  3  mm.  long;  filaments  glabrous  (those  of  series  3 
with  2  sessile  glands),  the  slightly  longer  anthers  rectangular,  broadly 
truncate  and  somewhat  emarginate;  glabrous  ovary  and  style 
subequal. 

Piura:  Quiros  Valley,  Weberbauer  6348,  6352,  6428. 

Ocotea  puberula  (Nees  &  Mart.)  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  472.  1836; 
343.  Strychnodaphne  puberula  Nees  &  Mart.  Linnaea  8:  39.  1833. 

A  more  or  less  puberulent  or  essentially  glabrous  shrub  or  small 
tree  with  thin  or  subcoriaceous,  elliptic-lanceolate,  acuminate  leaves, 
the  blades  mostly  15  cm.  long  and  4.5  cm.  wide,  acute  at  the  base, 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  longer  than  the  many-flowered, 


908  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

pyramidal  inflorescences;  petioles  sometimes  3  cm.  long;  perianth 
tube  none;  flowers  2-2.5  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  1-2  (-4)  mm.  long, 
white  or  greenish,  glabrate;  filaments  somewhat  pilose,  the  subovate 
anthers  acutish  or  obtuse;  ovary  and  style  subequal,  glabrous.— 
Known  in  Brazil  as  "canella  babosa"  and  "louro  bacato."  Neg. 
22085. 

Cuzco:  Santa  Ana,  1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  5013  (det.  Mez); 
280. — Without  locality:  (Mathews  1220).  Argentina  and  Paraguay 
to  British  Guiana. 

Ocotea  Raimondii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 184. 
1933. 

A  tree,  the  green  parts  puberulent  or  short-pilose  except  the 
mature  leaves  above,  the  inflorescence  and  perfect  flowers  tomentu- 
lose;  petioles  5-15  mm.  long;  blades  lanceolate,  elliptic  or  oblanceo- 
late,  narrowed  to  the  base  and  apex,  or  rounded  at  the  apex  and 
acuminate,  the  lateral  nerves  mostly  9-12,  rather  prominent  beneath, 
like  the  fine  reticulation;  inflorescence  axillary,  racemose-paniculate, 
to  11.5  cm.  long;  flowers  3.5-4  mm.  long,  on  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long, 
the  tube  inconspicuous;  anthers  subrectangular,  0.4-0.5  mm.  long, 
rounded  at  the  base  and  apex,  the  sparsely  pilose  filaments  0.3-0.4 
mm.  long;  ovary  subovate,  1  mm.  long,  the  style  but  slightly  longer. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Prov.  Cutervo,  Raimondi  6736,  type. 

Ocotea  rubrinervis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  351.  1889. 

A  tree  of  7  meters;  branches  soon  glabrate,  terete;  leaves  sub- 
coriaceous,  broadly  elliptic,  subrotund  or  acute  at  the  base,  very 
shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  minutely  and  sparsely  pilose  beneath, 
densely  foveolate  above,  mostly  about  10  cm.  long  and  6-7  cm.  wide, 
the  nervation  prominently  reticulate  beneath;  inflorescence  ferru- 
ginous-pilose-puberulent,  subequaling  or  shorter  than  the  leaves; 
perianth  tube  nearly  obsolete;  filaments  glabrous,  about  as  long  as 
the  ovate,  sub  truncate  anthers;  pistillate  flowers  unknown;  pedicels 
and  persistent  perianth  strongly  accrescent  in  fruit,  the  fruit  ellip- 
soid, 12  mm.  long,  7.5  mm.  in  diameter. — Neg.  3713. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4580,  type;  at  750  meters,  Wil- 
liams 6102  (det.  Schmidt).  Panama.  "Muena  blanca." 

Ocotea  Rusbyana  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  303.  1889. 

Apparently  very  similar  to  0.  Dielsiana  0.  C.  Schmidt,  but  the 

leaves  areolate-granulate  above,  slenderly  reticulate-veined  beneath, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  909 

the  pedicels  1-3  mm.  long,  the  filaments  glabrous,  the  anthers  ovate. 
— A  tree  of  7-12  meters,  with  rusty-cinereous-tomentose,  angulate 
branchlets. 

Huanuco:  Chaupagrapata,  Sawada  98  (det.  Schmidt).— Santa 
Cruz  (Peru?;  Pearce,  type).  Bolivia. 

Ocotea  Schomburgkiana  (Nees)  Benth.  &  Hook.  f.  Gen.  PI.  3: 
158.  1880;  337.  Oreodaphne  Schomburgkiana  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  269. 
1848. 

Branchlets  minutely  tomentulose  at  the  apex,  glabrate,  terete; 
petioles  to  7  mm.  long;  blades  coriaceous  or  almost  rigid,  promi- 
nently reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  glabrous,  ovate  or  elliptic, 
rather  acute  at  the  base,  definitely  acuminate,  about  8.5  cm.  long 
and  4.5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  shorter  than  the  leaves,  pilose;  pedi- 
cels to  1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  very  short,  the  segments  ovate; 
filaments  glabrous,  the  glands  of  series  3  globose;  anthers  equaling 
the  filaments,  rectangular,  sub  truncate;  staminodia  usually  none; 
ovary  glabrous;  fruit  ovoid,  5  mm.  long,  conspicuously  exserted,  the 
cup  fleshy. — It  is  more  than  probable  that  the  Peruvian  material 
represents  a  different  species.  Neg.  27627. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  1,200  meters,  5791,  5793  (det.  Schmidt). 
Guiana. 

Ocotea  subrutilans  Mez,  Repert.  Nov.  Sp.  3:  70.  1906. 

A  shrub  3  meters  high,  glabrous  even  to  the  filaments,  with 
fleshy,  coriaceous,  elliptic  leaves,  acute  at  the  base  and  rounded  at 
the  apex,  rarely  as  long  as  12  cm.  and  as  wide  as  4  cm. ;  inflorescence 
about  as  long  as  the  leaves;  flowers  whitish,  1.5  mm.  long,  on  pedi- 
cels to  2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obconic;  anthers  quadrate-orbicu- 
lar; filaments  glabrous;  ovary  globose,  the  style  very  short. — Neg. 
3726. 

Loreto:  Moyobamba,  1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  4757,  type;  267. 

Ocotea  tarapotana  (Meissn.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
304.  1889.  Oreodaphne  tarapotana  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1: 
129.  1864. 

A  climbing  shrub,  4-8  meters  long,  the  trunk  2.5  cm.  in  diameter 
(Spruce),  with  very  slender,  glabrous  or  glabrate  branchlets,  the 
foliage  nearly  that  of  0.  caudata,  but  with  the  floral  characters  rather 
of  0.  maynensis,  except  that  the  elliptic  anthers  are  acute;  fruits 
ellipsoid,  12  mm.  long,  9  mm.  thick. — Flowers  yellowish.  Neg.  3727. 


910  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4226,  type;  Williams  5811,  5866, 
6250,  6914,  6279,  5391,  6224,  5604,  6229  (det.  Schmidt).— Loreto: 
La  Victoria,  Williams  2579  (det.  Schmidt).  Tira  Doble,  Williams 
905.  "Muena  aguaras." 

Ocotea  tenella  A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  119.  1935. 

A  tree  of  13  meters,  the  branchlets  terete,  at  first  densely  cinere- 
ous-tomentulose,  like  the  leaves  beneath  and  the  slender  petioles, 
these  4-7  mm.  long;  blades  glabrous  and  impressed-punctate  above, 
chartaceous,  elliptic-oblong,  6-9  cm.  long,  3-5  cm.  wide,  acute  at 
the  base,  shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  the  lateral  nerves  3  or  4,  with 
the  reticulate  veins  prominent  beneath;  inflorescences  solitary, 
axillary,  slender,  2-4  cm.  long,  10-20-flowered,  glabrous  except  for 
the  sparsely  tomentose  rachis;  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  flowers  glabrous, 
1.5-2  mm.  long,  the  short  tube  obconic,  the  oblong,  obtuse  lobes  0.8 
mm.  long;  outer  anthers  sessile,  oblong-orbicular,  obtuse  or  minutely 
apiculate,  those  of  series  3  similar  but  with  short  filaments;  ovary 
0.8  mm.  long,  the  style  very  short. — The  leaves  are  soft  in  texture 
as  well  as  softly  pubescent  beneath. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5406,  type. 

Ocotea  Tessmannii  O.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  233.  1928. 

A  tree  of  15  meters,  the  trunk  20  cm.  in  diameter,  with  sulcate 
branchlets  and  thin,  glabrous  leaves  mostly  8-15  cm.  long  and  3.5-5 
(-6.5)  cm.  wide;  blades  gradually  narrowed  to  a  slender  petiole  1-1.5 
cm.  long,  obtuse-acuminate;  inflorescence  paniculate,  to  8.5  cm.  long; 
flowers  pale  yellowish,  on  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long,  the  tube  obsolete, 
the  narrowly  elliptic  lobes  spreading  or  recurved;  anthers  subquad- 
rate  or  ovate-rectangular,  slightly  emarginate,  shorter  than  the 
glabrous  filaments,  these  1.5  mm.  long  (series  1);  ovary  ovoid,  1.2 
mm.  long,  the  thick  style  slightly  longer. — Neg.  3729. 

Loreto :  Soledad,  Tessmann  5264,  type.  Yurimaguas,  200  meters, 
Williams  4728  (det.  Schmidt). — San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  750  meters, 
Williams  6594  (det.  Schmidt).  "Muena." 

Ocotea  Trianae  Rusby,  Bull.  N.  Y.  Bot.  Gard.  6:  506.  1910. 

Branchlets  and  leaves  beneath  finely  and  closely  sericeous-pilose; 
blades  oblong,  mostly  somewhat  inequilateral,  acuminate  at  each 
end,  the  base  decurrent  into  the  short,  broad,  sulcate  petiole,  lustrous 
and  glabrous  above,  the  12-15  nerves  impressed  above,  very  promi- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  911 

nent  and  reticulate  beneath,  7-15  cm.  long,  3-5  cm.  wide;  panicles 
slightly  longer  than  the  leaves,  arising  from  the  upper  axils,  broad 
and  lax,  at  least  in  fruit,  but  the  pedicels  none  or  thick;  fruiting  calyx 
5-7  mm.  long,  6-7  mm.  wide,  the  margin  beset  with  minute,  pilose 
tufts;  fruit  about  one- third  exserted. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  Schunke  278  (vel  aff.;  det.  Schmidt).— 
Loreto:  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2153.  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Williams 
8083,  7974-  Bolivia;  Colombia.  "Muena  blanca,"  "pampa  muena." 

Ocotea  ucayalensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  234.  1928. 

A  tree,  the  trunk  50  cm.  in  diameter;  branches  terete,  sulcate, 
the  younger  ones  angled,  glabrous;  blades  12-20  cm.  long,  5.5-6.5 
cm.  wide,  narrowed  at  each  end,  acuminate,  glabrous;  inflorescence 
to  9.5  cm.  long;  flowers  yellowish  green,  4-4.5  mm.  long;  perianth 
tube  very  short;  anthers  subrectangular,  rounded  at  the  base  and 
apex,  the  slightly  longer  filaments  subglabrous;  ovary  glabrous. — 
Related  to  0.  maynensis  (Meissn.)  Mez.  Neg.  3731. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Utiquenea,  middle  Ucayali,  Tessmann 
3291,  type. 

Ocotea  Weberbaueri  Mez,  Bull.  Herb.  Boiss.  II.  5:  236.  1905. 

A  low  shrub  of  2  meters,  with  glabrate  branchlets,  rigid,  glabrous, 
narrowly  elliptic,  acuminate  leaves  about  7  cm.  long  and  2  cm. 
wide,  and  somewhat  paniculate,  tomentulose,  inflorescences  only 
2-3  cm.  long;  petioles  5  mm.  long;  flowers  yellowish  white,  cernuous, 
2.5  mm.  long,  perfect,  the  pedicels  less  than  2  mm.  long,  the  tube 
conspicuous;  filaments  pilose,  much  shorter  than  the  elliptic-orbicular 
anthers;  ovary  glabrous,  shorter  than  the  style. — Compared  by  the 
author  with  0.  Benthamiana,  which  see  under  0.  Jelskii.  Neg.  3742. 

Puno:  Tambo  Cachicachi,  1,800  meters,  Weberbauer  1309, 
type;  242. 

9.  NECTANDRA  Rottb. 

Exhibiting  the  variation  in  many  essential  characters  recorded 
for  Ocotea,  and  possibly  only  artificially  separated  by  the  difference 
in  the  position  of  the  anther  cells  in  series  1.  Filaments  rarely 
developed.  Style  usually  shorter  than  the  ovary.  Cup  simple- 
margined,  the  perianth  lobes  perhaps  always  deciduous. —  N.  cras- 
sipes  and  N.  punctata  are  not  included  in  the  following  key,  based 
on  that  of  Mez. 


912  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Flowers  conspicuous,  10  (9)  -15  mm.  wide. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate  beneath,  rarely  sparsely  barbellate 

in  the  axils  of  the  nerves. 

Pedicels  usually  3-5  mm.  long;  leaves  usually  long-acuminate. 
Inflorescences  usually  puberulent;  flowers  10-11  mm.  wide. 

N.  globosa. 

Inflorescences  glabrate;  flowers  9  mm.  wide N.  lucida. 

Pedicels  usually  very  short;  leaves  acute  or  short-acuminate. 
Leaves  acuminate  at  the  base;  perianth  tube  obvious. 

N.  Jelskii. 
Leaves  merely  acute  at  the  base. 

Perianth  tube  none;  inflorescence  ferruginous- tomentose. 

N.  furcata. 
Perianth  tube  obvious. 

Inflorescence  glabrate N.  maranonensis. 

Inflorescence  puberulent N.  maynensis. 

Leaves  pubescent  beneath,  even  in  age,  or  at  least  distinctly 

barbate  in  the  axils  of  the  nerves. 
Leaf  pubescence  pale  or  confined  to  the  nerve  axils;  perianth 

tube  conspicuous. 
Pubescence  pilose,  mostly  or  entirely  on  the  nerves  or  in  the 

nerve  axils,  ferruginous N.  acutifolia. 

Pubescence  a  minute  puberulence  on  the  whole  leaf  surface 

beneath,  pale N.  lineatifolia. 

Leaf    pubescence    ferruginous,    evenly    distributed;    perianth 

tube  short. 
Leaves  more  or  less  pilose  on  both  sides,  at  least  on  the 

nerves  above,  rarely  only  puberulent  beneath. 
Leaves  rigid-coriaceous  or  nearly  so,  subobtuse  at  the  base; 

pedicels  obsolete N.  Laurel. 

Leaves  more  or  less  flexible,  acute  at  the  base;  pedicels 

obvious N.  reticulata. 

Leaves  glabrate  above,  merely  puberulent-tomentulose  be- 
neath   N.  longifolia. 

Flowers  small,  3-7  (8)  mm.  wide. 
A.  Leaves  pubescent  beneath  (see  N.  cissiflora). 

Flowers  dioecious;  leaves  rounded-obtuse  at  the  base  (see  also 
N.  longifolia). 


FLORA  OF  PERU  913 

Pubescence  pale,  pilose;  blades  about  10  cm.  long.  .N.  dioica. 
Pubescence  ferruginous,  velutinous;  blades  larger. 

N.  Arnottiana. 

Flowers  perfect;  leaves  acute  at  the  base,  except  in  N.  longifolia. 
Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  mostly  narrower  than  4  cm. 

Flowers  3-4  mm.  wide N.  Pichurim. 

Flowers  6-8  mm.  wide N.  globosa. 

Leaves  ovate-elliptic-lanceolate  or  obovate,  mostly  5  cm. 
wide  or  wider. 

Pedicels  5-8  mm.  long N.  myriantha. 

Pedicels  1-4  mm.  long. 

Leaves  strigose  or  pilose-tomentulose  beneath  (see  N. 
longifolia). 

Leaves  obovate,  short-acuminate N.  Pearcei. 

Leaves  not  obovate. 

Leaves  narrowly  long-acuminate. 
Leaves  about  one- third  as  wide  as  long;  flowers 

7.5  mm.  wide  or  larger N.  globosa. 

Leaves  nearly  half  as  wide  as  long;  flowers  6  mm. 

wide N.  comasensis. 

Leaves  short-acuminate  or  acute. 

Flowers  3-4  mm.  broad;  filaments  longer  than 

the  anthers N.  Pichurim. 

Flowers  4-5  mm.  broad;  filaments  and  anthers 

subequal N.  Herrerae. 

Leaves  very  minutely  puberulent  or  sericeous-puberulent 

beneath. 
Flowers  3.5-4  mm.  wide,  the  tube  conspicuous. 

N.  Matthewsii,  N.  Macbridei. 
Flowers  6-7  mm.  wide. 

Branchlets    strongly    and    acutely    angled-sulcate; 

leaves  sericeous  beneath N.  longifolia. 

Branchlets    angled    or    subterete;    mature    leaves 

merely  sericeous-puberulent  beneath. 
Leaves  not  at  all  reticulate-veined  above. 

N.  lineatifolia. 
Leaves  obviously  reticulate-veined  above. 


914  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  elegantly  acuminate N.  acutifolia. 

Leaves  short-acute N.  superba. 

A.  Leaves  glabrous  beneath  or  essentially  so. 
Flowers  6-8  mm.  broad. 

Leaves  mostly  narrower  than  2  cm N.  microcarpa. 

Leaves  much  wider. 
Leaves  rounded  at  the  base  (see  N.  purpurea). 

Petioles  about  1.5  cm.  long N.  maranonensis. 

Petioles  about  1  cm.  long N.  lucida. 

Leaves  acute  or  acutish  at  the  base. 

Leaves  thin;  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long.  .  .  N.  breaparinensis. 
Leaves  rather  thick;  pedicels  mostly  much  shorter. 
Leaves  to  40  cm.  long;  inflorescence  ample,  the  flowers 
cymosely  crowded  on  divaricate  branchlets. 

N.  Macbridei. 

Leaves  often  medium  in  size,  mostly  shorter  than 

20  cm.;  inflorescence  often  not  ample,  never  with 

divaricate  ultimate  branchlets  of  crowded  cymes. 

Leaves    conspicuously    reticulate-veined    on    both 

sides N.  purpurea. 

Leaves  very  obscurely  reticulate- veined,   at  least 

above. 
Inflorescence  typically  cinereous-puberulent. 

N.  globosa. 
Inflorescence  glabrate. 

Leaves    obscurely    immersed-reticulate-veined 

beneath N.  maynensis. 

Leaves  prominently  reticulate- veined  beneath. 

N.  lucida. 

Flowers  3.5-5  mm.  broad,  except  in   N.  Sawadae  (5.5  mm.). 
Mature  leaves  thick,  the  lateral  nerves  beneath  very  promi- 
nent. 

Inflorescence  cinereous-  or  yellowish-tomentose  or  puberu- 
lent. 

Leaves  6-9  cm.  wide N.  cissiflora. 

Leaves  3-5  cm.  wide N.  Pichurim. 

Inflorescence  glabrate N.  Raimondii. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  915 

Mature  leaves  thin-subcoriaceous,  not  conspicuously  nerved 
beneath. 

Petioles  mostly  1.5-2.5  cm.  long. 
Pedicels  4-5  mm.  long;  leaves  4.5-8  cm.  wide. 

N.  capanahuensis. 

Pedicels  mostly  3  mm.  long  or  shorter;  leaves  often  less 
than  5  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  very  shortly  acuminate N.  intermedia. 

Leaves  gradually  long-acuminate N.  Pichurim. 

Petioles  mostly  about  1  cm.  long,  often  thick. 
Leaves  scarcely  one-third  longer  than  broad. 

Inflorescence   cinereous-tomentulose;   leaves   lustrous 

above N.  latifolia. 

Inflorescence  greenish,  glabrate;  leaves  dull. 

N.  viburnoides. 

Leaves  about  two-thirds  longer  than  wide. 
Petioles  conspicuously  thickened  and  deeply  sulcate 

above,  with  sharp  edges N.  yarinensis. 

Petioles  normal  to  slender,  not  sulcate  above. 
Perianth  tube  conspicuous. 

N.  laevis,  N.  capanahuensis. 
Perianth  tube  obsolete. 

Inflorescence   much    shorter   than    the   caudate- 
acuminate  leaves N.  citrifolia. 

Inflorescence  subequaling  the  acuminate  leaves. 

Leaves  dull  above,  lanceolate,  2-3  cm.  wide. 

N.  Williamsii. 
Leaves  lustrous  above,  elliptic,  to  4.5  cm.  wide. 

N.  Sawadae. 

Nectandra  acutifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  409.  1889.  N.  acuminata  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  19.  1931. 
Laurus  acutifolia  R.  &  P.  Laurogr.  pi.  17.  Persea  acuminata  Nees 
&  Mart,  ex  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  170.  1836.  N.  berchemiae/olia  Meissn. 
in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  154.  1864. 

A  tree  of  6-12  meters;  branchlets  soon  glabrate,  but  the  blades, 
even  in  age,  ferruginous-barbate,  at  least  in  the  nerve  axils  beneath, 
often  somewhat  pilose,  and  above  somewhat  tomentulose;  petioles 
sometimes  3.5  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  often  reddish  on  the 


916  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

strongly  veined  under  surface,  ovate-elliptic  or  ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate  at  each  end,  10-20  cm.  long,  4-8  cm.  wide;  inflorescence 
sparsely  pubescent,  about  as  long  as  the  leaves;  pedicels  1-5  mm. 
long;  flowers  white,  tomentulose;  glands  prominent;  anthers  sessile, 
subobtuse.— Neg.  29396. 

Huanuco:  Haenke.  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Monzon, 
1,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3555,  3456  (det.  Mez);  256,  284.— Caja- 
marca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt). — Loreto:  Caballo- 
cocha,  Williams  2088  (det.  Schmidt).  Bolivia  to  Colombia.  "Mund- 
shuy,"  "muena  amarilla." 

Nectandra  Arnottiana  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  289.  1836;  402. 
Pleurothyrium  chrysothyrsus  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1 : 169. 1864. 

Apparently  similar  to  N.  dioica  Mez,  but  the  pubescence  fer- 
ruginous-velutinous-tomentose,  the  inflorescence  long-peduncled, 
many-flowered,  little  shorter  than  the  large  (30-40  cm.  long,  15 
cm.  wide),  ovate-elliptic  leaves,  the  perianth  tube  conspicuous, 
the  filaments  very  broad,  the  glands  of  series  3  large. — According 
to  the  collector,  a  large  tree.  Pistillate  flowers  unknown. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas  (Mathews  3031,  type). 

Nectandra  breaparinensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  227.  1928. 

Similar  to  N.  capanahuensis,  but  the  thin,  elliptic  leaves  with 
fewer  (5-8)  lateral  nerves,  mostly  12-15  cm.  long  and  6-8  cm. 
wide,  tomentulose. — Neg.  3749. 

Loreto:  Brea  Parina,  Tessmann  5522,  type.    "Muena." 

Nectandra  capanahuensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  228.  1928. 

A  tree  with  obovate-elliptic,  more  or  less  acuminate,  dull  leaves 
10-25  cm.  long  and  4.5-9  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves  9-11; 
inflorescence  to  17  cm.  long,  paniculate,  somewhat  pilose;  flowers 
white,  5  mm.  wide,  densely  strigose  outside,  densely  pilose  within, 
the  tube  short. — Related  to  N.  lucida  Nees,  but  the  flowers  smaller 
and  the  inflorescence  much  larger.  Neg.  4299. 

Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Blanco,  Tessmann  3058,  type.  Florida, 
King  2133.  "Marogofuina." 

Nectandra  cissiflora  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  296.  1836;  453. 
A  tree  of  8-24  meters,  resembling  N.  intermedia  Mez,  but  the 
leaves  broader  (15-20  cm.  long,  6-9  cm.  wide),  sometimes  sparsely 


FLORA  OF  PERU  917 

pilose  beneath,  the  filaments  very  much  shorter  than  the  depressed- 
ellipsoid  anthers,  or  the  anthers  subsessile;  flowers  white. — Neg. 
3751. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  3061,  type. — Cuzco:  Santa  Ana, 
1,300  meters,  Weberbauer  5027  (det.  Mez);  280.  Chinche,  1,700 
meters,  Weberbauer  4988  (det.  Mez).  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Nectandra  citrifolia  Mez  &  Rusby,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  6: 
115.  1896. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  glabrous  except  the  somewhat  puberulent- 
tomentose  young  branchlets  and  flowers,  the  flowers  perfect,  scarcely 
5  mm.  wide;  blades  glaucous  green  above,  brownish  beneath,  finely 
and  faintly  reticulate-veined,  the  lateral  nerves  rather  prominent 
beneath,  the  blades  chartaceous,  9-12  cm.  long,  4-5  cm.  wide, 
caudate-acuminate;  inflorescence  subracemose,  few-flowered,  the 
pedicels  2-5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  broadly  obconic,  short,  the 
segments  elliptic;  outer  filaments  none,  the  anthers  reniform,  rotund 
at  the  apex,  papillose;  staminodia  minute. — The  Rio  Acre  locality 
is  near  the  Peruvian  boundary,  according  to  the  map  of  the  Geo- 
graphic Society  of  Peru. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,   Krukoff  5467,  5244.    Bolivia. 

Nectandra  comasensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
185.  1933. 

A  tree  with  terete  branches,  the  tips  tomentulose;  petioles  12-15 
mm.  long;  blades  mostly  ovate-elliptic,  the  rounded  base  narrowed 
to  the  petiole,  the  acuminate  apex  to  1.5  cm.  long,  coriaceous, 
soon  glabrous  above,  densely  pilose  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves 
11-12,  prominent  beneath;  inflorescence  axillary,  11-13  cm.  long, 
many-flowered;  perfect  flowers  densely  crowded  at  the  tips  of  the 
branches,  white,  6  mm.  wide,  short-pilose,  like  the  pedicels,  these 
2-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  scarcely  1  mm.  long;  outer  anthers 
sessile,  the  inner  longer  than  the  pilose  filaments;  ovary  elliptic, 
glabrous,  1  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the  style. — Related  to  N.  reticulata 
(R.  &  P.)  Mez,  with  larger  flowers  and  leaves  (Schmidt). 

Junin:  Rio  de  Comas,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  6616. 

Nectandra  crassipes  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  150. 
1864;  423. 

Known  only  in  fruit,  but  presumably  related  to  N.  longifolia, 
from  which  its  obtuse-based  leaves,  subsericeous  beneath,  seem 


918  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

to  distinguish  it;  fruit  globose,  7  mm.  in  diameter.— If  there  are 
further  distinctive  characters,  they  must  be  in  the  flowers;  included 
by  Ruiz  and  Pavon  in  their  Laurus  longifolia  ( Nectandra  longifolia) . 
Peru:  Ruiz  &  Pav6n,  type. 

Nectandra  dioica  Mez,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  16:  308.  1920. 

A  tall  tree,  as  much  as  40  meters  high,  the  young  branchlets, 
petioles,  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescences  rather  densely  whitish 
or  yellowish  pilose- tomentulose,  the  hairs  appressed;  petioles  over 
2  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  finally  glabrous  and  dull  above, 
elliptic,  short-acute  or  rounded  at  the  base,  short-acuminate  at  the 
apex,  conspicuously  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides;  inflorescence 
thyrsoid-paniculate,  dense,  much  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers 
dioecious,  3  mm.  long,  the  pedicels  scarcely  2  mm.  long;  bractlets 
deciduous;  perianth  tube  short;  anthers  sessile,  suborbicular,  the 
glands  of  series  3  minute. — Kostermans  thinks  this  may  be  the 
same  as  N.  grandis  (Mez)  Kosterm.  Neg.  3753. 

Rio  Acre:  Vie  9402,  type.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Nectandra  elongata  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  444.  1889. 

A  shrub  or  tree;  blades  long-acuminate,  short-acute  at  the 
base,  about  20  cm.  long,  little  more  than  5  cm.  wide,  coriaceous, 
puberulent  beneath,  strongly  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides; 
petioles  to  2.5  cm.  long;  inflorescence  broad  and  lax,  with  divaricate 
branches,  about  equaling  the  leaves;  flowers  6-8  mm.  wide,  strigose- 
tomentose,  sessile  or  the  pedicels  2  mm.  long,  the  tube  short;  fila- 
ments glabrous,  the  outer  ones  2-3  times  shorter  than  the  obscurely 
tricuspidate  anthers;  ovary  and  style  glabrous,  equal  in  length.— 
Neg.  31209. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig,  type. 

Nectandra  furcata  (R.  &  P.)  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  501.  1848;  430. 
Laurus  furcata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  367.  1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  8. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  glabrous  or  essentially  so  except  for  the  fer- 
ruginous-tomentulose  inflorescence;  petioles  rarely  12  mm.  long; 
blades  ovate-lanceolate  or  elliptic-lanceolate,  10-15  cm.  long  and 
3-6  cm.  wide,  or  larger,  only  the  lateral  nerves  at  all  prominent 
beneath;  inflorescence  somewhat  squarrosely  paniculate,  about 
equaling  the  leaves;  flowers  white,  on  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  anthers 
(outer)  sessile;  stigma  subsessile,  or  the  style  obvious. — The  Weber- 
bauer  material  was  referred  by  Mez  to  N.  magnoliifolia  Meissn. 
Neg.  29397. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  919 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Chinchao,  etc.,  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. 
— Junin:  Huacapistana,  1,700  meters,  a  shrub  of  5  meters,  Weber- 
bauer  1982;  246. — Cuzco:  Urubamba  Valley,  1,800  meters,  a  tree 
of  15  meters,  Weberbauer  5059;  245. 

Nectandra  globosa  (Aubl.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5: 
415.  1889.  Laurus  globosa  Aubl.  PI.  Guian.  1:  364.  1775.  N.  pul- 
verulenta  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  283.  1836.  N.  Tessmannii  0.  C.  Schmidt, 
Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  229.  1928. 

Often  a  beautiful  tree,  25  meters  high;  branchlets  more  or  less 
puberulent-tomentulose;  blades  ovate-lanceolate,  acute  at  the  base, 
mostly  15-20  cm.  long  and  5-8  cm.  wide,  or  the  lower  twice  as 
large,  subcoriaceous,  finely  reticulate- veined  beneath;  petioles  to 
2  cm.  long;  inflorescence  shorter  than  the  leaves,  more  or  less  pubes- 
cent; pedicels  1-5  mm.  long;  flowers  white,  fragrant,  10-11  mm. 
wide;  perianth  tube  conspicuous;  anthers  sessile;  ovary  and  style 
subequal  or  very  unequal  (N.  pulverulenta). — The  specimens  cited 
appear  specifically  unseparable  unless  by  proportionate  differences 
in  length  of  the  style.  See  also  N.  lucida.  0.  C.  Schmidt,  op.  cit. 
230,  gives  a  table  of  comparative  measurements  for  N.  lucida,  N. 
capanahuensis,  N.  Tessmannii,  and  N.  breaparinensis  that  may  be 
found,  when  more  collections  are  available,  to  illustrate  the  range 
of  variation  of  a  single  or  at  most  two  somewhat  variable  species. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  174,  179,  181,  188,  201,  204).— 
Huanuco:  Cochero  (Poeppig  1427,  type  of  N.  pulverulenta) .  Mon- 
zon,  600  meters,  Weberbauer  3608  (det.  Mez);  285.— Junin:  La 
Merced,  570.4.  Chanchamayo,  Schunke  5,  419  (N.  pulverulenta, 
according  to  Schmidt);  at  1,000  meters,  Weberbauer  1900  (N. 
pulverulenta,  according  to  Mez);  282;  570.4  (det.  Schmidt). — San 
Martin:  Juanjui,  Klug  3795.  Moyobamba,  800  meters,  Weberbauer 
4574  (det.  Mez);  291.— Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Blanco,  Tessmann  3070 
(det.  Schmidt).  Lower  Rio  Maranon,  Tessmann  3758  (det.  Schmidt). 
Soledad,  Tessmann  5289.  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  3814, 
4015,  4913.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2268  (det.  Schmidt).  Pam- 
payacu,  Klug  3166.  La  Victoria,  Williams  2863.  Leticia,  Williams 
3045.  Florida,  Klug  2264-  Pumayacu,  Klug  3227.  Mouth  of 
Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  3942  (type  of  N.  Tessmannii).  Brazil 
to  Colombia  and  Central  America.  "Muena,"  "muena  amarilla," 
"muena  blanca,"  "nomebe  fuina." 

Nectandra  Herrerae  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
188.  1933. 


920  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Branches  velvety-tomentose,  the  leaves  beneath,  pedicels,  and 
flowers  yellowish-pilose,  the  flowers  perfect,  4-5  mm.  broad;  petioles 
7-12  mm.  long;  blades  lance-elliptic,  narrowed  and  acute  at  the 
base,  10-20  cm.  long,  3-6.5  cm.  wide,  papyraceous,  the  costa  per- 
manently pubescent  above,  the  lateral  nerves  7-9,  the  prominent 
reticulation  fine;  inflorescence  8-13  cm.  long,  the  peduncle  2-3.5  cm. 
long,  many-flowered,  the  pedicels  1-1.5  mm.  long;  perianth  tube 
scarcely  2  mm.  long;  outer  anthers  mostly  broadly  transverse- 
elliptic,  0.4  mm.  long,  equaling  the  glabrous  filaments;  ovary  globose, 
glabrous,  slightly  exceeded  by  the  style. — Here  might  be  sought 
N.  japurensis  Nees,  440,  from  adjacent  Brazil,  with  smoother, 
wide  leaves,  ferruginous-pubescent  inflorescence,  and  subquadrate 
anthers;  also  N.  viburnoides  Meissn.,  453,  with  sparsely  pilose, 
roundish-elliptic  leaves  and  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long. 

Cuzco:  Valle  del  Urubamba,  2,050  meters,  Hen  era  2662,  type; 
2669,  2673. 

Nectandra  intermedia  Mez,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  16:  308.  1920. 

Branchlets  subangulate,  glabrate;  petioles  to  2  cm.  long,  slender; 
blades  coriaceous,  glabrous,  dull,  oblong-elliptic,  short-acuminate, 
about  15  cm.  long  and  4.5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  about  equaling 
the  leaves,  lax,  cinereous-pilose;  flowers  greenish  yellow,  5  mm. 
broad,  on  pedicels  2  mm.  long,  the  bractlets  deciduous;  perianth 
tube  short;  filaments  glabrous,  slightly  shorter  than  the  anthers; 
glands  (series  3)  large;  anthers  all  sublaterally  dehiscent,  obtuse. — 
Very  near  N.  Pichurim  (HBK.)  Mez.  Neg.  3756. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9408,  type. 

Nectandra  Jelskii  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  429.  1889. 

Very  similar  to  N.  furcata,  but  the  rather  smaller,  elliptic  leaves 
on  somewhat  longer  petioles  that  are  wing-margined  above  by  the 
decurrent-acuminate  leaf  base. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Jelski  172,  type;  Raimondi. 

Nectandra  laevis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  451.  1889. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  with  the  general  characters  of  N.  yarinensis 
O.  C.  Schmidt,  but  the  petioles  slender,  the  inflorescence  often 
longer  than  the  leaves,  and  the  perianth  tube  prominent. — Probably 
a  form  or  variety  of  N.  Pichurim  (HBK.)  Mez.  A  tree  25  meters 
high  (Krukoff). 


FLORA  OF  PERU  921 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Jelski  186,  type. — Junin:  Cahuapanas, 
340  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  26744- — Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan, 
Krukoff  5339.  Bolivia. 

Nectandra  latifolia  (HBK.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  454.  1889.  Ocotea  latifolia  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  165.  1817. 

Usually  readily  recognizable  among  the  small-flowered,  glabrous 
species  by  the  broadly  elliptic  (10-20  cm.  long,  5-8  cm.  wide)  leaves, 
conspicuously  lustrous  above,  and,  to  a  less  extent,  by  the  reticulate- 
veined  under  surface;  petioles  1  cm.  long;  flowers  4  mm.  wide, 
on  pedicels  1-4  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  filaments  glabrous 
or  nearly  so,  subequaling  the  depressed-orbicular  anthers;  style 
obvious. — A  tree  of  10-12  meters,  with  a  trunk  diameter  of  15-25 
cm.;  flowers  yellowish. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4169,  4243,  4475 
(det.  Schmidt).— Rio  Acre:  Ule  9397  (det.  Mez).  Brazil  to  northern 
South  America.  "Muena." 

Nectandra  Laurel  Klotzsch  ex  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  505. 1848;  403. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  with  conspicuously  ferruginous-pubescent 
foliage,  and  villous  inflorescences  of  white,  honey-scented  flowers; 
petioles  to  2.5  cm.  long;  blades  ovate-elliptic,  narrow-acuminate, 
laxly  reticulate-veined  beneath,  about  10  (-30)  cm.  long  and  4-8 
cm.  wide,  well  exceeding  the  short  inflorescences;  flowers  13-15 
mm.  wide,  anthers  sessile,  truncate,  the  connective  triangularly 
acuminate-produced;  style  and  ovary  subequal. — Neg.  27602. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt);  Jelski  189. 
Chugur,  2,200  meters,  Weberbauer  4150  (det.  Mez).  Bolivia  to 
Venezuela  and  Panama.  "Roble,"  "mundshuy." 

Nectandra  lineatifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  5:  424.  1889.  Laurus  lineatifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  371. 
1802;  Laurogr.  pi.  26. 

The  more  or  less  angled  branchlets,  inflorescence,  and  leaves 
beneath  pale  ferruginous  with  a  minute  puberulence,  this  not  con- 
cealing the  leaf  surface;  petioles  1.5-2  cm.  long;  blades  elliptic, 
about  15  cm.  long,  6-10  cm.  wide,  acuminate,  chartaceous-cori- 
aceous,  the  veins  obvious  only  beneath  and  there  minutely  pulveru- 
lent; flowers  6-7  mm.  wide,  numerous;  perianth  tube  well  developed; 
anthers  sessile,  acute  or  acuminate;  glands  of  series  3  conspicuous; 
style  short.— Neg.  27603. 


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San  Martin:  Moyobamba,  Mathews. — Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz 
&  Pavdn.  Ecuador. 

Nectandra  longifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Nees,  Linnaea  21:  502.  1848; 
423.  Laurus  longifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  370.  1802;  Laurogr. 
pi.  24. 

A  shrub  or  tree  with  almost  sulcately  acute-angled  branchlets; 
petioles  to  3.5  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  densely  sericeous  beneath, 
even  in  age,  with  a  pale  yellowish  pubescence,  broadly  elliptic- 
lanceolate,  acuminate,  rounded  or  subacute  at  the  base,  20  cm. 
long,  or  longer,  6-9.5  cm.  wide,  thick-coriaceous,  obscurely  reticu- 
late-veined beneath;  flowers  12-14  mm.  wide,  on  pedicels  3-6  mm. 
long;  anthers  sessile,  acute  or  subobtuse;  glands  of  series  3  small; 
cup  about  7  mm.  wide,  4  mm.  deep,  the  fruit  half  exserted. — The 
Madrid  material  is  in  fruit  only.  Neg.  29398. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. 

Nectandra  lucida  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  334.  1836;  429. 

A  tree  or  shrub,  the  branchlets  glabrate;  petioles  1.5  cm.  long; 
blades  coriaceous,  glabrous,  lustrous  above,  above  scarcely  at  all 
but  beneath  prominently  and  densely  reticulate- veined,  elliptic  or 
obovate-elliptic,  acute  or  subobtuse  at  the  base,  acuminate  at  the 
apex,  15-20  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  short,  subthyrsoid, 
glabrate,  much  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  perfect,  minutely 
tomentulose,  8-9  mm.  broad;  perianth  tube  conspicuous;  anthers 
sessile,  rotund;  ovary  glabrous,  the  style  slightly  shorter. — Doubt- 
fully distinct  from  N.  globosa.  Neg.  27604. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  135  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  27709  (det. 
Schmidt).— Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5257,  5760. 

Nectandra  Macbridei  0.  C.  Schmidt  ex  Macbr.  Field  Mus. 
Bot.  8:  81.  1930. 

Branchlets  tomentulose;  petioles  thick,  about  2  cm.  long;  blades 
narrowly  elliptic  or  lanceolate,  narrowed  to  each  end,  acuminate, 
6-16  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above,  prominently  nerved  and  dull  beneath; 
inflorescence  ample,  many-flowered,  the  flowers  crowded  in  cymes, 
tomentulose;  perianth  tube  short;  filaments  very  short;  ovary  and 
style  subequal. — A  small  tree,  about  7  meters  high,  with  few  branches. 
Compared  by  the  author  with  N.  pulverulenta  Nees  (N.  globosa 
in  a  broad  sense),  but  with  very  differently  developed  and  much 
more  abundantly  flowered  inflorescences,  and  with  flowers  about  a 
third  smaller. 

Huanuco:  Rio  Huallaga  Canyon,  1,200  meters,  4228,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  923 

Nectandra  maranonensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  229.  1928. 

A  glabrous  tree,  10  meters  high,  with  thick,  ovate-elliptic,  sharply 
acuminate  blades  lustrous  on  both  sides,  about  10  cm.  long  and  half 
as  wide;  petioles  1.5  cm.  long;  inflorescence  to  7.5  cm.  long,  very 
shortly  pilose  in  the  axils;  flowers  white,  6  mm.  wide,  on  slender  pedi- 
cels 2  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  obsolete;  style  half  as  long  (0.5  mm.) 
as  the  ovary. — Neg.  3760. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4833,  type.  Caballo- 
cocha,  Williams  2447  (det.  Schmidt).  La  Victoria,  Williams  2858 
(det.  Schmidt).  "Hihuha,"  "tihuha,"  "muena  amarilla." 

Nectandra  Matthewsii  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  159. 

1864;  448. 

A  tree  with  unusually  small  flowers  and  papyraceous  or  subchar- 
taceous,  lanceolate  leaves  that  are  very  closely  and  finely  puberulent 
beneath  or  at  first  cinereous- tomentulose;  blades  oblong-lanceolate, 
acute  at  the  base,  acutely  acuminate,  10-25  cm.  long,  4-5.5  cm.  wide, 
slightly  reticulate- veined  beneath;  petioles  to  1.5  cm.  long;  inflores- 
cence cinereous-tomentulose,  narrow,  the  widely  divaricate  branches 
shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  tomentulose;  glabrous  filaments  and 
suborbicular  anthers  subequal,  the  glands  of  series  3  large. — See  also 
N.  japurensis  Nees,  under  N.  Herrerae,  with  glabrous  flowers  5  mm. 
wide.  Neg.  27605. 

Peru:  Without  data,  Mathews  1431,  type. 

Nectandra  maynensis  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  428. 
1889.  N.  amazonum  (Mart.)  Nees,  var.  glabrata  Meissn.  in  DC. 
Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  150.  1864. 

A  tall  tree,  25  meters  high,  with  glabrous  foliage  and  branchlets, 
only  the  short  inflorescence  very  minutely  puberulent;  petioles  slen- 
der, mostly  2  cm.  long;  blades  ovate-elliptic,  subacute  at  the  base, 
long-acuminate,  mostly  10  cm.  long  and  4-5  cm.  wide  (7-15  cm. 
long,  3-5  cm.  wide);  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long;  flowers  7  mm.  wide; 
anthers  sessile,  subacute;  perianth  tube  conspicuous;  glands  of  series 
3  small;  stigma  subsessile. — Wood  yellowish,  soft  (Poeppig).  Appar- 
ently N.  leucantha  Nees,  var.  peruviana  Meissn.  op.  cit.  151  is  the 
same  (Laurus  Hihuha  R.  &  P.  Laurogr.  pi.  19}.  It  is  known  only 
from  "Guayaquil,"  Ruiz,  and  from  Brazil.  Neg.  3761. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2343,  type.     "Tihua." 


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Nectandra  microcarpa  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  162. 
1864; 441. 

The  very  narrow,  linear-lanceolate,  densely  reticulate-veined 
leaves,  8-15  cm.  long,  readily  distinguish  this  species,  which  is 
related  to  N.  elongata  Mez;  inflorescence  glabrous,  subrectangular; 
truncate  anthers  and  glabrous  filaments  subequal. — A  tree  6-9  meters 
high,  with  many  spreading  branches.  Negs.  22068,  3777. 

San  Martin :  Tarapoto,  Spruce  41 91 ,  type.  Chazuta,  Rio  Huallaga, 
Klug  4054,  4012;  a  tree  of  4  meters;  flowers  white  and  yellow. 

Nectandra  myriantha  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  163. 
1864;  452. 

A  tree  of  30  meters;  blades  coriaceous,  the  lateral  nerves  promi- 
nent beneath,  but  the  veins  scarcely  if  at  all  reticulate,  15-20 
cm.  long,  7-8  cm.  wide,  short-acuminate,  acute  at  the  base;  inflores- 
cence open,  about  equaling  the  leaves;  flowers  subglabrous  or  pilose, 
yellowish,  4-6  mm.  wide,  the  tube  obsolete;  filaments  shorter  than 
the  depressed-oval,  subtomentose-papillose  anthers;  glands  of  series 
3  large. — The  wood  is  unpleasantly  scented.  Mature  leaves  of  the 
Ule  specimen  are  pilose  beneath,  suggesting  that  A7.  Pearcei  Mez, 
which  see,  may  not  be  specifically  distinct.  Negs.  22069,  19267, 
22075. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9401  (det.  Mez).     Brazil. 

Nectandra  Pearcei  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  444.  1889. 

Apparently  very  similar  to  N.  myriantha  Meissn.,  the  blades 
more  or  less  obovate,  about  15  cm.  long  and  6  cm.  wide,  minutely 
sericeous  above,  the  nerves  sulcate-immersed,  strigose  beneath,  the 
lateral  nerves  prominent;  inflorescence,  including  the  flowers,  tomen- 
tulose,  the  flowers  6-7  mm.  wide;  anthers  of  series  1  and  2  subsessile, 
depressed-suborbicular,  broader  than  long,  papillose. — The  type 
locality  is  unknown  to  me,  but  is  given  as  Peruvian  by  Mez. 

Peru(?):  Chailla  (Pearce,  type). 

Nectandra  Pichurim  (HBK.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  449.  1889.  Ocotea  Pichurim  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  166.  1817. 

A  white-barked  tree  of  10-20  meters,  usually  well  marked  by 
the  lanceolate,  narrowly  long-acuminate  (typically)  leaves,  often 
only  3  cm.  wide  and  10  cm.  long;  blades  somewhat  sericeous  beneath, 
or  in  var.  cuprea  Mez  (op.  cit.  450)  densely  so  and  copper-colored, 
rather  thin  and  faintly  reticulate-veined;  inflorescence  ample,  open, 
somewhat  shorter  than  the  leaves;  flowers  3-4  mm.  wide,  on  pedicels 


FLORA  OF  PERU  925 

1-4  mm.  long;  depressed,  suborbicular  anthers  much  shorter  than 
the  filaments;  glands  of  series  3  large. — According  to  Kostermans, 
Fl.  Suriname  2:  290.  1936,  the  HBK.  tree  is  different  and,  if  so, 
apparently  the  correct  name  for  the  following  material  is  N.  cuspi- 
data  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  330.  1836.  The  native  Loreto  name,  "isula 
micuna,"  refers  to  the  large  ants  that  live  on  the  tree.  The  bark  is 
used  as  a  poultice  for  the  bites  of  ants  (Tessmann).  Neg.  35014. 

Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  Schunke  4-98,  284.  (det.  Schmidt). 
Rio  Pichis,  Killip  &  Smith  26697  (det.  Schmidt). — San  Martin:  San 
Roque,  Williams  7730  (det.  Schmidt).  Moyobamba,  800  meters, 
flowers  yellowish,  Weberbauer  4501  (det.  Mez);  284,  290. — Huanuco: 
Monzon,  1,500  meters,  a  tree  of  8  meters;  flowers  yellowish,  Weber- 
bauer 3455  (var.  cuprea;  det.  Mez).  Pampayacu,  Sawada  8  (det. 
Schmidt). — Loreto:  Pebas,  Williams  1705.  Balsapuerto,  Killip  & 
Smith  29007.  Iquitos,  Tessmann  3588;  flowers  greenish  white.— 
Rio  Acre:  Ule  9396  (det.  Mez).  Argentina  and  Brazil  to  Panama. 
"Isula  micuna,"  "pishcu  nahu  muena." 

Nectandra  punctata  (R.  &  P.)  Klotzsch  ex  Nees,  Linnaea  21: 
509.  1848.  Laurus  punctata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  347.  1802. 
Gymnobalanus  punctata  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  141.  1864. 
G.  punctata  var.  elongata  Meissn.  loc.  cit.  N.  punctata  var.  elongata 
Meissn.  ex  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  5:  463. 1889. 

Known  only  from  foliage,  which  is  quite  lacking  in  distinctive 
characters,  and  from  the  fruit,  this  name  could  well  be  discarded. 
It  is  based  on  a  Ruiz  specimen  from  Mufia,  and  the  pubescent  variety 
elongata  on  a  Pavon  specimen  from  Vitoc.  Neg.  27608. 

Nectandra  purpurea  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  443.  1889.  Laurus  purpurea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  351.  1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  7. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  rather  similar  in  foliage  to  N.  latifolia  (HBK.) 
Mez,  but  the  flowers  said  to  be  nearly  twice  as  broad,  the  glabrous 
filaments  and  truncate,  depressed-oval  or  subquadrate  anthers  very 
unequal  in  length. — Only  a  leaf  specimen  seen  by  me. 

Huanuco:  Cochero  and  Chinchao,  Ruiz,  type. 

Nectandra  Raimondii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Ber- 
lin 10:  726.  1929. 

A  glabrous  tree,  only  the  axillary  inflorescences  sparsely  tomentu- 
lose;  petioles  5-15  mm.  long;  blades  mostly  elliptic,  11-24  cm.  long, 
4.5-8.5  cm.  wide,  narrowed  at  each  end,  the  acumination  to  3.2  cm. 


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long,  the  lateral  nerves  5-6;  flowers  perfect,  3.5  mm.  broad,  on  slen- 
der pedicels  2  (-3)  mm.  long;  perianth  lobes  (tube  very  short)  1.5-1.8 
mm.  long;  fertile  stamens  9,  the  outer  ones  leafy-dilated,  sessile, 
0.5-0.6  mm.  long;  ovary  ellipsoid,  glabrous,  0.8-1  mm.  long,  con- 
tracted to  a  slightly  shorter  style. — Related  to  N.  capanahuensis 
0.  C.  Schmidt  (group  of  N.  lucida  Nees).  Neg.  3764. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Raimondi  3524;  type. — Huanuco:  Chin- 
chao,  Sawada  91  (det.  Schmidt).  "Mundshuy  gateado." 

Nectandra  reticulata  (R.  &  P.)  Mez,  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
5:  404.  1889.  Laurus  reticulata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  348.  1802; 
Laurogr.  pi.  3.  N.  rigida  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  284. 1836.  Ocotea  rigida 
HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2:  163.  1817. 

Very  similar  to  N.  Laurel  Klotzsch  &  Karst.,  but  the  leaves 
usually  rather  thinner  and  narrowed  or  acute  at  the  base,  the  well 
developed  inflorescence  nearly  as  long;  outer  anthers  foliaceous, 
acute. — A  tree  as  much  as  40  meters  high.  N.  rigida  is  a  form  or 
variety  with  the  style  shorter  than  the  ovary. 

San  Martin:  Rio  Cainarachi,  230  meters,  Klug  2696. — Caja- 
marca: Cutervo,  Raimondi  (det.  Schmidt). — Huanuco:  Cochero 
and  Chinchao,  Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type.  Cochero,  Poeppig  1233. 
Puyash,  Sawada  93.  Yanano,  1,800  meters,  3788  (det.  Schmidt). 
Muna,  2,100  meters,  3907  (det.  Schmidt). — Cuzco:  Santa  Ana,  1,300 
meters,  Weberbauer  5016  (det.  Mez).  Cosnipata,  700  meters,  Weber- 
bauer  6963  (det.  Schmidt). — Puno:  Rio  Chaupimayo,  Soukup  505. 
— Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  3936  (det.  Schmidt).— 
Amazonas:  Rio  Utcubamba,  1,900  meters,  Weberbauer  4303  (N. 
rigida,  det.  Mez;  but  Schmidt  has  noticed  that  the  style  is  elongate). 
—Without  locality,  Poeppig.  Brazil  to  Mexico.  "Muena,"  "huarme 
tashango." 

Nectandra  Sawadai  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
187.  1933. 

Branchlets  terete,  glabrous  like  the  entire  plant,  except  the  leaf 
nerves  beneath  and  the  flowers,  these  perfect,  5.5  mm.  broad;  peti- 
oles 7-11  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  narrowed  at  each  end,  acuminate, 
10-13  cm.  long,  3.3-4.5  cm.  wide,  thin,  somewhat  lustrous  above, 
the  lateral  nerves  6-8,  prominently  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides; 
inflorescence  5-9  cm.  long;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long;  perianth  tube 
obsolete;  outer  anthers  subsessile,  rotund-rectangular,  the  inner 
filaments  and  staminodia  glabrous,  the  glands  large;  ovary  glabrous, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  927 

1  mm.  long,  the  style  0.6  mm.  long. — Related  to  N.  nitidula  Nees, 
436,  with  larger  flowers  and  pubescent  pedicels. 

Huanuco:  Pampayacu,  Sawada  10,  type. 

Nectandra  superba  A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  120.  1935. 

A  tree  35  meters  high,  the  trunk  70  cm.  in  diameter;  subterete 
branchlets,  petioles  (15-25  mm.  long),  and  inflorescence  brownish- 
tomentose;  blades  coriaceous,  drying  olivaceous,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  above  except  on  the  costa,  beneath  densely  appressed- 
pilose,  acute  at  each  end,  elliptic-oblong,  15-20  cm.  long,  5-8  cm. 
wide,  the  lateral  nerves  5-8,  prominent  beneath,  the  reticulate 
veins  conspicuous  on  both  sides;  inflorescences  to  30-flowered,  5-12 
cm.  long,  the  lateral  branchlets  4-10  mm.  long;  flowers  subsessile, 
in  fascicles  of  2-4;  perianth  tube  1.5-2  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the 
ovate  lobes;  outer  anthers  subsessile,  suborbicular,  obtuse,  bearing 
dorsally  2-4  minute,  black  glands;  anthers  and  filaments  of  series 
3  subequal,  glandular.— Separated  by  the  author  from  N.  lineati- 
folia  because  of  its  prominent  leaf  reticulation  and  subsessile  flowers 
with  blunt  anthers. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5757,  type. 

Nectandra  viburnoides  Meissn.  in  DC.  Prodr.  15,  pt.  1:  162. 
1864.  453. 

Distinguishable  from  N.  latifolia  (HBK.)  Mez  by  the  dull,  often 
somewhat  narrower  leaves,  usually  less  than  6  cm.  wide,  and  the 
subsessile  stigma. — A  shrub,  or  a  tree  to  20  meters  high,  with  white 
or  straw-colored  flowers.  Neg.  3771. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9472  (det.  Mez).    Brazil. 

Nectandra  Williamsii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
188.  1933. 

A  shrub,  glabrous  except  for  the  slightly  strigillose  flowers  and 
tomentulose  pedicels,  the  flowers  4  mm.  broad,  perfect,  the  pedicels 
2-3  mm.  long,  slender;  petioles  4-8  mm.  long;  blades  lance-elliptic, 
6-11  cm.  long,  2-3.5  cm.  wide,  acute  at  the  base,  acuminate,  dull 
above,  papyraceous,  the  lateral  nerves  7-8,  rather  conspicuous  and 
reticulate  beneath;  inflorescence  6-10  cm.  long;  perianth  tube  obso- 
lete; outer  anthers  rotund-trapezoid,  0.4-0.5  mm.  long,  longer  than 
the  glabrous  filaments;  staminodia  stipitiform,  pilose;  ovary  and 
style  glabrous,  the  ovary  0.8  mm.  long,  the  style  half  as  long. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  750  meters,  Williams  6001,  type;  5950. 


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Nectandra  yarinensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  230.  1928. 

A  small  tree,  the  trunk  6  cm.  in  diameter,  with  short-acuminate, 
narrowly  elliptic-oblong,  pergamentaceous  leaves;  blades  15-30  cm. 
long,  5-10  cm.  wide,  cuneately  narrowed  to  the  very  thick  petiole; 
inflorescence  to  13  cm.  long;  flowers  whitish,  4  mm.  wide,  minutely 
and  sparsely  puberulent,  the  tube  obsolete. — Compared  by  the 
author  with  the  smaller-leaved  N.  surinamensis  Mez,  454.  Neg. 
3773. 

Loreto:  Middle  Rio  Ucayali,  Boca  del  Yarina,  Tessmann  3376, 
type. 

10.  PLEUROTHYRIUM  Nees 

Flowers  perfect;  perianth  tube  rarely  well  defined,  the  segments 
equal.  Stamens  of  the  3  outer  series  fertile,  the  fourth  always 
aborted.  Filaments  glabrous  or  papillose,  all  9  basally  glandular, 
the  glands  usually  confluent.  Upper  anther  cells  introrse,  the  lower 
extrorse.  Style  usually  conspicuous.  Fruit  apparently  unknown. — 
Doubtfully  separable  naturally  from  Ocotea,  which  may  have,  excep- 
tionally, all  the  filaments  glandular,  but  in  that  genus  the  lower 
anther  cells  of  the  outer  series  are  never  exactly  extrorse,  nor  is  the 
androecium  so  compact  by  the  fusion  of  the  glands. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  glabrate  beneath. 

Leaves  medium-sized,  10-20  cm.  long P.  densiflorum. 

Leaves  very  large,  several  decimeters  long. 

Perianth  tube  2  mm.  long P.  maximum. 

Perianth  tube  scarcely  1  mm.  long. 

Leaves  membranous,  with  20  or  more  nerves .  .  P.  Williamsii. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  with  16  or  fewer  nerves P.  Krukovii. 

Leaves  with  cinereous  or  ferruginous  pubescence  beneath. 

Leaves  very  rigid P.  Poeppigii. 

Leaves  chartaceous-coriaceous. 

Leaves  short-acute;  inflorescence  branched. 

Pubescence  lax,  ferruginous  on  the  leaves  beneath. 

P.  chrysophyllum. 

Pubescence  close,  cinereous  on  the  leaves  beneath. 

P.  cuneifolium. 

Leaves  caudate-acuminate;  inflorescence  subsimple.  .P.  bifidum. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  929 

Pleurothyrium  bifidum  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  351.  1836;  469. 

A  tree  of  20-30  meters,  the  trunk  40  cm.  in  diameter;  with  the 
characters  of  P.  chrysophyllum  Nees  except  that  the  often  larger 
leaves  are  definitely  acute  or  acuminate  and  are  about  equaled  by 
the  inflorescence;  flowers  golden  brown;  style  very  short  or  obsolete. 
— Resembles  also  P.  panurense  Mez,  468,  in  foliage,  but  the  inflores- 
cence of  that  Amazonian  species  is  much  shorter  than  the  leaves  and 
the  style  equals  the  ovary.  In  the  type  some  of  the  leaves  are  more 
than  30  cm.  long.  Neg.  31202.  Pleurothyrium  nobile  A.  C.  Smith, 
Phytologia  1 :  120.  1935,  Amazonian,  was  separated  from  P.  bifidum 
by  its  glabrous  or  only  minutely  tomentulose  inflorescence,  and  large 
flowers,  on  pedicels  6-10  mm.  long;  from  P.  Poeppigii  by  its  gla- 
brous leaves. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4634  (det.  Schmidt). 
Yurimaguas,  Poeppig  2398,  type. 

Pleurothyrium  chrysophyllum  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  351.  1836; 
471. 

Similar  to  P.  Poeppigii  Nees,  but  the  thinner  leaves  rounded  at 
the  apex,  15-25  cm.  long,  10-15  cm.  wide,  ferruginous-tomentose 
beneath,  with  20-24  sometimes  forked  lateral  nerves;  panicles 
oblong,  10-15  cm.  long,  the  branches  2-5  cm.  long,  the  pedicels 
obsolete  or  3  mm.  long;  filaments  definitely  shorter  than  the  anthers. 
— A  beautiful  tree  20-25  meters  high,  with  yellow  wood  and  cinna- 
mon-colored flowers  (Poeppig). 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  1718  (according  to  Nees;  in  herb. 
Berlin  as  1719,  and  as  from  Chile);  also  1432,  fide  Nees. 

Pleurothyrium  cuneifolium  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  352.  1836;  470. 

A  tree  of  12  meters,  the  trunk  20  cm.  in  diameter;  blades  oblong- 
oval  or  obovate,  gradually  attenuate  to  a  cuneate  base,  15-20  cm. 
long,  6-8  cm.  wide,  abruptly  acute  or  acuminate,  finely  but  softly 
pale-ferruginous-tomentose  beneath,  like  the  subterminal  panicles, 
the  nerves  14-15;  petioles  8-10  mm.  long;  panicle  branches  com- 
pressed, about  2  cm.  long,  bifid,  the  branchlets  1-3-flowered;  flowers 
yellow-orange,  5-7  mm.  long,  the  outer  segments  elliptic,  the  inner 
oblong;  filaments  shorter  than  the  anthers;  style  longer  than  the 
ovary. — The  fistulose  branchlets  are  reported  to  be  inhabited  by 
ants.  Neg.  3582. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4526  (det.  Schmidt). 
Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  Klug  2931;  a  tree  of  5  meters;  flowers 


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yellow.  Cachipuerto,  King  3116.  Fortaleza,  140  meters,  King  2779; 
a  tree  of  14  meters.  Pumayacu,  600-1,200  meters,  King  3195,  3228. 
—San  Martin:  Zepelacio, Klug  3567.  Brazil. 

Pleurothyrium  densiflorum  A.  C.  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club 
58:  109.  1931. 

A  tree  of  10  meters,  essentially  glabrous,  or  the  young  parts 
pale-puberulent,  like  the  ample  inflorescence  and  the  flowers;  peti- 
oles slender,  7-15  mm.  long;  blades  oblong  or  elliptic-oblong,  cuneate 
at  the  base,  obtuse  or  subacute  at  the  apex,  13-18  cm.  long,  4.5-6.5 
cm.  wide,  dull,  chartaceous;  flowers  3-5  mm.  broad,  nearly  4  mm. 
long,  the  segments  oblong,  obtuse;  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long;  outer 
filaments  0.4-0.5  mm.  long,  little  shorter  than  the  anthers. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  1372,  type;  1301.  Balsa- 
puerto,  220  meters,  Klug  2908;  a  tree  of  6  meters;  flowers  white. 
Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2273.  "Canela  muena." 

Pleurothyrium  Krukovii  A.  C.  Smith,  Phytologia  1:  121.  1935. 

Branchlets  terete,  fistulose,  soon  glabrate;  petioles  rugose, 
canaliculate,  1.5-3  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  glabrous,  the  14-16 
nerves  and  reticulate  veins  prominent  beneath,  obscure  above, 
acute  or  short-acuminate,  acute  at  the  base,  25-45  cm.  long,  7-12 
cm.  wide;  inflorescences  solitary,  axillary,  7-12  cm.  long,  many- 
flowered,  the  branchlets  slender,  4-10  mm.  long,  like  the  flowers 
minutely  cinereous- tomentulose;  flowers  in  fascicles  of  3-6;  mature 
pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  perianth  tube  1  mm.  long,  the  oblong,  obtuse 
lobes  2.5  mm.  long;  stamens  1  mm.  long,  the  anthers  oblong,  emar- 
ginate,  equaled  by  the  slender  filaments,  all  9  glandular,  the  glands 
not  confluent;  ovary  glabrous,  equaled  by  the  tomentulose  style.— 
Compared  by  the  author  with  P.  parviflorum  Ducke,  with  much 
smaller  leaves  and  inflorescences. 

Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5563,  type;  5255,  5722. 

Pleurothyrium  maximum  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  235.  1928. 

A  small  tree,  4-6  meters  high,  the  trunk  7-8  cm.  in  diameter, 
with  velvety,  red-pubescent  branchlets  and  inflorescence;  blades 
obovate-lanceolate,  30-40  cm.  long,  7.5-14  cm.  wide,  cordate  at 
the  base,  more  or  less  acuminate,  papyraceous,  glabrous;  flowers 
green,  7-9  mm.  long,  the  tube  2  mm.  long,  in  narrow,  thyrsoid 
panicles  sometimes  65  cm.  long;  pedicels  slender,  5-10  mm.  long; 
stamens  1.6  mm.  long,  the  anthers  and  filaments  subequal;  ovary 


FLORA  OF  PERU  931 

1.8  mm.  long,  nearly  twice  as  long  as  the  style. — A  well  marked 
species  because  of  its  cordate-based,  large  leaves,  greatly  elongate, 
slender  inflorescence,  and  green  flowers.  Neg.  3583. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  Tessmann  4040,  type;  4529. 

Pleurothyrium  Poeppigii  Nees,  Syst.  Laur.  349.  1836;  471. 

A  shrub  or  tree  with  fleshy,  ferruginous-tomentulose  branch- 
lets  and  inflorescence,  and  obovate,  rigid-coriaceous  leaves,  gla- 
brous above  but  very  finely  and  densely  pulverulent  beneath;  blades 
about  15  cm.  long,  5-8  cm.  wide,  subobtuse,  acute  at  the  base;  peti- 
oles about  2  cm.  long;  inflorescence  many-flowered,  the  branches 
5-10  cm.  long,  the  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long;  filaments  and  anthers, 
like  the  style  and  ovary,  subequal. — Neg.  3586. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig,  type. 

Pleurothyrium  Williamsii  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  31: 
189.  1933. 

Branches  quadrangular;  petioles  and  inflorescence,  including  the 
flowers,  velvety-brown-tomentose;  petioles  5  mm.  long,  2.5  mm. 
thick;  blades  narrowly  oblanceolate,  30-40  cm.  long,  7.5-9.5  cm. 
wide,  truncate-cordate  at  the  base,  narrowed  at  the  apex  into  an 
acumination  3  cm.  long,  membranaceous,  glabrous  except  on  the 
nerves,  these  rather  prominent,  especially  the  22-24  lateral  ones 
beneath,  finely  reticulate- veined ;  inflorescence  8-12  cm.  long,  the 
peduncle  4-6  cm.  long;  flowers  7-8  mm.  broad,  on  pedicels  4-6  mm. 
long,  the  tube  scarcely  1  mm.  long;  stamens  0.7-0.9  mm.  long;  ovary 
1  mm.  long,  the  style  only  slightly  shorter. 

Loreto:  Pebas,  Williams  1766,  type. 

77.  HERNANDIACEAE.    Hernandia  Family 
Reference:  Meissner  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  5,  pt.  2:  291-294.  1866. 

The  Peruvian  representatives  are  probably  always  scandent  or 
subscandent  shrubs;  leaves  simple,  with  3  (-5)  principal  nerves 
from  the  broad  base;  flowers  almost  minute,  in  axillary,  corymbose 
or  paniculate  cymes.  Calyx  with  3-5  valvate,  subequal  segments 
in  2  series,  the  same  number  of  stamens  with  2-celled  anthers  in 
1  row,  and  1-2  rows  of  glandular  staminodia.  Fruit  dry,  somewhat 
costate-angulate,  oblong  or  ovoid,  the  surrounding  receptacle  more 
or  less  inflated. — The  family  has  been  included  in  the  Lauraceae. 


932  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

1.  SPARATTANTHELIUM  Mart. 
Characters  as  above. 

Branches  glabrous  or  glabrate,  the  leaves  sometimes  puberulent 
beneath. 

Sepals  4;  leaves  somewhat  lustrous. S.  amazonum. 

Sepals  5-7;  leaves  dull  or  nearly  so S.  atrum. 

Branches  conspicuously  pubescent,  sometimes  shortly  so. 

Branches  densely  and  shortly  puberulent- villous S.  acreanum. 

Branches  villous  with  long,  spreading  hairs S.  tarapotanum. 

Sparattanthelium  acreanum  Pilger,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Ber- 
lin 6:  295.  1915. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  inflorescence,  and  leaves  beneath  some- 
what villous- tomentose;  blades  chartaceous,  ovate-elliptic,  rounded 
or  slightly  subacute  at  the  base,  7-10  cm.  long,  4-5.5  cm.  wide, 
glabrate  above  except  on  the  nerves,  these  3  and,  with  the  veins, 
prominent  beneath;  petioles  1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  panicles  axillary  and 
terminal,  to  15  cm.  long,  with  divaricate  branches;  flowers  densely 
aggregate,  densely  rusty- tomentose,  short-pedicellate;  sepals  5, 
lanceolate,  villous  within,  2-2.5  mm.  long. — Said  to  differ  in  leaf 
form  from  S.  tarapotanum;  leaves  less  pubescent  and  sepals  4  in  the 
similar  S.  tupiniquinorum  Mart.,  291.  Neg.  13547. 

Rio  Acre:  Cobija  (Bolivia),  Ule  9405,  type. 

Sparattanthelium  amazonum  Mart.  Denkschr.  Bot.  Ges. 
Regensb.  3:  303.  pi.  11.  1841;  293. 

Petioles  10-20  mm.  long;  blades  concolorous,  rounded  or  emar- 
ginate  at  the  base,  acuminate,  ovate  or  oblong,  herbaceous,  gla- 
brous like  the  branchlets  and  peduncles,  5-12  cm.  long,  2.5-3.5  cm. 
wide,  3-nerved,  the  veins  lax,  slender;  panicle  corymbiform,  lax, 
about  equaling  the  leaves,  the  white-tomentulose  pedicels  and 
flowers  1  mm.  long,  the  perianth  4-parted;  filaments  and  anthers 
subequal.— Neg.  7308. 

Loreto:  Fortaleza,  140  meters,  Klug  2771.  Region  of  Iquitos, 
King  599;  Killip  &  Smith  29835,  27281;  Williams  1953.  Brazil. 

Sparattanthelium  atrum  Pilger,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
6:295.1915. 

Younger  branches  glabrous;  leaves  thin,  not  at  all  lustrous,  ellip- 
tic, rounded  or  subcordate  at  the  base,  short-  or  long-acuminate, 
10-15  cm.  long,  5.5-7.5  cm.  wide,  the  acumen  1-2  cm.  long,  glabrous, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  933 

the  3  nerves,  like  the  veins,  prominent  only  beneath;  peduncles  gla- 
brous, 3-4.5  cm.  long;  panicles  axillary,  to  8  cm.  long,  lax;  flowers 
puberulent,  densely  aggregate,  the  slender,  puberulent  pedicels  as 
long;  sepals  6  (5-7),  more  or  less  connate,  obtuse,  1.5-1.7  mm.  long.— 
Differs  from  S.  amazonum  by  its  dull  leaves  and  more  numerous 
sepals  (Pilger) .  How  constant  these  characters  are  for  this  and  other 
species  remains  to  be  shown  by  more  abundant  collections.  Neg. 
13549. 

Rio  Acre:  Seringal  Guanabara  (Brazil),  Ule  9406,  type. 

Sparattanthelium  tarapotanum  Meissn.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
5,  pt.  2:  294.  1866.  S.  Sprucei  Rusby,  Descr.  N.  Sp.  S.  Amer.  PL 
22.  1920. 

Apparently  similar  to  S.  amazonum,  but  the  branches  and  leaves 
villous,  the  leaves  becoming  glabrate  above;  panicles  dense;  pedicels 
about  2  mm.  long;  perianth  often  5-parted;  filaments  very  short. — 
Neg.  13550. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4222,  type;  Spruce  422a,  type  of 
S.  Sprucei;  Williams  6280,  5471,  6171,  6252.  Juanjui,  400-800 
meters,  river  bank,  Klug  4233;  flowers  greenish  brown. 

78.  PAPAVERACEAE.  Poppy  Family 
Reference:  Fedde,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  5-145.  1936. 

Peruvian  members  of  the  family  are  of  some  economic  impor- 
tance. The  poppy-like  Argemone  mexicana  is  the  source  of  thistle 
oil,  a  clear,  yellow  oil  extracted  from  the  seeds,  suitable  for  fuel  and 
use  as  an  ointment;  in  Peru  (Hen era)  as  in  Brazil  this  oil  is  used  as 
a  purge  and  for  colic.  Further,  in  Peru  the  flowers  are  employed  as  a 
narcotic,  and  the  plant  furnishes  a  yellow  dye  (Herrera). 

Herbs. 

Plants  prickly 1.  Argemone. 

Plants  unarmed 2.  Chelidonium. 

Shrubs  or  small  trees 3.  Bocconia. 

1.  ARGEMONE  L.  Prickly  poppy 

Coarse,  mostly  bushy-branched  and  prickly  plants  with  sub- 
pinnately  lobed  leaves  and  showy,  poppy-like  flowers.  Stigmas  not 
united,  at  least  basally,  to  form  a  flat  disk  as  in  the  true  poppy, 
Papaver. 


934  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Argemone  mexieana  L.  Sp.  PI.  508. 1753. 

Capsules  prickly;  flowers  typically  yellow  or  orange;  stigma  lobes 
suberect;  style  obsolete. — Var.  ochroleuca  (Sweet)  Lindl.  has  lighter- 
colored,  more  loosely  disposed  flowers,  the  stigma  lobes  divergent, 
the  style  developed.  A  striking  variation  is  var.  gynophora  (Fedde) 
Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (A.  mexieana  var.  ochroleuca  subvar.  gynophora 
Fedde,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  104:  278. 1909),  with  slightly  double  flowers 
that  persist  about  the  base  of  a  stipitate  capsule,  the  stipe  2-3  cm. 
long.  Illustrated,  Gray,  Gen.  1:  pi.  47;  Pflanzenreich  IV.  104:  274 
(var.  gynophora). 

Lima:  Lurin,  Ruiz  &  Pavon;  Gaudichaud;  (WilkesExped.).  Ma- 
tucana,  2,400  meters,  401.  Bed  of  Rio  Rimac,  Wawra  451  (type  of 
var.  gynophora). — Cuzco:  In  grain  and  other  cultivated  fields  (He- 
rrera).  Oropeza  Valley,  3,150  meters,  Herrera  2169. — Piura:  Parinas 
Valley,  Haught  272;  growing  in  watercourse  among  the  Amotape 
Hills. — San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  in  pastures,  750  meters,  Williams 
5420,  6606. — Tacna:  Tacora,  Isern  2276. — Arequipa:  Cachendo 
(Gunther  &  Buchtien  289).  Presumably  native  of  tropical  America; 
now  nearly  cosmopolitan.  "Ccarhuinchu,"  "ccarhuinchunca." 

2.  CHELIDONIUM  L. 

Unarmed,  round-stemmed  herbs  with  irregularly  lobed  or  sub- 
pinnate  leaves,  long-pediceled,  yellow  flowers,"  and  linear  pods  on 
slender  pedicels.  Petals  4. 

Chelidonium  ma  jus  L.  Sp.  PI.  505.  1753. 

Leaves  gray-green,  irregularly  divided  or  lobed;  pedicels  bracte- 
ate  at  the  base;  pods  slightly  torulose. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  104:  213. 

Lima:  Adventive  on  rock  walls  at  Matucana  and  elsewhere. 
Native  of  the  Old  World.  "Celidefia." 

3.  BOCCONIA  L. 

By  Paul  C.  Standley 

Reference:  Hutchinson,  Kew  Bull.  275-282.  1920. 
Tall  shrubs  or  small  trees,  simple  or  sparsely  branched,  the  large 
leaves  clustered  at  the  ends  of  the  branches;  sap  orange;  flowers 
small,  apetalous,  in  large,  terminal  panicles;  ovary  long-stipitate, 
with  a  single  ovule;  valves  of  the  small  fruit  fleshy,  opening  from  be- 
low upward;  seeds  surrounded  by  a  large  aril. — From  South  America 
only  one  other  species  is  known,  B.  pubibractea  Hutchinson,  for  which 


FLORA  OF  PERU  935 

its  author  cites  five  collections  from  "Colombia."  The  type  was 
collected  by  Pearce  on  slopes  of  the  mountains  about  "Mufia,"  which 
I  suspect  is  Mufia,  Peru.  However,  I  have  seen  no  Peruvian  material 
agreeing  with  the  description.  Pearce's  labels  usually  bear  no  name 
of  the  country  in  which  the  specimens  were  collected,  and  since  many 
of  the  localities  are  obscure,  often  it  is  difficult  to  refer  them  defi- 
nitely to  any  of  the  Andean  countries. 

Leaves  deeply  lobate,  with  elongate,  narrow,  acuminate  lobes,  abun- 
dantly tomentose  beneath  or  rarely  glabrate B.  Pearcei. 

Leaves  entire  or  merely  coarsely  crenate. 

Leaves  entire  or  practically  so,  glabrous  beneath .  .B.  Macbrideana. 

Leaves  coarsely  crenate,  densely  tomentose  beneath  .B.  integrifolia. 

Bocconia  integrifolia  Humb.  &  Bonpl.  PI.  Aequin.  1:  119. 
pi.  35.  180-7.  B.  frutescens  var.  integrifolia  Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  3, 
pt.  2:  4.  1898. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  usually  3-4.5  meters  high;  leaves  short- 
petiolate,  elongate-elliptic,  the  larger  ones  more  than  30  cm.  long, 
obtuse  or  acute,  serrate  to  shallowly  crenate-lobate,  the  low  lobes, 
when  present,  rounded  or  very  obtuse,  glabrous  above,  usually  pale 
beneath  and  brownish- tomentose;  panicles  as  much  as  35  cm.  long; 
sepals  obovate-elliptic,  1  cm.  long,  glabrous;  stamens  about.  10; 
fruit  ellipsoid,  12  mm.  long. 

Cajamarca:  Near  Cascas  (Bonpland,  type). — Without  locality: 
Gay  675. — Huanuco:  Between  Huanuco  and  Pampayacu,  Kanehira 
233.  Chaclla,  2,700  meters,  3644;  a  shrub  4.5  meters  high,  leafless 
except  at  the  top;  inflorescence  more  or  less  drooping,  pale  lavender. 
Twelve  miles  south  of  Panao,  3,000  meters,  in  creek  bottom  and  open 
woods,  2226. — Junin:  Huacapistana,  1,800-2,400  meters,  Killip  & 
Smith  24149;  a  tree  of  3-4.5  meters.  Bolivia  to  Venezuela. 

Bocconia  Macbrideana  Stand!.,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  ut  videtur  ramosus,  omnino  glaber;  folia  parva  petiolata 
crasse  membranacea,  petiolo  gracili  2-2.5  cm.  longo;  lamina  angus- 
tissime  oblonga,  fere  lineari-oblonga,  9-15  cm.  longa  1.5-2.5  cm. 
lata  acutiuscula  apiculata,  basi  attenuato-acutata,  integra  vel  per- 
obscure  remote  serrulata,  subtus  viridis,  non  glauca;  panicula  bre- 
viter  pedunculata  thyrsiformis  vel  anguste  pyramidalis  16-20  cm. 
longa  7-10  cm.  lata  laxe  multiflora;  sepala  4-5  mm.  longa  elliptica 
apice  abrupte  contracta  glabra;  styli  rami  minute  sparse  puberuli; 
fructus  longe  stipitatus  ellipsoideo-oblongus  ca.  7  mm.  longus  longis- 
sime  rostratus. 


936  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Junin:  Rio  de  Comas,  2,300-2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  6619  (type 
in  Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

The  species  of  Bocconia  have  been  separated  chiefly  by  the  form 
of  their  leaves,  and  in  its  leaves  this  plant  is  certainly  unlike  any  of  the 
species  known  heretofore. 

Bocconia  Pearcei  Hutchinson,  Kew  Bull.  278.  1920. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  1-3  meters  high,  the  branches  glaucous; 
leaves  petiolate,  as  much  as  45  cm.  long,  deeply  pinnate-lobate,  the 
lobes  acute  or  acuminate,  serrate,  glabrous  above,  pale  beneath  and 
brownish-tomentose,  rarely  glabrate;  panicles  as  much  as  40  cm. 
long,  or  probably  larger;  sepals  10-12  mm.  long,  glabrous;  stamens 
about  20;  fruit  glaucous,  1  cm.  long. 

Huanuco:  Huasahuasi,  Dombey;  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — Without  local- 
ity: Poeppig  1089. — Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  1,200  meters, 
Schunke  415.  Chanchamayo,  Isern  2239.  La  Merced,  5712.— 
Sandia:  (Weberbauer,  89)',  Gay.— Cuzco:  Machupicchu,  Soukup  312. 
— San  Martin:  San  Roque,  in  forest,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7139. 
Foot  of  Cerro  Campana,  Spruce  4301.  Bolivia  to  Ecuador.  "Palo 
de  tinta,"  "palo  amarillo,"  "haiuna." 

This  plant  has  been  referred  generally  toB.  frutescens  L.,  to  which, 
indeed,  it  is  closely  related,  but,  as  pointed  out  by  Hutchinson,  that 
species  is  restricted  to  Mexico,  Central  America,  and  the  West  Indies. 

78.  FUMARIACEAE.  Fumitory  Family 
By  Julian  A.  Steyermark 

1.  FUMARIA  (Tourn.)  L. 

Slender,  leafy-stemmed  annuals  with  finely  dissected,  compound 
leaves.  Flowers  small,  in  racemes  or  spikes.  Pedicels  2-bracted. 
Corolla  irregular,  with  1  petal  spurred  at  the  base,  the  4  petals  in  2 
pairs.  Stamens  6,  in  two  sets  of  3  each.  Style  deciduous.  Fruit 
small,  1-seeded,  globular,  indehiscent.  Seeds  crestless.— All  the 
species  of  Fumaria  found  in  Peru  are  natives  of  Europe. 

Corolla  9-12  mm.  long F.  capreolata. 

Corolla  3-7  mm.  long. 

Sepals  very  small,  0.5-1  mm.  long,  less  than  one-fourth  the  length 
of  the  corolla F.  parviflora. 

Sepals  1.5-2  mm.  long,  one-third  or  more  the  length  of  the  corolla. 

F.  densiflora. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  937 

Fumaria  capreolata  L.  Sp.  PI.  701.  1753. 

Plants  15-40  cm.  tall;  ultimate  leaf  segments  relatively  large, 
1-4  mm.  broad,  oblong-cuneate,  obtuse;  peduncles  3.5-5.5  cm.  long, 
many-flowered;  corolla  greenish  white  with  purplish  tips;  sepals  half 
as  long  as  the  corolla;  fruit  rounded  at  the  tip. 

Lima:  San  Geronimo,   150  meters,  5900.     Atocongo,  250-500 

meters,  Pennell  14774- 

Fumaria  densiflora  DC.  Cat.  Hort.  Monsp.  113.  1813. 

Plants  up  to  40  cm.  tall;  ultimate  leaf  segments  short  and  narrow, 
2-3  mm.  long,  0.5-1  mm.  broad,  acute;  peduncles  about  equaling 
the  petioles,  0.5-1.5  cm.  long,  many-flowered;  corolla  rosy  purple,  the 
tips  dark  purple,  5-6  mm.  long;  fruit  slightly  short-pointed  at  the  apex. 

Lima:  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  379. 

Fumaria  parviflora  Lam.  Encycl.  2:  567.  1788. 

Plants  up  to  30  cm.  tall;  ultimate  leaf  segments  long  and  slender, 
2.5-7  mm.  long,  0.5-1  mm.  broad,  acute;  peduncles  about  equaling 
the  petioles,  less  than  1  cm.  long,  many-flowered;  corolla  pinkish 
with  dark  purple  tips,  3-5  mm.  long;  fruit  slightly  short-pointed 
at  the  apex. 

Lima:  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  307. 

79.  CRUCIFERAE.  Mustard  Family 
Reference:  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 17b:  227-658. 1936. 

Herbs,  sometimes  woody  at  the  base  in  some  of  the  alpine  species, 
with  watery,  often  acrid  sap.  Leaves  alternate  or  basal,  simple  or 
pinnately  divided.  Flowers  racemose  or  corymbose.  Sepals  4, 
deciduous  or  persistent.  Petals  4,  hypogynous,  nearly  equal,  usually 
narrowed  at  the  base  into  a  claw.  Stamens  6,  hypogynous,  2  shorter 
than  the  other  4.  Pistil  1,  composed  of  2  united  carpels.  Fruit  a 
silique  or  silicle,  1-2-celled,  when  2-celled,  the  cells  separated  by  a 
thin  partition  stretched  between  the  2  marginal  placentae,  from 
which  the  valves  separate  when  ripe,  sometimes  indehiscent  or 
separating  into  1-seeded  joints. — In  this  flora,  where  simplicity  in 
classification  is  sought,  generic  lines  in  the  Cruciferae  sometimes 
have  been  drawn  less  finely  than  by  the  most  recent  monographer. 
Nevertheless,  the  following  key,  as  regards  major  details,  is  taken 
directly  from  his. 


938  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Pods  with  a  gynophore,  and  divided  into  2  parts  (in  Cremolobus  the 
gynophore  is  rarely  absent). 

Pod  parts  provided  with  a  cross  wing 1.  Loxoptera. 

Pod  parts  without  a  cross  wing. 
Pod  spectacle-shaped,  winged  or  at  least  marginate. 

2.  Cremolobus. 
Pod  not  spectacle-shaped,  not  at  all  margined,  keeled. 

3.  Urbanodoxa. 

Pods  not  divided  into  2  parts,  rarely  with  a  gynophore. 
Pods  consisting  of  a  lower  and  upper  segment,  the  latter  often 
beaklike;  cotyledon  leaves  nearly  always  folded  lengthwise; 
pubescence  simple  or  none. 

Segments  of  the  fruit  not  sharply  defined;  petals  usually  yellow. 

4.  Brassica. 

Segments  of  the  fruit  sharply  defined;  petals  usually  white  or 
purple 5.  Raphanus. 

Pods  not  divided  into  a  valvular  and  stylar  portion,  sometimes 
sectionally  parted;  cotyledons  never  folded  lengthwise; 
pubescence  various. 

Pods  laterally  compressed,  the  septum  linear  or  nearly  so. 
Pods  not  distinctly  2-parted. 
Pods  evidently  flattened. 

Cotyledon   leaves  petiolate;   pods   circular   to   elliptic; 
leaves  indistinctly  if  at  all  auricled ....  6.  Lepidium. 
Cotyledon  leaves  sessile;  pods  more  or  less  obcordate, 
except  in  Isatis;  leaves  auricled  or  hastate. 

Plants  glabrous,  or  the  trichomes  simple 7.  Isatis. 

Plants  pubescent,  the  trichomes  somewhat  branched. 

8.  Capsella. 

Pod  valves  rounded,  the  pods  elliptic 9.  Mancoa. 

Pods  distinctly  2-parted;  cotyledon  leaves  petiolate. 

10.  Coronopus. 
Pods  not  laterally  compressed,  the  septum  broad. 

Pods,  if  longer  than  broad,  only  a  few  times  longer;  Peruvian 

species  sometimes  suffrutescent 11.  Draba. 

Pods  narrow,  usually  and  often  many  times  longer  than  broad, 
except  in  Sarcodraba,  Eudema,  and  Alyssum. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  939 

A.  Leaves  simple  to  variously  divided  but  not  bipinnately 

dissected,  or  the  moistened  seeds  not  mucilaginous. 
B.  Pods  short,  usually  thick,  sometimes  linear  but  the 

plants  then  tufted  perennials. 

Plants  rather  loosely  growing,  often  rhizomatous  or 
annual  (Alyssum  sometimes  suffrutescent). 

Pods  nerveless 12.  Cardamine. 

Pods  nerved  or  net- veined. 

Plants  glabrous  or  nearly  so,  or  spreading-hispid- 

ulous. 

Leaves  often  divided;  septum  cells  not  cross- 
partitioned  13.  Rorippa. 

Leaves  subentire;  septum  cells  cross-partitioned. 

14.  Dictyophragmus. 

Plants  appressed-strigose,  suffrutescent,  flowering 

as  an  annual  (Peruvian  species) .  15.  Alyssum. 

Plants    tufted    perennials,    often    caudex-forming    or 

suffrutescent. 

Nectar  glands  distinct;  stigma  large,  sessile;  a  suf- 
frutescent plant  with  showy  flowers. 

16.  Mathewsia. 
Nectar  glands  confluent;  flowers  rather  small. 

Plants  suffrutescent,  glabrous 17.  Eremodraba. 

Plants  not  suffrutescent  but  often  with  a  woody 

caudex,  often  pubescent. 

Leaves  rosulate,  apparently  sessile;  sepals  usu- 
ally persistent;  styles  1.5-2  mm.  long. 
Flowers  conspicuously  pedicellate;  pods  sub- 
oblong  18.  Englerocharis. 

Flowers  subsessile;  pods  ovoid-elliptic. 

19.  Catadysia. 

Leaves  partly  cauline,  at  least  the  lower  ones 
narrowed  basally  or  petioled;  sepals  cadu- 
cous; style  often  shorter  than  1  mm. 

20.  Weberbauera. 

B.  Pods  elongate-linear;  nectar  glands  confluent;  plants 
often  annual  or,  if  suffrutescent,  tall  and  loosely 

branched 21.  Sisymbrium. 

A.  Leaves  bipinnately  parted,  often  dissected,  the  divisions 
fine;  moistened  seeds  mucilaginous. .  .22.  Descurainia. 


940  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

1.  LOXOPTERA  0.  E.  Schulz 

Slender  annuals  with  narrow,  slightly  dentate  leaves.  Outer 
sepals  narrowed  toward  the  base,  the  inner  somewhat  cucullate. 
Filaments  filiform,  the  anthers  cordate.  Medial  nectar  glands 
absent.  Pod  valves  roundish,  with  a  medial  as  well  as  a  radial  wing. 
— Floral  characters  nearly  those  of  Urbanodoxa,  but  the  fruit,  except 
for  the  medial  wing,  nearly  that  of  Cremolobus. 

Loxoptera  stenophylla  (Muschl.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Bot.  Jahrb.  66: 
93.  1933.  Cremolobus  stenophyllus  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl. 
111:7.  1913. 

Glabrous,  much  branched,  20-30  cm.  high;  leaves  narrowly 
lanceolate,  all  but  the  upper  ones  coarsely  dentate,  to  4  cm.  long  and 
1  cm.  wide;  racemes  terminal,  lax,  elongate;  pedicels  1  cm.  long; 
flowers  3-3.5  mm.  broad;  petals  2-2.5  mm.  long;  glands  obsolete; 
pods  broadly  winged. — Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed. 
2.  17b:314. 

Lima:  On  stony  outcrops,  1,400  meters,  Chosica,  Weberbauer 
5335,  tyve;Esposto  17. 

2.  CREMOLOBUS  DC. 

Glabrous  or  pubescent  herbs  or  small,  suffrutescent  plants  with 
alternate  or  opposite,  entire  to  pinnate  leaves  and  racemose,  slen- 
der-pedicellate, ebracteate  flowers.  Sepals  equal  at  the  base.  Pod 
stipitate,  2-celled,  dehiscent,  the  valves  compressed-carinate  or 
winged,  more  or  less  pendulous.  Seeds  solitary,  pendulous,  emargi- 
nate.  Style  thickened  at  the  base. — See  also  the  segregate  Urbanodoxa. 

Plants  annual. 

Pods  pilose  and  ciliate;  petals  and  sepals  subequal.  .C.  Paysonii. 
Pods  glabrous  or  puberulent;  petals  longer  than  the  sepals. 

Leaves  pinnatifid,  with  linear  segments C.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  subentire  to  subpinnately  lobed. 

Leaves  ovate-subrhombic-elliptic,  dentate  to  subentire. 

Valve  wings  of  the  pods  deeply  lobed C.  sinuatus. 

Valve  wings  or  margins  subentire  to  irregularly  crenate. 

Valves  wing-margined,  more  or  less  crenate. 

C.  parviflorus. 
Valves  merely  marginate,  subentire C.  humilis. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  941 

Leaves  pinnately  dentate  or  lobate  or  lyrate-pinnatifid,  often 
suboblong. 

Valve  wings  shallowly  crenate;  leaves  suboblong,  pinnately 
dentate. 

Valves  rugulose- veined C.  pinnatifidus. 

Valves  not  rugulose C.  aphanopterus. 

Valves    entire-margined,    not    winged,    rugulose;    leaves 
broadly  lyrate-lobed C.  Benoistii. 

Plants  perennial,   more  or  less  ligneous  toward   the  base,   often 
scandent. 

Style  none C.  subscandens. 

Style  developed. 

Plants  glabrous  or  nearly  so. 
Pods  4-6  mm.  wide;  style  elongate;  leaves  oblong-ovate. 

C.  suffruticosus. 

Pods  often  wider;  style  short;  leaves  elliptic.  .  .C.  peruvianus. 
Plants  pubescent;  style  elongate C.  pubescens. 

Cremolobus  aphanopterus  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped.  Bot.  55. 
pi.  3.  1854. 

Simple,  or  branching  above,  glabrous  or  nearly  so;  leaves  12-16 
mm.  long,  deeply  pinnatifid,  the  oblong  divisions  very  obtuse; 
racemes  many-flowered;  pedicels  4-6  mm.  long;  flowers  very  small, 
the  obovate  petals  sessile;  stipe  as  long  as  the  ovary  and  long  style; 
pod  minutely  puberulent,  not  rugose  or  reticulate,  wingless  but 
with  an  undulate  or  interrupted  margin,  not  longer  than  the  stipe, 
scarcely  2  mm.  wide;  seeds  suborbicular. 

Lima:  Near  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition,  type). 

Cremolobus  Benoistii  Macbr.,  sp.  nov. 

Annua,  ad  30  cm.  alta;  caulibus  striato-angulatis  sparse  hispi- 
dulis;  foliis  (radicalibus  ignotis)  late  oblongo-ellipticis,  valde  basin 
versus  cuneato-angustatis,  superne  profunde  irregulariter  pinnato- 
lobatis,  supra  sparsissime  hispidulis  vel  fere  glabris,  ad  5  cm.  longis 
atque  2.5  cm.  latis,  lobis  oblongis  obtusis  plerumque  3-4  mm.  latis; 
racemis  sat  dense  hispidulis  ad  15  cm.  longis;  pedicellis  fructiferis  ca. 
7  mm.  longis  recurvo-divaricatis;  sepalis  obtusis  fere  2  mm.  longis; 
petalis  ca.  3  mm.  longis;  siliculae  valvis  suborbiculatis  reticulato- 
venosis  1  mm.  latis  integerrimis  emarginatis. — Similar  to  the  gla- 


942  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

brous  C.  aphanopterus  and  C.  pinnatifidus,  with  crenate-margined 
pods;  named  for  Raymond  Benoist,  who  found  the  material  in  the 
Paris  herbarium.  Neg.  34245. 

Provincia  de  Conduces,  3,000  meters,  Raimondi  (type  in  herb. 
Paris). 

Cremolobus  humilis  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  269.  1908. 

Stems  mostly  simple,  3-10  cm.  high;  basal  leaves  ovate  or  obovate- 
oblong  to  subrotund,  subacute,  narrowed  to  the  base,  entire  or  den- 
tate, 5-10  mm.  long,  3-8  mm.  wide;  cauline  leaves  sessile,  the  middle 
ones  oblong,  to  7  mm.  long;  racemes  2-6  cm.  long;  pedicels  about  4 
mm.  long,  slender;  petals  white,  oblong,  1.5-3  mm.  long;  pods  nar- 
rowly winged,  minutely  crenulate,  obscurely  reticulate,  1  mm.  wide. — 
Neg.  13836. 

Ancash:  Huaraz,  4,300  meters,  Weberbauer  3097,  type;  227.— 
Junin:  Shallow,  stony  soil,  Rio  Blanco,  3,600  meters,  697. — Lima: 
In  shallow  soil  on  rock,  Viso,  2,700  meters,  601.  Canta,  2,000-2,900 
meters,  Pennell  14588.  San  Buenaventura,  2,700-2,900  meters, 
Pennett  14533.  Above  Obrajillo,  3,300-3,400  meters,  Pennell  13223, 
14398.— Arequipa:  Volcan  de  Misti,  Pennell  13223. 

Cremolobus  Paysonii  0.  E.  Schulz  ex  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
8:80.1930. 

An  erect  annual,  to  20  cm.  high,  branching  above,  the  branches 
erect-spreading;  lower  leaves  unknown,  the  upper  oblanceolate,  acute, 
cuneate  at  the  base,  coarsely  dentate  or  subpinnatifid,  with  2-4 
unequal  teeth  on  each  side;  racemes  20-40-flowered ;  sepals  2  mm. 
long,  the  white  petals  a  little  longer;  fruiting  pedicels  spreading, 
4-8  mm.  long;  stipe  and  style  1.2  mm.  long;  pods  4  mm.  broad,  cen- 
trally pilose,  the  broad  wing  ciliate,  irregularly  and  obtusely  dentate 
or  sinuate-repand. — Similar  to  C.  chilensis  DC.,  reported  from  Peru 
but  apparently  by  error,  but  that  has  smaller  pods  with  narrower, 
entire  wings. 

Lima:  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  211,  type. 

Cremolobus  parviflorus  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  283.  1864. 
C.  pinnatifidus  Hook.  var.  integrifolius  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped. 
Bot.  56.  1854. 

A  small,  glabrous  annual  with  oblong  to  subrhombic-lanceolate, 
acute  leaves,  attenuate  to  a  short  petiole,  coarsely  few-serrate; 
fruiting  raceme  lax,  elongate;  pods  much  shorter  than  the  slender 
pedicels,  with  narrow,  crenate  wings. — Type,  Mandon  905,  from 
Bolivia.  Neg.  27293. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  943 

Lima:  Chicla  Pass,  4,000  meters  (Ball,  fide  Gilg  &  Muschl.). 
Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition).  Bolivia. 

Cremolobus  peruvianus  (Lam.)  DC.  Syst.  2:  419.  1821.  Bis- 
cutella  peruviana  Lam.  Diet.  3:  620.  1791. 

A  sprawling,  suffrutescent  plant  with  slender,  branching  stems; 
leaves  ovate-elliptic,  to  3  cm.  wide,  subcuneate  at  the  base,  short- 
petiolate,  acute,  serrate  to  subentire,  5-8  cm.  long;  racemes  panicu- 
late, to  10  cm.  long;  pedicels  filiform,  6  mm.  long;  pod  valves  6-8 
mm.  broad. — Type  from  Ecuador.  Neg.  27294. 

Junin:  Jauja,  2,200-2,300  meters,  Weberbauer  6673.— Without 
locality:  Jussieu;  Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Ecuador. 

Cremolobus  pinnatifidus  Hook.  Icon.  1:  pi.  100.  1837. 

Plants  about  10  cm.  high,  with  one  or  two  branches,  glabrous; 
leaves  sessile,  oblong,  sublyrate-pinnatifid;  racemes  finally  longer 
than  the  branches;  sepals  ovate;  pods  rugose,  the  broad  wings  crenate. 
—The  commonest  species  in  Peru.  C.  chilensis  DC.,  of  Chile,  has 
pods  with  entire,  narrow  wings;  reported  from  Peru  but,  so  far  as 
known,  on  misdetermined  specimens. 

Moquehua:  Carumas,  Weberbauer  7281.  Torata,  2,700  meters, 
Weberbauer  7416.— Lima:  Huaros,  3,200-3,400  meters,  Pennell  14702. 
Huamantanga  (Mathews  590) .  Matucana,  84, 112, 428, 467, 557.  Rio 
Blanco,  in  clumps  in  slide  rock,  or  in  stony,  shallow  soil  on  rocks,  696. 

Cremolobus  pubescens  Hook.  Icon.  1:  pi.  81.  1837. 

A  sprawling  or  clambering,  pubescent  plant  with  ovate,  short- 
petiolate,  subentire  leaves  4  cm.  long  or  longer,  and  paniculate,  leafy 
racemes  of  minute  flowers;  petals  and  sepals  equal;  pods  broadly 
winged,  repand-denticulate. — Probably  a  variety  of  C.  peruvianus. 

Peru:  Almirante  (Mathews  1606).    Ecuador. 

Cremolobus  sinuatus  Hook.  Icon.  1:  pi.  81.  1837. 

Slender  and  often  simple,  with  few  petiolate,  coarsely  serrate 
leaves  about  1  cm.  long,  and  short,  subpaniculate  racemes  of  small 
flowers;  pods  broadly  winged,  the  wings  deeply  and  very  obtusely 
lobed,  the  lobes  sometimes  even  subretuse. 

Cajamarca:  Cascas,  Raimondi. — Lima(?):  Cuesta  de  Puruchuco 
(Mathews,  type). 

Cremolobus  subscandens  Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  3,  pt.  2:  4. 3898. 
Clambering  in  shrubs,  glabrous  or  finely  pubescent;  leaves  oppo- 
site, ovate,  remotely  serrate,  4  cm.  long;  racemes  loosely  panicled; 


944  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

floral  glands  large;  style  none;  one  valve  of  the  pods  usually  aborted, 
the  other  one  reticulate,  the  margin  apiculate-serrate  or  dentate- 
fimbriate. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Weberbauer  4438.    Bolivia. 

Cremolobus  suffruticosus  DC.  Syst.  2:  419.  1821. 

Similar  in  habit  to  C.  peruvianus,  but  the  leaves  ovate-oblong, 
about  1  cm.  wide,  often  more  closely  serrate,  and  the  much  smaller 
pods  with  an  elongate  style. — Negs.  27295,  13832. 

Huanuco:  Raimondi. — Lima:  Cheuchin,  Ruiz  &  Pawn. — Without 
locality:  Dombey. — Ancash:  Raimondi.  Chile;  Ecuador. 

Cremolobus  Weberbaueri  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  270. 1908. 

Stems  erect,  sometimes  laxly  branched,  to  20  cm.  high;  leaves 
pinnate,  the  remote,  linear  divisions  mostly  entire;  racemes  3-6  cm. 
long,  few-flowered;  pedicels  4-5  times  longer  than  the  white  or  yellow- 
ish flowers;  sepals  broadly  lanceolate,  2  mm.  long;  petals  ovate,  3-4 
mm.  long;  pod  wings  crenate,  the  valves  about  1  mm.  wide. 

Ancash:  Ocros,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  2660,  (171,  type).— 
Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  7281  a.— Lima:  Ma- 
tucana,  2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5256.  Between  Matucana  and 
Tambo  de  Viso,  2,400-2,700  meters,  Weberbauer  5209. 

3.  URBANODOXA  Muschl. 

Slender  annuals,  with  opposite  lower  leaves.  Racemes  mostly 
terminal  and  soon  lax.  Petals  distinctly  clawed.  Glands  at  the  base 
of  the  filaments  conspicuous,  the  medial  ones  absent.  Pod  valves 
laterally  compressed,  not  at  all  margined,  broadly  obovate,  rugulose. 
— A  weak  segregate  from  Cremolobus,  which  also  may  have  opposite 
leaves  and  large  glands,  but  in  the  petals  and  pods  there  is  a  possibly 
fundamental  difference. 

Urbanodoxa  rhomboidea  (Hook.)  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  271. 
1908.  Cremolobus  rhomboideus  Hook.  Icon.  1 :  pi.  32.  1837. 

Glabrous;  leaves  rhombic-ovate,  angulate-serrate,  narrowed  to 
a  petiole  0.5-1  mm.  long,  the  blades  3-4  cm.  long,  1.5-2.5  cm.  wide; 
flowers  4-5  mm.  broad;  sepals  lanceolate,  2-2.5  mm.  long;  petals 
obovate-cuneate,  3-4.5  mm.  long;  pedicels  2.5-3  cm.  long,  3-4  times 
longer  than  the  pods. — Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam. 
ed.  2.  17b:  315.  Neg.  27328. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  945 

Ancash:  Hacienda  Cajabamba,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3130.— 
Lima:  Cuesta  de  Puruchuco  (Mathews  1061,  type).  Viso,  2,700 
meters,  572. — Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  7296. 

4.  BRASSICAL. 

In  this  genus,  which  includes  cabbage  (col),  mustard  (mostaza), 
etc.,  several  species  are  to  be  expected  as  weeds.  They  are  all  char- 
acterized by  yellow  flowers,  hispid  pubescence,  or  none,  and  slender 
pods  tipped  by  a  beaklike  style. 

Brassica  campestris  L.  Sp.  PI.  666.  1753. 

Cauline  leaves  clasping;  flowers  exceeding  the  buds;  pods  erect, 
3.8-8  cm.  long,  with  a  conic  beak  one-third  as  long  or  longer. — The 
related  B.  Napus  L.  (nabo)  bears  the  opened  flowers  lower  than  the 
buds.  Herrera  lists  as  cultivated  in  Peru  B.  oleracea  L.,  cabbage 
(col,  or  repollo),  and  its  races,  cauliflower  (coliflor),  and  Brussels 
sprouts  (colinabo). 

Cuzco:  Frequent  in  fields  (Herrera). — Lima:  Lima,  along  street, 
150  meters,  71. — Junin:  La  Oroya,  3,600  meters,  969. — La  Quinua, 
3,600  meters,  2012. — Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  155-210  meters, 
Williams  4066.— Huanuco:  Chavinillo,  2,250  meters,  1979.  Wheat 
field,  Huanuco,  2,100  meters,  2367.  Native  of  the  Old  World. 

Brassica  nigra  (L.)  Koch  in  Rohling,  Deutschl.  Fl.  ed.  3.  4:  713. 
1833.  Sinapis  nigra  L.  Sp.  PI.  668.  1753. 

Similar  to  B.  campestris,  but  the  flowers  borne  below  the  buds, 
the  cauline  leaves  petioled,  not  clasping,  and  the  pods  only  1-2  cm. 
long,  with  a  beak  1.5-2.5  mm.  long. 

Lima:  Along  railroad  and  near  a  farm,  2,400  meters,  241.— 
Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  155-210  meters,  Williams  4488. 
Europe  and  Asia.  "Mostaza." 

Brassica  juncea  (L.)  Cosson,  Bull.  Soc.  Bot.  France  6:  609. 1859. 
Sinapis  juncea  L.  Sp.  PI.  668.  1753. 

Glabrous,  somewhat  glaucous,  the  leaves  not  clasping,  narrowed 
at  the  base,  the  upper  ones  oblong  and  subentire;  pods  3.5  cm.  long, 
the  beak  about  one-third  as  long. 

Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  155-210  meters,  Williams  4076. 
Iquitos,  120  meters,  Williams  3587. — San  Martin:  San  Roque,  1,350- 
1,500  meters,  Williams  7089.  Zepelacio,  near  Moyobamba,  1,200- 
1,600  meters,  Klug  3309.  Native  of  the  Old  World. 


946  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

5.  RAPHANUS  L. 

This  well  known  genus  scarcely  needs  description  here,  except 
to  note  that  it  is  marked  by  its  definitely  biarticulate  pods,  the 
upper  segment  always  fertile,  and  by  its  depressed-capitate  stigma. 
In  general,  too,  it  may  be  known  by  its  coarse,  erect  habit  and 
rather  showy,  white  or  purplish  flowers. 

Pods  slender,  to  4  mm.  thick;  petals  white  or  purplish,  with  violet 
veins R.  Raphanistrum. 

Pods  stout,  much  thicker;  petals  often  purplish,  with  yellowish  or 
obscurely  violet  veins R.  sativus. 

Raphanus  Raphanistrum  L.  Sp.  PI.  669.  1753. 

Annual;  pods  very  fragile,  3.5-4  mm.  thick,  the  beak  6-20  mm. 
long;  ovules  4-11. — There  are  many  named  forms,  the  following 
collection  belonging  to  f.  carneus  (Schweigg.  &  Koerte)  Thell.  (var. 
purpurascens  Dum.).  In  1922  the  plant  colored  purple  the  grain 
fields  about  Huanuco. 

Cajamarca:  Celendin,  Woytkowski  8. — Huanuco:  Near  Huanuco, 
2,100  meters,  2368.— Without  locality:  Escomel  Native  of  the  Old 
World. 

Raphanus  sativus  L.  Sp.  PI.  669.  1753. 

Annual,  the  pods  at  least  8  mm.  thick,  the  beak  conic;  ovules 
10-12;  petals  rarely  to  22  mm.  long  and  the  pods  to  9  cm.  long. — 
The  radish  (r&bano)  of  cultivation,  and  wherever  cultivated,  an 
occasional  escape. 

Lima:  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  172. — Cuzco:  Hacienda  Tancac 
(Herrera).  Native  of  the  Old  World. 

6.  LEPIDIUM  L.    Peppergrass 

Reference:  Thellung,  Mitt.  Bot.  Mus.  Zurich  28:  1-340.  1906. 
Annuals  or  perennials,  sometimes  suffruticose  toward  the  base, 
the  basal,  rosulate  leaves  evanescent.  Pubescence  always  simple. 
Leaves  often  pinnately  parted,  but  various.  Flowers  white,  in 
elongating  racemes,  sometimes  showy,  but  often  not,  the  petals 
even  rudimentary.  Glands  4-6.  Pods  laterally  compressed,  dehis- 
cent, the  septum  lanceolate  to  elliptic,  emarginate  and  often  more  or 
less  winged,  ovate  to  orbicular. — Nearly  all  species  vary  at  times 
and  are  difficult  to  separate;  the  key  does  not  presume  to  provide 
for  all  variations,  but  perhaps  holds  for  many  of  them. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  947 

Style  at  least  equaling  the  emarginate  pod  apex;  middle  cauline 

leaves  simply  incised  to  entire,  not  auriculate  at  the  base. 
Petals  longer  than  the  calyx;  pods  to  5.5  mm.  long,  3-5  mm.  wide. 
Calyx  2-3  mm.  long,  fully  equaling  the  pod  margins.  .L.  Meyenii. 
Calyx  1.5  mm.  long;  style  scarcely  equaling  the  pod  margins. 

L.  Weddellii. 
Petals  and  calyx  subequal;  pods  suborbicular,  to  4.5  mm.  long  and 

broad L.  cyclocarpum. 

Petals  often  shorter  than  the  calyx;  pods  to  3.5  mm.  long,  2.5  mm. 

wide L.  Walpersii. 

Style  much  shorter  than  the  pod  margins;  cauline  leaves  various,  but 

often  divided  or  auriculate  at  the  base. 
Cauline  leaves  attenuate  to  the  base,  not  dilated-auriculate. 
Plants  annual  or  biennial;  cauline  leaves  more  or  less  serrate 
or  pinnatifid. 

Pods  2.5-3  mm.  wide;  leaves  serrate L.  virginicum. 

Pods  4  mm.  wide;  leaves  pinnatifid L.  Raimondii. 

Plants  perennial,  subligneous  below;  leaves  all  more  or  less 

divided L.  abrotanifolium. 

Cauline  leaves  evidently  dilated  or  auriculate  at  the  base  (see  a 

form  of  L.  aletes} . 
Annuals  or  short-lived  perennials;  pods  rarely  as  narrow  as 

2.5  mm.;  cauline  leaves  sublanceolate. 
Petals  reduced;  glands  half  (or  less)  as  long  as  the  calyx. 

L.  subvaginatum. 
Petals  and  calyx  subequal;  glands  only  one-sixth  as  long  as 

the  calyx L.  aletes. 

Perennials  with  some  leaf  remains  about  the  caudex;  pods 
rarely,  or  barely,  2.5  mm.  wide;  cauline  leaves  typically 
subobovate. 
Sepals  persistent;  leaves  mostly  pinnatifid. 

L.  bipinnatifidum. 
Sepals  caducous;  upper  leaves,  at  least,  mostly  undivided. 

L.  Chichicara. 

Lepidium  abrotanifolium  Turcz.  Bull.  Soc.  Nat.  Mosc.  27: 
308.  1854;  246. 

Root  fleshy,  the  crown  clothed  with  old  leaf  fibers;  stems  many, 
subvelutinous-pubescent  above,  5-10  cm.  long;  basal  leaves  pin- 


948  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

nately  parted,  long-petioled,  the  sessile  cauline  ones  less  divided  or 
only  pinnate-incised;  petals  oblong,  about  equaling  the  calyx,  or 
setaceous  and  much  shorter;  calyx  1  mm.  long;  pedicels  slightly 
compressed,  pubescent;  pods  narrowly  obovate,  shallowly  or  rather 
deeply  emarginate,  3.5  mm.  long,  2-2.5  mm.  wide. — Var.  Steinmanni 
Thell.  of  southern  Bolivia  (to  be  expected)  has  nearly  elliptic  pods, 
3  by  2.25  mm.,  and  a  promptly  deciduous  calyx.  L.  pubescens  Desv., 
reported  by  Thellung  from  Peru  on  the  basis  of  a  Dombey  specimen 
without  locality,  is  scarcely  woody,  hirsutulous,  and  has  minutely 
ciliate  pods  4  mm.  long  and  3.5-3.7  mm.  wide.  The  Dombey  speci- 
men, as  so  often  with  his  material  labeled  merely  "Peru,"  is  doubt- 
less Chilean,  since  the  species  otherwise  is  unknown  outside  Chile 
and  California.  Neg.  27314. 

Lima:  Chosica,  2,400  meters,  484-  Viso,  2,700  meters,  569. 
Near  Matucana,  Weberbauer  160,  178,  169,  180.— Junin:  La  Oroya, 
3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  2567.  Bolivia;  Ecuador. 

Lepidium  aletes  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  357.  1934.  L.  calycinum 
Godron,  Me"m.  Acad.  Montpel.  1:  416.  1853,  non  Steph.  1800. 

Not  unlike  the  preceding,  but  the  stems  often  many,  the  pubes- 
cence below  subappressed,  and  the  leaf  rachis  less  dilated;  calyx  to 
1  mm.  long,  the  petals  setaceous,  about  as  long;  pods  broadly  obovate 
or  elliptic,  distinctly  emarginate,  3  mm.  long,  2.25-2.75  mm.  broad.— 
Here  Thellung  has  referred  as  a  variety  a  depauperate  plant  with 
the  leaf  base  not  dilated,  the  rachis  linear,  L.  calycinum  var.  gracile 
(Chod.  &  Hassl.)  Thell.;  to  it  Schulz  has  assigned  a  collection  made 
in  Peru. 

Arequipa:  Pampa  de  Arrieros,  3,750  meters,  Pennell  13330.— 
Tacna:  Candarave,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  7380  (the  variety). 
Southern  South  America;  adventive  in  France. 

Lepidium  bipinnatifidum  Desv.  Journ.  Bot.  3: 165, 177. 1814; 
241.  L.  Humboldtii  DC.  Syst.  2:  532.  1821. 

Often  perennial,  the  arcuately  ascending  stems  10-30  cm.  high, 
hirsutulous  with  slender,  spreading  hairs;  cauline  leaves  sometimes 
5  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  strongly  dilated  at  the  base  and  auricu- 
late-amplexicaul;  sepals  0.75  mm.  long,  half  longer  than  the  linear 
petals  and  much  longer  than  the  conspicuous  glands;  pods  obovate, 
broadly  emarginate,  2.5-3  mm.  long,  1.75-2.25  mm.  broad,  equaling 
or  shorter  than  the  angled,  pubescent  pedicels. — Employed  in  popular 
medicine  as  a  styptic  (Herrera).  Neg.  34547. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  949 

Puno:  Altos  de  Toledo,  3,000  meters,  Meyen;  Raimondi. — Are- 
quipa:  Pampa  de  Arrieros,  3,750  meters,  Pennell  13331. — Huanuco: 
A  dooryard  weed,  Huanuco,  2,700  meters,  1782.  Cochero,  Poeppig 
1687. — Cuzco:  About  Cuzco  (Herrera). — Lima:  Chicla  (Ball). 
Cheuchin,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition).  Without 
locality  (Dombey,  type). — Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Jelski  234-  Cutervo 
and  Nancho,  Raimondi.  Bolivia  to  Colombia.  "Chichicara,"  "mosta- 
cilla,"  "chicchi,"  "mayo-mostaza,"  "chichira,"  "anuccara." 

Lepidium  Chichicara  Desv.  Journ.  Bot.  3:  165,  179. 1814;  220. 

With  much  the  appearance  and  habit  of  the  preceding,  but  the 
upper  leaves  often  merely  incisely  serrate,  and  the  pods  rather  ellip- 
tic than  obovate  and  slightly  angulate-emarginate,  equaled  by  the 
pedicels,  mostly  about  3  mm.  long  and  over  2  (2.5)  mm.  wide. — 
See  also  L.  Walpersii.  Often  a  weed  in  waste  places.  Neg.  34549. 

Puno:  Meyen. — Arequipa:  North  of  Arequipa,  2,400  meters, 
Hinkley  &  Hinkley  62. — Lima:  Viso,  Weberbauer  140.  Matucana, 
2,400  meters,  437,  483  (glabrescent  form),  659,  660.  Chicla  (Ball). 
Rio  Blanco,  3,000-3,500  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  21544  (det.  Schulz). 
—Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  235,  in  part).  Bolivia.  "Chichicara," 
"chichiaccara." 

Lepidium  cyclocarpum  Thell.  Mitt.  Bot.  Mus.  Zurich  28: 
214.  1906. 

A  slender,  somewhat  branched,  erect  annual,  sparsely  pubescent 
with  spreading  trichomes;  basal  leaves  unknown;  lower  cauline  leaves 
long-petiolate,  irregularly  dentate,  the  upper  ones  oblong-oblanceo- 
late,  attenuate  to  the  sessile  base,  remotely  dentate;  petals  narrowly 
spatulate;  sepals  1.3  mm.  long;  pedicels  nearly  filiform,  to  1.5  times 
longer  than  the  rotund,  shortly  emarginate  pod. — The  Colombian 
and  Bolivian  L.  Trianae  Thell.  is  perennial,  with  pods  only  2.5  mm. 
broad.  Negs.  13857,  30124. 

Lima:  Amancaes  Hill,  Weberbauer  1614,'  (Mathews  752,  type). 

Lepidium  Meyenii  Walp.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  19: 
Suppl.  1:249.  1843;  202.  L.  gelidum  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1: 
283.  1864. 

A  matlike  perennial,  the  mostly  decumbent  stems  sparsely 
branched  and  seldom  more  than  a  few  centimeters  long;  basal  leaves 
densely  rosulate,  vaginately  dilated  at  the  base  of  the  long  petiole, 
mostly  pinnate-parted,  2-3  cm.  long  and  5  mm.  wide;  cauline  leaves 
reduced,  entire,  lobed  or  deeply  crenate;  sepals  2-3  mm.  long,  usu- 


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ally  caducous;  petals  longer  than  the  sepals,  sessile;  lower  pedicels 
often  twice  as  long  as  the  more  or  less  roundish  (variable),  slightly 
emarginate  pod,  its  apical  margins  barely  equaling  or  shorter  than 
the  style. — The  mats  are  formed  by  the  persistent,  crowded  petioles. 
Highlands,  at  3,000^,500  meters.  Subsp.  gelidum  (Wedd.)  Thell.  is 
the  typical  form.  Negs.  13859,  34550. 

Puno:  Pisacoma,  Meyen  33,  type.  Chuquibambilla,  Pennell 
13396. — Moquehua:  Carumas,  near  Volcan  Ticsani,  4,000  meters, 
Weberbauer  7321.  Cordillera  above  Torata,  4,100  meters,  Weber- 
bauer  7473. 

Lepidium  Raimondii  O.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  727.  1929. 

Annual,  branching  from  the  base,  short-pilose  with  curved  tri- 
chomes,  even  on  the  pedicels,  these  to  4  mm.  long,  spreading;  lower 
cauline  leaves  unknown,  the  upper  pinnatifid,  with  4-5  linear,  entire 
or  nearly  entire  divisions,  ciliate,  broadly  sessile  but  not  auriculate; 
fruiting  racemes  30-60-flowered;  pods  suborbicular,  4-5  mm.  long, 
rounded  at  the  base,  the  short  style  included  in  the  deeply  emar- 
ginate apex. — Certainly,  according  to  the  author,  related  to  L.  vir- 
ginicum,  but  the  pods  larger  and  the  leaves  dissected. 

Cajamarca:  Cascas,  1,800  meters,  Raimondi  7538,  type. 

Lepidium  subvaginatum  Thell.  Mitt.  Bot.  Mus.  Zurich  28: 
249.  1906.  L.  subvaginatum  Steud.  Nomencl.  ed.  2.  2:  28.  1841, 
nomen. 

A  perennial,  or  becoming  so,  with  usually  a  solitary  stem,  some- 
times corymbosely  branched,  the  pubescence  widely  spreading,  the 
trichomes  slender;  basal  leaves  bipinnate  or  tripinnate,  the  cauline 
less  divided,  the  lower  half  of  the  rachis  strongly  dilated,  sheathlike, 
the  base  itself  cordate-  or  sagittate-auriculate;  sepals  usually  persis- 
tent, less  than  1  mm.  long;  petals  rudimentary,  filiform;  pods  ovate, 
deeply  emarginate,  to  3.5  mm.  long,  2.5  mm.  wide. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Raimondi.     Chile. 

Lepidium  virginicum  L.  Sp.  PI.  645.  1753;  222. 

Stems  mostly  solitary,  corymbosely  branched  above,  the  pubes- 
cence arcuately  subappressed  or  nearly  lacking;  basal  leaves  lyrate- 
pinnatifid;  sepals  caducous,  0.75  mm.  long,  the  petals  usually  about 
twice  as  long;  pedicels  slender,  often  half  again  as  long  as  the  sub- 
orbicular,  broadly  emarginate  pods,  these  3-4  mm.  long,  2.5-3  mm. 
wide. — A  widely  distributed  or  adventive,  variable  species,  the  Peru- 
vian form  with  pedicels  and  obovate  or  elliptic  pods  subequal,  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  951 

petioles  shorter  than  the  sepals,  probably  a  variety  (subsp.  centrali- 
americanum  Thell.  Mitt.  Bot.  Mus.  Zurich  28:  225.  1906). 

Lima:  Gravelly  stream  flat,  2,400  meters,  140;  Ruiz  &  Pav6n  — 
Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  7312. — Cajamarca: 
Cutervo,  Raimondi.  The  variety  ranging  to  Mexico;  Venezuela. 

Lepidium  Walpersii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  357.  1934.  L.  lance- 
olatum  Walp.  Nov.  Act.  Acad.  Leop.-Carol.  19:  Suppl.  1:  250.  1843, 
non  Presl,  1826.  L.  Chichicara  Desv.  var.  lanceolatum  Thell.  Mitt. 
Bot.  Mus.  Zurich  28:  221. 1906. 

Allied,  perhaps,  toL.  Chichicara,  but  smaller  and  notably  different 
in  its  merely  sessile  cauline  leaves,  not  at  all  auriculate  and  often 
subentire,  and  in  its  somewhat  smaller  pods,  the  style  quite  equaling 
the  pod  margins. — L.  depressum  Thell.,  201,  Bolivian,  has  similar  pods 
but  the  style  is  exserted  and  the  leaves  pinnatifid;  L.  quitense  Turcz., 
213,  is  tall,  strict,  with  entire,  linear  leaves,  or  these  pinnate,  with 
remote,  linear  lobes. 

Puno:  Lake  Titicaca,  Meyen,  type.  Pisacoma,  Meyen,  less  typi- 
cal. Bolivia. 

Lepidium  Weddellii  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
11:  391.  1932.  L.  affine  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  284.  1864,  non 
Ledeb.  L.  Meyenii  Walp.  subsp.  affine  Thell.  Mitt.  Bot.  Mus. 
Zurich  28:  204.  1906. 

A  depauperate,  depressed  plant,  nearly  L.  Meyenii  but  with 
smaller  calyx  and  the  style  obsolete,  merely  equaling  the  apical  mar- 
gins of  the  orbicular  pod. — See  Macbride,  Candollea  5:  357.  1934. 

Ancash :  Pelagatos  Mountain,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  7232  (det. 
Schulz).  Bolivia. 

7.  ISATIS  L.  Woad 

A  strict  annual,  or  more  enduring,  with  narrow,  hastate-based, 
entire  leaves,  and  with  bractless,  at  first  crowded  racemes  of  rather 
small,  yellow  flowers.  Style  none,  the  stigma  large.  Pods  usually 
1-seeded,  flat,  broadly  winged,  the  pedicels  capillary  toward  the  base. 

Isatis  tinctoria  L.  Sp.  PI.  670.  1753. 

Plants  several  decimeters  high,  often  densely  leafy  below,  the 
narrowly  oblong,  sessile,  obtuse  leaves  several  centimeters  long; 
petals  3.5  mm.  long;  pods  1.5  cm.  long,  4  mm.  wide,  oblong-elliptic. 
• — Native  of  Europe  and  formerly  cultivated  as  a  dye  plant,  woad 
has  become  widely  established. 

Arequipa:  Rocky  river  bank,  Tiabaya,  2,100-2,200  meters, 
Pennell  13087. 


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8.  CAPSELLA  Medic.    Shepherd's  purse 

In  general,  similar  to  Thlaspi,  but  the  petals  obovate,  the  seeds 
often  more  numerous,  and  the  plants  somewhat  pubescent. 

Capsella  Bursa-pastoris  (L.)  Medic.  Pflanzengatt.  1:  85.  1792. 
Thlaspi  Bursa-pastoris  L.  Sp.  PL  647.  1753. 

A  simple  or  sometimes  branched  annual,  with  a  rosette  of  some- 
what pinnate-dentate  leaves,  and  clasping,  lanceolate  cauline  ones, 
these  usually  2-3  cm.  long;  flowers  small,  white;  pods  5-8  mm.  long, 
obcompressed,  obtriangular. — Usually  in  cultivated  or  waste  ground. 
Illustrated,  Fawc.  &  Rendle,  Fl.  Jamaica  3,  pt.  1:241.  Abundant 
throughout  the  Department  of  Cuzco;  leaves  used  as  poultices  for 
bruises  (Herrera}. 

Cuzco:  Valle  del  Huatanai,  Oropesa  to  Cuzco  (Herrera). — Lima: 
Amancaes  and  Lima,  Martinet.- — Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  1,500 
meters,  Schunke  483. — Puno:  Orurillo,  Soukup  541-  Native  of  the 
Old  World,  but  widely  naturalized  as  a  weed  in  America. 

9.  MANCOAWedd. 

Low,  spreading,  much  branched,  hispid-stellate  or  glabrous  herbs 
with  white,  corymbose,  ebracteate  flowers.  Sepals  equal,  persistent. 
Stamens  glabrous.  Pods  elliptic,  subvesicular,  the  valves  almost 
rounded  dorsally,  the  septum  thin,  the  cells  many-seeded.  Coty- 
ledons incumbent. 

Mancoa  hispida  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  285.  1864. 

Hispid  throughout;  leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  coarsely  serrate  or 
subpinnatifid,  rather  obtuse;  sepals  broadly  elliptic;  pods  stellate- 
hispid. — M.  laevis  Wedd.,  of  Bolivia,  is  glabrous,  the  leaves  lyrate- 
pinnatifid.  M.  foliosa  (Wedd.)  0.  E.  Schulz  has  pinnate  leaves,  but 
only  the  stems  are  pubescent.  Both  these  species  of  northern  Bolivia 
are  to  be  expected.  Neg.  27313. 

Tacna:  Werdermann  1131. — Arequipa:  Open,  gravelly  slopes, 
Nevada  de  Chachani,  3,500-3,600  meters,  Pennell  13257.  Prov. 
Condesuyos,  4,000  meters,  Weberbauer  6850. — Moquehua:  Tola 
heath,  cordillera  above  Torata,  3,800-3,900  meters,  Weberbauer  7475. 
Moho,  3,900  meters,  Weddell,  type.  Bolivia. 

10.  CORONOPUS  Zinn 

Annuals  or  short-lived  perennials,  branched  from  the  base,  gla- 
brous or  usually  more  or  less  papillose-pubescent  with  simple  tri- 
chomes.  Leaves  petiolate,  oblong,  more  or  less  pinnate-dentate. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  953 

Flowers  small,  in  short  racemes  that  lengthen  with  the  maturing 
of  the  pedicellate,  didymous  pods,  each  nutlike  part  of  which  is 
indehiscent. 

Coronopus  didymus  (L.)  Smith,  Fl.  Brit.  2:  691.  1800-1804. 
Lepidium  didymum  L.  Mant.  1 :  92.  1767. 

Leaves  all  pinnatifid ;  pods  at  both  top  and  bottom  slightly  emar- 
ginate,  net- veined;  stamens  2  (-6). — The  plant,  crushed  and  applied 
hot  to  the  affected  parts,  is  used  to  clean  and  cure  mat  del  voile; 
macerated  with  butter,  it  is  placed  on  the  abdomen  in  the  treatment 
of  swelling  (Ruiz  &  Pavdn). 

Lima:  Raimondi.  Lurin,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  Lima,  roadsides,  150 
meters,  69.  Callao,  24  meters,  5886.  Native  of  Europe;  becoming 
cosmopolitan.  "Pichiccara,"  "huanucara,"  "mastuerzo  silvestre." 

11.  DRABA  L. 

Reference:  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  16-343.  1927. 

Small,  rarely  annual,  often  tufted  or  cespitose  plants  with  scapose 
stems,  or  these  sparsely  leafy.  Leaves  simple,  only  the  rosulate  basal 
ones  petioled.  Flowers  usually  yellow  or  white.  Nectary  glands 
various.  Pods  short,  usually  ovoid  or  lanceolate,  2-celled,  the  lateral 
nerves  of  the  septum  anastomosing. — A  number  of  species  probably 
growing  in  Peru  but  apparently  not  yet  found  there  are  mentioned, 
mostly  under  D.  Pickeringii,  but  not  all  of  them  would  key  to  the 
species  with  which  for  convenience  they  are  associated.  The  speci- 
mens cited  were,  with  few  exceptions,  determined  by  both  Ekmann 
and  Schulz. 

Annuals,  the  stems  leafy  below D.  araboides. 

Perennials;  stems  scapose,  or,  if  leafy,  suffruticose. 
Stems  scapose;  plants  cespitose  or  pulvinate. 

Pubescence  mostly  simple;  scapes  10-30  cm.  high. 

Pods  obtuse;  petals  4.5  mm.  long;  leaves  to  2.5  cm.  long. 

D.  scopulorum. 

Pods  acute;  petals  6.5  mm.  long;  leaves  to  4  cm.  long. 

D.  Schusteri. 

Pubescence  mostly  stellate;  scapes  shorter. 
Petals  longer  than  the  sepals;  scapes  obvious,  even  in  flower; 

leaves  narrowed  at  the  base. 
Stem  pubescence  partly  or  entirely  simple. 


954  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Fruiting  racemes  dense;  petals  4  mm.  long,  white. 

D.  Pickeringii. 
Fruiting  racemes  open;  petals  shorter,  yellowish. 

D.  Brackenridgei. 

Stems  and  leaves,  at  least  the  latter,  stellate-tomentose. 
Petals  2.5  mm.  long;  pods  densely  hirsute. 

D.  atacamensis. 
Petals  3^4  mm.  long;  pods  glabrous  or  nearly  so. 

D.  Macleanii. 

Petals  shorter  than  or  equaling  the  sepals;  scapes  often  obso- 
lete and  in  fruit  barely  rising  above  the  leaves,  these 
often  minute,  with  a  petiolar  base. 

Sepals  2.5  mm.  long;  scapes,  if  obvious,  not  floccose-tomen- 
tose. 

Stems  stellate-tomentose;  sepals  2.5  mm.  long;  petals 
2  mm.  long D.  argentea. 

Stems  villous;  sepals  and  petals  2.5  mm.  long. 

D.  cryptantha. 

Sepals  2  mm.  long;  scapes  flocculose-tomentose. 

Petals  shorter  than  the  sepals;  style  obsolete. 

D.  chlorantha. 

Petals  and  sepals  equal;  style  manifest. .  D.  alchemilloides. 
Stems  leafy  (sometimes  only  at  the  base)  but  suffruticose. 

Leaves  cinereous  with  a  dense,  stellate  pubescence. 

D.  matthioloides. 
Leaves  greenish,  or  the  pubescence  in  part  simple. 

Plants  sparsely  and  minutely  stellate-pubescent .  D.  peruviana. 
Plants  with  pubescence  'of  stellate  and  simple  hairs. 
Plants  suffruticose,  not  tufted,  leafy. 
Pubescence  mostly  stellate. 

Petals  yellow;  branches  many D.  ochropetala. 

Petals  ochroleucous;  branches  few  or  none.Z).  solitaria. 

Pubescence,  especially  on  the  leaves  above,  simple. 

D.  alyssoides. 

Plants  tufted,  with  crowded,  scaly  caudex  branches. 

D.  cuzcoensis. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  955 

Draba  alchemilloides  Gilg,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  473.  1909;  143. 

A  pulvinate  perennial,  the  leaves  densely  rosulate  at  the  tips 
of  the  branches;  blades  obovate-oblong,  nearly  rotund  at  the  apex, 
gradually  narrowed  to  the  base,  entire,  4-6  mm.  long,  about  3  mm. 
wide,  white- tomentose  with  short,  stellate  hairs;  flowers  yellowish, 
in  a  capitate  corymb;  peduncle  and  pedicels  (2-3  mm.  long)  densely 
stellate-pubescent;  sepals  oblong,  rounded  at  the  apex,  stellate- 
pilose  only  outside,  the  clawed  petals  scarcely  longer;  pod  ovoid, 
3-4  mm.  long,  1.5-1.8  mm.  wide,  densely  stellate- tomentose;  style 
slender,  0.4-0.75  mm.  long. — According  to  the  original  description, 
the  leaves  are  sometimes  longer,  the  style  very  short  and  fleshy. 
The  above  diagnosis  (as  for  all  other  species)  is  from  0.  E.  Schulz. 
Neg.  13894. 

Ancash:  Above  Piscapacha,  4,600  meters,  Weberbauer  2902; 
224 . — Huanuco :  ( Pearce) . 

Draba  alyssoides  Humb.  &  Bonpl.  ex  DC.  Syst.  2:  355. 
1821;  148. 

Stems  ordinarily  simple,  10-30  cm.  high,  more  or  less  ligneous 
below  and  densely  leafy,  closely  hirsute,  even  on  the  sepals,  with 
spreading,  simple  trichomes  to  1  mm.  long  and  shorter,  stipitate, 
furcate  ones;  leaves  entire  or  with  1-2  teeth  on  each  side,  narrowed 
to  the  base,  sessile,  the  midnerve  strongly  thickened  at  the  base, 
7-12  mm.  long,  with  stiff,  simple  trichomes  on  both  sides,  beneath 
also  with  shorter,  stellate  ones;  racemes  elongating,  to  30-flowered, 
bracteate  below;  pedicels  to  10  mm.  long;  sepals  4  mm.  long,  not 
saccate,  rounded  at  the  apex,  broadly  oblong-elliptic,  the  inner 
slightly  larger;  petals  white,  sparsely  veined,  7  mm.  long,  emarginate; 
filaments  somewhat  dilated  at  the  base;  ovules  16-24;  style  1-4 
mm.  long;  pods  8-11  mm.  long,  4-5  mm.  wide,  hirsute  with  mostly 
simple  (a  few  bifurcate)  hairs;  seeds  brown,  1.2-1.5  mm.  long. — 
Var.  thlaspiformis  (Gilg  &  Brandt)  0.  E.  Schulz,  150,  is  smaller, 
branching,  the  12-ovulate  pods  shorter  and  narrower.  The  species 
is  typical  of  a  group  of  closely  related  species,  or  varieties (?),  and  is 
therefore  no  doubt  in  Peru  in  one  form  or  another.  D.  Hemsleyana 
Gilg,  150,  is  similar,  but  the  pods  are  glabrous,  about  10  mm.  long, 
2  mm.  wide,  the  style  2  mm.  long;  D.  splendens  Gilg,  150,  also  has 
narrow  pods,  but  these,  like  the  leaves  on  both  sides,  have  simple 
pubescence;  both  are  Ecuadorean.  Neg.  13895. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador;  Colombia. 


956  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Draba  araboides  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  287.  1864;  334. 
D.  soratensis  Gilg  &  Muschi.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  480.  1909,  pro  parte, 
non  Wedd. 

Plants  10  cm.  high  in  fruit,  the  slender,  erect  stems  sometimes 
branched  from  the  base,  leafy  below  and  more  or  less  hispid,  the 
crowded  leaves  rather  obovate-cuneate,  with  2-4  small  teeth  on 
each  side;  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long;  flowers  heteromorphous,  the 
larger,  perfect  ones  with  sepals  1.8  mm.  and  petals  3  mm.  long,  the 
smaller  ones  with  4  minute  petals,  the  sepals  1.5  mm.  long;  pods 
broadly  linear,  to  1  cm.  long. — The  larger  leaves  are  about  2  cm. 
long,  and  1  cm.  wide  above  the  middle.  Neg.  34581. 

Lima:  Mt.  San  Agustin,  near  Lima,  300-400  meters,  Weberbauer 
5244-  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5254- — Cuzco:  Without 
locality,  Gay,  type. 

Draba  argentea  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  134.  1927. 

Similar  to  D.  Pickeringii,  but  only  1-2  cm.  high,  even  in  fruit, 
the  pedicels  then  to  3  mm.  long;  leaves  3-6  mm.  long,  white- tomen- 
tose;  sepals  oblong;  petals  1-nerved;  pods  capitately  crowded, 
oblong-ellipsoid,  3-4  mm.  long,  2  mm.  wide,  more  or  less  densely 
pubescent  with  furcate  and  substellate  hairs. — Neg.  13896. 

Junin:  Alpamina,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  5114,  type.  Pace- 
chac,  4,600  meters  (Hill  13). 

Draba  atacamensis  Gilg,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  475.  1909;  134. 

Densely  pulvinate,  the  stems  only  1-1.5  cm.  long;  leaves  obovate- 
oblong,  12-16  mm.  long,  densely  rosulate,  white-tomentose  with 
minute,  substellate  hairs,  but  often  toward  the  base  also  with  some 
simple  hairs;  sepals  1.8  mm.  long;  petals  2.5  mm.  long;  ovules  32; 
pedicels  1-3  mm.  long,  the  oblong-ellipsoid  pods  6  mm.  long,  2.5 
mm.  wide,  densely  hirsute  with  bifurcate  and  substellate  hairs. — 
Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  133. 

Tacna:  Volcan  Tacora,  4,500  meters,  Werdermann  1509  (det. 
Schulz).  Chile. 

Draba  Brackenridgei  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped.  Bot.  53.  1854; 
136.  D.  cephalantha  Gilg,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  477.  1909. 

Mature  plants  more  than  10  cm.  high;  leaves  densely  rosulate, 
ovate  or  ovate-oblong,  acute,  entire,  5-7  (-12)  mm.  long,  3-5.5  mm. 
wide,  more  or  less  densely  stellate-tomentose  beneath,  above  with 
rather  long  and  mostly  simple  hairs;  scape  2-3  (-8)  cm.  high,  the 
pedicels  finally  to  3  mm.  long;  sepals  oblong,  about  2.5  mm.  long, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  957 

green,  the  pubescence  partly  furcate;  petals  clawed,  obovate,  retuse; 
pods  oblong-lanceolate,  7-9  mm.  long,  scarcely  2  mm.  wide,  pubes- 
cent with  simple  and  furcate  hairs;  style  less  than  1  mm.  long;  seeds 
0.75  mm.  long. — The  fully  mature  pods  of  my  No.  1054  are  8-9  mm. 
long,  those  of  cotype  material  at  Paris  6-7  mm.  long.  The  species 
does  not  seem  to  be  sharply  separated  from  D.  Macleanii. 

Junin:  In  limestone  rocks  between  La  Oroya  and  Tarma,  4,000 
meters,  Weberbauer  2551;  223;  type  of  D.  cephalantha.  La  Oroya, 
4,300  meters,  Weberbauer  2604-  Tarma,  limestone  ledges,  3,900 
meters,  1054-  Banos  and  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition,  type). 

Draba  chlorantha  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  143. 
1927. 

Closely  allied  to  D.  alchemilloides,  but  only  1.5-3  cm.  high, 
the  scapes  scarcely  1  cm.  long;  petals  1.2-1.5  mm.  long,  pale  greenish 
yellow;  style  very  short. — Neg.  13898. 

Ancash:  On  limestone,  Mt.  Huacchara,  4,600  meters,  Weberbauer 
7245,  type. — Ayacucho:  Mt.  Rasuvilca,4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  7497, 
in  large  part  (det.  Ekmann  and  Schulz). 

Draba  cryptantha  Hook.  f.  Fl.  Ant.  2:  234.  1847;  142.  D. 
Weberbaueri  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  474.  1909. 

Pulvinate,  the  leaves  densely  rosulate  at  the  tips  of  the  very 
short  branches;  blades  obovate,  acutish,  gradually  attenuate  to  the 
base,  entire,  3-4  mm.  long,  2-3  mm.  wide,  above  white-pilose- 
tomentose,  beneath  white-tomentose  with  rather  short,  stellate 
hairs,  like  the  pedicels,  sepals,  and  pods;  corymb  dense,  subcapitate, 
scarcely  exceeding  the  leaves;  sepals  obovate-oblong;  pods  ovoid, 
3  mm.  long,  1.5-2  mm.  broad,  the  style  very  short;  ovary  9-ovulate. 
— D.  Weberbaueri,  according  to  description,  has  stellate-pubescent 
leaves,  sepals  only  1.5  mm.  long,  and  yellowish,  very  long-clawed 
petals.  The  plant  may  be  diminutive,  the  peduncle  barely  exserted 
from  the  leaves  even  in  mature  fruit. 

Junin:  Above  Lima,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  5190;  221  (type 
of  D.  Weberbaueri).  Culnai  to  Casacancha  (Wilkes  Expedition). 
Pacechac  (Hill  12).  Cerro  de  Pasco,  Mathews  942. — Ayacucho: 
Mt.  Rasuvilca,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  7497  (in  part;  det.  Ekman 
and  Schulz). — Cuzco:  Cordillera  de  Pachahusan,  4,400  meters, 
Herrera  2577b. 

Draba  cryptantha  var.  laxistellata  (Gilg  &  Brandt)  0.  E. 
Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  143.  1927.  D.  laxistellata  Gilg  & 
Brandt  ex  0.  E.  Schulz,  loc.  cit. 


958  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Fruiting  scapes  2  cm.  long;  leaves  6-9  mm.  long;  ovary  16- 
ovulate;  pedicels  to  3  mm.  long;  pods  4  mm.  long,  2  mm.  broad, 
sparsely  pilose;  style  0.5  mm.  long. — Probably  a  distinct  species. 

Ayacucho:  Santa  Ine"s,  4,600  meters,  Weberbauer  5428,  type.— 
Junin:  Huancayo,  4,700  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  22043. 

Draba  cuzcoensis  0.  E.  Schulz,  Kew  Bull.  490.  1936. 

Perennial,  from  a  branching  root,  the  caudex  branches  crowded, 
short,  densely  scaly  with  the  persistent  petioles  of  old  leaves,  in 
flower  3-7  cm.  high,  in  fruit  to  12  cm.;  upper  leaves  forming  dense, 
cespitose  rosettes  1.5-4  cm.  wide;  stems  1-3,  simple,  sparsely  leafy, 
hirsutulous,  even  to  the  sepals,  with  stipitate,  bifurcate  and  branched 
hairs  or  rarely  some  of  the  hairs  simple;  basal  leaves  oblong-obovate, 
subobtuse,  entire,  narrowed  to  the  petiole,  to  5  mm.  wide,  1-2.5  cm. 
long;  cauline  leaves  sessile,  smaller,  ovate  or  linear,  all  hispid  and 
ciliate  with  simple  and  branched  hairs;  racemes  10-20-flowered, 
elongating,  in  fruit  with  pedicels  to  8  mm.  long;  sepals  2  mm.  long, 
rounded,  hyaline-margined;  petals  yellow,  3.2  mm.  long,  minutely 
emarginate;  nectary  glands  binate;  ovules  18;  pods  oblong-ellipsoid, 
compressed,  6-9  mm.  long,  3  mm.  broad,  acute,  the  style  5  mm. 
long,  glabrous,  dull  green  or  black-violet;  seeds  1  mm.  long,  0.75 
mm.  broad,  tuberculate. 

Cuzco:  Near  Cuzco,  4,000  meters  (Dora  B.  Stafford  264,  type). 

Draba  Macleanii  Hook.  f.  FL  Ant.  2:  235.  1847;  135.  D. 
siliquosa  Ball,  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  22:  29.  1885,  non  Hook.  f. 

Cespitose,  in  fruit  to  6  cm.  high,  the  elongating  racemes  12-15- 
flowered;  leaves  rosulate,  oblong  or  narrowly  obovate,  obtuse,  entire, 
scarcely  petioled,  8-12  mm.  long;  pedicels  to  4  mm.  long  in  fruit; 
sepals  2.5  mm.  long;  petals  3-4  mm.  long;  ovary  16-20-ovulate; 
pods  oblong  or  subellipsoid,  6-7  mm.  long,  1-2  mm.  wide,  the  style 
0.5  mm.  long. — Var.  stylosa  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped.  Bot.  53.  1854, 
has  laxer  corymbs  and  finally  glabrous  pods  with  a  longer  style. 

Junin:  Yauli,  on  igneous  rock,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  269. 
Rio  Blanco,  5,000  meters,  3033. — Lima:  Casapalca  (Ball).  Moque- 
hua:  Tacora,  Weddell. — Without  locality  (Maclean).  Bolivia. 

Draba  matthioloides  Gilg  &  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105: 
151.  1927. 

A  small,  suffrutescent  plant,  a  few  decimeters  high,  much 
branched  at  the  base;  stems  very  leafy  above,  very  densely  and 
shortly  white-stellate-tomentose,  like  the  sepals,  these  5-7  mm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  959 

long,  broadly  lanceolate;  leaves  lance-oblong,  acutish,  entire,  sessile, 
1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  pedicels  filiform,  to  1.5  cm.  long,  or  longer  in  fruit; 
petals  7-9  mm.  long,  orange  or  reddish;  ovules  28;  style  slender, 
4-5  mm.  long;  pods  ellipsoid  or  lanceolate,  8-15  mm.  long,  3^4  mm. 
wide,  stellate-scabrous. — Probably  only  a  variety  or  form  of  D. 
alyssoides. 

Ancash:  Between  Cajamarca  and  Hualgayoc,  4,200  meters, 
Weberbauer  4231,  type;  272.  On  limestone,  Prov.  Pallasca,  4,200 
meters,  Weberbauer  7019. 

Draba  ochropetala  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  154. 
1927. 

Suffruticose,  to  20  cm.  high,  the  many  ascending,  leafy  stems 
minutely  cinereous-stellate-pubescent;  leaves  oblong  or  narrowly 
ovate,  subobtuse,  sometimes  obscurely  dentate,  sessile,  7-10  mm. 
long,  white- tomentose  with  simple  and  furcate  hairs;  racemes 
scarcely  elongating,  bracteate,  5-12-flowered;  pedicels  2-4  mm. 
long;  sepals  4  mm.  long,  substellate- tomentose;  petals  6  mm.  long; 
ovules  18-24;  pods  broadly  ovoid,  toward  the  margins  short-pubes- 
cent with  simple  hairs,  the  style  1-1.5  mm.  long. — Neg.  13913. 

Ancash:  Mt.  Huacchara,  on  limestone,  4,600  meters,  Weberbauer 
7233,  type. 

Draba  peruviana  (DC.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105: 
151.  /.  17.  1927.  Berteroa  peruviana  DC.  Syst.  2:  293.  1821.  D. 
Pavonii  Gilg,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  479.  1909. 

Suffrutescent,  to  about  30  cm.  high,  the  suberect  branches,  as 
in  the  related  species,  clothed  with  the  remains  of  the  crowded 
leaves;  leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  acute,  narrowed  to  the  base,  2-4- 
dentate,  10-16  mm.  long,  3-4  mm.  wide,  laxly  and  minutely  stellate- 
pubescent;  flowers  in  dense,  subcorymbose  racemes  at  the  tips  of 
the  leafy-bracteate  branchlets;  pedicels  7-10  mm.  long;  sepals  nearly 
glabrous,  6  mm.  long;  petals  8-10  mm.  long;  pods  sparsely  hispid, 
5-6  mm.  long,  2.5-3.5  mm.  wide,  the  style  2.5-3  mm.  long. 

Huanuco:  Muna  and  Tambo  Nuevo,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type; 
3,800-3,900  meters,  Weberbauer  6727.  Tambo  de  Vaca,  3,900 
meters,  4440.  Argentina. 

Draba  Pickeringii  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped.  Bot.  54.  1854;  134. 

Cespitose,  with  many  rosulate,  crowded,  obovate-cuneate  leaves 
at  the  tips  of  the  slender  stems;  leaves  entire,  6-8  mm.  long,  the 
dense  pubescence  above  mostly  simple,  that  beneath  stellate-tomen- 


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tose,  at  the  petiolar  base  simply  ciliate;  racemes  little  elongating, 
ebracteate,  10-25-flowered ;  pedicels  to  6  mm.  long;  sepals  2.8  mm. 
long,  stellate-pubescent;  pods  broadly  ovoid,  4-6  mm.  long,  2.5-3 
mm.  broad,  pubescent  with  simple  and  furcate  hairs,  the  style 
slender,  0.5  mm.  long. — Var.  Pearcei  0.  E.  Schulz  (as  yet  known 
only  from  Bolivia)  has  densely  furcate-stellate-pubescent  pods.  D. 
Hookeri  Walp.,  D.  affinis  Hook,  f.,  and  D.  atacamensis  Gilg  are 
closely  related  species  to  be  expected,  especially  the  last  two,  the 
former  from  both  Bolivia  and  Ecuador  and  the  latter  from  northern 
Chile.  They  all  have  shorter  petals  (to  2.5  mm.)  and  shorter  pedicels. 
D.  Hookeri,  of  Ecuador,  has  pods  barely  1  mm.  wide,  typically 
glabrous  or  the  hairs  in  part  simple.  D.  affinis  and  D.  atacamensis 
have  pods  1.5-2.5  mm.  broad,  the  former  with  mostly  simple  hairs, 
the  latter  with  branched  and  stellate  ones.  Illustrated,  Pflanzen- 
reich  IV.  105:  /.  12.  1927.  A  cotype  in  the  Paris  herbarium  has 
mature  pods  7  mm.  long,  3.5  mm.  wide,  the  style  1  mm.  long. 

Junin:  Yauli,  in  igneous  rock,  Weberbauer  269a;  (195,  203,  221}. 
Huaron,  on  ledges,  4,200  meters,  1124- — Lima:  Casapalca,  5,000 
meters,  loose,  igneous  slopes,  824-  Between  Culnai  and  Obrajillo 
(Wilkes Expedition,  type). 

Draba  Schuster!  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105: 137.  1927. 

Stems  many,  in  fruit  to  30  cm.  high,  minutely  cinereous-stellate- 
pubescent;  leaves  oblong-elliptic,  obscurely  callous-denticulate, 
acute,  with  the  petiolar  base  3-4  cm.  long,  more  or  less  pubescent 
and  ciliate  with  simple,  lustrous  hairs;  racemes  lax,  to  15  cm.  long, 
20-40-flowered;  sepals  3  mm.  long,  the  pubescence  simple  and 
furcate;  pedicels  in  fruit  to  1  cm.  long  or  longer;  pods  7-11  mm. 
long,  2.5-4  mm.  broad,  the  filiform  style  1.5  mm.  long;  ovules  12-16. 

Piura:  Southeast  of  Piura,  in  grass  steppe,  2,700  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 6033,  type. 

Draba  scopulorum  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  286.  1864;  137. 

Except  as  indicated  in  the  key,  very  like  D.  Schusteri,  but  smaller 
and  the  ovules  20-28. — D.  soratensis  Wedd.,  of  Bolivia,  has  petals 
3  mm.  long,  an  oblong  pod,  and  obsolete  style.  Neg.  13919. 

Cuzco:  At  4,500  meters,  Herrera  2312  (f.  elongata  Wedd.;  fruiting 
pedicels  to  2  cm.  long).  Bolivia.  "Sanchalli." 

Draba  solitaria  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  155.  1927. 

Closely  allied  to  D.  ochropetala  but  smaller,  to  10  cm.  high; 
leaves  5-8  mm.  long,  simply  pilose-strigose  above,  stellate-tomentose 


FLORA  OF  PERU  961 

beneath;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  petals  5  mm.  long;  ovules  14-16; 
style  1  mm.  long. — Type  collected  50  meters  below  a  glacier,  on 
soil  detritus  devoid  of  other  plants.  Neg.  13920. 

Ancash:  Prov.  Pallasca,  north  end  of  Cordillera  de  Pelagatos, 
4,450  meters,  Weberbauer  7235,  type. 

12.  CARDAMINE  L. 

Reference:  0.  E.  Schulz,  Bot.  Jahrb.  32:  280-623.  1903. 

Annual  and  often  weak-stemmed,  or  rhizomatous  and  usually 
more  enduring  herbs  with  rarely  a  few  simple  trichomes.  Leaves 
usually  alternate  and  petiolate,  sometimes  auricled,  simple  or 
variously  pinnatifid.  Racemes  corymbiform,  mostly  ebracteate. 
Sepals  erect,  spreading,  the  lateral  ones  sometimes  cucullate  at  the 
base.  Petals  sessile,  obovate.  Nectar  glands  usually  all  present, 
the  stamens  6,  the  oblong  anthers  sagittate  at  the  base.  Pod  linear, 
attenuate  into  the  often  filiform  style,  the  more  or  less  bilobate 
stigma  minute. — Compare  under  Sisymbrium  the  cordate-leaved 
perennial,  Ivania,  if  sought  here.  Species  plastic,  apparently  not 
stabilized. 

Racemes  usually  more  or  less  bracted;  pods  1.3-3  cm.  long;  flowers 
2-4  mm.  long. 

Pods  usually  2-3  cm.  long;  seeds  1  mm.  long C.  bonariensis. 

Pods  13-16  mm.  long;  seeds  0.75  mm.  long C.  Killipii. 

Racemes  ebracteate;  pods  2.5-5  mm.  long;  flowers  3-8  mm.  long. 

Plants  typically  glabrous;  flowers  often  6.5-8  mm.  long. 

C.  Jamesonii. 

Plants  typically  more  or  less  pubescent;  flowers  rarely  longer 

than  6  mm. 

Fruiting  pedicels  1  cm.  long  or  longer;  flowers  4.5  mm.  long 
or  longer C.  ovata. 

Fruiting  pedicels  mostly  6  mm.  long;  flowers  3-4  mm.  long. 

C.  africana. 

Cardamine  africana  L.  Sp.  PL  655.  1753;  414. 

Similar  to  C.  ovata;  leaves  often  crowded  at  the  base  of  the 
weak  stems,  trifoliolate,  the  terminal  leaflet  ovate,  more  or  less 
acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base,  the  similar  lateral  ones  oblique, 
all  4-8-crenate-serrate  or  somewhat  3-lobed,  rarely  subentire, 
minutely  ciliate  and  usually  sparsely  pilose;  racemes  dense,  6-16- 


962  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

flowered;  fruiting  pedicels  mostly  6  mm.  long;  flowers  3-4  mm.  long; 
pods  2.5-4.5  cm.  long,  nearly  2  mm.  broad. — Usually  well  marked 
by  its  large,  broad,  merely  dentate  leaflets  and  broad  pods. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Poeppig  1845. — Without  locality:  Vidal- 
Senege.  Tropical  mountains,  Africa,  East  Indies,  Andes,  and  Brazil. 

Cardamine  bonariensis  Pers.  Syn.  PI.  2:  195.  1806;  450.  C. 
flaccida  Cham.  &  Schlecht.  subsp.  bonariensis  0.  E.  Schulz,  Bot. 
Jahrb.  32:  450.  1903.  C.  laxa  Benth.  var.  pumila  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl. 
Exped.  Bot.  50.  1854. 

Rhizomes  much  branched;  stems  decumbent-ascending,  often 
20  cm.  long,  rooting  at  the  nodes;  basal  leaves  2.5-6.5  cm.  long, 
the  scarcely  smaller  cauline  ones  long-petiolate,  the  uppermost 
often  simple;  leaflets  all  subequal,  orbicular  or  short-ovate,  entire 
or  merely  crenate,  6-14  mm.  long,  6-19  mm.  wide;  flowering  pedicels 
2-3  mm.,  in  fruit  5-10  mm.  long;  flowers  usually  small,  the  sepals 
1.5-2  mm.  long;  ovules  20-28;  pods  mostly  15-18  mm.  long,  1  mm. 
wide,  the  style  obsolete  or  1  mm.  long;  seeds  emarginate. — Highly 
variable,  the  most  common  form  being  var.  flaccida  (Cham.  & 
Schlecht.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (C.  flaccida  Cham.  &  Schlecht. 
Linnaea  1:  21.  1826),  typically  more  robust,  more  erect,  the  leaflets 
larger,  angled-crenate,  the  flowers  3-4  mm.  long,  the  pods  mostly 
2  cm.  long,  1.5  mm.  wide,  the  seeds  margined;  but  none  of  these 
characters  apparently  concomitantly  holding.  A  reduced  state  is 
var.  minima  (Steud.)  Macbr.,  var.  nov.  (C.  minima  Steud.  Flora 
39:  410.  1856;  C.  flaccida  subsp.  minima  0.  E.  Schulz,  op.  cit.  451), 
with  leaves  mostly  trifoliolate,  the  leaflets  1.5-5  mm.  long  or  smaller, 
to  about  10  mm.  wide;  pedicels  filiform,  5-30  mm.  long;  flowers  3^4 
mm.  long;  pods  8-14  mm.  long.  See  Schulz  for  other  named  forms 
under,  however,  a  later  name,  C.  flaccida.  Sometimes  terrestrial, 
sometimes  half  immersed  in  brooks  or  along  their  banks,  and  from 
the  ocean  to  the  snows,  according  to  Weberbauer.  Illustrated, 
Bot.  Jahrb.  32:  pi  10. 

Cajamarca:  Cajamarca,  Osgood  &  Anderson  58.  Nancho,  Rai- 
mondi.  Ocros,  3,500  meters  (Weberbauer  171). — Ancash:  Martinet 
715.  Culnai  to  Casacancha  (Wilkes  Expedition). — Huanuco:  Ambo, 
2,550  meters,  2431. — Lima:  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition). — Prov. 
Cajatambo,  Weberbauer  2688. — Junin:  Pampas,  Raimondi. — Ama- 
zonas:  Lamud,  Raimondi. — Puno:  San  Antonio,  Lechler  1811  (var. 
minima). — Arequipa:  Raimondi. — Cuzco:  Vilcabamba,  Raimondi. 
Paucartambo,  Herrera  2331.  La  Raya,  in  Distichia  cushions,  4,300 


FLORA  OF  PERU  963 

meters,  Pennell  131*98  (var.  minima).  Cerro  de  Cusilluyoc,  3,300- 
3,500  meters,  Pennell  14164-  Chile  and  Argentina  to  Mexico. 
"Berro." 

Cardamine  Jamesonii  Hook.  Lond.  Journ.  Bot.  6:  293.  1847; 
421. 

Plants  glabrous,  simple  or  with  long  branches;  lower  leaves 
2-3-pinnate;  terminal  leaflet  suborbicular,  subcordate  at  the  base, 
coarsely  2-4-crenate-lobed  or  subincised,  12-16  mm.  long,  nearly 
as  broad,  the  lateral  ones  similar,  oblique,  usually  manifestly  petio- 
lulate;  upper  cauline  leaves  with  one  pair  of  broadly  ovate  or  oblong- 
ovate,  smaller  leaflets;  racemes  lax  from  the  first,  sometimes 
trifoliolate-bracted  at  the  base,  8-15-flowered,  the  flowering  pedicels 
6-8  mm.  long,  scarcely  longer  in  fruit;  flowers  6.5-8  mm.  long; 
sepals  ovate;  petals  rose-colored,  broadly  obovate;  pods  nearly 
4  cm.  long,  2  mm.  broad,  attenuate  to  the  style,  this  3-5  mm.  long; 
seeds  1.75  mm.  long. 

Peru:  Probably.    Bolivia  to  Central  America  and  Haiti. 

Cardamine  Killipii  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  341.  1928. 

Nearly  C.  bonariensis  var.  flaccida,  but  the  leaves  simple  or 
subsimple,  the  cordate-orbicular,  repand-angulate  terminal  leaflet 
sometimes  accompanied  by  one  much  smaller  lateral  one,  this  ovate, 
sessile;  racemes  several  decimeters  long,  equaling  the  stems;  pods 
13-16  mm.  long;  seeds  only  0.75  mm.  long. 

Lima:  Rio  Blanco,  3,000-3,500  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  21712. 
Colombia. 

Cardamine  ovata  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  158.  1845;  412. 

Stems  1  to  several  decimeters  long,  ascending-erect,  branching 
above,  regularly  4-8-1  eaved,  white-hirsute  or  glabrescent;  leaves 
mostly  with  2  pairs  of  3-5-crenate-serrate,  rarely  subentire,  strigu- 
lose  or  nearly  glabrous  leaflets,  the  lower  ones  ovate,  roundish  or 
acutish  at  the  apex,  the  upper  ones  oblong-ovate  or  lanceolate,  the 
terminal  one  always  petiolulate,  the  lateral  leaflets  oblique  and 
subsessile,  or  sometimes  subdecurrent,  all  varying  greatly  in  size 
from  medium  to  almost  minute;  racemes  to  30-flowered,  usually 
trifoliolate-bracted  at  the  base;  fruiting  pedicels  1  cm.  long  or  longer; 
flowers  white,  about  4.5  mm.,  rarely  6.5  mm.  long;  pods  more  or 
less  recurving,  4-5  cm.  long,  1.8  mm.  broad. — Var.  unijuga  0.  E. 
Schulz  no  doubt  occurs. 


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Cuzco:  Pillahuata,  3,000-3,300  meters,  Pennell  14108  (det. 
Schulz).— Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pav6n.—Puno:  Sandia,  2,600 
meters  (Weberbauer  240). — Huanuco:  Tambo  de  Vaca,  3,600  meters, 
4462  (det.  Schulz).  Bolivia  to  Colombia  and  Venezuela. 

13.  RORIPPA  Scop. 
Nasturtium  R.  Br.;  Kardamoglyphos  Schlecht. 

Reference:  0.  E.  Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  33:  273-285.  1934; 
Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  554.  1936. 

The  berro  or  watercress  that  may  be  said  to  typify  this  group 
is  cosmopolitan  in  distribution  and  in  popularity  as  a  salad  plant, 
particularly  in  Latin  countries  like  Peru.  Herrera  has  recorded 
local  Peruvian  names  as  "mostacilla,"  "mayu-mostaza,"  "chicchi," 
"chijchi,"  and  "occoruro."  Botanists  have  at  one  time  or  another 
given  it  more  than  twice  as  many  scientific  designations;  see  Sprague, 
Journ.  Bot.  62:  225-228.  1924;  but  now,  according  to  the  Inter- 
national Rules,  only  two  are  to  be  regarded  as  legally  correct, 
Rorippa  Nasturtium-aquaticum  (L.)  Hayek,  and  Nasturtium  offi- 
cinale  R.  Br.,  the  latter  name  being  conserved  for  those  who  restrict 
the  genus  Nasturtium  to  the  watercress;  see  Marie- Victorin,  Contr. 
Bot.  Univ.  Montreal  17:  17.  1930.  In  Rorippa  I  include  Kardamo- 
glyphos, notwithstanding  the  lack  of  nectar  glands,  for  the  degree 
of  development  of  these  within  the  group  is  variable.  Admittedly 
the  character  is  important  in  classification  of  the  family  elsewhere. 

Petals  white,  conspicuous,  well  exceeding  the  sepals;  medial  nectar 
glands  wanting R.  Nasturtium-aquaticum. 

Petals  slightly  if  at  all  longer  than  the  sepals,  or  yellow,  sometimes 

none. 

Stems  leafy,  ascending  to  erect;  seeds  in  2  rows. 
Annuals  or  short-lived  plants  with  ample  leaves  or  leaflets; 

nectar  glands  present. 
Leaves  pinnate,  the  leaflets  remote,  narrow .  .  .  R.  bonariensis. 

Leaves  lyrate-pinnate,  the  terminal  leaflet  much  larger  than 
the  lateral  ones R.  clandestina. 

Leaves  obovate,  only  the  basal  ones  pinnate R.  Sinapis. 

Perennials,    depressed-ascending,    the    leaflets    small;    nectar 

glands  none R.  nana. 

Stems  nearly  leafless,  creeping;  seeds  in  1  row R.  sarmentosa. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  965 

Rorippa  bonariensis  (Poir.)  Macloskey,  Kept.  Princeton  Univ. 
Exped.  Patag.  8,  pt.  1:  434.  1905.  Nasturtium  bonariense  DC. 
Syst.  2:  193.  1821.  Sisymbrium  bonariense  Poir.  in  Lam.  Encycl. 
7:  205.  1806.  S.  Mandonii  Fourn.  Recherch.  Crucif.  109.  1865.  N. 
erectum  Trev.  ex  Sweet,  Hort.  Brit.  ed.  3.  26.  1839,  nomen. 

Leaves  deeply  pinnatifid  or  dissected,  the  terminal  lobe  elliptic- 
oblong,  3-6  mm.  wide,  entire  or  sparsely  dentate,  the  lateral  lobes 
2-4  on  each  side,  mostly  entire;  sepals  1.5  mm.  long,  the  petals 
2  mm.  long;  pedicels  2-8  mm.  long;  ovules  64-72;  pods  10-18  mm. 
long,  1-1.5  mm.  wide,  the  style  often  nearly  0.5  mm.  long. — 0.  E. 
Schulz  makes  a  variety  of  the  plant  of  Treviranus;  it  is  merely  the 
most  vigorous  form,  to  70  cm.  high,  the  lateral  leaf  lobes  4  mm. 
wide,  the  dentate  terminal  one  6-8  mm.  wide.  R.  Eggersii  (Schulz) 
Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (N.  Eggersii  0.  E.  Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov. 
33:  285.  1934),  known  as  near  as  Ecuador,  has  terminal  leaflets 
10  mm.  wide,  the  elliptic  lateral  ones  much  smaller;  petals  white, 
scarcely  exceeding  the  sepals;  ovules  40;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long, 
the  pod  6-10  mm.  long.  Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1 :  pi.  66. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  1454- — Ancash:  Martinet  718.— 
Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  Ule  6697. — Cuzco:  Valle  de  Paucartambo, 
H err era  1258.  Chile  and  Argentina,  northward  to  Ecuador. 
'  'Llamppuchichira. ' ' 

Rorippa  clandestina  (Spreng.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Nasturtium 
clandestinum  Spreng.  Nov.  Prov.  29.  1819.  N.  clandestinum  var. 
brevistylum  0.  E.  Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  33:  278.  1934. 

Glabrous;  all  the  leaves  lyrate-pinnatifid,  the  terminal  lobe 
obovate-reniform,  often  2  cm.  wide,  the  3-7  lateral  lobes  obliquely 
obovate,  repand-dentate;  sepals  and  petals  equal,  2  mm.  long,  the 
stamens  longer;  ovules  90-116;  fruiting  pedicels  3-8  mm.  long, 
the  pods  2-3  cm.  long,  1.5-2  mm.  wide,  the  style  (0.5-)  1-2  mm. 
long. — The  Raimondi  plant  is  the  short-styled  form,  with  a  style 
0.5-1  mm.  long.  Var.  Sodiroi  (0.  E.  Schulz)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov. 
(N.  clandestinum  var.  Sodiroi  Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  33:  277. 
1934),  Ecuadorean,  has  pedicels  1-1.5  mm.  long. 

Libertad:  Prov.  Huamanchuco,  Raimondi.  Extending  to  Para- 
guay and  Venezuela. 

Rorippa  nana  (Schlecht.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Kardamoglyphos 
nana  Schlecht.  Linnaea  28:  472.  1856.  Nasturtium  nanum  Wedd. 
Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV.  5:  290.  1864. 


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Flowering  when  still  diminutive  and  tufted,  but  developing 
ascending  stems  a  decimeter  long  or  longer;  leaves  subpinnate  to 
pinnate,  1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  the  leaflets  about  7,  entire  or  obtusely 
1-2-dentate;  flowers  at  first  pedicellate  in  the  leaf  rosettes,  later 
borne  in  racemes,  the  pedicels  then  about  1.5  cm.  long;  pods  5-7 
mm.  long,  2.5-3  mm.  thick  at  the  base,  tapering  slightly  to  the 
style,  this  0.5  mm.  long. — Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam. 
ed.  2.  17b:  553.  Neg.  34605. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Ponasa,  Ule  6697. — Puno:  Agapata,  Lechler 
2583,  type.  Argentina  to  Ecuador. 

Rorippa  Nasturtium-aquaticum  (L.)  Hayek,  Sched.  Fl.  Stir. 
Exs.  Lief.  3-4:  22.  1905.  Sisymbrium  Nasturtium-aquaticum  L. 
Sp.  PI.  657.  1753.  Nasturtium  officinale  R.  Br.  in  Ait.  Hort. 
Kew.  ed.  2.  4:  110.  1812.  N.  fontanum  Aschers.  Fl.  Brandenb.  1: 
32.  1864. 

Glabrous  except  for  an  occasional  hair,  leafy,  the  leaflets  oval, 
obtuse,  1-several  pairs;  medial  nectar  glands  none;  flowers  white; 
stamens  shorter  than  the  petals;  stigma  broad;  pedicels  divaricate; 
ovules  28-48;  pods  linear,  the  small,  reticulate  seeds  in  2  rows,  1  mm. 
long. — From  sea  strands  to  snow  (Weberbauer).  Illustrated,  Engl. 
&  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 17b:  553.  Hayek  did  not  hyphenate  the 
species  name,  but  gave  the  Linnaean  reference. 

Lima:  In  limewater  pockets,  on  seashore,  Barranco  Miraflores 
(Weberbauer,  148). — Junin:  La  Oroya  (Weberbauer,  180).  Tarma, 
Weberbauer  25P-4-— Cuzco :  Pisac,  3,000-3,200  meters,  Pennell  13718. 
Prov.  Quispicanchi,  3,200  meters  (Herrera).  Valle  del  Paucartambo, 
3,000  meters,  Herrera  3360.— Puno:  Lake  Titicaca  (Weberbauer, 
185).  Cosmopolitan;  in  America  presumably  introduced  from  the 
Old  World. 

Rorippa  sarmentosa  (Soland.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Cardamine 
sarmentosa  Soland.  ex  Forst.  Fl.  Ins.  Austr.  Prodr.  Append.  91.  1786. 
Nasturtium  sarmentosum  0.  E.  Schulz  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam. ed.  2.  17b:  555.  1936. 

A  creeping,  rooting,  nearly  scapose,  glabrous  plant  with  small 
flowers;  basal  leaves  long-petiolate,  pinnate,  the  3  pairs  of  leaflets 
about  1  cm.  long,  sinuate,  round,  petiolulate;  sepals  linear,  acute, 
3  mm.  long;  petals  3.5  mm.  long,  purplish  white;  nectar  glands 
narrowly  confluent;  seeds  large,  in  1  row,  reticulate,  slightly  mucila- 
ginous when  wet. — An  introduction  in  Peru,  if  the  record  is  correct. 

Lima:  (Wilkes Expedition;  det.  Gray).    Polynesian. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  967 

Rorippa  Sinapis  (Burm.  f.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Sisymbrium 
Sinapis  Burm.  f.  Fl.  Ind.  140.  1768.  Nasturtium  Sinapis  O.  E. 
Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  33:  278.  1934. 

Well  marked  among  Peruvian  species  by  its  simple  or  subsimple, 
glabrous  leaves,  all  except  the  radical  ones  with  1  or  2  leaflets,  the 
upper  leaves  oblong,  serrate,  acuminate  at  each  end;  petals  often 
none;  pedicels  2-7  mm.  long;  pods  1-3.2  cm.  long,  to  1.2  mm.  wide; 
style  0.5-1  mm.  long. — Confused  with  this  has  been  R.  indica  (L.) 
L.  H.  Bailey,  which  species,  according  to  Schulz,  op.  cit.  279,  is  simi- 
lar to  R.  clandestine  but  is  usually  pubescent  and  has  mostly  shorter 
pedicels  and  pods,  the  latter  1-2  cm.  long,  1.5-3  mm.  wide. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  153.    India,  and  widely  naturalized  elsewhere. 

14.  DICTYOPHRAGMUS  0.  E.  Schulz 

A  small,  glabrous,  bluish  green,  branching  annual  with  dense, 
short  racemes  of  fragrant,  white  flowers  and  relatively  large,  sub- 
entire  leaves,  these  narrowed  to  the  auricled  base.  Sepals  not  cucul- 
late.  Petals  broadly  obovate.  Nectar  glands  forming  a  ring,  thickest 
on  the  inner  side.  Stigma  subsessile,  capitate.  Pods  oblong,  acute. 
Seeds  winged. 

Dictyophragmus  Englerianus  (Muschl.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Bot. 
Jahrb.  66:  92.  1933.  Streptanthus  Englerianus  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb. 
40:  269.  1908. 

Plants  10  cm.  high  or  less;  leaves  clasping,  remotely  denticulate 
or  subentire,  2-4  cm.  long,  about  1  cm.  wide,  oblong-obovate,  obtuse 
or  acutish;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long;  petals  6  mm.  long,  conspicuously 
clawed;  pods  2  cm.  long,  4  mm.  wide,  net- veined. — Illustrated,  Engl. 
&  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  534. 

Arequipa:  On  the  lower  edge  of  the  loma,  100  meters,  Mollendo, 
Weberbauer  1453,  type;  144. 

15.  ALYSSUM  L. 

Lobularia  Desv. 

The  well  known  garden  plant,  sweet  alyssum  or  "espumilla,"  is 
often  cultivated.  It  is  surprising  to  find  this  plant  maintained  by 
Schulz  as  a  generic  type  on  the  basis  of  a  nectar  gland  character,  a 
character  which  he  himself  has  discounted  in  the  case  of  Rorippa 
and  which  Briquet  showed  to  be  of  no  value  here  as  a  generic  criterion. 

Alyssum  maritimum  (L.)  Lam.  Encycl.  1:  98.  1783.  Clypeola 
maritima  L.  Sp.  PI.  652. 1753.  Lobularia  maritima  Desv.  Journ.  Bot. 
3:169.1814. 


968  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

A  low,  spreading  or  bushy,  rather  light  green  but  often  cinereous- 
pubescent  annual,  becoming  woody  below  or  persisting  as  a  half 
shrub;  leaves  lanceolate,  tapering  to  the  base;  flowers  honey-scented, 
white,  at  first  crowded,  the  racemes  greatly  elongating  in  fruit;  pods 
spheroid,  1-seeded,  reticulate- veined. 

Lima:  Along  Rio  Rimac,  Martinet  1024- — Arequipa:  Isern  2113.— 
Cuzco:  (Herrera).  Native  of  the  Mediterranean  region. 

16.  MATHEWSIA  Hook.  &  Am. 

Machaerophorus  Schlecht. 

More  or  less  woody,  glabrous  or  stellate-pubescent,  leafy  plants 
with  obtuse,  lanceolate  cauline  leaves  and  ebracteate  racemes. 
Calyx  closed.  Petals  long-clawed,  about  equaled  by  the  linear  an- 
thers, these  on  slender  filaments.  Pods  dorsally  compressed,  broadly 
lanceolate,  reticulate- veined.  Stigma  subsessile,  large. — The  genus 
was  named  for  Andrew  Mathews,  whose  collections  in  Peru  from  1833 
to  his  death  at  Chachapoyas,  November  24,  1841,  supplemented  in 
many  cases  those  of  Ruiz  and  Pavon,  from  their  type  localities.  See 
Journ.  Bot.  27:  371.  1889. 

Mathewsia  matthioloides  (Schlecht.)  C.  Muell.  in  Walp.  Ann. 
Bot.  7:  144.  1868.  Machaerophorus  matthioloides  Schlecht.  Linnaea 
28:  469.  1856. 

Nearly  glabrous,  blue-green,  the  leaves  with  minute  divisions, 
and  thus  at  once  distinct  from  M.  peruviana;  flowers  yellow;  sepals 
narrow,  about  15  mm.  long,  the  petals  2.5  cm.  long;  pods  to  7  cm. 
long,  3.5  mm.  wide  or  wider. — A  caducous  lanosity  is  more  or  less 
evident  on  some  parts.  The  stems  and  elongate  fruiting  racemes 
areflexuous.  Neg.  27330. 

Puno:  Cordillera  de  Puno  (Lechler  1702,  type). 

Mathewsia  peruviana  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  562. 1929. 

Woody  and  densely  leafy  below,  10-20  cm.  high,  softly  gray- 
tomentose,  even  to  the  pods,  these  oblong,  4-5  mm.  wide,  2-2.3  cm. 
long,  rounded  at  the  base,  narrowed  to  the  short  style;  leaves  sinu- 
ate-pinnatifid,  with  about  5  triangular  lobes  on  each  side,  clasping 
at  the  base,  3.5  cm.  long;  racemes  finally  20-25-flowered ;  pedicels 
3-5  mm.,  in  fruit  to  7  mm.  long;  sepals  7  mm.  long,  the  white  petals 
twice  as  long,  elliptic  above  the  narrow  claw;  stamens  equal,  nearly 
10  mm.  long. — M.  laciniata  Phil.,  of  northern  Chile,  is  said  to  be 
similar  but  is  described  as  having  white-woolly  pods  only  3  mm.  broad. 

Arequipa:  Lomas  de  Atico,  Raimondi,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  969 

17.    EREMODRABA  0.  E.  Schulz 

Low,  glabrous,  suffrutescent  plants,  the  Peruvian  species  with 
the  aspect  of  Sisymbrium.  Petals  yellow.  Anthers  oblong;  filaments 
slender;  medial  nectar  glands  small.  Ovules  typically  6-8.  Stigma 
capitate-flattened,  subsessile.  Pods  narrow,  flat,  indistinctly  nerved, 
with  a  thin  septum.  Seeds  in  1  row,  on  short,  filiform  funicles, 
lustrous. 

Eremodraba  Hinkleyana  0.  E.  Schulz  in  Engl.  &  Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  617.  1936. 

Leaves  linear,  remotely  dentate  or  almost  laciniate,  sagittate- 
amplexicaul,  longer  than  the  flowering  raceme;  ovary  with  16-18 
ovules  (Schulz).— The  author  remarks,  "I  place  this  plant  here  with 
some  doubt,  the  fruit  being  unknown."  The  type  species  is  E.  intri- 
catissima  (Phil.)  O.  E.  Schulz  (Philippi  called  it  a  Draba),  much 
branched  and  with  linear,  fleshy  leaves,  known  only  from  the  deserts 
of  northern  Chile. 

Arequipa:  Chacchani  Mt.,  Hinkley,  type. 

18.  ENGLEROCHARIS  Muschl. 
Brayopsis  Gilg  &  Muschl. 

Small,  cespitose,  simple-haired  perennials,  the  ovate  leaves 
crowded-rosulate  about  the  congested  inflorescence  of  scapose  pedi- 
cels that  elongate  in  fruit.  Sepals  more  or  less  persistent,  nearly 
as  long  as  the  greenish  yellow,  white,  or  purplish  petals.  Nectar 
glands  confluent,  the  medial  reduced  or  wanting.  Style  and  ovary 
subequal.  Style  short  or  nearly  obsolete.  Stigma  depressed.  Pods 
short-oblong,  the  septum  complete. — Illustrated,  Weberbauer  198. 
The  genus  Brayopsis  differs  in  no  fundamental  respect  except 
that  the  medial  nectar  glands  are  wanting,  a  variation  paralleled 
in  Nasturtium  and  Eudema. 

Leaves  and  ovary  glabrous,  or  the  leaves  sparsely  pilose. 

Petals  and  sepals  subequal,  about  4  mm.  long E.  calycina. 

Petals  definitely  longer  than  the  sepals,  to  5  mm.  long. 

E.  Weberbaueri. 
Leaves  and  usually  the  ovary  very  pubescent. 

Petals  white  or  purplish;  ovules  12-16 E.  peruviana. 

Petals  greenish  yellow;  ovules  many E.  alpaminae. 


970  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Englerocharis  alpaminae  (Gilg  &  Muschl.)  Baehni  &  Macbr., 
comb.  nov.  Brayopsis  alpaminae  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42: 
483.  1909. 

Tap  root  fibrous  below;  leaves  obovate-lanceolate,  acute,  long- 
cuneate  at  the  base,  entire,  7-8  mm.  long,  2  mm.  wide  above,  densely 
long-ciliate;  flowers  solitary,  the  peduncles  7-8  mm.  long;  pods 
acute  at  both  ends,  densely  pubescent  with  simple  hairs,  1  cm.  long, 
scarcely  2  mm.  wide,  the  peduncle  to  1.5  cm.  long. — My  collections 
were  from  plants  growing  among  rocks;  flowers  of  No.  3074  greenish 
yellow.  Var.  argentea  (Gilg  &  Muschl.)  Baehni  &  Macbr.,  comb, 
nov.  (B.  argentea  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  483.  1909),  has 
leaves  to  2.5  mm.  wide;  peduncle  4-10  mm.  long;  petals  6  mm.  long. 
Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  631. 

Ancash:  Piscapacha,  Huaraz,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  2901, 
type  of  the  variety. — Lima:  Alpamina,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer 
5123,  type.— Junin:  Cerro  de  Pasco,  4,200  meters,  30? '4-  Moro- 
cocha,  4,500  meters,  887.  Huancavelica,  4,200  meters,  1119. 

Englerocharis  calycina  (Desv.)  Baehni  &  Macbr.,  comb.  nov. 
Draba  calycina  Desv.  Journ.  Bot.  3:  185.  1814.  Braya  calycina 
Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  pi.  85a.  1857.  Sisymbrium  calycinum  Wedd. 
Ann.  Sci.  Nat.-  V.  1:  289.  1864.  Brayopsis  calycina  Gilg  &  Muschl. 
Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  484.  1909.  B.  pycnophylla  Gilg  &  Muschl.  loc.  cit. 

Similar  to  E.  Weberbaueri  but  the  leaves  stiffly  ciliate-pilose 
and  the  peduncles  often  longer,  in  fruit  even  to  3.5  cm.  long;  petals 
whitish;  pods  8-11  mm.  long,  the  style  obsolete. — Var.  filiformis 
(0.  E.  Schulz)  Baehni  &  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (B.  calycina  var.  fili- 
formis 0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  240.  1924)  has  linear 
leaves  and  slender  peduncles,  in  fruit  to  2  cm.  long.  There  are  also 
named  glabrate  and  cinereous-pubescent  forms  found  with  the  usual 
state.  Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  630. 

Ancash:  Huaura,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  7247a.  Above  Pisca- 
pacha, 4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  2901. — Lima:  Matucana,  2,700 
meters,  619. — Junin:  Near  Yauli,  Weberbauer  321. — Ayacucho: 
Huanta  region,  Weberbauer  7494,  type  of  var.  filiformis;  7499.— 
Cuzco:  Quispicanchi,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  7770  (glabrous- 
leaved  form). — Moquehua:  Volcan  Ticsani,  4,000  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 7329. 

Englerocharis  peruviana  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  276.  1908. 
Leaves  entire,  1.5-2  cm.  long,  5-9  mm.  wide,  densely  pilose- 
strigose;  fruiting  scapes  2-4  cm.  long;  sepals  4-5  mm.  long;  fruiting 


FLORA  OF  PERU  971 

pedicels  1-1.5  cm.  long;  pods  7.5-9  mm.  long,  2-2.5  mm.  wide,  the 
style  1.5-2  mm.  long.— A  variant  with  glabrous  ovary  is  var.  leio- 
carpa  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  197.  1924.  The  plant  grows  in 
shallow,  shifting  detritus. 

Lima:  Casapalca,  3,650  meters,  869. — Junin:  Yauli,  4,600  meters, 
Weberbauer  331,  type;  221.  Above  Huancayo,  4,900  meters,  Weber- 
bauer  6525. — Ancash:  Cordillera  de  Pelagatos,  4,450  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 7231  (the  variety). 

Englerocharis  Weberbaueri  (Gilg  &  Muschl.)  Baehni  &  Macbr., 
comb.  nov.  Brayopsis  Weberbaueri  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42: 
483.  1909. 

Caudex  branches  conspicuously  clothed  with  remains  of  the 
glabrous,  oblong  leaves,  or  these  sometimes  ciliate  on  the  long- 
cuneate  base;  scapes  glabrous,  to  1.5  cm.  long  in  fruit;  ovary  18- 
ovulate;  pods  almost  1  cm.  long,  2  mm.  wide. — Neg.  13871. 

Ancash:  Near  Huaraz,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  2971,  type.— 
Junin:  Rio  Blanco,  4,500  meters,  2995. 

19.  CATADYSIA  0.  E.  Schulz 

A  tufted,  depressed  perennial,  each  plant  a  rosette  of  spreading, 
broadly  obovate,  shallowly  dentate  leaves,  from  which  rise  the 
many  short  stems  of  leafy-bracted,  crowded,  subsessile,  white 
flowers.  Petals  obovate,  clawed,  emarginate,  twice  as  long  as  the 
sepals.  Anthers  oval.  Pods  reticulate- veined,  narrowly  ovate, 
tipped  by  the  slender  style,  the  stigma  flat. 

Catadysia  rosulans  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
10:  559.  1929. 

Basal  leaves  5-10  mm.  wide,  on  petioles  1-1.5  cm.  long,  often 
violet-tinged  beneath;  peduncles  5-8  mm.  long;  sepals  3  mm.,  the 
petals  5.5  mm.  long,  pale  lilac;  stamens  4  mm.  long;  pod  5-6  mm. 
long,  2  mm.  wide,  the  style  1.2  mm.  long. 

Ancash:  Mt.  Huacchara,  in  limestone,  4,300  meters,  Weberbauer 
7236,  type. 

20.  WEBERBAUERA  Gilg  &  Muschl. 
Alpaminia  and  Pelagatia  0.  E.  Schulz. 

Low,  rather  loosely  branched  herbs  with  laxly  rosulate  leaves 
at  the  tips  of  the  branchlets.  Cauline  leaves  deeply  incised  to  sub- 
entire.  Flowers  white  or  rose,  in  racemes  that  are  much  elongate 


972  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

in  fruit.  Pods  linear,  erect,  the  valves  convex.  Style  short.  Seeds 
in  1  series,  brown,  short-funiculate.  Cotyledons  incumbent. — Funi- 
cles  slender  or  in  part  dilated  (in  the  segregate  genera),  a  variation 
found  also  in  Cardamine. 

Whole  plant  (including  the  flowers)  densely  pubescent. 

W.  trichocarpa. 
Plants  glabrous  or  somewhat  pubescent. 

Leaves  lyrate-pinnatifid W.  bracteata. 

Leaves  entire  or  repand-dentate. 

Stems  pilose W.  spathulifolia. 

Stems  glabrate W.  pusilla. 

Weberbauera  bracteata  (0.  E.  Schulz)  Macbr.  Candollea  5: 
356.  1934.  Pelagatia  bracteata  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105: 
192.  1924. 

Stems  depressed,  3-5  cm.  long,  equaled  by  the  lower  leaves; 
cauline  leaves  much  smaller,  dentate  or  entire;  racemes  about  10- 
flowered;  pedicels  2-5  mm.  long;  sepals  glabrous,  2.2  mm.  long,  the 
ochroleucous  petals  slightly  longer;  ovary  12-ovulate;  pods  7.5  mm. 
long,  2  mm.  broad;  seeds  nearly  uniseriate. — Well  marked  by  the 
simply  ciliate  leaves  and  the  malvaceous  habit. 

Ancash:  Cordillera  de  Pelagatos,  in  limestone,  4,600  meters, 
Weberbauer  7234,  type. 

Weberbauera  pusilla  (Gillies)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV. 
105: 194. 1924.  Erysimum  pusillum  Gillies  ex  Hook.  &  Arn.  in  Hook. 
Bot.  Misc.  3: 140.  1833.  Arabis  spathulata  Walp.  sensu  Meyen,  Obs. 
Bot.  248.  1843.  Weberbauera  densiflora  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb. 
42:  481.  1909,  pro  parte. 

Similar  to  W.  spathulifolia,  but  the  stems  little  pubescent,  or 
glabrous,  the  petioles  and  blades  of  the  basal  leaves  subequal,  and 
the  petals  broadly  obovate. — Perhaps  better  treated  as  a  variety, 
but  it  has  a  distinct  range.  Neg.  34580. 

Puno:  Altos  de  Toledo,  4,000  meters,  Meyen.  Chile;  Bolivia; 
Argentina. 

Weberbauera  spathulifolia  (Gray)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  105:  193.  1924.  Sisymbrium  spathulifolium  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl. 
Exped.  Bot.  60.  1854.  S.  ciliolatum  Fourn.  Recherch.  Crucif.  129. 
1865.  Braya  densiflora  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  275.  1908.  Weber- 
bauera densiflora  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  481.  1909,  pro  parte. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  973 

Tufted,  the  spreading-ascending  stems  10  cm.  long  or  less;  leaves 
narrowly  lanceolate,  long-petiolate,  the  upper  and  also  the  subses- 
sile,  finally  bractlike  cauline  leaves  repand-dentate;  racemes  10-15- 
flowered;  pedicels  to  2  mm.  long;  sepals  with  a  few  simple  or  forked 
hairs,  a  third  shorter  than  the  (3  mm.  long)  white  or  reddish,  nar- 
rowly obovate-cuneate  petals;  fruiting  pedicels  erect-spreading,  to 
6  mm.  long;  pods  6-19  mm.  long. — Var.  integrifolia  0.  E.  Schulz, 
Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  80.  1930,  has  nearly  or  quite  entire  leaves.  The 
leaves  of  the  Gay  plant  are  entire  and  simply  ciliate.  Illustrated, 
Pflanzenreich,  loc.  cit. 

Junin:  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition).  Yauli,  4,400  meters, 
Weberbauer  304,  type  of  B.  densiflora.  Near  La  Oroya,  4,000  meters, 
Weberbauer  2550.  Above  Lima,  Weberbauer  3758.  Cerro  de  Pasco, 
4,200  meters,  3065  (var.);  Gay  2556  (herb.  Paris).— Lima:  Rio 
Blanco,  4,500  meters  2991,  811  (var.).  Viso,  2,700  meters,  590  — 
Moquehua:  Above  Torata,  3,800-3,900  meters,  Weberbauer  7471.— 
Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — Puno:  Puno,  4,000  meters,  Sou- 
kup  106. 

Weberbauera  trichocarpa  (Muschl.)  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  356. 
1934.  Eudema  trichocarpa  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  276.  1908.  Bray- 
opsis  trichocarpa  Gilg  &  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  484.  1909.  Alpa- 
minia  trichocarpa  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  191.  1924. 

Stems  mostly  procumbent  or  finally  somewhat  ascending,  only 
3-4  cm.  long,  even  in  fruit;  leaves  fleshy,  entire,  congested,  broadly 
linear;  flowers  about  4,  crowded,  reddish  or  pink,  or  the  petal  mar- 
gins yellowish;  pedicels  to  1  cm.  long;  sepals  4  mm.  long,  strigose- 
pilose  as  also  the  longer,  oblong  petals;  ovary  multiovulate;  pods 
to  1  cm.  long  and  2.5  mm.  wide. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich,  loc.  cit. 

Junin:  Alpamina,  4,500  meters,  Weberbauer  5119,  type.  Rio 
Blanco,  4,500  meters,  2990.  Cerro  de  Pasco,  4,200  meters,  3073  — 
Ancash:  In  stony  puna  mats  on  limestone,  Conchucos,  4,500  meters, 
Weberbauer  7229,  7229a. 

21.  SISYMBRIUM  L. 

Halimolobus  Tausch.;  Phlebiophragmus  0.  E.  Schulz;  Neuonto- 
botrys  0.  E.  Schulz;  Pennellia  Nieuwl. 

Reference:  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  46-157.  1924. 

Erect  or  diffuse  annuals,  or  the  plants  enduring  and  suffrutes- 
cent  at  the  base,  glabrous,  or  sparsely  pubescent  with  simple  or 
rarely  branched  hairs.  Leaves  usually  lyrate-pinnatifid.  Pods  linear 


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and  often  greatly  elongate,  the  style  obsolete  or  short  to  well  devel- 
oped. Septum  of  the  pods  usually  1-2- ,  rarely  2-4-nerved,  or  nerve- 
less.— Seeds  not  mucilaginous  when  wet  except  as  stated,  being 
variable  in  this  respect,  as  in  Rorippa.  Here  might  be  sought  the 
north  Chilean  Ivania  0.  E.  Schulz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  33:  188.  1933, 
with  entire,  cordate  leaves,  short,  dense  racemes,  and  stipitate 
ovary.  In  addition  to  the  following,  there  is  a  specimen  in  Herb. 
Madrid,  Isern  2115,  from  Camino  de  Palca,  Dept.  Junin,  apparently 
new,  but  which  is  so  exceptional  in  character  that  I  have  not  wished 
to  give  it  a  name  now.  Dr.  Charles  Baehni  has  kindly  studied  it 
and  determined  that  the  primary  root  is  lateral.  It  is  an  almost 
perfect  match  for  the  North  American  Thelypodium  lasiophyllum 
(Hook.  &  Arn.)  Greene  in  general  aspect,  but  the  pods  are  not 
recurved  and  the  primary  root  is  clearly  lateral.  It  may  be  described 
as  follows: 

Slender,  apparently  annual  or  biennial,  to  at  least  30  cm.  high, 
the  terete  stems  below  and  the  leaves  sparsely  hispidulous  with 
spreading,  simple  hairs  or  with  an  occasional  furcate  one;  lower 
leaves  unknown;  middle  cauline  leaves  oblong,  pinnate-lobed  or 
dentate,  to  10  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  mostly  somewhat  shorter 
and  about  1.5  cm.  wide,  long-attenuate  to  the  petiolate  base,  the 
lobes  acute,  to  2  mm.  wide,  oblong-linear,  remote,  about  4  on  each 
side  of  the  oblong-linear  portion  of  the  leaf;  uppermost  leaves  den- 
ticulate, linear;  racemes  ebracteate;  pedicels  glabrous  or  sparsely 
hispidulous,  divaricate-ascending,  5  mm.  long;  pods  1-nerved, 
arcuate-ascending,  torulose,  4  cm.  long,  0.75  mm.  wide;  style  1  mm. 
long,  the  stigma  depressed-capitate,  not  lobed;  septum  nerveless; 
seeds  not  mucilaginous  when  wet;  petals  pale,  filiform-clawed,  about 
4  mm.  long;  anthers  blunt;  style  short,  thick,  the  stigma  depressed, 
not  obviously  if  at  all  lobed.  Neg.  34289. 

Leaves  distinctly  amplexicaul,  at  least  the  upper  ones. 

Leaves  glabrous;  seeds  not  mucilaginous  when  wet.  .S.  Grayanum. 
Leaves  more  or  less  pubescent. 

Seeds  not  mucilaginous  when  wet;  flowers  purple  or  white. 
Leaves  entire  to  coarsely  dentate. 

Leaves  subentire;  pedicels  10-20  mm.  long S.  effusum. 

Leaves  coarsely  dentate;  pedicels 4-8  mm.  long .  .S.  lanatum. 

Leaves  3-4-pinnate S.  Weberbaueri. 

Seeds  mucilaginous  when  wet;  flowers  yellowish.  .S.  hispidulum. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  975 

Leaves  not  at  all,  or  at  least  most  of  them  not  obviously  amplexicaul. 
Style  narrower  than  the  ovary;  leaves  linear,  entire,  about  1  mm. 

wide S.  Berningeri. 

Style  thick,  short;  leaves  broader  than  1  mm. 

Seeds  mucilaginous;  leaves  hispidulous,  remotely  denticulate, 

oblong-linear,  the  upper  ones  linear,  entire S.  gracile. 

Seeds  not  mucilaginous  when  wet;  leaves  otherwise. 
Leaves  merely  coarsely  dentate. 

Leaves  glabrous S.  oleraceum. 

Leaves  hispidulous S.  peruvianum. 

Leaves,  at  least  the  middle  ones,  pinnatifid. 
Septum  of  the  pod  nerveless;  pedicels  1-1.5  mm.  long. 

S.  officinale. 
Septum  2-4-nerved;  pedicels  6-15  mm.  long. 

S.  macrorrhizum. 

Sisymbrium  Berningeri  (0.  E.  Schulz)  Baehni  &  Macbr. 
Candollea  7:  295.  1937.  Neuontobotrys  Berningeri  0.  E.  Schulz, 
Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  392.  1932. 

Plants  bluish  green  but  more  or  less  pubescent,  even  to  the  ovary, 
with  simple  hairs,  becoming  bushy-branched  and  ligneous  below; 
leaves  linear,  entire,  fleshy;  racemes  20-40-flowered,  the  yellow 
(fading  to  reddish)  petals  7  mm.  long,  twice  as  long  as  the  sepals; 
pedicels  3-6  mm.  long,  more  or  less  recurving,  contorted  in  fruit; 
pods  slender,  the  middle  nerve  not  prominent,  the  style  1  mm.  long, 
the  stigma  bilobed;  ovules  16-32;  seeds  in  1  row. — The  similar 
Polypsecadium  Harmsianum  (Muschl.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  of  Bolivia,  has 
longer,  many-seeded  pods,  the  entire  leaves  lanceolate.  Technically 
closely  related  but  probably  a  convenient  segregate  is  Werdermannia 
pinnata  (Barne"oud)  0.  E.  Schulz  (S.  pinnatum  Barn.),  with  finely 
pinnate  leaves,  the  leaflets  divaricate,  and  strict  racemes  of  whitish 
flowers.  S.  Berningeri  was  based  on  specimens  from  Pampa  Ossa, 
Arica,  and  so  may  be  expected  in  Tacna. 

Peru:  Probably.    Chile. 

Sisymbrium    effusum    0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich   IV.  105: 

72.  1924. 

A  tall  (2  meters),  much  branched  shrub,  the  erect-spreading, 
flexuous  branches  pubescent  with  spreading  hairs;  lower  leaves  lan- 
ceolate, short-acuminate  to  the  petiole,  the  upper  ones  clasping  and 
deeply  sagittate,  with  elongate,  acuminate  auricles,  all  green  above 


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but  strigose-hispid,  softly  white-pubescent  beneath;  racemes  30-50- 
flowered;  pedicels  spreading  or  somewhat  recurving,  1-2  cm.  long; 
sepals  4  mm.  long,  glabrous;  petals  violet,  5  mm.  long;  ovules  32; 
young  pods  nearly  5  cm.  long,  with  a  style  1  mm.  long,  pubescent 
with  long,  weak  hairs. 

Huancavelica:  Surcubamba,  2,800  meters,  Weberbauer  6499,  type. 

Sisymbrium  gracile  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  288.  1864. 
Heterothrix  gracilis  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  297.  1924. 
Pennellia  gracilis  0.  E.  Schulz  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 
17b:  644.  1936. 

Biennial,  branching  above,  more  or  less  hispid  below  with  bifur- 
cate hairs;  basal  leaves  oblong,  obtuse,  remotely  denticulate,  cune- 
ately  narrowed  to  the  sessile  or  petiolate  base,  hispid  like  the  stems; 
cauline  leaves  narrower,  the  lower  ones  broadly  linear,  sparsely  and 
remotely  denticulate,  the  linear  upper  ones  acuminate,  entire;  ra- 
cemes lax;  pedicels  3.5-9  mm.  long;  sepals  3  mm.  long,  the  inner  some- 
what cucullate;  petals  4  mm.  long,  with  a  broad  claw;  filaments 
dilated  at  the  base;  pods  1.2-2.8  cm.  long,  1.5  mm.  wide,  the  style 
scarcely  0.5  mm.  long,  the  valves  slenderly  1-nerved,  the  septum 
nerveless;  seeds  in  1  row,  mucilaginous  in  water. — Neg.  34562. 

Tacna:  Tacora,  Weddell,  type.    Bolivia. 

Sisymbrium  Grayanum  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7:  295. 
1937.  S.  amplexicaule  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl.  Exped.  Bot.  61.  1854;  58; 
non  Desv. 

Glaucescent  and  glabrous,  or  nearly  so,  with  divaricately  branched, 
leafy  stems  woody  below,  often  60-70  cm.  high;  lower  leaves  obovate- 
elliptic,  sinuate-dentate,  6  cm.  long,  the  upper  smaller  and  entire; 
racemes  in  bud  corymbose-congested,  elongating,  the  pedicels  fili- 
form, 5-6  mm.  long;  sepals  4-4.5  mm.  long,  the  pale  lilac,  narrowly 
obovate-cuneate  petals  7-8  mm.  long;  pods  2-2.5  cm.  long,  the  style 
obsolete,  the  valves  1-nerved,  irregularly  spreading  from  suberect 
pedicels;  ovules  36-40;  seeds  1-seriate. — Var.  tenuicaule  (0.  E.  Schulz) 
Baehni  &  Macbr.  loc.  cit.,  has  leaves  only  4  cm.  long,  sepals  4  mm. 
long,  and  narrower,  white  petals. 

Lima:  Rock  outcrops,  1,200  meters,  Weberbauer  5328.  Cabal  and 
Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition,  type).  Without  locality  (Gay  291).— 
Ancash:  Above  Pisco,  1,000  meters,  Weberbauer  5378  (the  variety). 

Sisymbrium  hispidulum  (DC.)  Triana  &  Planch.  Ann.  Sci. 
Nat.  IV.  17:  63.  1862.  Halimolobus  hispidulus  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflan- 
zenreich IV.  105:  291.  1924.  H.  Weddellii  0.  E.  Schulz,  op.  cit.  292. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  977 

Greggia  arabioides  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  274.  1908.  Turritis  hispi- 
dula  DC.  Syst.  Nat.  2:  213.  1821.  Arabia  andicola  Walp.  ex  Meyen, 
Obs.  Bot.  248.  1843,  as  to  the  Meyen  plant. 

A  subsimple  biennial  with  flocculose,  branched  pubescence  through- 
out; lower  cauline  leaves  subentire  and  subsessile,  the  upper  more 
manifestly  dentate  and  clasping-sagittate,  or  the  uppermost  entire; 
racemes  finally  about  40-flowered;  petals  3.5  mm.  long,  drying  ochro- 
leucous;  sepals  2.5  mm.  long;  fruiting  pedicels  to  11  mm.  long,  the 
pods  2-2.6  cm.  long,  sparsely  stellate-pilose. — Seeds  mucilaginous 
when  wet.  Var.  Weddellii  (Fourn.)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea 
7:  296.  1937,  is  often  stouter  and  more  canescent;  sepals  to  4.5  mm. 
long;  pods  more  or  less  hirsute,  1-2.2  cm.  long.  Var.  Herrerae  (0. 
E.  Schulz)  Baehni  &  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (Halimolobus  Weddellii  var. 
Herrerae  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  391.  1932)  has 
lower  leaves  deeply  sinuate-dentate,  pods  to  2.8  cm.  long,  with  a 
style  2-2.5  mm.  long  (cf.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  11:  391.  1932). 
Greggia  camporum  Gray,  as  to  Weberbauer  130,  313,  is  no  doubt  this 
plant. 

Huanuco:  Canyon  ledges  and  slopes,  Llata,  2,100  meters,  2252. 
— Ayacucho:  Brook  edges,  Huanta,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  7518. — 
Puno:  Titicaca,  Meyen  (var.). — Cuzco:  Urubamba  Valley  (Herrera; 
var.).  Valle  del  Paucartambo  and  Sacsahuaman,  Herrera  1041 
(var.),  2268. — Lima:  Rio  Rimac  (Ball).  Chicla  (Ball);  Weberbauer 
254.  Rio  Blanco,  Kittip  &  Smith  21562  (var.). — Ancash:  Between 
Samanco  and  Huaraz,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3157  (var.).  Cu- 
tervo,  Raimondi  (var.). — lea:  Raimondi  (var.).  Bolivia  to  Mexico. 

Sisymbrium  lanatum  (Walp.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Notizbl.  Bot. 
Gart.  Berlin  11:  642.  1932.  Arabis  lanata  Walp.  in  Meyen,  Obs. 
Bot.  248.  1843. 

Suffruticose,  with  ascending  or  diffuse,  much  branched,  cinereous- 
pubescent  stems;  leaves  lanceolate,  acuminate,  deeply  clasping, 
dentate,  pubescent  like  the  stems;  racemes  dense,  50-120-flowered ; 
pedicels  4-8  cm.  long;  sepals  4.5  mm.  long;  petals  rose-red,  7  mm.  long; 
ovules  28-32;  pods  flexuous-ascending,  10-22  mm.  long,  the  style 
0.5  mm.  long;  seeds  biseriate. — Illustrated,  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflan- 
zenreich  IV.  105:  /.  16.  Var.  fragile  (Wedd.)  0.  E.  Schulz,  loc.  cit. 
(S.  fragile  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  288. 1864)  is  less  densely  pubes- 
cent and  has  white  flowers;  the  typical  form  is  known  only  from 
the  type. 

Tacna:  Candarave,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  7570.  Tacora,  1,500 
meters  (Meyen,  type);  Raimondi;  Isern  2116;  Weddell  (type  of  the 


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variety). — Arequipa:  Yura,  2,700  meters,  Weberbauer  6839.  Airam- 
pal,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  1 406 .—Without  locality:  Ruiz  & 
Pawn.  — Lima:  Viso,  2,700  meters,  570.  Bolivia. 

Sisymbrium  macrorrhizum  (Muschl.)  Macbr.  Candollea  5: 
355.  1934.  Thelypodium  macrorrhizum  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  268. 
1908.  Phlebiophragmus  macrorrhizus  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  105:  165. /.  4-  1924. 

Nearly  glabrous,  suffruticose,  branching  from  the  base,  the  assur- 
gent  branches  to  about  50  cm.  high;  lowest  leaves  simple,  narrowed 
to  an  evident  petiole,  repand-dentate;  middle  leaves  deeply  pinnatifid, 
with  about  4  remote  lobes  on  each  side;  upper  leaves  linear;  racemes 
loosely  corymbose,  25-40-flowered ;  pedicels  6-10,  in  fruit  to  15  mm. 
long,  filiform;  sepals  3  mm.,  the  petals  5  mm.  long;  ovules  40-52; 
style  obsolete;  pods  to  4.5  cm.  long,  the  septum  2-4-nerved,  spread- 
ing and  more  or  less  recurved-ascending. — In  rocky  wastes  and  out- 
crops. The  genus  Phlebiophragmus  rests  on  the  short  style  and  the 
2-4-nerved  septum.  The  rigid,  sparse  pubescence  of  the  leaves  is 
mostly  simple.  Var.  ramosissimum  (Muschl.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov. 
(Erysimum  ramosissimum  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  273.  1908;  P. 
macrorrhizus  var.  ramosissimus  0.  E.  Schulz,  op.  cit.  166)  has  pinnati- 
sect  leaves,  the  terminal  lobe  linear,  shorter  pedicels,  and  petals  4 
mm.  long.  Schulz  suggests  that  S.  leptocarpum  as  to  Wilkes  Expedi- 
tion material  (det.  Gray)  may  belong  here.  Var.  Meyenii  (0.  E. 
Schulz)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (S.  Meyenii  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  105:  76.  1924;  Phlebiophragmus  macrorrhizus  var.  Meyenii  0.  E. 
Schulz,  Bot.  Jahrb.  66:  98.  1933),  has  3-4-pinnate  lower  leaves  and 
rather  densely  pubescent  stems. 

Arequipa:  Pampa  de  Arrieros,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  1395, 
4847  (var.).  Above  Arequipa,  2,800  meters,  Weberbauer  6843.  Are- 
quipa, 2,600-2,700  meters,  Pennell  13207, 13234.— Lima:  Matucana, 
2,400  meters,  417,  634;  Weberbauer  5271.— Ancash:  Ocros,  3,000 
meters,  Weberbauer  2720. — Moquehua:  Carumas,  Weberbauer  7290, 
7462  (var.). — Puno:  Pisacoma,  Meyen  (var.  Meyenii). 

Sisymbrium  officinale  (L.)  Scop.  Fl.  Cam.  ed.  2.  2:  26.  1772; 
139.  Erysimum  officinale  L.  Sp.  PI.  660.  1753. 

Erect,  finally  widely  branched  above,  pubescent  with  stiff  hairs; 
leaves  pinnatisect,  strigose-pilose  on  both  sides  and  ciliate;  pedicels, 
even  in  fruit,  only  1-1.5  mm.  long,  erect;  petals  yellow,  3-4  mm.  long; 
pods  10-14  mm.  long,  typically  hirsute. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  979 

Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  7287. — Lima: 
Viso,  on  railway  embankment,  2,700  meters,  636.  Native  of  Europe. 

Sisymbrium  oleraceum  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105: 
74.  1924. 

Glabrous,  woody  at  the  base,  erect,  to  55  cm.  high,  branched, 
with  short,  leafy  branchlets  from  the  axils  of  the  leaves;  leaves 
obviously  petiolate,  ovate,  acute,  unequally  and  coarsely  dentate 
except  at  the  entire,  cuneate  base;  racemes  lax,  20-30-flowered;  pedi- 
cels 4-5  mm.  long,  to  15  mm.  in  fruit;  sepals  4  mm.  long,  obtuse; 
petals  yellow,  6.5  mm.  long;  ovules  28;  style  short,  thick,  finally 
1  mm.  long;  stigma  capitate,  subbilobate;  pods  4-4.5  cm.  long,  1.5 
mm.  wide,  the  valves  3-nerved;  seeds  1-seriate. — Neg.  13851. 

Cuzco:  Huancalli,  3,400-3,500  meters,  Pennett  13714  (det. 
Schulz). — Without  locality:  Tafalla,  type. 

Martinet  257,  from  Tamboraque  (herb.  Paris),  seems  to  belong 
here,  but  the  upper  middle  leaves  are  few-pinnate,  the  divisions  nar- 
row, and  the  stigma  is  not  evidently  lobed. 

Sisymbrium  peruvianum  DC.  Syst.  2:  477.  1821;  55.  Arabis 
bracteata  Wedd.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  V.  1:  291.  1864.  S.  anomalum  Wedd. 
op.  cit.  289. 

Annual,  the  several  to  many  stems  branching  from  the  base  and 
procumbent  or  ascending,  10  cm.  to  several  decimeters  long,  his- 
pidulous;  leaves  mostly  petioled,  the  lower  ones  remotely,  the  upper 
ones  coarsely  dentate;  racemes  12-60-flowered ;  pedicels  1.5-3  mm. 
(in  fruit  5  mm.)  long;  sepals  glabrous,  oblong,  obtuse,  less  than  2 
mm.  long,  the  white  or  pinkish  petals  2.5-3  mm.  long;  ovules  16-40; 
style  none;  stigma  minute;  pods  recurved  or  pendent,  1-2.5  cm.  long, 
1.5  mm.  wide,  more  or  less  densely  spreading-pubescent;  valves  1- 
nerved. — On  rocks.  Neg.  13852. 

Lima:  Viso,  3,000  meters,  597. — Junin:  Morococha,  4,500  meters, 
879. — Puno:  Altos  de  Toledo,  4,400  meters,  Meyen.  Azangaro, 
Lechler  1 770.— Moquehua :  Carumas,  2,700-2,800  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 7352. — Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type.  Bolivia. 

Sisymbrium  Weberbaueri  0.  E.  Schulz,  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8: 
80.  1930. 

Sparsely  hispidulous,  suffruticose,  30  cm.  high;  lower  and  middle 
leaves  3-4-pinnate,  subclasping,  the  linear  lobes  entire,  the  terminal 
one  elongate,  the  lateral  ones  remote  and  unequal;  upper  leaves 


980  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

linear,  dentate  or  entire;  racemes  10-20-flowered;  pedicels  7  mm. 
long;  sepals  nearly  5  mm.  long,  obtuse,  broadly  hyaline-margined; 
petals  white,  8  mm.  long;  ovules  about  60;  style  1  mm.  long,  the 
stigma  capitate,  subbilobate. 

22.  DESCURAINIA  Webb  &  Berth. 
Reference:  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  305-346.  1924. 

Often  weedy  or  ragged  plants  of  varying  duration,  with  mostly 
bipinnatifid,  usually  finely  dissected  leaves.  Pubescence  mostly 
branched,  sometimes  floccose,  frequently  glandular.  Flowers  small. 
Pedicels  in  fruit  filiform.  Sepals  narrow.  Petals  spatulate.  Nectary 
glands  confluent.  Pods  linear.  Pistil  cylindric.  Seeds  0.5-1.2  mm. 
long. — The  generic  name  should  be  accepted  as  interpreted  by  0.  E. 
Schulz  and  others.  "D.  canescens"  of  Hicken,  "very  frequent"  at 
Sicuani,  Prov.  Canchis,  Cuzco,  must  be  a  misdetermination,  since  it 
is  a  North  American  species. 

Pods  capitately  congested,  4-5  mm.  long D.  athrocarpa. 

Pods  in  more  or  less  elongate  racemes,  the  flowers  rarely  capitate- 
congested. 
Leaves  simply  pinnate-dissected;  pods  9-12  mm.  long. 

D.  titicacensis. 

Leaves  bipinnately  dissected. 
Racemes  at  first  subcapitate;  pods  4-10  mm.  long. 

Diffuse  or  cespitose  plants;  racemes  bracted,  10-40-flowered. 

D.  depressa. 
Erect  plants;  racemes  ebracteate,  to  130-flowered. 

D.  Macbridei. 
Racemes  soon  elongate;  pods  10-19  mm.  long. 

Upper  leaves  not  markedly  smaller  than  the  lower,  the  ulti- 
mate lobes  acutish. 

Cauline  leaves  3-10  cm.  long  (some  always  longer  than 
5  cm.). 

Lateral  leaf  lobes  crowded D.  myriophylla. 

Lateral  leaf  lobes  remote D.  Perkinsiana. 

Cauline  leaves  1.5-5  cm.  long  (some  always  shorter  than 
5  cm.) D.  leptodada. 

Upper  leaves  notably  smaller  than  the  lower,  the  ultimate 
lobes  acute D.  pulcherrima. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  981 

Descurainia  athrocarpa  (Gray)  0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich 
IV.  105:  340.  1924.  Sisymbrium  athrocarpum  Gray,  U.  S.  Expl. 
Exped.  Bot.  59.  1854.  D.  Urbaniana  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  271. 
1908.  D.  Gilgiana  Muschl.  op.  cit.  272. 

A  cinereous-stellate-pubescent  perennial,  10-20  .cm.  high,  with 
rosulate,  petiolate,  bipinnate  basal  leaves  and  headlike  inflores- 
cences; leaf  lobes  6-8  pairs;  pedicels  3-5  mm.  long  in  fruit;  sepals 
purple  at  the  tip,  2  mm.  long;  petals  2.5  mm.  long,  pale  yellow;  pods 
4-5  mm.  long,  to  1  mm.  wide;  seeds  biseriate. — Schulz  treats  D. 
Gilgiana  as  a  variety  (op.  cit.  341),  as  also  var.  macrorrhiza  (Muschl.) 
0.  E.  Schulz,  loc.  cit.,  both  of  which  seem  to  be  individual  variations 
due  to  age  or  habitat,  the  stems  many,  the  leaf  lobes  smaller,  the 
root  to  even  2  cm.  in  diameter  and  woody.  Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich 
op.  cit.  340. 

Lima:  At  3,000  meters,  Raimondi.—Jumn:  Near  Yauli,  4,400 
meters,  Weberbauer  310,  222,  223.  Above  Lima,  4,000-4,700  meters, 
5181.  Obrajillo  (MacLean,  type). — Cuzco:  Region  of  Cuzco,  Herrera 
2576. — Moyabamba:  Chachapoyas,  Raimondi. — Ancash:  Mount 
Huacchara,  Weberbauer  7237. — Tacna:  Volcan  Tacora,  4,300  meters, 
Werdermann  1508.  Bolivia;  Chile.  "Alcalde-ccora,"  "celendin." 

Descurainia  depressa  (Phil.)  Reiche,  Fl.  Chile  1: 118. 1896;  339. 
Sisymbrium  depressum  Phil.  Verzeich.  Pfl.  Antofag.  4.  1891.  S. 
myriophyllum  Walp.  ex  Meyen,  Obs.  Bot.  248.  1843,  pro  parte 
(Meyen  plant),  non  Willd. 

A  biennial  or  perennial  with  often  many  prostrate  stems,  several 
centimeters  or  even  decimeters  long,  floccose,  even  to  the  sepals; 
leaves  cinereous-lanate,  to  2  cm.  long,  with  about  5  pairs  of  minute 
leaflets;  pedicels  to  4  mm.  long;  petals  2-3  mm.  long,  yellow  or  often 
reddish;  pods  erect,  sometimes  capitately  congested,  4-10  mm.  long, 
glabrous. — Var.  Pflanzii  (Muschl.)  Schulz,  loc.  cit.,  has  the  pods 
stellate-tomentose  in  some  degree.  It  grows  with  the  typical  state 
and  is  S.  titicacense  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  pi.  85c.  1857,  non  Walp. 
Neg.  13928. 

Puno:  Altos  de  Toledo  and  Pisacoma,  Meyen  (var.  and  type). 
—Lima:  Casapalca,  5,000  meters,  827  (in  part). — Junin:  Cerro  de 
Pasco,  4,200  meters,  2398.  Rio  Blanco,  4,500  meters,  3023.  Extend- 
ing to  northern  Chile  and  Argentina. 

Descurainia  leptoclada  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  272.  1908;  338. 

An  erect,  often  very  tall  (sometimes  branched  from  the  base), 

cinereous-pubescent  biennial,  the  pubescence  substellate;  leaves  1-3 


982  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

cm.  long  or  longer,  with  4-6  pairs  of  small  leaflets,  these  with  3-5 
oblong,  acutish  lobes;  sepals  2  mm.  long,  the  pale  yellow  petals  a 
third  longer;  ovules  50-62;  pods  9-13  mm.  long,  the  pedicels  about 
4  mm.  long;  otherwise  similar  to  D.  myriophylla. — Var.  dasycarpa 
0.  E.  Schulz,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  338.  1924,  is  the  form  with 
somewhat  hairy  pods.  A  glandular  variant  (var.  glandulosa  0.  E. 
Schulz,  loc.  cit.)  is  known  from  Ecuador.  Neg.  13930. 

Arequipa:  Nevado  de  Chachani,  4,300-4,600  meters,  Pennell 
13304,  13288.— Puno:  Altos  de  Toledo,  Meyen.  San  Antonio  (Lech- 
ler  1799). — Lima:  Chicla,  3,720  meters,  Weberbauer  245,  type;  169. 
Matucana,  Martinet  195. — Cuzco:  Pampa  de  Anta  (Herrera  675). 
Bolivia;  Chile. 

Descurainia  Macbridei  0.  E.  Schulz,  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8: 
81.  1930. 

A  biennial,  sometimes  tall,  often  several  decimeters  high,  with 
long,  very  leafy  branches  from  the  base,  cinereous-pubescent  with 
short,  substellate  hairs;  leaves  1.5-6  cm.  long,  otherwise  similar  to 
those  of  D.  myriophylla;  inflorescence  at  an  thesis  capitate,  then 
greatly  elongating,  the  pedicels  2-4  (-8  in  fruit)  mm.  long;  sepals 
2  mm.  long,  the  petals  3  mm.  long,  pale  yellow,  narrowly  obovate- 
cuneate;  pods  6-7  mm.  long,  1.5-1.8  mm.  thick;  seeds  0.6  mm.  long. 

Junin:  In  rock  crevices  and  on  bunch  grass  slopes,  Huaron,  4,000 
meters,  1121,  type. 

Descurainia  myriophylla  (Willd.)  R.  E.  Fries,  Nov.  Act.  Soc. 
Upsala  IV.  No.  1:  143.  1905;  335.  Sisymbrium  myriophyllum  Willd. 
exDC.Syst.  2:477.  1821. 

Biennial,  often  tall,  densely  leafy,  shortly  substellate-canescent, 
the  branches  ascending;  leaves  3-10  cm.  long,  with  6-10  pairs  of 
pinnate-lobate  leaflets;  racemes  at  first  dense,  corymbiform,  elon- 
gating to  120  flowers  with  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long,  these  in  fruit  to 
7  mm.;  sepals  2.2  mm.  long,  the  petals  3  mm.  long;  ovules  75-85; 
pods  10-14  mm.  long,  1.5  mm.  thick;  seeds  0.6-0.75  mm.  long.— 
Var.  glandulosa  Schulz,  op.  cit.  336,  is  known  only  from  the  "middle 
Andes,"  collected  by  Ball;  it  is  the  glandular  state.  Negs.  13931, 
34566. 

Cuzco:  Wet  slope  in  open  canyon,  La  Raya,  4,400-4,500  meters, 
Pennell  13512.— Huanuco:  River  canyon,  2,100  meters,  Llata,  2266. 
—Lima:  Obrajillo  (Wilkes  Expedition). — Puno:  Azangaro,  Lechler 
1729.  Puno,  4,000  meters,  Soukup  216;  Isern  2114. — Ayacucho: 
Coracora,  grass  steppe,  Weberbauer  5805;  186. — Arequipa:  Isern 
2112.  Colombia;  Ecuador. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  983 

Descurainia  Perkinsiana  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  49: 199. 1913;  336. 

Like  D.  myriophylla  but,  so  far  as  known,  glandular,  and  the 
greenish  leaflets  with  only  about  4  lobes;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long; 
petals  3-4  mm.  long,  drying  whitish  violet;  pods  often  of  a  beautiful 
violet  color. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  105:  337. 

Puno:  Pisaloma  and  Titicaca,  Meyen.  Puno,  4,000  meters, 
Soukup  101.  Have,  Soukup  559.  Isla  del  Sol,  Titicaca,  Seler.— 
Cuzco:  Huasao  (Herrera). — Junin:  Near  Tarma,  3,900  meters,  1055; 
petals  dark  yellow;  sepals  red. — Arequipa:  Nevado  de  Chachani, 
3,700  meters,  Pennell  13283.  Arequipa,  2,600-2,700  meters,  Pennell 
13208.  North  of  Arequipa,  Pampa,  3,355  meters,  Hinkley  &  Hink- 
ley  14. 

Descurainia  pulcherrima  Muschl.  Bot.  Jahrb.  49 : 200. 1913 ; 336. 

Similar  to  D.  myriophylla,  but  typically  more  or  less  glandular; 
lower  leaves  (soon  caducous)  about  8  cm.  long,  the  ultimate  lobes 
oblong;  upper  leaves  only  1-2  cm.  long,  with  minute,  acute  lobes,  all 
the  leaves  cinereous-tomentose,  the  upper  often  also  glandular.— 
Sometimes  2.5  meters  high.  Apparently  restricted  to  rocky  or  partly 
shrubby  slopes.  Neg.  13933. 

Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  7286. — Lima: 
Matucana,  2,400  meters,  165.  Viso,  2,700  meters,  635.— Huanuco: 
Chavinillo,  2,400  meters,  1974.  Yanahuanca,  3,000  meters,  1191. 
Bolivia;  Argentina. 

Descurainia  titicacensis  (Walp.)  Lillo  (Fitogeogr.  Tucuman 
228.  1919)  ex  Hauman  &  Irigoyen,  Anal.  Mus.  Nac.  Hist.  Nat.  B.  A. 
32:  260.  1923;  338.  Sisymbrium  titicdcense  Walp.  Nov.  Act.  Acad. 
Leop.-Carol.  19:  Suppl.  1:  249.  1843. 

Plants  10-20  cm.  high,  sometimes  perennial;  leaves  and  assur- 
gent  branches  cinereous-tomentose;  leaves  1-3  cm.  long,  with  4-5 
pinnae,  their  oblong  lobes  4-8  mm.  long;  racemes  20-30-flowered ; 
petals  3-4  mm.  long,  yellow;  ovules  38-56. — Schulz  has  designated 
var.  dasycarpa  and  var.  glandulosa,  to  care  for  these  variations, 
apparently  usual  for  each  species.  Neg.  13936. 

Puno:  Pisacoma  and  Titicaca,  Meyen,  type;  Weddell  4450.— 
Cuzco:  Pucara,  3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  (glandular). — Prov.  Can- 
chis,  Sicuani  (Hicken). — Junin:  Tarma  region,  4,000  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 2545.  La  Quinua,  Poeppig  1830. — Ayacucho:  At  4,600  meters, 
back  of  Pisco,  Weberbauer  5443. — Lima:  Obrajillo,  Poeppig  1829. 
Casapalca,  4,800  meters,  827. — Tacna:  Tatora,  Weddell.  Argentina. 
"Occe-ccora." 


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80.  CAPPARIDACEAE  Lindl.  Caper  Family 

Reference:  Eichler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  237-292.  1865; 
Pax  &  Hoffmann,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  146-223.  1936. 

Best  known  product  of  the  family  is  the  capers  of  commerce, 
obtained  from  Capparis  spinosa  L.  of  the  Mediterranean  region. 
Capers  (alcaparras)  are  the  pickled  fruits  or  flower  buds,  used  as  a 
condiment. 

Fruit  capsular;  plants  usually  herbaceous  or  subherbaceous. 

Filaments  free  only  from  about  the  middle  of  the  stalklike  gyno- 

phore. 

Leaves  usually  compound;  pods  valvate-margined,  not  con- 
torted   1.  Gynandropsis. 

Leaves   simple;   pods   not   valvate-margined,   contorted   after 

dehiscence 2.  Podandrogyne. 

Filaments  entirely  free 3.  Cleome. 

Fruit  baccate;  shrubs  or  trees. 
Leaves  simple. 

Sepals  free  or  partially  connate;  stamens  4  to  many. 

Calyx  lobes  free  or  the  2  outer  ones  joined;  fruit  rarely  globu- 
lar   4.  Capparis. 

Calyx  lobes  united,  parting  irregularly  at  an  thesis;  fruit  globu- 
lar   5.  Morisonia. 

Sepals  connate  into  a  tubular-campanulate  calyx;  stamens  6; 

flowers  reddish-tomentose 6.  Steriphoma. 

Leaves  compound 7.  Crataeva. 

1.  GYNANDROPSIS  DC. 

Pedicellaria  Schrank. 

Herbaceous  or  more  or  less  shrubby  plants  with  3-7-foliolate 
leaves  and  rather  showy  flowers  with  conspicuously  exserted  stamens 
and  pistil.  Lower  portion  of  the  6  filaments  united  to  the  stalklike 
gynophore.  Fruit  a  narrow  or  oval  capsule. — The  name  Gynandropsis 
has  been  conserved. 

Bracts  simple,  sometimes  caducous. 

Plant  a  shrub  with  glabrous  capsule G.  brachycarpa. 

Plants  suffrutescent  or  herbaceous,  the  capsule  usually  pubescent. 
Plants  pubescent,  often  woody  below,  with  oval  or  club-shaped 
capsules. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  985 

Pubescence  of  the  stems  rather  dense,  the  hairs  often  unequal; 

leaflets  usually  about  2  cm.  wide. 

Bracts  present,  at  least  at  anthesis G.  densiflora. 

Bracts  caducous. 

Pubescence  rather  dense,  all  the  hairs  spreading.  .G.  Ulei. 

Pubescence  moderate,  only  the  longer  hairs  widely  spread- 
ing  G.  Mathewsii. 

Pubescence  sparse,  the  remote,  weak  hairs  subequal;  leaflets 

narrower G.  hispidula. 

Plants  glabrous  or  glabrate,  annual,  with  linear  capsules. 

Petioles  10-12  mm.  long;  capsule  short-stipitate .  .G.Herrerae. 
Petioles  10-30  mm.  long;  capsule  long-stipitate .  .G.  speciosa. 
Bracts  trifoliolate G.  triphylla. 

Gynandropsis  brachycarpa  (Vahl)  DC.  Prodr.  1:  238.  1824. 
Cleome  br  achy  car  pa  V  ah}  ex  DC.  loc.  cit.  in  syn.;  Triana  &  Planch. 
Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV.  17:  73.  1862. 

A  shrubby,  glandular-hirsute  plant  with  5-7-foliolate  leaves, 
ebracteate  racemes,  and  broadly  oblong  or  club-shaped,  glabrous  cap- 
sules 3  cm.  long;  pedicels  about  2  cm.  long;  calyx  segments  narrow, 
acute;  petals  broader,  twice  longer,  rose-colored;  stipes  3-4  cm.  long. 

Huanuco:  Pampayacu,  Kanehira  291. — Without  locality  (Jus- 
sieu).  Colombia. 

Gynandropsis  densiflora  Benth.  PL  Hartw.  160. 1845.  Cleome 
densiflora  Triana  &  Planch.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  IV.  17:  72.  1862. 

Plants  slender,  suffrutescent,  the  stems  viscid-hirsute,  with  stri- 
gillose  hairs  intermixed;  capsule  ovate-oblong,  glandular-hirsute, 
becoming  glabrate,  the  stipe  about  2  cm.  long. — See  also  G.  Ulei  and 
G.  Mathewsii,  to  which  segregates  the  following  specimens  may  be 
referable. 

Junin:  Region  of  Huacapistana,  Weberbauer  2337;  252.  Rio 
Masamerich,  Prov.  Jauja,  1,600  meters,  Weberbauer  6653. — Hua- 
nuco: Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  (det.  Sleumer).  Colombia;  Ecuador; 
Venezuela. 

Gynandropsis  Herrerae  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  168.  1929. 

An  annual  herb,  very  distinct  from  other  Peruvian  species  by  its 
linear,  short-stipitate  capsule,  about  5  cm.  long,  and  its  almost  com- 
plete lack  of  pubescence;  upper  leaves  all  3-foliolate,  the  leaflets 
6-8  cm.  long;  bracts  absent  or  caducous;  petioles  10-12  mm.  long.— 


986  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Related,  perhaps,  to  G.  gynandra  and  G.  triphylla,  but  the  upper 
leaves  3-foliolate,  the  bracts  entire  and  caducous,  and  the  capsules 
subsessile. 

Cuzco:  Near  Rio  Yanamayo,  below  Pillahuata,  2,000-2,300 
meters,  in  forest,  Pennell  14073,  type;  petals  "flesh  ocher." 

Gynandropsis  hispidula  DC.  Prodr.  1:  238.  1824.  Cleome 
hirsuta  R.  &  P.  ex  DC.  loc.  cit.  in  syn. 

Subherbaceous  or  perhaps  slightly  shrubby,  like  the  related  G. 
Mathewsii;  pubescence  soon  rather  sparse;  leaflets  about  3  cm.  long, 
12  mm.  wide;  bracts  persistent;  flowers  reddish  yellow;  capsule  his- 
pidulous.— Negs.  8461,  5812.  Weberbauer  4450  (Neg.  5812)  was  indi- 
cated by  Gilg  as  a  new  species  of  Pedicellaria,  still  unpublished. 

Peru:  Mountains  of  Huanuco,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Pueblo  Nuevo, 
Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Weberbauer  4450(1}. 

Gynandropsis  Mathewsii  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve 
17:  387.  1914. 

Similar  to  the  last  preceding  species  but  with  a  fine,  crisped  pu- 
bescence mixed  with  longer,  spreading  hairs,  and  distinguished  from 
G.  Ulei  by  the  pubescence  and  the  caudate-acuminate  sepals,  longer 
than  the  pink  petals. — The  glabrous  or  minutely  granular-glandular, 
oval  capsules  are  mostly  about  2.5  cm.  long,  and  8  mm.  wide,  slightly 
longer  than  the  stipe,  this  2  cm.  long.  Neg.  8464. 

Huanuco:  Rio  Huallaga  canyon,  below  Rio  Santo  Domingo,  1,200 
meters,  4213.  Without  locality,  Mathews  193,  type  (in  flower;  co- 
type,  Paris,  in  fruit).  Pampayacu,  Poeppig  1530.— Junin:  Chancha- 
mayo  Valley,  1,500  meters,  Schunke  266. — Cuzco:  Cerca  al  puente  de 
Machupicchu,  1,800  meters,  Vargas  524. 

Gynandropsis  speciosa  (HBK.)  DC.  Prodr.  1:  238.  1824. 
Cleome  speciosa  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  84.  pi.  436. 1821. 

Readily  known  by  its  entire,  roundish  or  one-sided,  cordate-based 
bracts  (or  the  1  or  2  lowest  trifid),  its  showy,  pink  flowers  (petals 
2.5-3  cm.  long),  and  slender  capsules  3-8  cm.  long,  borne  on  stipes 
about  as  long. — Glabrous  or  somewhat  pubescent;  type  Colombian; 
now  adventive  in  the  Orient  and  elsewhere. 

Loreto:  Fortaleza,  Yurimaguas,  200  meters,  Williams  4459.  Iqui- 
tos,  100  meters,  Williams  8136.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2391 .  Para- 
iso,  Williams  3236. — San  Martin:  San  Roque,  a  weed  and  also  in 


FLORA  OF  PERU  987 

cultivation,  1,400  meters,  Williams  7052,  7175.  La  Victoria,  Williams 
2600.  Pebas,  Williams  18SO.  Widely  distributed  or  adventive. 
"Plumaje  de  la  reina,"  "flor  de  la  viuda." 

Gynandropsis  triphylla  (L.)  DC.  Prodr.  1:  237.  1824.  Cleome 
triphylla  L.  Sp.  PI.  ed.  2.  938.  1763. 

A  glabrous  or  nearly  glabrous  annual  with  trifoliolate  leaves  and 
bracts;  leaflets  2-3  cm.  long;  petals  6  mm.  long;  pedicels  about  1  cm. 
long;  capsule  oblong-linear,  about  4  cm.  long,  the  stipe  half  as  long.— 
Near  the  widely  distributed  G.  gynandra  (L.)  Briq.  (G.  pentaphylla} , 
but  all  the  leaves  3-foliolate.  The  latter  species,  to  be  expected,  may 
be  known  by  its  larger  (about  1  cm.  long)  flowers.  It  is  illustrated  in 
Fawc.  &  Rendle,  Fl.  Jamaica  3,  pt.  1:  229. 

Peru(?):  Pawn.    West  Indies(?). 

Gynandropsis  Ulei  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  17: 
385.  1914. 

Distinguishable,  perhaps,  from  G.  Mathewsii  by  the  more  abun- 
dant, soft,  spreading,  glandular  indument,  but  not  clearly  distinct 
from  G.  densiflora  Benth.,  which  typically  is  more  hirsute. — As  sug- 
gested by  Briquet,  op.  cit.  388,  these  three  species  may  be  forms  of 
a  single  variable  one.  Negs.  1184,  5818. 

San  Martin:  Pongo  de  Chilcayo,  Tarapoto,  Ule  64-30,  type. 

2.  PODANDROGYNE  Ducke 

Tall  herbs  with  simple  leaves  and  dense  racemes  of  monoecious 
flowers,  the  lower  ones  pistillate.  Genus  anomalous,  connecting  the 
capsular  and  baccate  groups,  the  fruit  capsule-like,  contorted  after 
the  dehiscence  of  the  2  valves.  Replum  lacking.  Sepals  almost  free. 

Podandrogyne  glabra  Ducke,  Arch.  Jard.  Bot.  Rio  Jan.  5:  115. 
pi.  7.  1930. 

Glabrous,  unbranched,  unarmed,  a  meter  high,  with  thin,  ovate- 
oblong-elliptic,  acuminate  leaves  15  to  nearly  30  cm.  long  and  6-12 
cm.  wide;  racemes  to  20  cm.  long;  sepals  4-5  mm.  long,  acuminate; 
petals  red,  obovate-oblong,  to  1  cm.  long;  stipe  3.8-4  cm.  long; 
style  extremely  short;  seeds  black,  lustrous,  3-4  mm.  broad. — Negs. 
5796,  1185. 

Loreto:  Hacienda  Indiana,  mouth  of  Rio  Napo  (Ducke  19701, 
type).  Soledad,  Rio  Itaya,  110  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith 
29594;  a  shrub  1  meter  high.  San  Antonio,  Killip  &  Smith  29480; 
herb  60-120  cm.  high.  Ecuador. 


988  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Podandrogyne  orba  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Gynandropsis  orba 
Macbr.  Candollea  5:  359.  1934. 

Perhaps  distinct  from  the  type  of  the  genus,  P.  glabra,  the  ovary 
with  a  style  about  0.5  mm.  long;  one  stamen  lower  than  the  others; 
sepals  narrowly  lance-acuminate,  3  mm.  long. — Apparently  the  leaf 
nerves  are  fewer,  about  6  or  7,  and  mostly  2  cm.  apart. 

Junin:  Rio  Mayo,  Weberbauer  6760,  type.  Pichis  Trail,  650-900 
meters,  Killip  &  Smith  26125. 

3.  CLEOME  L. 

Annual  herbs  or  sometimes  shrubs  or  even  small  trees,  with  3-11- 
foliolate  leaves,  or  these  rarely  simple,  and  often  showy  flowers 
with  long,  usually  much  exserted  stamens.  Stamens  4-6,  the  fila- 
ments free.  Fruit  a  slender  or  short  and  thick  capsule,  often  borne 
on  a  stipe. — Indebtedness  is  acknowledged  to  Heilborn,  Arkiv  Bot. 
23,  No.  10:  1-19.  1930,  for  his  helpful  treatment  of  a  number  of  the 
shrubby  and  half-shrubby  species  centering  about  C.  gigantea  and 
C.  glandulosa. 

Leaves  all  or  mostly  3-5-foliolate;  petals  clawed;  annuals  or  biennials, 

rarely  more  enduring  and  woody  below. 
Plants  provided  with  at  least  stipular  prickles. 

Capsule  sessile;  leaflets  3 C.  aculeata. 

Capsule  more  or  less  stipitate. 

Stipes  and  capsules  10-15  cm.  long;  plants  subscandent. 

C.  longipes. 
Stipes  and  capsules  much  shorter. 

Petals  about  2  cm.  long C.  spinosa. 

Petals  much  shorter. 

Plants  somewhat  glandular-pubescent. 

Stipes  1  cm.  long,  the  capsule  much  longer. 

C.  psoraleaefolia. 
Stipes  3  cm.  long,  the  capsule  1-2  cm.  long. 

C.  brachypoda. 

Plants  glabrate C.  virens. 

Plants  unarmed,  even  stipular  prickles  lacking. 

Leaflets  linear;  capsule  sessile,  deflexed C.  deflexa. 

Leaflets  usually,  perhaps  always,  broader  than  linear  (C.  deflexa 

imperfectly  known). 
Bracts  present. 
Bracts  ternate. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  989 

Flowers  about  10  mm.  long C.  chilensis. 

Flowers  3.5-6  mm.  long. 

Flowers  5-6  mm.  long;  stipe  of  the  capsule  about  1  cm. 

long C.  limoneolens. 

Flowers  3.5  mm.  long;  stipe  about  4  mm.  long. 

C.  Mathewsii. 
Bracts  all  or  nearly  all  entire. 

Flowers  about  5  mm.  long C.  pachystigma. 

Flowers  (7)  10  mm.  long  or  longer. 
Flowers  scarcely  1  cm.  long. 

Uppermost  leaves  entire C.  purpurea. 

Uppermost  leaves  3-foliolate C.  rosea. 

Flowers  about  1.5  cm.  long  or  longer. 

Stems  more  or  less  long-pubescent C.  pubescens. 

Stems  glabrous  or  glabrate C.  longifolia. 

Bracts  caducous  at  an  thesis C.  virens. 

Leaves,  at  least  some  of  them,  7-foliolate;  petals  attenuate  at  the 

base;  mostly  shrubby  plants,  at  least   below,  rarely  prickly 

(C.  limoneolens,  C.  chilensis,  and  C.  pubescens  might  be  sought  here) . 

Racemes  ebracteate  in  flower,  at  least  above,  the  small  bracts 

promptly  deciduous. 

Stems  hirsute- villous C.  hirsuticaulis. 

Stems  glabrous  or  short-pubescent. 

Style  well  developed,  to  1  cm.  long  in  fruit.  .  .C.  monochroma. 
Style  short  or  obsolete. 
Leaflets  pubescent  beneath;  capsule  pubescent,  17-20  cm. 

long C.  gigantea. 

Leaflets  sparsely  glandular  beneath,  obscurely  pubescent 
or  glabrate;  capsule  10-12  cm.  long.  .  .C.  amazonica. 
Racemes  bracteate,  the  bracts  conspicuous. 
Plants  eglandular  or  nearly  so,  often  subherbaceous,  at  least 

above;  capsule  linear-cylindric,  glabrous. 
Petals  2-2.5  cm.  long. 

Capsule  6  cm.  long  or  longer;  sepals  rotund-ovate. 

C.  Figueroae. 
Capsule  4  cm.  long;  sepals  lanceolate,  acuminate. 

C.  longifolia. 
Petals  10-17  mm.  long. 


990  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Bracts  suborbicular,  obtuse C.  Herrerae. 

Bracts  ovate,  acuminate C.  potamophila. 

Plants  more  or  less  viscid-glandular;  shrubs  or  small  trees; 

capsule  often  glandular. 

Sepals  narrowly  lanceolate,  much  shorter  than  the  petals; 
pubescence  conspicuously  stipitate-glandular. 

C.  glandulosa. 

Sepals  ovate-lanceolate,  shorter  than  the  petals,  pubescent 
but  scarcely  glandular C.  Lechleri. 

Cleome  aculeata  L.  Syst.  ed.  12.  2:  232.  1768. 

A  diffuse,  glandular-puberulent  herb  with  3-foliolate  leaves,  or 
the  uppermost  leaves  entire,  and  with  stipular  prickles;  sepals  2-3 
mm.  long,  the  petals  about  twice  as  long,  white;  pedicels  1-2.5  cm. 
long;  capsule  2.5-5  cm.  long. — This  is  the  usual  application  of  the 
Linnean  name;  but  Sleumer  in  herb.  Madrid  has  referred  the  Ruiz 
and  Pavon  specimens  to  C.  spinosa  L.,  which  must  mean  a  change 
in  interpretation,  unfortunate  considering  how  well  established  both 
names  are.  Neg.  5774. 

Huanuco:  Posuso,  600  meters,  4-648;  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — San  Martin: 
Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  Williams  5583. — Without  locality:  Ruiz 
&  Pavon  25-52.  Tropical  America  and  Africa. 

Cleome  amazonica  Heilborn,  Arkiv  Bot.  23,  No.  10:  9.  1930. 

A  more  or  less  glandular,  suffrutescent  plant,  the  glands  obscure 
and  sessile;  leaflets  sessile  or  subsessile,  very  sparsely  pilose,  acumi- 
nate; sepals  and  petals  linear-oblong,  subequal;  stigma  subsessile, 
or  the  style  in  fruit  2-4  mm.  long;  stipe  about  5  cm.  long;  capsule 
glabrous  or  nearly  so,  10-12  cm.  long,  7-9  mm.  thick.— Neg.  18200. 

Rio  Acre:  Monte  Mo,  Ule  9411,  type. 

Cleome  brachypoda  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  17: 
378. 1914. 

Similar  to  C.  psoraleaefolia,  but  petals  only  a  few  millimeters  long, 
and  the  capsule  thick-cylindric,  1-3  cm.  long,  nearly  5  mm.  thick,  the 
stipe  scarcely  3  mm.  long. — Neg.  5765. 

Loreto:  Pebas,  in  forest,  Williams  1956.    Brazil. 

Cleome  chilensis  DC.  Prodr.  1: 238. 1824. 

This  herbaceous  annual,  sometimes  confused  with  C.  aculeata, 
which  has  sessile  capsules,  is  well  marked  by  its  3-foliolate  bracts. 
The  author  distinguished  two  varieties:  glabra,  with  7-foliolate  leaves, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  991 

and  pubescens,  with  3-5-foliolate  leaves.  One  of  the  type  sheets 
(Paris)  of  the  glabrate  plant  is  labeled  "Cheuchin,"  and  the  mature 
pods  and  stipes  are  equal  in  length,  about  2  cm.  long;  the  single  speci- 
men of  the  more  viscid-pubescent  variety  has  pods  2.5-3  cm.  long, 
equaled  by  the  stipe,  and  purports  to  come  from  Chile,  although  the 
locality  "Cheuchin"  has  been  written  on  the  label;  none  of  the  mate- 
rial shows  stipular  spines.  Illustrated,  Deless.  Icon.  3:  pi.  2.  Neg. 
34611. 

Lima:  Amancaes,  Weberbauer  1616;  Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Cheuchin, 
Dombey,  type.  San  Mateo,  Isern  2189.  San  Buenaventura,  2,700 
meters,  open,  rocky  slopes,  Pennell  14512.  Atocongo,  250-500 
meters,  open,  sandy  hill,  Pennell  14781.  Matucana,  2,400  meters, 
175,  559;  Sauvatier  366  (nearly  var.  pubescens!};  Weberbauer  55.— 
Cajamarca:  San  Miguel,  Weberbauer  3920. — Arequipa:  Mollendo, 
Hitchcock  22376. — Cuzco:  Valle  del  Urubamba,  Ollantaitambo,  2,800 
meters,  Herrera  3422.  Bolivia.  "Inca-lacma." 

Cleome  deflexa  DC.  Prodr.  1:  240.  1824. 

A  glandular  herb  with  3-foliolate  leaves,  the  upper  leaves  simple, 
like  the  leaflets  oblong-linear;  capsule  glabrous,  acuminate,  sessile, 
deflexed. — By  Robert  Brown  said  to  be  scarcely  distinct  from 
C.  violacea  L.,  with  the  suggestion  that  it  may  not  be  Peruvian. 

Peru(?):  Without  locality,  in  Herb.  Lambert  (Ruiz  &  Pavdri). 

Cleome  Figueroae  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  168.  1929. 

Plants  slender,  suffrutescent,  1  meter  high  or  more,  with  minutely 
pubescent,  7-foliolate  leaves,  rotund  bracts,  pale  yellow  flowers  with 
glabrous,  rotund-ovate,  acute  sepals  to  5  mm.  long,  and  glabrous, 
linear  capsules  6  cm.  long,  exceeded  by  their  slender  stipes.— 
Related  to  C.  longifolia  Presl.  Named  for  Reyes  Figueroa,  capable 
guide  and  friend. 

Huanuco:  Huacachi,  near  Muna,  1,950  meters,  in  old  clearing, 
4173,  type. 

Cleome  gigantea  L.  Mant.  2:  430.  1771. 

A  slender,  strict,  somewhat  glandular-pubescent  shrub  0.5-2 
meters  high,  with  ebracteate  racemes  and  glabrous  capsules;  leaves 
7-foliolate,  densely  pilose-hirsute  beneath;  flowers  only  3  cm.  long, 
brown. — In  Peru  according  to  Heilborn,  but  no  specimens  cited  by 
him ;  see  C.  monochroma. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz.  Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon 
25-56. — Cuzco:  Urubamba  Valley,  1,000  meters,  Weberbauer  7955. 


992  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

—San  Martin:  Juanjui,  400  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3874-    Tropical 
South  America. 

Cleome  glandulosa  R.  &  P.  ex  DC.  Prodr.  1:  238.  1824. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  with  very  glandular-hispid  branches,  leaves, 
and  capsules;  leaves  7-9-foliolate,  the  leaflets  ovate-lanceolate; 
sepals  narrowly  ovate-lanceolate,  about  half  as  long  as  the  petals, 
these  becoming  2  cm.  long;  pedicels  1.5  cm.  long;  capsule  and  stipe 
each  4-5  cm.  long.- — My  specimens  were  from  small  trees  with 
smooth  trunks  about  1.5  meters  high  and  short  crowns  of  few,  very 
leafy  branches.  The  abundant,  yellow  glands  of  foliage  and  branches 
were  pungently  and  disagreeably  scented.  The  Quechua  name 
seemed  to  be  "ancas  tucapinq."  C.  Jamesonii  Briq.,  of  Ecuador, 
has  narrowly  lanceolate  leaflets  and  slender  stipes  more  than  twice 
as  long  as  the  pods.  Weberbauer  3203  from  Ancash  is  similar  to 
C.  glandulosa  but  the  pubescence  is  almost  tomentose  and  the  cap- 
sules are  glabrous.  It  is  indicated  in  herb.  Berlin  as  a  new  species. 
Neg.  5772. 

Without  locality:  (Ruiz;  Dombey).— Huanuco:  Mito,  2,700 
meters,  1692. — Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn;  Dombey;  Isern  2007. 
Huariaca,  2,850  meters,  3094.  Chanchamayo  Valley,  between 
Huacapistana  and  Palca,  Weberbauer  1760;  246. 

Cleome  Herrerae  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  169.  1929. 

Similar,  perhaps,  to  C.  longifolia  Presl,  but  petals  about  17  mm. 
long,  sepals  6-7  mm.  long,  not  attenuate  at  the  base,  capsules  about 
5  cm.  long,  stipes  3.5  cm.  long,  and  pedicels  only  1.5  cm.  long. — 
C.  tunariensis  Kuntze,  Bolivian,  little  known,  has  bracts  to  4  cm. 
wide  and  green  petals  (ex  char.).  C.  Bangiana  Gilg  ex  Heilborn, 
Bolivian,  has  subequal  sepals  and  petals. 

Cuzco :  Valle  de  San  Miguel,  Cedrobamba,  2,260  meters,  Herrera 
1992,  type. — Puno:  Churumayo,  Soukup  547.  "Facma." 

Cleome  hirsuticaulis  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  360.  1934. 

An  erect,  strict,  unarmed  shrub,  2.5-3  meters  high;  stems  and 
pedicels  densely  glandular-pubescent  with  firm,  spreading  hairs; 
leaflets  oblong-lanceolate  or  oblong-elliptic,  almost  caudate-acumi- 
nate, cuneate  at  the  base,  to  14  cm.  long,  4  cm.  wide,  very  thin, 
sparsely  hirsutulous  above,  glabrous  beneath  except  on  the  costa; 
pedicels  4-6  cm.  long,  about  equaled  by  the  stipes;  capsule  14-17 
cm.  long,  to  8  mm.  in  diameter,  narrowly  fusiform,  attenuate  at 
the  apex,  short-pilose;  style  3  mm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  993 

Junin:  Hacienda  Schunke,  above  San  Ramon,  1,400-1,700 
meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  24812,  type. 

Cleome  Lechleri  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  250.  1865. 

A  viscid,  glandular-tomentose  plant,  related  to  C.  glandulosa, 
but  with  oblong  or  ovate-lanceolate  sepals  one-half  to  two-thirds 
as  long  as  the  petals;  bracts  rotund;  capsules  and  stipes  subequal, 
or  the  latter  longer  than  the  pedicels,  sparsely  glandular-setulose 
or  glabrous. — The  pubescence  is  more  viscid  than  glandular.  C. 
ecuadorica  Heilborn  and  C.  chrysogyna  Gilg,  also  Ecuadorean, 
apparently  too  near  C.  Lechleri,  have  glabrous  pods,  those  of  the 
former  3  times  as  long  as  broad,  exceeded  by  the  stipe;  of  the  latter 
5  times  as  long  as  broad,  and  nearly  as  long  as  the  stipe.  The 
Weberbauer  collections  4909  and  5652  are  annotated  by  Gilg  in 
herb.  Berlin  as  new,  a  disposition  apparently  vouched  for  by  Heil- 
born, but  he  does  not  supply  descriptions  nor  distinguish  them  in 
his  key.  The  presence  or  absence  of  glands,  unless  supported  by 
other  characters,  is  open  to  question  as  a  specific  character.  Neg. 
8453. 

Ayacucho:  Prov.  Huanta,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  5652(1).— 
Cuzco:  Urubamba,  Weberbauer  4909(1). — Puno:  Tabina,  Lechler 
1859,  type. 

Cleome  limoneolens  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  169.  1929. 

Similar  to  C.  chilensis,  but  woody  at  the  base,  the  flowers  only  5-6 
mm.  long. — The  foliage  is  lemon-scented. 

Junin:  San  Rafael,  2,550  meters,  3145,  type. — Huanuco:  Hua- 
cachi,  near  Muna,  1,950  meters,  4088. 

Cleome  longifolia  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  84.  1835. 

An  unarmed  herb  or  shrub,  apparently  related  to  C.  spinosa 
Jacq.;  leaflets  5-7,  to  10  cm.  long,  petiolate,  pubescent  on  both  sides, 
narrowly  lanceolate,  long-acuminate;  petals  2  cm.  long,  4  times  as 
long  as  the  lanceolate,  acuminate  sepals,  these  6  mm.  long;  stigma 
sessile;  capsule  glabrous,  linear,  4  cm.  long. 

Huanuco:  In  the  mountains  (Haenke,  type). 

Cleome  longipes  DC.  Prodr.  1:  239.  1824. 

An  almost  glabrous,  prickly,  woody-stemmed  (but  wholly  herba- 
ceous above),  more  or  less  scandent  plant,  to  3  meters  long,  with 
3-foliolate  leaves,  a  crowded  inflorescence,  and  very  slender,  long- 
stipitate,  pendulous  capsules  as  much  as  15  cm.  long,  little  exceeding 


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the  filiform  stipes;  flowers  scarcely  2  mm.  long,  creamy  white,  with 
dull  purplish  brown  stamens. — Negs.  7965,  5774. 

Loreto:  Prov.  Mainas,  Poeppig.  Puerto  Arturo,  in  forest,  200 
meters,  Williams  5142. — Junin:  Puerto  Bermudez,  375  meters,  in 
thicket,  Kittip  &  Smith  26629,  26681.  Ecuador  to  Costa  Rica. 

Cleome  Mathewsii  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  17:  374. 
1914. 

A  somewhat  viscid-pilose  herb  with  5-foliolate  leaves,  small 
flowers,  and  very  shortly  stipitate,  sparsely  glandular  or  asperous, 
pendent  pods  2.5-3  cm.  long,  the  spreading  pedicels  to  1.5  cm.  long. 
-Neg.  8454. 

Without  locality:  Mathews  3044,  type. 

Cleome  monochroma  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  169.  1929. 

A  slender,  subherbaceous  annual  or  biennial  several  decimeters 
tall,  with  large,  7-foliolate,  sparsely  pubescent  leaves,  villous  and 
glandular,  greenish  white  flowers  3.5-4  cm.  long  (the  nearly  linear 
sepals  and  petals  of  the  same  color),  and  long-acuminate  capsules 
10-14  cm.  long,  nearly  1  cm.  wide  at  base,  borne  on  glabrous  stipes 
and  pedicels  about  half  as  long;  leaflets  sessile,  attenuate  at  each 
end,  softly  subappressed-strigillose  on  both  sides. — Probably  C. 
gigantea  L.  as  to  Peru,  but  perhaps  with  C.  Kerberi  Briq.  and 
C.  amazonica  Heilborn  races  of  one  species;  but  the  Mexican  plant  is 
less  pubescent,  the  style  on  the  ripe  pod  1  cm.  long  or  longer,  the 
stipes  pubescent;  and  the  Linnean  plant  has  a  sessile  stigma.  Pax 
and  Hoffmann  list  C.  monochroma  among  the  Herbaceae,  apparently 
overlooking  my  own  reduction  of  it  at  one  time  to  C.  gigantea. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao,  Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Cochero,  Poeppig  1242.— 
Junin:  La  Merced,  600  meters, 5386,  type. — Cuzco :  Urubamba  Valley, 
Weberbauer  7955.  Ecuador. 

Cleome  pachystigma  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  17: 
377.  1914. 

A  glandular-puberulent  or  almost  glabrous  herb  with  5-foliolate 
leaves,  rose-colored  flowers  5  mm.  long,  and  glabrous,  linear  capsules 
about  3  cm.  long,  tipped  with  a  caplike  stigma  2  mm.  broad;  stipes 
1-1.5  cm.  long.— Neg.  27282. 

Peru(?):  (Pavon,  type). 

Cleome  potamophila  Gilg  in  herb.,  sp.  nov. 
Eglandulosa   vel   fere   eglandulosa,   praesertim   ad   caules   plus 
minusve  dense  furfuraceo-tomentosa;  foliola  supra  glabrata,  ca.  9  cm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  995 

longa,  utrinque  acuminata;  bracteae  ovatae  acuminatae;  sepala  6 
mm.  longa  4  mm.  lata;  petala  13-14  mm.  longa;  capsula  glabra; 
aliter  C.  Lechleri  similis;  frutex  3-metralis,  floribus  viridi-flavescenti- 
bus. — "Difficult  to  classify,  but  recognized  by  Gilg  as  new"  (Heil- 
born).  Neg.  5776. 

Ancash:  Pampa  Romas,  Weberbauer  3203  (type  in  herb.  Berlin). 

Cleome  psoraleaefolia  DC.  Prodr.  1:  239.  1824. 

Allied  to  C.  spinosa;  leaflets  mostly  5;  pilose  pubescence  very 
sparse  or  typically  rather  long,  dense,  and  viscid;  flowers  pinkish, 
5-7  mm.  long;  pedicels  about  2  cm.  long,  the  stipes  to  2.5  cm.  long, 
the  thick-linear,  strongly  verruculose,  finally  glabrous  capsule 
twice  as  long  or  longer. — In  the  type  the  stipes  are  2.5  cm.  long, 
but  in  most  specimens  they  are  much  shorter. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Williams  1397,  14.68. — San  Martin: 
Juanjui,  400-800  meters,  in  clearing,  Klug  J+232;  plants  1  meter 
high;  flowers  white  and  violet.  Brazil;  Uruguay. 

Cleome  pubescens  Sims,  Bot.  Mag.  pi.  1857.  1816. 

A  vigorous,  more  or  less  glandular-pubescent  herb  with  5-7- 
foliolate  leaves  and  white  flowers  15-17  mm.  long;  capsule  linear- 
cylindric,  7-10  cm.  long,  the  stipe  to  6  cm.  long. — Reported  from 
Peru,  but  the  material  so  named  seen  by  me  is  referable  to  other 
species.  Described  from  garden  plants  of  unknown  origin.  Seems 
to  be  C.  spinosa  without  prickles. 

Peru:  Doubtful.    Eastern  South  America;  Panama;  Hispaniola. 

Cleome  purpurea  DC.  Prodr.  1:  239.  1824. 

A  glabrous  herb  with  3-5-foliolate  leaves,  the  floral  and  upper 
ones  simple,  ciliate;  capsule  unknown,  the  ovary  glabrous,  twice  the 
length  of  the  stipe. — Possibly  referable  to  C.  rosea  Vahl. 

Peru:  (Herb.  Lambert,  type). 

Cleome  rosea  Vahl  ex  DC.  Prodr.  1:  239.  1824. 

Similar  to  C.  purpurea,  but  even  the  uppermost  leaves  3-5- 
foliolate;  petals  pink,  to  1  cm.  long;  ovary  somewhat  pubescent,  a 
little  shorter  than  the  stipe. — Mature  material  referred  here  by 
Eichler  is  glabrate,  the  pedicels  about  2  cm.  long;  stipes  as  long  or 
longer;  capsule  4-5  cm.  long,  4  mm.  wide,  short-acuminate  or 
beaked,  not  torulose,  the  stigma  small. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Williams  3585.    Brazil. 

Cleome  spinosa  Jacq.  Enum.  PI.  Carib.  26.  1760. 


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A  tall,  more  or  less  glandular  herb  with  at  least  stipular  prickles 
and  mostly  5-7  leaflets  (the  middle  leaves) ;  flowers  about  2  cm.  long; 
bracts  broad;  capsule  usually  5-10  cm.  long,  linear-cylindric,  the 
stipe  2.5  cm.  long;  pedicels  2-3  cm.  long. — Illustrated,  Gard.  Chron. 
III.  45:  115;  Fawc.  &  Rendle,  Fl.  Jamaica  3,  pt.  1:  225. 

Piura:  Negritos,  Haught  F18. — Junin:  Chanchamayo,  Isern2186. 
—Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Widely  distributed  in  tropical 
America. 

Cleome  virens  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  360.  1934. 

A  shrub,  but  herbaceous  above,  1-1.5  meters  high,  glabrous; 
stems  and  petioles  (to  8  cm.  long)  aculeate  or  unarmed;  leaflets  3, 
sometimes  5,  ovate-elliptic,  attenuate  to  the  base,  short-acuminate, 
the  lateral  ones  5-10  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide,  the  slightly  larger  ter- 
minal one  conspicuously  petiolulate,  all  very  thin;  racemes  finally 
20  cm.  long;  bracts  caducous;  pedicels  nearly  filiform,  about  1  cm. 
long,  in  fruit  to  twice  as  long,  widely  divaricate;  sepals  narrowly 
lanceolate,  acute,  2.5  mm.  long;  petals  4  mm.  long,  the  blade  elliptic- 
spatulate,  the  claw  1  mm.  long;  stamens  7  mm.  long;  capsule  gla- 
brous, more  or  less  torulose,  linear-cylindric,  10-17  cm.  long,  the 
stipe  scarcely  1  cm.  long. — Flowers  grass-green  and  yellow,  according 
to  Klug.  Apparently  near  C.  serrata  Jacq.,  with  minutely  serrulate- 
ciliate  leaves  and  subsessile  capsules;  also  related  to  C.  latifolia 
Vahl,  with  elongate  stipes. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  Williams  2596,  type;  2842.  Iquitos,  120 
meters,  edge  of  forest,  Williams  8183  (unarmed  form) ;  Klug  1163,  487. 
Yurimaguas,  135  meters,  in  forest,  Killip  &  Smith  27653.  Mouth 
of  Rio  Santiago,  200  meters,  old  clearing,  Mexia  6150;  a  vine  with 
greenish  flowers.  Meuna-cano,  near  Iquitos,  105  meters,  bank  of 
creek  in  dense  shade,  Mexia  6502a;  an  herb  2.5  meters  high;  flowers 
greenish.  Above  Pongo  de  Manseriche,  200  meters,  beside  a  stream- 
let, Mexia  6249;  an  herb  2  meters  high  with  a  woody  base;  leaflets 
2-5;  flowers  greenish. — San  Martin:  Juanjui,  400-800  meters,  river 
bank,  Klug  4397;  a  vine;  flowers  green  and  yellow. 

4.  CAPPARIS  L. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  simple,  petiolate,  often  thick  leaves.  Pubes- 
cence, if  present,  usually  stellate  or  lepidote.  Flowers  frequently 
large  and  white,  with  several  to  many  stamens.  Sepals  free  or 
partly  connate,  or  more  rarely  the  calyx  4-lobed  or  crenate. — Pax 
and  Hoffmann  record  C.  cynophallophora  L.  for  Peru,  probably  on 
the  basis  of  material  interpreted  here  as  C.  flexuosa  or  C.  odora- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  997 

tissima.  C.  didymobotrys  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  423.  1802,  also 
DC.  Prodr.  1:  253.  1824,  said  to  be  from  Guayaquil,  may  well  prove 
to  be  an  earlier  name  for  a  species  listed  here,  but  no  material  has 
been  seen. 

Leaves  glabrous  or,  if  finely  pubescent  beneath,  the  hairs  simple. 
Sepals  small,  in  a  single  series. 

Leaves  glabrous,  firm  or  coriaceous. 

Stamens  longer  than  the  petals;  gynophore  soon  longer  than 

the  stamens. 
Leaves  retuse,  obtuse,  or  obtusely  acute,  rarely  abruptly 

acute. 
Petioles  all  or  mostly  elongate,  2  to  several  centimeters 

long. 

Leaves  obtuse,  rounded,  or  retuse  at  the  apex,  those 
of  flowering  branches  rarely  if  ever  wider  than 
10  cm. 

Leaves  somewhat  narrowed  at  the  rounded  base. 

C.  laurina. 
Leaves  not  at  all  narrowed  at  the  broadly  rounded 

base C.  macrocarpa,  C.  Sprucei. 

Leaves  abruptly  short-acuminate,   often  wider  than 

10  cm C.  magnified. 

Petioles  all  short,  10-14  mm.  long C.  Quina. 

Leaves  narrowly  and  acutely  acuminate C.  sola. 

Stamens  barely  as  long  as  the  petals;  gynophore  5-8  mm.  long. 

C.  Baducca. 

Leaves  finely  pubescent  beneath,  thin,  soft C.  prisca. 

Sepals  ample,  more  or  less  in  2  series,  that  is,  imbricate. 
Leaves  lance-oblong  or  oblong-obovate,  1-3.5  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  glabrous C.  eucalyptifolia. 

Leaves  puberulent-pilose  beneath. 

Leaves  lance-oblong,  acutish C.  mollis. 

Leaves  oblong-obovate,  emarginate C.  prisca. 

Leaves  elliptic,  2-4  cm.  wide  or  wider. 

Leaves  about  5  cm.  long;  calyx  obtuse,  open,  about  7  mm. 

wide C.  tarapotensis. 

Leaves  often  longer  than  5  cm.;  calyx  always  wider  than 
10  mm. 


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Leaves  thin,  drying  dark,  at  least  some  of  them  acutely 

acuminate C.  nitida. 

Leaves  coriaceous,  drying  yellow  or  brown,  usually  obtuse. 

C.  flexuosa. 
Leaves  usually  lepidote  or  stellate-pubescent  beneath,  sometimes 

sparsely  and  minutely  so,  as  in  C.  Schunkei. 
Calyx  small,  crenate-lobed  or  deeply  dentate. 

Calyx  crenate-lobed C.  ovalifolia. 

Calyx  acutely  dentate C.  indica. 

Calyx  ample,  valvate  in  bud. 

Leaves  distinctly  longer  than  broad. 

Leaves  lepidote  beneath C.  odoratissima. 

Leaves  stellate-pubescent. 

Pubescence  dense;  leaves  rigid,  suboblong. 

Fruit  ovoid-oblong C.  angulata. 

Fruit  subglobose C.  Gaudichaudiana. 

Pubescence  sparse;  leaves  thin,  elliptic C.  Schunkei. 

Leaves  subrotund C.  cordata. 

Capparis  angulata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  431.  1802;  DC. 
Prodr.  1:  253.  1824.  C.  scabrida  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  95.  1821. 

Branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  sepals,  and  petals  ashy-stellate- 
tomentose;  blades  lustrous  and  somewhat  rough  above,  coriaceous, 
subelliptic-oblong,  obtuse  at  both  ends,  cuspidate,  often  11  cm. 
long,  4-5  cm.  wide;  petioles  to  15  mm.  long;  pedicels  2.5-5  cm.  long; 
stipe  7  cm.  long  or  longer;  petals  twice  as  long  as  the  deeply  lobed 
calyx,  this  nearly  1  cm.  long;  stamens  elongate;  fruit  ovoid-oblong. 
—The  type,  collected  by  Ruiz  and  Pa  von,  is  from  Guayaquil. 
Illustrated,  Weberbauer,  152.  Negs.  342,  29270. 

Piura:  Negritos,  HaughtF69;  a  shrub  or  small  tree  of  2-4  meters. 
Paita,  d'Urville;  Gaudichaud.  Lambayeque  (Gaudichaud) ;  Weber- 
bauer 3777.  Ecuador.  "Sapote." 

Capparis  Baducca  L.  Sp.  PI.  504.  1753.  C.  frondosa  Jacq. 
Enum.  PL  Carib.  24. 1760. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree;  blades  usually  elliptic-oblong  and  some- 
what obovate,  obtuse  or  slightly  narrowed  to  an  acutish  apex, 
sometimes  abruptly  acuminate,  minutely  cordate  at  the  base,  10-30 
cm.  long,  3.5-10  cm.  wide,  not  very  lustrous  above,  prominently 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  the  lateral  nerves  conspicuous 


FLORA  OF  PERU  999 

beneath,  chartaceous-coriaceous;  petioles  0.5-5  cm.  long;  racemes 
scarcely  equaling  the  leaves,  even  in  fruit;  calyx  lobes  roundish, 
barely  1.5  mm.  long;  petals  greenish  white  or  purplish,  obovate, 
fugacious,  9-10  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the  many  stamens,  these 
white,  pink  at  the  base;  fruit  3-7.5  cm.  long,  purplish  brown,  some- 
what nodose,  the  stipe  only  5-8  mm.  long. — Description  adapted 
from  Fawcett  and  Rendle.  • 

Loreto:  Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3013;  a  tree 
of  5  meters;  flowers  white  or  rose.  Extending  to  northern  South 
America;  West  Indies;  Central  America  and  Mexico. 

Capparis  cordata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  432.  1802;  DC. 
Prodr.  1:  251.  1824.  C.  crotonoides  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  95. 
pi.  437.  1821. 

Leaves  ovate  to  suborbicular-cordate,  3-4  (-6)  cm.  long,  nearly 
as  wide,  net-veined  and  densely  stellate-pubescent,  especially  be- 
neath; flowers  few,  the  densely  stellate-pubescent  sepals  5-6  mm. 
long,  the  sparsely  stellate-pubescent  petals  twice  as  long;  fruit 
globose,  stellate-pubescent,  7  mm.  thick. — Flowers  cream-colored, 
the  sepals  in  one  series,  valvate.  The  Ruiz  and  Pavon  plant  came 
from  Guayaquil. 

Piura:  Paita,  d'Urmlle.  Truxillo,  Humboldt.  Quebrada  Ancha, 
10  miles  east  of  Talara,  Haught  F89;  a  shrub  of  2  meters,  common. 
Cape  Parinas,  Haught  196. — Ancash:  Yautan,  600  meters,  gravelly 
river  valley,  2568;  a  shrub  of  3.5  meters;  flowers  pale  cream.  Ecua- 
dor; Bolivia.  "Vichaya,"  "bichaya." 

Capparis  eucalyptifolia  Haught,  Trop.  Woods  20:  30.  1929. 

A  small  tree,  closely  related  to  C.  mollis  with  imbricate  sepals, 
but  it  is  entirely  glabrous  from  the  first  and  the  petals  and  stamens, 
when  developed,  are  nearly  twice  as  long. — The  Ecuadorean  C. 
heterophylla  R.  &  P.  has  elliptic,  obtuse  or  bluntly  pointed  leaves 
5-7  cm.  long  and  2-3.5  cm.  wide. 

Piura:  Amotape  Hills,  Haught  F96,  type. — Libertad:  Near 
Chepe'n,  Weberbauer  4814,  in  part. 

Capparis  flexuosa  L.  Sp.  PI.  ed.  2.  722. 1762.  C.  cynophallophora 
L.  pro  parte;  cf.  Fawc.  &  Rendle,  Journ.  Bot.  52:  142.  1914.  C. 
lanceolata  R.  &  P.  ex  DC.  Prodr.  1:  249.  1824. 

Leaves  glabrous,  very  variable  in  shape,  but  usually  elliptic, 
4-10  cm.  long  (1-)  2-4.5  cm.  wide,  on  petioles  about  5  (-10)  cm. 
long  and  with  an  oblong,  axillary  gland;  stamens  about  3  times  as 


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long  as  the  petals,  these  1.5-2  cm.  long;  sepals  4-7  mm.  long;  fruit 
linear,  4-10  (-20)  cm.  long,  the  gynophore  half  as  long. — The  Madrid 
Ruiz  and  Pavon  specimen  of  C.  lanceolata  is  from  Guayaquil,  and  is 
referred  by  Sleumer  to  C.  cynophallophora  L.  var.  angustifolia  Eichl. 
Peru:  Probably.  Ranging  north  to  Mexico  and  Florida. 

Capparis  Ga.udichaudiana  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1: 
273.  1865. 

Very  doubtfully  distinct  from  C.  angulata,  since  a  series  of 
Gaudichaud  specimens  exhibit  leaves  rounded  to  cuneate  at  the 
base  and  pedicels  to  3  cm.  long,  even  in  flower,  the  only  remaining 
distinctive  character  being  the  supposed  difference  in  fruits. — 
Neg.  8472. 

Piura:  Paita,  Gaudichaud,  type. 

Capparis  indica  (L.)  Fawc.  &  Rendle,  Journ.  Bot.  52:  143. 
1914.  Breynia  indica  L.  Sp.  PI.  503.  1753.  C.  Breynia  L.  Syst. 
ed.  10.  1071.  1759. 

Leaves  thin,  oblong-elliptic,  5-10  cm.  long,  2-4.5  cm.  wide,  pale 
beneath,  with  numerous  scales;  flowers  about  1  cm.  long,  densely 
stellate- tomentose;  calyx  lobes  open  in  bud,  2  to  3  mm.  long;  petals 
white,  10-12  mm.  long;  fruit  linear,  5  cm.  to  several  decimeters 
long. — The  herbarium  record  may  be  an  error. 

Peru(?):  Without  locality,  Pav6n(1};  det.  Briquet.  Ranging  to 
Mexico  and  West  Indies. 

Capparis  laurina  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  93.  1821. 

Supposed  to  be  related  to  C.  Sprucei,  from  which  it  apparently 
differs  in  the  globose  fruit  and  in  the  leaves,  these  somewhat  nar- 
rowed at  the  base,  flexible-coriaceous,  to. 15  cm.  long,  6.5  cm.  wide, 
often  smaller,  on  petioles  2-3  cm.  long. — The  type  seems  to  me  to 
be  a  mature  specimen  of  C.  macrocarpa.  The  lateral  nerves  and 
netted  venation  are  the  same,  but  more  pronounced.  The  flowers 
are  said  to  be  violet,  the  reflexed  calyx  green,  the  tree  handsome, 
with  a  rounded  crown.  Neg.  34628. 

Piura:  Huancabamba,  Humboldt  &  Bonpland,  type. 

Capparis  macrocarpa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi,  540.  1802; 
DC.  Prodr.  1:  250.  1824.  C.  petiolaris  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5: 
91.  1821. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree;  at  once  recognizable  by  the  rather  thin 
but  firm,  glabrous,  broadly  elliptic  (varying  to  elliptic-oblong) 


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leaves,  on  slender  petioles  2  to  several  centimeters  long;  fruit  to 
8  cm.  long  and  2.5  cm.  thick,  but  often  shorter  and  about  2  cm. 
thick. — In  the  HBK.  type,  in  flower,  the  leaves  are  thin,  but  a 
netted  venation  is  appearing;  they  are  10-12  cm.  long  and  4.5-5  cm. 
wide,  on  petioles  2-7  cm.  long;  petals  1.5  cm.  long;  calyx  glabrous, 
the  roundish  divisions  obtuse,  reflexed;  stamens  several  centimeters 
long.  The  Ruiz  and  Pavon  type  is  from  Guayaquil;  its  leaves  are 
oblong-elliptic.  It  is  not  clear  to  me  that  C.  laurina  and  C.  Sprucei 
are  distinct.  Neg.  29272. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6428;  Williams  -6889,  6903,  6786, 
6281,  6660,  6903,  6904.  Ecuador.  "Mango  micuna,"  "nina  caspi." 

Capparis  magnified  Gilg,  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  140.  1907,  nomen. 

Petioles  obscurely  pulverulent,  to  15  cm.  long;  blades  to  30  cm. 
long,  17  cm.  wide,  broadly  elliptic,  abruptly  short-acuminate,  the 
broad  acumen  less  than  1  cm.  long,  acute  at  the  broadly  rounded 
base,  membranous,  drying  pale  green,  slightly  lustrous,  concolorous, 
finely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  the  6-7  lateral  nerves  equally 
prominent  on  both  surfaces. — The  leaves  resemble  those  of  Morisonia 
oblongifolia,  but  the  petioles  are  not  lepidote. 

Rio  Acre:  Mouth  of  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5788.  Amazonian 
Brazil. 

Capparis  mollis  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5:  88.  1821. 

Branchlets  and  under  surfaces  of  the  lanceolate  leaves  finely 
white-pubescent;  blades  tapering  to  an  acutish  apex,  5-8  cm.  long, 
1-2.5  cm.  wide;  sepals  in  2  imbricate  series;  petals  about  1  cm. 
long,  the  stamens  2  cm.  long. — Negs.  344,  34630. 

Piura:  Near  Olleras,  between  Rio  Macara  and  Huancabamba 
(Humboldt  &  Bonpland,  type). — Lambayeque:  (Weberbauer,  153).— 
Libertad:  Near  Chepe"n,  400  meters,  Weberbauer  4814,  in  part. 
"Margarito." 

Capparis  nitida  R.  &  P.  ex  DC.  Prodr.  1:  252.  1824. 

Related  to  C.  mollis,  but  with  glabrous,  lustrous,  usually  acutely 
long-acuminate  blades,  these  10  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide;  petioles 
7  mm.  long;  flowers  subsolitary  in  the  upper  axils  or  in  few-flowered, 
terminal  racemes;  pedicels  15  mm.  long;  ovary  ovoid,  truncate; 
fruit  subglobose,  about  2  cm.  thick,  the  stipe  to  10  cm.  long.— 
Williams  4683  from  the  lower  Rio  Huallaga  has  obtusely  short- 
acuminate  leaves  to  17  cm.  long  and  10  cm.  wide,  slightly  stellate- 
pubescent  beneath  near  the  base;  it  doubtfully  belongs  here,  but 


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there  are  no  flowers.     The  Madrid  type  is  without  data.     Negs. 
27289,  343. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn;  Spruce  4294;  Williams 
5725,  5567.  Juanjui,  400-800  meters,  forest  and  river  bank,  King 
4369,  4352;  a  shrub  or  tree  of  3-4.5  meters;  flowers  white  or  greenish 
white. — Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  in  forest,  Williams  4683.  "Yututo 
caspi." 

Capparis  odoratissima  Jacq.  Hort.  Schonbr.  1:  57.  pi.  110. 1797. 

Leaves  lustrous,  coriaceous,  oblong-elliptic,  densely  rusty-lepi- 
dote-pubescent  beneath,  like  the  inflorescences  and  the  angulate 
fruits;  flowers  small,  somewhat  purplish,  the  petals  little  longer  than 
the  valvate  sepals,  the  stamens  only  shortly  exserted. — The  following 
herbarium  record  (det.  Briquet)  may  be  an  error;  see  C.  indica. 
C.  cynophallophora  L.,  similar,  might  occur;  it  has  long-exserted 
stamens  and  stipitate  fruits.  C.  Fiebrigii  Gilg,  known  from  Mexico 
and  Bolivia,  is  a  gnarled  shrub  with  small,  oblong  leaves. 

Peru(?):  Pavon  (det.  Briquet).  Ranging  to  Central  America 
and  Venezuela. 

Capparis  ovalifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  432.  1802;  DC. 
Prodr.  1:  253.  1824.  C.  avicennifolia  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  5: 
94.  1821. 

A  well  marked  species  because  of  its  unique  calyx,  this  campan- 
ulate  and  merely  crenate-lobate;  leaves  lustrous  above,  pale  beneath, 
with  a  very  close,  stellate  pubescence,  usually  4-5  cm.  long,  2-2.5 
cm.  wide;  fruit  about  2.5  cm.  thick. — The  Ruiz  and  Pavon  type 
came  from  Guayaquil  and  was  actually  collected  by  Tafalla,  the 
artist  of  the  expedition.  Fruit  edible  (Martinet).  Neg.  27284. 

lea:  Near  lea,  350  meters,  Weberbauer  7196. — Libertad:  Coastal 
sands  between  Trujillo  and  Cascas,  Humboldt. — Cajamarca:  Near 
Chepe"n,  Weberbauer  3778. — Lambayeque:  (Weberbauer,  153).— 
Piura:  Paita,  Gaudichaud;  d'Urville.  Talara,  200  meters,  Pennell 
12201;  Johnston  3507.  Farinas  Valley,  Haught  F157;  a  shrub  of 
2-3  meters.  Ecuador.  "Bichayo,"  "vichaya." 

Capparis  prisca  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  358.  1934. 

Apparently  a  shrub,  the  branches  thick;  branchlets,  petioles, 
pedicels,  and  blades  beneath  crisp-puberulent;  petioles  slender,  2.5 
cm.  long;  blades  nearly  oblong  or  oblong-obovate,  minutely  cordate 
at  the  base,  emarginate,  7-8  cm.  long,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  dull,  char- 
taceous,  the  nerves  and  veins  scarcely  obvious;  pedicels  3  cm.  long; 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1003 

sepals  pulverulent,  oval,  reflexed,  3.5  mm.  long;  petals  irregularly 
oblong-elliptic,  12  mm.  long;  scales  thick,  2  mm.  long;  stamens 
about  4  cm.  long. 

Lambayeque:  Between  the  haciendas  Sangana  and  Batan  Grande, 
Prov.  Lambayeque,  1,700  meters,  Weberbauer  7167,  type. 

Capparis  Qiiina  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  357.  1934. 

A  shrub,  glabrous  except  for  the  minutely  pulverulent  inflores- 
cence; petioles  10-14  mm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  rounded  at  the  base, 
slightly  emarginate  at  the  apex,  to  12  cm.  long,  7  cm.  wide,  mostly 
somewhat  smaller,  coriaceous,  lustrous  and  strongly  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides;  pedicels  6-7  mm.  long;  calyx  lobate,  the 
segments  scarcely  2.5  mm.  long;  petals  rounded-obovate,  7  mm. 
long;  stamens  about  20,  long-exserted ;  stipe  3  cm.  long;  fruit  nearly 
globose,  3  cm.  thick,  punctate-tuberculate. 

San  Martin:  Rio  Mayo,  Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  in  forest, 
Williams  6282,  type.  Cumbasa,  Tarapoto,  Williams  5753.  "Quina- 
quina." 

Capparis  Schunkei  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  170.  1929. 

Differing  from  other  Peruvian  species  with  similar  calyx  in  its 
lustrous,  nearly  glabrous  foliage  (blades  mostly  10-15  cm.  long, 
4.5-6  cm.  wide),  and  in  its  branched  inflorescence;  pedicels  7-10 
mm.  long;  sepals  closed  in  bud,  oblong-lanceolate,  3  mm.  long, 
reflexed;  petals  5  mm.  long. — Williams  6692  is  rather  more  pubes- 
cent; it  has  a  fruit  3  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  thick,  on  a  stipe  3  cm.  long. 
The  similar  C.  detonsa  Triana  &  Planch.,  Colombian,  has  somewhat 
larger  leaves  and  flowers  twice  as  large.  C.  hypoleuca  Presl,  from 
Guayaquil,  has  leaves  sparsely  stellate-pubescent  above,  densely 
white-tomentose  beneath;  calyx  open  in  bud,  4-dentate;  pedicels 
about  3  mm.  long.  Named  for  the  naturalist  Carlos  Schunke,  of 
La  Merced. 

Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  1,500  meters,  Schunke  418,  type; 
514.  Hacienda  Schunke,  La  Merced,  1,200  meters,  5701. — San 
Martin:  Santa  Rosa,  200  meters,  Williams  4820.  Tarapoto,  400- 
900  meters,  in  forest,  Williams  6692. — Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Williams 
4118;  King  2820.  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  King  225. 

Capparis  sola  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  359.  1934.  C.  acutifolia 
Macbr.  op.  cit.  358,  non  Sweet. 

A  glabrous  shrub  or  small  tree;  petioles  1.5-3  cm.  long;  blades 
nearly  membranous,  reticulate-veined,  lustrous,  especially  above, 


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ovate-lanceolate  or  ovate-elliptic,  broadly  cuneate  at  the  base, 
gradually  and  acutely  acuminate  at  the  apex,  to  15  cm.  long,  6  cm. 
wide,  or  often  smaller;  racemes  to  about  10  cm.  long,  few-flowered; 
pedicels  10-12  mm.  long;  sepals  rounded-elliptic,  scarcely  2  mm. 
long;  petals  white,  rounded-obovate,  5-7  mm.  long;  stamens  1.5-2 
cm.  long;  stipe  2.5  cm.  long,  the  ovary  oblong-cylindric. — Inad- 
vertently described  under  two  names,  to  which  carelessness  A.  C. 
Smith  has  called  attention.  A.  C.  Smith  and  Krukoff,  Bull.  Torrey 
Club  64:  409.  1937,  have  found  C.  sola  an  important  ingredient  of 
the  curare  poison  of  the  Javas. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  961,  type. — San  Martin: 
Chazuta,  260  meters,  Klug  3966. 

Capparis  Sprucei  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1:  281.  1865. 

Completely  glabrous;  leaves  coriaceous,  ovate-elliptic,  rounded 
at  each  end  or  emarginate  at  the  apex,  3-7  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above, 
paler  and  dull  beneath,  prominently  reticulate-veined  on  both 
surfaces;  racemes  many-flowered,  the  flowers  about  18  mm.  broad, 
on  pedicels  3.5  cm.  long;  calyx  lobes  suborbicular,  erose-ciliate, 
open  in  bud. — Mature  fruit  unknown.  It  seems  probable  that  this 
is  the  same  as  C.  macrocarpa. 

San  Martin:  Near  Tarapoto  (Spruce  3986,  type). 

Capparis  tarapotensis  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1: 
284.  1865. 

A  densely  leafy  shrub  2.5  meters  high;  leaves  elliptic,  obtuse 
at  each  end,  about  5  cm.  long,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  subsessile;  flowers 
about  1.5  cm.  wide;  fruit  beaked,  linear,  2-3  cm.  long,  the  stipe  as 
long  or  longer;  pedicels  1  cm.  long  or  shorter. — C.  heterophylla  R.  &  P., 
from  Guayaquil,  has  a  very  shortly  stipitate  ovary.  The  Brazilian 
specimen  is  from  limestone  in  Matto  Grosso  (Malme).  Neg.  8475. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4406;  Ule  6619,  6698;  Williams 
6654. — Apurimac:  At  1,100  meters,  Weberbauer  5872.  Brazil. 

5.  MORISONIA  L. 

Similar  to  Capparis,  but  the  calyx  rupturing  irregularly  at 
anthesis;  stamens  6-20,  shorter  than  the  petals;  the  Peruvian  species 
with  long,  slender,  furfuraceous  petioles  and  broad,  glabrous,  char- 
taceous,  finely  reticulate-veined  leaves. 

Morisonia  oblongifolia  Britton,  Bull.  Torrey  Club  16: 17. 1889. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  as  much  as  7  meters  high,  with  glabrous, 

densely  reticulate-veined,  roundish  or  elliptic-ovate  blades  to  25 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1005 

cm.  long  and  15  cm.  wide,  or  smaller,  rounded  at  the  apex  or  rarely 
acutish,  the  base  slightly  cordate;  petioles  several  centimeters  long, 
furfuraceous  like  the  branchlets  and  the  few-flowered  inflorescence; 
pedicels  about  1  cm.  long;  calyx  obconic,  8  mm.  long;  petals  pale- 
puberulent,  8-10  mm.  long;  fruits  subglobose,  furfuraceous,  3  cm. 
thick.— Neg.  5797. 

San  Martin:  Region  of  Tarapoto,  400-900  meters,  in  forest, 
Williams  6215,  6870,  5715,  6650;  Spruce  4529.  Juanjui,  400  meters, 
in  forest,  Klug  3773,  4399;  shrub  or  tree  of  3-5  meters;  flowers 
yellow-green  and  white. — Loreto:  Iquitos,  Williams  8161. — Rio 
Acre:  Mouth  of  Rio  Macauhan,  Krukoff  5702,  5508,  5431.  Bolivia 
and  Amazonian  Brazil. 

At  least  as  regards  the  Peruvian  and  Brazilian  material,  the 
specific  name  is  a  poor  one,  since  the  leaves  are  in  no  sense  oblong. 
Negative  5797  is  of  Ule  5799b,  from  Jurua  Miry,  Brazil,  which  is 
indicated  by  Gilg  as  a  new  species,  but  is  still  unpublished.— 
Paul  C.  Standley. 

6.  STERIPHOMA  Spreng. 

Shrubs,  similar  in  appearance  to  Capparis,  but  conspicuously 
red-tomentose;  calyx  calyptriform;  stamens  always  6. 

Steriphoma  peruvianum  Spruce  ex  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
13,  pt.  1:267.  1865. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  and  calyx  rufous-  or  orange- tomentose; 
leaf  blades  lanceolate,  acuminate,  some  of  them  often  peltate  at 
the  base. — A  straggling  or  clambering  shrub  or  small  tree,  with  a 
terminal  inflorescence  of  orange  flowers.  Neg.  5800. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4128;  Ule  6429;  Williams 
5732.  Morales,  400-900  meters,  in  forest,  Williams  5647.  Juan 
Guerra,  720  meters,  Williams  6859.  Juanjui,  400  meters,  in  forest, 
Klug  3772. 

7.  CRATAEVAL. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  trifoliolate  leaves  and  racemose  or  corym- 
bose flowers.  Petals  4.  Stamens  long-exserted,  8-50.  Fruit  large, 
long-stipitate. — The  fruit  and  wood  have  a  garlic-like  odor. 

Crataeva  Benthamii  Eichl.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  13,  pt.  1: 
265.  1865. 

Leaflets  ovate-lanceolate,  4-8  cm.  wide  or  narrower,  glabrous; 
stamens  20-50  and  3-4  times  as  long  as  the  corolla;  petals  lanceolate 


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to  almost  linear  (var.  leptopetala  Eichl.),  about  1  cm.  long;  fruit  glo- 
bose, nearly  3  cm.  in  diameter,  brownish,  with  white  dots. — C.  radia- 
tiflora  DC.  Prodr.  1:  243.  1824,  to  which  the  Peruvian  plant  may 
be  referable,  is  known  from  as  near  as  Guayaquil;  it  has  broadly 
ovate-elliptic  leaflets  and  somewhat  longer  petals.  Eichler  saw  a 
further  difference  in  the  white-verruculose  markings  of  the  branch- 
lets,  a  character  that  seems  to  be  highly  variable.  The  widely  dis- 
tributed C.  Tapia  L.  is  with  difficulty,  if  at  all,  distinguishable  from 
the  two  preceding  species  by  its  more  strictly  perfect  flowers  with 
fewer  stamens,  these  only  twice  as  long  as  the  petals;  fruit  ovoid.  It 
seems  questionable  if  all  the  names  should  not  apply  to  one  variable 
species.  Negs.  8466,  8467. 

Loreto:  Sarayaco  (Huber).  Huallaga,  Yurimaguas,  200  meters, 
Williams  4655.  Pebas,  in  forest,  Williams  1578,  1845.  Caballo- 
cocha,  in  forest,  Williams  2450,  2219,  2270,  2411,  2443.  La  Victoria, 
Williams  3122,  2854,  2665.  Rio  Masana,  Williams  93,  8161,  90.— 
Rio  Acre:  Rio  Macauhdn,  Krukoff  5665.  Brazil.  "Palo  de  candela," 
"tamara,"  "insira  mashan,"  "tapia,"  "nina  caspi." 

81.  TOVARIACEAE 

Reference:  Pax  &  Hoffmann,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  17b:  224-226. 
1936. 

A  well  marked  family,  consisting  of  one  genus,  related  to  the  Cap- 
paridaceae,  but  the  flower  parts  usually  8,  the  ovary  incompletely 
(usually)  6-celled,  the  fruit  a  green  berry,  the  aspect  similar  to  that 
of  certain  Phytolaccaceae,  to  which  group  Bentham  and  Hooker 
referred  it. 

1.  TOVARIA  R.  &  P. 

Slender,  sparsely  and  virgately  branched,  green-barked  shrubs, 
often  flowering  as  annuals.  Leaves  alternate,  trifoliolate,  glabrous. 
Stipules  minute,  triangular.  Racemes  terminal,  elongating,  lax. 
Filaments  dilated  toward  the  base.  Flowers  perfect. 

Tovaria  pendula  R.  &  P.  Syst.  Veg.  85.  1798;  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  73. 
pi.  306.  1802. 

Leaflets  lanceolate,  acuminate,  often  8  cm.  long  and  chiefly 
2-3  cm.  wide;  racemes  drooping,  the  laxly  disposed,  pale  yellowish 
green  or  greenish  white  flowers  about  7  mm.  broad;  petals  obtuse, 
exceeding  the  acute  sepals,  about  4  mm.  long;  stamens  exserted.— 
According  to  Weberbauer,  in  Peru  at  middle  elevations  on  the  eastern 
ranges.  The  plant,  both  growing  and  in  the  herbarium,  has  a  strong 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1007 

and  characteristic  odor  which  has  been  variously  described  as  that  of 
Apium  graveolens,  Cestrum,  and  cumarin.  In  the  field  it  recalled  to 
me  the  odor  of  preparations  used  as  supplementary  foods  for  stock, 
but  the  reason  was  not  obvious  until  Dr.  Charles  Baehni  identified 
it  as  that  of  species  of  Trigonella.  Illustrated,  Pflanzenfam.  op.  cit.  225. 
Huanuco:  Chinchao  and  Chacahuassi,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  Rio  Po- 
suso,  2,200  meters,  Weberbauer  6784- — Junin:  Huacapistana,  Weber- 
bauer  2326;  252;  at  1,800-2,400  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith  24272,  24173; 
shrub  2  meters  high  or  less;  perianth  pale  green;  filaments  greenish 
white;  anthers  brown  or  yellow;  fruit  green.  La  Merced,  600  meters, 
5566.  Bolivia  to  Venezuela. 

82.  PODOSTEMACEAE 

Reference:  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a:  3-68.  1930. 

These  aquatic  plants  that  usually  grow  attached  to  rocks  in  swift 
streams,  often  in  waterfalls,  probably  are  more  numerous  in  Peru 
than  is  indicated  below,  because  few  collectors  find  them.  Resem- 
bling algae  or  mosses  in  general  appearance,  they  are  readily  recog- 
nized. The  small  flowers  consist  of  3-5  free,  or  more  or  less  united 
sepals,  or  these  may  be  reduced  to  scales.  The  stamens  are  one  to 
several,  and  then  whorled,  the  anthers  usually  introrse,  4-celled. 
Ovary  2-3-celled,  free,  with  a  thick,  central  placenta.  Capsule  usu- 
ally septicidal,  many-seeded. 

1.  APINAGIA  Tul. 

Plants  thalloid,  or  floating  and  with  fibrous  roots.  Flowers  borne 
in  a  dichotomous  or  sickle-like  inflorescence.  Stamens  usually  2-4, 
free  or  united. 

Apinagia  peruviana  Wedd.  ex  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a: 
38.  1930.  Neolacis  peruviana  Wedd.  in  DC.  Prodr.  17:  64.  1873. 

Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  1-3  cm.  long,  rather  broad,  irregularly 
2-3-pinnatifid;  flowers  axillary;  pedicels  finally  1.5-2  cm.  long,  con- 
gested in  fruit;  capsules  8-nerved,  2.5-3.5  mm.  long. 

Puno:  Sangaban  (Lechler  2298,  type).— Piura:  Frias,  900-1,000 
meters,  Weberbauer  6426. 

83.  CRASSULACEAE.  Orpine  Family 

Reference:  Berger  &  Harms  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 
18a:  352-483.  1930. 

A  number  of  the  Peruvian  species  are  highly  decorative,  and  not 
at  all  uncommon  on  rock  ledges  at  middle  elevations.  One  or  more 


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appear  to  be  known  already  in  cultivation.  Besides  the  following, 
Wawra  collected  (No.  2564)  at  Lima  the  treelike,  cultivated  Aeonium 
arboreum  (L.)  Webb.  &  Berth.,  of  the  Mediterranean  region,  with 
spatulate  leaves  7-8  cm.  long  and  2  cm.  wide,  the  golden  yellow  flowers 
8-12-parted. 

Leaves  simple. 

Leaves  small,  a  few  millimeters  to  rarely  1  cm.  long. 

Stamens  as  many  as  the  sepals,  in  1  series;  a  diminutive  annual. 

1.  Crassula. 
Stamens  twice  as  many  as  the  sepals,  in  2  series;  plants  becoming 

perennial 2.  Villadia. 

Leaves  larger,  often  several  centimeters  long.    Flowers  more  or 

less  tubular 3.  Echeveria. 

Leaves  pinnate 4.  Bryophyllum. 

1.  GRASSULA  L. 

Tillaea  L. 

Small,  branched,  somewhat  succulent  herbs  with  minute,  solitary, 
axillary,  pedicellate  flowers. — Commonly  many  plants  grow  laxly 
matted  together,  in  loose  or  sandy  soils  and  often  under  shrubs, 
especially  in  the  loma  regions  (Weberbauer,  145). 

Flowers  few  and  segregated  on  long,  slender  pedicels  much  exceed- 
ing the  subtending  leaves;  carpels  10-15-seeded .  .C.  Macbridei. 

Flowers  many  and  crowded,  appearing  verticillate,  sessile  or  on  very 
short  pedicels  much  shorter  than  the  subtending  leaves;  carpels 
2-seeded C.  connata. 

Crassula  connata  (R.  &  P.)  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam.  ed.  2.  18a:  389.  1930.  Tillaea  connata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  70. 
pi.  106.  1798.  T.  rubescens  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  43.  1823. 

More  or  less  rubescent;  leaves  connate,  lanceolate,  mucronate, 
2-4  mm.  long;  pedicels  2-4  mm.  long;  sepals  4,  longer  than  the  4 
petals. — The  native  name  refers  to  the  similarity  in  odor  to  musk 
(Ruiz  &  Pavon). 

Lima:  Chicla  (Batt).  Lurin,  60  meters,  5970.  Matucana,  2,400 
meters,  182.  Chancai,  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — Puno:  Limestone  ledges, 
3,900  meters,  Chuquibambilla,  Pennell  13043. — Arequipa:  Mejia 
and  Cachendo  (Gunther  &  Buchtien  285,  285a). — Junin:  Yauli,  919. 
— Cuzco:  Valle  del  Apurimac,  Herrera.  Extending  to  Lower  Cali- 
fornia. "Almizclillo." 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1009 

Crassula  Macbridei  Steyermark,  sp.  nov. 

Herba  pusilla  furcata  omnino  glabra,  2.5-6  cm.  alta;  caule  tenui; 
foliis  oppositis,  anguste  oblanceolatis,  acutis,  basi  connata  attenua- 
tis,  4-8  mm.  longis,  1.5-2  mm.  latis;  pedicellis  axillaribus  filiformibus 
solitariis  8-18  mm.  longis  foliis  multo  longioribus;  sepalis  4  oblongo- 
lanceolatis  1.8-2  mm.  longis,  apice  aristato  recurvato-patentibus, 
petalis  ovatis  subacutis  longioribus;  staminibus  2,  filamentis  fili- 
formibus, antheris  ovalibus;  carpellis  3  ovoideis  sepalis  paullo 
brevioribus,  seminibus  in  quoque  carpello  10-15  late  oblongis  cas- 
taneis  0.2  mm.  longis,  fortiter  papillatis. 

Lima:  Sandy  lomas  along  the  sea,  Lurin,  60  meters,  Sept.  23, 
1923,  Macbride  5971  (type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

This  new  species  is  placed  in  Crassula  following  Berger's  treat- 
ment of  the  family.  In  general  appearance  it  resembles  the  South 
African  Crassula  expansa  Ait.,  from  which  it  differs  in  having  the 
petals  shorter  than  the  sepals,  in  the  diminutive  stems,  and  in  the 
4-merous  flowers.  It  is  related  to  the  South  American  Crassula  pedun- 
cularis  (Smith)  Schonl.  (Tillaea  peduncularis  Smith)  of  Uruguay  and 
Argentina,  from  which  it  differs  in  its  larger  flowers,  oblanceolate 
instead  of  linear-lanceolate  leaves,  forking  branches,  and  more  numer- 
ously seeded  carpels. 

With  4-merous  sepals  and  petals  it  seems  properly  to  belong  to 
the  section  Vaillantii  Schonl.  as  treated  in  Berger's  evaluation  of 
the  family,  although  in  its  10-15-seeded  carpels  it  diverges  from 
this  section. 

2.  VILLADIA  Rose 

Altamiranoa  Rose. 

Reference:  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a: 
468-470.  1930. 

Small-leaved  perennials  with  small  flowers,  and  therefore  with 
the  aspect  and  habit  of  Sedum,  but  resembling  Echeveria  in  having 
the  flower  parts  constantly  5  and  the  petals  to  a  greater  or  less 
degree  united  into  a  tube. — In  the  Peruvian  species  the  inflorescence 
is  presumably  always  one-sided,  on  which  basis  the  generic  name 
Altamiranoa  has  been  proposed,  but  the  inflorescence  in  Echeveria 
is  variable. 

Petals  shorter  than  or  subequaling  the  sepals,  greenish  .V.  Dyvrandae. 
Petals  distinctly  longer  than  the  sepals. 
Flowers  dark  red. 


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Petals  subobtuse V.  andina. 

Petals  subacute,  mucronate-carinate V,  Berillonana. 

Flowers  white,  yellowish,  or  pale  reddish. 
Leaves  (5)  6-9  mm.  long;  flowers  white. 
Petals  5-10  mm.  long;  style  1-3  mm.  long. 
Style  1  mm.  long;  inflorescence  diffuse;  petals  to  10  mm. 

long V .  Weberbaueri. 

Style  2-3  mm.  long;  inflorescence  strict;  petals  5-8  mm. 

long V.  Dielsii. 

Petals  4-5  mm.  long;  style  0.5  mm.  long V.  virgata. 

Leaves  2-5  mm.  long. 

Flowers  8-12  in  a  short  raceme,  yellowish  or  reddish.     . 

V.  incarum. 
Flowers  in  a  cyme  (or  sometimes  racemose). 

Leaves  2-3  mm.  long,  strongly  imbricated ....  V.  imbricata. 
Leaves  3.5-5  mm.  long,  not  or  slightly  imbricated. 
Stems  creeping  or  ascending;  leaves  2-3  mm.  wide. 

V.  Berillonana. 
Stems  erect;  leaves  3-4.5  mm.  wide V.  Grandyi. 

Villadia  andina  (Ball)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7:  285. 
1937.  Sedum  andinum  Ball,  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  22:  38.  1885. 

Cespitose,  with  many  slender  branches  from  the  base,  these  5-8 
cm.  long,  the  flowering  stems  ascending;  leaves  minute,  hemispheric; 
cyme  4-flowered,  the  terminal  flower  sessile,  the  lateral  ones  short- 
pedicellate;  petals  coalescent  at  the  base,  dark  red,  oblong-lanceo- 
late, subobtuse,  twice  as  long  as  the  ovate-elliptic  sepals;  stamens  10. 

Lima:  Chicla  (Ball,  type). 

Villadia  Berillonana  (Hamet)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7: 
285.  1937.  Sedum  Berillonanum  Hamet,  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl.  112: 
9.  1913.  Altamiranoa  Berillonana  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam.  ed.  2.  18a:  470.  1930. 

Flowering  stems  creeping  and  branching  at  the  base,  finally 
erect  and  simple,  to  8  cm.  long;  leaves  ovate,  entire,  sessile,  3.5-5 
mm.  long,  less  than  3  mm.  wide;  inflorescence  biparted  but  not 
branched,  few-flowered,  8-12  cm.  long;  flowers  subsessile;  sepals 
entire,  acutish,  elongate-ovate,  3.5-5  mm.  long;  corolla  a  little 
longer,  the  entire,  suboblong  segments  acutish-mucronate,  united 
to  about  the  middle;  scales  broader  than  long,  1  mm.  broad;  stamens 
to  6  mm.  long;  styles  2  mm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1011 

Ayacucho:  Shrubby  rock  outcrop,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  5501, 
type. 

Villadia  Dielsii  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7:  285.  1937. 
Cotyledon  stricta  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  410.  1906,  non  V.  stricta 
Rose.  Altamiranoa  stricta  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam. 
ed.  2.  18a:  470.  1930. 

Principal  stems  erect,  much  branched,  the  very  strict  branches 
15-20  cm.  high;  leaves  dense  but  not  rosulate,  erect,  triangular- 
ovate,  semiclasping,  6-8  mm.  long,  1-1.5  mm.  wide;  branches  of  the 
inflorescence  scorpioid;  flowers  subsessile;  sepals  oblong-ovate,  3.5 
mm.  long;  petals  subundulate,  5-8  mm.  long,  recurved  at  the  apex, 
white;  stamens  5  mm.  long;  styles  2-3  mm.  long. 

Ancash :  Rocky,  grassy  fields,  2,200  meters,  near  Huaraz  (Weber- 
bauer 3000,  type). — Lima:  Open  hillside,  Rio  Blanco,  Kittip  &  Smith 
21062. 

Villadia  Dyvrandae  (Hamet)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7: 
286.  1937.  Sedum  Dyvrandae  Hamet,  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl.  112:  10. 
1913.  Altamiranoa  Dyvrandae  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam. ed.  2.  18a:  470.  1930. 

Stems  ascending,  often  branched  above  the  middle,  to  about  15 
cm.  high;  leaves  elongate-ovate,  subobtuse,  2.5-6  mm.  long,  less 
than  3  mm.  wide;  inflorescence  to  2.5  cm.  long,  spikelike,  lax,  few- 
flowered;  sepals  ovate-oblong,  entire,  subobtuse,  to  4.5  mm.  long; 
corolla  less  than  4  mm.  long,  the  very  broadly  ovate  segments  about 
one-third  united;  stamens  1.5  mm.  long;  scales  longer  than  broad, 
1.5  mm.  long;  styles  0.6  mm.  long. — Flowers  greenish.  Neg.  18247. 

Lima:  In  rocks,  Matucana,  2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5278,  type; 
Macbride  445. 

Villadia  Grandyi  (Hamet)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7: 
286.  1937.  Sedum  Grandyi  Hamet,  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl.  112:  11. 
1913.  Altamiranoa  Grandyi  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam. 
ed.  2.  18a:  470.  1930. 

Similar  to  V.  Berillonana,  but  erect;  inflorescence  laxer,  1.5  cm. 
long,  biparted,  not  branched;  leaves  ovate-suborbicular;  pedicels 
0.5  mm.  long;  sepals  unequal,  4  of  them  subovate,  subobtuse,  3-3.5 
mm.  long,  1  of  them  long-ovate,  3  mm.  long;  petals  broadly  ovate, 
united  one-fourth  their  length;  stamens  to  4  mm.  long;  styles  1.5 
mm.  long;  scales  broader  than  long,  1  mm.  wide. — Neg.  34154. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 


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Villadia  imbricata  (Diels)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7: 
286.  1937.  Cotyledon  imbricata  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  411.  1906. 
Altamiranoa  imbricata  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 
18a:  470.  1930. 

Much  branched,  subcespitose,  ascending,  the  branches  5-10  cm. 
long;  leaves  broadly  sessile,  triangular  or  nearly  reniform,  2-3  mm. 
long,  3-4  mm.  wide;  branches  of  the  inflorescence  scorpioid,  divari- 
cate; sepals  3  mm.  long,  1  mm.  wide;  petals  4  mm.  long,  1.5-2  mm. 
wide,  the  acute  apex  recurved,  greenish  white;  stamens  3.5  mm. 
long;  carpels  2.5  mm.  long. 

Cajamarca:  La  Tahona,  2,600  meters  (Weberbauer  4053,  type). 
—Huanuco:  Llata,  2,100  meters,  2262  (det.  Rose). — Arequipa:  Alca, 
Weberbauer  6877. 

Villadia  incarum  (Ball)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7:  286. 
1937.  Cotyledon  incarum  Ball,  Journ.  Linn.  Soc.  22:  37.  1885. 
Altamiranoa  incarum  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 
18a:  469.  1930. 

Plants  erect,  branched  below,  to  20  cm.  high,  the  lateral  branches 
short;  leaves  ovate-cylindric;  flowers  ochroleucous  or  reddish,  erect, 
8-12  in  a  short  raceme,  the  uppermost  sessile;  sepals  ovate-lanceolate; 
petals  linear-lanceolate,  acute,  half  longer  than  the  sepals,  one-third 
to  one-half  united. — The  spelling  "incanum"  (Ball)  was  corrected 
in  the  errata. 

Lima:  Chicla  (Ball,  type).    Rio  Blanco,  Killip  &  Smith  21556(1). 

Villadia  virgata  (Diels)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7:  286. 
1937.  Cotyledon  virgata  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  410.  1906.  Alta- 
miranoa virgata  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a: 
470.  1930. 

Principal  stems  decumbent  or  erect,  much  branched,  the  strict 
branches  curved-erect,  to  25  cm.  high;  leaves  nearly  appressed,  or 
erect,  ovate,  5-8  mm.  long,  2-3  mm.  wide;  inflorescence  spikelike; 
sepals  narrowly  triangular,  3  mm.  long;  petals  ovate,  white,  4-5 
mm.  long;  stamens  about  4  mm.  long;  scales  conspicuous,  oblong- 
spatulate,  truncate,  1.5-2  mm.  long;  styles  0.5  mm.  long. 

Cuzco:  Herrera  3155. — Ancash:  Near  Tallenga,  3,300  meters 
(Weberbauer  2853,  type). — Huanuco:  Llata,  2,100  meters,  2265  (det. 
Rose). 

Villadia  Weberbaueri  (Diels)  Baehni  &  Macbr.  Candollea  7: 
286.  1937.  Cotyledon  Weberbaueri  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  411.  1906. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1013 

Altamiranoa  Weberbaueri  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  ed. 
2.  18a:  470.  1930. 

Principal  stems  decumbent,  the  ascending  branches  10-15  cm. 
long;  leaves  very  broadly  ovate,  subacute;  inflorescence  fastigiate- 
cymose,  the  branchlets  many-flowered;  sepals  4  mm.  long,  1.5  mm. 
wide;  petals  white,  the  elongate  apex  finally  recurved,  2  mm.  wide; 
stamens  6  mm.  long;  styles  1  mm.  long. 

Amazonas:  Above  Balsas,  2,300  meters  (Weberbauer  4282,  type). 
Rio  Maranon,  below  Chavanillo,  2,250  meters,  1984  (det.  Rose). 

3.  ECHEVERIA  DC. 

Leaves  spiraled  in  loose  or  dense  rosettes,  large  in  comparison 
with  those  of  other  groups.  Flowers  5-parted,  the  corolla  more  or 
less  tubular. — A  convenient  segregate  from  the  Old  World  Cotyledon. 
Cf.  Poellnitz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  39:  193-270.  1936,  to  whose  work  I 
am  indebted  for  preparation  of  the  following  account. 

Flowers   conspicuously   pedicellate,   the   racemes   soon   open,   the 

plants  caulescent. 
Plants  acaulescent  or  nearly  so. 

Leaves  spatulate,  smooth,  glabrous E.  peruviana. 

Leaves  lanceolate,  subasperous,  papillose E.  Backebergii. 

Plants  caulescent;  leaves  lanceolate E.  chiclensis. 

Flowers  sessile  or  subsessile,  crowded  in  an  thesis;  plants  acaulescent. 
Bracts  broadly  ovate  or  roundish;  flowers  flesh-colored. 

E.  eurychlamys. 
Bracts  oblong-lanceolate;  flowers  scarlet E.  excelsa. 

Echeveria  Backebergii  Poellnitz,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  38:  185. 
1935. 

Leaves  densely  rosulate,  often  minutely  white-mucronulate,  to 
6  cm.  long;  stems  to  30  cm.  tall,  6  mm.  thick  at  the  base;  cauline 
leaves  many;  flowers  yellowish,  reddish  toward  the  base,  on  pedicels 
as  much  as  2.5  cm.  long;  sepals  unequal,  the  longer  ones  8  mm.  long; 
corolla  about  14  mm.  long,  the  tube  3-4  mm.  long,  the  lobes  dis- 
tinctly extrorse-curved  at  the  apex. — In  cultivation  by  the  collector 
at  Kiel,  and  by  the  author. 

Lima:  Matucana,  2,600  meters  (Kurt  Backeberg  S2).  Matucana, 
2,400  meters,  279. 

Echeveria  chiclensis  (Ball)  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam. ed.  2.  18a:  473.  1930.  Cotyledon  chiclensis  Ball,  Journ.  Linn. 
Soc.  22:  38.  1885. 


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Stems  erect,  1  to  several  decimeters  tall,  very  leafy,  the  cauline 
leaves  2.5-5  cm.  long;  basal  leaves  linear-lanceolate,  glabrous,  acute, 
10-15  (-20)  cm.  long;  lowest  pedicels  12-20  mm.  long,  about  equaled 
by  the  bracts,  erect  or  finally  nodding;  calyx  segments  ovate; 
petals  13-20  mm.  long,  bright  red,  linear-oblong,  acuminate,  about 
one-fourth  united,  the  tips  recurving;  carpels  acute,  subrecurved- 
divaricate. 

Lima:  Chicla,  4,000-4,300  meters  (Ball,  type). — Huanuco:  Hua- 
nuco,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  La  Oroya,  3,700-4,300  meters  (Kalenborn  104). 
— Junin:  Tarma,  2,900  meters,  1061.  Huariaca,  2,850  meters,  3254. 

Echeveria  eurychlamys  (Diels)  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a:  473.  1930.  Cotyledon  eurychlamys  Diels, 
Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  411.  1906. 

Outer  leaves  of  the  dense  rosettes  short  and  broad,  the  inner 
ones  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  acute,  3-3.5  cm.  long,  to  2  cm.  wide; 
scapes  ascending,  with  the  finally  elongate  inflorescence  25-30  cm. 
long,  the  leaves  appressed;  bractlets  rotund-ovate  or  suborbicular, 
13-15  mm.  long,  12-13  mm.  wide;  pedicels  2-3  (-5)  mm.  long; 
sepals  ovate-oblong,  6  mm.  long;  petals  lanceolate,  flesh-colored,  15- 
17  mm.  long,  recurved  at  the  tips;  stamens  10  mm.  long;  styles  4-5 
mm.  long.— Neg.  18249. 

Cajamarca:  La  Tahona,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer  4056,  type. 

Echeveria  excelsa  (Diels)  Berger  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzen- 
fam. ed.  2.  18a:  473.  1930.  Cotyledon  excelsa  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37: 
412.  1906. 

Scapes  3-5  cm.  thick;  leaves  subrosulate,  oblong-obovate,  nar- 
rowed to  the  base,  acute,  12-15  cm.  long,  3.5-4  cm.  wide;  cauline 
leaves  few,  to  4  cm.  long;  scapes  to  over  a  meter  tall;  spikes  narrowly 
cylindric,  the  remote  flowers  short-pedicellate;  bracts  oblong-lanceo- 
late, 15  mm.  long,  3  mm.  wide;  sepals  ovate,  7  mm.  long,  3  mm. 
wide;  petals  lanceolate,  scarlet,  with  paler,  spreading  tips,  acute,  16- 
20  mm.  long,  5-7  mm.  wide.— Neg.  18250. 

Ancash:  Between  Samanco  and  Huaraz,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer 
3149,  type. 

Echeveria  peruviana  Meyen,  Reise  1:  448.  1834.  Cotyledon 
peruviana  Baker  in  Saunders,  Ref .  Bot.  1 :  under  pi.  58.  1869. 

Plants  glabrous,  acaulescent  or  nearly  so;  leaves  obovate-spatu- 
late,  5-7.5  cm.  long,  those  of  the  scape  shorter,  few;  lower  flowers 
solitary;  pedicels  3-12  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  spreading  or  widely 


/r 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1015 

divaricate;  corolla  red,  12-15  mm.  long,  the  tube  1.5-4  mm.  long. — 
The  5-angled  flowers  are  lighter  toward  the  spreading  tips.  Neg. 
18248. 

Tacna:  Meyen.  Above  Supe  (Weberbauer,  169). — Junin:  Tarma 
(Weberbauer,  176).  Argentina;  Chile. 

4.  BRYOPHYLLUM  Salisb. 

This  introduced  and  naturalized  plant  is  readily  recognizable  as 
a  sprawling,  succulent  herb  with  pinnate  leaves  and  ample,  loose 
inflorescence  of  nodding,  bronze-green  flowers. 

Bryophyllum  pinnatum  (Lam.)  Kurz,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal 
40,  pt.  2:  52.  1871.  Cotyledon  pinnata  Lam.  Encycl.  2:  141.  1786. 
B.  calycinum  Salisb.  Bot.  Mag.  pi.  1409.  1811. 

Leaflets  3-5,  oval,  crenate,  7-13  cm.  long;  calyx  2-3  cm.  long, 
inflated,  the  deltoid  teeth  7-10  mm.  long;  corolla  tube  to  3.5  cm. 
long,  the  lobes  12  mm.  long,  triangular. 

Huanuco:  Ambo,  in  rocky  stream  bed,  2,450  meters,  2420.— 
Loreto:  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  155-210  meters,  Williams  5154-  Pebas, 
Williams  1837,  2382.  Near  Iquitos,  Williams  1396.—- San  Martin: 
Moyobamba,  1,100  meters,  King  3752.  Native  of  the  Old  World, 
often  naturalized  in  tropical  America. 

84.  SAXIFRAGACEAE.  Saxifrage  Family 

A  small  rock  saxifrage,  several  hydrangeas,  and  a  number  of 
species  of  wild  currants,  some  with  beautiful,  elongate  racemes  of 
roseate  flowers,  are  elements  of  this  family — or  group  of  families — 
as  it  occurs  in  Peru,  that  seem  pleasantly  familiar  to  a  botanist  com- 
ing from  the  north.  Novelties  to  him  will  be  the  Escallonias,  and  the 
curious  Phyllonomas  with  their  short  inflorescences  of  small  flowers 
arising  directly  from  the  midnerve  of  the  leaf.  Such  a  diversity  in 
character  in  one  family  has  naturally  suggested  to  a  number  of  botan- 
ists— notably  Hutchinson,  Families  of  Flowering  Plants  1 : 120. 1926 — 
their  disposition  as  separate  families,  but  here  Engler's  at  least  con- 
venient arrangement  in  one  family  is  followed,  and  acknowledgment 
is  made  of  the  use  of  his  work:  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a:  74-226.  1928 
(1930). 

Alpine  herbs 1.  Saxifraga. 

Trees,  shrubs,  or  vines. 

Inflorescence  not  epiphyllous. 
Flowers  racemose;  leaves  alternate. 


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Leaves  not  elongate,  palmate-nerved;  ovary  1-celled;  fruit  a 

berry 2.  Ribes. 

Leaves  elongate;  ovary  2-3-celled;  fruit  capsular. 

3.  Escallonia. 

Flowers  cymose-umbellate;  leaves  often  opposite .  4.   Hydrangea. 
Inflorescence  arising  from  the  leaf  costa 5.  Phyllonoma. 

1.  SAXIFRAGA  L.  Saxifrage 

Reference:  Engler  &  Irmscher,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  117:  378-382. 
1916. 

This  large  genus,  of  wide  distribution,  is  represented  in  the  high 
Andes  of  Peru  by  only  one  polymorphic  species.  It  is  common  on 
rocks  between,  according  to  Weberbauer,  2,800  and  4,500  meters, 
but  is  mentioned  by  Ruiz  and  Pavon  in  their  journal  only  once,  when 
they  found  it  above  Tarma  and  noted  the  common  names  "puchup- 
pus"  and  "siempreviva." 

Saxifraga  magellanica  Poir.  in  Lam.  Encycl.  6:  686. 1804;  378. 
S.  cordillerarum  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  55.  1831. 

Compactly  cespitose,  more  or  less  densely  glandular-pilose,  the 
subligneous  or  herbaceous  stems  1-5  cm.  long,  often  columnar  in 
form  because  clothed  by  the  imbricate,  dead  leaves;  scapes  1-10  cm. 
high,  1-several-flowered;  leaves  5-8  cm.  long,  3-5-lobed  or  bifid,  the 
cauline  ones  sessile,  cuneate,  mostly  3-lobed;  sepals  ovate,  obtuse, 
shorter  than  the  subcampanulate  receptacle,  the  3-nerved  petals 
2-3  times  as  long;  stamens  scarcely  equaling  the  sepals;  capsule 
ovoid,  truncate. — The  typical  form,  with  petals  not  more  than  3  mm. 
long,  is  confined  to  the  antarctic  region.  This  the  monographers  have 
designated  subsp.  Poiretii;  the  Andean  form,  with  petals  as  much  as 
9  mm.  long,  subsp.  peruviana,  dividing  this  into  three  varieties  and 
many  forms.  Since  these  smaller  divisions  are  of  doubtful  taxonomic 
significance,  there  being  no  proof  that  they  are  more  than  ecological 
states,  they  may  most  practically  be  treated  as  constituting  one  vari- 
able variety,  this  weak,  but  separated  geographically.  Illustrated 
(the  many  leaf  forms),  Pflanzenreich  IV.  117:  380. 

Saxifraga  magellanica  Poir.  var.  peruviana  (Sternb.)  Macbr., 
comb.  nov.  S.  peruviana  Sternb.  Rev.  Saxifr.  55.  pi.  22.  1810;  Suppl. 
2:  74.  pi.  20.  1831.  S.  cordillerarum  Presl,  vars.  Haenkei,  laxa,  and 
Bonplandii  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  55.  1831.  For  other  synonymy  and 
named  forms  see  the  monograph. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1017 

Petals  usually  5-9  mm.  long. — Stature  and  form  of  the  plant 
highly  variable,  also  the  leaves,  these  especially  in  depth  of  lobing, 
variations  probably  associated  with  local  conditions  and  seasons. 
5.  Boussingaultii  of  Chimborazo  (Ecuador)  has  ovate  petals  shorter 
than  the  gland-toothed  sepals  (but  see  Weberbauer  5159,  fide  Engl. 
&  Irmsch.). 

Ancash:  Above  Samanco,  3,700  meters  (Weberbauer,  171).  Rio 
Chiquian,  3,000  meters  (Weberbauer,  178).  Huaraz,  4,600  meters, 
Weberbauer  2980;  225.  Hualgayoc,  3,700  meters  (Weberbauer,  272)  .— 
Lima:  Chicla,  3,720  meters,  Weberbauer  240;  (Ball).  Cheuchin,  Ruiz 
&  Pavon.  Matucana,  Sawada  482.  Tambo  de  Viso,  2,650  meters, 
Weberbauer  128.  Above  Lima,  4,800  meters,  Weberbauer  5159.  Rio 
Blanco,  3,600  meters,  rock  slide,  717;  petals  white,  filaments  red. 
Matucana,  2,400  meters,  in  mats  on  rock  ledges,  444-  Rio  Blanco, 
3,000-3,500  meters,  open  hillside,  Kittip  &  Smith  21583.— Junin: 
Above  Tarma,  Ruiz  &  Pavon;  Weberbauer;  Isern.  Yauli,  4,500  meters 
(Weberbauer,  223).  Mt.  La  Juntai,  4,700  meters,  Kittip  &  Smith 
22106.  La  Oroya,  Isern  2347.  Huaron,  4,200  meters,  rocky  slopes, 
1123.  La  Quinua,  limestone  canyon  walls,  3088. — Huanuco:  Chas- 
qui,  3,150  meters,  shaded  canyon  ledges,  1764>  Quina,  Sawada  P63. 
Tambo  de  Vaca,  3,900  meters,  exposed,  rocky  knolls,  4394. — Cuzco : 
Valle  de  Paucartambo,  3,900  meters,  Herrera  1466. — Puno:  Sandia, 
3,000  meters  (Weberbauer,  183) ;  Soukup  535.  San  Antonio,  Lechler 
1797. — Department  unknown:  Tongos  to  Pampas,  4,300  meters, 
Raimondi.  Without  locality  (Haenke).  Bolivia  to  Colombia.  "Hua- 
manripa,"  "puchuppus." 

2.  RIBES  L. 

Reference:  E.  de  Janczewski,  Me"m.  Soc.  Phys.  Hist.  Nat.  Geneve 
35:199-517.1907. 

Various  species  of  wild  currants  grow  in  Peru  at  2,800-4,500 
meters,  generally  along  brooks  at  lower  altitudes,  in  rock  crevices 
at  higher  elevations  (Weberbauer).  There  they  are  often  gnarled 
shrubs  half  concealed  by  the  protecting  rocks,  half  prostrate  in  slides, 
or  deformed  and  stunted,  suggesting  a  precarious  existence.  When 
the  species  are  better  known,  the  number  recognized  will  probably 
be  fewer. 

Racemes,  at  least  the  staminate,  mostly  (3-)  4  to  many  centimeters 

long,  often  pendent. 

Flowers,  at  least  the  staminate,  campanulate-turbinate  (cf.   R. 
albifolium~) ;  petals  more  or  less  conchiform,  except  in  R.  elegans. 


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Leaves  distinctly  paler  beneath,  medium  in  size;  flowers  and 

rachis  eglandular-pilose,  or  with  only  a  few  stipitate  glands. 

Petals  obovate,  about  as  long  as  the  stamens . .  R.  bolivianum. 

Petals  roundish,  about  equaling  the  filaments R.  elegans. 

Leaves   concolorous   or   only   slightly   paler   beneath;   flowers 

usually  more  or  less  glandular. 
Leaves  ample,  10  cm.  long  and  broad;  flowers  densely  pilose 

(only  the  pistillate  known) R.  macrostachyum. 

Leaves  medium-sized;  flowers  sparsely  pubescent. 
Stamens  and  petals  equally  inserted;  northern  Peru. 

R.  viscosum,  R.  peruvianum. 
Stamens  and  petals  unequally  inserted;  southern  Peru. 

R.  incarnatum. 
Flowers  tubular,  often  5-9  mm.  long;  petals  rounded  or  elongate, 

except  in  R.  albifolium. 

Petals  conchiform;  leaves  more  or  less  pale-pubescent  beneath. 

R.  albifolium. 

Petals   not   conchiform;    leaves   usually    concolorous    (cf.    R. 
macrobotrys). 

Branches  almost  shaggy-red-hirsute R.  hirticaule. 

Branches  less  pubescent. 
Leaves  rarely  2  cm.  wide;  stipitate  glands  dense. 

R.  Weberbaueri. 
Leaves  much  larger. 

Leaves  deeply  cordate  at  the  base;  racemes  lax,  the  pedi- 
cels soon  longer  than  the  bracts R.  macrobotrys. 

Leaves  more  or  less  cordate;  pedicels  shorter  than  the 

bracts. 
Stamens  and  petals  subequal,  unequally  inserted. 

R.  incarnatum. 
Stamens  and  petals  unequal,  equally  inserted. 

R.  elegans. 
Racemes  few-flowered,  often  shorter  than  2.5  cm.;  flowers  cam- 

panulate. 
Leaves  broadly  elliptic  to  rotund. 

Leaves  more  or  less  lobed;  stamens  and  petals  equal. 

Branchlets  glandular R.  brachybotrys. 

Branchlets  puberulent,  soon  glabrous R.  praecox. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1019 

Leaves  oval,  not  lobed;  stamens  and  petals  unequal. 

R.  ovalifolium. 
Leaves  oblong  or  cuneate. 

Leaves  cuneate R.  cuneifolium. 

Leaves  oblong R.  incertum. 

Ribes  albifolium  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  12.  pi.  232.  1802;  418. 
Rebis  discolor  Spach,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  II.  4:  28.  1835. 

Apparently  very  similar  to  R.  macrobotrys;  leaves  smaller,  less 
lobed,  more  regularly  and  sharply  serrate,  and  more  abundantly 
pilose-strigillose  beneath;  racemes  4-7  cm.  long  in  flower;  pedicels 
3-4  mm.  long;  flowers  5-6  mm.  long,  scarcely  glandular;  petals 
roundish  but  clawed,  about  as  long  as  the  filaments  of  the  fertile 
anthers. — R.  hirtum  HBK.,  419,  found  as  near  as  Ecuador,  has  more 
tubular  flowers  and  the  petals  are  nearly  as  long  as  the  stamens. 
Neg.  29708. 

Huanuco:  Tambo  Nuevo,  near  Mufia,  and  at  Marainiyoc,  near 
Vitoc,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. 

Ribes  bolivianum  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  759.  1905;  409. 

Branchlets  subglabrous  except  for  short-stipitate  glands;  leaves 
entire  or  obscurely  3-lobed,  to  6  cm.  long,  4  cm.  wide,  commonly 
deeply  cordate  at  the  base,  white-pubescent  beneath;  petioles  3  cm. 
long,  tomentose  and  subsessile-glandular;  staminate  racemes  to  10 
cm.  long,  tomentose,  the  pedicels  scarcely  1  mm.  long,  the  bractlets 
2-3  times  as  long;  flowers  minute,  shallow-campanulate;  petals 
oblong-obovate,  little  exceeded  by  the  equally  inserted  stamens,  the 
anthers  nectar-bearing;  pistillate  flowers  similar,  but  the  smaller 
petals  more  obovate;  fruit  to  9  mm.  long,  distinctly  pedicellate. — A 
vigorous  shrub  to  2  meters  high.  The  Gay  specimen  has  leaves 
softly  white-pilose  beneath.  R.  andicola  Jancz.,  411,  of  the  northern 
Andes,  scarcely  differs  unless  in  the  often  glandular  ovary  and  the 
smaller  leaves  with  more  than  3  lobes;  the  Peruvian  plant  is  perhaps 
better  treated  as  a  variety.  Neg.  27342. 

Puno:  Cuyoengo,  Prov.  Sandia,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer. 
Nahuelbuta,  Gay. — Cuzco:  Paso  de  Tres  Cruces,  3,700  meters, 
Pennell  13910.  Bolivia. 

Ribes  brachybotrys  (Wedd.)  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  759. 
1905;  404.  R.  viscosum  R.  &  P.  var.  brachybotrys  Wedd.  Chlor. 
And.  2:  216.  1857.  R.  sucheziense  Jancz.  op.  cit.  8.  1906(?). 

Branchlets  reddish  gray,  sparsely  roughened  with  short-stipitate 
glands;  leaves  crowded,  paler  beneath,  rotund,  1.5-3  cm.  wide,  3- 


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lobed,  finely  serrate,  bullate-rugulose  and  glabrous  above  or  with  a 
few  evanescent,  scattered,  stipitate  glands,  beneath  minutely  pilose 
and  slightly  glandular,  the  nerves  and  veins  prominent;  racemes 
about  1  cm.  long,  little  glandular  but  densely  pilose;  flowers  sub- 
sessile,  few,  small;  stamens  and  petals  subequal;  style  merely  bifid. 
—R.  Pentlandi  Britton,  403,  Bolivian,  has  leaves  broadly  flabellate, 
obscurely  if  at  all  trilobed.  The  flowers,  at  least  sometimes,  are 
perfect,  on  which  basis  Janczewski  proposed  R.  sucheziense,  but 
apparently  the  type  of  R.  brachybotrys  may  have  fertile  stamens, 
persisting  on  the  young  fruits.  The  type  of  the  former  is  Weberbauer 
1006,  in  rocks  at  4,500  meters,  at  Suchez,  Bolivia,  near  Puno,  Peru. 
Negs.  4161  (R.  sucheziense),  34648. 

Puno:  Peninsula  Copacabana,  Lake  Titicaca,  3,900  meters, 
Weddell,  type.  Near  Puno,  very  common,  4,000  meters,  Soukup  65. 
Orurillo,  Soukup  560.  Have,  Soukup  561. — Cuzco:  La  Raya,  4,400 
meters,  dry  cliff,  Pennell  13518.  Bolivia. 

Ribes  cuneifolium  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  13.  pi.  233.  1802;  425. 

A  small,  densely  branched  shrub,  more  or  less  densely  or  usually 
sparsely  stipitate-  or  subsessile-glandular;  leaves  glabrous,  lustrous, 
broadly  cuneate  or  deltoid,  obscurely  3-lobed,  crenate,  rarely  12 
mm.  long,  sometimes  10  mm.  wide  at  the  subtruncate  apex;  flowers 
few,  minute,  reddish;  petals  subcuneate,  slightly  exceeding  the  sub- 
sessile  stamens;  fruit  reddish,  glabrous,  about  5  mm.  thick,  sessile; 
bractlets  ciliate.— Neg.  27343. 

Junin:  La  Juntai,  4,700  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  22070.  La  Oroya, 
Isern  2242.  Diezmo,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type.  Rio  Blanco,  4,500  meters, 
among  rocks  on  subalpine  slopes,  2982. — Apurimac;  Above  Sanaica, 
3,800  meters,  Weberbauer  7176. 

Ribes  elegans  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  761.  1905;  420. 

Rather  similar  to  R.  albifolium;  leaves  about  4  cm.  long,  3.5  cm. 
wide,  3-lobed,  subcordate  at  the  base,  pubescent  beneath  on  the 
nerves,  the  densely  pubescent  petioles  1.5  cm.  long;  staminate  ra- 
cemes pendent,  6-20  cm.  long,  sparsely  stipitate-glandular;  pedicels 
3-6  mm.  long,  exceeding  the  linear  bractlets;  flowers  tubular,  scarlet, 
yellow  within,  the  sepals  twice  as  long  as  the  receptacle;  petals  nearly 
rotund,  scarcely  longer  than  the  filaments  and  inserted  at  the  same 
height;  anthers  without  nectaries. — The  leaves  at  flowering  time 
are  much  smaller;  the  cinereous-pubescent,  pendent  racemes  are 
essentially  eglandular.  Neg.  4151. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1021 

Huanuco:  Southwest  of  Monzon,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer 
3306,  type. 

Ribes  hirticaule  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8: 115.  1930. 

Stems  long-rusty-hirsute,  scarcely  glandular,  with  minute,  white 
hairs  intermixed;  stipules  conspicuous,  long-ciliate,  about  1  cm.  long; 
petioles  to  4  cm.  long;  blades  cordate-ovate,  3-lobed  and  irregularly 
serrate,  mostly  about  10  cm.  long  and  slightly  wider,  glabrate  above 
or  sparsely  pubescent  with  minute,  white  hairs  and  a  few  longer, 
rusty  ones,  paler  beneath  and  cinereous-pubescent,  especially  on  the 
nerves,  the  lobes  acute  or  subacuminate;  racemes  10-15  cm.  long, 
conspicuously  bracted;  pedicels  3-5  mm.  long;  bractlets  about  3  mm. 
long;  flowers  fiery  red,  like  the  pedicels  cinereous-pubescent,  5-6  mm. 
long,  tubular-campanulate;  sepals  acute;  petals  oblong,  1  mm.  long, 
in  the  pistillate  flower,  inserted  with  and  equaling  the  stamens;  ovary 
densely  glandular-hirsute. — Perhaps  only  an  extraordinarily  reddish- 
hirsute  variety  of  R.  macrobotrys,  but  it  lacks  the  stipitate  glands, 
and  the  petals  are  larger. 

Ayacucho:  Evergreen  shrub-wood,  Putis,  Choimacota  Valley, 
3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  7529,  type. 

Ribes  incarnatum  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  215.  1857;  432. 

Nearly  glabrous  except  for  the  sparsely  pubescent  racemes;  leaves 
crowded,  ovate  or  oblong,  3-lobed  or  subentire,  unequally  and  acutely 
serrate,  3-5  cm.  long,  the  nerves  beneath  and  petioles  pubescent; 
racemes  5-12  cm.  long,  pendent,  pubescent  and  sparsely  glandular- 
pilose;  bracts  lanceolate,  5  mm.  long,  glandular-ciliate  like  the  (half 
as  long)  pedicels;  flowers  campanulate,  short-pedicellate,  carmine; 
stamens  inserted  below  the  narrowly  obovate,  minute  petals;  recep- 
tacle 5  mm.  long,  puberulent;  fruit  glandular-pilose. 

Cuzco :  Cordillera  de  Santa  Ana,  Weddell,  type. 

Ribes  incertum  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  116.  1930. 

Nearly  glabrous  throughout,  the  branchlets  short,  numerous; 
leaves  terminally  congested,  broadly  oblong,  apparently  sessile, 
scarcely  or  not  at  all  narrowed  at  the  apex,  shortly  and  obtusely 
denticulate,  obscurely  3-nerved  beneath;  racemes  greatly  reduced, 
the  1-3  greenish  yellow,  campanulate,  rotate,  short-pedicellate  flowers 
not  at  all  stipitate-glandular,  minutely  pulverulent;  sepals  scarcely 
acutish;  petals  oblong  or  oblong-spatulate,  almost  1  mm.  long,  un- 
equally (always?)  inserted,  not  exceeded  by  the  conspicuous  anthers. 


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Ancash:  In  slide  rock,  4,200  meters,  Pomopampa,  east  of  Huaraz, 
2493,  type.  Cordillera  de  Pelagatos,  4,600  meters,  Weberbauer  7226, 

Ribes  macrobotrys  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  12.  pi.  232.  1802;  437. 
Rebis  macrobotrys  Spach,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  II.  4:  27.  1835. 

Branchlets  flexuous,  lustrous,  glabrous;  petioles  3-4.5  cm.  long, 
setose-glandular,  at  least  at  the  dilated  base;  blades  deeply  cordate, 
broadly  ovate,  3-lobed,  the  middle  lobe  conspicuously  longer  than 
the  spreading  lateral  ones,  all  incised  or  coarsely  toothed,  the  obtuse 
teeth  apiculate-calloused-serrate,  paler  beneath,  slightly  pilose  only 
on  the  nerves,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  to  10  cm.  long,  7-8  cm. 
wide;  racemes  stipitate-glandular  and  pilose,  to  20  cm.  long;  pedicels 
4  mm.  long,  typically  exceeding  the  nearly  linear  bracts,  soon  much 
longer;  ovary  densely  glandular;  calyx  sparsely  glandular  and  pilose; 
petals  oblong,  only  equaling  the  filaments  of  the  fertile  anthers.— 
Flowers  8-9  mm.  long.  Negs.  4157,  29710,  29711. 

Huanuco:  Tambo  de  Vaca,  3,900  meters,  among  bushes,  4418; 
slender  shrub  of  1-3  meters;  flowers  red  outside,  yellow  within. 
Huasa-huasi,  Dombey;  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type. — Junin:  Tarma,  Isern 
2349.  Camino  de  Vitoc  a  los  altos  de  Palca,  Isern  2156  (more 
glandular). 

Ribes  macrostachyum  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  292. 1906; 413. 

Branches  and  petioles  more  or  less  glandular-hispid ;  leaves  large, 
to  12  cm.  wide,  more  or  less  5-lobed,  coarsely  dentate  and  denticu- 
late, cordate  at  the  base,  glabrous  or  nearly  so  except  for  minute 
hairs  or  glands;  pistillate  racemes  to  15  cm.  long,  glandular-pubes- 
cent; bracts  linear,  6  mm.  long;  pedicels  1.5-2  mm.  long,  equaled 
by  the  linear  bractlets;  flowers  small,  apparently  turbinate,  very 
pubescent;  sepals  2.5  times  as  long  as  broad;  petals  apparently  con- 
chiform,  exceeding  the  small,  nectariferous  anthers;  ovary  densely 
pubescent. — A  shrub  with  large,  thin  leaves;  perhaps  a  shade  form 
of  R.  viscosum.  Neg.  27348. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 

Ribes  ovalifolium  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  761.  1905;  426. 

Young  shoots  eglandular;  leaves  ovate  or  subelliptic,  almost  un- 
divided or  with  2  obscurely  developed  lateral  lobes,  truncate  or 
rounded  at  the  base,  subglabrous,  not  glandular,  to  3.5  cm.  long,  2.5 
cm.  wide,  often  smaller;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long;  pistillate  racemes 
2-3-flowered,  the  rachis  pubescent;  bractlets  lanceolate,  2-3  mm. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1023 

long;  flowers  subsessile,  often  tetramerous  or  hexamerous,  reddish 
brown,  slightly  pubescent;  petals  narrow,  twice  as  long  as  the  minute 
anthers;  berry  globose,  puberulent.— Compared  by  the  author  with 
R.  cuneifolium,  but  lacking  the  glands  of  that  species.    Neg.  4159. 
Ancash:  Above  Ocros,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  2771,  type. 

Ribes  Pentlandi  Britton,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  3,  pt.  3:  26. 
1893;  403. 

Leaf  blades  coriaceous,  glabrous  but  densely  glandular  with  ses- 
sile glands,  obovate,  obscurely  if  at  all  3-lobed,  rounded  or  subcuneate 
at  the  base,  about  2.5  cm.  long  and  wide;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long; 
flowers  (staminate)  about  10;  bracts  3  mm.  long;  bractlets  1  mm. 
long;  pedicels  obsolete;  sepals  1.5  times  as  long  as  broad,  ligulate; 
petals  conchiform,  equaling  the  stamens;  style  biparted;  ovary 
glandular,  the  glabrous  berry  4  mm.  thick. — Near  R.  brachybotrys, 
but  differing  in  the  parted  style  and  in  the  form  of  the  leaves.  The 
Peruvian  locality  is  not  given  by  Janczewski.  Neg.  27351. 

Lima:  San  Mateo  (Mathews,  fide  Britton).    Bolivia. 

Ribes  peruvianum  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  759.  1905;  407. 

Apparently  scarcely  distinguishable  from  R.  Dombeyanum  but, 
according  to  the  author,  the  leaves  truncate  or  subcordate  at  the 
base  and  verruculose,  the  bracts  narrower,  3-4  mm.  long,  0.75  mm. 
wide,  the  racemes  (staminate)  denser,  the  pedicels  only  1.5  mm.  long. 
—Two  varieties  were  distinguished :  var.  maius,  leaves  large,  anthers 
oblong;  and  var.  minus,  leaves  2.5  cm.  wide  and  long,  scarcely  lobed, 
the  anthers  roundish. 

Ancash:  Prov.  Huari,  Weberbauer  3777.  Tallenga,  Weberbauer 
2851  e. — Huanuco:  Tantamayo,  Prov.  Huamalies,  Weberbauer  3728; 
Mathews.  Huariaca,  2,850  meters,  3092,  a  shrub  of  1.5  meters;  Sa- 
wada  P80. — Lima:  Near  San  Marcos,  3,000  meters,  Raimondi.— 
Cajamarca:  Between  Magdalena  and  Contumaya,  3,100  meters, 
Weberbauer  7221. 

Ribes  praecox  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  116.  1930. 

Branches  tortuous,  obscurely  pulverulent,  finally  glabrous  and 
lustrous;  leaves  few,  appearing  with  the  flowers,  more  or  less  densely 
glandular  with  yellow,  sessile  glands,  especially  beneath,  there  also 
minutely  puberulent,  rugulose-reticulate  above,  denticulate,  more 
or  less  broadly  3-lobed,  ovate-rotund,  apparently  about  1  cm. 
long;  racemes  ashy-pulverulent,  minutely  glandular  with  sessile 
glands,  1-1.5  cm.  long;  bracts  2  mm.  long,  scarcely  equaled 


1024  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

by  the  pedicels,  the  bractlets  1  mm.  long;  flowers  greenish 
yellow,  short-campanulate,  3-3.5  mm.  long,  the  sepals  strongly 
reflexed;  petals  distinctly  obovate,  1.5  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the 
equally  inserted  stamens  (staminate  flowers). — R.  Weddellianum 
Jancz.,  402,  of  Ecuador,  similar  to  this  and  R.  brachybotrys,  has 
eglandular  leaves. 

Huanuco:  Shrubby  trees  on  rocks,  fences,  and  cliffs,  2,100  meters, 
Llata,  2251,  type. 

Ribes  viscosum  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  13.  1802.  R.  glandulosum 
R.  &  P.  op.  cit.  13.  pL  233,  non  Grauer,  1784.  Coreosma  Dombeyana 
Spach,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  II.  4:  25.  1835.  R.  Dombeyanum  Spach  ex 
Jancz.  Me"m.  Soc.  Phys.  Hist.  Nat.  Geneve  35:  408.  1907. 

Younger  branches  lustrous,  at  first  sparsely  stipitate-glandular; 
petioles  and  rachis  densely  stipitate-glandular  and  puberulent,  the 
petioles  2-4  cm.  long,  the  rachis  5-8  cm.  long,  laxly  flowered;  blades 
rotund-cordate,  about  4  cm.  wide  and  long  or  larger,  distinctly  3- 
lobed  or  rarely  with  2  additional,  obscurely  developed,  spreading 
lobes  near  the  base,  doubly  serrulate,  the  secondary  teeth  fine, 
sparsely  glandular  above,  soon  glabrous,  beneath  paler,  asperulous, 
especially  on  the  3  principal  nerves  and  rather  prominent  veins; 
racemes  pendent,  the  yellowish  flowers  soon  recurving  on  the  elon- 
gating pedicels,  these  finally  about  equaled  by  the  glandular-dentate 
bractlets,  those  5-6  mm.  long;  ovary  sparsely  stipitate-glandular; 
calyx  slightly  pilose,  4  mm.  long;  stamens  and  obovate-roundish 
petals  subequal. — Description  from  the  type  of  R.  Dombeyanum.  R. 
andicolum  Jancz.,  411,  widely  distributed  north  of  Peru,  if  sought 
here,  is  mentioned  under  R.  bolivianum.  No  specimen  of  R.  viscosum 
R.  &  P.  was  found  at  Madrid.  Spach  interpreted  the  Dombey  mate- 
rial at  Paris,  from  the  type  locality,  Tarma,  as  viscosum,  which  he 
cited  in  synonymy  and  wrote  the  name  on  the  sheet.  In  spite  of  the 
fact  that  R.  viscosum  is  described  as  having  5-lobed,  strongly  veined 
leaves,  it  seems  probable  that  it  is  mature  material  of  R.  glandulosum. 
Ruiz  and  Pavon  described  the  fruit  as  small  and  purplish,  and  stated 
that  R.  glandulosum  came  from  Tarma.  The  Madrid  sheet  of  R. 
glandulosum  purports  to  be  from  "Chili,"  but,  as  Janczewski  remarks, 
it  has  not  been  found  there  since.  Its  racemes  are  as  much  as  5  cm. 
long;  leaves  obscurely  3-lobed;  petioles  stipitate-glandular;  branch- 
lets  glabrate.  Neg.  27344. 

Junin:  Tarma,  Dombey;  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  Camino  de  Tarma  a  La 
Oroya,  Isern  2259. — Lima:  Between  San  Marcos  and  Hupioc,  3,000 
meters,  Raimondi. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1025 

Ribes  Weberbaueri  Jancz.  Bull.  Acad.  Cracov.  763.  1905;  435. 

Branches  glandular-setose;  blades  3-5-divided,  deeply  dentate, 
glandular-setulose,  only  1.5  cm.  long  and  broad,  cordate  at  the  base; 
petioles  1  cm.  long;  pistillate  racemes  pendent,  4-5  cm.  long,  lax, 
glandular-pubescent;  bracts  persistent,  ovate-lanceolate,  6  mm. 
long;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  bractlets  1-1.5  mm.  long;  flowers 
tubular,  reddish,  glandular;  petals  narrowly  obovate,  inserted  above 
the  subsessile,  nectariferous  anthers;  berry  red,  glandular-hispid.— 
R.  Lehmannii  Jancz.,  of  Ecuador,  436,  similar,  has  even  smaller, 
obovate-cuneate  leaves  that  are  undivided.  Neg.  4163. 

Cajamarca:  In  rocks  northwest  of  Hualgayoc,  3,700  meters, 
Weberbauer  4064,  type. 

3.  ESCALLONIA  Mutis 
Stereoxylon  R.  &  P. 

Flowers  5-parted;  ovary  2-3-celled,  with  4-6  parietal  placentae; 
style  1;  capsule  completely  septicidal. — Shrubs  and  trees  of  some 
local  importance,  especially  E.  pendula  and  the  "chachacoma,"  E. 
resinosa,  commonly  planted  even  to  an  altitude  of  3,400  meters 
(Weberbauer).  The  red  heartwood  yields  a  crimson  and  violet  dye 
(Ruiz  &  Pawn);  the  trunks  are  used  for  fuel  (Hen era}.  The  latter 
authority  records  that  the  tree  is  attacked  by  the  larva  of  a  lepi- 
dopterous  insect  called  "huaittampu,"  which  is  eaten  toasted  and  is 
sold  in  the  markets  of  Cuzco.  Ruiz  and  Pavon  wrote  the  native 
name  as  above,  but  others  have  varied  the  vowels,  notably  as  "cha- 
chacuma."  Beside  the  following,  E.  pulverulenta  (R.  &  P.)  Pers., 
Chilean,  marked  by  a  parted  style  with  reniform  stigmas,  has  been 
recorded,  probably  in  error;  cf.  E.  pendula. 

Flowers  few  to  many,  terminal. 
Flowers  racemose. 

Racemes  2-4-flowered E.  salicifolia. 

Racemes  several-many-flowered. 

Flowers  about  6  mm.  long,  or  longer;  filaments  elongate. 

Branchlets  glabrous  or  pulverulent E.  pendula. 

Branchlets  densely  glandular-hirsute E.  Herrerae. 

Flowers  4-5  mm.  long;  filaments  very  short.  .E.  Atahuallpae. 
Flowers  panicled. 

Disk  of  the  flower  conic. 

Pedicels  6-10  mm.  long E.  piurensis. 

Pedicels  short E.  cuneifolia. 


1026  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Disk  pulvinate;  pedicels  short. 

Leaves  evanescently  glandular  toward  the  subsessile  base, 
about  1  cm.  wide,  often  narrower. 

E.  resinosa,  E.  Mandoni,  E.  angustifolia. 
Leaves  obscurely  or  not  at  all  glandular,  about  2  cm.  wide, 

the  petiole  well  defined. 
Inflorescence  glabrous  or  glabrate. 

Panicle  branches  ascending;  leaves  firm.  .  .E.  paniculata. 
Panicle  branches  widely  divaricate;  leaves  chartaceous. 

E.  Pilgeriana. 

Inflorescence  tomentulose E.  micrantha. 

Flowers  solitary. 

Leaves  glabrous  or  essentially  so. 

Leaves  mostly  1  cm.  long  or  longer,  obovate;  branchlets  often 

short,  stout. 
Branchlets  little  or  not  at  all  tortuous. 

E.  patens,  E.  myrtilloides. 

Branchlets  elongating,  tortuous E.  tortuosa. 

Leaves  mostly  shorter  than  1  cm.,  scarcely  obovate;  branchlets 

slender E.  corymbosa. 

Leaves  glandular-pubescent,  linear-revolute E.  poliifolia. 

Escallonia  angustifolia  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  47.  1831. 

Young  branches  spreading,  angled,  covered  by  exuding  resin; 
leaves  subcoriaceous,  glabrous,  concolorous,  glandular-punctate, 
reticulate-veined,  linear-lanceolate,  obtuse,  callous-serrulate,  nar- 
rowed at  the  base  to  the  short,  glandular  petiole,  4-6  cm.  long,  7 
mm.  wide;  panicle  compound,  many-flowered,  little  longer  than  the 
leaves;  pedicels  spreading,  angulate,  glabrous;  capsule  nodding,  ovoid, 
glabrous,  tipped  by  the  elongate  style,  the  stigma  capitate-peltate. 
— Compare  E.  resinosa,  but  apparently  distinguished  by  Mattfeld. 

Tacna:  Tacna  and  Arica,  Raimondi  (det.  Mattfeld). — Arequipa: 
Banos  de  Yura,  Raimondi  (det.  Mattfeld). — Without  locality: 
Haenke  (photo,  of  type,  Mus.  Nat.  Pragae  991). 

Escallonia  Atahuallpae  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  23.  1931. 

A  tree  10-12  meters  high,  with  conspicuously  exfoliating  branches, 
the  branchlets  granular- tomentose;  leaves  lanceolate,  cuneate  at  each 
end,  acute,  minutely  and  densely  denticulate,  glabrate  or  glabrous, 
sessile  or  subsessile,  to  about  10  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  wide;  racemes  pend- 
ent, terminal,  simple,  10  cm.  long,  sparsely  glandular;  bracts  setaceous, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1027 

3-5  mm.  long;  pedicels  4  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  triangular,  acute, 
scarcely  2  mm.  long;  petals  erect,  oblong,  3  mm.  long,  equaled  by 
the  style,  this  with  a  peltate  stigma;  anthers  nearly  2.5  mm.  long, 
much  exceeding  the  nearly  obsolete  filaments. — Aberrant  in  the 
genus  by  reason  of  the  reduced  filaments,  but,  as  Dr.  Jose"  Cuatre- 
casas  has  suggested  to  me,  perhaps  a  heterostylous  form  of  E.  pendula. 
Ancash:  Gravelly  river  valley,  900  meters,  Tambo  de  Paricota, 
2541,  type. 

Escallonia  corymbosa  (R.  &  P.)  Pers.  Syn.  1:  234.  1805. 
Stereoxylon  corymbosum  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  14.  pi.  234.  1802.  E. 
hypsophila  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37: 412. 1906(7).  E.  adscendens  Rusby, 
Mem.  Torrey  Club  6:  32.  1896. 

A  compact,  densely  branched,  spreading  shrub  or  small  tree,  the 
branchlets  many,  appressed-ascending,  little  tortuous,  exfoliating 
and  scarred  below  the  tips;  leaves  subentire  or  obscurely  denticulate, 
glabrous,  lustrous,  evenose  above,  dull  and  paler  beneath,  somewhat 
petiolate  by  the  cuneate  base,  acutish,  elliptic  or  slightly  obovate, 
5-8  mm.  long,  3-4  mm.  wide;  pedicels  2  mm.  long;  receptacle  sub- 
glabrous,  to  3.5  mm.  high,  6  mm.  broad,  the  more  or  less  angled  tube 
equaled  by  the  narrowly  triangular,  acute,  obscurely  and  sparsely 
glandular  teeth;  petals  about  twice  as  long  as  the  sepals,  obovate- 
spatulate. — Perhaps  not  distinct  from  E.  myrtilloides.  Neg.  4168. 

Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — Ancash:  Prov.  Cajatambo,  4,000 
meters,  Weberbauer  2889  (type  of  E.  hypsophila).  Catuc,  3,150 
meters,  2506. — Cuzco:  Raimondi  (det.  Mattfeld).  Monzon,  3,400 
meters,  Weberbauer  3720. — Ayacucho:  4,000  meters  (Pearce?). 
Totorabamba,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  5468.  Huanta,  3,400 
meters,  Weberbauer  7487. — Huanuco:  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Chasqui, 
along  stream,  3300;  shrub  1.5  meters  high;  petals  white.  Tambo  de 
Vaca,  3,900  meters,  4425;  about  4.5  meters  high;  the  common  tree 
of  the  uplands. — Moquehua:  Carumas,  near  brooks  on  grass  steppe, 
3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  7267. — Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavon 
29-93.  Bolivia.  "Siuba,"  "chacha,"  "fassta." 

Weberbauer  5468  was  determined  by  Killip  as  E.  virgata  (R.  &  P.) 
Pers.,  Chilean,  with  narrower,  petiolate,  acute  leaves.  The  type  of 
the  Rusby  species  is  Mandon  603,  Bolivian,  referred  (in  herb.)  by 
Engler  to  E.  myrtilloides.  Rusby  associated  with  it  the  Pearce  col- 
lection cited  above. 

Escallonia  cuneifolia  (R.  &  P.)  Roem.  &  Schult.  Syst.  5:  328. 
1819.  Stereoxylon  cuneifolium  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  16.  pi.  238.  1802. 


1028  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Apparently  similar  to  E.  piurensis,  having  a  high-conic  floral 
disk,  but  the  leaves  larger,  serrate,  thick-veined,  paler  beneath; 
corymbs  hirsute;  bractlets  ovate;  calyx  teeth  minute;  capsule  tur- 
binate,  truncate. — Type  not  seen.  The  Weberbauer  specimen  has 
leaves  minutely  serrulate,  about  5  cm.  long,  1.5  cm.  wide,  the  close 
panicles  puberulent  only,  but  densely  sessile-tuberculate-glandular, 
like  the  calyces.  Since  the  plates  of  this  genus  in  the  Flora  Peruviana 
are  poor,  this  collection  may  possibly  represent  the  Ruiz  and  Pavon 
species.  The  disk  is  distinctly  conic. 

Huanuco:  Chinchao  (Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type).  Southwest  of  Mon- 
zon,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3410(1}. 

Escallonia  Herrerae  Mattf.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
748.  1929. 

Similar  to  E.  pendula,  but  at  once  distinguished  by  the  dense 
and  long  pubescence  of  reddish,  gland-tipped  hairs  on  the  younger 
branches;  also  the  lower  peduncles  are  2-4-  rather  than  1-flowered. 
— As  in  E.  pendula  R.  &  P.,  the  receptacle  is  free  above  and  cup- 
shaped,  with  a  rim  about  1  mm.  high,  a  structure  similar  to  that 
found  in  Ribes  (Mattf eld).  Neg.  4171. 

Apurimac:  Mollepata,  2,750  meters,  Herrera  1237,  type.  Prov. 
Abancai,  Raimondi. — Without  locality,  Gay.  "Pauca." 

Escallonia  Mandoni  Britton,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  3,  pt.  3: 
25.  1893. 

Glabrous,  the  reddish  young  branches  wing-angled;  leaves  sub- 
sessile,  oblanceolate,  acute  or  obtuse,  tapering  to  the  base,  slightly 
revolute,  minutely  serrulate,  paler  and  reticulate- veined  beneath, 
2.5-4  cm.  long,  at  boul  cm.  wide;  panicles  leafy  at  the  base,  2-3  cm. 
long  and  broad;  bracts  linear;  peduncles  and  pedicels  acutely  wing- 
angled,  the  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long;  calyx  tube  2  mm.  long,  5  mm. 
wide,  the  small  teeth  obtuse;  petals  thick,  6  mm.  long;  filaments  and 
style  2  mm.  long. — Var.  microphylla  Herzog,  Med.  Rijks  Herb.  27: 
89.  1915,  has  smaller  leaves,  more  nervose  beneath,  the  inflorescence 
very  short.  Type  referred  by  Engler  (in  herb.)  to  E.  resinosa,  and 
the  differences  not  apparent,  but  Mattfeld,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Ber- 
lin 10:  750.  1929,  accepts  it  as  a  valid  species. 

Cuzco:  Without  locality,  Diehl  2530.    Bolivia. 

Escallonia  micrantha  Mattf.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
747.  1929. 

Branches  little  angled;  leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  cuneate-atten- 
uate  at  the  base,  obtuse,  6-14  cm.  long,  1.5-3  cm.  wide,  entire,  puber- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1029 

ulent  beneath  and  on  the  nerves  above;  panicle  terminal,  many- 
flowered;  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long,  the  filiform  bracts  about  as  long; 
petals  white,  only  3  mm.  long;  style  sometimes  deeply  divided,  the 
2  stigmas  broadly  reniform;  disk  plane,  pulvinate. — Neg.  4173. 
Allied  to  E.  pulverulenta  (R.  &  P.)  Pers.  and  E.  millegrana  Griseb., 
Chilean,  the  latter  with  larger  flowers  and  dentate  leaves,  the  former 
with  racemose  flowers.  By  Killip  (in  herb.)  referred  toE.  paniculata, 
which,  however,  as  to  the  type  at  Madrid,  is  certainly  E.  floribunda 
var.,  as  determined  by  Mattfeld. 

Cajamarca:  Cascas,  2,000  meters,  Raimondi  7739,  type. — Piura: 
Between  Ayavaca  and  Rio  Quiros,  1,800  meters,  Weberbauer  6384. 
—Without  locality:  Weberbauer  6365,  6410.  "Chachacoma." 

Escallonia  myrtilloides  L.  f.  Suppl.  156.  1781. 

A  spreading  shrub  with  elongate,  straight  branches,  these  bearing 
approximate,  short,  leafy  flowering  branchlets;  leaves  cuneate-obo- 
vate,  barely  acutish,  obscurely  lustrous,  evenose  or  slightly  veined 
above,  mostly  9-12  mm.  long,  5  mm.  wide,  minutely  crenate-glan- 
dular  or  the  glands  wanting;  flowers  solitary,  more  or  less  nodding; 
calyx  glabrous  or  sparsely  sessile-glandular,  becoming  8  mm.  wide, 
the  entire  or  sparsely  glandular,  acuminate  teeth  3  mm.  long,  the 
spatulate-obovate  petals  6-7  mm.  long;  style  exserted  about  5  mm. 
from  the  fruiting  calyx. — Compare  the  closely  related  E.  patens,  E. 
tortuosa,  and  E.  corymbosa.  The  following  material  perhaps,  in  part 
at  least,  belongs  elsewhere.  The  Raimondi  specimens  were  deter- 
mined by  Mattfeld.  Illustrated,  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  pi.  71. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Nancho,  Raimondi. — Amazonas:  Chacha- 
poyas,  Weberbauer  2874- — Ancash:  At  3,600  meters,  Raimondi. — 
Huanuco:  Ambo,  Ruiz  &  Pawn. — Arequipa:  Raimondi. — Junin: 
Raimondi.  Huancayo,  Raimondi. — Apurimac:  Raimondi. — Without 
locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  29-92.  Bolivia  to  Venezuela.  "Chacha- 
como,"  "fassta,"  "tassta." 

Escallonia  paniculata  (R.  &  P.)  Roem.  &  Schult.  Syst.  5:  328. 
1819.  Stereoxylon  paniculatum  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3: 16.  pi.  238. 1802. 

Branchlets  reddish,  angled,  resinous- viscous;  blades  at  first  vis- 
cous, especially  above,  venose,  dull,  nearly  oblong,  very  minutely 
serrulate,  acuminate  at  each  end,  about  10  cm.  long,  3.5  cm.  wide; 
petioles  1-2  cm.  long;  flowers  racemose-paniculate;  calyx  teeth  re- 
duced to  calluses;  pedicels,  calyx,  and  petals  only  2  mm.  long;  disk 
pulvinate. — E.  Bridgesii  Rusby,  Bolivian,  has  a  puberulent  inflores- 
cence. Var.  floribunda  (HBK.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  (E.  floribunda 


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HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  3:  297. 1819)  has  smaller,  more  obtuse  leaves 
and  denser  inflorescence  with  larger  flowers,  the  petals  3.5  mm.  long. 
E.  caracasana  HBK.,  to  which  the  type  in  Madrid  has  been  referred 
by  Mattfeld  (asE.  floribunda  var.  caracasana  Engler),  seems,  indeed, 
to  be  the  same  except  that  the  flowers  of  the  Ruiz  and  Pavon  plant, 
as  to  the  type,  appear  to  be  smaller.  In  any  case,  the  Ruiz  and  Pavon 
name  is  earlier.  Neg.  29706. 

Huanuco:  Iscutunam,  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Cajamarca: 
Ayavaca,  Humboldt,  type  of  the  variety.  Tambillo,  Jelski  312.— 
Without  locality:  Weberbauer  7162,  6391.  Colombia. 

Escallonia  patens  (R.  &  P.)  Killip,  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  19: 
192.  1929.  Stereoxylon  patens  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3: 13.  pi.  234.  1802. 

Shortly  and  stoutly  branched,  densely  leafy;  leaves  cuneate- 
obovate,  mostly  (10)  15-20  mm.  long,  slightly  lustrous  to  distinctly 
venose  above,  glandular-serrulate;  branches,  calyces,  and  fruit  densely 
glandular;  calyx  10-15  mm.  wide,  or  wider  in  fruit,  the  lobes  5-6  mm. 
long,  from  a  broad  base,  densely  sessile-glandular. — Style  exserted 
from  the  fruiting  calyx  about  1  cm.  Description  from  Geneva  and 
Paris  specimens;  not  found  at  Madrid.  "This  has  been  compared  with 
E.  myrtilloides  L.  f .  from  the  northern  Andes,  but  is  certainly  distinct" 
(Killip) ;  but  he  gives  no  distinctive  characters  and  Engler  saw  none. 
Negs.  34244,  34669. 

Prov.  Huanta:  Tambo,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  5585  (det. 
Killip). — Moquehua:  Carumas,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  7267  (det. 
Killip) . — Huanuco :  Mufia  and  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  "Tassta," 
"fassta." 

Escallonia  pendula  (R.  &  P.)  Pers.  Syn.  1:  235.  1805.  Stere- 
oxylon pendulum  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  16.  pi.  237.  1802. 

A  graceful,  slender  tree  with  erect-spreading  branches,  membra- 
naceous,  oblong-lanceolate,  acute,  minutely  serrulate  leaves,  and 
terminal,  simple,  pendulous  racemes  sometimes  30  cm.  long;  leaves 
to  20  cm.  long,  5  cm.  wide,  with  some  sessile  glands  along  the  costa, 
that  and  the  lateral  nerves  very  prominent  beneath;  racemes  gla- 
brous to  densely  pubescent,  the  pedicels  in  fruit  nearly  1  cm.  long; 
calyx  broadly  turbinate,  the  lobes  entire;  petals  linear-spatulate,  to 
7  mm.  long;  stigma  5-lobed;  capsule  globose. — A  Gunther  and  Buch- 
tien  specimen  with  leaves  pubescent  beneath  is  probably  var.  Hum- 
boldtiana  Engl.  A  tree  of  4.5-6  meters  ( Killip  &  Smith).  Neg.  4147. 
This  little  tree  with  pendent  flowers  is  a  beautiful  sight  when  in 
blossom;  its  resistant  wood  is  used  for  tool  handles  and  other  articles; 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1031 

its  leaves  are  covered  with  a  resin  that  is  applied,  crushed  as  a  poul- 
tice, to  sprains  (Ruiz  &  Pavon). 

Arequipa:  Mollendo,  Gunther  &  Buchtien  709  (det.  Bruns  as  E. 
pulverulenta).—Ayacucho:  Aina,  750-1,000  meters,  Killip  &  Smith 
23196. — Huanuco:  Muna,  Chaclla,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type;  Raimondi.— 
Cajamarca:  Cascas,  Raimondi  (var.  Humboldtiana) . — Apurimac: 
Hacienda  Cotahuadro,  at  2,600  meters,  Weberbauer  5837. — With- 
out locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  50-1,  2900;  Weberbauer  6987.  North  to 
Colombia.  "Pumachilca,"  "pauco." 

Escallonia  Pilgeriana  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  531. 1906. 

A  shrub  with  long,  pendulous  branches,  thin,  entire  leaves,  and 
small,  white  flowers  (3-4  mm.  long)  borne  in  loose,  pyramidal  inflores- 
cences about  10  cm.  long  and  8-9  cm.  wide;  otherwise  nearly  E.  pani- 
culata  HBK.,  but  the  very  open  inflorescence  is  distinctive,  with  no 
intermediate  forms  known. — Neg.  4175. 

Cuzco:  Urubamba  Valley,  1,800  meters,  Weberbauer  5061,  type. 

Escallonia  piurensis  Mattf.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10: 
749.  1929. 

A  plant  with  the  many-flowered  inflorescence  of  E.  paniculata, 
but  the  puberulent,  small  leaves,  entire  and  glandular-margined  (1-2 
cm.  long,  0.6-1  cm.  wide),  of  E.  myrtilloides.  It  is  thus  equivalent 
to  E.  resinosa,  but  the  leaf  glands  are  small  and  obscure  and  the  calyx 
is  narrowly  turbinate  and  angulate,  only  3  mm.  wide  at  the  throat; 
disk  narrow,  high.— Neg.  4176. 

Piura:  Huancabamba  to  Prov.  Jae"n,  Cajamarca,  Raimondi,  type. 

Escallonia  poliifolia  Hook.  Icon.  2:  pi.  114-  1837.  E.  macrantha 
Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  312.  1857. 

A  pubescent,  glutinous  shrub,  the  densely  leafy  flowering  branch- 
lets  5-7  cm.  long;  leaves  almost  glabrous  above,  densely  pubescent 
beneath,  rigid,  linear-oblong,  the  entire  margins  revolute,  2-5  cm. 
long,  3-4  mm.  wide;  flowers  solitary,  nodding,  on  pedicels  shorter 
than  the  leaves;  calyx  pubescent,  and  tuberculate  with  short,  hemi- 
spheric tubercles,  the  teeth  broadly  subulate;  petals  1  cm.  long,  4-5 
mm.  wide  at  the  apex,  spatulate,  exceeding  the  stamens,  these  equal- 
ing the  style. — Name  written  by  the  author  polifolia. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type.  Between  Cajamarca 
and  Chachapoyas,  3,350  meters,  Raimondi;  type  of  E.  macrantha. 


1032  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Escallonia  resinosa  (R.  &  P.)  Pers.  Syn.  1:  235.  1805.  Stereoxy- 
lon  resinosum  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  14.  pi.  235.  1802.  E.  multiflora 
Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  48.  pi.  57.  1831. 

Flowering  branches  virgate,  lustrous,  reddish,  angled,  with  many 
short  branchlets  bearing  crowded,  oblanceolate  leaves,  rounded  at 
the  apex;  blades  2-3  (-4)  cm.  long,  about  7  mm.  wide,  glaucous  be- 
neath, slightly  lustrous  and  venose  above,  glandular-margined,  the 
glands  caducous,  stipitate  toward  the  petiolar  base;  flowers  densely 
thyrsoid-paniculate;  calyx  glabrous,  5  mm.  wide  in  fruit,  the  teeth 
short;  petals  and  stamens  subequal,  about  5  mm.  long;  style  with  a 
peltate-lobate  stigma  scarcely  4  mm.  long. — Wood  very  durable  for 
use  in  the  ground  (Raimondi).  Neg.  29707. 

Cajamarca:  San  Miguel,  Weberbauer  3916.  Huaraz,  3,200  meters, 
Weberbauer  324-4- — Huanuco:  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type.  Mito,  2,700 
meters,  1556.  ^!mbo,  Dombey. — Without  locality,  Gay. — Lima:  Rio 
Blanco,  3,000-3,500  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  21693.  Viso,  2,700  me- 
ters, loose  soil  of  steep  canyon  sides,  562;  a  small  tree;  petals  white, 
the  anthers  orange-red.  Rio  Chillon,  above  Obrajillo,  3,200  meters, 
rocky  canyon,  Pennell  14-405. — Arequipa:  Raimondi. — Ayacucho: 
Below  Totorabamba,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5477. — Cuzco:  Rai- 
mondi. San  Sebastian,  3,400  meters,  rocky  canyon  slope,  Pennell 
13630;  a  tree  of  3-6  meters.  Near  Rio  Quencomayo,  below  Colqui- 
pata,  3,300  meters,  rocky,  brushy  slopes  and  banks,  Pennell  13785. 
Near  Cuzco,  3,200-3,500  meters,  Herrera  692.  Huariaca,  3,000  me- 
ters, 3125  (det.  Killip).  Bolivia.  "Chachas,"  "tiri  encarnado," 
"chachacoma,"  "chachacomo,"  "chachacuma." 

Escallonia  salicifolia  Mattf.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  10:  750. 
1929. 

Branches  erect,  little  angled,  evanescently  puberulent  or  gla- 
brous, often  verruculose-glandular,  with  many  short,  densely  leafy 
flowering  branchlets;  blades  narrowly  lanceolate,  2-3.5  cm.  long, 
4-8  mm.  wide,  acute,  cuneate  to  the  petiole,  this  only  1-2  mm.  long, 
the  margins,  especially  toward  the  apex,  minutely  serrulate  and 
puberulent,  the  leaf  otherwise  glabrous,  inconspicuously  veined; 
racemes  2-4-flowered;  flowers  pendent,  the  petals  about  12  mm.  long, 
inserted  with  the  filaments  (7  mm.  long)  on  a  disk,  slightly  longer 
than  the  peltate  style;  calyx  turbinate-subglobose,  the  strongly 
dilated,  cuplike  free  portion  about  7.5  mm.  broad,  the  lobes  5  mm. 
long,  broadly  triangular-subulate. — Neg.  4181.  Suggestive  of  the 
Chilean  species,  but  with  the  disk  of  E.  resinosa  and  relatives,  that 
is,  broad  and  plane,  cushion-like. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1033 

Arequipa:  Between  Monqui  and  Chavcona,  Raimondi,  type. 
Escallonia  tortuosa  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  3:  295.  1819. 

Glabrous,  with  spreading,  tortuous,  flexuous  branchlets;  leaves 
coriaceous,  dull  above  or  slightly  lustrous,  the  veins  faint,  mostly 
12  mm.  long,  6  mm.  wide,  obovate-cuneate,  acutish-crenate-serru- 
late,  with  sessile  glands  in  the  serrations;  calyx  lobes  glabrous,  short- 
glandular,  triangular-acute,  3  or  4  times  shorter  than  the  linear- 
spatulate  petals  and  the  calyx,  the  tube  hemispheric. — Seems  to  be 
referable  to  E.  myrtilloides,  or  a  variety  of  it.  The  type  at  Paris 
is  sterile;  it  is  more  openly  branched  than  E.  corymbosa  (as  to  type), 
with  larger  leaves,  but  lacks  the  numerous  small  branchlets,  the 
leafless  branches  being  very  tortuous. 

Peru:  Probably.    North  to  Colombia. 

4.  HYDRANGEA  L. 

Cornidia  R.  &  P.;  Sarcostyles  Presl. 

Reference:  Briquet,  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  20:  393-417. 
1919. 

Only  two  species  of  the  Hydrangeas  described  here  have,  in  part, 
petaloid  flowers,  H .  peruviana  and  H.  Weberbaueri,  the  former  dis- 
tinct by  the  coherence  of  its  petals,  the  latter  by  its  wine-red,  peta- 
loid sepals.  H.  peruviana,  in  spite  of  its  name,  is  apparently  known 
only  from  Ecuador,  where  collected  by  Tafalla.  Both  these  species, 
as  well  as  H.  Jelskii,  are  slender-stemmed,  scandent  shrubs  of  the 
montana  zone,  and  it  is  questionable  whether  the  other  species 
described  as  trees  are  described  correctly.  With  the  exception  of  H. 
tarapotensis  and  H.  Jelskii  with  1-3  usually  coherent,  subulate 
styles,  the  following  species  have  the  styles  thickened  in  age  and 
3-4  in  number,  except  those  species  with  petaloid  flowers,  which 
have  only  2  thickened  styles.  The  petals  are  4,  the  stamens  8.  Bri- 
quet, Compte  Rendu  Soc.  Phys.  Hist.  Nat.  Geneve  36:  38-43.  1919, 
valued  these  differences  properly  as  sectional  in  character,  relegating 
Cornidia,  still  maintained  by  some  students,  to  synonymy.  But  his 
species  concepts,  with  more  collections,  will  probably  prove  to  have 
been  too  finely  drawn.  Besides  the  species  listed  here,  Hydrangea 
opuloides  Koch,  called  "hortensia,"  a  native  of  China  and  Japan, 
often  is  planted  for  ornament,  on  account  of  its  showy,  white,  pink, 
or  blue  flowers. 


1034  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  stellate-pubescent  beneath,  sometimes  very  sparsely  so. 
Leaves  densely  stellate- tomentose;  styles  1-3,  subulate. H.  Jelskii. 
Leaves  sparsely  stellate-pubescent. 
Petaloid  flowers  none;  petals  free. 

Inflorescence  cymose-pseudo-umbellate;  styles  short,  thick- 
ened. 
Leaves  oblong-ovate-elliptic,   rarely   7   cm.   wide;  cymes 

dense. 
Leaves  suboblong,  acuminate,  finally  glabrous  above. 

H.  Sprucei. 

Leaves  obovate,  obtuse  or  apiculate,  somewhat  stellate- 
pubescent  above H.  Mathewsii. 

Leaves  broadly  elliptic,  6-10  cm.  wide;  cymes  lax. 

H.  Briquetii. 
Inflorescence  thyrsoid;  styles  almost  subulate,  2  mm.  long. 

H.  tarapotensis. 

Petaloid  flowers  present,  showy;  petals  coherent. .  H.  peruviana. 
Leaves  glabrous  beneath. 

Outer  flowers  radiate;  styles  2 H.  Weberbaueri. 

None  of  the  flowers  radiate;  styles  3-4. 

Filaments  1.5-2.5  mm.  long;  leaves  acuminate. 
Leaves  to  5  cm.  wide,  remotely  serrulate;  cymes  dense. 

H.  Preslii. 
Leaves  to  10  cm.  wide,  entire  or  undulate;  cymes  lax. 

H.  Briquetii. 
Filaments  0.5-1  mm.  long;  leaves  obtuse,  entire. 

H.  ecuadorensis. 

Hydrangea  Briquetii  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a:  207. 
1930.  Cornidia  umbellata  R.  &  P.  Syst.  91.  1798.  H.  umbellata  Briq. 
Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  20:  411.  1919. 

An  ample-leaved  shrub  or  small  tree  with  stellate-puberulent 
branchlets  and  inflorescences,  the  latter  umbellately  composed  of 
lax  cymes;  petioles  to  3  cm.  long;  blades  to  20  cm.  long,  half  as 
wide,  elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic,  caudate-acuminate,  obtuse  at  the 
base,  entire,  coriaceous,  lustrous  and  glabrous  above,  paler  and 
minutely  appressed-stellate-puberulent  beneath,  the  6-10  lateral 
nerves  beautifully  anastomosing;  pedicels  usually  0.5-4  mm.  long; 
sepals  and  petals  4,  the  sepals  0.4  mm.  high,  the  petals  1.5  mm. 
long;  filaments  2-2.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers  1  mm.  long;  styles  3, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1035 

about  1  mm.  long. — The  glabrous,  Chilean  H.  integerrima  (H.  &  A.) 
Engler,  to  which  Peruvian  material  has  sometimes  been  referred, 
has  persistent  stamens  and  3  free,  subulate  styles.  Neg.  8290. 

Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type. — Huanuco:  Chinchao, 
Ruiz  &  Pavon  12-10.  Pampayacu,  Sawada  P44.  Muna,  2,100 
meters,  3962. 

Hydrangea  ecuadorensis  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve 
20:  410.  1919. 

Branchlets  subglabrous;  blades  elliptic,  to  10  cm.  long,  1  cm. 
wide,  obtuse  or  very  shortly  acuminate,  entire  or  obscurely  undulate, 
obtuse  at  the  base,  coriaceous,  glabrous,  lustrous  above,  paler 
beneath,  the  7-10  lateral  nerves  prominent;  petioles  1-1.5  cm. 
long;  inflorescence  ample,  the  peduncle  conspicuously  enlarged, 
shortly  and  densely  appressed-stellate-pubescent;  cymes  equally  or 
subequally  umbellately  disposed,  the  primary  axes  to  4  cm.  long; 
flowers  subsessile,  all  fertile;  sepals  4,  ovate-obtuse,  4  mm.  long; 
petals  ovate-elliptic,  to  1.5  mm.  long;  stamens  8,  the  filaments  0.5-1 
mm.  long;  styles  3  or  4,  conspicuous,  finally  extrorse-curved ;  ovary 
3-4-celled;  capsule  1.5-2  mm.  long,  inconspicuously  nerved. — Sepa- 
rated by  the  author  from  H.  Preslii  because  of  its  umbellate 
instead  of  subspheric  inflorescence;  the  type,  Spruce  5058,  from  an 
unknown  locality,  presumably  Ecuador.  H.  Bangii  Rusby,  Bolivian, 
has  longer,  persistent  filaments  and  obovate,  emarginate  leaves. 
Neg.  27366. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador. 

Hydrangea  Jelskii  Szyszyl.  Rospr.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys.  Acad. 
Cracov.  29:  218.  1895. 

Younger  branchlets  and  leaves  beneath  rusty-stellate- tomentose; 
blades  elliptic-lanceolate,  little  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  or  rounded 
base,  acutish,  coriaceous,  subglabrous  above,  mostly  10-20  cm. 
long,  half  as  wide;  inflorescence  cymose,  the  peduncles  1-5  cm. 
long;  flowers  greenish,  2  mm.  long,  the  pedicels  half  as  long;  calyx 
teeth  triangular,  acutish;  petals  concave,  sessile  equaled  by  the  8 
glabrous  filaments;  styles  1-3,  short. — A  more  or  less  climbing 
shrub,  similar  to  H .  tarapotensis  in  the  form  of  the  inflorescence, 
but  the  narrower  leaves  densely  pubescent  beneath. 

Cajamarca:  Tambillo,  Jelski  332,  type;  Raimondi  (det.  Mansfeld). 
— Amazonas:  Molinopampa,  2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  4-385.  Near 
San  Carlos,  2,800  meters,  Weberbauer  7157. 


1036  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Hydrangea  Mathewsii  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  20: 
413.  1919. 

Branchlets  rusty-stellate- tomentose,  the  internodes  elongate; 
blades  obovate,  crenate-denticulate  toward  the  obtuse,  apiculate 
apex,  cuneate-linear  to  the  obtuse  or  subobtuse  base,  to  12  cm.  long 
and  half  as  wide,  coriaceous,  rugose,  sparsely  stellate-pubescent  above, 
more  or  less  rusty-tomentose  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  (about  10) 
prominent  on  both  sides;  petioles  1.5-2  cm.  long;  cymes  densely 
rusty-stellate-pubescent,  with  primary  axes  1-2  cm.  long,  the  pedicels 
to  3  mm.  long,  often  obsolete;  flowers  all  fertile;  sepals  and  petals  4, 
the  former  2-4  mm.  long,  the  latter  to  1.5  mm.  long;  stamens  8,  the 
filaments  1.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers  half  as  long;  styles  3,  to  2  mm. 
long. — Compare  H.  Jelskii.  Neg.  8291. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 

Hydrangea  peruviana  Moric.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4: 14.  1830.  Corni- 
dia  peruviana  Small,  N.  Amer.  Fl.  22: 161.  1905. 

Branchlets  tetragonous,  stipitately  rusty-stellate-tomentose,  the 
internodes  shorter  than  the  leaves;  petioles  to  1  cm.  long;  blades  ovate 
or  subovate  to  elliptic,  to  7.5  cm.  long,  4.5  cm.  wide,  obtuse  at  each 
end,  more  or  less  densely  stipitate-stellate-pubescent,  coriaceous, 
regularly  and  obtusely  serrate  or  crenate-dentate  above  the  middle, 
the  lateral  nerves  about  10,  impressed  above;  inflorescence  shortly 
rusty-tomentose,  8-12  cm.  broad;  fertile  pedicels  1-4  mm.,  the  sterile 
3  mm.  long;  fertile  flowers  small,  the  sepals  scarcely  0.1  mm.  high, 
the  petals  1.5  mm.  long;  stamens  and  2  styles  1  mm.  long;  sterile 
flowers  few,  the  petaloid  sepals  about  7-9  mm.  long. — The  type 
by  Ruiz  and  Pavon  from  "Guayaquil,"  actually  was  collected  by 
Tafalla.  Neg.  8036. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador. 

Hydrangea  Preslii  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  20:  409. 
1919.  Sarcostyles  peruviana  Presl  in  DC.  Prodr.  4:  16.  1830;  Rel. 
Haenk.  2:  54.  pi.  60.  1831. 

Similar  to  H.  ecuadorensis,  but  the  inflorescence  consisting  of 
6-9  rays,  the  shortest  only  1.5  cm.  long,  the  primary  axes  thus 
relatively  short;  otherwise,  from  description,  apparently  the  same 
as  Briquet's  species  and  quite  possibly  the  earlier  name. — The 
obscure  H.  serratifolia  (H.  &  A.)  Engler,  described  as  Chilean  but 
"thought  by  Phillipi  to  be  Peruvian"  (Engler),  has  elongate,  per- 
sistent stamens  and  conspicuously  dentate  leaves,  the  styles  subulate 
as  in  H.  tarapotensis  but  free. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1037 

Huanuco:  Haenke,  type.  Rio  Posuso,  3,100  meters,  Weberbauer 
6774,  6776  (both  det.  Engler).— Junin:  Above  San  Ramon,  1,300- 
1,700  meters,  Schunke  A36. 

Hydrangea  Sprucei  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve  20: 
412.  1919. 

Branchlets  rather  sparsely  stellate-pubescent;  leaves  nearly 
oblong,  the  larger  more  than  20  cm.  long,  8  cm.  wide,  entire,  acumi- 
nate, obtuse  or  acute  at  the  base,  coriaceous,  glabrous  in  age  but 
minutely  and  sparsely  stellate-puberulent  on  both  sides  at  first,  the 
lateral  nerves  about  10,  prominent  beneath;  inflorescence  condensed, 
densely  many-flowered,  the  primary  axis  1.5-2  cm.  long,  rusty- 
stellate- tomentose;  flowers  all  fertile;  sepals  and  petals  4,  the  sepals 
ovate,  2-4  mm.  long,  the  petals  1.5  mm.  long,  about  equaled  by  the 
filaments  and  3  or  4  styles;  anthers  1  mm.  long. — Neg.  8292. 

San  Martin:  Zepelacio,  1,100  meters,  in  forest,  Klug  3653; 
flowers  wine-red.  Mt.  Campana,  near  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4328,  type. 
Colombia. 

Hydrangea  tarapotensis  Briq.  Ann.  Cons.  Jard.  Bot.  Geneve 
20:  415.  1919. 

Branchlets  shortly  and  densely  stellate-puberulent;  blades  obo- 
vate,  obtuse  or  shortly  acuminate,  cuneate  to  the  acute  base,  to 
10  cm.  long  and  6  cm.  wide,  entire,  coriaceous,  glabrous  above, 
beneath  minutely  appressed-stellate-pubescent,  the  6-7  lateral  nerves 
prominent;  petioles  to  2.5  cm.  long;  inflorescence  composed  of 
several  series  of  bracteate  umbels,  ample;  pedicels  none,  or  4  mm. 
long;  flowers  all  fertile;  sepals  and  petals  each  4,  the  petals  oblong- 
elliptic,  only  2  mm.  long;  stamens  twice  as  many,  2.5-3  mm.  high, 
the  anthers  1  mm.  long,  styles  1-3  and  2  mm.  long,  often  coherent 
in  a  column. — The  species  is  unique  in  the  united  styles,  when 
these  are  more  than  one.  Neg.  8293. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4349,  type. 

Hydrangea  Weberbaueri  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a: 
206.  1930. 

A  vine,  the  stems  3  cm.  in  diameter;  leaves  sharp-pointed, 
roundish-obovate,  glabrous  beneath;  sterile  flowers  with  red,  petal- 
like  sepals. — Allied  to  H.  peruviana  in  its  finally  thickened  style. 
Neg.  4146. 

Amazonas:  Cheto,  near  Chachapoyas,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer 
4372,  type. — San  Martin:  Raimondi. 


1038  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

5.  PHYLLONOMA  Willd. 

Shrubs  with  alternate  leaves  which  bear,  toward  their  caudate 
apex,  from  the  costa,  a  short  cyme  or  raceme  of  small  flowers. 
Fruit  a  berry. — Rusby  has  treated  the  genus  as  a  distinct  family, 
Phyllonomaceae. 

Leaves  closely  serrulate P.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  entire  or  very  remotely  denticulate. 

Leaves  entire P.  integerrima. 

Leaves  remotely  denticulate P.  ruscifolia. 

Phyllonoma  integerrima  (Turcz.)  Loes.  ex  Engler,  Pflanzen- 
fam.  ed.  2.  18a:  224.  1930.  Dulongia  integerrima  Turcz.  Bull.  Soc. 
Nat.  Mosc.  31,  pt.  1:  454.  1858. 

Petioles  5-7  mm.  long;  blades  about  8  cm.  long,  3  cm.  wide, 
caudate-acuminate,  the  slender  pedicels  borne  at  the  base  of  the 
acumen. — A  shrub  1-4  meters  high  (  Ule).  Neg.  34235. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  Ule  6754  (det.  Loesener).    Colombia. 

Phyllonoma  ruscifolia  Willd.  ex  Roem.  &  Schult.  Syst.  6: 
210.  1820.  Dulongia  acuminata  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  7:  78.  pi. 
623. 1824. 

Similar  to  P.  integerrima,  but  the  blades  sometimes  smaller  and 
the  petioles  shorter;  blades  mostly  4-5  cm.  long,  1-2  cm.  wide; 
petioles  4-5  mm.  long;  peduncle  2-4  mm.  long;  petals  ovate,  persis- 
tent.— The  dentation  is  very  obscure  in  the  Humboldt  Colombian 
specimen.  A  shrub  of  8  meters  (Weberbauer). 

Loreto:  Moyobamba,  1,100  meters,  Weberbauer  4761.  Bolivia 
to  Colombia. 

Phyllonoma  Weberbaueri  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a: 
225.  1930. 

Differing  from  the  other  species  in  having  the  short  pedicels 
borne  on  the  lower  half  of  the  long  point  of  the  densely  and  sharply 
serrate  leaves. — Neg.  4141. 

Puno:  Tambo  Ichubamba,  Sandia,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer 
1322,  type. 

85.  CUNONIACEAE 

Reference:  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  18a:  229-261.  1930. 

A  family  of  shrubs  and  trees.  About  a  third  of  the  known  species 
are  Peruvian,  a  majority  with  pinnate  leaves,  these,  typically  at 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1039 

least,  opposite  or  whorled,  and  in  this  respect  differing  usually  from 
the  closely  related  Saxifragaceae.  Some  have  regarded  Brunellia  as 
constituting  a  distinct  family,  but  it  is  nearer  to  Weinmannia  than 
to  any  other  group,  and  therefore,  from  a  practical  standpoint, 
the  genera  should  be  associated  under  one  family  name. 

Leaves  opposite. 

Flowers  in  solitary  or  corymbose  clusters;  follicles  usually  4-5. 

1.  Brunellia. 

Flowers  fascicled  or  solitary,  in  racemes;  follicles  2.3.  Weinmannia. 
Leaves  alternate 2.  Gumillea. 

1.  BRUNELLIA  R.  &  P. 

Trees  with  usually  coarsely  hairy  flowers  and  capsules.  The 
flower  parts  vary  from  4-7,  with  stamens  twice  as  many  as  the 
sepals,  borne  on  an  8-11-lobed  disk. — The  original  illustration, 
R.  &  P.  Prodr.  71.  pi.  12,  is  of  the  flower  and  fruit  only,  but  the 
genus  is  well  illustrated  (mostly  after  Humboldt  and  Bonpland)  in 
Pflanzenfam.  op.  cit.  227.  One  species,  B.  aculeata  R.  &  P.  Syst. 
127.  1798,  omitted,  is,  according  to  Pilger  on  the  type  sheet  at 
Madrid,  an  unknown  species  of  Fagara.  The  genus  needs  careful 
revision.  Some  of  the  Bolivian  species  may  be  the  same  as  Peruvian 
ones.  Apparently,  none  of  the  earlier  Colombian  names  apply,  but 
because  of  the  uncertainty  they  are  referred  to  here.  In  Peru  only 
on  the  eastern  ranges,  between  1,800  and  3,000  meters  (Weberbauer). 

Leaves  simple. 

Leaves  obtuse,  mostly  narrower  than  2.5  cm B.  Briquetii. 

Leaves  acute,  3.5  cm.  wide  or  wider B.  dulcis. 

Leaves,  at  least  some  of  them,  pinnate. 

Leaves  glabrous  beneath. 

Leaves  opposite;  leaflets  3  pairs,  3  cm.  wide  or  wider. 

B.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  mostly  ternate;  leaflets  5-7  pairs,  narrower.  .B.  ternata. 
Leaves  tomentose  or  at  least  puberulent  beneath. 
Leaflets  more  than  3  pairs. 

Sepals  6;  petioles  and  inflorescence  glabrous  or  glabrate. 

B.  hexasepala. 

Sepals  4-5;  petioles  and  inflorescence  usually  densely  pubes- 
cent. 


1040  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Inflorescence  loosely  but  densely  gray-brown-pilose. 

B.  dichapetaloides. 
Inflorescence  closely  reddish-puberulent-tomentose. 

B.  brunnea. 
Leaflets  2  (-3)  pairs B.  inermis. 

Brunellia  Briquetii  Baehni,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  ut  videtur  ramis  baud  angulatis,  primum  ramulis  petiolis 
pedunculisque  plus  minusve  brunneo-griseis  cum  pilis  crispe  tomen- 
tulosis  etiam  nonnullis  nigris  firmiusculis  intermixtis  lanato-pubes- 
centibus  demum  glabratis;  petiolis  superne  leviter  sulcatis  ca.  10 
mm.  longis;  foliis  simplicibus  oppositis  integris  vel  obscurissime 
undulato-crenatis  oblongis  fere  basi  bene  acutis,  ad  apicem  paullo 
vel  vix  angustatis,  apice  ipso  obtusis  vel  rotundatis,  ad  7  cm.  longis, 
2.5  cm.  latis,  supra  nitidulis  glabris,  nervis  venisque  obscuris,  subtus 
dense  ferrugineo-tomentulosis  demum  glabratis  prominente  denseque 
reticulato-venosis;  paniculis  5-7  cm.  longis,  strictis,  ramulis  ca.  1 
cm.  longis;  floribus  ignotis;  calycibus  7  mm.  latis,  segmentis  4-5 
late  ovato-acutis  utrinque  fulvo-puberulis;  capsulis  sessilibus  den- 
sissime  fulvo-hirsutis  abrupte  acutis  ca.  7  mm.  longis. — A  species 
remarkable  for  the  small,  subentire,  opposite  leaves.  Neg.  27374. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews;  type  in  herb.  Geneva. 

Brunellia  brunnea  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  361.  1934. 

Branches  and  inflorescence  velvety  with  a  short,  deep  brown 
tomentum,  not  at  all  hirsutulous,  the  branches  thick,  only  slightly 
angled;  leaves  about  30  cm.  long,  with  mostly  8  pairs  of  subequal, 
nearly  sessile  leaflets,  these  rounded-cordate  at  the  base,  acuminate, 
to  15  cm.  long,  4.5  cm.  wide,  undulately  crenate-denticulate,  scarcely 
lustrous  and  almost  glabrous  above,  paler  beneath  and  on  the  veins 
minutely  pilose,  the  midnerve  brown-tomentulose,  moderately  retic- 
ulate-veined on  both  sides;  inflorescence  loosely  paniculate,  15  cm. 
long,  the  branchlets  curved-spreading;  flowers  subsessile,  3  mm. 
long,  the  5  thick  sepals  rusty-puberulent  on  both  sides,  ovate,  acute, 
nearly  2.5  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the  subulate  filaments,  these  long- 
hirsute  at  the  base,  finally  exserted;  capsules  hirsutulous. — Near 
the  Bolivian  B.  crenata  Engler  (B.  rhoides  Rusby),  with  3-4  pairs 
of  leaflets  and  calyx  and  filaments  only  2  mm.  long.  B.  integrifolia 
Szyszyl.,  Venezuelan,  has  rounded  or  barely  acute  leaflets,  strongly 
oblique  at  the  base. 

Cuzco:  Between  the  tambos  Tres  Cruces  and  Tambomayo,  2,150 
meters,  Weberbauer  6969,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1041 

Brunellia  dichapetaloides  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  361. 1934. 

Branchlets  soon  glabrous  and  lustrous;  inflorescence  and  leaves 
beneath,  with  the  rachis,  more  or  less  densely  and  shortly  ashy- 
brown-pilose;  petioles  6  cm.  long;  leaves  5-6-foliolate,  20-25  cm. 
long;  leaflets  oblong-elliptic,  oblique  at  the  base,  acute  or  acuminate, 
subequal,  10-15  cm.  long,  3.5-4  cm.  wide,  obscurely  crenate-dentate, 
glabrous  and  very  lustrous  above;  inflorescence  many-flowered,  10 
cm.  long  and  about  a  third  broader,  the  peduncle  2  cm.  long,  the 
3  principal  branches  3-4  cm.  long;  flowers  crowded  on  pedicels 
1.5  mm.  long,  sordid-puberulent;  sepals  4,  broadly  oblong,  acutish, 
2  mm.  long;  stamens  exserted,  glabrous  except  at  the  base;  anthers 
red-puncticulate;  follicles  4,  pilose. — B.  Brittonii  Rusby,  Bolivian, 
has  leaflets  4.5-6  cm.  wide,  sepals  6  mm.  long,  the  filaments  exserted. 
B.  Oliveri  (see  also  under  B.  Weberbaueri)  differs  from  B.  dichapeta- 
loides in  its  pilose-hirsute  branches  and  obtuse  leaves.  Nearer  the 
latter  is  B.  comocladifolia  Humb.  &  Bonpl.,  Colombian  (not  Peru 
as  in  Index  Kew.),  with  serrulate  leaflets,  and  B.  Funckiana  Tul., 
similar,  but  the  leaflets  acute  at  the  base.  B.  propinqua  HBK., 
reported  as  Peruvian,  is,  fide  Tulasne,  Colombian;  it,  as  to  type, 
has  smaller  leaflets  than  these  other  species,  3-4  pairs,  obtuse  or 
acutish,  shorter  than  10  cm.,  and  a  densely  rusty-tomentose  inflores- 
cence, the  peduncle  longer  than  5  cm.  It  is  not  clear  that  the 
Peruvian  species  can  be  distinguished  from  B.  comocladifolia. 

Junin:  Chanchamayo  Valley,  1,500  meters,  Schunke  83,  type;  84. 

Brunellia  dulcis  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  362.  1934. 

A  tree  of  12  meters,  with  thick,  strongly  sulcate-angled,  some- 
what appressed-lanate  branchlets;  leaves  simple,  oblong-elliptic, 
irregularly  denticulate,  about  20  cm.  long,  5.5  cm.  wide,  cuneate- 
attenuate  at  the  base,  the  apex  acute,  rigid-chartaceous,  more  or 
less  lanate  on  the  nerves  above,  glabrate,  scarcely  lustrous,  the 
veins  obscure,  beneath  slenderly  reticulate-veined  and  appressed- 
rusty-lanate,  the  lateral  nerves  15-19,  prominent  beneath;  petioles 
1.5-2  cm.  long;  panicles  15  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide,  the  few  branches 
densely  rusty-lanate  and  sometimes  leafy-bracteate;  flowers  capi- 
tate-congested, grayish  white,  nearly  3  mm.  long,  the  sepals  ovate, 
acute;  stamens  8;  filaments  3-4  mm.  long,  pilose  at  the  base;  follicles 
4. — The  other  simple-leaved  species  (besides  B.  Briquetii)  are:  B. 
acutangula  Humb.  &  Bonpl.  and  B.  tomentosa  Humb.  &  Bonpl., 
both  Colombian,  with  whorled  leaves,  those  of  the  latter  10-20  cm. 
long,  5  cm.  wide,  merely  acute;  the  former  species  has  flattened 


1042  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

branchlets,  puberulent  leaves  about  10  cm.  long,  3.5  cm.  wide, 
heavily  reticulate-veined  beneath,  obscurely  denticulate.  Appar- 
ently too  similar  to  B.  tomentosa  and  from  the  same  country  is  B. 
Stuebelii  Hieron.,  the  branchlets  quadrangular,  the  leaves  barely 
acute,  opposite,  12-14  cm.  long,  3.5-4  cm.  wide.  Well  marked  is 
B.  ovalifolia  Humb.  &  Bonpl.,  collected  as  near  as  Loja,  the  leaves 
rotund-elliptic.  B.  Goudotii  Tul.  is  similar,  but  the  inflorescence  is 
said  to  be  densely  reddish-tomentose. 

Huanuco:  Pan  de  Azucar,  Sawada  74,  type. 

Brunellia  hexasepala  Loes.  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  531.  1906. 

Branchlets  subglabrous;  leaves  opposite,  on  petioles  4-9  cm. 
long,  4-7-foliolate;  leaflets  rigid,  at  first,  especially  beneath,  long- 
sericeous,  in  age  glabrescent,  prominently  and  densely  reticulate- 
veined  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  18-25,  coarsely  crenate-serrate, 
rounded  at  the  base,  acute  at  the  apex,  4-10  cm.  long,  1-3  cm.  wide; 
panicles  (staminate)  7-11  cm.  long,  2.5-5  cm.  wide,  on  peduncles 
3.5-5.5  cm.  long,  glabrous  or  sparsely  setulose;  flowers  green,  glo- 
merate, subsessile,  the  6  free,  ovate-lanceolate  lobes  densely  hairy 
within,  less  so  outside,  3.5  mm.  long;  stamens  half  as  long,  the 
filaments  very  short;  disk  obscure;  follicles  spreading,  to  13  mm. 
long;  seeds  3.5  mm.  long,  lustrous  brown. — A  shrub  5  meters  high. 
Neg.  3276. 

Puno:  Sandia,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  734. 

Brunellia  inermis  R.  &  P.  Syst.  127.  1798. 

Branchlets  only  slightly  angled,  evanescently  lanate-puberulent, 
in  age  glabrate  like  the  leaves  beneath;  petioles  4  cm.  long;  leaflets 
2-3  pairs,  finely  reticulate-veined  beneath,  glabrous  and  lustrous 
above,  minutely  serrulate,  unequal  at  the  rounded  base,  acute  at 
the  apex,  about  15  cm.  long,  4.5-8  cm.  wide,  the  lateral  nerves 
prominent  beneath,  only  4-5  mm.  apart,  numerous  (about  25); 
inflorescence  densely  rusty-pilose,  the  short  branches  stoutly  long- 
pedunculate,  30  cm.  long  in  fruit;  sepals  5,  almost  3  mm.  long, 
deltoid,  acute,  appressed-strigose  or  nearly  glabrous  within;  follicles 
sessile,  short-hispid  and  strigillose,  about  7  mm.  long. — The  leaves 
seen  consisted  of  2  pairs  of  leaflets  and  one  terminal  one,  this  petio- 
lulate,  the  lower  pair  not  much  smaller  than  the  3  upper  leaflets. 
Ruiz  and  Pavon  described  the  leaves  as  ternate  and  simple.  Illus- 
trated, R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  414- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1043 

Huanuco:  Mufia,  on  the  road  to  Tambo  Nuevo,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn, 
type. — Junin:  Huacapistana  (Weberbauer,  251).  Rio  Paucartambo, 
Weberbauer  6677.— Without  locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  23-47. 

Brunellia  ternata  Loes.  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  533.  1906. 

Branchlets  terete,  densely  lenticellate;  leaves  8.5-18  cm.  long, 
the  petiole  1.5-2.5  cm.  long;  petiolules  1-3  mm.  long;  leaflets  rigid, 
glabrous,  dull  and  reticulate-veined  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves 
11-16,  crenulate-serrulate,  ovate  or  narrowly  ovate-elliptic,  the 
more  or  less  unequal  base  cuneate-obtuse  or  acute,  the  apex  obtuse 
or  scarcely  apiculate,  mostly  2.5-7.5  cm.  long;  panicles  (pistillate) 
3-4  cm.  long,  more  or  less  appressed-pilose,  the  peduncles  4-11  mm. 
long;  flowers  glomerate,  5-6-parted,  the  ovate-deltoid  segments 
densely  hairy  within  and  at  the  apex  outside,  2.5-3  mm.  long; 
staminodia(?)  about  half  as  long,  inserted  between  10-12  pilose  disk 
lobes;  ovaries  about  5  and  7  and  2-ovulate. — A  shrub  of  3  meters. 
Neg.  3278. 

Puno:  Sandia  to  Chunchosmayo,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  1144, 
type.— Huanuco:  Playapampa,  2,700  meters,  wet,  rocky  forest, 
4882;  flowers  white. 

Brunellia  Weberbaueri  Loes.  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  532.  1906. 

Similar  to  B.  ternata,  but  the  leaves,  at  least  mostly,  opposite, 
with  fewer  leaflets,  these  5.5-11  cm.  long,  more  conspicuously 
reticulate-veined  above,  and  with  13-16  lateral  nerves;  perianth 
segments  puberulent  within,  glabrous  outside;  stamens  twice  as 
long,  the  elongate  filaments  filiform. — A  shrub  of  4  meters.  B. 
Oliveri  Britton  (B.  boliviana  Rusby),  Bolivian,  has  5-6  pairs  of 
crenate-serrate,  obtuse  leaflets;  compare  B.  dichapetaloides.  B. 
racemifera  Tul.,  Colombian,  has  4-6  pairs  of  glabrous,  acute  leaflets. 
Neg.  3279. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  2,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3551,  type.  Rio 
Posuso,  2,300  meters,  Weberbauer  6781. 

2.  GUMILLEA  R.  &  P. 

Shrubs  with  terete,  pubescent  branches  and  alternate,  pinnate 
leaves,  the  leaflets  ovate-lanceolate.  Flowers  small,  terminal, 
crowded  in  pubescent  spikes.  Sepals  5.  Petals  none.  Stamens  5, 
inserted  at  the  base  of  a  conic  receptacle,  with  compressed  filaments 
and  nearly  round  anthers.  Ovary  free,  with  2  short,  spreading 
styles.  Capsule  2-beaked,  many-seeded,  the  small  seeds  nearly 


1044  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

round. — Engler  remarks  that  because  of  the  alternate  leaves  the 
plant  doubtfully  belongs  to  this  family. 

Gumillea  auriculata  R.  &  P.  Syst.  74.  1798. 

Branches  becoming  glabrous  and  lustrous,  the  younger  ones  and 
the  branchlets,  like  the  costa  of  the  leaflets  beneath,  densely  rusty- 
strigose  or  hispidulous;  leaflets  entire,  the  larger  9  cm.  long,  3  cm. 
wide,  oblong,  oblique  at  the  acute  base,  short-acuminate,  about 
7  pairs,  alternate,  slightly  lustrous  on  both  sides  and  reticulate- 
veined.— Illustrated,  R.  &  P.  Prodr.  pi.  7.  Neg.  29330. 

Huanuco:  Mufia,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. 

3.  WEINMANNIA  L. 

Reference:  Engler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  156-170.  1871; 
Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 18a:  250-257.  1930. 

These  shrubs  or  small  trees,  with  small  flowers,  most  often 
borne  in  fascicles  on  an  elongate  axis  (the  inflorescence  is  here,  for 
convenience,  called  a  raceme)  exist  in  a  great  number  of  species, 
separated  on  characters  often  so  slight  that  they  might  be  described 
as  casual.  The  genus  is  distinct  enough  in  its  flower  parts,  these 
4  (-5),  the  anthers  2-lobed,  the  ovary  2  (-3)  -celled,  the  seeds  pubes- 
cent. Kuntze  adopted  the  name  Windmannia  P.  Br.,  making  some 
new  combinations  under  it.  I  regret  that  Dr.  Jose"  Cuatrecasas  was 
unable  to  prepare  the  account  of  the  Peruvian  species,  as  had  been 
planned  in  connection  with  his  monograph  of  the  genus.  My  ten- 
tative key  and  notes,  with  studies  we  had  made  jointly  at  Madrid, 
have  served  as  the  basis  for  the  following  treatment.  Several 
Andean  species  not  as  yet  known  from  Peru  have  been  included, 
especially  when  they  have  been  misinterpreted  or  imperfectly 
known.  Intentionally  omitted  areW.  intermedia  Cham.  &  Schlecht., 
Mexican,  and  W.  trichosperma  Cav.,  Chilean.  The  first  was  credited 
to  Peru  by  Pampanini  on  the  basis  of  a  "Pavon"  specimen  in  herb. 
Boissier,  labeled  "Peru,"  but,  as  is  well  known,  there  are  a  number 
of  specimens  in  that  herbarium  so  labeled  whose  origin  evidently 
is  Mexican.  Besides,  I  have  not  identified  (having  found  no  speci- 
mens at  Madrid  or  elsewhere  so  named)  W.  corymbosa  R.  &  P.  Fl. 
Peruv.  4:  pi.  330,  1802,  and  W.  dentata  R.  &  P.  op.  cit.  pi.  334.  As 
in  the  Lauraceae,  I  have  accepted  volume  four  of  the  Ruiz  and 
Pavon  work  as  published,  because  the  species  are  nearly  all  identi- 
fiable with  the  authors'  own  specimens.  Unfortunately,  in  preparing 
this  account  in  its  present  form,  volume  four  has  not  been  available. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1045 

There  is  a  conflict  between  the  names  of  D.  Don.  and  Moricand 
(both  1830),  and  they  have  been  used  in  accord  with  the  biblio- 
graphic finding  of  Miss  Edith  M.  Vincent  of  Field  Museum.  Ruiz 
and  Pavon  have  noted  the  names  "tiaca"  and  "machi"  for  species 
"whose  trunks  furnish  beautiful  boards"  for  furniture  and  other 
construction. 

Leaves  simple,  at  least  some  of  them,  never  typically  pinnate;  if 
trifoliolate,  the  lateral  leaflets  reduced,  auricle-like. 

Ovary  pubescent W.  trichocarpa. 

Ovary  glabrous. 

Filaments  pilose W.  latielliptica. 

Filaments  glabrous. 
Leaves  4-5  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  hirsutulous  beneath  over  the  whole  surface. 

W.  latifolia. 
Leaves  glabrous  or  nearly  so. 

Leaves  coarsely  serrate W.  Cuatrecasasii. 

Leaves  crenate W.  laurina. 

Leaves  mostly  less  than  3.5  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  at  least  minutely  cordate  at  the  base,  or  rarely 
only  broadly  rounded. 

Teeth  of  the  leaves  incurved,  less  than  1  mm.  deep. 

Capsule  5  mm.  long W.  crassifolia. 

Capsule  to  3.5  mm.  long W.  sessilifolia. 

Teeth  of  the  leaves  coarse,  spreading,  1  mm.  deep. 

W.  heterophylla. 
Leaves  acute  to  cuneate  at  the  base. 

Leaves  subentire;  flowers  minute,  the  stamens  1  mm.  long. 

W.  elattantha. 
Leaves  more  or  less  crenate-serrate;  stamens  2-4  mm. 

long. 

Pubescence  coarse  on  the  leaf  nerves  beneath,  shaggy. 

W.  nebularum. 
Pubescence  fine,  pilose,  or  nearly  wanting. 

Leaves  simple,  usually  4-8  cm.  long. 
Leaves  broadly  rounded  at  the  apex. 


1046  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Veins   conspicuously   reticulate-veined    above; 

stamens  3  mm.  long W.  ovalis. 

Veins  obscure  above;  stamens  2  mm.  long. 

W.  elliptica. 
Leaves  shortly  acute  at  the  apex. 

Petioles  rarely  as  much  as  2  mm.  long. 

Leaves  25  mm.  wide  or  wider W.  ovata. 

Leaves  15-18  mm.  wide W.  Balbisiana. 

Petioles  5-6  mm.  long W.  laurina. 

Leaves  usually,  at  least  some  of  them,  auricled  or 

pinnate,  rarely  if  ever  3  cm.  long. 
Pedicels  rarely  2  mm.  long. 

W.  Dzieduszyckii,  W.  auriculata. 

Pedicels  3-4  mm.  long W.  Jelskii. 

Leaves  typically  pinnate  or  trifoliolate,  with  1-many  pairs  of  leaflets 

more  or  less  equaling  the  terminal  one. 

Petioles  elongate,  usually  more  or  less  margined,  at  least  some 
of  them  1.5-4  cm.  long;  leaflets  often  only  1-2  pairs,  ample. 

Ovary  pubescent W.  ayavacensis. 

Ovary  glabrous. 

Leaflets  2-4  pairs,  or  some  leaves  trifoliolate. 
Leaflets  acute. 

Leaflets  elliptic W.  Spruceana,  W.  pentaphylla. 

Leaflets  lanceolate W.  dictyoneura. 

Leaflets  obtuse W.  obtusifolia. 

Leaflets  4-6  pairs. 

Leaflets  pilose  beneath,  17-25  mm.  wide W.  piurensis. 

Leaflets  glabrate  or  glabrous,  10  mm.  wide.  .  .  W.  sorbifolia. 
Petioles  short,  none  if  any  of  them  much  exceeding  1.5  cm.; 

leaflets  often  several  pairs W.  ternata,  W.  crenata. 

Leaflets  all  small,  that  is,  mostly  about  1  cm.  long  or  shorter. 

Leaflets  4-8  mm.  long W.  microphylla. 

Leaflets  about  10  mm.  long W.  reticulata. 

Leaflets  medium  in  size  or,  if  the  lateral  ones  shorter  than 

1  cm.,  the  terminal  one  usually  longer. 
Ovary  pilose. 
Leaves  trifoliolate. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1047 

Petiole  densely  tomentose-pilose W.  ternata. 

Petiole  glabrate W.  crenata. 

Leaves  pinnate. 
Leaves  finely  reticulate-veined  above. 

Ovary  sparsely  if  at  all  pilose;  leaflets  typically  barely 
1  cm.  long W.  reticulata. 

Ovary  and  capsule  densely  pilose;  leaflets  about  2 
cm.  long W.  subsessiliflora. 

Leaves  sulcate  and  prominently  nerved,  even  above. 

Ovary  typically  glabrous W.  glomerata. 

Ovary  densely  pubescent. 

Leaflets  narrower  than  1  cm W.  Haenkeana. 

Leaflets  1.5-2  cm.  wide W.  chryseis. 

Ovary  glabrous. 
Leaflets  5-17. 

Pedicels  obsolete,  or  finally  1-2  mm.  long. 
Leaves  more  or  less  pubescent  beneath. 
Leaflets  rarely  2  cm.  long. 
Leaflets  sulcate-nerved  above,  1.5-3  cm.  long. 

W.  glomerata. 

Leaflets  finely  reticulate- veined,  typically  smaller. 

W.  reticulata. 
Leaflets  2.5-3.5  cm.  long W.  descendens. 

Leaves  glabrous,  the  terminal  leaflet  elongate. 

Leaflets  serrate W.  producta. 

Leaflets  crenate W.  crenata. 

Pedicels  obvious,  becoming  2.5-6  mm.  long. 
Leaflets  glabrous  or  nearly  so,  cuneate  at  the  base. 
Terminal  leaflet  elongate;  pedicels  3-6  mm.  long. 

Leaflets  crenate , W.  apurimacensis. 

Leaflets  deeply  serrate W.  Weberbaueri. 

Terminal  leaflet  little  if  at  all  elongate;  pedicels  2-2.5 
mm.  long. 

Leaflets  mostly  1-2  cm.  long W.  glabra. 

Leaflets  mostly  2-3  cm.  long W.  Ulei. 


1048  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaflets  pubescent  beneath,  rounded  to  acutish  at  the 

base  (cf.  W.  Weberbaueri). 
Pedicels  3-4  mm.  long. 

Pedicels  densely  hirsute W.  lentiscifolia. 

Pedicels  glabrous  or  puberulent. 

Stamens  about  2  mm.  long W.  cinerea. 

Stamens  at  least  3  mm.  long W.  hirtella. 

Pedicels  shorter  than  2.5  mm.,  even  in  fruit. 

W.  reticulata. 

Leaflets  11-25;  at  least  some  of  the  leaves  with  8-12  pairs 
of  leaflets W.  polyphylla. 

Weinmannia  apurimacensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov. 
29:  31.  1931. 

Younger  branches  densely  leafy,  angled,  short-pilose;  leaves  7-11- 
foliolate,  to  7  cm.  long,  the  petiole  7-12  mm.  long,  short-pilose; 
leaflets,  except  for  the  lanceolate  terminal  one  (this  to  4  cm.  long), 
oblong-elliptic,  more  or  less  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtuse,  2-2.5  cm. 
long,  9-11  mm.  wide,  glabrous,  papyraceous,  subcrenate  or  crenate- 
serrate,  obviously  venose,  especially  beneath;  rachis  wings  oblanceo- 
late;  racemes  to  12  cm.  long,  puberulent,  the  sparsely  pilose,  slender 
pedicels  3-6  mm.  long;  sepals  1  mm.  long,  the  petals  about  2.5  mm. 
long,  slightly  exceeded  by  the  glabrous  filaments;  ovary  glabrous.— 
Compared  by  the  author  with  W.  guanacasana  of  Colombia,  with 
pubescent  leaflets  of  different  shape.  Neg.  4112. 

Apurimac:  Quebrada  de  Toraya,  Prov.  Aimarcas,   Raimondi, 
type. 

Weinmannia  auriculata  D.  Don,  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9: 
87. 1830;  164.  W.  ovata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  333. 1802,  non  Cav., 
1801.  W.  dryadifolia  Moric.  ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4:  9.  1830. 

A  densely  branched  shrub  or  tree,  the  younger  branches  and 
rachis  densely  hispidulous-tomentose  with  short,  fulvous  hairs;  leaves 
coriaceous,  sparsely  pilose  or  glabrate  above,  beneath  silky-pilose, 
at  least  on  the  midrib,  short-petiolate  (petioles  2-3,  rarely  4  mm., 
long),  crenulate  or  crenulate-serrate,  oblong-ovate,  sometimes  deeply 
pinnatifid  or  exceptionally  with  1  pair  of  lateral  leaflets,  when  pin- 
nate the  lateral  lobes  rounded-ovate,  3-4  times  smaller  than  the 
ovate-spatulate  middle  lobe;  racemes  usually  2-3  (-7)  cm.  long;  calyx 
short-pubescent,  the  lobes  ovate-lanceolate;  pedicels  slightly  pubes- 
cent, even  in  fruit,  then  only  2  mm.  long. — Material  at  Madrid, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1049 

Paris,  and  Geneva  is  divisible  into  two  forms:  in  one  the  leaflets  are 
mostly  less  than  1  cm.  wide,  1.5-2  cm.  long;  in  the  other  to  2.5  cm. 
wide,  3  cm.  long.  The  former  form  has  leaflets  a  little  more  acutely 
denticulate;  in  the  latter  (in  flower)  the  leaflets  are  more  crenately 
dentate  and  more  pubescent  beneath.  The  first  is  f .  pillavensis  Pamp. 
Annali  Bot.  2:  64. 1904,  and  is  the  plant  of  Moricand.  Better  marked 
is  var.  glabra  Macbr.,  var.  nov.,  ubique  glabra  vel  racemis  minute 
puberulentis.  Grisar,  type,  Peru  or  Ecuador.  Neg.  8039. 
Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Ecuador.  "Machi." 

Weinmannia  ayavacensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  10:  772.  1929. 

Young  branchlets,  leaf  nerves  beneath,  and  racemes  pilose;  peti- 
oles 15-25  mm.  long;  leaves  5-9-foliolate,  dull;  leaflets  obovate  to 
elliptic-lanceolate,  2.5-4  cm.  long,  1-1.5  cm.  wide  (the  terminal 
larger),  finely  veined,  remotely  serrate;  rachis  wings  3  mm.  wide; 
racemes  to  13  cm.  long,  the  flower  fascicles  dense;  pedicels  2-3  mm. 
long,  the  calyx  half  as  long;  sepals  somewhat  villous;  petals  1.5  mm. 
long,  the  stamens  little  longer;  style  1  mm.  long;  ovary  sub  villous.— 
Compared  by  the  author  with  W.  hirtella  and  W.  Spruceana,  with 
lustrous  leaflets,  those  of  the  latter  species  often  larger;  both  species 
with  longer  stamens.  A  shrub  3  meters  tall  (Weberbauer). 

Piura:  Among  evergreens,  2,700  meters  (Weberbauer  6393,  type). 

Weinmannia  Balbisiana  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  51.  pi.  520. 
1823. 

Suggestive  of  W.  ovata  but,  at  least  as  to  the  type,  the  leaflets 
are  mostly  15-18  mm.  wide,  2-5  cm.  long,  sparsely  pilose  on  the 
midrib  beneath,  crenate-serrulate,  very  shortly  acute  at  the  base, 
acute  at  the  apex,  subsessile,  the  petioles  barely  1.5  mm.  long  or 
shorter;  stipules  5-10  mm.  long,  cordate-based;  racemes  4-5  cm.  long 
in  fruit,  the  rachis  pilose,  glabrate  in  age,  the  pedicels  then  2  mm. 
long;  sepals  1.5  mm.  long;  style  shorter  than  the  capsule,  this  about 
3  mm.  long. — The  nodose,  verruculose  branchlets  are  compressed 
toward  the  tips. 

Peru:  Reported  by  Engler.    Ecuador;  Colombia. 

Weinmannia  chryseis  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  414.  1906. 

Young  branchlets  rusty-hispid-tomentose;  leaves  coriaceous,  gla- 
brous and  lustrous  above,  pilose-tomentulose  beneath,  7-15-foliolate, 
the  rachis  wings  obovate,  about  5  mm.  wide,  1  cm.  long  or  longer; 
leaflets  subequal,  marginally  recurved,  somewhat  bullate-nervose 


1050  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

above,  rotund-elliptic,  crenate-serrate,  2-3  (-4)  cm.  long,  1.5-2  cm. 
wide;  racemes  15-25  cm.  long,  composed  of  remote,  globose  glom- 
erules;  rachis  and  pedicels  rusty- tomentose,  the  pedicels  2  mm. 
long;  sepals  narrowly  lanceolate,  triangular,  1.5  mm.  long;  petals 
2.5  mm.  long,  the  stamens  twice  as  long;  ovary  densely  hirsute. — 
The  leaf  pubescence  of  the  dried  specimen  is  orange  brown.  A  shrub 
of  2  meters.  W.  pubescens  HBK.,  of  more  northern  range,  has  leaflets 
2-3  times  larger.  Neg.  27380. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  in  sparsely  shrubby  grassland,  2,800 
meters,  Weberbauer  4418,  type. 

Weinmannia  cinerea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  332.  1802;  167; 
D.  Don,  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9:  90. 1830.  W.  diversifolia  Moric. 
ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4:  10.  1830.  W.  sambucina  Ruiz  ex  Don,  loc. 
cit.  fide  Pamp.  Annali  Bot.  2:  72.  1904. 

Young  branchlets  compressed,  sparsely  puberulent,  the  older  ones 
glabrous,  cinereous;  leaves  coriaceous,  at  maturity  glabrous  or  the 
midrib  beneath  sometimes  sparsely  hispidulous  with  spreading  hairs; 
rachis  wings  semiobovate,  3-4  mm.  wide;  leaflets  2-4  pairs,  oblong- 
elliptic,  scarcely  acute,  crenate-serrate,  17-20  mm.  long,  10-13  mm. 
wide;  racemes  to  7  cm.  long,  the  rachis  yellowish-hispidulous,  nar- 
rowly winged  between  the  fascicles  of  glabrous  or  glabrate  pedicels, 
these  3-4  mm.  long;  stamens  about  2  mm.  long;  disk  cup-shaped, 
thick,  like  the  calyx,  its  segments  subobtuse;  ovary  glabrous. — The 
species,  as  remarked  by  Moricand,  is  not  at  all  cinereous  with  pubes- 
cence, but  the  older  bark  is  ashy  gray.  Neg.  4115. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. 

Weinmannia  crassifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  331. 1802;  165. 

Like  W.  sessili/olia  and  perhaps  the  earlier  name  for  that  species, 
but  known  only  in  fruit;  leaves  heavy-coriaceous,  essentially  gla- 
brous, subsessile,  rounded  at  the  base,  subrotund,  or  the  floral  ones 
ovate,  those  of  the  branchlets  3.5  cm.  wide  and  4.5  cm.  long  or  larger; 
pedicels  strigillose,  2.5  mm.  long;  capsule  5  mm.  long,  3  mm.  thick; 
style  nearly  5  mm.  long. — Neg.  8038. 

Peru:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type. — Without  locality:  Lechler  2195. 

Weinmannia  crenata  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  51.  1831;  166. 

Young  branchlets  compressed,  densely  pubescent;  leaves  coria- 
ceous, lustrous  above,  glabrous,  3-5-foliolate,  the  rachis  wings  narrowly 
obovate,  the  larger  terminal  leaflets  oblong-lanceolate,  obtuse,  atten- 
uate at  the  base,  the  others  suboblong,  obtuse,  unequally  acute  at 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1051 

the  base,  all  beautifully  crenate,  to  3.5  cm.  long,  16  mm.  wide;  ra- 
cemes spikelike,  densely  hirsute;  pedicels  scarcely  1  mm.  long,  exceed- 
ing the  setaceous  bracts;  calyx  lobes  ovate,  acutish,  ciliate,  pubescent 
at  the  base,  twice  exceeded  by  the  obovate  petals;  ovary  ovate-sub- 
rotund,  glabrous. — The  ovary  may  be  more  or  less  pilose,  according 
to  Killip  and  Smith. 

Huanuco:  Mountains,  Haenke,  type.    Colombia(?). 

Weinmannia  Cuatrecasasii  Macbr.,  nom.  nov.  W.  heterophylla 
HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  53.  pi.  522.  1823,  non  R.  &  P. 

Branchlets,  sometimes  the  leaf  nerves  beneath,  and  racemes 
puberulent,  the  racemes  elongate;  leaves  sometimes  with  a  pair  of 
auricle-like  leaflets  at  their  base,  decurrent  into  the  petiole,  this  to 
8  mm.  long,  the  blades  ovate,  short-acuminate,  coarsely  and  acutely 
serrate,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  the  larger  ones  several  centi- 
meters long  and  about  4  cm.  wide;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  flowers 
glabrous  except  the  pubescent  sepals,  these  conspicuously  exceeded 
by  the  subequal  petals  and  stamens. — W.  macrophylla  HBK.  op.  cit. 
52,  Ecuadorean,  has  much  broader  (6-8  cm.  wide),  merely  crenulate 
leaves.  There  seems  to  be  no  evidence  that  either  species  occurs 
in  Peru. 

Peru:  (According  to  Engler).    Colombia. 

Weinmannia  cymbifolia  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  416.  1906. 

Young  branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  racemes  tomentose;  leaves 
short-petiolate,  fleshy,  becoming  glabrescent  and  lustrous  above,  9- 
15-foliolate,  the  rachis  wings  to  2  mm.  long;  leaflets  subequal,  the 
nerves  sulcate-impressed  above,  narrowly  elliptic,  rounded  or  obtuse 
at  the  apex,  crenate-serrate  but  appearing  subentire  because  of  the 
recurved  margin,  10-18  mm.  long,  4-7  mm.  wide;  racemes  4-6  cm. 
long;  pedicels  1-2  mm.  long,  the  narrowly  ovate-lanceolate,  pilose, 
apically  barbate  sepals  1.5-2  cm.  long,  not  exceeded  by  the  petals, 
the  stamens  twice  as  long;  ovary  pilose,  with  the  style  3.5  mm. 
long. — A  shrub  3  meters  high,  allied  to  W.  tomentosa  L.  f.,  but  all 
parts  much  larger  and  the  pubescence  different  (Diels). 

Amazonas:  Above  Balsas,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  4287,  type. 

Weinmannia  descendens  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  414.  1906. 

Mature  branches  fibrous,  the  young  ones  rusty-sericeous;  leaves 
petiolate,  chartaceous,  lustrous  and  glabrous  above,  paler  and 
sparsely  pilose  beneath,  7-11-foliolate,  with  narrow  rachis  wings 
10-12  mm.  long  and  2  mm.  wide;  leaflets  subequal,  subelliptic, 


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appressed-crenate-serrate,  2.5-3.5  cm.  long,  1.2-1.4  cm.  wide,  the 
nerves  scarcely  impressed  above;  pedicels  0.5  mm.  long;  sepals 
triangular,  scarcely  1  mm.  long;  stamens  3.5  mm.  long;  capsule 
glabrous,  ovoid,  2-3  mm.  long. — A  tree  12  meters  high,  or  a  shrub. 
Compared  by  the  author  with  W.  cinerea,  but  distinguished  by  the 
bark,  the  pubescence,  the  nervation,  and  the  short  pedicels. 

Loreto:  Near  Moyobamba,  grassy  shrub  land,  800-900  meters, 
Weberbauer  4572,  type.  Ecuador. 

Weinmannia  dictyoneura  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  414.  1906. 

Glabrous  except  for  the  branchlets  and  minutely  pilose  racemes 
and  rachis;  leaves  coriaceous,  lustrous  above,  3-7-foliolate,  the 
narrow  rachis  wings  12-15  mm.  long;  leaflets  subequal,  lanceolate, 
coarsely  serrate,  3.5-5.5  cm.  long,  1-1.5  cm.  wide,  prominently 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides  by  the  pale  nerves  and  veins;  racemes 
to  10  cm.  long;  pedicels  1.5-2  mm.  long;  capsule  short-ovoid,  to 
4  mm.  long,  the  style  much  shorter. — A  shrub  2  meters  high, 
separated  by  the  author  from  W.  sorbifolia  on  foliar  differences. 
Neg.  27381. 

Puno:  Among  shrubs,  2,700  meters,  Sandia,  Weberbauer  682,  type. 

Weinmannia  Dzieduszyckii  Szyszyl.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys. 
Acad.  Cracov.  29:  218.  1894. 

Branchlets  shortly  and  densely  sericeous-pilose,  in  age  glabrous 
and  black;  leaves  ternate  or  rarely  simple,  coriaceous,  glabrous, 
nervose  on  both  sides,  the  petioles  3-4  mm.  long;  leaflets  sessile, 
obliquely  ovate,  subobtuse,  acute  at  the  base,  serrate  above  the 
middle,  12-18  mm.  long,  10-12  mm.  wide,  the  lateral  ones  much 
smaller,  round-ovate,  less  serrate,  5-6  mm.  long,  4-5  mm.  wide; 
rachis  wings  very  narrow,  pilose;  racemes  sericeous-pilose;  stamens 
and  petals  equal;  capsule  oblong. — According  to  the  author,  related 
to  W.  dryadifolia. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  345,  type). 

Weinmannia  elattantha  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  413.  1906. 

A  divaricately  branched  tree,  8  meters  high,  with  simple, 
fleshy-coriaceous,  subelliptic  leaves  on  petioles  1-4  mm.  long;  blades 
shortly  or  obsoletely  crenate-serrate,  minutely  reticulate-veined,  the 
lateral  nerves  scarcely  prominent,  4-5.5  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide; 
racemes  more  or  less  compound,  the  rachis  and  pedicels  minutely 
hispidulous,  the  pedicels  about  2  mm.  long;  sepals  1-1.2  mm.  long; 
capsule  2-3  mm.  long,  the  style  1-2  mm.  long. — Growing  among 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1053 

shrubs  and  small  trees.  Separated  by  the  author  from  W.  Bal- 
bisiana  HBK.  on  account  of  the  much  shorter  petioles  and  smaller 
flowers  and  capsules.  W.  boliviensis  R.  E.  Fries  is  similar,  fide 
Engler.  Neg.  4117. 

Huanuco:  Near  Monzon,  about  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3540, 
type. 

Weinmannia  elliptica  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  50. 1823.  W. 
ovalis  R.  &  P.  var.  elliptica  Pamp.  Annali  Bot.  2:  66.  1904. 

Perhaps,  as  suggested  by  Pampanini,  only  a  variant  of  W.  ovalis 
but,  at  least  as  to  type,  the  leaves  are  smaller  and  not  reticulate- 
veined  above;  stamens  only  2-2.5  mm.  long;  style  pubescent  at  the 
base,  but  ovary  and  filaments  glabrous. — Neg.  4118. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.    Ecuador. 

Weinmannia  glabra  L.  f.  Suppl.  228.  1781;  167. 

Glabrous,  or  the  young  branchlets,  petioles,  and  racemes  minutely 
puberulent;  leaves  membranaceous,  glabrous,  slightly  lustrous, 
venose,  short-petioled,  with  3-5  pairs  of  unequal,  oblong-obovate, 
obtuse,  crenate  or  serrulate  leaflets,  with  semiobovate  or  semirhom- 
bic  rachis  wings;  rachis  of  the  raceme  terete  or  scarcely  ridged  or 
grooved;  pedicels  little  longer  than  the  flowers,  minutely  hispidu- 
lous;  calyx  glabrate,  with  ovate,  acute  lobes  slightly  exceeded  by 
the  obovate-oblong  petals;  capsule  ovoid,  glabrous. — A  relatively 
glabrous  plant;  lowest  leaflets  generally  subrotund  and  much  smaller 
than  those  of  the  middle  pairs,  these  about  15  mm.  long,  10-12  mm. 
wide.  Illustrated,  Usteri,  Fl.  Sao  Paulo  182. 

Peru:  According  to  Engler  in  Pflanzenfam.  Bolivia(?);  north 
to  Mexico. 

Weinmannia  glomerata  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  52.  1831. 

Young  branchlets  and  petioles  tomentose,  the  petioles  to 
more  than  1  cm.  long;  leaves  5-11-foliolate,  glabrous  above,  the 
rachis  wings  semiobovate;  leaflets  (except  the  terminal)  oblong, 
dentate  toward  the  obtuse  apex,  hispid  at  least  on  the  costa  beneath, 
about  16  mm.  long,  8  mm.  wide,  the  slightly  larger  terminal  one 
oblong-lanceolate,  serrate,  acute;  racemes  equaling  the  lower  leaves, 
with  5-foliolate  basal  leaves;  flowers  in  dense  glomerules,  sessile  or 
nearly  so,  finally  1-1.5  mm.  long;  bracts  ovate,  acute,  ciliate;  calyx 
lobes  ovate,  acute,  sparsely  pilose  at  the  apex;  ovary,  as  to  the  type 
at  least,  glabrous. — Leaves  9-13-foliolate  according  to  Presl,  5-11- 
foliolate  according  to  Engler.  Neg.  4119. 

Huanuco:  Mountains,  Haenke.    Chinchao,  Rivero. 


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Weinmannia  Haenkeana  Engler,  Linnaea  36:  632.  1870;  170. 

Younger  branchlets  densely  cinereous-tomentose,  blackening  with 
age;  leaves  extremely  coriaceous,  short-petiolate,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  above,  long-pubescent  beneath,  with  4-6  pairs  of  subequal, 
oblong  leaflets,  10-15  mm.  long,  4-6  mm.  wide,  the  rachis  wings 
semielliptic,  sulcate  medially;  leaflets  slightly  attenuate  toward  the 
base,  entire  or  indistinctly  reflexed-crenate,  deeply  sulcate  along 
the  nerves;  racemes  equaling  the  leaves;  pedicels  short,  densely  con- 
gested; calyx  lobes  ovate- triangular,  acute,  ciliate;  capsule  2  mm. 
long,  ovate-globose,  densely  and  shortly  cinereous-pilose,  the  style  half 
as  long. — Engler  (in  Pflanzenfam.)  supplies  the  locality.  Neg.  19320. 

Puno:  Between  Sandia  and  Chunchosmayo,  Haenke,  type. 

Weinmannia  heterophylla  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  331.  1802. 
W.  cordata  D.  Don,  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9:  87. 1830.  W.  alnifolia 
Domb.  in  herb.  W.  heterophylla  HBK.  as  interpreted  by  Engler,  non 
HBK.  W.  subcordata  Moric.  ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4:  8.  1830. 

Leaves  simple,  sessile,  subrotund,  coarsely  crenate,  mostly  4  cm. 
long  and  3  cm.  wide,  lustrous,  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides, 
glabrous  except  on  the  costa  beneath;  angled  rachis  and  pedicels 
slightly  pilose;  racemes  on  peduncles  8-12  cm.  long,  dense  in  flower; 
pedicels  mostly  2-3  mm.  long,  whorled;  flowers  glabrous;  stamens 
at  least  2  mm.  long;  young  fruits  and  styles  together  4  mm.  long, 
subequal  in  length. — Leaves  crowded;  well  marked  by  their  coarse, 
spreading  crenations.  Neg.  29331. 

Huanuco:  Huasa-huasi,  Dombey;  Ruiz  &  Pawn. 

Weinmannia  hirtella  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  56.  1823;  168. 

A  dense  shrub  with  small,  9-15-foliolate  leaves,  the  petioles  6-12 
mm.  long,  the  leaflets  thick-coriaceous,  oblong-elliptic,  glabrous  and 
lustrous  above,  more  or  less  pilose  on  the  midnerve  or  nerves  beneath, 
slightly  crenate-serrate,  12-15  mm.  long,  at  least  half  as  wide;  pedi- 
cels solitary  or  2-3  together,  puberulent;  calyx  glabrous,  the  stamens 
3-4  times  longer,  at  least  3  mm.  long;  ovary  glabrous;  style  2  mm. 
long. — Leaflets  to  3  cm.  long  (Engler).  W.  sulcata  Engler,  Ecuador- 
ean,  has  as  many  as  8  or  9  pairs  of  somewhat  larger  leaflets  with  few 
or  no  rachis  wings. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador;  Colombia. 

Weinmannia  Jelskii  Szyszyl.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys.  Acad. 
Cracov.  29:  219.  1894. 

Younger  branchlets  pilose,  compressed-trigonous,  the  older  ones 
glabrous,  terete;  leaves  simple,  subsessile,  trapezoid  or  oval,  obtuse, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1055 

cuneate  at  the  base,  serrate  above  the  middle,  coriaceous,  glabrous 
except  on  the  midrib  beneath,  12-25  mm.  long,  11-16  mm.  wide; 
racemes  pilose;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long,  the  glabrous  capsules  about 
as  long,  the  styles  half  as  long;  seeds  winged.— The  author  compared 
his  species  with  W.  guyanensis. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo  (Jelski  309,  type). 

Weinmannia  latielliptica  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  29: 
31.  1931. 

Branches  subverruculose,  lenticellate,  the  somewhat  angled 
younger  ones  slightly  pubescent;  leaves  simple,  broadly  elliptic  or 
rarely  ovate,  5-5.5  cm.  long,  3.5-4.5  cm.  wide,  shortly  narrowed  to 
the  petiole  (this  about  2  mm.  long),  slightly  mucronate-serrate, 
coriaceous,  prominently  veined  and  rather  lustrous  on  both  sides; 
racemes  to  10  cm.  long,  the  rachis  and  pedicels  pilose,  the  pedicels 
3-5  mm.  long;  sepals  1  mm.  long,  the  petals  twice  as  long,  exceeded 
by  the  short-pilose  filaments;  ovary  glabrous. — Not  clearly  distinct 
from  W.  ovalis  unless  by  the  pilose  filaments,  but  these  are  not  quite 
glabrous  in  the  type  of  Ruiz  and  Pavon's  species.  Neg.  4126. 

Amazonas:  Entrada  al  Valle  de  Huayabamba,  Raimondi,  type. 

Weinmannia  latifolia  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  51.  1831;  164. 

Youngest  branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  racemes  hirsute;  leaves 
coriaceous,  rounded-ovate,  to  7.5  cm.  long,  5  cm.  wide,  strongly 
net-veined,  especially  beneath,  equally  crenate-serrate,  glabrate 
above;  petioles  2  mm.  long;  stipules  6  mm.  long;  racemes  many- 
flowered,  with  a  few  serrulate,  linear-lanceolate  basal  leaves;  pedi- 
cels 2.5-4  mm.  long;  calyx  short-pilose,  with  ovate-triangular, 
subobtuse,  sometimes  glabrous  lobes;  petals  5  mm.  long;  stamens 
glabrous,  5  mm.  long;  young  fruit  sparsely  hispidulous  toward  the 
apex,  equaled  by  the  glabrous  styles,  these  2  mm.  long. — The  floral 
measurements  are  from  Hartweg  743,  of  Ecuador,  type  of  W.  rugosa 
Benth.,  referred  here  by  Engler;  the  young  capsules  are  described  by 
Presl  as  glabrous.  Compare  W.  Cuatrecasasii  and  the  similar  W. 
Bangii  Rusby,  Pflanzenfam.  251,  Bolivian.  Neg.  4127. 

Huanuco:  Mountains,  Haenke.    Ecuador. 

Weinmannia  laurina  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  51.  1823. 

Apparently  scarcely  distinct  from  W.  ovata  but,  as  to  type,  the 
leaves  elliptic,  not  at  all  obovate,  tapering  to  the  petiole,  this  5-6 
mm.  long,  acute,  4  cm.  wide  or  wider,  8  cm.  long,  sometimes  larger, 
crenate,  coriaceous,  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  glabrous  except 


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for  a  few  hairs  on  the  midnerve  beneath;  peduncles  and  rachis  pilose, 
the  rachis  terete;  racemes  about  5  cm.  long;  pedicels  in  fruit  puber- 
ulent-pilose,  2-3  mm.  long;  capsules  nearly  oblong,  4  mm.  long,  the 
styles  scarcely  half  as  long. — Type  locality  unknown,  but  probably 
Colombian;  Linden  717  is  a  good  match  for  the  type,  better  than 
925  cited  by  Engler,  which  has  much  longer  pedicels. 
Peru:  Probably.  Venezuela(?);  Colombia(?). 

Weinmannia  Lechleriana  Engler,  Linnaea  36:  630.  1870;  170. 

A  shrub  with  straggling  or  ascending  branches,  the  branchlets 
densely  and  shortly  hispidulous-tomentose;  leaves  with  3-5  pairs  of 
lightly  sulcate,  oblong-elliptic,  obtuse,  serrulate  leaflets,  these  gla- 
brous above,  more  or  less  long-hirsute-pilose  beneath,  especially  on 
the  costa  and  rachis,  mostly  12  (10-20)  mm.  long,  8  mm.  wide, 
reticulate-veined,  dull,  even  above;  rachis  wings  obovate,  4  mm. 
wide;  racemes  4-7  cm.  long  in  fruit,  the  rachis  and  pedicels  hispid- 
ulous,  the  pedicels  slender,  flexuous,  nearly  5  mm.  long  in  fruit; 
flowers  minute;  stamens  glabrous,  1.2  mm.  long;  capsule  pilose, 
nearly  2  mm.  long,  the  glabrous  style  about  as  long. — Neg.  8040. 

Puno:  Sachapata,  Lechler  2661,  type. 

Weinmannia  lentiscifolia  Presl,  Rel.  Haenk.  2:  52.  1831;  167. 

Compressed  young  branchlets  hirsute  with  spreading,  yellowish 
hairs;  petioles  8  mm.  long;  leaves  7-11-foliolate,  coriaceous,  reticu- 
late-veined on  both  sides,  glabrous  above,  hirsute  beneath,  the 
rachis  wings  obovate;  leaflets  oblong,  except  the  terminal  one  (this 
oblong-lanceolate,  acute),  acutish  at  the  base,  obtuse  at  the  apex, 
callous-dentate,  to  18  mm.  long,  12  mm.  wide;  racemes  geminate, 
terminal,  equaling  the  leaves,  spikelike;  pedicels  to  4  mm.  long, 
densely  hirsute;  bracts  setaceous;  calyx  lobes  ovate,  acute,  ciliate; 
ovary  ovate,  glabrous. 

Huanuco:  Mountains,  Haenke,  type. 

Weinmannia  microphylla  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  334-  1802. 
W.  fagaroides  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  54.  pi.  524.  1823;  168.  W. 
parvifolia  Ruiz  ex  D.  Don,  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9:  89.  1830. 
W.  microphylla  R.  &  P.  var.  parvifolia  Pamp.  Annali  Bot.  2:  79. 
1904.  W.  Baccariniana  Pamp.  op.  cit.  81. 

A  densely  branched,  densely  leafy  shrub  or  tree,  the  younger 
branchlets  nearly  tomentose  with  a  fine,  short  pubescence;  leaves 
1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  with  mostly  2-3  pairs  of  leaflets  below  the  terminal 
3;  rachis  often  hispid,  wing-margined;  leaflets  obscurely  veined,  lus- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1057 

trous,  obscurely  1-4-crenate-serrulate  at  or  toward  the  apex,  obovate, 
4-5  mm.  wide,  5-6  mm.  long;  racemes  densely  flowered,  only  in  fruit 
exceeding  the  leaves;  filaments  glabrous,  2  mm.  long;  rachis  and  pedi- 
cels minutely  pilose,  the  pedicels  1.5-2  mm.  long,  in  fruit  shorter  than 
the  ovoid  capsules,  these  longer  than  the  glabrous  style. — W.  Bac- 
cariniana  is  a  form  with  4  pairs  of  leaflets,  these  7  mm.  long,  with  7 
crenations.  W.  microphylla  R.  &  P.  var.  tenuior  (Diels)  Macbr., 
comb.  nov.  (W.  parvifolia  Don,  var.  tenuior  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  416. 
1906),  has  more  slender  leaflets  than  the  typical  form,  the  margins 
incurved.  A  more  distinct  variation  is  var.  Weddellii  Macbr.,  var. 
nov.,  foliis  5-jugis  opacis;  foliolis  7  mm.  longis;  racemis  ad  8  cm. 
longis.  This  passes  to  W.  hirta  Sw.;  cf.  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 
18a:  254.  W.  microphylla  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  54.  pi  523.  1823, 
from  Loja,  Ecuador,  has  lustrous  leaves  consisting  of  only  3  leaflets, 
at  least  in  the  type;  cf.  Engler,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 18a:  252.  A  Will- 
denow  name,  published  in  synonymy,  is  available  for  it;  cf.  Pamp. 
Annali  Bot.  2:  70.  1904.  Negs.  8043,  34636.  There  is  a  photograph 
of  this  tree  in  Bull.  Torrey  Club  56:  369.  1929. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — Junin:  Tarma,  2,800  meters, 
Weberbauer  2282,  2479  (var.  tenuior). — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas, 
Mathews  (type  of  W.  Baccariniana). — Puno:  Carabaya,  Weddell 
4637  (type  of  var.  Weddellii). — Without  locality:  Gay.  Bolivia  to 
Colombia.  "Machi." 

Weinmannia  nebularum  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  413.  1906. 

An  arborescent  shrub,  the  young  branches  cinereous-pubescent; 
petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  leaves  simple,  chartaceous,  glabrate  above, 
at  first  sericeous-tomentose,  later  sparsely  pilose  beneath,  elliptic, 
5-6  cm.  long,  2-3  cm.  wide,  conspicuously  serrate,  the  lateral  nerves 
bullate-impressed  above,  prominent  beneath;  peduncles  12-15  mm. 
long;  racemes  geminate,  much  exceeding  the  leaves,  12-15  cm.  long, 
minutely  pilose;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  sepals  1.5-2  mm.  long,  the 
petals  slightly  longer. — To  8  meters  high,  in  thickets  and  open  woods. 
Distinguished  by  the  author  from  W.  cordata  Don  by  the  petiolate, 
acute-based  leaves.  Neg.  27385. 

Cajamarca:  Chugur,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  4093,  type.— 
Junin:  Huacapistana,  2,700  meters,  Weberbauer  2274,  2320.  "Shalle." 

Weinmannia  obtusifolia  Rusby,  Bull.  N.  Y.  Bot.  Gard.  6: 
508.  1910. 

Younger  parts  puberulent;  petioles  12-25  mm.  long;  leaflets  3-5, 
the  lateral  ones  3^4  cm.  long,  1-2  cm.  wide,  oblong-ovate,  obtuse, 


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broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  obtuse-serrate,  somewhat  lustrous, 
reticulate-veined;  racemes  7-10  cm.  long,  the  fascicles  dense;  pedicels 
1-1.5  mm.  long;  sepals  1  mm.  long,  the  stamens  3  times  as  long. — 
"Near  W.  diversifolia"  (Rusby),  i.e.  W.  cinerea. 

Peru:  Without  locality  (Mathews,  fide  Rusby). — Cuzco:  Rio 
Chaupimayo,  Soukup  794-  Bolivia. 

Weinmannia  ovalis  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  333.  1802;  160;  D. 
Don.  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9:  86.  1830.  W.  elliptica  HBK.  Nov. 
Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  50.  1823. 

Glabrous,  even  to  the  youngest  leaves,  except  for  a  sparse,  crisped 
strigillosity  on  the  short  peduncles,  rachis,  and  pedicels;  petioles  1-3 
mm.  long;  leaves  coriaceous,  conspicuously  and  finely  reticulate- 
veined  on  both  sides,  ovate-elliptic  or  somewhat  obovate,  shortly 
acute  at  the  base,  rounded  and  obtuse  or  slightly  narrowed  and  acut- 
ish  at  the  apex,  mostly  5  cm.  long,  3  cm.  wide,  or  the  larger  ones  8 
cm.  long,  5  cm.  wide,  crenate-serrulate,  the  costa  strongly  developed 
beneath;  racemes  about  7  cm.  long;  pedicels  in  fruit  2-4  mm.  long, 
mostly  in  fascicles  of  3-5;  stamens  nearly  3  mm.  long;  styles  glabrous, 
2  mm.  long,  about  equaling  the  narrowly  ovoid  capsule. — A  slender 
tree,  7  meters  high  (Killip  &  Smith).  Neg.  8044. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  2,000  meters,  Ruiz  &  Pawn,  type. — Without 
locality,  Mathews  1203. — Junin:  Huacapistana,  Killip  &  Smith  24257. 
North  to  Ecuador  and  the  Guianas. 

Weinmannia  ovata  Cav.  Icon.  6:  45.  pi.  566.  1801;  165. 

Branchlets  sparsely  pilose;  leaves  rigid,  reticulate- veined  and 
glabrous  on  both  sides,  petioled  (petioles  2  mm.  long),  oblong-elliptic, 
7.5  cm.  long,  2.5  cm.  wide  or  wider,  acute  at  each  end,  crenate-serrate; 
racemes  with  lanceolate  basal  leaves,  elongate;  bracts  ovate,  obtuse; 
pedicels  minutely  puberulent,  1-2  mm.  long;  calyx  short-pilose,  the 
lobes  oblong-ovate,  obtuse;  capsule  oblong. — A  tree  6  meters  tall. 
Neg.  4129. 

Lima:  San  Buenaventura,  growing  with  Cantua  flexuosa,  etc., 
Nee,  type.— Cuzco:  (Pennell  14099  [?];  cf.  Killip  &  Smith,  Bull. 
Torrey  Club  56:  366.  1929). 

Weinmannia  pentaphylla  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  330.  1802. 
W.  marginata  Moric.  ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4:  10.  1830.  W.  bifida 
Poepp.  ex  Engler,  Linnaea  36:  608.  1870. 

Branchlets  soon  glabrous,  strongly  compressed  and  nodose;  leaves 
typically,  even  the  uppermost,  with  1-2  pairs  of  leaflets  below  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1059 

terminal  3,  but  some  branchlets  bearing  only  ternate  but  long- 
petiolate  leaves;  petioles  more  or  less  margined  or  winged;  leaflets 
subequal,  oblique  and  narrowed  at  the  base  (the  terminal  cuneate 
at  the  base  and  somewhat  larger),  more  or  less  acuminate  or  acute, 
crenate-serrate  or  in  age  serrate,  lustrous  and  reticulate-veined  on 
both  sides,  glabrous  or  slightly  pilose  on  the  costa  beneath,  oblong 
or  ovate-lanceolate,  finally  becoming  9  cm.  long,  3.5  cm.  wide,  mostly 
somewhat  shorter  and  about  3  cm.  wide;  stipules  glabrous,  fugacious; 
peduncles,  rachis,  and  pedicels  more  or  less  densely  strigillose-pilose; 
pedicels  in  fruit  4  mm.  long,  the  fascicles  whorled ;  rachis  ridged  but 
sub  terete;  racemes  terminal,  geminate,  the  peduncles  1.5  cm.  long, 
the  racemes  about  10  cm.  long;  flowers  glabrous;  sepals  minute;  sta- 
mens 2.5  mm.  long;  capsule  narrowly  ovoid,  glabrous,  with  the  style 
4  mm.  long. — The  original  label  of  Poeppig  reads  "Peruvia  suban- 
dina,"  but  there  are  mislabeled  specimens  in  herbaria.  Negs.  8041, 
4113,  29332. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  Dombey;  Ruiz  &  Pavon. — Without  locality, 
River o;  Poeppig  1273  (type  of  W.  bifida). 

Weinmannia  piurensis  0.  C.  Schmidt,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  29: 
30.  1931. 

Petioles  of  the  9-13-foliolate  leaves  1.5-2.5  cm.  long,  short-pilose; 
leaflets  broadly  lanceolate,  3-6  cm.  long,  17-25  mm.  wide,  narrowed 
to  the  rounded  base  and  the  acute  apex,  soon  glabrous  above,  pilose 
on  the  prominent  nerves  beneath,  mucronate-serrate;  rachis  wings 
6-9  mm.  wide;  racemes  densely  flowered,  to  13  cm.  long,  the  rachis 
villous;  pedicels  1.5-3  mm.  long,  densely  pilose;  petals  2  mm.  long, 
twice  as  long  as  the  sepals,  subequaling  the  glabrous  filaments;  ovary- 
glabrous. — Related  to  W.  Spruceana,  with  longer  stamens.  A  small 
tree  (Raimondi).  Neg.  4130. 

Piura:  Near  Anchalai,  Raimondi,  type. 

Weinmannia  polyphylla  Moric.  ex  DC.  Prodr.  4:  11.  1830. 

Branches  little  compressed,  soon  glabrate,  at  first,  like  the  short 
petioles,  coarsely  and  densely  hispid;  leaves  17-25-foliolate,  about  10 
cm.  long;  leaflets  subequal  (except  the  middle  one  of  the  terminal  3, 
it  more  or  less  elongate),  about  15  mm.  long,  half  as  wide,  nearly  ob- 
long, minutely  serrate  toward  the  rounded  apex,  lustrous  but  sparsely 
hispidulous  on  the  obvious  nerves  above,  or  glabrate,  glabrous 
beneath  except  for  the  hispid  costa  and  sometimes  also  the  reticulate 
veins;  rachis  wings  rarely  4  mm.  wide;  peduncles  several  centimeters 
long,  hispidulous  like  the  rachis,  this  6-10  cm.  long;  flowers  scattered 


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or  slightly  clustered,  the  divaricate  pedicels  minutely  pilose,  soon  5-7 
mm.  long;  sepals  glabrous  except  for  a  tuft  of  hairs  at  the  apex,  1  mm. 
long;  styles  and  glabrous  ovary  subequal. — Type  from  "Guayaquil." 
Neg.  8046. 

Peru:  Probably.    Ecuador. 

Weinmannia  producta  Moric.  ex  DC.  Prodr.  4:  11.  1830. 

Branchlets  crisp-puberulent,  soon  glabrate;  leaves  with  3-5  pairs 
of  leaflets  below  the  terminal  3,  these  very  unequal,  the  middle  one 
as  much  as  3  cm.  long;  lateral  leaflets  progressively  reduced  toward 
the  short  petiole,  the  lowest  ones  subrotund,  only  5  mm.  long,  the 
middle  ones  10-15  mm.  long,  about  6  mm.  wide,  oblong-elliptic, 
serrate  toward  the  rounded  apex,  lustrous,  glabrous  and  venose  on 
both  sides;  rachis  wings  2-3  mm.  wide;  racemes  dense,  the  glomerules 
contiguous,  short-peduncled,  7-10  cm.  long,  exceeding  the  leaves; 
angled  rachis  and  pedicels  sparsely  pilose  or  glabrate,  the  pedicels 
in  flower  1.5  mm.  long;  sepals  glabrous  except  at  the  apex;  stamens 
and  style  2  mm.  long,  exceeding  the  conspicuous,  elliptic  petals; 
ovary  glabrous. — With  "W.  sessiliflora"  in  Herb.  Moric.,  now  Herb. 
Delessert;  W.  subsessiflora  is  meant,  and  presumably  the  locality  is 
the  same.  Negs.  34054,  34637. 

Peru:  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type;  probably  from  Pillao. 

Weinmannia  reticulata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  332.  1802; 
Pav.  ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  4: 10.  1830;  169. 

A  compact  shrub  with  erect  or  ascending  branches,  the  branch- 
lets  shortly  rusty-pilose  toward  the  tips;  leaves  about  4  cm.  long, 
with  3-5  pairs  of  crenate,  oblong-elliptic,  obtuse  leaflets,  these  mostly 
10  mm.  long,  6  mm.  wide,  slightly  pilose  on  both  sides  or  soon  gla- 
brate, usually  hispid  beneath  on  the  costa,  lustrous  above;  rachis 
wings  obovate,  3  mm.  wide;  racemes  dense,  4-5  cm.  long,  rusty-pilose; 
pedicels  only  2  mm.  long  in  fruit;  stamens  scarcely  2  mm.  long;  sepals 
ciliate;  capsule  glabrous,  equaled  by  the  styles. — Neg.  4132. 

Huanuco:  Pillao  and  Acomayo,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type. — Without 
locality:  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  12-5. 

Weinmannia  sessilifolia  Rusby,  Bull.  N.  Y.  Bot.  Gard.  6: 
509.  1910. 

Similar  to  W.  ovalis,  but  the  uppermost  stipules  more  appressed- 
strigose;  leaves  subrotund  or  the  upper  oblong-elliptic,  rounded  at 
both  ends  or  barely  acutish  at  the  rounded  apex,  sparsely  long-pilose 
on  the  costa  beneath,  mostly  2.2  cm.  wide  and  4  cm.  long,  net-veined 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1061 

on  both  sides  or  at  first  obscurely  so  above;  pedicels  1-3  or  nearly  4 
mm.  long  in  fruit,  approximate;  racemes  4-6  cm.  long;  calyx  lobes 
acute,  ciliate;  capsule  broadly  ovoid,  3  mm.  long,  nearly  as  broad, 
the  style  scarcely  2.5  mm.  long,  sparsely  pubescent  at  the  base.— 
According  to  Pampanini,  this  is  the  same  as  W.  crassifolia. 

Puno :  Tatanara,  Lechler  21 95.    Bolivia. 

Weinmannia  sorbifolia  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  57.  1823. 

A  tree  with  leaves,  as  to  type,  having  3-4  pairs  of  leaflets  below  the 
terminal  3,  these  about  3  cm.  long,  1  cm.  wide,  suboblong,  glabrous, 
acute,  acutely  serrate;  petioles  1.5-3  cm.  long;  racemes  to  10  cm. 
long;  pedicels  2.5  mm.  long;  flowers  minute,  the  stamens  scarcely  2 
mm.  long;  style  and  capsule  glabrous,  subequal. — In  Peru,  according 
to  Engler,  but  unless  the  species  is  more  variable  than  seems  probable, 
his  specimens  belong  elsewhere.  Killip  &  Smith,  Bull.  Torrey  Club, 
56:  366. 1929,  suggest  that  the  species  is  W.  crenata;  the  type  locality 
is  unknown.  Neg.  4134. 

Peru:  Perhaps.    Colombia(?). 

Weinmannia  Spruceana  Engler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2. 
166.  1871.  W.  bifida  Poepp.  f.  alata  Pamp.  Annali  Bot.  2:  71.  1904. 

Branchlets  glabrate,  somewhat  quadrangular;  leaves  glabrous 
and  lustrous  above,  with  narrowly  winged  petioles,  the  rachis  wings 
semi-oblong-cuneate;  leaflets  2-3  pairs,  the  terminal  one  ovate,  acute, 
sinuate,  attenuate  to  the  base,  the  others  oblong,  subobtuse  at  both 
ends,  to  7.5  cm.  long,  crenate-serrate;  racemes  slightly  longer  than 
the  leaves,  pilose  with  spreading  hairs,  the  narrow  basal  leaves  5-f olio- 
late;  pedicels  longer  than  the  flowers;  bracts  obovate,  glabrous  like 
the  calyx,  the  ovate  calyx  segments  acute;  petals  oblong;  ovary  gla- 
brous; stamens  3  mm.  long;  style  2  mm.  long. — Neg.  4136. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews  3035.    Ecuador. 

Weinmannia  subsessiliflora  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  33^  1802; 
D.  Don,  Edinb.  New  Phil.  Journ.  9:  90.  1830;  166. 

Branches  marked  with  white  lenticels,  the  compressed  youngest 
ones  as  well  as  the  petioles,  peduncles,  and  angled  raceme  rachis 
puberulent-pilose;  leaves  mostly  with  4  pairs  of  oblong-elliptic,  crenu- 
late-serrulate  leaflets,  these  12-22  mm.  long,  about  8  mm.  wide,  the 
terminal  one  somewhat  larger,  glabrous  on  both  sides  except  on  the 
costa,  finely  reticulate-veined;  rachis  wings  obovate-rhombic,  4-6 
mm.  wide;  racemes  6-10  cm.  long;  pedicels  in  fruit  only  1  mm.  long; 


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sepals  puberulent,  minute;  stamens  glabrous,  scarcely  2  mm. 
long;  capsule  broadly  ovoid,  puberulent,  2  mm.  long,  the  style  less 
than  half  as  long.— Neg.  27387. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type. — Lima:  Cheuchin,  Dombey. 

Weinmannia  ternata  Engler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2: 
165.  1871. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  and  rachis  of  the  racemes  shortly  tomentose- 
pilose;  leaves  ternate,  single,  or  geminate,  subequal,  lustrous  above, 
paler  beneath,  with  a  few  long  hairs  on  the  costa  beneath  or  slightly 
puberulent  on  the  costa  above,  elegantly  reticulate-veined  on  both 
sides,  about  2.5  cm.  long,  1  cm.  wide,  oblong-ovate,  crenate  at  the 
base,  acutish,  crenulate;  racemes  4  cm.  long,  densely  flowered, 
appearing  spicate;  sepals  minute,  hispidulous;  stamens  glabrous,  1.5 
mm.  long;  ovary  densely  pubescent,  longer  than  the  glabrous  style.— 
W.  microphylla  R.  &  P.,  with  small,  sessile  leaves,  if  sought  here  may 
be  found  under  W.  fagarioides.  Neg.  4138. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4238,  type. 

Weinmannia  trichocarpa  Pamp.  Annali  Bot.  2:  67.  1904. 

Branches  and  branchlets  slender,  the  younger  ones  brownish- 
puberulent;  leaves  simple,  sessile,  oblong-elliptic,  short-cuneate  at 
the  base,  remotely  crenate,  coriaceous,  glabrous  and  prominently 
reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  2.5-4.5  cm.  long,  1.5-2  cm.  wide,  the 
upper  ones  smaller;  racemes  6-8  cm.  long;  pedicels  appressed-puberu- 
lent,  about  as  long  as  the  flowers;  calyx  pilose  only  at  the  apex;  sta- 
mens twice  as  long  as  the  petals;  ovary  densely  pilose. — Neg.  8049. 

Cajamarca:  Chota  and  montafia  de  Nancho,  Raimondi  (det. 
Schmidt). — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews  3034,  type. 

Weinmannia  Ulei  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  415.  1906. 

Younger  branches  minutely  hirsutulous;  leaves  subsessile,  char- 
taceous,  somewhat  lustrous  above,  dull  and  paler  beneath,  glabrous 
except  for  a  few  long  hairs  on  the  nerves,  3-15-foliolate,  the  rachis 
wings  7  mm.  wide;  lower  leaflets  progressively  smaller,  the  ter- 
minal one  slightly  larger,  all  elliptic  or  obovate-elliptic,  crenate- 
serrate,  2-3  cm.  long,  8-14  mm.  wide;  racemes  slender,  elongate, 
10-25  cm.  long,  the  minutely  pilose  pedicels  glabrate,  2.5  mm.  long; 
sepals  glabrous,  subovate,  1  mm.  long,  the  stamens  about  3  times  as 
long;  capsule  glabrous. — A  shrub  or  tree  2-8  meters  high,  separated 
by  the  author  from  W.  hirta  Swartz.  Neg.  4139. 

Loreto:  Cerro  de  Escalera,  1,300  meters,  Ule  6752,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1063 

Weinmannia  Weberbaueri  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  415.  1906. 

Blackish  purple  branches  glabrate,  or  the  younger  ones  sparsely 
puberulent;  leaves  short-petiolate,  thin-chartaceous,  minutely  squam- 
ulose  beneath,  otherwise  glabrous,  11-17-foliolate,  the  rachis  wings 
1-1.5  mm.  wide;  lateral  leaflets  shorter  than  the  terminal  one,  obo- 
vate-elliptic,  acute  at  the  base,  deeply  serrate,  13-18  mm.  long,  5-8 
mm.  wide;  racemes  axillary,  with  the  peduncle  5-15  cm.  long, 
sericeous-pilose,  the  puberulent  pedicels  3-5  mm.  long,  the  sepals 
half  as  long,  slightly  exceeded  by  the  rose-suffused  petals;  capsule 
glabrous,  3-4  mm.  long. — A  shrub  2  meters  high,  distinct  from 
W.  microphylla  R.  &  P.  in  the  larger,  coarsely  serrate  leaflets. 

Ancash:  In  thickets,  3,200  meters,  Huaraz,  Weberbauer  3240, 
type.  Prov.  Cajatambo,  Weberbauer  2879.  "Perejil." 

86.  ROSACEAE.  Rose  Family 

Although  roses  are  not  native  in  Peru,  the  family  is  represented 
by  a  number  of  trees  and  shrubs  familiar  to  North  Americans  and 
Europeans,  such  as  choke  cherries  (Prunus)  and  blackberries  (Rubus). 
Several  almost  cosmopolitan  genera  are  meagerly,  if  at  all,  repre- 
sented, like  the  strawberry  (Fragaria),  cinquefoil  (Potentilla),  and 
hawthorn  (Crataegus) .  There  are  a  number  of  conspicuous  and  inter- 
esting plants  of  the  family,  notably  the  beautiful  quinuares  (Poly- 
lepis),  several  of  which  are  of  economic  value,  and  the  curious  and 
useful  lloque  (Kageneckia).  In  cultivation  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent  are  such  widely  known  fruits  as  the  goma  de  pais  or  apricot, 
Armeniaca  vulgaris  L.;  the  durazno,  abidor,  melocotonero,  or  peach, 
Persica  vulgaris  L.;  the  almendro  or  almond,  Amygdalus  communis 
L.;  plums,  ciruelas,  Prunus  domestica  L.;  peral  or  pear,  Pyrus  com- 
munis L.;  manzano  or  apple,  Mains  communis  DC.;  and  membrillo 
or  quince,  Cydonia  vulgaris  Pers.  The  cultivated  roses  include  R. 
centifolia  L.  and  R.  indica  L.  According  to  Herrera,  all  these  species 
are  found  in  the  Department  of  Cuzco  and  most  of  them,  at  least, 
in  the  more  central  and  northern  inter-Andean  valleys  also. 

Fruit  an  apple-like  drupe;  calyx  tube  and  ovary  adnate;  leaves 

simple;  flowers  corymbose 1.  Hesperomeles. 

Fruit  not  apple-like,   sometimes  plumlike,  berry-like,  or  dry  and 

carpellate  (achenes). 
Trees  or  treelike  shrubs. 

Carpel  1;  inflorescence  usually  many-flowered  or  the  flowers 
large. 


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Flowers  not  in  pendulous  spikes;  leaves  simple. 
Style  lateral  from  near  the  base  of  the  ovary. 
Ovary  1-celled,  at  the  base  of  the  calyx  tube;  flowers 

small 2.  Licania. 

Ovary  laterally  inserted  in  the  calyx  throat;  flowers 

often  rather  large,  or  the  stamens  conspicuous. 
Ovary  2-celled  (septum  not  always  complete);  flowers 

medium-sized 3.  Parinarium. 

Ovary  1-celled;  flowers  conspicuous,  at  least  by  the 

long  stamens. 
Stamens  3-7,   the  filaments  conspicuous. 

4.  Hirtella. 

Stamens  15  to  many 5.  Couepia. 

Style  terminal 6.  Prunus. 

Flowers  in  pendulous  spikes;  leaves  compound ...  7.  Polylepis- 
Carpels  5,  stellately  spreading;  flowers  few;  leaves  subentire  or 
minutely  serrulate. 

Leaves  entire 8.  Quillaja. 

Leaves  serrulate 9.  Kageneckia. 

Ligneous  or  entirely  herbaceous,  but  not  treelike  shrubs  (see 

Margyricarpus) ;  carpels  often  many. 

Ligneous,  usually  prickly  shrubs  or  vines;  fruit  edible .  10.  Rubus. 
Herbs,  usually  perennial,  suffrutescent,  if  at  all,  only  at  the  base, 

except  in  Margyricarpus. 
Carpels  many. 

Style  elongate 11.  Geum. 

Style  not  elongate. 
Receptacle  more  or  less  fleshy,  strawberry-like. 

12.  Fragaria. 

Receptacle  dry 13.  Potentilla. 

Carpels  1-3. 

Calyx  accompanied  by  bractlets;  petals  none;  depressed  or 

low  herbs 14.  Alchemilla. 

Calyx  without  bractlets. 
Shrubs,  rigid,  often  somewhat  spinose. 

15.  Margyricarpus. 
Herbs. 
Petals  none;  calyx  prickles  wanting  or  barbed. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1065 

Calyx  valvate;  fruit  aculeate 16.  Acaena. 

Calyx  imbricate;  fruit  not  aculeate .  .  17.  Sanguisorba. 

1.  HESPEROMELES  Lindl. 
Reference:  C.  K.  Schneider,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  85-88.  1908. 

Shrubs,  often  tall,  sometimes  depressed  and  gnarled,  often  much 
branched,  always  with  simple,  entire  or  more  or  less  dentate  leaves. 
Flowers  cymose-corymbose;  bractlets  narrow.  Calyx  teeth  5,  per- 
sistent. Disk  glabrous  or  tomentose.  Ovary  cells  5,  1-ovuled. 
Fruit  a  small,  edible  drupe. — An  American  genus,  conveniently 
maintained  as  distinct  from  the  habitally  different  and  pinnate- 
leaved  Osteomeles  of  China  and  Hawaii. 

Leaves  cuneate-obovate,   glabrous   or   glabrate,   rarely   exceeding 
3  cm.  in  length  or  1  cm.  in  width. 

Leaves  10  mm.  long,  3-4  (-6)  mm.  wide H.  escalloniaefolia. 

Leaves,  at  least  some  of  them,  a  third  larger. 

Leaves  mostly  10-12  mm.  long,  5-7  mm.  wide,  definitely  den- 
ticulate at  the  subtruncate  apex H.  cuneata. 

Leaves  mostly  15  mm.  long,  8-9  mm.  wide,  subentire  or  crenu- 

late-denticulate H.  pernettyoides. 

Leaves  somewhat  or  much  larger,  or  at  least  wider,  often  pubescent 

beneath,  often  more  or  less  rounded  at  the  base. 
Leaves  coriaceous  and  soon  reticulate-veined,  especially  beneath, 

typically  about  3.5  cm.  wide H.  lanuginosa. 

Leaves  chartaceous  or  subcoriaceous,  often  little  if  at  all  net- 
veined,  or  smaller. 

Leaves  mostly  5-6  cm.  wide  (see  H.  lanuginosa) . .  .  H.  latifolia. 
Leaves  mostly  1.5  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  mostly  4-6  cm.  long,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  more  or  less 

pubescent  beneath H.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  mostly  2-2.5  cm.  long  and  about  1.5  cm.  wide,  some- 
what pubescent  beneath. 
Pubescence  ferruginous;  leaves  irregularly  dentate,  shorter 

than  the  corymbs H.  palcensis. 

Pubescence  pale;  leaves  evenly  dentate,  about  as  long  as 

the  corymbs H.  Gayana. 

Leaves  mostly  3^1  cm.  long,  1.5-2.5  cm.  wide,  glabrous  or 
glabrate  beneath H.  heterophylla. 


1066  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Hesperomeles  cuneata  Lindl.  Bot.  Reg.  23:  sub  pi.  1956. 1837. 
Osteomeles  cuneata  Dene.  Nouv.  Arch.  Mus.  Paris  10:  184.  1874. 

Spinescent  or  with  short,  stiff  branchlets;  leaves  cimeate,  above 
the  middle  finely  dentate  and  rarely  subtrilobate,  that  is,  with  2-3 
large,  irregularly  placed  teeth,  lustrous  and  soon  glabrous  above, 
paler,  dull,  and  finally  glabrous  beneath,  1-2  cm.  long,  0.5-0.7  cm. 
wide,  or  on  older  branchlets  smaller;  corymbs  at  the  tips  of  short 
branchlets,  shorter  than  the  leaves,  slightly  villous;  calyx  lobes  nar- 
rowly subulate,  recurved;  petals  entire  or  the  edges  slightly  undulate; 
disk  glabrous  or  somewhat  pubescent  at  the  center. — Neg.  27482. 

Junin:  Huacapistana,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  2242  (det. 
Schneider). — Lima:  Above  Lima,  Mathews  577,  type. — Huanuco: 
Pampayacu,  Kanehira  £/0.— Ayacucho:  Quinua,  Weberbauer  5541 
(det.  Mansfeld).  Chancobango,  Isern  2041-  San  Mateo,  Isern  2003. 

Hesperomeles  escalloniaefolia  (Schlecht.)  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb. 
42:  88.  1908.  Crataegus  escalloniaefolia  Schlecht.  Linnaea  27:  468. 
1856.  Osteomeles  escalloniaefolia  Dene.  Nouv.  Arch.  Mus.  Paris  10: 
184.  1874.  H.  pernettyoides  Wedd.  var.  microphylla  Wedd.  Chlor. 
And.  2:  231. 1857,  saltern  pro  parte. 

Stoutly  branched,  the  ferruginous-puberulent  young  branchlets 
terminating  in  a  spinose  tip;  leaves  obovate  or  oblanceolate,  with 
2-4  minute  teeth  above  the  middle  on  each  side,  rounded  at  the  apex, 
acute  at  the  base,  crenate,  9-10  mm.  long,  3-6  mm.  wide,  glabrous, 
lustrous  above,  paler,  dull,  and  venose  beneath;  corymbs  about  5- 
flowered,  the  pedicels  sparsely  pilose;  bracts  linear-lanceolate,  4-7 
mm.  long;  calyx  glabrous,  the  lobes  ovate,  with  long,  acuminate, 
recurved  tips,  1.5  mm.  long;  petals  slightly  crenulate;  disk  and 
styles  densely  long-pilose;  stamens  3  mm.  long. — Description  from 
Lechler  material.  Doubtfully  distinct  from  H.  cuneata.  Neg.  27483. 

Ancash:  Tallenga,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  2881  (det.  Schneider). 
— Puno:  Tabina,  Lechler  2060,  type.  Cuyocuyo,  3,100  meters, 
Weberbauer  846  (det.  Schneider) .— Cuzco :  Gay.  "Toen." 

Hesperomeles  Gayana  (Dene.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Osteomeles 
Gayana  Dene.  Nouv.  Arch.  Mus.  Paris  10:  183.  1874. 

Some  of  the  shorter  branches  spinose-tipped ;  leaf  blades  2-2.5 
cm.  long,  crenate  or  denticulate  to  the  subtruncate  apex,  broadly 
elliptic-oblong  or  slightly  obovate,  acute  at  the  base,  chartaceous, 
lustrous  above,  pale  and  slightly  pilose  beneath;  petioles  2-4  mm. 
long;  inflorescence  at  first  densely  sericeous-puberulent,  dense; 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1067 

bractlets  filiform;  calyx  teeth  subulate-acuminate;  petals  subentire, 
glabrous;  disk  villous. — Perhaps  only  a  pubescent  variety  of  H. 
heterophylla.  Neg.  34729. 

CuzcoiGay  1553,  type;  also  367,  372  (fruit). 

Hesperomeles  heterophylla  (R.  &  P.)  Hook.  Icon.  9:  pi.  846. 
1852.  Crataegus  obtusifolia  Pers.  Syn.  2:  37.  1806.  Mespilus  Per- 
soonia  Spreng.  Syst.  2:  506.  1825.  M.  heterophylla  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv. 
4:  pi.  4%5b.  1802.  H.  obtusifolia  Lindl.  Bot.  Reg.  23:  sub  pi.  1956. 
1837.  H.  Fieldii  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  81.  1925. 

Gray-barked,  the  reddish,  lenticellate  branchlets  and  the  corymbs, 
including  the  calyces,  evanescently  and  slightly  pilose,  otherwise 
glabrous;  petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  blades  chartaceous,  lustrous  above, 
pale  beneath,  finely  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides,  elliptic  or 
oblong-elliptic,  acute  at  the  base,  mostly  rounded  at  the  apex  or 
slightly  narrowed  and  subacute,  the  larger  ones  usually  3-4  cm. 
long,  1.5-2.5  cm.  wide,  the  short  flowering  branchlets  often  with  2  or 
3  much  smaller  leaves  at  the  base,  all  more  or  less  obscurely  crenate- 
serrate  from  below  the  middle;  corymbs  dense,  shorter  than  the 
leaves;  calyx  tube  ovate-acuminate,  about  1  cm.  long;  petals  some- 
what crenulate;  disk  pilose. — Fruit  edible  (Dombey).  Description 
from  type  material.  Osteomeles  glabrata  HBK.  seems  to  be  a  large- 
leaved  variety.  A  depressed  form  is  var.  vacciniifolia  Hook.  loc.  cit. 

Huanuco:  Chaclla,  Weberbauer  6795  (det.  Mansfeld).  Pillao,  Ruiz. 
— Junin:  Huasa-huasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon;  Dombey,  type.  San  Carlos 
(Mathews  1445,  fide  Hook.). — Ayacucho:  Prov.  Huanta,  Weberbauer 
(det.  Mansfeld). — Cuzco:  Herreral37  (det.  Markgraf). — Cajamarca: 
Cutervo,  Jelski  278.  Colombia;  Ecuador.  "Milucapa." 

Hesperomeles  lanuginosa  R.  &  P.  ex  Hook.  Icon.  9:  pi.  846. 
1852.  Mespilus  lanuginosa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  pi.  425a.  1802. 
Crataegus  ferruginea  Pers.  Syn.  2:  37.  1806.  Eriobotrya  cordata 
Lindl.  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  13:  102.  1822.  Osteomeles  ferruginea  HBK. 
Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  211.  1824.  H.  oblonga  Lindl.  Bot.  Reg.  23:  sub 
pi.  1956. 1837.  Mespilus  ferruginea  Poir.  Encycl.  Suppl.  4:  73.  1816. 
H.  ferruginea  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  129.  1844. 

Branches  spreading,  stout,  rather  tardily  glabrate,  with  pale 
lenticels;  branchlets,  young  leaves  beneath,  and  corymbs  densely 
ferruginous-tomentose,  the  pubescence  persistent  or  on  the  leaves 
tardily  disappearing  in  part  or  becoming  cinereous;  petioles  about 
1  cm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  evanescently  puberulent  above,  later 
lustrous,  slightly  rugulose  by  the  impressed  nerves  and  veins,  these 


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soon  strongly  reticulate  beneath;  blades  typically  ovate  or  subelliptic- 
ovate,  subacute  or  often  subcaudate  at  the  base,  rounded  at  the  apex, 
about  5  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide;  corymbs  dense,  shorter  than  the 
leaves;  bractlets  filiform;  calyx  tube  ovate,  acute  at  the  base,  scarcely 
1  mm.  long;  petals  oblong-cuneate,  pilose,  white;  stamens  short.— 
Description  from  the  Dombey  material  in  herb.  Paris.  Species 
variable.  Mathews  888,  not  seen,  the  type  of  H.  oblonga,  is  described 
as  having  "leaves  oblong,  rugose,  above  glabrous,  beneath  ferrugi- 
nous-villous;  cymes  lanate,  shorter  than  the  leaves."  Petals  in  some 
forms  are  glabrous,  as  in  the  doubtfully  distinct  0.  rubescens  Dene., 
of  Colombia,  with  larger  flowers.  A  form  from  Colombia  with  more 
oblong  leaves  and  more  grayish  pubescence  may  be  distinct.  Some- 
times a  tree  of  5  meters.  Petals  sometimes  eciliate  (Weberbauer  4023) . 
Junin:  Palca,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  2495  (det.  Schneider). 
Carpapata,  Killip  &  Smith  24454-  Huasa-huasi,  Dombey,  type.— 
Ayacucho:  Pampalca,  Killip  &  Smith  23257.  Quinua,  3,300  meters, 
Weberbauer  5546  (det.  Mansfeld).  Pillao,  Ruiz. — Huanuco:  Monzon, 
3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  3374  (det.  Schneider).  Pampayacu, 
Kanehira  27;  Sawada  P22.  Cani,  3409.  Mito,  1470. — Cajamarca: 
Hualgayoc,  Weberbauer  4023  (det.  Schneider). — Cuzco:  Gay  349. 
Ollantaitambo,  Herrera  3419,  1471.  Bolivia  to  Colombia.  "Mi- 
llucassa,"  "llinlli." 

Hesperomeles  latifolia  (HBK.)  M.  Roem.  Syn.  Rosifl.  225. 
1847.  Osteomeles  latifolia  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  212.  pi.  554. 1824. 

A  shrub  4  meters  high;  branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  corymbs 
densely  ferruginous-pilose  or  tomentulose;  petioles  7-15  mm.  long; 
blades  broadly  elliptic,  truncate  or  slightly  cordate  at  the  suboblique 
base,  rounded  at  the  apex,  to  10  cm.  long  and  7  cm.  wide,  or  the  lower 
probably  larger,  dull  and  glabrous  above  except  the  more  or  less 
tomentulose  costa  and  the  obscure  nerves,  these  7  mm.  distant,  in 
age  slightly  reticulate-veined  beneath;  corymbs  compact,  shorter  than 
the  leaves;  bractlets  filiform;  calyx  tube  subulate,  short,  much  shorter 
than  the  woody  receptacle. — Doubtfully  distinct  from  H.  lanuginosa, 
sens.  lat.  Neg.  3376. 

Cuzco:  Yanamanchi,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  4970  (det.  Schnei- 
der).— Junin:  Huacapistana,  Killip  &  Smith  24236. — Piura:  Aya- 
vaca,  Humboldt,  type.  "Lengli." 

Hesperomeles  palcensis  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  86.  1908. 
Prostrate,    unarmed,    the   young   parts   ferruginous- tomentose; 
leaves  elliptic-obovate,  more  or  less  rounded  at  the  apex,  rounded  or 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1069 

acute  at  the  base,  irregularly  dentate,  1.5-2.5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence 
distinctly  exceeding  the  leaves,  glabrate  or  pubescent;  flowers  4-5 
mm.  broad;  calyx  lobes  triangular,  short-acuminate,  little  shorter 
than  the  receptacle. — Compared  by  the  author  with  H.  ferruginea, 
but  not  surely  distinct  from  that  or  from  H.  Gayana.  Neg.  1285. 

Junin:  Palca,  Weberbauer  1782,  type. 

Hesperomeles  pernettyoides  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  230.  1857. 
Osteomeles  pernettyoides  Dene.  Nouv.  Arch.  Mus.  Paris  10:  184. 
1874.  H,  pernettyoides  var.  glaucophylla  Wedd.  op.  cit.  231. 

Shorter  branchlets  sometimes  spinose,  at  first  puberulent;  petioles 
2-3  cm.  long;  blades  more  elliptic-oblong  than  obovate,  acute  at  the 
base,  rounded  at  the  apex,  slightly  lustrous  above,  sparsely  and 
evanescently  pilose  beneath,  mostly  about  15  cm.  long,  8-10  cm.  wide, 
often  much  smaller  on  the  same  branch,  minutely  and  evenly  crenu- 
late-denticulate  to  below  the  middle;  corymbs  villous,  dense,  few- 
flowered;  calyx  sparsely  villous,  the  filiform-subulate  tube  1.5  mm. 
long;  petals  glabrous;  disk  sparsely  pubescent. — Very  doubtfully  dis- 
tinct from  H.  cuneata.  The  Gay  specimen  from  Cuzco  cited  by 
Weddell  I  have  referred  to  H.  escalloniaefolia.  Neg.  34709. 

Junin:  Yanahuanca,  1286. — Lima:  Matucana,  2,300  meters, 
Weberbauer  116  (det.  Schneider). — Cajamarca:  Ocros,  2,400  meters, 
Weberbauer  2735  (det.  Schneider) .  Caya  and  Chachapoyas,  Raimondi, 
type  of  var.  glaucophylla. — Puno:  Sandia,  2,100  meters,  Weberbauer 
511  (det.  Schneider). — Huanuco:  Chinchapalca,  1590.  Mito,  1507. 
Tomaiquichua,  2418.  Bolivia;  Colombia. 

Hesperomeles  Weberbaueri  Schneid.  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  85.  1908. 

A  shrub  about  2  meters  high;  young  branchlets  (sometimes  api- 
cally  spinose),  leaves  beneath,  and  inflorescence  more  or  less  ferrugi- 
nous-pilose; leaves  mostly  oblong  to  broadly  elliptic,  subrotund  or 
somewhat  cuneate  at  the  base,  crehate-dentate;  sepals  narrowly  tri- 
angular, acuminate,  longer  than  the  receptacle;  petals  ovate-oblong, 
sometimes  denticulate,  greenish  white;  ovules  solitary. — Neg.  1286. 

Ayacucho:  Above  Osno,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  5602  (det. 
Mansfeld). — Lima:  San  Mateo,  Isern  2254. — Huanuco:  Monzon, 
2,400  meters,  Weberbauer  3424,  type.  Llata,  2267.  Pampayacu, 
Kanehira  103.  Tambo  de  Vaca,  4415. — Puno:  Sandia,  2,200  meters, 
Weberbauer  528  (det.  Schneider).  Bolivia. 


1070  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

2.  LICANIAAubl. 

Moquilea  Aubl. 

Reference:  J.  D.  Hooker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  8-19.  1867. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  alternate,  simple,  persistent  leaves,  these 
most  often  glabrous  above  and  tomentose  beneath,  the  petioles  some- 
times biglandular  at  the  apex.  Flowers  small,  in  divaricately 
branched  panicles,  short-pedicellate  or  sessile,  3-bracteolate.  Calyx 
tube  villous  or  naked  within,  the  5  lobes  small.  Stamens  3-10,  included 
or  exserted,  minute,  sometimes  connate  in  a  ring.  Ovary  inserted  at 
the  base  of  the  calyx  tube,  1-celled.  Fruit  1-seeded,  ligneous  or 
sometimes  fleshy. — The  similar  genus  Parinarium  has  the  style  aris- 
ing at  the  apex  of  the  ovary. 

Leaves  glabrous,  or  the  nerves  of  the  younger  ones  slightly  pubescent. 
Inflorescence  cinereous. 

Leaves  ample,  obscurely  reticulate- veined L.  elata. 

Leaves  small,  finely  reticulate- veined  on  both  sides .  .L.  octandra. 

Inflorescence  fulvous L.  intrapetiolaris. 

Leaves  pubescent  beneath,  the  pubescence  sometimes  araneose. 
Leaves  broadly  elliptic  or  subrotund,  rarely  half  longer  than  broad. 
Petioles  10-15  mm.  long. 
Leaves  conspicuously  reticulate- veined  beneath. 

L.  parinarioides. 

Leaves  only  slightly  reticulate-veined L.  retusa. 

Petioles  2-4  mm.  long L.  octandra. 

Leaves  narrower  or,  if  elliptic,  about  twice  as  long  as  wide. 
Stamens  conspicuously  exserted. 

Leaves  rarely  3  (-4.5)  cm.  wide,  the  venation  dense. 

L.  octandra. 

Leaves  usually  4  (-7)  cm.  wide,  the  venation  lax L.  lata. 

Stamens  very  short. 

Leaves  ferruginous- villous  beneath L.  lucida. 

Leaves  pale  or  white-tomentulose. 

Branchlets  ferruginous-pilose L.  trigonioides. 

Branchlets  glabrate L.  microcarpa. 

Licania  elata  Pilger,  comb.  nov.  Moquilea  elata  Pilger,  Notizbl. 
Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6:  136.  1914. 

A  tall  tree,  glabrous  except  for  the  villous  inflorescence;  branchlets 
conspicuously  lenticellate;  blades  dull,  oval  to  oblong,  short-acumi- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1071 

nate,  10-13  cm.  long,  4.5-6  cm.  wide;  petioles  11-13  mm.  long;  pani- 
cles terminal,  to  18  cm.  long,  the  spreading  branches  to  8  cm.  long; 
flowers  densely  fasciculate,  urceolate-campanulate,  2.5-3  mm.  long, 
densely  villous  at  the  base  of  the  stamens;  petals  villous-ciliate;  fila- 
ments glabrous. — Reported  by  Tessmann  as  a  tree  15  meters  high, 
the  trunk  50  cm.  in  diameter.  In  appearance  similar  to  L.  pallida 
Benth.  Neg.  18072. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9446.— Loreto:  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  3215,  3250. 
Puerto  Arturo,  Williams  5064-  Yarina-cocha,  Tessmann  5468. 

Licania  intrapetiolaris  Spruce  ex  Hook.  f.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
14,  pt.  2: 11. 1867. 

A  nearly  glabrous  tree,  as  much  as  10  meters  high,  the  ample 
panicle  conspicuously  fulvous-pubescent;  leaves  oblong-elliptic,  some- 
times broadly  so,  15-25  cm.  long,  7-10  cm.  wide,  glabrous  or  the 
prominent  costa  and  7-9  lateral  nerves  beneath  evanescently  ap- 
pressed-pilose,  thick-coriaceous;  stipules  as  long  as  the  stout  petioles, 
often  somewhat  connate,  borne  between  the  petiole  and  the  branchlet, 
the  glands  often  obscure;  flowers  3  mm.  long;  calyx  sericeous-strigil- 
lose,  not  araneose  within;  petals  and  stamens  5,  the  short  filaments 
connate;  style  and  ovary  pubescent. — Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
14,  pt.  2:  pi.  2.  The  form  with  pubescent  nerves  and  somewhat 
smaller  flowers  (2  mm.  long)  is  var.  brevis  Macbr.  Candollea  5: 
369.  1934. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  Klug  612.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Licania  lata  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  369.  1934. 

A  tree  of  18  meters,  the  branchlets  soon  glabrous;  petioles  7-10 
mm.  long;  blades  chartaceous-coriaceous,  lustrous  above,  white- 
tomentulose  beneath,  slender-veined,  oblong-elliptic  or  sometimes 
elliptic,  rounded  or  rarely  somewhat  acute  at  the  base,  short-acumi- 
nate, to  16  cm.  long,  about  4.5  cm.  or  even  6-7  cm.  wide;  glands 
more  or  less  prominent;  panicles  ferruginous-pubescent,  10-15  cm. 
long,  the  branches  2.5-8  cm.  long,  densely  flowered,  the  white  or 
yellowish  flowers  sessile;  calyx  campanulate,  cinereous- tomentulose, 
3  mm.  long,  densely  lanuginous  within,  the  lobes  broadly  ovate, 
acute;  petals  none;  stamens  about  12;  filaments  glabrous,  twice 
exceeding  the  calyx  lobes;  ovary  and  style  long-pilose. — Perhaps  a 
form  of  L.  octandra. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  560,  type; 
587.  Santa  Rosa,  Kittip  &  Smith  28942. 


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Licania  lucida  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  369.  1934. 

Branchlets,  leaves  beneath,  and  panicles  softly  and  shortly  fer- 
ruginous-villous;  petioles  2-3  mm.  long;  stipules  linear-lanceolate, 
5-7  mm.  long;  blades  ovate-elliptic,  slightly  cordate  at  the  base, 
subabruptly  acuminate,  mostly  10-12  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide,  some 
of  the  leaves  much  smaller,  glabrous  and  very  lustrous  above,  the 
veins  reticulate  beneath;  panicle  7-8  cm.  long,  the  branches  2.5-3.5 
cm.  long;  flowers  crowded,  sessile;  calyx  urceolate,  3  mm.  long, 
strigillose  outside,  obscurely  costate,  more  or  less  lanate-villous 
within;  stamens  about  10,  the  filaments  short;  style  appressed-white- 
pilose,  2  mm.  long,  the  similarly  pilose  ovary  scarcely  1  mm.  long.— 
More  pubescent  than  L.  mollis,  and  the  style  longer. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  462,  type; 
also  499(1). 

Licania  microcarpa  Hook.  f.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2: 
15.  1867. 

Branchlets  slender,  glabrous;  blades  elliptic-ovate,  acuminate, 
cordate  at  the  base,  glabrous  above,  scarcely  lustrous,  cinereous  and 
appressed-tomentulose  beneath,  6-10  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide,  the 
lateral  nerves  10-12,  obsolete  above,  well  marked  beneath;  petioles 
3-4  mm.  long,  eglandular;  stipules  subulate,  persistent;  panicle 
tomentulose,  cinereous  or  pale  ferruginous,  open,  in  fruit  to  several 
centimeters  long;  calyx  tomentose  within,  araneose;  fruit  irregularly 
globose,  about  7  mm.  thick,  short-stipitate. — Typically  a  large  tree, 
to  25  meters  high,  with  much  branched  crown,  the  wood  very  hard 
(Spruce).  Neg.  3370. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  1525. — San  Martin: 
Zepelacio,  Klug  3740.  Brazil.  "Caraipe,"  "canida." 

Licania  octandra  (Hoffmansegg)  Pilger,  comb.  nov.  Hirtella 
octandra  Hoffmansegg  ex  Roem.  &  Schult.  Syst.  5:  274.  1819. 
L.  Turiuva  Cham.  &  Schlecht.  Linnaea  2:  550. 1827. 

A  small  tree,  with  slender,  gray-barked  branches,  the  youngest 
ones  sparsely  soft-pilose,  as  much  as  7  meters  high,  sometimes  gla- 
brous; petioles  2-4  mm.  long;  blades  oblong-elliptic,  acuminate, 
acute  at  the  base,  mostly  8  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  densely  retic- 
ulate-veined, lustrous  above,  beneath  more  or  less  araneose-tomen- 
tulose;  panicle  10-15  cm.  long,  the  longer  branches  4-5  cm.  long, 
rather  laxly  flowered;  flowers  greenish  yellow,  sessile  in  clusters  of 
2-several,  cinereous-puberulent,  about  3  mm.  long;  stamens  long- 
exserted,  united  and  villous  at  the  base. 


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Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  729.  Pun- 
chana,  near  Iquitos,  Williams  1331.  Rio  Ucayali,  Tessmann  3446. 
Brazil. 

Licania  parinarioides  Huber,  Bol.  Mus.  Goeldi  5:  368.  1909. 

A  tree  of  15  meters,  the  branchlets  rusty-pilose,  finally  gla- 
brescent;  petioles  10-15  mm.  long,  rusty- tomentose  above,  distinctly 
biglandular  below  the  apex;  blades  broadly  elliptic  to  nearly  rotund, 
rounded  at  the  base  or  apex,  subcoriaceous,  glabrescent  and  lustrous 
above,  cinereous-araneose  and  minutely  pilose  beneath,  10-20  cm. 
long,  7-10  cm.  wide,  with  many  prominent  lateral  nerves,  these 
puberulent  and  sparsely  long-pilose,  the  veins  beautifully  reticulate 
beneath;  inflorescence  ample,  the  few  divaricate  to  ascending,  strict 
branches  velvety  with  a  yellowish  tomentum,  the  rather  crowded 
flowers  subsessile;  calyx  in  fruit  6  mm.  long,  white-hispid  beneath  the 
20  stamens,  the  lobes  3  mm.  long,  acute;  style  villous  at  the  base,  the 
slightly  excentric  ovary  1-celled. 

Loreto:  Soledad,  Tessmann  5219  (det.  Pilger).  Mishuyacu,  100 
meters,  Klug  1526.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Licania  retusa  Pilger,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6:  137.  1914. 

A  tree,  as  much  as  35  meters  high,  the  rigid,  more  or  less  roundish 
leaves  retuse  at  the  apex,  7-11  cm.  long,  4.5-8  cm.  wide,  very 
minutely  but  densely  tomentulose  beneath;  petioles  10-13  mm.  long; 
panicle  to  14  cm.  long,  densely  fulvous- tomentulose;  flowers  sessile, 
glomerulate,  2.5-3.5  mm.  long,  the  spatulate,  villous  petals  1  mm. 
long;  stamens  in  a  complete  ring,  short;  filaments  hirsute- villous 
and  united  below. — Neg.  18080. 

Rio  Acre:  Vie  9568,  type. 

Licania  trigonioides  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  368.  1934. 

A  low  shrub  with  elongate,  slender,  densely  ferruginous-hirsutulous 
branchlets;  stipules  linear-subulate,  7  mm.  long,  densely  appressed- 
ferruginous-pilose;  leaves  subsessile,  the  petioles  1-4  mm.  long,  the 
blades  oblong-ovate-elliptic,  subcordate  at  the  base,  more  or  less  acu- 
minate, mostly  about  10  cm.  long  and  4.5  cm.  wide,  chartaceous, 
somewhat  lustrous  above,  glabrous  except  on  the  costa,  beneath 
densely  cinereous-tomentulose,  the  nerves  and  especially  the  costa 
sparsely  ferruginous-villous,  the  veins  obscure,  slender-reticulate  on 
both  sides;  panicles  remotely  branched,  ferruginous-hirsute,  about 
20  cm.  long,  the  spreading,  remotely  flowered  branches  to  7  cm.  long; 
flowers  sessile  in  fascicles  of  2-3,  sordid-tomentulose  and  pilose; 


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calyx  tube  urceolate,  hirsute  within,  scarcely  15  mm.  long,  the  lobes 
1  mm.  long,  ovate,  acute;  petals  none;  stamens  5-7,  the  filaments 
densely  villous;  style  villous,  2  mm.  long;  ovary  velvety-pilose.— 
Suggestive  of  L.  incana  Aubl.,  of  Brazil  and  the  Guianas. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  449,  type. 

3.  PARINARIUM  Juss. 

Trees  with  alternate,  persistent,  often  coriaceous,  entire  leaves, 
sometimes  2-glandular  at  the  base,  the  stipules  subulate  or  lanceolate. 
Flowers  racemose,  corymbose,  or  paniculate,  2-bracteolate,  perfect. 
Stamens  10  to  many,  short-connate,  often  unilateral.  Ovary  uni- 
laterally adnate,  exserted,  2-celled,  the  septum  sometimes  incomplete, 
the  cells  1-ovuled,  the  basal  style  often  hirsute.  Drupe  sometimes 
edible. 

Parinarium  parile  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  367.  1934. 

Branchlets  somewhat  tuberculate,  glabrous;  petioles  thick,  8-10 
mm.  long;  blades  oblong-elliptic  or  elliptic-lanceolate,  subrotund  at 
the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex,  to  16  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  wide,  or 
often  9  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide,  coriaceous  or  coriaceous-charta- 
ceous,  glabrous  and  somewhat  lustrous  above,  cinereous-tomen- 
tulose  between  the  veins  beneath,  finally  glabrate,  the  nerves  about 
25,  prominent,  especially  beneath;  panicle  branches  pubescent,  with 
ferruginous,  somewhat  spreading  hairs,  the  branchlets  and  flowers 
appressed-cinereous-pilose;  pedicels  obsolete  or  1  mm.  long;  bracts 
2.5  mm.  long,  caducous;  calyx  tube  turbinate,  2  mm.  long,  densely 
pilose  within  only  at  the  throat,  the  acuminate,  narrowly  ovate  lobes 
little  longer;  petals  caducous,  oblong-elliptic,  scarcely  1.5  mm.  long; 
stamens  to  6,  unilateral;  filaments  glabrous,  free,  scarcely  as  long  or 
little  longer  than  the  sepals;  style  pilose  at  the  base. 

Loreto:  Manfinfa,  upper  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1140,  type;  1113. 
—San  Martin:  Juanjui,  Klug  3870.  "Uchpa-umari." 

4.  HIRTELLA  L. 

Cosmibuena  R.  &  P.  Prodr.  10.  pi.  2. 1794. 

Reference:  Hooker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  27-40.  1867. 

Shrubs  or  trees  with  short-petioled,  alternate,  entire  leaves,  the 
narrow  stipules  deciduous.  Flowers  in  axillary  and  terminal  racemes 
or  panicles,  the  panicles  usually  racemiform.  Sepals  reflexed,  the 
petals  early  deciduous,  much  exceeded  by  the  3  to  several  stamens, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1075 

these  partly  staminodial  and  confined  to  one  side  of  the  tubular 
receptacle.    Fruit  a  drupe,  sometimes  juicy,  1-seeded. 

Leaves  bulbous-inflated  at  the  base. 

Flowers  in  long  racemes H.  guainiae. 

Flowers  in  short  racemes,  almost  fasciculate H.  physophora. 

Leaves  not  bulbous-inflated  at  the  base. 

Bracts  glandular,  or  many  of  them  with  at  least  1  large  gland. 

Leaves  to  4.5  cm.  wide H.  subglanduligera. 

Leaves  5-8.5  cm.  wide H.  aureohirsuta. 

Bracts  eglandular,  or  the  glands  at  least  small  and  promptly 

caducous. 
Leaves  conspicuously  ciliate  with  spreading  hairs. 

H.  pilosissima. 

Leaves  not  ciliate,  or  the  marginal  hairs  appressed. 
Stamens  3  (-4) ;  inflorescence  rarely  a  simple  raceme. 

Inflorescence  usually  a  racemiform   panicle,   glabrate  or 

more  or  less  pubescent H .  triandra. 

Inflorescence  a  setulose  raceme H.  plumbea. 

Stamens  5-7. 

Inflorescence  an  open,  cymose  panicle H.  rasa. 

Inflorescence  a  simple  raceme,  or  racemiform. 

Inflorescence  a  racemiform  panicle H.  elongata. 

Inflorescence  a  simple  raceme. 
Leaves  oblong-lanceolate,  more  or  less  petiolate. 

H.  racemosa. 
Leaves  elliptic,  subcordate,  subsessile .  .  .  .  H .  Standleyi. 

Hirtella  aureohirsuta  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  538.  1906. 

A  woody  vine,  all  the  growing  parts  conspicuously  yellow-hirsute; 
leaves  oblong,  subsessile,  short-acuminate,  glabrate  and  rugose  above, 
hirsute  beneath,  10-20  cm.  long,  5-8.5  cm.  wide;  racemes  to  20  cm. 
long;  bracts  lance-subulate,  mostly  biglandular;  pedicels  to  8  mm. 
long,  stipitate-glandular;  flowers  5  to  many;  petals  elliptic,  5  mm. 
long,  the  similar  sepals  4-4.5  mm.  long. — My  specimens  are  from 
a  shrub  with  open,  sprawling  branches,  the  flowers  greenish  red. 
Species  apparently  very  near  several  older  ones.  Neg.  3331. 

Amazonas:  Moyobamba,  800  meters,  Weberbauer  4487,  type.— 
Junin:  La  Merced,  5532  (det.  Killip).  Chanchamayo  Valley,  Schunke 


1076  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

328,  329.    San  Ramon,   Kittip  &  Smith  24794-    Rio  Paucartambo 
Valley,  Kittip  &  Smith  25276. 

Hirtella  elongata  Mart.  &  Zucc.  Abh.  Math.  Nat.  Cl.  Akad. 
Munch.  1:  384. 1832;  39;  Flora  15,  pt.  2:  Beibl.  1:  85. 1832. 

Branchlets  and  panicles  cinereous-puberulent,  like  the  short 
petioles  and  the  leaf  nerves  beneath;  blades  oblong-elliptic,  acumi- 
nate, rounded  or  cordate  at  the  base,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above 
except  on  the  costa,  often  bullate,  the  12  lateral  nerves  prominent; 
stipules  linear,  subulate,  much  longer  than  the  petiole,  soon  decid- 
uous; panicle  elongate,  narrowly  racemiform,  the  stout  rachis  and 
the  branchlets  lenticellate,  the  branchlets  numerous,  about  1.5  cm. 
long,  apically  1-2-flowered;  stamens  6;  ovary  very  hirsute,  but  the 
style  glabrous,  like  the  reddish  fruit  at  maturity. — An  irregularly 
branched  tree,  6  meters  high,  the  branches  hollow,  housing  wasps 
and  ants  (Spruce).  A  liana  (Klug).  Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14, 
pt.  2:  pi.  11.  Neg.  3337. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  916,  726,  2530,  2575. 
Brazil. 

Hirtella  guainiae  Spruce  ex  Hook,  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14, 
pt.  2:  31.  1867. 

Branchlets  and  leaves  beneath  hispid  with  long,  spreading  hairs; 
cordate  leaf  base  saccately  enlarged  on  each  side  of  the  short  petiole, 
the  vesicles  hispid  like  the  prominent  leaf  nerves  beneath;  stipules 
filiform,  about  12  mm.  long;  blades  coriaceous,  glabrous  above, 
lustrous  on  both  sides;  racemes  tomentose,  simple,  the  pedicels 
4  mm.  long,  nearly  equaled  by  the  filiform  bracts;  stamens  3;  style 
pilose  toward  the  base.— A  shrub  2-3  meters  high,  with  violet 
flowers  (Klug).  Illustrated,  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  pi.  10. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  27,  512;  Kittip  &  Smith 
29947.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Hirtella  physophora  Mart.  &  Zucc.  Abh.  Math.  Nat.  Cl.  Akad. 
Munch.  1:  374.  1832;  29;  Flora  15,  pt.  2:  Beibl.  1:  79.  1832. 

In  general  similar  to  H.  guainiae,  but  spreading-hirsute  through- 
out, even  on  the  upper  leaf  surface;  racemes  scarcely  2.5  cm.  long, 
fasciculate;  flowers  2-2.5  cm.  broad,  the  pedicels  8  mm.  long;  sta- 
mens 7;  style  glabrous;  ovary  strigose,  almost  included  in  the  calyx 
tube. — Flowers  greenish  or  bright  brown  (Klug).  H.  myrmecophila 
Pilger  is  similar,  but  the  inflorescence  is  very  sparsely  hispid  and 
the  ovary  is  near  the  base  of  the  tube.  Neg.  3348. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  989.    Brazil. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1077 

Hirtella  pilosissima  Mart.  &  Zucc.  Abh.  Math.  Nat.  Cl.  Akad. 
Munch.  1:  373.  1832;  30;  Flora  15,  pt.  2:  Beibl.  1:  78.  1832. 

Well  marked  by  the  broadly  elliptic,  oblong,  or  somewhat  obo- 
vate,  setulose-margined  leaves,  these  chartaceous,  subacute  at  the 
base,  cuspidate,  hirsute  above  with  slender  hairs;  petioles  very 
short;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the  subulate  bracts; 
stamens  3-4;  ovary  strigose,  the  style  pilose. — Neg.  3349. 

Loreto:  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  804.  Marquisapa,  Williams  1183. 
Brazil. 

Hirtella  plumbea  Pilger,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  6: 139. 1914. 

A  shrub  or  perhaps  a  tree,  with  lustrous,  lead-colored  foliage; 
stipules  to  8  mm.  long;  leaves  sparsely  setose  beneath,  long-acumi- 
nate, to  18  cm.  long  and  6.5  cm.  wide;  inflorescence  15-30  cm.  long, 
fuscous-hirsute-setose;  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  sepals  3-3.5  mm.  long, 
the  lilac  petals  little  longer;  stamens  4,  about  12  mm.  long,  the  style 
not  much  longer. — Neg.  3350. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  79br,  type. 

Hirtella  rasa  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  17:  252.  1937. 

A  tree  6-27  meters  tall;  leaves  elliptic-oblong  or  oblong,  acute 
or  short-acuminate,  11-13  cm.  long,  4-6.5  cm.  wide,  lustrous  above, 
sparsely  and  minutely  hispidulous  or  almost  glabrous,  somewhat 
paler  beneath  and  sparsely  and  minutely  strigillose-scabrous  or 
almost  glabrous,  subcoriaceous;  petioles  rather  thick,  5-7  mm.  long; 
inflorescence  terminal,  8-19  cm.  long,  minutely  and  densely  ap- 
pressed-pilose  with  cinereous  or  fulvous  hairs;  bracts  broadly  ovate; 
flowers  subsessile;  sepals  3-4  mm.  long,  densely  fulvous-  or  cinereous- 
sericeous,  about  equaling  the  white,  glabrous  petals;  stamens  5; 
fruit  densely  spreading-pilose. 

San  Martin:  Juanjui,  King  4249.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Hirtella  racemosa  Lam.  Encycl.  3:  133.  1789;  33.  H.  ameri- 
cana  Auct.,  non  L. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  the  leaves  oblong  or  oblong-lanceolate, 
acute  to  long-acuminate,  usually  3-4.5  cm.  wide,  about  10  cm.  long, 
sometimes  to  6.5  cm.  wide  and  16  cm.  long,  glabrate  or  somewhat 
strigose  on  the  costa  and  sometimes  on  the  nerves  beneath,  mem- 
branaceous  or  becoming  subcoriaceous;  racemes  axillary  and  termi- 
nal, greatly  elongate  in  fruit,  slightly  puberulent  to  hirsutulous;  bracts 
subulate,  usually  shorter  than  the  pedicels,  these  slender,  5-15  mm. 
long;  stamens  5-7;  fruit  glabrous. — Variable,  especially  in  the  leaves, 


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a  number  of  varieties  under  the  name  H.  americana  having  been 
designated  by  Hooker. 

San  Martin:  Tarapoto,  Ule  6541,  6453;  Williams  6154,  5887. 
Chazuta,  King  4025.  Pongo  de  Cainarachi,  King  2704,  2714  — 
Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Ule  6264;  Williams  3884,  7832,  4041,  3829; 
Killip  &  Smith  27549,  29651.  Mishuyacu,  King  203,  263,  1333. 
Florida,  Klug  1 989.  Masisea,  Tessmann  3115.  La  Victoria,  Williams 
2765,  2990.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  2358(1}. — Amazonas:  Chico- 
playa,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  (det.  Pilger).  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4573.— 
Rio  Acre:  Ule  9412,  9415.  Widely  distributed  in  South  America,  to 
Central  America  and  the  West  Indies. 

Hirtella  Standleyi  Baehni  &  Macbr.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva  3-5  m.  alta,  ramulis  robustis,  racemis,  petiolisque 
dense  pilis  brevibus  fulvis  patentibus  pubescentibus;  stipulis  5  mm. 
longis;  petiolis  1-15  mm.  longis  haud  incrassatis;  foliis  oblongo-ellip- 
ticis  vel  interdum  late  oblongo-ovatis  basi  manifeste  sed  minute 
cordatis  apice  abrupte  acuminatis  (acumen  ca.  4  mm.  longus),  plerum- 
que  8-10  cm.  longis,  5-6  cm.  latis,  rigido-coriaceis,  supra  costa  excepta 
nitidulis  glabratis,  subtus  ad  nervos  plus  minusve  hirsutulis,  sub- 
nitidis,  nervis  lateralibus  cum  venis  laxe  reticulatis  subtus  prominen- 
tibus,  supra  obscuris;  racemis  ad  15  cm.  longis  densifloris;  pedicellis 
vix  2.5  mm.  longis;  bracteis  setaceis  3  mm.  longis;  bracteolis  minutis 
glanduliformibus;  petalis  late  obovatis  4  mm.  longis,  3  mm.  latis; 
drupa  oblongo-ovoidea  breviter  stipitata  sparse  pilosa  3.5  mm. 
longa,  2.5  mm.  crassa. — Species  otherwise  similar  to  H.  scaberula 
Spruce  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  33.  1867,  of  the  upper  Amazon, 
with  thinner  leaves  that  are  not  at  all  cordate,  borne  on  glabrate, 
much  thickened  petioles,  the  racemes  sparsely  pilose,  and  with  smaller, 
spatulate-oblong  petals.  We  acknowledge  our  thanks  to  Sir  Arthur 
W.  Hill  for  the  loan  of  Spruce's  type. 

Loreto:  A  tree  with  lilac  flowers,  Balsapuerto,  Klug  3022,  type; 
also  2869. 

Hirtella  subglanduligera  Pilger,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
6:  140.  1914. 

A  tree  of  10-25  meters,  the  younger  parts  and  the  many  inflores- 
cences more  or  less  villous-hirsute;  leaves  coriaceous,  oval  or  elliptic, 
broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  narrowed  to  the  obtuse  apex,  8-9  cm. 
long,  to  4.5  cm.  wide,  subsessile;  panicle  branches  short,  1-few- 
flowered;  glands  of  the  bractlets  large,  sessile  or  subsessile;  sepals 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1079 

3.5-4  mm.  long;  petals  5  mm.  long;  stamens  4,  about  13  mm.  long, 
the  longer  style  hirsute  below. — Neg.  3357. 

Rio  Acre:  Ule  9414,  type. 

Hirtella  triandra  Swartz,  Prodr.  51.  1788.  H.  Cosmibuena 
Lam.  Illustr.  2:  114.  1797.  H.  racemosa  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  3:  5. 
1802,  non  Lam.  1789. 

A  shrub  or  slender  tree,  sometimes  10  meters  high,  with  virgate, 
glabrate  or  somewhat  pubescent  branchlets;  leaves  usually  oblong 
or  oblong-lanceolate,  acute,  acuminate,  or  caudate-acuminate,  usually 
rounded  at  the  base,  often  about  10  cm.  long  and  4.5  cm.  wide; 
flowers  racemose-paniculate,  the  pedicels  slender,  5-10  mm.  long, 
sometimes  shorter  or  longer;  bracts  small,  subulate,  deciduous, 
eglandular;  stamens  3,  rarely  4;  petals  white,  roundish,  about 
equaling  the  calyx;  fruit  juicy,  plumlike,  purplish,  not  edible, 
1  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Yurimaguas,  Williams  4653.  Lower  Rio  Huallaga, 
Killip  &  Smith  2927.  Florida,  King  2250.— San  Martin:  Zepe- 
lacio,  King  3724. — Rio  Acre:  Ule  9413.  Widely  distributed  in 
tropical  America.  "Quinulla,"  "isiguiro-ey"  (Huitoto  names). 

5.  COUEPIA  Aubl. 

Reference:  J.  D.  Hooker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  40-49.  1867. 

Glabrous  or  tomentose  trees  or  shrubs  with  alternate,  coriaceous, 
entire  leaves,  the  short  petioles  sometimes  biglandular  toward  the 
apex.  Stipules  often  setaceous  and  deciduous.  Flowers  in  axillary 
or  terminal  panicles  or  racemes,  usually  white-tomentose  and  often 
large,  like  the  more  or  less  caducous  bracts.  Calyx  tube  elongate. 
Stamens  15  to  many,  somewhat  monadelphous  at  the  base,  some- 
times laterally  disposed.  Ovary  1-celled,  laterally  inserted  in  the 
calyx  throat.  Style  elongate,  usually  villous.  Fruit  often  edible. 

Leaves  small,  all  or  most  of  them  narrower  than  4  cm. 

Calyx  glabrous C.  Williamsii. 

Calyx  pubescent C.  Ulei. 

Leaves  medium-sized  to  large,  mostly  5  cm.  wide  or  wider. 

Branchlets  villous C.  canomensis. 

Branchlets  glabrous  or  nearly  so. 

Calyx  more  or  less  cinereous-puberulent C.  paraensis. 

Calyx  densely  fulvous-pubescent,  pale  in  C.  subcordata. 


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Calyx  tube  about  1  cm.  long;  style  pubescent  below  the 
middle. 

Leaves  obscurely  reticulate- veined C.  subcordata. 

Leaves  coarsely  and  prominently  reticulate-veined. 

C.  racemosa. 
Calyx  tube  about  2  cm.  long,  or  the  style  pubescent. 

Calyx  subsessile,  about  5  mm.  thick C.  macrophylla. 

Calyx  pedicellate,  about  3  mm.  thick C.  chrysocalyx. 

Couepia  canomensis  (Mart.)  Benth.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14, 
pt.  2:  42.  1867.  Moquilea  canomensis  Mart.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  2: 
80.  pi.  166.  1826. 

A  small  tree,  to  7  meters  high,  very  distinct  among  Peruvian 
species  by  its  softly  reddish- villous  branchlets;  leaves  oblong- 
lanceolate,  in  age  coriaceous  and  glabrous  above,  to  15  cm.  long, 
sordidly  white-tomentulose  beneath,  the  nerves  villous,  the  reticu- 
lation becoming  prominent;  racemes  solitary,  sometimes  nodding, 
to  10  cm.  long,  rufous-pubescent  throughout;  bracts  lanceolate, 
exceeding  the  cylindric  calyx  tube;  flowers  almost  12  mm.  long,  the 
petals  much  narrower  but  not  longer  than  the  oblong  (typically 
6  mm.  long)  calyx  lobes;  fruit  globose,  pubescent,  lanate  within, 
3.5  cm.  thick. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  Williams  3780;  Klug  142  (sepals  longer);  Tess- 
mann  3690,  5109  (det.  Pilger).  Brazil. 

Couepia  chrysocalyx  (Poepp.  &  Endl.)  Benth.  ex  Hook.  f.  in 
Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  42.  1867.  Moquilea  chrysocalyx  Poepp. 
&  Endl.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  3:  75.  pi.  286.  1845. 

A  rather  large  tree,  up  to  16  meters  high,  much  branched  from 
the  base  (Spruce),  or  10  meters  high,  with  a  trunk  30-40  cm.  in 
diameter  (Tessmann),  the  youngest  branchlets  and  the  leaves 
beneath  white-araneose-tomentose;  leaves  oblong,  usually  more  or 
less  acute,  finally  coriaceous,  glabrous  above,  15-25  cm.  long;  racemes 
short,  axillary,  corymbose;  bracts  small,  deciduous  before  an  thesis; 
flowers  about  2.5  cm.  long;  calyx  tube  12-15  mm.  long;  petals  white, 
oblong,  exceeding  the  roundish  calyx  lobes;  ovary  and  style  densely 
pubescent. 

Loreto:  Puerto  Metendez,  Tessmann  3918  (det.  Pilger).  Yuri- 
maguas,  Kittip  &  Smith  27933;  Williams  5012. — San  Martin:  Tara- 
poto,  Spruce  4616  (calyx  shorter).  Pongo  de  Cainarachi,  Klug  2656. 
Chazuta,  Klug  3971.  "Parinari,"  "sacha  umapu." 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1081 

Couepia  macrophylla  Spruce  ex  Hook.  f.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14, 
pt.  2:  41.  1867.  Couepia  speciosa  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  539.  1906. 

A  small  tree,  6  meters  high,  with  suboblong  or  oblong-obovate, 
coriaceous  leaves,  those  of  the  flowering  branchlets  about  20  cm. 
long  and  6-8  cm.  wide,  the  lower  to  35  cm.  long  and  nearly  15  cm. 
wide,  shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  sometimes  cuneate  at  the  base, 
pale  above,  dark  and  minutely  tomentose  beneath;  petioles  about 
1  cm.  long,  stout;  racemes  dense,  6-8  cm.  long;  calyx  densely  seri- 
ceous-tomentose;  sepals  5,  orbicular-ovate,  1  cm.  long;  petals  white, 
villous-margined;  staminal  circle  complete,  the  filaments  2.5  cm. 
long. — The  fleshy,  ovate  bracts  are  caducous.  Williams  888,  sterile, 
from  Timbuchi,  called  "chibo-caspi"  and  "capucarnia,"  is  perhaps 
this  species.  Neg.  17976. 

Amazonas:  Moyobamba,  1,400  meters,  Weberbauer  4649.— 
Loreto:  Florida,  Klug  2089.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Couepia  paraensis  (Mart.  &  Zucc.)  Benth.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras. 
14,  pt.  2:  48.  1867.  Moquilea  paraensis  Mart.  &  Zucc.  Abh.  Math. 
Phys.  Cl.  Akad.  Munch.  1:  390.  1832. 

A  tree  of  10-13  meters;  branchlets  glabrous,  white-punctate; 
petioles  8  mm.  long,  tomentose,  biglandular;  blades  oblong  or  obo- 
vate-oblong,  abruptly  acute  or  acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base  or 
rarely  cordate,  7.5-15  cm.  long,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above,  the 
slender  veins  impressed,  glabrate  beneath,  with  12-20  slender  nerves, 
the  veins  obscure;  stipules  subulate,  deciduous;  panicles  solitary, 
terminal,  longer  than  the  leaves,  erect  or  nodding,  many-flowered, 
even  the  flowers  cinereous- tomentose;  bractlets  early  caducous; 
pedicels  slender,  12-16  mm.  long;  calyx  tube  8  mm.  long,  attenuate 
at  the  base,  the  lobes  rounded,  little  exceeded  by  the  marginally 
pubescent,  white  or  salmon-pink  petals;  stamens  50  or  fewer,  8  mm. 
long,  more  or  less  unilateral;  ovary,  like  the  style  base,  villous; 
fruit  oblong,  2.5  cm.  long,  glabrous  within. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Williams  1490;  Killip  &  Smith 
27184,  29963.  Mishuyacu,  100  meters,  Klug  1444,  2503,  2520. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

Couepia  racemosa  Benth.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  43.  1867. 

Branchlets  not  white-punctate,  glabrous;  petioles  8-12  mm.  long; 
blades  thick-coriaceous,  glabrous  but  not  lustrous  above,  the  nerves 
deeply  impressed,  densely  reticulate-veined  beneath,  the  8-12  lateral 
nerves  prominent,  10-20  cm.  long,  oblong  or  obovate-lanceolate, 
rounded  to  the  acute  base,  acuminate;  racemes  axillary,  somewhat 


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shorter  than  the  leaves,  ferruginous- tomentose,  5-10  cm.  long; 
pedicels  slender;  calyx  tube  6  mm.  long,  conic-cylindric,  gibbous 
at  the  base,  the  oblong  lobes  obtuse;  petals  oblong,  glabrous,  white, 
exserted;  stamens  40  or  fewer,  12  mm.  long;  ovary  hirsute,  the 
style  villous  at  the  base;  fruit  large,  ovoid,  woody,  obscurely  6-costate 
pubescent  within.— Stipules  none,  according  to  Spruce.  Williams 
1161  seems  to  be  var.  reticulata  Pilger,  the  leaves  closely  reticulate- 
veined. 

Loreto:  Timbuchi,  Williams  1161.    Brazil.    "Mashu  sacha." 

Couepia  subcordata  Benth.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  46. 
pi.  16.  1867.  C.  amazonica  Fritsch,  Ann.  Hofmus.  Wien  5:  12.  1890. 

A  tree  of  12  meters,  with  dense  crown;  branchlets  thick,  at  first 
cinereous-puberulent;  petioles  pubescent,  eglandular,  6-12  mm.  long; 
blades  oblong-lanceolate,  acute  or  acuminate,  more  or  less  cordate 
at  the  base,  7.5-15  cm.  long,  submembranaceous,  only  slightly 
lustrous  above,  the  nerves  slender,  beneath  ferruginous  (rarely 
cinereous),  the  12-15  prominent  nerves  glabrous;  stipules  deciduous, 
subulate;  panicles  dense,  axillary  and  terminal,  equaling  the  leaves 
or  longer,  white-tomentose  even  to  the  flowers;  pedicels  8-12  mm. 
long,  3-5  together  on  each  ascending  branchlet;  calyx  tube  cylindric, 
the  acute,  oblong  lobes  6  mm.  long;  petals  narrow,  ciliate;  stamens 
to  40,  the  filaments  connate  at  the  base;  ovary  villous,  the  style 
densely  hirsute  below  the  middle. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  Williams  3173.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Couepia  Ulei  Pilger,  Verh.  Bot.  Ver.  Brandenb.  47:  149.  1905. 

A  shrub,  characterized  by  its  small  leaves,  the  larger  ones 
7-10  cm.  long;  petioles  rarely  5  mm.  long;  blades  smooth  and  lustrous 
above,  ferruginous-tomentulose  beneath,  only  the  lateral  nerves 
obvious;  inflorescence  terminal,  or  1-2  racemes  from  the  upper  leaf 
axils,  olive-gray-pubescent;  petals  5-7  mm.  long,  somewhat  pubes- 
cent, at  least  on  the  margins;  calyx  lobes  4.5-5  mm.  long;  style 
1-1.5  cm.  long,  villous  toward  the  base. — The  fruit  of  Williams  8157 
and  2346  is  of  the  size  and  shape  of  a  small  pear;  it  is  brown,  with 
numerous  pale  flecks.  Neg.  17981. 

Loreto:  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  7,  29,  63,  88.  Rio  Mazan,  near 
Iquitos,  Williams  8157.  Caballo-cocha,  Williams  23^6.  Amazonian 
Brazil.  "Parinari,"  "suichi-parinari." 

Couepia  Williamsii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  366.  1934. 
A  small  tree  with  slender,  somewhat  tortuous  branchlets;  petioles 
5  mm.  long;  blades  narrowly  oblong  or  elliptic,  short-acute  or  sub- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1083 

rotund  at  the  base,  subabruptly  acute-acuminate,  mostly  11  cm. 
long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  but  sometimes  16  cm.  long  and  nearly  6  cm. 
wide,  lustrous  and  glabrous  above,  densely  appressed-ferruginous- 
tomentulose  beneath,  chartaceous-membranaceous,  the  nerves  con- 
spicuous beneath;  racemes  slender,  axillary  and  terminal,  6-10- 
flowered,  glabrous;  pedicels  5  mm.  long;  flowers  about  2  cm.  long; 
calyx  slightly  curved,  the  cylindric  tube  somewhat  gibbous  at  the 
base,  about  1.5  cm.  long,  the  broadly  ovate  lobes  6  mm.  long; 
stamens  almost  1  cm.  long;  style  9-11  mm.  long,  densely  villous, 
even  to  the  tip. — Close  to  C.  leptostachys  Benth.,  but  in  that  Brazilian 
species  the  style  is  pubescent  only  at  the  base. 

Loreto :  La  Victoria,  Williams  2975,  type. 

6.  PRUNUS  L. 

Reference:  Koehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52:  279-333. 1915. 

This  well  known  genus  is  characterized  chiefly  by  its  free  calyx 
tube,  which  does  not  crown  the  drupaceous  fruit.  The  stamens  in 
the  Peruvian  species  are  often  more  than  20.  The  cherry,  commonly 
grown  for  food  knd  for  ornament  near  Chosica,  Cuzco,  and  many 
other  places  in  the  mountain  valleys  is  P.  Capuli  Cav.,  originally 
of  Mexico.  When  the  genus  is  sufficiently  known,  the  total  number 
of  Peruvian  species  probably  will  be  materially  reduced. 

Petals  pink;  flowers  subsessile,  occurring  in  clusters  before  the  leaves 

appear;  ovary  velvety- tomentose P.  Persica. 

Petals  white;  flowers  pediceled,  in  racemes  with  or  after  the  leaves; 
ovary  glabrous. 

Cupule  under  the  ovary  persistent P.  Capuli. 

Cupule  under  the  ovary  deciduous. 
Leaves  entire. 

Leaves  about  3  cm.  long,  2  cm.  wide P.  ovalis. 

Leaves  much  larger. 

Inflorescence  usually  with  1-4  slightly  pubescent  branches. 

P.  subcorymbosa. 

Inflorescence  always  a  simple,  glabrous  raceme. 
Leaves  broadly  oval  or  subrotund,  mostly  7-11  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  broadly  oval;  petioles  very  stout. 

P.  amplifolia. 

Leaves  subrotund  or  broadly  elliptic;  petioles  relatively 
slender,  sometimes  short. 


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Pedicels  2-2.5  mm.  long;  petals  1.5  mm.  long. 

P.  detrita. 
Pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  petals  to  3.5  mm.  long. 

P.  rotunda. 
Leaves  suboblong-elliptic,  mostly  narrower. 

Petioles  9-12  mm.  long,  or  the  pedicels  short  and  stout. 
Pedicels  stout  and  short,  to  4  mm.  long  in  fruit. 

P.  integrifolia. 
Pedicels  slender,  about  6  mm.  long  in  flower. 

P.  Williamsii. 

Petioles  3-8  mm.  long;  pedicels  slender,  at  least  2.5 
mm.  long,  except  sometimes  in  P.  Ruiziana. 

Leaves  6  cm.  long,  3  cm.  wide. 
Leaves  obscurely  veined,  short-pointed. 

P.  Ruiziana. 

Leaves  conspicuously  veined P.  stipulata. 

Leaves  mostly  twice  as  large  or  larger. 

Petioles  very  short  and  stout P.  pleiantha. 

Petioles  5  mm.  long  or  more. 
Petioles  5-10  mm.   long;  pedicels  stout  and 

short P.  integrifolia. 

Petioles   5-8   mm.   long;   pedicels   slender   or 

filiform. 
Pedicels  1.5-3  mm.  long. 

Glands  basal  on  the  leaf  blade ....  P.  sana. 
Glands  borne  above  the  base  of  the  leaf 

blade. 
Stamens  to  2  mm.  long;  leaves  obscurely 

venose P.  vana. 

Stamens  to  3  mm.  long;  leaves  reticulate- 
veined  beneath P.  debilis. 

Pedicels  to   6   mm.   long  in   flower. 

P.  Williamsii. 
Leaves  serrulate,  or  at  least  some  of  them  with  a  few  teeth 

near  the  base. 
Leaves  mostly  about  8  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  or  smaller. 

Leaves  acuminate P.  rigida. 

Leaves  rounded  at  the  apex. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1085 

Leaves  distinctly  narrower  than  wide P.  oblonga. 

Leaves  subrotund P.  ovalis. 

Leaves  mostly  twice  as  large,  13-17  cm.  long,  5-7  cm.  wide. 

P.  huantensis. 

Primus  amplifolia  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  538.  1906. 

Lenticels  of  the  branches  many;  petioles  5-7  mm.  long,  2-2.5 
mm.  thick;  blades  coriaceous,  broadly  elliptic,  often  somewhat 
one-sided,  15-20  cm.  long,  8-11  cm.  wide,  apically  (apparently) 
shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  scarcely  lustrous;  nerves  rather  con- 
spicuous beneath,  the  glands  almost  basal;  racemes  4-5  cm.  long, 
the  rachis  1  mm.  thick;  pedicels  slender,  2-2.5  mm.  long;  petals 
suborbicular,  1.5  mm.  long,  undulate. — Neg.  3311. 

Puno:  Chunchosmayo,  900  meters,  Weberbauer  1265,  type.— 
Huanuco:  Cochero,  Poeppig  1774. 

Primus  Capuli  Cav.  Anal.  Hist.  Nat.  Madrid  2:  110.  1800. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  to  15  meters  high;  petioles  1-2.5  cm.  long; 
leaf  blades  lanceolate  to  ovate,  narrowed  and  acute  at  the  base, 
caudate-acuminate  at  the  apex,  lustrous  above,  smooth  beneath, 
6.5-14  cm.  long,  2.5-4.5  cm.  wide;  racemes  terminating  leafy 
branches,  the  peduncles  leafy  at  the  base,  3-10  cm.  long;  flowers 
small,  white;  ovary  glabrous;  fruit  red  or  black,  1  cm.  in  diameter 
or  smaller. 

Junin:  Tarma,  Killip  &  Smith  21897;  Kanehira  61. — Huanuco: 
Mito,  1390.  "Cerezo,"  "cereza." 

This  tree,  native  of  Mexico,  is  planted  and  sometimes  is  locally 
established  along  stream  banks  or  in  clearings  in  Peru.  It  is  highly 
esteemed  for  its  large,  juicy  fruit. 

Prunus  debilis  Koehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52:  317.  1915. 

Glabrous,  the  very  slender  branches  with  minute  lenticels; 
petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  leaf  glands  almost  basal,  1  mm.  wide;  blades 
broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  gradually  and  obtusely  long-acuminate, 
11-16  cm.  long,  4-6  cm.  wide,  papyraceous  or  membranaceous,  the 
slender  nerves  prominent-reticulate  beneath;  racemes  3-5.5  cm. 
long,  lax,  the  nearly  filiform  pedicels  1.5-3  mm.  long;  calyx  cup 
1.8  mm.  long,  2.2  mm.  wide;  pedicels  1.5  mm.  long  and  broad; 
anthers  0.25  mm.  long;  stigma  0.3  mm.  broad. — Neg.  31347. 

Loreto:  Mainas,  Yurimaguas,  Poeppig,  type. 


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Primus  detrita  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  365.  1934. 

A  glabrous  tree  about  8  meters  high,  with  slender,  obscurely 
lenticellate  branches;  petioles  12  mm.  long;  glands  subbasal;  blades 
elliptic-oval  or  somewhat  ovate-elliptic,  rounded  to  the  acute  base, 
abruptly  and  obtusely  acuminate  at  the  apex,  12-15  cm.  long, 
6.5-8  cm.  wide,  entire,  coriaceous-chartaceous,  lustrous  above; 
racemes  mostly  5  cm.  long;  pedicels  slender,  2.5-3  mm.  long;  petals 
1.5  mm.  long;  stamens  2-2.5  mm.  long;  anthers  minute. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  1094,  type. 

Primus  huantensis  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  50:  Beibl.  Ill:  8.  1913. 

A  shrub  of  3  meters,  the  branches  brown,  with  many  lenticels; 
leaves  rigid,  coriaceous,  broadly  rounded  at  the  base,  ovate,  gradually 
narrowed  to  the  acuminate  apex,  rarely  subelliptic,  shortly  and 
rigidly  setose-denticulate,  more  or  less  bullate,  13-17  cm.  long, 
5.5-7  cm.  wide,  the  thick  petiole  to  1  cm.  long,  the  nerves  impressed 
above,  prominent  beneath;  racemes  to  17  cm.  long;  pedicels  4-6 
mm.  long;  sepals  1  mm.  long;  petals  2.5-3  mm.  long;  fruit  about 
1  cm.  thick. 

Ayacucho:  Prov.  Huanta,  2,900  meters,  Weberbauer  5583,  type. 
— Huanuco:  Mito,  1701.  Cani,  8399.  "Inca-inca." 

Prunus  integrifolia  (Presl)  Walp.  Ann.  Bot.  3:  854.  1852-53. 
Cerasus  integrifolia  Presl,  Epim.  Bot.  194. 1849. 

A  tree  of  10-15  meters,  the  branchlets  virgate,  smooth;  petioles 
5-10  mm.  long;  blades  entire,  oblong-elliptic,  mostly  about  12  cm. 
long  and  4  cm.  wide,  or  those  on  young  shoots  nearly  20  cm.  long  and 
8  cm.  wide,  slightly  narrowed  to  the  acute  apex,  equally  rounded  at 
the  subcordate  base,  subcoriaceous,  dull,  scarcely  venose;  glands 
basal,  obscure;  racemes  about  10  cm.  long,  the  rachis  2  mm.  thick; 
pedicels  2  mm.  long  (in  fruit  4  mm.),  scarcely  1  mm.  thick;  calyx 
3  mm.  deep,  5  mm.  wide;  anthers  0.5  mm.  long;  fruit  10  mm.  long.— 
The  Bolivian  P.  Brittoniana  Rusby  is  very  near  this  species  (see 
under  P.  rigida).  Neg.  3314. 

Huanuco:  Cochero,  by  wooded  streams,  Ruiz  &  Pawn;  Dombey. 
Mountains  of  Huanuco  (Haenke,  type).  Panao,  3629.  Posuso, 
Weberbauer  6747.  Pampayacu,  Sawada  Pi  5. — Junin:  Carpapata, 
Killip  &  Smith  24453.  "Imainca." 

Prunus  oblonga  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  364.  1934. 
A  glabrous,   densely  leafy  shrub,   the  rigid,  reticulate-veined, 
oblong-elliptic   leaves   subsessile    (petioles   scarcely   1    mm.    long), 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1087 

mostly  4  cm.  long  and  half  as  wide;  racemes  about  3  cm.  long,  dense, 
the  rachis  2  mm.  thick,  the  pedicels  3-4  mm.  long;  petals  3  mm.  long; 
stamens  2.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers  0.9  mm.  long. 
Huanuco :  Posuso,  Weberbauer  6732,  type. 

Primus  ovalis  Ruiz  ex  Koehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52:  315.  1915. 

Densely  and  rigidly  branched,  with  numerous  rigid,  oval  leaves, 
mostly  2-3  cm.  long;  petioles  2-3  mm.  long;  blades  rounded  or  sub- 
cordate  at  the  base,  densely  mucronate-serrulate  to  entire,  incon- 
spicuously veined;  glands  basal;  racemes  axillary,  3-4  cm.  long, 
dense,  the  pedicels  1  mm.  long;  calyx  2.5  mm.  long,  the  subrotund 
petals  of  equal  length. — Plant  entirely  glabrous,  even  the  calyx 
within;  stigma  about  0.8  mm.  broad;  anthers  0.7  mm.  long.  P.  num- 
mularia  Koehne,  loc.  cit.,  has  punctate  glands  and  somewhat  larger, 
suborbicular  leaves,  lustrous  above.  Neg.  3317. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz,  type. — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas 
(Mathews). 

Primus  Persica  (L.)  Stokes,  Bot.  Mat.  Med.  3:  190.  1812. 
Amygdalus  Persica  L.  Sp.  PI.  472.  1753. 

A  small  tree  with  broadly  lanceolate  or  lance-oblong,  serrate, 
long-acuminate  leaves;  flowers  from  a  scaly  bud;  fruit  subglobose. 

Junin:  Matucana,  11$. 

The  peach,  native  of  Asia,  is  sometimes  found  escaped  from 
cultivation  in  thickets  and  along  banks  of  streams  in  Peru. 

Prunus  pleiantha  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  538.  1906;  317. 

Branchlets  drying  blackish,  the  lenticels  numerous;  leaves  sub- 
sessile  (petioles  about  3  mm.  long),  coriaceous,  oblong  or  ovate- 
elliptic,  rounded  or  little  narrowed  at  the  base,  narrowed  to  an 
elongate,  obtuse-acuminate  apex,  13-20  cm.  long,  5-8  cm.  wide, 
the  nerves  slightly  impressed  above,  scarcely  conspicuous,  only  the 
costa  prominent  beneath;  basal  gland  1;  racemes  many,  8-12  mm. 
long,  the  stout,  angled  rachis  glabrous;  pedicels  finally  3-5  mm. 
long;  petals  suborbicular. — Negs.  3319,  31353. 

Huanuco:  Monzon,  1,600  meters,  Weberbauer  3507,  type. 

Prunus  rigida  Koehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52: 316. 1915. 

A  glabrous  shrub  to  3  meters  high,  with  obscurely  lenticellate 
branchlets  and  rigid,  ovate-lanceolate,  sparsely  denticulate  leaves 
on  petioles  5-7  mm.  long;  glands  usually  3-5  mm.  above  the  leaf 
base,  0.5-1  mm.  wide;  teeth  mostly  or  all  below  the  middle  of  the 


1088  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

blades;  racemes  numerous  but  solitary,  4-6  cm.  long,  the  rachis  1-1.2 
mm.  thick;  calyx  cup  3  mm.  long  and  broad;  stigma  0.8  mm.  broad; 
anthers  1.2  mm.  long. — Var.  subintegra  Koehne  has  longer  petioles, 
larger  leaves,  10-15  cm.  long,  more  sparsely  denticulate,  and  remote 
racemes.  P.  Brittoniana  Rusby  has  larger,  thinner  leaves,  obscurely 
denticulate  above  the  middle.  Neg.  3321. 

Cajamarca:  Above  San  Miguel,  2,800  meters,  Weberbauer  3945, 
type. — Cuzco:  Gay  (the  variety). 

Primus  rotunda  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  365.  1934. 

A  glabrous  tree,  well  marked  by  the  oval  or  subrotund,  abruptly 
acuminate  leaves,  lustrous  above,  dull  beneath,  about  10  cm.  long, 
6-8  cm.  wide;  branchlets  slender,  with  few  obscure  lenticels;  petioles 
7  mm.  long;  glands  suprabasal,  1  mm.  long;  racemes  about  4  cm. 
long,  the  rachis  1  mm.  thick;  pedicels  3^1  mm.  long;  petals  3.5  mm. 
long;  stamens  3  mm.  long,  the  anthers  minute. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  797,  823. 
Pomayaco,  Klug  3136. 

Prunus  Ruiziana  Koehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52:  316.  1915. 

Glabrous,  the  branches  obscurely  lenticellate;  leaf  glands  basal, 
0.5-1  mm.  broad;  leaves  rounded  at  the  base,  narrowly  decurrent  to 
the  (4-7  mm.  long)  petiole,  oblong,  to  7  cm.  long  and  nearly  4  cm. 
wide,  very  obtuse  or  barely  acute,  entire,  rather  conspicuously 
reticulate- veined  beneath,  rigid-coriaceous;  racemes  solitary,  4-7  cm. 
long,  the  rachis  1.5-1.7  mm.  thick,  the  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long;  calyx 
cup  3  mm.  long,  4  mm.  broad;  petals  4  mm.  long;  stigma  1.3  mm. 
broad;  anthers  0.9  mm.  long. — Doubtfully  distinct  from  P.  integri- 
folia.  Neg.  3323. 

Huanuco :  Pillao,  Ruiz  4,  type. 

Prunus  sana  Macbr.  Candollea  5: 363. 1934. 

Glabrous,  the  robust,  leafy  branches  with  numerous  conspicuous 
lenticels;  glands  basal,  2  mm.  long;  leaves  dull,  chartaceous,  acute  at 
each  end,  elliptic-lanceolate,  as  much  as  13  cm.  long  and  5  cm.  wide, 
the  veins,  especially  beneath,  slightly  reticulate;  racemes  crowded 
but  solitary,  about  4  cm.  long,  dense,  the  rachis  1  mm.  thick;  pedicels 
slender,  to  2  mm.  long,  the  petals  and  stamens  scarcely  as  long; 
anthers  minute. 

Cuzco:  Paucartambo,  Weberbauer  6958,  type. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1089 

Primus  stipulata  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  363.  1934. 

Branchlets  densely  and  conspicuously  tuberculate-lenticellate; 
stipules  tardily  deciduous,  roundish,  more  than  5  mm.  wide;  petioles 
2.5-3  mm.  long;  leaf  glands  basal;  blades  ovate-elliptic,  rounded  at 
the  base,  acuminate  at  the  apex,  5-7  cm.  long,  2.5-3  cm.  wide,  rigid- 
chartaceous,  lustrous,  conspicuously  reticulate-veined  on  both  sides, 
the  slender  veins  impressed  above;  racemes  4-6  cm.  long,  the  rachis 
scarcely  1.5  mm.  thick;  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long,  densely  tuberculate; 
petals  and  stamens  2.5  mm.  long;  anthers  0.6  mm.  long. 

Peru:  Without  locality,  Weberbauer  6930,  type. 

Primus  subcorymbosa  Ruiz  exKoehne,  Bot.  Jahrb.  52:315. 1915. 

Branches  slender,  at  first  rather  densely  hirtellous,  like  the  some- 
what branched  racemes;  petioles  6-13  mm.  long,  glabrous;  leaf 
glands  basal,  1  mm.  broad;  blades  rounded-elliptic  or  broadly  elliptic, 
or  rarely  ovate  or  oblong,  9.5-16  cm.  long,  5-8  (-10)  cm.  wide,  entire, 
glabrous,  slightly  reticulate-veined  beneath,  papyraceous,  nearly 
dull  above;  racemes  clustered  and  with  1  to  several  branches,  2-6  cm. 
long,  the  rachis  0.8-1.5  mm.  thick  at  the  base,  the  pedicels  2-3.5  mm. 
long;  sepals  1  mm.  long,  hirsute  within,  like  the  cup  outside;  petals 
rotund,  2  mm.  long,  hirsute  above  the  base;  ovary  glabrous;  fruit 
oval,  2  cm.  long;  stigma  1  mm.  broad;  anthers  0.8  mm.  long. 

Peru:  Ruiz,  without  locality,  type. 

Prunus  vana  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  362.  1934. 

A  glabrous  tree,  5-7  meters  high,  the  branchlets  with  few  minute 
lenticels;  petioles  4-7  mm.  long;  blades  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  mostly 
12-14  cm.  long  and  5-6  cm.  wide,  acute  at  the  base,  broadly  obtuse- 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  rigid-chartaceous,  very  lustrous  above,  dull 
beneath,  almost  veinless;  racemes  to  4.5  cm.  long;  flowers  violet  and 
orange  (Klug);  rachis  nearly  1  mm.  thick;  pedicels  to  2  mm.  long, 
stout;  petals  and  stamens  scarcely  as  long,  the  anthers  minute. 

Junin:  La  Merced,  Killip  &  Smith  23772,  type.  Yapas,  Killip  & 
Smith  25467.— San  Martin:  Near  Moyobamba,  King  3613. 

Prunus  Williamsii  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  364.  1934. 

Glabrous,  the  slender  branchlets  with  numerous  lenticels;  petioles 
mostly  4-10  mm.  long;  blades  lustrous  above,  chartaceous,  incon- 
spicuously veined,  broadly  ovate-elliptic,  to  14  cm.  long  and  6  cm. 
wide,  rotund-acute  at  the  base;  glands  2  mm.  long;  racemes  6-9  cm.' 


1090  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

long,  lax,  the  rachis  1  mm.  thick,  the  slender  pedicels  6-7  mm. 
long;  petals  2  mm.  long;  stamens  2.5  mm.  long,  the  anthers  0.3- 
0.4  mm.  long. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  Williams  7396,  type.  Chazuta,  Klug 
4122,  4124- 

1.  POLYLEPIS  R.  &  P. 
Reference:  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  564-655.  1911. 

Trees,  notable  for  their  leafless,  tortuous  branchlets,  the  alternate, 
3-foliolate  or  unequally  pinnate  leaves  crowded  at  their  tips.  Petioles 
imbricate  at  the  broad,  membranous,  vaginate  base.  Racemes 
slender,  loosely  flowered,  pendulous,  the  flowers  bracteate.  Stamens 
5  to  many,  with  short,  glabrous  filaments,  the  anthers  often  pilose. 
Carpel  1,  included  in  the  persistent,  angled,  spinose  or  winged, 
turbinate  calyx  tube. — The  chestnut  or  red-brown,  thin  bark  of  the 
flowering  branches,  which  soon  exfoliates,  is  a  conspicuous  feature 
of  these  trees. 

Leaflets  7-8  pairs,  about  3  cm.  long P.  multijuga. 

Leaflets  3-5  (1-6)  pairs,  often  smaller. 

Leaflets  densely  appressed-pilose  beneath  and  little  or  not  at  all 

tomentose. 

Leaflets  5  pairs,  serrate P.  serrata. 

Leaflets  3-4  pairs,  entire,  or  the  leaves  3-foliolate. 

Leaflets  lustrous  above,  white-pubescent  beneath .  P.  albicans. 

Leaflets  dull  above,  sordid-pubescent  beneath .  P.  subsericans. 

Leaflets  more  or  less  densely  tomentose  or  also  rarely  pilose  or 
glabrate  but,  if  pilose,  the  hairs  not  appressed. 

Leaflets  barely  10  mm.  long,  usually  shorter ....  P.  tarapacana. 
Leaflets  11  mm.  long  or  more,  at  least  some  of  them. 
Leaflets  entire,  often  retuse. 
Leaflets  pilose  and  tomentose  beneath,  dull  above. 

P.  subsericans. 
Leaflets  densely  tomentose  beneath,  lustrous  above. 

P.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaflets  distinctly,  but  sometimes  minutely,  crenate-serrulate, 
at  least  toward  the  apex. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaflets  beneath  dense  or  sparse  but 
loosely  tomentose  or  villous;  leaflets  often  2-3  cm.  long. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1091 

Leaflets  3  pairs,  slightly  villous  beneath ....  P.  racemosa. 
Leaflets  mostly  3. 
Leaflets  less  than  1.5  cm.  long,  densely  villous- tomen- 

tose  beneath P.  rugulosa. 

Leaflets  2-3  cm.  long,  slightly  villous P.  villosa. 

Pubescence  of  the  leaflets  beneath  compact-tomentose, 
sometimes  fine,  or,  if  partly  pilose,  appressed;  leaflets 
often  1.5  cm.  long. 

Plants  erect  shrubs  or  trees,  1  to  several  meters  high. 

Pubescence  tomentose P.  incana. 

Pubescence  sericeous P.  tomentella. 

Plants  low,  50  cm.  high,  with  spreading  branches. 

P.  subquinquefolia. 

Polylepis  albicans  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  535.  1906;  605. 

A  shrub,  up  to  3  meters  high;  leaves  unequally  pinnate;  leaflets 
3  pairs,  linear-elliptic,  entire  or  slightly  crenulate  toward  the  rounded, 
incised-emarginate  apex,  somewhat  unequal  at  the  base,  to  2  cm. 
long,  finally  glabrous  above,  beneath  and  marginally  densely  pubes- 
cent with  long,  white,  sericeous  hairs;  inflorescence  densely  yellowish- 
sericeous- villous,  the  ovate,  acuminate  bracts  4  mm.  long;  sepals 
3  or  4,  rotund-ovate,  3  mm.  long;  stamens  10-12. — Neg.  3383. 

Ancash:  Above  Huaraz,  Weberbauer  3229,  type.  "Quinar," 
"quinual." 

Polylepis  incana  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  227.  1824;  639. 
P.  incana  subsp.  icosandra  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  641.  1911.  P.  in- 
cana subsp.  micranthera  Bitter,  op.  cit.  642.  P.  incana  subsp.  incarum 
Bitter,  op.  cit.  643.  P.  pallidistigma  Bitter,  op.  cit.  645. 

A  densely  branched  shrub  or  small  tree  with  trifoliolate  leaves, 
the  subcoriaceous  leaflets  oblanceolate  or  oblong,  crenate,  obtuse  or 
somewhat  emarginate,  glabrous  and  almost  dull  above,  or  sometimes 
lustrous,  more  or  less  densely  tomentose  with  undulate  hairs  beneath, 
to  3  cm.  long,  9-11  mm.  wide,  usually  about  half  as  large;  stamens 
about  20,  rarely  as  few  as  5,  the  anthers  pilose,  especially  toward 
the  apex;  fruit  4  mm.  long,  gibbous  or  short-aculeate. — A  variable 
species.  Bitter's  subsp.  micranthera  is  P.  tomentella  Wedd.,  fide 
Fritsch.  P.  pallidistigma  may  be  distinct,  at  least  varietally,  from 
both  P.  incana  and  P.  tomentella  by  its  obovate  leaflets,  these  about 
2  cm.  long,  8-10  mm.  wide.  Neg.  3386.  Used  to  tan  hides  because 
of  the  considerable  amount  of  tannin  it  contains  (Herrera). 


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Junin:  Near  Cerro  dePasco,  KanehiraS.  Tarma,  Killip  &  Smith 
21899. — Ancash:  Near  Tallenga,  Weberbauer  2886  (subsp.  icosandra). 
— Huanuco:  Caxamarquilla,  Haenke  (subsp.  micranthera) .  Llata,  a 
common  tree  of  stream  banks,  2,000  meters,  2249  (det.  Killip  as 
subsp.  incarum).  Chiclin,  Sawada  P83. — Puno:  Lake  Titicaca, 
Jardin  del  Inca,  Salar  148  (subsp.  incarum).  Munani,  3,600  meters, 
Weberbauer  1369  (type  of  P.  pallidistigma) .  Puno,  Soukup  365.— 
Ayacucho:  Chavina,  Weberbauer  5776.  Totorabamba,  Weberbauer 
5487. — Lima:  Rio  Blanco,  Killip  &  Smith  21745. — Cuzco:  Paucar- 
tambo  Valley,  H err era  1129.  Pisac,  Pennell  13731.  Bolivia  to 
Colombia.  "Manzanita,"  "cceuiia,"  "queuna." 

Polylepis  multijuga  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  536.  1906;  588. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  to  8  meters  in  height,  with  yellowish,  long- 
pubescent  sheaths  and  leaves;  leaflets  oblong,  rounded  at  the  base, 
the  obtuse  apex  not  at  all  emarginate,  remotely  serrate,  2-5  cm. 
long,  finally  glabrous  above;  racemes  to  25  cm.  long,  pendent,  the 
rachis  yellowish-villous;  bracts  5-8  mm.  long;  sepals  rounded-ovate, 
3  mm.  long,  the  pubescence  at  the  subacute  apex  hirsute;  stamens 
10-12,  the  anthers  pilose.— Neg.  27496. 

Cajamarca:  Toward  Hualgayoc,  2,700  meters,  Weberbauer  4098, 
type. — Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  4429. 

Polylepis  racemosa  R.  &  P.  Syst.  139.  1798;  617. 

Branchlets  thick;  lower  sheaths  about  1  cm.  broad,  densely  long- 
pilose,  especially  at  the  margins;  petioles  1.5-2  cm.  long;  leaflets  3 
pairs,  scarcely  coriaceous,  broadly  lanceolate  or  obovate,  unequally 
crenate,  revolute,  glabrous  above,  prominently  reticulate-veined  and 
densely  pilose  beneath,  to  nearly  3  cm.  long  and  1.5  cm.  wide;  ra- 
cemes becoming  10  cm.  long  or  longer,  few-flowered,  the  rachis  short- 
pilose,  the  bracts  lanceolate,  long-acuminate,  to  7  mm.  long;  sepals  4, 
greenish,  unequal;  stamens  18-20,  the  filaments  3  mm.  long;  fruit 
obconic,  about  5  mm.  long,  4  mm.  broad,  more  or  less  pubescent, 
each  of  the  4  angles  terminating  in  a  short  spine. — The  wood  is  much 
used  for  fuel,  the  ashes  for  cleaning  and  bleaching  cloth,  and  the 
wood  was  used  in  mines.  According  to  Weberbauer,  the  tree  is 
planted  for  the  same  purposes,  but  Herrera  says  it  is  used  only  for 
fuel,  the  wood  being  inferior.  Neg.  3392. 

Lima:  San  Buenaventura,  Nee. — Junin:  Cacray,  3,360  meters, 
Weberbauer  220  (det.  Bitter).  Tarma,  Isern  2094.— Cuzco:  Gay  588, 
pro  parte  (det.  Bitter).  In  all  Cuzco  (Herrera). — Without  locality, 
Humboldt3141.  "Cceufia,"  "quinuar,"  "queuna." 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1093 

Polylepis  rugulosa  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  638. 1911. 

Sheaths  densely  pilose,  the  leaves  3-foliolate,  the  leaflets  oblong  or 
obovate,  obtuse,  crenate,  rugulose  above,  finally  glabrescent,  densely 
cinereous- tomentose,  even  in  age,  10-13  mm.  long,  5.5-6  mm.  wide; 
racemes  finally  5-6  cm.  long,  the  slender  rachis  densely  pubescent, 
the  pilose,  lanceolate,  acuminate  bracts  5-7  mm.  long;  sepals  in  fruit 
4  mm.  long,  densely  pilose  below,  densely  papillose  on  the  thin  mar- 
gins and  apex;  stamens  10-15,  the  filaments  to  5  mm.  long,  the 
purple  anthers  densely  pubescent;  fruit  obconic,  5-6  mm.  long, 
gradually  attenuate  to  the  base,  densely  pubescent,  the  angles 
aculeate  and  usually  gibbous  only  between  the  angles. — A  shrub 
about  3  meters  high,  separated  by  the  author  from  P.  tomentella  by 
the  densely  pilose  sepals  and  anthers. 

Arequipa:  Pampa  de  Arrieros,  3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  4881, 
type.  Nevado  de  Chachani,  Pennell  13295. — Moquehua:  Above 
Torata,  Weberbauer  7470. 

Polylepis  serrata  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  536.  1906;  591. 

Similar  to  P.  multijuga,  but  the  leaves  shorter,  to  8  cm.  long, 
the  leaflets  fewer,  in  age  often  glabrescent,  even  beneath,  the  racemes 
to  20  cm.  long,  and  the  stamens  only  5-7,  the  larger  anthers  glabrous. 
-Neg.  3394. 

Huanuco:  Near  Monzon,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  3354,  type. 
— Cuzco:  Above  Yanamanche,  3,800  meters,  Weberbauer  4954- 
Marcapata,  2,900  meters,  Weberbauer  7803.  "Qqueuna,"  "queuria." 

Polylepis  subquinquefolia  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  636.  1911. 

A  low  shrub  with  procumbent-ascending  branches,  to  about  50 
cm.  high;  petioles  5-8  mm.  long;  leaves  usually  5-foliolate,  the  leaflets 
broadly  oblong  or  obovate,  obtuse,  often  glabrescent  and  more  or 
less  lustrous  above,  densely  cinereous-tomentulose  beneath,  crenate 
above  the  middle,  the  oblique,  sessile  lateral  leaflets  to  17  mm.  long 
and  8  mm.  wide,  the  petiolule  of  the  slightly  larger  terminal  leaflets 
3^4  mm.  long;  stamens  8-9,  the  anthers  densely  pilose,  like  the  style; 
fruit  densely  pubescent. — Neg.  3396. 

Puno:  Cuyoenyo,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  931,  type. 

Polylepis  subsericans  Macbr.  Candollea  5: 367. 1934.  P.  incana 
HBK.  var.  flavipila  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  640. 1911. 

Basal  internodes  naked,  as  much  as  3.5  cm.  long;  leaflets  at  first 
appressed-pilose  on  both  sides,  later  glabrate  above,  permanently 


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yellowish-strigose-pilose  beneath;  leaflets  16-17  mm.  long,  4-6  mm. 
wide,  typically  entire  or  2-4-crenate  toward  the  apex,  or  the  cre- 
nations  sometimes  more  numerous. 

Ayacucho:  Hacienda  Totorabamba,  Weberbauer  5487,  type. 
Above  Pisco,  on  stony  slopes,  Weberbauer  51+33  (type  of  the  variety). 

Polylepis  tarapacana  Philippi,  Viaje  Tarapaca  21.  1891;  651. 

Stoutly  branched,  with  many  crowded,  appressed  branchlets, 
these  densely  clothed  with  the  petiole  bases;  petioles  6  mm.  long, 
within  at  the  base  almost  shaggy-villous,  on  the  outer  edges  (like  the 
trifoliolate  leaves  beneath)  yellow- tomentulose;  leaflets  barely  10  mm. 
long,  4  mm.  wide,  obscurely  crenulate  toward  the  apex,  puberulent 
above;  sepals  3,  broadly  lanceolate,  unequal,  pilose;  stamens  8-13, 
the  anthers  glabrous  at  the  base,  densely  pilose  toward  the  tip.— 
Illustrated,  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  pi.  10. 

Tacna:  Tacora,  Weddell;  Philippi;  Pentland;  Werdermann  1143. 
Bolivia.  "Quinual,"  "quinoa." 

Polylepis  tomentella  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  237.  pi.  78.  1857. 

A  sprawling  shrub,  the  subprostrate  branches  clothed  with 
lustrous,  exfoliating,  reddish  bark;  branchlets  short,  flexuous,  ascend- 
ing to  erect,  at  first  puberulent-tomentose,  like  the  petioles,  leaves, 
perianth,  and  racemes;  petioles  short- villous  on  one  side  and  at  the 
enlarged  base;  leaflets  3,  mostly  9  mm.  long  and  4  mm.  wide,  or  even 
15  mm.  long  and  6  mm.  wide,  minutely  denticulate  toward  the  apex, 
soon  glabrous  and  dull  above,  yellowish-puberulent,  tomentulose 
beneath;  racemes  1-2  cm.  long,  glabrous  or  glabrate  in  age,  even  to 
the  rotund,  cuspidate  calyx  lobes. — Neg.  34733. 

Cuzco:  Gay. — Ayacucho:  Chavina,  Weberbauer  5776  (var.;  det. 
Bitter). 

Polylepis  villosa  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  228.  1824;  637. 

A  shrub,  the  branches  with  long  internodes;  petioles  1-2.5  cm. 
long,  densely  brown- villous  like  the  persistent  sheaths;  leaves  mostly 
trifoliolate,  the  leaflets  as  much  as  5.5  cm.  long  and  1.7  cm.  wide,  in 
the  type  3  cm.  long,  1  cm.  wide,  oblong,  rounded-obtuse,  in  the  type 
retuse,  the  veins  impressed  above,  prominently  reticulate  beneath; 
sepals  broadly  ovate  or  lanceolate,  5  mm.  long,  pubescent  outside; 
stamens  about  20,  the  anthers  villous;  fruiting  calyx  villous,  the  turbi- 
nate  tube  6-8-angled  and  dentate,  spinose  above. — The  Ruiz  and 
Pa  von  and  the  Haenke  specimens  are  P.  incana  HBK.  var.  pri- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1095 

movestita  Bitter  and  var.  connectens  Bitter,  Bot.  Jahrb.  45:  645, 
respectively,  both  of  which  seem  better  referable  to  P.  villosa.  Neg. 
3398. 

Cajamarca:  Bonpland  3685,  type.  Huancayo,  Esposto  (det. 
Pilger  as  P.  racemosa). — Huanuco:  Haenke.  Caxamarquilla,  Ruiz  & 
Pav6n. — Cuzco:  Gay  (det.  Bitter). 

Polylepis  Weberbaueri  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  535.  1906. 

Branchlets  short,  only  the  young  sheaths  villous;  leaflets  3, 
rarely  2-4  pairs,  distinctly  emarginate,  elliptic-obovate,  12-17  mm. 
long,  lustrous  and  finally  glabrous  above,  densely  short-tomentose 
beneath;  racemes  longer  than  the  leaves,  the  bracts  clasping,  to  6.5 
mm.  long;  sepals  broadly  ovate,  in  fruit  5  mm.  long. — Neg.  3399. 

Ancash:  Yungai,  3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  3287,  type.  "Quinar," 
"quhmal." 

8.  QUILLAJA  Molina 
Smegmadermos  R.  &  P.  Prodr.  144.  pi.  31.  1794. 

Similar  to  Kageneckia,  but  the  leaves  subentire.  Flowers  3-5,  on 
axillary  and  terminal  peduncles,  polygamo-dioecious,  the  calyx  lobes 
valvate.  Disk  fleshy;  stamens  10.  Carpels  coherent. 

Quillaja  brasiliensis  (St.  Hil.  &  Tul.)  Mart.  Syst.  Mat.  Med. 
127.  1843.  Fontenella  brasiliensis  St.  Hil.  &  Tul.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  II. 
17 : 142.  pZ.  7. 1842. 

Glabrous;  leaves  lustrous  above,  oblong-lanceolate,  acute  at  each 
end,  obscurely  and  remotely  sinuate-dentate  or  entire,  5-10  cm.  long, 
12-22  mm.  wide;  petals  scarcely  longer  than  the  spreading  calyx 
lobes;  disk  deeply  5-lobed. — Used  like  soap,  and  has  the  property  of 
removing  grease  from  dyed  cloth  without  affecting  the  color  (Herrera) . 
In  all  the  valleys  of  the  Department  of  Cuzco  ( Herrera) ;  but  surely 
as  an  introduction.  The  generic  name  has  been  written  Quillaia. 

Cuzco:  Prov.  Convencion  and  Calca  (Herrera).  Uruguay;  Brazil. 
"Quillai." 

9.  KAGENECKIA  R.  &  P. 

Evergreen  shrubs  or  trees,  the  more  or  less  glutinous  leaves 
crowded  toward  the  tips  of  the  branches,  minutely  serrate.  Stipules 
caducous.  Flowers  unisexual,  the  pistillate  solitary,  the  staminate 
in  short  racemes  or  corymbs.  Calyx  persistent,  the  lobes  imbricate. 
Stamens  10-20,  in  1  series.  Disk  slender,  free.  Carpels  5,  tomentose, 
stellately  spreading,  many-seeded. 


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Kageneckia  lanceolata  R.  &  P.  Syst.  290.  1798.  K.  glutinosa 
HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  237.  1824.  K.  amygdalifolia  Presl,  Epim. 
Bot.  195.  1849.  Osteomeles  Pentlandiana  Dene.  Nouv.  Arch.  Mus. 
Paris  10:  183.  1874. 

Branches  elongate,  bearing  many  short,  densely  leafy  flowering 
branchlets,  these  somewhat  resinous  toward  the  tips;  leaves  lanceo- 
late or  oblanceolate,  long-cuneate  to  the  base,  rounded  or  short- 
acute  at  the  apex,  usually  about  3.5  cm.  long  and  1  cm.  wide,  some- 
times twice  as  broad  or  even  broader,  finely  glandular-serrulate  from 
the  base  to  the  apex;  flowers  about  7  mm.  wide,  corymbose,  few,  on 
pedicels  to  7  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  acute,  slightly  pilose,  especially 
marginally,  rarely  throughout;  fruits  solitary,  densely  brown- villous- 
tomentose,  star-shaped  at  maturity,  each  of  the  5  spreading  carpels 
suggesting  a  somewhat  one-sided,  Napoleonic  hat,  10  mm.  long,  8 
mm.  wide  above;  seeds  11  mm.  long,  the  wing  oblique  at  the  base, 
7  mm.  long. — Perhaps  more  than  one  species,  or  at  least  variety, 
can  be  distinguished.  K.  oblonga  R.  &  P.,  of  Chile,  may  be  the  same, 
but  typically  it  has  larger  leaves,  less  finely  serrulate  and  more 
abruptly  cuneate  to  a  well  defined  petiole.  An  infusion  of  the  bitter 
bark  and  leaves  of  the  tree  was  used  in  the  treatment  of  fevers 
(tercianas),  according  to  Ruiz  and  Pa  von.  The  wood,  because  of 
its  toughness,  according  to  Herrera,  is  a  favorite  one  for  walking 
sticks  and  for  supports  of  the  hanging  bridges.  The  leaves  furnish 
a  black  dye. 

Cajamarca:  Jae"n  de  Bracamoros,  Humboldt.  Ramblan,  2,100 
meters,  Weberbauer  4804;  190. — Ayacucho:  Chavina,  Weberbauer 
5780.  Above  Pisco,  Weberbauer  5425.  Rio  de  Lomas,  Weberbauer 
5769.— Lima:  Chosica,  Weberbauer  5722.  Above  Lima,  Castelnau. 
Canta,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn. — Huanuco:  Maria  del  Valle,  3549  (det. 
Killip).  Llata,  2281,  2295,—Cuzco:  Gay.  San  Sebastian,  3,300 
meters  (Herrera  1515).  Vilcanota,  Pennell  14190.  Urubamba 
Valley  (Weberbauer,  175).  Bolivia.  "Uritumicuna,"  "lloque," 
"loque." 

10.  RUBUS  L. 

More  or  less  suffrutescent  and  usually  prickly  shrubs,  some  of 
the  Peruvian  species  prostrate.  Calyx  lobes  persistent,  ebracteolate. 
Stamens  and  carpels  many,  the  drupes  not  included  in  the  calyx. 

Creeping  or  spreading  plants  with  conspicuous,  usually  broad  stipules. 
Leaves  all  simple. 

Stipules  narrowly  lanceolate;  petioles  very  short.  .  .R.  extensus. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1097 

Stipules  broadly  ovate;  petioles  long. 
Leaves  not  at  all  or  only  slightly  bullate-reticulate. 
Leaflets  glabrous  beneath  or  sparsely  pubescent  on  the 

nerves R.  coriaceus. 

Leaflets  more  or  less  densely  pubescent  beneath. 

R.  acanthophyllus. 

Leaves  conspicuously  bullate-reticulate R.  betonicifolius. 

Leaves  all  or  nearly  all  3-foliolate. 

Leaves  white-pubescent  beneath,  the  leaflets  rarely  over  2.5  cm. 
wide R.  Weberbaueri. 

Leaves  glabrate  beneath,  at  least  not  white-pubescent,  the 
leaflets  usually  more  than  2.5  cm.  wide. 

Leaves  softly  pubescent  beneath R.  nubigenus. 

Leaves  usually  glabrate  beneath. 

Petiole  longer  than  the  terminal  petiolule R.  roseus. 

Petiole  shorter  than  the  terminal  petiolule. . . .  .R.  andicola. 
Tall,  erect  or  clambering  plants  with  linear-subulate  stipules. 
Branchlets,    petioles,    and    inflorescences   abundantly    stipitate- 

glandular. 

Leaves  glabrous  on  the  nerves  beneath  or  slightly  pilose,  lustrous. 

R.  erythrocladus. 
Leaves  finely  pilose,  at  least  beneath,  dull. 

Leaves  glabrous  above R.  adenothallus. 

Leaves  pubescent  above R.  bogotensis. 

Branchlets,  petioles,  and  inflorescence  glabrous  to  setose,  little  if 
at  all  glandular  (except  sometimes  in  R.  robustus  var.). 

Plants  more  or  less  densely  reddish-setose R.  urticaefolius. 

Plants  glabrous,  puberulent,  or  villous. 
Plants  puberulent  or  villous. 

Inflorescences  terminal,  usually  many-flowered;  pubescence 
villous-tomentose R.  robustus. 

Inflorescences    lateral,    loosely    few-flowered;    pubescence 
spreading-villous R.  sparsiflorus. 

Plants  glabrous  and  glaucous. 

Leaves  closely  white-tomentose  beneath R .  glaucus. 

Leaves  glabrate  or  slightly  crisp-pubescent  beneath. 

R.  megalococcus. 


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Rubus  acanthophyllus  Focke,  Abh.  Nat.  Ver.  Bremen  4:  161. 
1874.  R.  Jelskii  Fritsch  in  Szyszy.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys.  Acad. 
Cracov.  29:  220.  1894. 

Prostrate  or  matted,  the  flowering  branches  more  or  less  pilose- 
hirsute  and  subulate-aculeate;  petioles  1-3  cm.  long;  stipules  broad, 
mostly  dentate;  leaves  suboblong  or  oblong-ovate-lanceolate,  some- 
times 3-lobed,  unequally  crenate-serrate,  softly  pilose-tomentose 
above  and  more  densely  white-tomentose  beneath,  there  often 
aculeate  on  the  nerves;  flowers  almost  2  cm.  broad,  borne  toward 
the  ends  of  the  branches  on  tomentose,  stipitate-glandular  peduncles; 
sepals  8  mm.  long,  the  purple  petals  longer;  stamens  and  style  gla- 
brous, the  numerous  carpels  villous. — Possibly  a  pubescent  state  of 
R.  coriaceus. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  3,300  meters,  Weberbauer  4424'— 
Cuzco:  Yanamanche,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  4943. — Huanuco: 
Monzon,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  3308.  Mito,  1827.  Huanuco, 
2176. — Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Jelski  6. 

Rubus  adenothallus  Focke,  Medd.  Rijks  Herb.  19:  56.  1913. 

Branches,  branchlets,  petioles,  leaves  beneath,  peduncles,  and 
calyces  densely  purple-glandular;  lower  leaves  with  5  leaflets;  petioles 
10  cm.  long,  moderately  aculeate;  terminal  petiolule  4  cm.  long,  the 
lower  1  cm.;  leaflets  subcoriaceous,  lanceolate,  about  10  cm.  long, 
3-3.5  cm.  wide,  minutely  mucronate-serrate,  truncate  at  the  base, 
long-acuminate,  beneath  glandular-punctate  and  puberulent;  flower- 
ing branches  angled;  stipules  filiform;  principal  terminal  inflorescence 
rather  dense;  sepals  almost  1  cm.  long,  the  suborbicular  petals  little 
longer. — Illustrated,  loc.  cit.  Neg.  27501. 

Ayacucho:  Osno,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  5559  (det.  Focke).— 
Huanuco:  Vitoc,  Isern  2358  (smaller-flowered;  toward  R.  bogotensis). 
Mito,  1841.  Yanano,  3735.— Cuzco  :Gay.  Bolivia. 

Rubus  andicola  Focke,  Bibl.  Bot.  72:  36.  1910. 

A  creeping  plant  with  long,  pilose  branches,  armed  with  short, 
recurved  prickles;  terminal  petiolule  2-4  cm.  long,  or  usually  3-4 
times  longer  than  the  petiole;  leaflets  subcoriaceous,  elliptic,  acute, 
about  10  cm.  long  and  6  cm.  wide,  serrate,  pilose  above,  appressed- 
pubescent  beneath;  stipules  dentate,  equaling  or  longer  than  the 
petioles;  inflorescence  lax,  the  peduncles  villous,  aculeate;  sepals  lance- 
olate, often  caudate,  villous  at  the  base;  petals  longer,  purple;  stamens 
and  styleglabrous;  carpels  villous. — Illustrated,  op.  cit.  35.  Neg.  18026. 

Amazonas:  Moyobamba,  Weberbauer  4748.    Ecuador. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1099 

Rubus  betonicifolius  Focke,  Bibl.  Bot.  72:  33.  1910. 

A  vine,  readily  known  by  its  cordate-ovate,  rarely  3-lobed,  bul- 
late-rugose  leaves,  as  much  as  7  cm.  wide,  coarsely  and  unequally 
dentate,  more  or  less  pilose  on  the  nerves  beneath;  stipules  broadly 
ovate-serrate,  much  shorter  than  the  petioles,  which  are  3-4  cm.  long; 
flowers  axillary  or  terminal  and  corymbose,  the  hirsute  peduncles 
densely  aculeate,  sometimes  glandular;  calyx  setose-aculeate  or 
unarmed ;  filaments  and  style  filiform. — Neg.  18027. 

Puno:  Sandia,  Weberbauer  670.    Bolivia.    "Nuto-karikari." 

Rubus  bogotensis  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  220.  1824.  R. 
porphyromallos  Focke,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  9: 235. 1911(?). 

A  robust  plant,  commonly  stipitate-glandular  throughout; 
prickles  on  fertile  branches  small  and  few,  or  lacking  in  the  inflores- 
cence, numerous  on  the  long  petioles  and  petiolules;  leaflets  mem- 
branaceous,  densely  serrate,  densely  pubescent  above  in  age,  sparsely 
so,  glandular,  and  pilose  beneath,  especially  on  the  nerves,  broadly 
ovate-elliptic,  subcordate,  abruptly  short-acuminate,  4-7  cm.  wide, 
or  in  the  Peruvian  plants  often  narrower  and  gradually  acuminate; 
inflorescence  elongate;  flowers  sometimes  almost  2  cm.  wide;  petals 
nearly  equaled  by  the  sepals  or  exceeded  by  them,  the  sepals  then 
caudate,  to  12  mm.  long;  carpels  glabrous,  6  mm.  long. — The  Peru- 
vian plants  may  constitute  a  variety.  Neg.  34745. 

Huanuco :  Tambillo,  3569.  Yanano,  4942. — Junin :  Huacapistana, 
Weberbauer  2190.  Carpapata,  2,700  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  24384. 
Huasa-huasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon;  Dombey  (det.  Bolle). — Ayacucho: 
Carrapa,  2,800  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  22285;  Weberbauer  7561.— 
Cuzco:  Urubamba  (Herrera  1552).  Valle  de  San  Miguel,  Machu- 
picchu,  Herrera  2010. — Puno:  Puno,  Soukup  323. 

Rubus  coriaceus  Poir.  Encycl.  6:  237.  1804. 

Similar  to  R.  acanthophyllus,  but  the  coriaceous  leaves  glabrous 
beneath,  or  the  nerves  hirsutulous;  sepals  and  petals  subequal.— 
Illustrated,  Bibl.  Bot.  72:  32.  Negs.  18025,  34744. 

Junin:  Palca,  Ruiz;  Dombey;  Weberbauer  2477.  Colombia; 
Ecuador. 

Rubus  erythrocladus  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  62.  1867. 

Allied  to  R.  adenothallus ;  branchlets  densely  red-setose;  leaves 
lustrous,  mostly  with  5  oblong-lanceolate,  acuminate  leaflets  only  2-3 


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cm.  wide,  typically  glabrous,  but  sometimes  puberulent  on  the  nerves 
beneath;  flowers  often  smaller. 

Junin :  Palca,  Weberbauer  24-98  (det.  Focke) .    Brazil. 

Rubus  extensus  Fritsch  in  Szyszy.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys.  Acad. 
Cracov.29:221. 1894. 

A  slender-stemmed  plant,  well  characterized  by  its  mostly  lanceo- 
late stipules;  stems,  petioles,  and  leaves  beneath  more  or  less  tomen- 
tose;  leaflets  ovate-elliptic,  evenly  serrulate,  1.5-4.5  cm.  wide,  on 
petiolules  7-18  mm.  long. — Perhaps  referable  to  R.  loxensis  Benth. 
Neg.  18028. 

Cajamarca :  Chonta  Cruz,  Jelski  3.    Cutervo  (Jelski) . 

Rubus  glaucus  Benth.  PI.  Hartweg.  173.  1845. 

Flowering  branches  elongate,  glabrous  and  glaucous,  pruinose, 
sparsely  aculeate;  leaves  all  3-foliolate,  the  leaflets  ovate-lanceolate, 
long-acuminate,  irregularly  mucronate-serrulate,  glabrous  above, 
white-tomentose  beneath;  inflorescence  terminal,  racemose-panicu- 
late, short,  some  of  the  flowers  axillary;  pedicels  long,  divaricate, 
more  or  less  aculeolate;  sepals  ovate-cordate,  mucronate,  glabrate; 
petals  ovate,  white;  carpels  tomentulose. 

Huanuco:  Vilcabamba,  5199.    Ranging  to  Costa  Rica. 

Rubus  megalococcus  Focke,  Abh.  Nat.  Ver.  Bremen  4 : 175. 1874. 

A  nearly  glabrous,  glaucescent  shrub,  similar  to  R.  glaucus,  but 
the  inflorescence  leafy  and  interrupted,  or  the  flowers  axillary  and 
racemose,  few;  pedicels  puberulent,  somewhat  glandular  and  more  or 
less  aculeolate;  flowers  large,  nodding,  the  roseate  petals  longer  than 
the  triangular-lanceolate  sepals;  carpels  many,  glabrous,  the  fruit 
almost  8  mm.  long. 

Junin:  Palca,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  2503.    Bolivia. 

Rubus  nubigenus  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  220.  1824. 

More  or  less  villous,  stipitate-glandular,  prickly;  petioles  3-4  cm. 
long;  leaflets  petiolulate,  oblong-elliptic,  3-6  cm.  long,  3-4  cm.  wide, 
merely  acute,  crenate-serrate,  dull  and  appressed-pilose  or  tomentose 
above,  more  or  less  canescent-velutinous  beneath;  stipules  and  bracts 
ovate-reniform;  inflorescence  a  narrow,  interrupted  panicle;  flowers 
2-3  cm.  wide,  the  roundish,  purplish  petals  little  longer  than  the 
sepals;  carpels  villous. — The  type  has  leaves  spreading-pilose  only 
on  the  prominent  nerves  and  veins  beneath.  The  following  speci- 
mens appear  to  be  too  near  R.  roseus,  but  the  Ruiz  and  Pavon  speci- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1101 

men  at  Madrid  was  determined  by  Bolle  as  R.  glabratus  HBK.  This 
species,  as  to  type,  has  the  leaves  all  3-foliolate,  glabrous,  dull  and 
rugose  above,  scarcely  acute,  to  4  cm.  long  and  2  cm.  wide,  or  much 
smaller;  petioles  2-3  cm.  long;  petiolules  a  few  millimeters  long; 
prickles  few;  sepals  broadly  ovate,  abruptly  acute,  8-10  mm.  long; 
petals  as  long  as  the  sepals;  flowers  solitary;  pedicels  1.5-2  cm. 
long.  Neg.  34748. 

Huanuco:  Mito,  1995. — Junin:  Vitoc,  Isern  2356,  2206  (leaflets 
5  cm.  wide;  cf.  R.  macrocarpa) ;  Martinet  (leaflets  2.5  cm.  wide).— 
Without  locality,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  (or  R.  glabratus;  see  note  above). 
Bolivia;  Ecuador. 

Rubus  robustus  Presl,  Epim.  Bot.  196.  1849.  R.  floribundus 
HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  219.  pi.  557.  1824,  non  Weihe.  R.  helio- 
scopus  Focke,  Bot.  Jahrb.  54:  Beibl.  117:  41.  1916.  R.  boliviensis 
Focke,  Abh.  Nat.  Ver.  Bremen  4:  158.  1874.  R.  peruvianus  Fritsch 
in  Szyszy.  Diss.  Cl.  Math.  Phys.  Acad.  Cracov.  29:  220.  1894. 

Robust,  arcuately  and  abundantly  branched;  branches  and  leaf- 
lets beneath  commonly  conspicuously  villous-tomentose;  petioles  and 
petiolules  more  or  less  villous-tomentose,  recurved-aculeate;  leaflets 
elliptic-oblong,  acuminate,  appressed-pubescent  above,  the  nerves  9- 
12  (-15);  inflorescence  terminal,  sometimes  narrow,  often  much 
branched  and  leafy  below;  sepals  and  petals  subequal,  the  sepals 
often  a  little  longer;  carpels  usually  many,  glabrous. — Variable  in 
pubescence,  size  of  flowers,  and  number  of  carpels  (see  Field  Mus. 
Bot.  8: 118. 1930).  The  HBK.  type  is  much  less  pubescent.  Possibly 
varieties  are  distinguishable.  The  plant  is  typically  esetose.  My 
numbers  3894,  1218,  and  5200,  with  glandular  or  nonglandular 
setae,  suggestive  of  hybridization  with  R.  bogotensis  or  R.  urticaefolius, 
were  described  as  R.  floribundus  var.  nimbatus  Macbr.  loc.  cit., 
but  should  become  R.  robustus  Presl,  var.  nimbatus  Macbr., 
comb.  nov. 

Junin:  Palca,  700  meters,  Weberbauer  1801,  643  (det.  Focke); 
Isern  2199.— Puno:  Sandia,  Weberbauer  833  (det.  Focke).— Hua- 
nuco: Near  Mufia,  3894-  Yanahuanca,  1218.  Chanchamayo,  Isern 
2309.  Vitoc,  Isern  2359.  Cani,  3410.  Mito,  1405,  1939.  Vilca- 
bamba,  hacienda  on  Rio  Chinchao,  5200,  5177. — Ayacucho:  Prov. 
Huanta,  Weberbauer  5580  (type  of  R.  helioscopus) . — Piura:  Ayavaca, 
Weberbauer  6388  (det.  Focke). — Cuzco:  Gay.  Cerro  de  Cusilluyoc, 
Pennell  14088. — Without  locality:  Haenke,  type. — Cajamarca: 
Celendin,  Woytkowski. 


1102  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Rubus  roseus  Poir.  Encycl.  6:  245.  1804. 

Typically  glabrous,  or  in  the  varieties  more  or  less  hirsute- 
villous  and  the  peduncles  often  glandular;  upper  leaves  simple; 
petioles  2-2.5  cm.  long;  leaflets  petiolulate,  elliptic,  serrate;  flowers 
1  to  several  and  panicled,  on  short  or  long  pedicels;  stipules  elongate, 
dentate;  calyx  often  setose;  flowers  2-3  cm.  broad;  fruit  large,  the 
carpels  glabrous  to  villous. — A  polymorphic  species  of  which  the 
following  recorded  varieties  occur  in  Peru:  var.  rosaeflorus  Hook. 
Icon.  1:  pi.  46.  1837,  more  or  less  hirsute;  var.  santarosensis  (Kuntze) 
Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8: 118. 1930,  also  hirsute,  with  smaller  flowers 
and  more  dentate  stipules;  var.  Lechleri  (Focke)  Macbr.  Field  Mus. 
Bot.  8:  118.  1930,  likewise  hirsute  but  with  short-pedicellate,  more 
or  less  paniculate  flowers.  The  last  might  be  reduced  to  R.  nubigenus 
or  considered  a  variety  of  that  species.  The  acid-sweet  fruits  are 
used  for  making  refreshing  drinks  (Herrera).  Neg.  34750. 

Huanuco:  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavon  (det.  Bolle).  Mufia,  4288  (var. 
santarosensis),  4286  (var.  rosaeflorus).  Churupallana,  Dombey. 
Huanuco,  2143.  Vitoc,  Isern  2357  (var.  Lechleri),  2363,  2355  — 
Amazonas:  Molinopampa,  2,300  meters,  Weberbauer  4375. — Cuzco: 
Paucartambo,  Vargas  324;  Soukup  399.  Yanamanche,  Weberbauer 
4967.  Cerro  de  Cusilluyoc,  Pennell  14104,  14123,  13831  (var. 
Lechleri).  Cuzco,  Herrera  1. — Puno:  Sandia,  Weberbauer  674- 
Agapata,  Lechler  (type  of  var.  Lechleri).  "Cjari-cjari,"  "zarzamora," 
"chilifruta." 

Rubus  sparsiflorus  Macbr.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  117.  1930. 

Moderately  robust,  the  more  or  less  prickly  branches  and  petioles 
soft- villous;  petioles  slender,  mostly  6-10  cm.  long;  stipules  almost 
1  cm.  long,  persistent;  leaflets  abruptly  acuminate,  evenly  serrulate, 
mostly  6  cm.  long  and  3.5  cm.  wide,  glabrate  above,  subappressed- 
villous  beneath,  especially  on  the  nerves;  racemes  axillary  and 
terminal,  2-4  cm.  long,  3-6-flowered;  flowers  1-1.5  cm.  wide,  deep 
rose;  pedicels  scarcely  5  mm.  long,  densely  rusty- villous,  eglandular; 
sepals  pilose  on  both  sides;  carpels  glabrous  or  sparsely  pilose  at 
the  apex. 

Ayacucho:  Pampalca,  3,200  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  23238.— 
Junin:  Vitoc,  Martinet  1321. —Huanuco:  Mito,  1674,  type. — Caja- 
marca:  San  Miguel,  Weberbauer  3940. 

Rubus  urticaefolius  Poir.  Encycl.  6:  246.  1804. 
Well  characterized  by  the  widely  spreading,  reddish  setae  that 
more  or  less  abundantly  clothe  the  remotely  aculeate  stems;  stipules 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1103 

filiform;  leaflets  sometimes  5,  pubescent  above,  white- tomentose 
beneath;  inflorescence  ample,  becoming  open,  to  30  cm.  long  and  10 
cm.  wide;  flowers  small,  short-pediceled,  the  fruiting  pedicels  5-10 
mm.  long;  sepals  white-pubescent,  scarcely  setigerous,  little  shorter 
than  the  petals;  carpels  glabrous,  the  edible  fruit  globose,  small.— 
The  leaves  on  young  shoots  may  be  simple  and  broadly  elliptic. 
Neg.  34751. 

San  Martin:  San  Roque,  Williams  7157,  6971.  Near  Moyo- 
bamba,  Klug  3585. — Junin:  Huacapistana,  Killip  &  Smith  24.104. 
Pichis  Trail,  350  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  25449.  Chanchamayo,  Diehl 
2459;  Schunke  41 3. — Huanuco:  Yanano,  3757.  Monzon,  Weberbauer 
3362,—Ayacucho:  Aina,  Killip  &  Smith  23105,  22561.  Carrapa, 
Killip  &  Smith  22333. — Ancash:  Supa-acros,  Weberbauer  2647.— 
Lima:  Barranco,  Weberbauer  17.  Lima,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn;  Dombey. 
— Apurimac :  Abancai,  Vargas  467. — Cuzco :  Urubamba,  3,000  meters 
(Herrera  1524).  South  America.  "Cjari-cjari." 

Rubus  Weberbaueri  Focke,  Bibl.  Bot.  72:  38.  /.  11.  1910. 
R.  nubigenus  HBK.  subsp.  Ruizii  Focke,  Abh.  Nat.  Ver.  Bremen  4: 
162.  1874. 

Branchlets  and  petioles  closely  cinereous-tomentulose  and  some- 
what glandular  and  aculeate;  leaves  3-foliolate,  the  firm  leaflets 
5-9  cm.  long,  2-2.5  (-4)  cm.  wide,  subequally  serrulate,  dull  and 
green  above,  compactly  white-tomentose  beneath,  the  terminal  one 
distinctly  petiolulate;  sepals  lance-ovate,  sometimes  dentate;  corymbs 
interrupted,  few-flowered;  pedicels  hirsute- tomentose,  aculeate; 
flowers  about  2  cm.  wide;  petals  longer  than  the  unarmed  calyx; 
fruit  elongate,  villous. — Neg.  18037. 

Huanuco :  Monzon,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  3362,  type.  Pillao, 
Ruiz  &  Pawn.  Tambo  de  Vaca,  4393. 

11.  GEUM  L. 
Reference:  Bolle,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  Beih.  72:  1-119.  1933. 

Low,  rhizomatous,  herbaceous  perennials  with  unequally  pinnate, 
crowded,  subsessile  leaves,  those  of  the  stems  few  and  often  3- 
foliolate  or  reduced.  Flowers  often  corymbose,  rather  large,  with  5 
broad  petals  usually  exceeding  the  bracteolate  calyx  lobes,  the  calyx 
tube  persistent.  Stamens  many,  the  filaments  filiform.  Achenes 
many,  the  receptacle  short  or  clavate,  the  styles  straight  or  geniculate, 
slender,  elongate. 


1104  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Geum  peruvianum  Focke,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  540.  1906. 

Stems  spreading- villous  below,  hirsute  and  branched  above,  tall; 
leaves  hirsute  throughout,  the  lower  ones  interrupted-pinnate,  the 
terminal  leaflet  much  larger,  obtusely  crenate-lobed,  the  lateral 
ones  very  unequal,  subelliptic,  incised-crenate;  cauline  leaves  sub- 
sessile,  3-foliolate  or  deeply  trifid,  the  narrower  divisions  incised- 
serrate,  the  terminal  one  often  3-lobed;  flowers  1-1.5  cm.  broad  or 
smaller;  petals  suborbicular,  yellow;  carpels  densely  sericeous- villous, 
about  as  long  as  the  upper  segment  of  the  style,  nearly  or  quite  gla- 
brous.— This  is  G.  magellanicum  of  authors,  in  part.  Neg.  3616. 

Cajamarca:  Hualgayoc,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer  4007,  type; 
Raimondi. — Ayacucho:  Prov.  Huanta,  Weberbauer  5571. — Huanuco: 
Tambo  de  Vaca,  4454-  Mito,  1401.  Ecuador;  Colombia. 

Geum  Quellyon  Sweet,  Brit.  Fl.  Gard.  1:  3.  pi.  292.  1829. 
G.  chiloense  Balb.  ex  Ser.  in  DC.  Prodr.  2:  551.  1825,  in  syn. 

Similar  to  G.  peruvianum,  but  the  lower  leaves  elongate;  upper 
articulation  of  the  style  hirsute;  petals  deep  orange  to  red. — The 
root  has  the  odor  of  cinnamon  (Ruiz  &  Pawn}.  In  Peru  introduced. 
Illustrated,  Feuill.  PI.  Med.  Perou  Chil.  2:  pi.  27. 

Cajamarca:  In  garden  at  Hacienda  Tahoma,  Hualgayoc,  Weber- 
bauer 4089  (det.  Focke). — Junin:  Huasa-huasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn  (det. 
Bolle).  Chile.  "Canelillo." 

12.  FRAGARIA  L. 

Technically  the  genus  is  distinguished  from  Potentilla  only  by 
the  fleshy  receptacle  and  by  the  many  carpels.  The  genus  Duchesnea 
Smith,  with  yellow  flowers  and  less  succulent  receptacle,  is  included 
here  for  convenience. 

Petals  yellow;  receptacle  not  juicy F.  indica. 

Petals  white;  receptacle  juicy F.  vesca. 

Fragaria  indica  Andr.  Bot.  Rep.  7:  pi.  479.  1807.  Duchesnea 
indica  Focke  in  Engl.  &  Prantl,  Pflanzenfam.  3,  pt.  3:  33.  1894. 

A  silky-pubescent,  strawberry-like  plant  with  leafy  runners  and 
3-foliolate  leaves;  leaflets  obovate  or  broadly  oval,  crenate-dentate; 
calyx  5-parted,  the  lobes  alternating  with  larger,  spreading,  leaflike, 
3-dentate  appendages;  petals  yellow,  1-1.5  cm.  wide;  fruit  red,  spongy, 
inedible. — Plant  intermediate  between  Fragaria  and  Potentilla  and, 
except  for  convenience,  better  placed  in  the  latter  genus;  cf.  Wolf, 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1105 

Monogr.  664,  where  it  has  the  name  Potentilla  indica  (Andr.)  Wolf. 
Illustrated,  Bois,  Diet.  Hort.  553. 

Lima:  Huariaca,  8104- — Junin:  Yanahuanca,  1170.  Naturalized 
from  Asia. 

Fragaria  vesca  L.  Sp.  PI.  494.  1753. 

Plant  slightly  villous;  leaflets  ovate  or  broadly  oval,  coarsely 
dentate,  rather  thin,  pale  and  glabrate  on  the  lower  surface;  scape 
usually  exceeding  the  leaves,  few-flowered,  becoming  irregular  and 
raceme-like,  with  the  primary  branches  unequal;  sepals  usually 
reflexed  in  fruit,  much  shorter  than  the  fruit;  achenes  superficial,  not 
imbedded  in  pits. 

Cuzco:  Calca,  Weberbauer  7894-  Native  of  Europe  and  Asia; 
cultivated  in  many  regions.  "Fresa,"  "frutilla." 

13.  POTENTILLA  L. 

Reference:  Wolf,  Bibl.  Bot.  71:  1-714.  1908. 

In  general  similar  to  Geum,  but  the  leaves  most  often  digitately 
3-7-foliolate.  Calyx  4-5-bracteolate.  Receptacle  dry.  Style  most 
often  ventral,  not  elongating. 

Leaflets  subrotund  or  broader  than  long,  sparsely  pilose;  bractlets 
and  sepals  subequal P.  Dombeyi. 

Leaflets  broadly  ovate,  longer  than  broad,  densely  pilose;  bractlets 
longer  than  the  sepals P.  Weddellii. 

Potentilla  Dombeyi  Nestler,  Monogr.  Potent.  38.  pi.  5. 1816;  397. 

Plants  cespitose,  greenish  brown,  sparsely  long-pilose  throughout, 
the  stems  10-15  cm.  long,  prostrate-ascending;  petioles  2-3  cm.  long; 
stipules  to  1  cm.  long,  the  sheath  6-7  mm.  long,  the  free  tips  narrowly 
ovate-lanceolate,  acuminate,  subobtuse;  leaves  all  similar,  subrotund, 
to  15  mm.  wide  and  12  mm.  long,  trifoliolate  or  deeply  3-lobed  or 
often  with  only  1  lobe  separated  to  the  base,  the  lobes  dentate  half- 
way to  the  midrib,  the  teeth  oblong,  obtuse,  mostly  6  on  each  lobe; 
uppermost  leaves  sessile,  reduced;  flowers  few;  pedicels  in  fruit  15 
mm.  long;  petals  broadly  obovate,  5  mm.  long;  sepals  narrowly 
ovate,  acute,  scarcely  4  mm.  long,  equaled  by  the  elliptic,  obtuse 
bractlets;  achenes  smooth. — Neg.  34755. 

Huanuco:  Prostrate  in  open  places  in  bunch-grass  slopes,  3,500 
meters,  Mito,  1882. — Without  locality,  Dombey,  type. 


1106  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Potentilla  Weddellii  Macbr.,  sp.  nov. 

Habitu  ad  P.  Dombeyi  accedit  sed  differt  caulibus  minus  dense 
pilosis,  foliis  late  ovato-rotundatis,  foliolis  ad  15  mm.  longis,  12  mm. 
latis  subadpresse  cinereo-strigosis;  inflorescentia  densiore;  petalis  ca. 
4  mm.  longis;  sepalis  bracteolis  minoribus. — Cespitose,  the  slightly 
pilose,  prostrate-ascending  stems  5-15  cm.  long;  lowest  petioles  2.5 
cm.  long,  appressed-pilose;  leaves  trifoliolate  or  the  reduced  upper 
ones  3-lobed,  broadly  ovate-rotund,  the  leaflets  15  mm.  long  and  12 
mm.  wide  or  smaller,  dentate  about  one-third  the  distance  to  the 
costa,  the  subobtuse  teeth  suboblong,  grayish-pubescent  on  both 
sides  with  long,  appressed  but  lax,  lustrous  hairs;  flowers  few, 
crowded ;  petals  4  mm.  long;  calyx  3.5  mm.  long,  the  bractlets  elliptic, 
obtuse,  the  smaller  sepals  acute. — There  is  in  the  Gay  collection 
from  Peru  a  specimen  of  Potentilla  with  trifoliolate  leaves,  probably 
new,  supposed  to  have  been  collected  in  the  temperate  region  of  the 
Andes  at  Cuzco  (Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  234.  1857).  Neg.  34756. 

Cuzco(?):Gcw/  (type,  herb.  Paris). 

14.  ALCHEMILLA  L. 

Reference:  Perry,  Contr.  Gray  Herb.  84:  1-57.  1929. 

Perennials,  sometimes  shrubby,  often  prostrate,  or  rarely  annual. 
Leaves  usually  palmately  or  pinnately  lobed  or  parted,  rarely  all 
radical.  Stipules  mostly  foliaceous,  lobed  or  cleft  and  connate  to 
form  a  sheath  or,  if  membranous,  all  or  mostly  entire.  Flowers  axil- 
lary or  terminal,  often  cymose,  glomerulate.  Hypanthium  persistent, 
often  bracteate. — The  Peruvian  species  are  chiefly  of  the  section 
Lachemilla,  with  2  (3-4)  stamens,  opposite  the  sepals,  the  anthers 
extrorse,  in  contrast  to  Alchemilla  sensu  strict.,  with  4  (5)  stamens, 
alternate  with  the  sepals,  the  anthers  introrse.  The  section  Aphanes, 
annual,  the  single  stamen  with  an  extrorse  anther,  is  represented  by 
one  species.  Rothmaler,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  164-173.  1937,  re- 
establishes these  sections  as  genera,  a  procedure  scarcely  to  be 
followed  outside  monographic  work.  This  author  himself  calls 
attention  to  the  interesting  analogy  between  the  sections  and  their 
ranges.  I  acknowledge  my  indebtedness  to  Rothmaler's  studies  in 
the  section  Lachemilla,  particularly  his  Alchemillae  Colombianae, 
Trab.  Mus.  Cienc.  Nat.  Madrid,  Bot.  31. 1935. 

Leaves  appendaged  with  2  leafy  blades  along  the  costa  .A.diplophylla. 
Leaves  more  or  less  lobed  or  pinnate,  not  appendaged. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1107 

A.  Leaves   palmately   cleft   or  parted,  sometimes   shallowly  or 
obscurely  so. 

Basal  leaves  orbicular,  obscurely  5-13-lobed. 

Leaves  deeply  cordate,  9-11-lobed;  petioles  3-10  cm.  long  or 
longer. 

Styles  2;  flowering  branches  short,  robust,  erect,  leafless. 

A.  orbiculata. 

Styles  4-8;  flowering  branches  elongate,   slender,   leafy. 

A.  pectinata. 

Leaves  slightly  cordate,  5-7-lobed;  petioles  to  3.5  cm.  long. 

A.  Lechleriana. 
Basal  leaves  3-5-cleft  or  parted  (in  A.  Williamsii  orbicular). 

Cauline  leaves  developed,  3  (-5)  -parted. 

Flowers,  at  least  some  of  them,  distinctly  pedicellate  or, 
if  glomerate  and  subsessile,  the  hypanthium  pubescent 
within. 

Hypanthium  pubescent  outside;  flowers  pedicellate. 
Leaves  appearing  5-lobed  by  the  laterally  cleft  lateral 
lobes. 

Leaves  3-parted A.  andina. 

Leaves  5-7-lobed A.  pseudovenusta. 

Leaves  appearing  3-lobed,  the  lateral  lobes  not  deeply 
cleft. 

Plants  slightly  pilose A.  vulcanica. 

Plants  densely  pubescent A.  Jamesonii. 

Hypanthium  glabrous  outside;  plants  spreading- villous- 

hirsute A.  frigida. 

Flowers  glomerate  and  subsessile;  hypanthium  glabrous 

within;  plants,  if  pubescent,  spreading-villous. 
Basal  leaves  palmately  cleft;  plants,  if  small,  silvery- 
pubescent. 

Leaves  more  or  less  villous  and  orbicular,  the  lobes 
several-dentate. 

Flowers  hirsute- villous A.  Williamsii. 

Flowers  glabrous  or  nearly  so A.  frigida. 

Leaves  pilose  or  sericeous,  the  leaf  lobes  entire  or  bifid ; 
flowers  often  glabrous  or  but  slightly  pubescent. 


1108  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Leaves  more  or  less  pilose A.  aphanoides. 

Leaves  silvery-villous;  plants  very  small. 

A.  holosericea. 

Basal  leaves  subpinnately  cleft;  plants  small,  not  silvery- 
pubescent. 

Plants  1  cm.  high,  the  leaves  minute.  .  .A.  sandiensis. 
Plants  at  least  3  cm.  high,  the  leaves  to  7  mm.  long. 

A.  repens. 
Cauline  leaves  reduced,  forming,  with  the  stipules,  verticillate 

sheaths. 

Stipule  lobes  definitely  spreading  or  reflexed,  loosely  hirsute. 
Stipule  lobes  6  mm.  long,  little  revolute;  stigma  sub- 

clavate A.  galioides. 

Stipule  lobes  4-5  mm.  long,  revolute;  stigma  globose. 

A.  rivulorum. 
Stipule  lobes  ascending-appressed,  appressed-hirsute. 

A.  nivalis. 
A.  Leaves  pinnately  cleft  or  parted. 

Basal  leaves,  at  least,  bipinnate,  soft  (see  some  species,  perhaps 
Peruvian,  under  A.  pinnata). 

Stipules  all  golden  brown,  membranous A.  achilleaefolia. 

Stipules  of  the  cauline  leaves  herbaceous. 

Calyx  lobes  subequal A.  pinnata. 

Calyx  lobes  unequal,  the  outer  4  smaller,  linear. 

A.  erodiifolia. 
Basal  leaves  pinnate,  the  upper  ones  3-parted,  all  rigid. 

A.  barbata. 

Alchemilla  achilleaefolia  Re"my,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  III.  8:  224. 
1847.  A.  pinnata  Re"my,  op.  cit.  6:  354.  1846,  non  Ruiz  &  Pavon. 
Lachemilla  achilleifolia  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  169.  1937. 

Plants  matted,  from  a  fusiform  root;  radical  leaves  pinnate,  the 
leaflets  biparted,  the  segments  oval,  entire,  obtuse,  ciliate,  with 
lanceolate,  acute,  brown,  membranous,  ciliate  stipules;  cauline  leaves 
many-parted,  villous;  flowers  involucrate,  in  small,  axillary  heads; 
perianth  campanulate,  hirsute,  pedicellate,  with  8  equal,  oval,  sub- 
obtuse,  sericeous  teeth;  stamens  2. — Allied  to  A.  barbata,  and  sharing 
with  it  the  conspicuous,  brown  stipules.  See  also  A.  erodiifolia,  to 
which  Perry  referred  my  collection. 

Junin:  San  Jose',  4,000  meters,  1104  (det.  Rothmaler).    Bolivia. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1109 

Aphanes  andicola  Rothmaler,  sp.  nov. 

Planta  annua  parva,  0.5-1  cm.  alta,  paullo  ramosa,  caulibus 
glabrescentibus,  internodiis  brevissimis;  folia  sessilia  dense  imbricata 
basi  angustata  cum  stipulis  connata,  3-loba,  lobo  mediano  trifido,  vel 
5-loba,  margine  longe  ciliata,  lobis  lanceolatis  obtusis,  lateralibus 
integris,  longe  piloso-hirsutis;  stipulae  herbaceae  inter  se  et  cum 
lamina  connatae,  2-fidae,  lobis  lanceolatis  obtusis;  flores  in  axillis 
stipularum  4-6-glomerulati,  stipulas  multo  superantes,  breviter  pedi- 
cellati,  1.5-1.75  mm.  longi,  0.75  mm.  lati,  subclausi,  hypanthio  ovato, 
brunneo,  4-costato,  costis  sat  longe  pilosis,  intervallibus  puberulis, 
sepalis  4  triangularibus,  nervo  dorsali  piloso,  apice  pilo  longiore 
obsitis  praediti;  episepala  nulla. 

Ayacucho:  Near  Santa  Ine*s,  between  Pisco  and  Ayacucho,  in 
puna,  4,300-4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  5454  (type  in  herb.  Berol.). 

Alchemilla  andina  (Perry)  Macbr.  Candollea  5:  366.  1934. 
A.  procumbens  Rose,  var.  andina  Perry,  Contr.  Gray  Herb.  84:  23. 
1929.  Lachemilla  andina  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  169.  1937. 

Plants  creeping,  more  or  less  appressed-pubescent  or  glabrous; 
leaves  0.5-1.5  cm.  long,  3-parted,  the  obovate-cuneate  divisions 
serrate,  with  2-4  teeth  on  each  side  toward  the  apex;  stipules  leaflike; 
inflorescence  loosely  cymose,  the  filiform  pedicels  3-10  mm.  (1-5  mm. 
fide  Rothmaler)  long;  hypanthium  broadly  campanulate,  1.5-2  mm. 
long,  strongly  constricted  by  the  disk,  the  teeth  subequal;  styles 
3-5;  stigmas  globose. — A.  hirta  (Perry)  Rothm.  Trab.  Mus.  Nac. 
Madrid  Bot.  31 :  12.  1935,  of  Ecuador  and  Colombia,  is  similar  but 
the  stem  pubescence  is  widely  spreading  and  the  bractlets  are  longer 
than  the  calyx  teeth.  A.  fulvescens  (Perry)  Rothm.  op.  cit.  35, 
known  as  near  as  Ecuador,  might  be  sought  here  because  its  reni- 
form  basal  leaves  are  deeply  incised-5-lobed.  The  former  species 
is  illustrated,  Rothmaler,  op.  cit.  13. 

Ancash:  Above  Huaraz,  3,200  meters,  Weberbauer  3236.— 
Ayacucho:  Totorabamba,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  5475  (det. 
Perry). — Cuzco:  Gay.  Ollantaitambo,  3,000  meters,  Cook  &  Gilbert 
696. — Puno:  Agapata,  Lechler  1923.  Bolivia  to  Colombia. 

Alchemilla  aphanoides  Mutis  ex  L.  f.  Suppl.  129. 1781.  Lache- 
milla aphanoides  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  170.  1937. 

Plants  forming  mats,  or  the  stems  erect  and  crowded,  densely  or 
sparsely  pilose;  leaves  3-parted,  the  sessile  upper  ones  usually  gla- 
brous, the  segments  divided  or  2-3-dentate;  stipules  with  the  sessile 
upper  leaves  forming  many-lobed,  perfoliate  leaves;  flowers  crowded 


1110  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

in  axillary  and  terminal  cymes,  at  maturity  typically  glabrous,  sub- 
sessile,  the  hypanthium  1  mm.  long,  the  sepals  and  bractlets  sub- 
equal;  styles  1-3,  usually  2,  the  stigma  capitate. — Var.  tripartite, 
(R.  &  P.)  Perry,  40  (A.  tripartite,  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  68.  1798), 
the  usual  Peruvian  form,  is  more  villous,  the  lateral  leaf  lobes  often 
bifid,  the  flowers  somewhat  pilose,  even  at  maturity.  A.  Sprucei 
Perry,  40,  Ecuadorean,  has  all  the  stem  leaves  sessile  and  3-5- 
lobed,  the  lobes  deeply  dentate;  see  also  A.  frigida  below  and  A.  ran- 
unculoides,  this  under  A.  Williamsii.  The  variety,  according  to 
Ruiz  and  Pavon,  grew  at  Tarma,  Pillao,  and  Huasa-huasi. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Williams  7539. — Huanuco:  Panao, 
2208. — Lima:  Rio  Blanco,  686. 

Alchemilla  barbata  Presl,  Epim.  Bot.  199.  1849;  55.  A. 
Weberbaueri  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  537.  1906.  Lachemilla  barbata 
Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 169.  1937. 

Plants  cespitose,  well  marked  by  the  large,  rigid  leaves,  fulvous 
stipules,  and  the  entire  leaflets  3-4  mm.  long,  barbate  at  the  apex; 
stipules  entire  or  lacerate,  scarious;  flowers  terminal,  densely  glomer- 
ulate,  the  pedicels  hirsute;  hypanthium  glabrous. 

Ancash:  Between  Ocros  and  Chonta,  Weberbauer  2778.  Huanta, 
4,000  meters  (Pearce). — Without  locality:  (Haenke,  type). 

Alchemilla  diplophylla  Diels,  Bot.  Jahrb.  40:  277.  1908;  56. 
A.  appendiculata  Wedd.  ex  Murbeck,  Lunds  Univ.  Arsskr.  N.  F.  2. 
11,  pt.  8:  12.  /.  3-4.  1915.  Lachemilla  diplophylla  Rothm.  Repert. 
Sp.  Nov.  42:  169.  1937. 

Plants  rhizomatous,  1-2  cm.  high,  the  margins  of  the  young  leaves 
sparsely  pilose;  blades  cuneate-obovate,  3-8  mm.  long,  3-5  mm.  wide, 
deeply  tridentate,  the  middle  tooth  smallest,  the  appendages  sub- 
equaling  the  leaf  blade;  petioles  to  2  cm.  long;  stipules  scarious, 
entire;  flowers  almost  glabrous;  peduncles  bracteolate  below  the 
middle;  bractlets  none. — This  curious  plant  suggests  in  aspect  some 
umbellifer.  Moreover,  its  leaves  closely  simulate  Peruvian  species 
of  Caltha,  with  which  it  has  been  confused  in  herbaria. 

Junin:  Yauli,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer  288,  type. — Cuzco:  In 
Distichia  cushions,  La  Ray  a,  4,400  meters,  Pennell  13498,  in  part; 
Weddell  4412.  Bolivia. 

Alchemilla  erodiifolia  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  247.  1857;  53. 
Lachemilla  erodiifolia  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  172.  1937. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1111 

Plants  pilose  nearly  throughout,  rooting  at  the  nodes,  the  stems 
several  decimeters  long;  radical  leaves  more  or  less  bipinnatifid,  with 
conspicuous,  brownish,  cleft  stipules;  cauline  leaves  pinnatifid,  the 
segments  3-5-dissected ;  flowers  glomerulate,  the  perianth  8-dentate, 
the  tube  glabrous,  the  teeth  sparsely  pilose;  carpels  2. — The  type 
was  not  designated  but  the  description  cited  the  following  collection 
by  Dombey  and  one  by  Weddell  from  Bolivia.  Confused,  according 
to  Rothmaler,  with  A.  achilleaefolia  by  Perry,  who  reduced  the 
latter  to  A.  pinnata.  In  the  Dombey  specimen  the  stipules  are  sub- 
herbaceous  and  cleft.  Neg.  34281. 

Huanuco:  Cheuchin,  Dombey. — Cuzco:  Lucumayo  Valley,  Cook 
&  Gilbert  1253  (fide  Perry).  Ecuador;  Bolivia. 

Alchemilla  frigida  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  245.  1857;  27. 

Hirsute,  with  elongate,  prostrate  branches;  basal  leaves  1.5-2  cm. 
wide,  subreniform,  3-5-lobed  or  cleft,  the  lobes  incised-dentate  with 
subobtuse  teeth,  sparsely  hirsute  above  or  glabrate;  stipules  mem- 
branous, lanceolate,  acute,  those  of  the  subsessile  cauline  leaves  2-4- 
lobed;  inflorescence  terminal  on  short,  lateral  branchlets;  flowers 
about  2  mm.  long,  short-pediceled,  glabrous  or  with  a  few  hairs  on  the 
lobes,  the  lobes  0.5  mm.  long,  the  lance-ovate  bractlets  slightly 
shorter  and  narrower;  styles  1-2;  stigma  clavate. — Weberbauer  2691 
was  referred  by  Markgraf  to  A.  hirsuta  HBK.,  a  disposition  followed 
by  me  in  Candollea  5:  366.  1934.  Rothmaler,  however,  has  identified 
the  HBK.  plant  as  A.  aphanoides;  see  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  12: 
488.  1935.  Neg.  34694. 

Cajamarca:  Ocros,  Weberbauer  2691.    Bolivia;  Argentina. 

Alchemilla  galioides  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  134.  1844;  45. 

Stems  loosely  and  densely  hirsute;  leaf  sheath  8-10-lobed,  at 
first  loosely  ascending;  inflorescence  glomerulate,  axillary  and  ter- 
minal; flowers  pedicellate;  hypanthium  1.5  mm.  long,  only  the  lobes 
hirsute.— Negs.  18016,  34285. 

Peru:  Andes  of  Puitac,  3,000  meters  (Pearce). — Huanuco:  Mon- 
zon,  3,400  meters,  Weberbauer  3348  (det.  Pilger).  Ecuador. 

Alchemilla  hirsuta  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  224.  1824;  57. 

Closely  allied  to  A.  aphanoides,  but  rather  abundantly  spreading- 
villous-hirsute;  hypanthium  pubescent  within. — Type  locality  un- 
known :  Humboldt  31 48  in  Herb.  Willd.  Neg.  34696. 

Ancash:  Ocros,  Weberbauer  2691  (det.  Markgraf). 


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Alchemilla  holosericea  Perry,  Contr.  Gray  Herb.  84:  42.  1929. 
Lachemilla  holosericea  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  170.  1937. 

A  minute  plant,  rooting  at  the  nodes,  the  ascending  branches  1-2 
cm.  high;  leaves  about  3  mm.  long,  sessile,  the  divisions  of  the  lower 
ones  entire;  stipules  much  divided,  appearing  to  form  a  sheath  with 
the  large  segments  revolute-margined;  hypanthium  2  mm.  long, 
appressed-villous;  flowers  axillary  and  solitary  or  terminally  glomeru- 
late  and  pedicellate. 

Junin:  Tambo  de  Vaca,  3,900  meters,  4398,  type.  Colombia; 
Ecuador. 

Alchemilla  Jamesonii  Perry,  Contr.  Gray  Herb.  84:  25.  1929. 
Lachemilla  Jamesonii  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  169.  1937. 

Similar  to  A.  vukanica,  but  much  more  densely  appressed-pubes- 
cent,  the  stipules  strict,  and  the  hypanthium  conspicuously  villous.— 
According  to  the  author,  the  achenes  are  larger  than  those  of  any 
other  species.  Neg.  27432. 

Cajamarca:  Above  Hualgayoc,  4,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3966  (ex 
descr. ;  determined  at  Berlin  as  A.  rupestris) .  Ecuador. 

Alchemilla  Lechleriana  Griseb.  Goett.  Abh.  24:  124.  1879;  16. 
Lachemilla  Lechleriana  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  171.  1937. 

Like  A.  orbiculata,  but  the  stolons  leafy,  the  leaves  often  larger, 
usually  densely  appressed-villous  beneath,  and  the  inflorescence 
loosely  racemose. 

Puno:  Sachapata,  Lechler  2606,  type. 

Alchemilla  nivalis  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  223.  pi.  560.  1824; 
48.  Lachemilla  nivalis  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  170.  1937. 

Similar  in  aspect  to  A.  galioides,  but  the  10-15  stipule  lobes 
remaining  erect,  or  only  slightly  spreading. 

Peru:  Portachuelo  (Mathews  1149). — Amazonas:  Balsas,  Weber- 
bauer 4299  (det.  Pilger). — Without  locality:  River o.  Colombia; 
Ecuador. 

Alchemilla  orbiculata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  68.  1798;  13. 
Aphanes  orbiculata  Pers.  Syn.  PI.  1:  150.  1805.  Lachemilla  orbiculata 
Rydb.  N.  Amer.  Fl.  22:  381.  1908. 

A  decumbent  herb  with  orbicular-reniform  leaves  and  with  con- 
spicuous, leafless  stolons,  the  leaves  scalelike  or  greatly  reduced, 
1.5-2.5  cm.  wide,  the  sinus  open  or  closed,  glabrate  above,  villous 
beneath,  at  least  on  the  nerves;  stipules  membranous,  light  brown; 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1113 

inflorescence  loosely  corymbose,  nearly  leafless;  flowers  3-4  mm.  long, 
sericeous-villous.— The  pubescence  of  forma  villifera  (Perry)  Rothm. 
is  widely  spreading,  especially  on  the  petioles.  Neg.  18017. 

Cajamarca:  Hualgayoc,  4,000  meters,  Weberbauer  397  (det. 
Pilger).— Junin:  Rio  Masamerich,  2,500  meters,  Weberbauer  6671. 
Huacapistana,  Weberbauer  2261  (det.  Pilger).  Chanchamayo,  Isern 
2298.— Huanuco:  (Pearce  66).  Southeast  of  Huanuco,  wet  bank  at 
edge  of  thicket,  3,150  meters,  2088  (det.  Perry).  Mito,  2,700  meters, 
1439  (det.  Perry).  Panao,  Chaclla,  Pillao,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn,  type. 
Huasa-huasi,  Dombey.  Colombia  to  Peru. 

Alchemilla  pectinata  HBK.  Nov.  Gen.  &  Sp.  6:  226.  1824;  14. 
Lachemilla  pectinata  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  171.  1937. 

In  general  characters  similar  to  A.  orbiculata,  but  the  stolons 
leafy;  leaves  subcoriaceous,  shallowly  9-11-lobed,  pectinate-serrate; 
inflorescence  axillary  or  terminal  on  leafy  shoots;  floral  bracts  am- 
plexicaul  but  not  sheathing;  achenes  4-6. 

Peru:  (fide  Rothmaler).    Bolivia  to  Mexico. 

Alchemilla  pinnata  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1 :  69. 1798;  52.  Aphanes 
pinnatus  Pers.  Syn.  PI.  1:  150.  1805.  Zygalchemilla  pinnata  Rydb. 
N.Amer.F1.22:385. 1908. 

Usually  softly  gray-villous,  but  sometimes  greenish ;  leaves  bipin- 
natifid,  1.5-6  cm.  long,  the  numerous  pinnae  usually  imbricate  and 
unequally  divided;  flowers  solitary  and  axillary  or  terminal  and 
glomerulate,  distinctly  pedicellate,  villous  to  glabrate. — Variable 
in  pubescence.  Forma  argentea  Rothm.  is  smaller  and  densely  seri- 
ceous-pilose; forma  minima  Wedd.  ex  Rothm.  (var.  minima  Wedd.  ex 
Griseb.  Goett.  Abh.  19:  137. 1874;  PI.  Lorentz.  89.  1874)  is  glaucous, 
sparsely  hirsute  or  glabrate.  The  very  distinct  A.  paludicola  Rothm. 
op.  cit.  41  and  A.  Mandoniana  Wedd.  have  the  bractlets  reduced  or 
wanting;  the  basal  leaves  of  the  former  have  2-3  pairs  of  leaflets, 
those  of  the  latter  are  nearly  pinnately  parted.  Since  these  two 
closely  related  forms  have  been  found  in  Bolivia  as  well  as  in  Ecuador, 
their  occurrence  in  Peru  is  probable.  Illustrated,  Trab.  Mus.  Nac. 
Madrid  Bot.  31:  32  and  42.  Neg.  18018.  Ruiz  and  Pavon  listed  the 
localities  as  Tarma,  Huasa-huasi,  Huariaca,  Payanchacra,  Rondos, 
Chaulan,  and  Pillao. 

Cajamarca:  Ocros,  Weberbauer  2687  (det.  Pilger). — Cuzco:  Cuzco, 
Herrera  2385.— Lima:  La  Raya,  Pennell  13527,  13525.  Matucana, 
Weberbauer  190  (det.  Pilger).  Rio  Blanco,  807.  Cheuchin,  Ruiz  & 


1114  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Pawn. — Junin:  Palca,  Isern  2292.    Yauli,  4,400  meters,  Weberbauer 
318. — Puno:  Chuquibambilla,  Pennell  13411. 

Alchemilla  pseudovenusta  Rothm.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin 
12:489.1935. 

A  ligneous,  creeping  plant,  the  branched,  procumbent  stems  root- 
ing at  the  tips,  to  15  cm.  long,  densely  pilose  with  erect-spreading 
hairs;  basal  leaves  subrosulate,  reniform,  acute,  2  cm.  broad,  1.5  cm. 
long,  5-  to  partially  7-lobed  or  incised  to  the  middle,  the  divisions 
with  8-10  oval  teeth  on  each  side,  more  or  less  densely  pubescent, 
especially  on  the  nerves;  cauline  leaves  similar,  petioled;  lower 
stipules  membranous,  the  upper  herbaceous,  many  of  them  multi- 
parted;  flowers  in  dense  cymes,  aggregate  toward  the  tips  of  the 
branchlets,  solitary  in  the  axils  of  the  bracts,  densely  hirsute  or  sub- 
sericeous,  short-pedicellate;  hypanthium  turbinate,  1.75  mm.  long, 
the  subequal  lobes  and  bractlets  1.25  mm.  long;  styles  4-5,  exserted, 
the  stigma  long-clavate;  stamens  2. — The  type  specimen  was  referred 
originally  by  Markgraf  to  A.  orbiculata  R.  &  P.,  a  disposition  which 
I  had  accepted;  the  author  compares  it  with  A.  pectinata  HBK.  The 
petioles  are  as  much  as  5  cm.  in  length. 

Junin:  In  sphagnum,  near  Huacapistana,  3,200  meters,  Weber- 
bauer 2216,  type. 

Alchemilla  repens  Presl,  Epim.  Bot.  199.  1849;  43.  Lachemilla 
repens  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  172.  1937. 

A  little  plant,  resembling  A.  sandiensis,  but  at  least  3  cm.  high, 
the  bractlets  much  shorter  than  the  sepals. — See  also  A.  Mandoniana 
(under  A.  pinnata),  which  might  be  sought  here  because  of  its 
subpinnate  basal  leaves. 

Lima:  Open,  rocky  slope,  Huaros,  3,500  meters,  Pennell  14716.— 
Without  locality:  Haenke,  type. 

Alchemilla  rivulorum  Rothm.  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  12: 
490. 1935.  Lachemilla  rivulorum  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42 : 170. 1937. 

With  the  habit  of  A.  galioides,  but  the  stems  much  more  branched ; 
basal  leaves  deeply  3-lobed,  the  lateral  lobes  bifid,  the  margins  revo- 
lute;  cauline  leaves  sessile,  the  lower  3-parted  and  slightly  longer 
than  the  sepals;  sheath  divisions  9,  lanceolate;  hypanthium  globose, 
1.25  mm.  long,  more  or  less  hirsute  toward  the  tip;  styles  2-3.— 
The  type  was  referred  originally  by  Pilger  to  A.  galioides,  a  disposi- 
tion that  had  been  accepted  by  the  present  writer.  Neg.  34287. 

Ancash:  In  stones  at  brook  margin,  mountains  above  Huaraz, 
4,200  meters,  Weberbauer  2973,  type.  Ecuador. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1115 

Alchemilla  sandiensis  Pilger,  Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  537.  1906;  43. 

Stoloniferous,  the  stems  2-4  cm.  long,  slightly  villous;  basal 
leaves  orbicular-ovate,  3-parted,  the  terminal  segment  6-8-lobed, 
the  lateral  segments  4-5-lobed,  the  lobes  oblong,  acute  to  subobtuse; 
stipules  subovate,  membranaceous;  cauline  leaves  3-parted,  with 
leaflike  stipules;  flowers  1.5-2  mm.  long;  hypanthium  turbinate, 
appressed-pubescent;  sepals  ovate;  pistils  1  or  2. — Neg.  18019. 

Puno:  Between  Poto  and  Ananea,  Sandia,  Weberbauer  945,  type. 

Alchemilla  vulcanica  Schlecht.  &  Cham.  Linnaea  5:  573. 
1830;  24.  Lachemilla  vulcanica  Rydb.  N.  Amer.  Fl.  22:  382.  1908. 

Often  dense,  the  creeping  stems  suffrutescent,  the  ascending  stems 
and  branches  appressed-pilose;  lateral  leaf  lobes  very  rarely  bifid, 
sometimes  glabrous  above,  the  narrowly  cuneate  lobes  3-7;  petioles 
3-5  mm.  long,  shorter  than  the  linear-lobed,  spreading  stipules; 
inflorescence  cymose,  the  pedicels  1-5  mm.  long;  hypanthium  1.5  mm. 
long,  sparsely  pilose  within. 

Ancash:  Above  Huaraz,  4,200  meters,  Weberbauer  3110. — 
Amazonas:  Chachapoyas  (Mathews). — Junin:  Yauli,  4,400  meters, 
Weberbauer  348. — Puno:  Cuyocuyo,  3,600  meters,  Weberbauer  926. 
Colombia;  Bolivia;  Guatemala;  Mexico. 

Alchemilla  Williamsii  Perry,  Contr.  Gray  Herb.  84:  26.  1929. 
Lachemilla  Williamsii  Rothm.  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  172.  1937. 

Appressed-villous,  at  least  on  the  leaf  nerves  beneath,  low  or 
depressed;  leaves  orbicular-reniform,  glabrate  above,  the  lobes  more 
or  less  marked,  often  obscurely  so,  the  teeth  2-3  mm.  long,  linear- 
acute;  stipules  lance-ovate;  cauline  leaves  3-parted;  flowers  glomeru- 
late;  hypanthium  villous  outside,  2  mm.  long. — Neg.  34706. 

Junin:  Palca,  Isern  2205(1). — CuzcoiGay.    Bolivia. 

15.  MARGYRICARPUS  R.  &  P. 

Somewhat  tortuously  branched  shrubs,  often  spinescent  from  the 

rigid  leaf  rachises,  the  leaves  imbricate,  unequally  pinnate,  with 

broad,    vaginate   petioles,    or   the   leaflets   apparently   fasciculate. 

Flowers  sessile,  inconspicuous,  solitary  in  the  leaf  axils;  petals  none. 

Calyx  ebracteolate,  persistent,  winged  or  tuberculate,  constricted  at 

the  throat.    Stamens  2  or  3. 

Leaves  at  least  in  part  appearing  simple,  fasciculate;  fruits  wing- 
angled  M.  strictus. 

Leaves  all  pinnate,  the  leaflets  evanescently  setose  at  the  apex;  fruits 
nerve-angled M .  pinnatus. 


1116  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Margyricarpus  pinnatus  (Lam.)  Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  3,  pt.  2: 
77. 1898.  Empetrum  pinnatum  Lam.  Encycl.  1 :  567. 1785.  Ancistrum 
barbatum  Lam.  Illustr.  1:  77.  1791.  M.  setosus  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv. 
1:  28.  pi.  8.  1798. 

A  decumbent,  sprawling  shrub;  leaves  about  5  mm.  long,  the 
linear  leaflets  lustrous,  glabrous  except  for  caducous  setae  at  the  tip ; 
petioles  vaginate;  drupe  white,  slightly  fleshy,  suggesting  a  pearl 
(whence  the  common  name),  sweet  and  edible  (Ruiz  &  Pavdn);  drupe, 
when  dry,  rib-angled,  the  ribs  entire. 

Cajamarca:  Cutervo,  Jelski  326. — Huanuco:  Mito,  1515. — Junin: 
Tarma,  Huasa-huasi,  Xaurxa,  Huarocheri,  Conchucos,  Ruiz  &  Pawn. 
Palca,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  24-50;  248. — Cuzco:  Pampa  de  Anta, 
3,400  meters,  Herrera  699.  Valle  de  Cuzco  (Weberbauer  181),  4881, 
4899  (det.  Pilger). — Without  locality:  Jussieu,  type.  Argentina  and 
Chile.  "Yerba  de  perlilla,"  "perlillas,"  "canlli,"  "china-canlli." 

Margyricarpus  strictus  (Poepp.)  Macbr.,  comb.  nov.  Tetra- 
glochin  strictum  Poepp.  Fragm.  Syn.  26.  1833.  M.  alatus  Gill,  in 
Hook.  Bot.  Misc.  3:  305.  1833.  M.  imberbis  Presl,  Epim.  Bot. 
200.  1849(7). 

Leaves  often  spiniform,  or  sometimes  with  1  or  2  leaflets,  other 
leaves  much  smaller,  fasciculate,  trifoliolate;  fruit  5-8  mm.  long, 
3-5-winged,  the  wings  often  somewhat  denticulate. — This  could  be 
regarded  as  a  distinct  genus,  but  habitally  the  shrubs  are  similar, 
the  fruit  more  or  less  wing-angled.  The  Peruvian  plant  seems  to  be 
M.  cristatus  Britton,  Mem.  Torrey  Club  3,  pt.  3:  25.  1893,  this 
possibly  a  distinct  variety.  Illustrated,  Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  pi.  77. 

Lima:  Banos  (WilkesExped.).  Rio  Blanco,  3,000  meters,  in  firm, 
stony  soil,  732,  3003.— Puno:  Puno,  Soukup  212,  213.  Sanborg, 
Weberbauer  1389  (det.  Pilger).  Chuquibambilla,  Pennell  13356  — 
Cuzco:  Gay.  Pucara,  Weberbauer  407  (det.  Pilger).  Sacsahuaman, 
3,500  meters  (Herrera  102). — Tacna:  Werdermann  1122.  Lake  Titi- 
caca,  Meyen. — Arequipa:  Pampa  de  Arrieros,  Pennell  13332.  Boli- 
via; Chile.  "Canlli,"  "orcco-canlli." 

16.  ACAENA  L. 

Reference:  Bitter,  Bibl.  Bot.  74:  1-336.  1910-1911. 

Decumbent  or  ascending  herbs,  often  suffrutescent  at  the  base, 
with  erect,  usually  scapelike  flowering  branches.  Leaves  unequally 
pinnate,  the  leaflets  incised-serrate  or  divided.  Stipules  vaginate, 
adnate  to  the  petiole.  Stamens  1-10.  Fruit  usually  tuberculate  or 
aculeate,  included  in  the  persistent  calyx.  Carpels  1-2. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1117 

Inflorescence  capitate. 

Leaflets  oval,  about  1  cm.  long A.  ovalifolia. 

Leaflets  narrowly  ovate-lanceolate,  about  2  cm.  long.  .A.  argentea. 
Inflorescence  spicate. 

Leaflets  white-pubescent  beneath A.  cylindristachya. 

Leaflets  green  beneath,  often  somewhat  pubescent. 

Fruit  4-5  mm.  long;  leaflets  5-7  pairs,  subequal.  .A.  torilicarpa. 

Fruit  7-8.5  mm.  long;  leaflets  4  pairs,  with  2-3  much  smaller 

ones A.  elongata. 

Acaena  argentea  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  67.  pi.  103.  1798;  215. 

Branches  suberect,  with  old  leaves  below,  30  cm.  high,  the  creep- 
ing, branching,  ligneous  stems  becoming  many  decimeters  long,  the 
internodes  5-6  cm.  long,  more  or  less  densely  long-pubescent;  leaflets 
mostly  9,  rarely  11-13,  oblong-lanceolate,  acutish,  glabrous  above, 
long-appressed-gray-pilose  beneath,  at  least  on  the  nerves,  mostly 
2.5-3.5  cm.  long,  nearly  1  (-1.5)  cm.  wide,  the  lower  ones  greatly 
reduced;  flowers  capitate,  perfect;  stamens  3-4;  fruit  with  4  spines, 
the  longer  ones  6-7  mm.  long,  apically  4-5-glochidiate,  the  body  of 
the  fruit  5  mm.  long,  attenuate. — Type  from  Chile.  A.  subincisa 
Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  242.  1857;  218,  Ecuadorean,  is  similar  but  the 
leaves  are  5-6-pinnate,  the  leaflets  thinner,  deeply  serrate-dentate, 
yellowish-sericeous  beneath.  Neg.  29606. 

Piura:  Between  Huancabamba  and  Ayavaca,  Weberbauer  6325. 
Patagonia  to  Ecuador. 

Acaena  cylindristachya  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  68.  pi.  104. 
1798;  46. 

A  species  well  marked  by  the  numerous  leaflets  of  the  (6-8  cm. 
long)  leaves,  these  densely  appressed-pilose,  greenish  above,  silvery- 
sericeous  beneath,  1  cm.  long,  4  mm.  wide,  suboblong;  fruit  turbinate, 
with  3-5  very  unequal  spines,  the  longest  4  mm.  long. — A  tufted 
plant  from  a  stout  caudex,  the  nearly  naked,  appressed-pilose  pedun- 
cle 10-20  cm.  high,  the  cylindric  spikes  2  cm.  long.  Illustrated, 
Wedd.  Chlor.  And.  2:  pi.  76.  Neg.  17997. 

Junin:  Tarma,  Weberbauer  2509  (det.  Bitter);  Ruiz  &  Pawn.— 
Cuzco:  Paucartambo,  Vargas  317.  Cerro  de  Cusilluyoc,  Pennell 
13833.— Huanuco:  Chaclla,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  Mito,  1816.— Puno: 
Sandia,  Soukup  152.  Bolivia  to  Costa  Rica. 

Acaena  elongata  L.  Mant.  2:  200.  1771;  28.  A.  lappacea  R.  & 
P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1 :  66.  pi.  103. 1798. 


1118  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

More  or  less  tortuously  much  branched,  fruticose  at  the  base, 
the  branches  clothed  with  old  petiole  bases;  flowering  stems  erect- 
ascending;  leaves  2-6  cm.  long  or  longer,  4-7-  (rarely  9-)  pinnate; 
sheaths  slightly  connate  at  the  base,  minutely  stipitate-glandular 
or  glabrous,  the  stipules  foliaceous;  lower  leaflets  minute,  entire,  the 
upper  ones  oblong-obovate,  10-15  mm.  long,  4-5  mm.  wide  or  larger, 
acute,  crenate-serrate,  the  teeth  usually  pilose  at  the  apex,  pilose 
beneath  on  the  costa,  glabrous  above;  raceme  more  or  less  peduncled, 
the  lower  bracts  often  3-lobed;  flowers  erect,  subsessile;  body  of  the 
nodding,  mature  fruit  7-8.5  mm.  long,  pilose,  with  10-12  spines.— 
The  Madrid  specimen  of  the  Ruiz  and  Pavon  plant  is  referred  by 
Pilger  to  this  species,  but  unfortunately  it  is  without  locality;  the 
specimen  in  herb.  Berlin  is  labeled  as  from  Tarma. 

Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz  &  Pavdn.  Acobamba,  Picoy,  Tapu,  Ruiz  & 
Pavon. — Lima:  Matucana,  463.  North  to  Mexico. 

Acaena  ovalifolia  R.  &  P.  Fl.  Peruv.  1:  67.  pi.  103.  1798;  236. 
A.  ovalifolia  var.  serrata  Bitter,  Bibl.  Bot.  74:  238.  1910. 

A  sprawling,  ligneous,  densely  leafy  plant;  leaves  several-11- 
foliolate  (fide  Bitter),  in  the  typical  form  with  about  3  pairs  of  leaflets, 
the  lower  ones  much  reduced;  leaflets  oval-elliptic  or  slightly  obovate, 
obtuse,  sharply  dentate-crenate,  green  and  glabrous  above,  more  or 
less  sericeous  beneath;  scapes  suberect,  leafless  above,  little  elongate 
in  fruit,  the  capitate  inflorescence  then  1.5  cm.  broad;  fruit  2.5-4  mm. 
long,  abruptly  attenuate  at  the  base,  appressed-pilose,  the  spines 
usually  2,  rarely  4,  as  much  as  12  mm.  long,  glochidiate  only  at  the 
apex. — A  highly  variable  species,  forming  carpet-like  mats. 

Cajamarca:  Hualgayoc,  Weberbauer  4006  (det.  Pilger). — Ayacu- 
cho:  Pampalca,  Killip  &  Smith  22211. — Junin:  Tarma,  Ruiz  & 
Pavon;  Dombey. — Huanuco:  Open  meadow  land,  Huacapistana, 
Weberbauer  2097  (det.  Pilger) ;  Killip  &  Smith  24407.  Chinchupalca, 
1595.  Near  Huanuco,  2076  (det.  Killip).  Pillao,  Acobamba,  Huasa- 
huasi,  Ruiz  &  Pavon.  South  American  Andes.  "Canaharamjo," 
"broquin." 

Acaena  torilicarpa  Bitter,  Bibl.  Bot.  74:  33.  1910. 

Similar  to  A.  elongata,  but  the  leaflets  often  more  numerous  and 
subequal,  the  fruit  smaller,  the  body  3-5  mm.  long,  the  1-3  spines 
retrorse-glochidiate  even  to  the  base. — Pilger  refers  this  species  to 
A.  lappacea  (here  treated  as  a  synonym  of  A.  elongata).  Bitter,  as 
usual,  gives  a  separate  taxonomic  status  to  each  herbarium  sheet: 
var.  1,  robusta  Bitter,  loc.  cit.;  var.  2,  brevidentata  Bitter,  subvar. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1119 

parvifolia  Bitter,  op.  cit.  34;  var.  3,  gracilis  Bitter,  op.  cit.  34.  Accord- 
ing to  Weberbauer,  this  species  is  a  shrub  0.5-2  meters  high. 
Neg.  18005. 

Cuzco:  Urubamba,  Weberbauer  4921. — Lima:  Matucana,  Weber- 
bauer 177. — Ancash:  Huailas,  3,000  meters,  Weberbauer  3158. 

17.  SANGUISORBA  L. 

Annuals  or  perennials  with  alternate,  pinnatifid,  stipulate  leaves 
and  small,  perfect  flowers  in  dense,  peduncled,  cylindric-oblong 
spikes.  Calyx  lobes  4,  deciduous,  the  angled  tube  dry  and  winged  in 
fruit;  carpels  included,  usually  1.  Stamens  2-12. 

Sanguisorba  officinalis  L.  Sp.  PI.  116.  1753. 

A  glabrous  perennial  with  a  rootstock,  sometimes  more  than 
1  meter  high;  leaflets  9-13,  ovate  to  lance-ovate,  serrate,  2-8  cm. 
long;  upper  stipules  foliaceous,  often  lunate,  serrate;  spikes  1-3  cm. 
long,  1  cm.  thick;  filaments  usually  included ;  sepals  dark  purple,  2-2.5 
mm.  long. 

Cuzco:  Quebrada  de  Miscahuara  (Hen era  1528).  Adventive 
from  Europe.  "Pimpinela." 

87.  CONNARACEAE 

By  Julian  A.  Steyermark 

Reference:  Schellenberg,  Pflanzenreich  IV.  127. 1938. 
Trees,  shrubs,  or  woody  vines.  Leaves  alternate,  exstipulate, 
1-3-foliolate  or  odd-pinnate,  the  leaflets  coriaceous,  entire.  Flowers 
usually  paniculate  in  the  Peruvian  species,  rarely  racemose,  mostly 
perfect.  Calyx  5-  or  rarely  2-parted,  usually  persistent  and  surround- 
ing the  base  of  the  fruit,  the  lobes  imbricate  in  the  Peruvian  species. 
Petals  5,  free  or  slightly  connate,  imbricate.  Stamens  10  in  the 
Peruvian  species,  opposite  the  petals,  5  of  them  longer  than  the 
others,  perigynous  or  hypogynous,  the  filaments  filiform,  monadel- 
phous  at  the  base,  often  united  at  the  base  into  an  annular  disk. 
Carpels  5  or  1,  1-celled,  free,  superior.  Style  slender.  Stigma  capi- 
tellate  and  simple  or  bilobed.  Ovules  2.  Capsule  follicular,  1-2- 
seeded.  Seeds  often  arillate. 

Carpel  1,  solitary 4.  Connarus. 

Carpels  5. 

Inflorescence  terminal  or,  if  axillary,  the  epidermis  of  lower  leaf 
surface  scarcely  papillose;  flower  maturing  1  solitary  follicle. 

3.  Rourea. 


1120  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Inflorescence  axillary;  flower  maturing  several  follicles. 

Epidermis  of  lower  leaf  surface  papillose.  .  .1.  Pseudoconnarus. 
Epidermis  of  lower  leaf  surface  not  papillose ....  2.  Bernardinia. 

1.  PSEUDOCONNARUS  Radlk. 

Leaves  3-foliolate.  Panicles  axillary,  many-flowered.  Petals  5, 
obovate-cuneate. 

Pseudoconnarus  reticulatus  Schellenb.  Pflanzenreich  103.  IV. 
127:  94.  1938. 

Branches  densely  tomentose;  petioles  velutinous;  leaflets  3,  the 
terminal  one  broadly  oval,  shortly  and  acutely  acuminate  at  the 
apex,  rounded  at  the  base,  the  lateral  ones  oblique,  3.5-10  cm.  long, 
2.5-6.7  cm.  broad,  coriaceous,  subtriplinerved,  the  lower  surface 
finely  reticulate-veined,  papillose  and  tomentulose;  inflorescence 
paniculate,  axillary,  with  a  velutinous  rachis;  flowers  unknown; 
fruit  9  mm.  long,  clavate,  glabrous. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Ducke,  type.     Specimen  not  seen. 

2.  BERNARDINIA  Planch. 

Small,  woody  vines  in  the  Peruvian  species.  Leaves  3-foliolate 
in  the  Peruvian  species.  Panicles  axillary.  Calyx  deeply  parted  into 
5  lobes,  imbricate,  scarcely  increasing  in  size  after  anthesis.  Petals  5. 
Stamens  10,  the  filaments  glabrous.  Carpels  5. 

Bernardinia  agelaeoides  Schellenb.  Pflanzenreich  IV.  127:  100. 
1938. 

A  woody  vine  with  glabrous  branches;  leaves  long-petioled,  the 
rachis  4-7  cm.  long,  glabrous;  leaflets  3,  with  thickened  petiolules 
4-7  mm.  long,  the  blades  of  the  leaflets  ovate-elliptic,  8-14  cm. 
long,  4-7.5  cm.  broad,  long-acuminate  at  the  apex,  cuneate  at  the 
base,  coriaceous,  glabrous,  the  nerves  and  veins  on  the  upper  surface 
conspicuous,  the  nerves  and  costa  on  the  lower  surface  very  promi- 
nent, strongly  subtriplinerved,  the  2  lowest  nerves  joined  to  the 
costa  0.5-1  cm.  from  the  base  of  the  blade,  subglaucescent  and 
densely  areolate-reticulate  on  the  lower  surface;  inflorescence  appear- 
ing after  the  leaves,  fasciculate-paniculate,  subsessile,  5-7.5  cm. 
long,  the  branches  sparsely  pilosulous  to  nearly  glabrous,  congested 
and  densely  many-flowered;  pedicels  slender,  4-4.5  mm.  long,  mostly 
glabrous;  bracts  minute;  calyx  2.5  mm.  long,  glabrous  outside,  with 
linear-oblong,  obtuse,  ascending  lobes  2  mm.  long,  much  longer  than 
the  tube;  petals  white,  linear,  glabrous,  3-4  mm.  long,  1  mm.  broad; 
fruit  not  seen. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1121 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  200  meters,   Klug  1986,  type. 

This  species  has  not  as  yet  been  found  in  fruit  and,  therefore,  is 
placed  only  provisionally,  out  of  respect  to  Schellenberg,  in  Bernar- 
dinia,  although  on  the  basis  of  the  imbricate  calyx  lobes,  inflorescence 
appearing  after  the  leaves,  and  on  flower  characters,  it  could  just  as 
well  be  included  in  Rourea. 

3.  ROUREA  Aubl. 

Leaves  evergreen,  coriaceous,  odd-pinnate.  Panicles  axillary  in 
the  Peruvian  species,  many-flowered,  erect  or  pendulous.  Flowers 
small.  Calyx  increasing  in  size  after  anthesis.  Petals  5,  white  or 
yellowish,  longer  than  the  calyx,  linear-oblong  to  suborbicular. 
Capsule  curved. 

Lower  leaf  surface,  petioles,  and  youngest  branchlets  brown-velu- 

tinous R.  rhynchosioides. 

Lower  leaf  surface,  petioles,  and  youngest  branchlets  glabrous. 

Sepals  spreading  in  fruit;  pedicels  4-10  mm.  long  in  anthesis. 

Panicles  loosely  flowered;  pedicels  6-10  mm.  long.  R.  cuspidata. 

Panicles  densely  flowered;  pedicels  4-5  mm.  long.fi.  densiflora. 

Sepals  erect-ascending  or  appressed  in  fruit;  pedicels  stout,  2-3  mm. 

long  in  anthesis. 

Calyx  lobes  suborbicular;  petals  large,  oblong-spatulate,  7-8 
mm.  long;  leaflets  usually  5-7,  rarely  3  —  R.  camptoneura. 
Calyx  lobes  oval  or  oblong-lanceolate;  petals  smaller,  linear- 
oblong,  4-5  mm.  long;  leaflets  usually  3. 

Calyx  lobes  oval R.  puberula. 

Calyx  lobes  oblong-lanceolate R.  amazonica. 

Rourea  amazonica  Huber,  Bol.  Mus.  Goeldi  5:  373.  1909. 

A  woody  vine  with  usually  3-foliolate,  rarely  5-foliolate  leaves; 
leaflets  broadly  ovate  or  broadly  elliptic,  8-22  cm.  long,  3-11  cm. 
broad,  abruptly  acuminate,  rounded  or  gradually  curved  at  the  base, 
coriaceous;  panicles  8-12  cm.  long,  the  branches  minutely  puberulent; 
flowers  white,  relatively  large,  loosely  scattered,  on  pedicels  2-2.5  mm. 
long,  these  becoming  in  fruit  3.5-5  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  ovate- 
lanceolate,  obtuse,  in  fruit  longer  than  the  tube;  petals  4-5  mm. 
long,  white,  subacute;  fruit  obovoid,  arcuate,  conspicuously  striate, 
2-2.5  times  longer  than  the  calyx.— Neg.  30172. 

Loreto:  Rio  Itaya,  Williams  221.  Rio  Huallaga,  150-210  meters, 
Williams  3885,  4091,  4107,  4142,  4180,  4619,  4871.  Yurimaguas, 
Poeppig  D2152.  Amazonian  Brazil. 


1122  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Rourea  camptoneura  Radlk.  Sitzungsb.  Akad.  Wissensch. 
Munchen  16:  375.  1886. 

A  woody  vine  with  3-7-foliolate  leaves;  leaflets  ovate,  8-14  cm. 
long,  3-7.5  cm.  broad,  acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base,  coriaceous; 
panicles  10-15  cm.  long,  the  branches  minutely  puberulent;  flowers 
white,  relatively  large,  loosely  scattered,  on  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long; 
calyx  lobes  ovate-rotund,  rounded  at  the  apex,  in  fruit  about  equaling 
the  tube;  petals  narrowly  oblong-spatulate,  rounded  at  the  apex, 
7-8  mm.  long;  fruit  elliptic-obovate,  1.5  cm.  long,  striate,  2.5-3 
times  longer  than  the  calyx. — Neg.  19293. 

Loreto:  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1009.  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos, 
100  meters,  Klug  458,  905.  Iquitos,  110  meters,  Mexia  641  la. 
Brazil. 

Rourea  cuspidata  Benth.  ex  Baker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2: 
181.  1871. 

A  woody  vine;  leaves  usually  3-foliolate  or  the  uppermost  ones 
simple;  leaflets  elliptic-oblong,  8-18  cm.  long,  3.5-9  cm.  broad,  long- 
acuminate,  rounded  or  tapering  at  the  base,  coriaceous,  glabrous, 
somewhat  paler  beneath ;  panicles  7-12  cm.  long,  the  branches  slender, 
glabrate;  flowers  white,  loosely  scattered  on  slender,  elongate  pedicels 
6-10  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  oblong,  obtuse,  in  flower  and  fruit  exceed- 
ing the  length  of  the  tube;  petals  oblong,  obtuse,  4-6  mm.  long; 
fruit  slightly  curved,  1-1.3  cm.  long. — Neg.  5824. 

Loreto:  La  Victoria,  Williams  2963.  Iquitos,  120  meters,  Wil- 
liams 1336, 1513,  8109.  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug 
231,801,805.  Brazil. 

Rourea  densiflora  Steyermark,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  scandens,  ramulis  glabris;  foliis  longipetiolatis;  foliolis  3 
crasse  3-6  mm.  longe  petiolulatis  ovato-ellipticis  10-16  cm.  longis, 
6-8  cm.  latis,  apice  longe  acuminatis,  basi  cuneatis,  coriaceis,  glabris, 
nervis  venulisque  supra  non  elevatis,  costa  nervisque  subtus  valde 
elevatis,  plus  minusve  concoloribus;  inflorescentia  paniculata  termi- 
nali  pedunculata  14  cm.  longa  conferte  ramosa,  ramis  patenti- 
adscendentibus  glabris  dense  multifloris,  pedicellis  tenuibus  4-5  mm. 
longis,  plerumque  glabris,  bracteis  minutis  sed  conspicuis,  parce 
pubescentibus;  calyce  ca.  2  mm.  longo  extus  parce  pilosulo,  lobis 
oblongis  obtusis  patenti-adscendentibus  tubo  multo  longioribus; 
petalis  albidis  oblongis  1.5-1.75  mm.  longis,  plerumque  glabratis; 
fructu  non  viso. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1123 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  King  796  (type  in 
Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

This  new  species  of  Rourea  is  closely  related  to  R.  cuspidata 
Benth.,  from  which  it  differs  in  its  more  closely  and  numerously 
flowered  panicles  and  shorter  pedicels. 

Rourea  puberula  Baker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2:  179.  1871. 

A  woody  vine  with  usually  3-,  rarely  1-foliolate  leaves;  leaflets 
elliptic,  6-12  cm.  long,  3-6  cm.  broad,  long-acuminate  at  the  apex, 
rounded  or  more  or  less  narrowed  at  the  base,  chartaceous;  panicles 
7-9  cm.  long,  the  branches  puberulent;  flowers  white,  relatively  small, 
on  pedicels  2  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  elliptic  or  oblong,  obtuse,  puberu- 
lous  outside;  petals  5  mm.  long,  slightly  longer  than  the  calyx; 
fruit  1.2  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  180  meters,  Klug  2138.  Yuri- 
maguas,  lower  Rio  Huallaga,  135  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  29037. 
Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  31*3.  Brazil;  Bolivia. 

Rourea  rhynchosioides  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  158.  1936. 

A  woody  vine  with  3-foliolate  leaves;  leaflets  broadly  oval  or 
obovate-rotund,  8-12  cm.  long,  6-8.5  cm.  broad,  the  terminal  one 
somewhat  larger  and  broader,  rounded  or  shortly  subacute  at  the 
apex,  rounded  or  subemarginate  at  the  base,  above  mostly  glabrous 
except  for  the  fulvous-pilosulous  nerves,  beneath  densely  fulvous- 
pilose,  especially  on  the  nerves,  veins,  and  costa;  panicles  12-17  cm. 
long,  the  branches  densely  fulvous-tomentose,  remotely  many- 
flowered;  flowers  yellowish,  very  small,  on  thickened  pedicels  scarcely 
1  mm.  long;  calyx  lobes  triangular-ovate,  obtuse,  erect;  petals  4  mm. 
long,  obtuse;  fruit  not  seen. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  578,  type. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 

4.  GONNARUSL. 

Leaves  odd-pinnate.  Panicles  axillary  or  terminal,  many- 
flowered,  racemose  or  spicate.  Flowers  small.  Calyx  not  increasing 
in  size  after  anthesis.  Petals  5,  longer  than  the  calyx,  ligulate  or 
oval,  white,  cream-colored,  yellow,  or  greenish  brown. 

Nerves  on  upper  surface  of  leaflets  very  prominent. 

Leaflets  usually  3;  inflorescence  elongate,   racemose-paniculate. 

C.  Sprucei. 
Leaflets  usually  7-11;  inflorescence  short,  spicate.  .C.  pachyneurus. 


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Nerves  on  upper  surface  of  leaflets  inconspicuous,  or  at  least  not 

prominent. 
Leaflets  5-11;  rachis  of  inflorescence  ferruginous-tomentose. 

C.  Patrisii. 

Leaflets  3;  rachis  of  inflorescence  smooth  or  slightly  grayish-hairy. 

C.  Martii. 

Connarus  Martii  Schellenb.  Pflanzenreich  IV.  127:  243.  1938. 

A  shrub;  leaves  long-petiolate,  the  rachis  glabrous;  leaflets  3-5, 
oblong,  3.5-9  cm.  long,  1.5-3.8  cm.  broad,  shortly  and  obtusely 
acuminate  at  the  apex,  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous,  concolorous, 
the  lateral  nerves  6-8  pairs,  inconspicuous;  calyx  moderately  pilosu- 
lous  outside,  with  oblong-lanceolate  lobes  2.5-3  mm.  long;  petals 
4  mm.  long,  obtuse,  glabrous;  filaments  all  glandular;  fruit  1.8 
cm.  long. 

San  Martin:  Alto  Rio  Huallaga,  Williams  6641-    Bolivia;  Brazil. 

Connarus  pachyneurus  Radlk.  Sitzungsb.  Akad.  Wissensch. 
Munchen  16:  365.  1886.  Connarus  Klugii  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
11:157.1936. 

A  shrub,  1-4  meters  tall;  leaves  large,  long-petiolate,  the  rachis 
glabrous;  leaflets  7-11,  oblong  or  ovate-oblong,  15-26  cm.  long,  5-7.5 
cm.  broad,  abruptly  cuspidate-acuminate  at  the  apex,  cuneate- 
obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous,  concolorous,  the  veins  and 
nerves  on  the  lower  surface  elevated  and  prominent;  panicles  axillary, 
short,  densely  many-flowered,  spiciform,  with  simple,  subsessile 
branches  1-3  cm.  long,  shortly  ferruginous-pilose;  calyx  densely 
stellate-ferruginous-tomentose  outside,  2.5  mm.  long,  with  2  broadly 
ovate  calyx  lobes;  petals  yellow  or  brownish,  oval  or  broadly  ovate, 
3  mm.  long,  glabrous;  filaments  glabrous,  shortly  connate  at  the 
base;  fruit  2-2.5  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Mishuyacu,  near  Iquitos,  100  meters,  Klug  500,  1494- 
Brazil. 

This  species,  remarkable  because  of  its  2-lobed  calyx,  may  well 
constitute  a  distinct  genus.  It  is  placed  provisionally  in  Connarus. 

Connarus  Patrisii  (DC.)  Planch.  Linnaea  23:  432.  1850.  Om- 
phalobium  Patrisii  DC.  Prodr.  2:  86. 1825. 

A  small  tree,  5-8  meters  tall,  with  glabrous  branches;  leaves  long- 
petiolate,  the  rachis  glabrous;  leaflets  of  the  lower  leaves  usually  5-7, 
of  the  upper  mostly  3,  obovate-oblong  or  oblong-elliptic,  abruptly 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1125 

cuspidate-acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous,  concolorous, 
the  veins  and  nerves  on  the  lower  surface  slightly  prominent;  panicles 
closely  many-flowered,  the  ultimate  branches  elongate,  racemose, 
4.5-12  cm.  long,  shortly  ferruginous-pilose;  calyx  sparsely  ferrugi- 
nous-pilose outside;  petals  white,  greenish,  or  cream-colored,  ligulate, 
obtuse,  4.5-6  mm.  long,  much  longer  than  the  calyx;  fruit  scarlet, 
about  2.5  cm.  long. 

San  Martin:  Juanjui,  400  meters,  Klug  3855.  Rio  Huallaga,  360- 
900  meters,  Williams  5670,  5733,  6209,  6214,  6641,  6808—Loreto: 
Florida,  Rio  Putumayo,  180  meters,  Klug  2366.  French  Guiana; 
Brazil;  Ecuador. 

Connarus  Sprucei  Baker  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  2: 187. 1871. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree  with  glabrous  branches;  leaves  long-petio- 
late,  the  rachis  glabrous;  leaflets  usually  3,  elliptic-oblong,  abruptly 
cuspidate-acuminate,  rounded  at  the  base,  glabrous,  concolorous, 
the  nerves  on  both  surfaces  very  prominent;  panicles  large,  loosely 
many-flowered,  the  ultimate  branches  elongate  and  racemose,  4-16 
cm.  long,  shortly  ferruginous-pilosulous  to  glabrate;  calyx  sparsely 
puberulous  outside;  petals  brownish  yellow,  ligulate,  obtuse,  2.5-4 
mm.  long,  longer  than  the  calyx.— Neg.  19291. 

Loreto:  Timbuchi,  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  1010,  1149.  Iquitos, 
120  meters,  Williams  3664.  Lower  Rio  Huallaga,  155-210  meters, 
Williams  3806.  Balsapuerto,  220  meters,  Klug  2937.  Yurimaguas, 
lower  Rio  Huallaga,  135  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  27563.  Between 
Yurimaguas  and  Balsapuerto,  135-150  meters,  Killip  &  Smith  28296. 
Amazonian  Brazil. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS 

Page  96.    Add  the  following  new  species: 

Peperomia  Soukupii  Trelease,  sp.  nov. 

Herba  ut  videtur  modica  caespitosa  glabra,  caule  in  sicco  valde 
angulato;  folia  ad  nodum  4-6-lanceolata,  basi  acuta,  ca.  3.5  cm.  longa 
atque  1.5  cm.  lata,  in  sicco  dura  aurea,  revoluta,  supra  profunde  sul- 
cata,  subtus  trinervia;  inflorescentia  non  visa. 

Cuzco:  Growing  on  Theobroma,  Quillabamba,  J.  Soukup  137 
(type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

Page  113.  Line  "B"  should  be  changed  to  read:  Midrib  without 
strong,  ascending  branches  upwards. 


Page  253.  PLEIOSTACH  YOPIPER  Trelease,  Proc.  Amer.  Phil. 
Soc.  73:  328.  1934  should  replace  the  generic  heading  on  this  page. 
The  citation  for  the  single  species  should  read:  Pleiostachyopiper 
nudilimbum  (C.  DC.)  Trelease,  Proc.  Amer.  Phil.  Soc.  73:  329. 
pi  a.  1934.  

Page  306.    After  Ficus  paraensis  add  the  following  species: 

Ficus  peruviana  (Miq.)  Rossberg,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  61. 
1937.  Pharmacosycea  peruviana  Miq.  Lond.  Journ.  Bot.  7:  72.  1848. 

Branchlets  sparsely  pilose  with  slender,  appressed,  fugacious 
hairs;  petioles  1-1.5  cm.  long;  blades  broadly  elliptic,  11-13  cm.  long, 
6  cm.  wide,  abruptly  and  shortly  obtuse-acuminate,  rounded  at  the 
base  and  trinerved,  coriaceous,  glabrous,  the  lateral  nerves  6-10  on 
each  side;  stipules  almost  as  long  as  the  petioles,  lanceolate;  recep- 
tacles globose,  glabrous. — The  description  is  based  upon  the  original 
one  by  Miquel.  Rossberg  states  that  the  species  does  not  belong  to 
the  subgenus  Pharmacosycea.  Because  of  lack  of  data  regarding  the 
receptacles  in  the  original  description,  I  am  unable  to  decide  whether 
the  species  is  the  same  as  one  of  those  that  I  have  described  from 
Peru.— Paul  C.  Standley. 

Without  definite  locality:  Mathews  2061,  type. 


Page  307.    After  Ficus  Ruiziana  add  the  following  species: 

Ficus  Ulei  Rossberg,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  60.  1937. 

A  tree;  stipules  6  mm.  long,  subglabrous;  petioles  2.5  cm.  long 
or  less,  the  blades  chartaceous,  oblong  or  elongate-elliptic,  rarely 
obovate,  13-24  cm.  long,  8.5  cm.  wide  or  less,  cuspidate,  obtuse  or 

1126 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1127 

somewhat  cuneate  at  the  base,  glabrous  above  or  sparsely  puberulent 
on  the  costa,  glabrous  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  7-10  on  each  side, 
divergent  at  an  angle  of  70-85  degrees;  receptacles  globose,  on  pedun- 
cles 3  mm.  long  or  less,  14-17  mm.  in  diameter,  glabrous. — Referable  to 
subgenus  Pharmacosycea;  apparently  closely  related  toF.  radula  Willd. 
Loreto :  Mainas  Alto  (Poeppig) .  Amazonian  Brazil. 


Page  421 .  In  the  treatment  of  the  Olacaceae  there  were  several 
unfortunate  complications  that  necessitate  some  extensive  additions 
and  corrections  to  the  family.  The  manuscript  for  the  group  was 
prepared  several  years  before  it  was  printed,  although  an  attempt 
was  made  to  check  literature  just  before  printing.  Some  of  the 
recently  described  species  had  not  yet  been  entered  or  at  least  filed 
in  the  Gray  Herbarium  card  catalogue  of  new  species,  and  somehow 
or  other  the  appearance  of  the  Olacaceae  in  the  second  edition  of 
the  Pflanzenfamilien  escaped  notice.  It  is  necessary  to  present  here 
a  new  key  to  the  genera  of  the  family,  and  a  complete  new  treatment 
of  the  genus  Heisteria.  The  writer  is  greatly  obliged  to  Dr.  H. 
Sleumer,  who  has  kindly  forwarded  useful  notes  regarding  the  dis- 
position of  the  Peruvian  species  of  Heisteria. — Paul  C.  Standley. 

Stamens  twice  as  many  as  the  petals. 

Flowers  fasciculate  in  the  leaf  axils;  calyx  usually  greatly  enlarged 

and  colored  in  fruit Heisteria. 

Flowers  spicate  or  racemose;  calyx  not  or  scarcely  accrescent  in 

fruit Minquartia. 

Stamens  as  many  as  the  petals  or  fewer.    Calyx  not  accrescent  in 

fruit,  or  but  little  enlarged. 
Stamens  free,  as  many  as  the  petals  or  fewer. 

Petals  5-6,  the  stamens  fewer Liriosma. 

Petals  4,  the  stamens  of  the  same  number Tetrastylidium. 

Stamens  united  to  form  a  tube,  of  the  same  number  as  the  petals. 

Stamens  united  to  form  a  tube  about  the  style Schoepfia. 

Stamens  united  with  the  petals Aptandra. 


Page  422.  Below  is  a  new  key  to  the  Peruvian  species  of  Heisteria, 
with  an  enumeration  of  them.  The  number  of  species  here  recognized 
is  almost  double  that  of  the  original  treatment.  The  available  material 
is  much  less  than  would  be  desirable  for  study,  especially  since  some 
of  the  species  seem  to  be  rather  vaguely  limited.  I  have  some  doubt 


1128  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

that  all  species  listed  here  are  valid  ones,  but  it  may  be  that  ample 
material  will  show  that  the  number  of  Peruvian  forms  is  even  greater. 

Fruiting  calyx  deeply  lobate,  much  longer  than  the  drupe,  often 

enclosing  it. 

Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  about  15  on  each  side .  .  .  H.  Sleumeri. 
Lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  about  10  on  each  side. 

Leaves  mostly  5.5-7  cm.  long H.  iquitensis. 

Leaves  mostly  10-15  cm.  long  or  larger H.  Spruceana. 

Fruiting  calyx  subentire  or  only  shallowly  lobate,  usually  shorter 
than  the  drupe,  often  reflexed,  or  at  least  not  enclosing  the  fruit. 
Fruit  oval  or  ellipsoid,  conspicuously  longer  than  broad. 
Calyx  broad,  strongly  accrescent,  colored,  shallowly  lobate. 

H.  cyanocarpa. 
Calyx  cupular,  not  or  scarcely  accrescent,  green,  truncate. 

Fruit  globose,  about  as  broad  as  long. 

Plants  scandent;  lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  3-4  on  each  side. 

H.  scandens. 

Plants  erect  shrubs  or  trees;  lateral  nerves  of  the  leaves  more 
numerous. 

Leaves  dull,  not  lustrous H.  pallida. 

Leaves  very  lustrous. 

Leaf  blades  very  obtuse  at  the  base,  the  lateral  nerves 
strongly  arcuate H.  caloneura. 

Leaf  blades  acute  to  broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  the 
lateral  nerves  almost  straight H.  nitida. 

Heisteria  caloneura  Sleumer,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  12: 
66.  1934. 

A  tree  about  20  meters  high;  leaves  short-petiolate,  ovate  or 
ovate-oblong,  8-12  cm.  long,  3.5-5.5  cm.  wide,  rather  abruptly 
acuminate,  rounded-cuneate  and  asymmetric  at  the  base,  coriaceous, 
very  lustrous,  the  lateral  nerves  5-6  on  each  side;  pedicels  in  flower 
about  5  mm.  long,  numerous;  petals  ovate,  acuminate,  2  mm.  long; 
immature  fruit  globose,  the  calyx  accrescent,  almost  entire,  spreading. 

Loreto:  Mouth  of  Rio  Santiago,  160  meters,  in  upland  forest, 
Tessmann  4419,  type.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Heisteria  cyanocarpa  P.  &  E. 

The  treatment  for  this  species  remains  the  same  as  on  page  423. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1129 

Heisteria  iquitensis  Sleumer,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  38:  207.  1935. 

A  tree  of  35  meters;  petioles  about  1  cm.  long;  blades  obovate- 
elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic,  5.5-9.5  cm.  long,  3-4.5  cm.  wide,  shortly 
obtuse-acuminate,  broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  subcoriaceous,  some- 
what lustrous  above,  dull  beneath,  the  lateral  nerves  about  12  on 
each  side;  pedicels  2.5  mm.  long;  petals  elliptic,  2.5  mm.  long,  gla- 
brous outside,  pilosulous  within;  fruiting  calyx  red,  5-lobate,  the  lobes 
ovate,  2.5-3  cm.  long;  drupe  ellipsoid,  white,  13  mm.  long. 

Loreto:  Iquitos,  upland  forest,  Ducke  19561.    Amazonian  Brazil. 

Heisteria  nitida  Engler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  12,  pt.  2:  18.  1872. 

A  shrub  or  tree,  10  meters  high  or  less;  leaves  lance-elliptic  or 
lance-oblong,  mostly  7-10  cm.  long  but  sometimes  larger,  acute  or 
acuminate,  acute  to  broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  very  lustrous,  the 
lateral  nerves  numerous  and  very  oblique,  almost  straight,  the  nerves 
and  veins  conspicuous  on  both  surfaces;  pedicels  numerous,  3-5  mm. 
long;  fruiting  calyx  purple-red,  about  1  cm.  long,  spreading,  sub- 
entire;  fruit  subglobose,  1  cm.  long. 

Loreto:  Fortaleza,  in  forest,  Williams  4248.  Iquitos,  Tessmann 
5280  (fide  Sleumer).— San  Martin:  Juanjui,  400-800  meters,  King 
4287.  Tarapoto,  Spruce  4148. — Junin:  Chanchamayo,  Isern  2171. 
La  Merced,  Weberbauer  1865  (fide  Sleumer). — Huanuco:  Posuso, 
Ruiz  &  Pawn  (fide  Sleumer);  Ruiz  &  Pavon  14-52.  Amazonian 
Brazil. 

Heisteria  pallida  Engler. 

The  treatment  of  this  species  remains  as  on  page  424. 

Heisteria  parvicalyx  A.  C.  Smith,  Brittonia  2:  146.  1936. 

A  shrub  or  small  tree,  sometimes  7.5  meters  high,  with  a  trunk 
7  cm.  in  diameter;  petioles  1.5  cm.  long  or  less;  blades  subcoriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong,  13-22  cm.  long,  4-9  cm.  wide,  short-acuminate, 
attenuate  at  the  base,  often  very  lustrous,  the  lateral  nerves  6-9  on 
each  side;  flowers  usually  few  in  a  fascicle,  the  stout  pedicels  1-2  mm. 
long;  petals  lance-ovate,  4-5  mm.  long;  fruit  ellipsoid,  about  10  mm. 
long  and  7  mm.  broad. 

Loreto:  Paraiso,  Alto  Rio  Itaya,  145  meters,  Williams  3379. 
La  Victoria,  Williams  2957.  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Williams  3379  is  referred  (in  litt.)  by  Sleumer  doubtfully  to  H. 
iquitensis,  but  it  seems  to  be  undoubtedly  referable  here,  as  also 
Krukoff  8278,  referred  doubtfully  by  A.  C.  Smith  to  H.  Spruceana. 


1130  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

On  page  424  of  this  Flora,  Williams  3379  was  placed  incorrectly 
under  H.  densifrons  Engler,  a  species  not  known  to  occur  in  Peru. 

Heisteria  scandens  Ducke,  Archiv.  Jard.  Bot.  Rio  Jan.  4:  9. 
1925.  H.  eurycarpa  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  11:  148.  1936. 

A  shrub  or  usually  a  large,  woody  vine;  see  the  description  on 
page  424.  Known  in  Peru  only  from  the  single  collection  cited  as  the 
type  of  H.  eurycarpa.  Also  in  Amazonian  Brazil. 

Heisteria  Sleumeri  Standl.,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  omnino  glaber,  ramulis  crassiusculis  solemniter  angulatis, 
internodiis  elongatis;  folia  breviter  petiolata  subcoriacea  magna, 
petiolo  crasso  1-1.5  cm.  longo;  lamina  anguste  elongato-lanceolata 
ca.  26  cm.  longa,  5.5-6.5  cm.  lata,  longe  sensim  attenuata,  basi 
breviter  cuneato-acuta,  supra  sublucida,  nervis  venisque  plus  minusve 
impressis,  subtus  paullo  pallidior,  brunnescens,  costa  crassiuscula 
elevata,  nervis  lateralibus  utroque  latere  ca.  15  elevatis,  angulo  lato 
divergentibus,  prope  marginem  pulchre  junctis  et  nervum  intramar- 
ginalem  efformantibus,  nervis  aliis  intermediis  bene  evolutis  atque 
prominentibus  inter  nervos  primaries  interpositis;  flores  in  axillis 
subsessiles;  calyx  fructifer  rubro-purpureus  fere  2.5  cm.  longus, 
profunde  lobatus,  lobis  rotundato-ovatis  apice  anguste  rotundatis. 

Loreto:  Forest  between  Rio  Nanay  and  Rio  Napo,  Williams  698 
(type  in  Herb.  Field  Mus.). 

Apparently  a  quite  distinct  species,  noteworthy  for  the  unusually 
numerous  nerves  of  the  exceptionally  long  and  narrow  leaves.  Con- 
spicuous is  the  anastomosing  of  the  lateral  nerves  to  form  an  almost 
regular  submarginal  nerve. 

Heisteria  Spruceana  Engler  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  12,  pt.  2: 15. 1872. 

The  description  and  citation  of  specimens  (with  very  few  excep- 
tions) for  Heisteria  cauliflora  Smith  on  page  422  are  referable  to  H. 
Spruceana,  which  occurs  also  in  Amazonian  Brazil.  H.  cauliflora, 
as  limited  by  Sleumer,  does  not  occur  in  Peru.  A  synonym  of 
this  species  is  H.  Tessmanniana  Sleumer,  Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart. 
Berlin  12:  67.  1934,  based  on  Tessmann  5060,  from  Iquitos.  Dr. 
Sleumer  writes  that  new  Heisteria  material  from  eastern  Peru  shows 
that  the  characters  upon  which  it  was  separated  from  H.  Spruceana 
do  not  hold. 


Page  426.    Sleumer  (Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2.  16b:  31.  1935)  reports 
Schoepfia  Schreberi  Gmel.   from   Peru,   without  indication   of  the 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1131 

region.   This  species  may  occur  in  Peru ;  I  have  seen  no  Peruvian  speci- 
mens or  records. 

Page  427.  After  Aptandra  tubicina  add  the  two  following  genera: 
MINQUARTIA  Aubl. 

Large  trees;  leaves  short-petiolate,  elliptic  or  oblong-elliptic, 
more  or  less  coriaceous,  acuminate,  glabrous  and  lustrous  above, 
minutely  pubescent  beneath;  inflorescences  solitary  in  the  leaf  axils, 
racemose,  many-flowered,  pubescent;  calyx  small,  5-dentate,  per- 
sistent; petals  usually  5,  united  below;  stamens  10,  5  of  them  opposite 
the  petals,  the  others  opposite  the  sepals;  ovary  5-celled;  fruit 
drupaceous,  1-seeded,  with  a  somewhat  fleshy  exocarp. 

Minquartia  punctata  (Radlk.)  Sleumer,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov. 
39:  282.  1936.  Endusa  punctata  Radlk.  Sitzungsb.  Akad.  Wiss. 
Miinchen  16:  311.  1886.  M.  macrophylla  Ducke,  Archiv.  Inst. 
Biol.  Rio  de  Janeiro  2:  33.  1935. 

A  tree  of  12-15  meters,  stellate-puberulent  with  a  brownish 
indument;  petioles  mostly  3-4  cm.  long;  blades  oblong  to  elliptic- 
oblong,  20-35  cm.  long,  cuspidate-acuminate,  narrowly  rounded  to 
broadly  cuneate  at  the  base,  the  lateral  nerves  conspicuous  beneath ; 
inflorescences  9  cm.  long  or  less,  simple,  many-flowered,  the  flowers 
aggregate,  short-pedicellate,  densely  puberulent,  about  2.5  mm. 
long. — Illustrated,  Pflanzenfam.  ed.  2. 16b:/.  5. 

Huanuco:  Chicoplaya,  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  type. — Loreto:  Rio  Itaya, 
Williams  249.  Rio  Nanay,  Williams  840.  Soledad,  lower  Rio  Itaya, 
110  meters,  Tessmann  5223  (fide  Sleumer).  Amazonian  Brazil. 
"Huacapu." 

TETRASTYLIDIUM  Engler 

Trees;  leaves  thin,  elongate-elliptic,  acuminate;  flowers  axillary, 
short-pedicellate;  calyx  campanulate,  4-dentate,  the  tube  united 
with  the  disk  that  encloses  the  ovary;  petals  4,  thick,  coriaceous; 
stamens  4,  united  at  the  base  with  the  petals,  the  anthers  linear; 
ovary  4-celled;  fruit  drupaceous. 

Tetrastylidium  Engleri  Schwacke,  Bot.  Jahrb.  10:  291.  1888. 

A  tree  of  10-15  meters,  the  trunk  30  cm.  in  diameter;  petioles  1.5 
cm.  long;  blades  elliptic,  12-15  cm.  long,  5-6  cm.  wide,  short-acumi- 
nate, glabrous,  subcoriaceous,  the  lateral  nerves  4-6  on  each  side; 
flowers  in  fascicles  of  3-5,  the  pedicels  2-3  mm.  long;  calyx  tube  1  mm. 
long;  petals  6  mm.  long,  2  mm.  wide,  pilose  within;  fruit  oval-globose, 
2.5  cm.  long. 


1132  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 
Loreto:  Iquitos,  Tessmann  (fide  Sleumer  in  litt.).    Brazil. 


Page  494'    After  the  key  insert  the  following  species: 

Alternanthera  albotomentosa  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov. 
42:  50.  1937. 

Suffrutescent,  the  stems  prostrate,  densely  tomentose  with 
branched,  stipitate  hairs,  the  leaves  also  similarly  pubescent  on 
both  surfaces,  not  glabrate,  about  5.5  cm.  long  and  almost  3  cm. 
wide,  oval,  subacute;  heads  sessile  in  the  leaf  axils,  14  mm.  broad, 
10  mm.  long,  densely  white-pilose;  bracts  and  bractlets  acuminate, 
whitish,  pilose  along  the  costa,  mucronate;  flowers  5-6  mm.  long; 
sepals  lanceolate,  mucronate,  pilose  at  the  base;  staminodia  shorter 
than  the  filaments  or  scarcely  equaling  them,  usually  trifid  or 
trilacerate  at  the  apex;  stamen  tube  equaling  the  pseudostaminodia; 
stigma  conspicuously  bilobate. 

Lima:  Viscas,  along  Rio  Chillon,  1,800-2,000  meters,  Pennell 
14456,  type. 

The  type  collection  was  listed  by  the  writer  (p.  500)  under 
A,  halimifolia.  It  may  be  only  a  variety  of  that  species,  as  remarked 
by  Dr.  Suessenguth,  but  appears  specifically  distinct. 

Alternanthera  arequipensis  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 

51.  1937. 

Plants  herbaceous  or  suffrutescent,  erect  or  ascending,  the  stems 
whitish,  densely  appressed-pilose;  leaves  short-petiolate  or  subsessile, 
6  cm.  long  and  3  cm.  wide  or  smaller,  acute,  pale  and  appressed- 
pubescent  on  both  surfaces;  inflorescences  short,  the  heads  partly 
solitary  on  peduncles  12  mm.  long  or  less,  partly  subsessile  at  the 
apices  of  the  lateral  branches  and  subtended  by  leaves,  yellowish 
white;  bracts  shorter  than  the  bractlets,  the  bractlets  at  first  densely 
pilose  dorsally,  more  acute  than  the  bracts,  slightly  shorter  than  the 
sepals;  sepals  acute,  lanceolate,  the  outer  ones  pilose;  filaments 
shorter  than  the  pseudostaminodia,  laciniate  at  the  apex  and  along 
the  sides;  style  very  short,  the  stigma  subangulate. 

Arequipa:  Tingo,  2,200-2,300  meters,  Pennell  13131,  type. 

The  type  collection  was  listed  by  the  present  writer  (p.  507) 
under  A.  pubiflora. 

Page  498.    Before  A.  ficoidea  insert  the  following  species: 

Alternanthera  fasciculata  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 

52.  1937. 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1133 

Plants  suffrutescent,  branched;  leaves  narrowly  lanceolate,  about 
5  cm.  long  and  5  mm.  wide,  when  young  covered  with  short,  yellowish 
hairs;  heads  3-4  mm.  long,  subconic;  flowers  1  mm.  long,  whitish 
ochraceous;  bracts  attenuate  into  a  slender  acumen,  the  bractlets 
excised  at  the  apex,  the  costa  excurrent  as  a  slender  awn;  sepals 
broadly  lanceolate,  acute;  pseudostaminodia  broadly  ligulate,  lacini- 
ate  at  the  apex;  filaments  filiform,  shorter  than  the  pseudostaminodia; 
anthers  shorter  than  the  filaments. 

Lima:  Lima,  Wawra,  type.    Ecuador. 
Related  to  A.  lanceolata  (Benth.)  Schinz. 

Alternanthera  fastigiata  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 
52.  1937.  Telanthera  gomphrenoides  (HBK.)  Moq.  var.  ovata  Moq. 
in  DC.  Prodr.  13,  pt.  2:  378.  1849. 

Plants  suffrutescent  or  herbaceous,  erect,  the  stems,  like  the 
leaves  and  peduncles,  appressed-pilose;  leaves  about  8  cm.  long  and 
4  cm.  wide,  thin,  green,  above  sparsely  pilose,  beneath  densely  pilose, 
ovate,  acute;  petioles  about  5  mm.  long;  panicles  large,  slender,  the 
heads  12  mm.  long,  5  mm.  broad,  in  age  cylindric,  solitary,  the  flowers 
2  mm.  long;  peduncles  becoming  2-4  cm.  long;  bracts  acuminate  but 
muticous,  pilose  dorsally,  the  bractlets  similar  to  the  bracts;  sepals 
broadly  lanceolate,  acute,  longer  than  the  bractlets,  glabrous; 
pseudostaminodia  longer  than  the  filaments,  laciniate  at  the  apex; 
anthers  half  as  long  as  the  filaments. 

Amazonas:  Chachapoyas,  Mathews,  type. 


Page  503.  Suessenguth  (Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  54.  1937)  lists  the 
following  additional  collections  for  Alternanthera  Macbridei:  Lima: 
San  Mateo,  Quebrada  del  Rio  Rimac,  3,000  meters,  Raimondi  12554. 
Cerros  de  Matucana,  Raimondi  12127. — Cajamarca:  Prov.  Hualga- 
yoc,  Montana  de  Nancho,  3,300  meters,  Raimondi  3998.  Cajamarca, 
Raimondi  8017. — Ancash:  Prov.  Pomabamba,  between  Siguas  and 
Quiches,  Raimondi  1510. — Junin:  Prov.  Tarma,  mountains  east  of 
Palca,  Weberbauer  2444-  Between  Tarma  and  Chanchamayo,  Rai- 
mondi 12254-  Between  Chacapalca  and  Jauja,  Raimondi  1402.  He 
describes  also  (loc.  cit.)  f.  minor,  in  which  the  leaves  are  smaller  than 
in  the  typical  form  of  the  species.  Two  collections  are  cited :  Ancash : 
Between  Samanco  and  Caraz,  3,700  meters,  Weberbauer  3043.  Above 
Ocros,  Prov.  Cajatambo,  3,500  meters,  Weberbauer. 


1134  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Before  Alternanthera  paniculata  insert  the  following  species: 

Alternanthera  mollendoana  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov. 
42:  54.  1937. 

Suffrutescent,  erect  from  an  ascending  base,  the  stems  appressed- 
pubescent,  the  pubescence  whitish;  leaves  ovate,  as  much  as  6  cm. 
long  and  4  cm.  wide,  the  upper  ones  smaller  and  more  densely  pilose, 
the  petioles  about  5  mm.  long;  inflorescence  paniculate,  the  heads 
usually  several,  on  short  peduncles,  subtended  by  small  leaves, 
about  12  mm.  long  and  7-8  mm.  thick,  whitish,  the  flowers  sub- 
squarrose;  bracts  pilose  dorsally,  acute,  the  bractlets  similar;  sepals 
densely  pilose  outside;  pseudostaminodia  laciniate  at  the  apex  and 
some  of  them  also  on  the  sides,  slightly  longer  than  the  filaments. 

Arequipa:  Mollendo,  in  rocks,  200  meters,  Weberbauer  1538,  type. 

Related,  according  to  the  author,  to  A.  Williamsii,  but  distin- 
guished by  the  crowded  heads  and  the  light  golden  yellow  flowers. 


Page  505.  Suessenguth  (Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42:  55.  1937)  reports 
the  following  additional  collections  for  Alternanthera  piurensis: 
Cajamarca:  Prov.  Contumaza,  Raimondi  6671. — Ancash:  Prov. 
Huaraz,  between  Macate  and  Santa  Ana,  Raimondi  720. 

Before  Alternanthera  porrigens  insert  the  following: 

Alternanthera  polygonoides  R.  Br.  var.  elongata  Suessenguth, 
Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  44:  37.  1938. 

Stems  glabrous,  blackening  in  drying,  elongate,  the  internodes 
as  much  as  15  cm.  long,  effuse;  leaves  lanceolate,  acute,  much  shorter 
than  the  internodes. 

Piura:  Region  of  Piura,  on  sandhills,  100-250  meters,  Weberbauer 
5957,  type.  Also  in  Argentina. 

Alternanthera  Rainiondii  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 
55.  1937. 

Herbaceous,  ascending  or  erect  from  a  procumbent  base,  about 
30  cm.  high,  apparently  annual,  the  stems  slender,  branched,  sparsely 
pilose  above,  subglabrous  below;  leaves  about  4.5  cm.  long  and  9  mm. 
wide,  narrowed  at  each  end,  sparsely  pilose,  lanceolate;  petioles 
3-4  mm.  long;  heads  numerous,  axillary  and  terminal,  mostly  on 
slender  peduncles  as  much  as  4  cm.  long,  conic  or  cylindric,  acute 
at  the  apex;  flowers  whitish  or  brownish,  the  heads  about  6  mm.  long 
and  4-5  mm.  broad;  bracts  broadly  cochleariform,  apiculate,  sub- 


FLORA  OF  PERU  1135 

pilose,  the  bractlets  similar  and  of  about  equal  length;  sepals  lanceo- 
late, acute,  1-nerved,  short-pilose  at  the  base;  pseudostaminodia 
laciniate  at  the  apex,  slightly  exceeding  the  filiform  filaments. 

Cajamarca:  Prov.   Contumaza,  Cascas,   Raimondi  7712,  7559, 
7479,  7734*    Falda  del  Catache,  1,800  meters,  Raimondi  7698,  7464. 


Page  509.   Before  Alternanthera  villosa  insert  the  following  species : 

Alternanthera  tubulosa  Suessenguth,  Repert.  Sp.  Nov.  42: 
56. 1937. 

Plants  suffrutescent,  50-100  cm.  high,  the  branches  appressed- 
pilose;  leaves  broadly  lanceolate,  5  cm.  long  or  less,  acute,  pilose  on 
both  surfaces,  short-petiolate;  heads  solitary  and  on  peduncles  3.5 
cm.  long  or  less,  or  congested  and  short-pedunculate,  whitish,  about 
12  mm.  long  and  15  mm.  wide,  the  sepals  subrecurved;  bracts  acute, 
the  bractlets  long-pilose  dorsally;  sepals  pilose  dorsally;  filaments 
short,  the  anthers  linear,  long;  pseudostaminodia  longer  than  the 
filaments  but  much  shorter  than  the  staminal  tube,  filiform-laciniate 
at  the  apex  only. 

Lima:  Quebrada  de  Lurin,  Pueblo  del  Espirito  Santo,  Raimondi 
12569,  type.  Near  Surco,  Oroya,  Raimondi  12221. — Huancavelica: 
Pisco,  between  Pampano  and  Huaitara,  1,800  meters,  Weberbauer 
5405.— Without  locality:  Raimondi  10307. 


Page  510.    Before  Gomphrena  insert  the  following  species: 

Alternanthera  Williamsii  Standl.  Journ.  Wash.  Acad.  Sci.  15: 
458.  1925.  Achyranthes  Williamsii  Standl.  Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb. 
18:89.1916. 

Stems  herbaceous  or  suffrutescent,  usually  more  or  less  scandent, 
laxly  branched,  cinereous-puberulent;  leaves  short-petiolate,  oblong 
to  elliptic,  3-8  cm.  long,  acute  to  obtuse,  acute  or  obtuse  at  the  base, 
pubescent  on  both  surfaces  with  short,  appressed  hairs;  peduncles 
axillary,  simple  or  rarely  branched,  2-6  cm.  long;  heads  solitary, 
short-cylindric  or  ovoid,  1-3  cm.  long,  10-12  mm.  thick;  bracts 
broadly  ovate,  acuminate,  glabrous;  bractlets  half  as  long  as  the 
sepals,  ovate,  aristate-acuminate,  short-pilose;  sepals  narrowly 
lance-oblong,  5  mm.  long,  acuminate,  whitish  or  stramineous,  3- 
nerved,  short-pilose,  the  tips  slightly  spreading;  filaments  very 
short,  the  pseudostaminodia  liguliform,  longer  than  the  anthers, 
lacerate  at  the  apex. 


1136  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 

Cajamarca:  Prov.  Hualgayoc,  Montana  de  Nancho,  Raimondi 
4726,  4595.  Cascas,  Prov.  Contumaza,  Raimondi  6876. — Lima: 
Camino  de  Callao,  Raimondi  12022,  7876. — Without  locality:  Rai- 
mondi 375.  Ranging  to  southern  Mexico. 


Page  596.  The  name  Arenaria  megalantha  should  be  omitted  from 
the  key.  

Page  61 7.  The  name  Drymaria  squarrosa  should  be  omitted  from 
the  key.  

Page  645.  Clematis  thalictroides  Steud.,  cited  in  synonymy  under 
C.  dioica,  should  be  referred  to  synonymy  rather  under  C.  sericea 
DC.  (p.  647).  

Page  646.  Clematis  parvifrons  Ulbrich  is  a  synonym  of  C.  See- 
manni  Kuntze  (p.  647). 

Page  650.  Ranunculus  breviscapus  DC.  is  apparently  a  young, 
glabrate  state  of  R.  chilensis  DC.  (p.  651);  the  leaflets  are  1.5  cm. 
wide  and  long,  the  petals  3.5  mm.  long,  according  to  the  type  at  Paris. 


Page  659,  line  11.     Change  the  text  to  read:  "by  the  sparse, 
shaggy  pubescence."  

Page  660,  line  4-    The  line  should  read:  "(according  to  Delessert), 
Dombey,  type." 


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MY  1  ft  1938 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 


INDEX 

Synonyms,  and  names  incidentally  mentioned,  in  italics. 


Aberemoa  hadrantha,  733 

longifolia,  729 

odorata,  732 

pedunculate,  724 

peruviana,  733 

quitarensis,  732 

Spixiana,  734 
Abidor,  1063 
Abuta,  698 

candicans,  686 

concolor,  698 
Acacia,  407 
Acaena,  1116 

lappacea,  1117 

ovaZi/olta  var.  serrata,  1118 

subincisa,  1117 
Acanthosphaera,  318 

Met,  320 
Accoicarpa,  350 
"  Aceite  Maria,  304 
:  Acelga,  447 
Achatocarpaceae,  546 
Achatocarpus,  547 

mollis,  547 

Achyranthes  altissima,  481 
'  atra,  498 

baccata,  481 
;'  Benign,  504 

capituliflora,  495 

confer ta,  489 

corymbosa,  628 

ficoidea,  498 

geniculata,  495 

halimifolia,  499 

incana,  499 

Jacquini,  496 

iaciea,  502 

Lehmannii,  501 

lupulina,  502 

Moquini  var.  grandiceps,  496 

parviflora,  502 

philoxer oides,  505 

picta,  494 

porrigens,  505 

purpurea,  506 

-  repens,  508 
Verschaffeltii,  516 

c     WiMiamsu,  1135 

-  Acrocarpidium  nummularifolium,  87 

rotundifolium,  87 
scandens,  93 
-  -Acrodiclidium,  868 
armemacMm,  869 
endlicheriaefolium,  869 
latifolium,  869 
limbatum,  870 


limbosum,  870 

macrophyllum,  870 

multiflorum,  871 

Pucheri,  871 

Aeonium  arboreum,  1008 
Aetanthus,  392 

Mutisii,  394 
Afasi  quihua,  19 
Ag-guio,  709 
Agonandra,  420 
Aguacate,  875,  878 

cimarr6n,  878 
Ailambo,  555 
Aipoyo,  684 
Airambo,  556 
Aisegerina,  270 
Aita,  274 
Aitacupi,  258 
Aizoaceae,  558 
Ajouea,  844 

Jelskii,  844 

rubra,  844 

scandens,  844 
Alamo  chileno,  260 

temblon,  260 
Alcalde-ccora,  981 
Alcaparras,  984 
Alchemilla,  1106 

appendiculata,  1110 

fulvescens,  1109 

Mrto,  1199 

Mandoniana,  1113 

paludicola,  1113 

pinnata,  1108 

procumbens  var.  andina,  1109 

ranunculoides,  1110 

Sprucei,  1110 

tripartita,  1110 

PFe&er&awm,  1110 
Alder,  267 
Algarroba,  407 
Aliso,  268 
Allionia,  535 

arenaria,  541 

campanulata,  541 

campestris,  544 

elegans,  541 

expansa,  542 

ovato,  544 

viscosa,  545 
Almiciga,  258 
Almendro,  1063 
Almizclillo,  1008 
Almond,  1063 
Alnus,  267 

acuminata,  267 


1137 


1138  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Alpaminia,  971 

trichocarpa,  973 
Alsine,  594 

media,  593 

rupestris,  604 
Altamiranoa,  1009 

Berillonana,  1010 

Dyvrandae,  1011 

Grandyi,  1011 

imbricate,  1012 

incarum,  1012 

stricta,  1011 

pirgafo,  1012 

Weberbaueri,  1013 
Alternanthera,  492 

Achyrantha,  508 

Achyrantha  var.  leiantha,  508 

Achyrantha  var.  parvifolia,  508 

albo-sguarroso,  506 

albotomentosa,  1132 

arequipensis,  1132 

asterophora,  499 

brasiiiano  var.  Jacquini,  496 

caracasana,  508 

echinata,  507 

fasciculata,  1132 

fastigiata,  1133 

ficoidea  var.  halimifolia,  499 

gomphrenoides,  506 

Macbridei,  1133 

mexicana,  501,  503 

mexicana  var.  gracilis,  500 

mollendoana,  1134 

warm,  497 

niffrescens,  498 

nigriceps,  498 

nigripes,  498 

parvifolia,  508 

peruviana  f .  globifera,  504 

piurensis,  1134 

polygonoides  var.  elongata,  1134 

Raimondii,  1134 

sericea,  506 

spai/mfata,  494 

truxillensis,  499 

tubulosa,  1135 

Williamsii,  1135 
Alyssum,  967 

Amandier  de  Buena- Vista,  293 
Amaranthaceae,  478 
Amaranth  family,  478 
Amaranthus,  483 

caracasarms,  487 

chlorostachys,  486 

hypocondriacus,  486 

panwulatiis,  485 

tristis,  485 
Ambauba  mansa,  292 

do  vinho,  292 
Amoqui-ey,  790 
Amor  enredado,  445 
Ampelocera,  273 


Ampelodaphne  arunciflora,  847 

Arnush,  472 

Amygdalus  communis,  1063 

Persica,  1087 
Analque,  461 
Anaxagorea,  747 
Ancas  tucapinq,  992 
Ancistrocarpus  maypurensis,  548 
Ancistrum  barbatum,  1116 
Andaga,  369 
Andriapetalum,  369 

ritbescens,  370 

rwbescens  var.  acuminatum,  370 
Anemone,  640 

aequinoctialis,  640 

iniegrifolia,  641 

peruviana,  640 
Aniba,  855 

affinis,  865 

amazonica,  866 

Burchellii,  865 

citrifolia,  867 

compacta,  865 

elliptica,  863 

flexuosa,  852 

foeniculacea,  871 

hirsuta,  851 

Hostmanniana,  864 

panurensis,  864 

parviflora,  864 

reticulata,  852 

Tessmanwn,  866 

WzZKamsn,  864 
Anis,  260 
Annona,  750 

Ambotay,  758 

axillaris,  757 

6t#ora,  760 

Bonplandiana,  752 

cearensis,  752 

Cherimolia,  756 

cinerea,  756 

conifera,  733 

cordifolia,  754 

deminuta,  753 

Duckei,  757 

excellens,  753 

excelsa,  756 

glabra,  758 

Hostmannii,  709 

Humboldtiana,  756 

Humboldtii,  756 

iquitensis,  755 

toeris,  756 

longifolia,  729,  756 

macrocalyx,  755 

macrocarpa,  752 

Marcgravii,  753 

microcarpa,  765 

montana,  753 

rrmcosa,  760 

muricata,  752,  753 


INDEX 


1139 


Annona  neglecta,  757 

obtusiflora,  760 

palustris,  758 

peruviana,  758 

Pisonis,  753 

pterocarpa,  765 

pteropetala,  765 

pubescens,  756 

reticulata,  756,  760 

reticulata  var.  mucosa,  760 

rhombipetala,  729 

riparia,  756 

scandens,  754 

scandens  var.  polychyla,  754 

sessiliflora,  750 

sphaerocarpa,  753 

squamosa,  756 

Tessmannii,  755 

tripetala,  756 
Annonaceae,  700 
Anomospermum,  695 

grandifolium,  697 

reticulatum,  680 

[7Zei,  697 

Anona  family,  700 
Anonilla,  754 
Anonocarpus,  315 
Anredera,  576,  578 
Antidaphne,  378 
Antigonon,  445 
Anuccara,  949 
Apacas,  556 
Aphanes  andicola,  1109 

orbiculata,  1112 

pinnata,  1113 
Apinagia,  1007 
Apiquisa,  333 
Apium  graveolens,  1007 
Apodanthes,  444 
Apple,  1063 
Apricot,  1063 
Aptandra,  426 
Arabis  andicola,  977 

bracteata,  979 

lanata,  977 

spathulata,  972 
Arbol  de  pan,  274 
Arcapaico,  473 
Arellan,  372 
Arenaria,  594 

bryoides,  599 

conferta,  597 

diffusa,  600 

Jamesoniana,  603 

lanuginosa,  594 

macrotheca,  631 

media,  632 

megalantha,  1136 

wemorosa,  600 

parvifolia,  599 

rwbra  var.  campestris,  630 
var.  marina,  632 


scopulorum,  599 

serpens,  605 

serpylloides,  599 

stenocarpa,  632 
Argemone,  933 
Arhuiarhui,  647 
Aristolochia,  431 

brastZzensis,  431 

Buchtienii,  439 

Duchartrei,  442 

juruana,  436 

KZttgtf,  442 

odpratissima,  442 

Pilgeri,  441 

pseudotriangularis,  441 

reticulata,  439 

tarapotina,  443 

triangularis,  438 

WiHiarwsu,  439 
Aristolochiaceae,  431 
Arjona,  417 

Armeniaca  vulgaris,  1063 
Arracacha  cimarrona,  641 
Artanthe  acutifolia,  131 

alveolata,  133 

areolata,  136 

asperifolia,  138 

Brongniartii,  142 

Brwnoniana,  180 

casapiensis,  146 

cassinoides,  147 

Churumayu,  149 

crocata,  155 

curvata,  156 

dasyoura,  157 

dasypoda,  157 

decurrens,  187 

Durvilleana,  160 

elongata,  161 

Endlicheriana,  162 

excavata,  164 

formosa,  166 

gracilis,  169 

granulosa,  169 

Haenkeana,  205 

heterophylla,  172 

Hookeriana,  172 

lanceaefplia,  180 

laurifolia,  181 

Lehmanniana,  182 

Lessertiana,  231 

lineata,  184 

magnifica,  187,  197 

miiis,  192 

o&esa,  197 

oblongata,  198 

obovata,  199 

Opizn,  201 

Pavoni,  206 

peruviana,  208 

peruviana  var.  Zaepi0ata,'208 

phthinotricha,  209 


1140  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Artanthe  Poeppigii,  217 

Poeppigii  var.  glabrior,  168 

polyneura,  176 

pseudo-churumayu,  216 

punctata,  219 

Ruiziana,  223 

salviaefolia,  162 

scutata,  240 

secunda,  231 

sororia,  236 

stupposa,  239 

tenuicuspis,  242 

tuberculala,  246 

pehifina,  249 

verbascifolia,  249 
Arf/iraxon  amplexifolius,  402 
Artocarpus  incisa,  274 
Asar  guiru,  260 

clypeatum,  657 
Aspidophyllum,  656 

clypeatum,  657 
Ataco,  485,  486,  488 

casha,  488 
Atadijo,  270 
Atinupa,  680,  687 
Atoclisas,  575 
Atriplex,  476 

Espostoi,  477 

prostrata,  478 

serpyllifolia,  477 
Avocado,  875 
Aydendron  amazonicum,  866 

firmulum,  864 

intermedium,  866 

Mttca,  865 

panurense,  864 

salicifolium,  867 
Aytacupi,  260 

Bachelor's  button,  512 
Baehni,  Charles,  268 
Baitaria,  568 
Balanophoraceae,  427 
Balanophora  family,  427 
Balsamo,  319 
Barberry,  665 

family,  665 
Basella,  574 

baselloides,  577 

boliviensis,  577 

cor di folia,  576 

diffusa,  576 

family,  573 

gracilis,  577 

marginata,  576 

obovata,  576 

romosa  var.  boliviensis,  577 

rubra,  574 

tM&erosa,  575 

VoZfcensn,  576 
Basellaceae,  573 
Batidaceae,  546 


Batis,  546 

family,  546 
Bayberry  family,  261 
Beguefide,  387 
Beilschmiedia,  843 
Bejuco  de  estrella,  437 
Bela-api-chchuccha,  575 
Bela-bela,  401 
Bella  sombra,  555 
BeZtota,  843 
Belombra,  555 
Berberidaceae,  665 
Berberis,  665 

aromatica,  703 

conferta,  676 

conferta  var.  boliviana,  670 

conferta  var.  hypopyrrantha,  677,  679 

conferta  var.  Lobbiana,  675 

conferta  var.  psiloclada,  677 

conferta  var.  Spruceana,  677 

divaricata,  672 

glauca,  674 

ffa^n,  676 

Jamesonii,  669 

Keisskriana,  670,  674 

papillosa,  673 

phyllacantha,  676 

pichinchensis,  672 

rarifiora,  680 

Rechingeri,  670,  673 

rectinervia,  671 

rotunda,  665 

Schwerini,  676 

tomentosa,  671 

TroMu,  672 

virgata  var.  huanucensis,  674 

Warsceunczii,  676 

Wettsteiniana,  674 
Bernardinia,  1120 
Berro,  963,  964 
Berteroa  peruviana,  959 
Beta  vulgaris,  469 
Betula  alba,  267 
Betulaceae,  267 
Bichaya,  999 
Bichayo,  1002 
Birch  family,  267 
Birthwort  family,  431 
Biscutella  peruviana,  943 
Blackberries,  1063 
Bledo,  485 

Colorado,  485 

Blochmannia  peruviana,,  467 
Bocagea  aromatica,  703 

Espintana,  703 
Bocconia,  934 

frutescens  var.  integrifolia,  935 

pubibractea,  934 
Boehmeria,  352 

angustifolia,  356 

aspera,  365 

ballolaefolia,  358 


INDEX 


1141 


Boehmeria  discolor,  365 

diver  si  folia,  353,  355 

fallax  var.  cordata,  354 

formicaria,  364 

hirta,  355,  357 

obliqua,  365 

pallida,  355 

Pavonii  var.  anomala,  353 

Pavonii  var.  diversifolia,  353,  355 

peruviana,  354 

Weddelliana,  355 
Boerhaavia,  536 

adscendens,  537 

decumbens,  537 

excelsa,  539 

hirsuta,  537 

litoralis,  539 

paniculate,  537 

paniculata  f.  leiocarpa,  538 

patula,  537 

polymorpha,  537 

scandens,  539 

tuberosa,  539 

viscosa,  537 
Bois  de  lettre,  316 
Botryopsis  Spruceana,  687 
Bougainvillea,  529 

spectabilis  var.  glabra,  529 
Boussingaultia,  576 
Brandesia  elongata,  497 

lanceolata,  500 

mexicana,  503 

porrigens,  506 

pubiflora,  506 
Brassica,  945 

Napus,  945 

oleracea,  945 
Braya  calycina,  970 

densiflpra,  972 
Brayopsis,  969 

alpaminae,  970 

argentea,  970 

calycina,  970 

pycnophylla,  970 

trichocarpa,  973 

Weberbaueri,  971 
Brayulinea  densa,  489 
Breadfruit,  274 
Breynia  indica,  1000 
Broquin,  1118 
Brosimopsis,  316 
Brosimum,  274,  316 

discolor,  316 

guianense,  316,  317 

Lecointei,  316 

Broussonetia  brasiliensis,  310 
Brunellia,  1039 

aculeata,  1039 

acutangula,  1041 

boliviano,  1043 

Brittonii,  1041 

comodadifolia,  1041 


crenata,  1040 

Funckiana,  1041 

Goudotii,  1042 

inlegrifolia,  1040 

OZiwri,  1041,  1043 

ovalifolia,  1042 

propinqua,  1041 

racemifera,  1043 

rhoides,  1040 

Stuebelii,  1042 

tomentosa,  1041 
Brussels  sprouts,  945 
Bryophyllum,  1015 

calycinum,  1015 
Bucephalon  racemosum,  308 
Bucholzia  ficoidea,  498 

lupulina,  501 

philoxeroides,  505 
Buckwheat  family,  444 
Buenas  tardes,  543 
Bustirao  chama,  566 
Buttercup,  647 

family,  639 

Cabbage,  945 
Cabomba,  639 
Caimitillo,  699 
Calacinum,  453 

chilense,  454 

fruticulosum,  453 

hastulatum,  454 

leptobotrys,  455 

peruvianum,  455 

tamnifolium,  455 

tiliifolium,  456 

volcanicum,  456 
Calandrinia,  568 

adenosperma,  571 

ccmZescens,  569 

grandiflora,  571 

Phacosperma,  570 

polyandra,  572 
Caltha,  661 

andicola,  661 

involuta,  661 

sagittata,  661 
Calymenia  viscosa,  545 
Calyxhymenia  expansa,  541 

owato,  544 

prostrata,  544 

viscosa,  545 
Camatai,  472 
Canaharamjo,  1118 
Canastilla,  434 
Canela,  700,  847 
Canela-muena,  847,  930 
Canelilla,  863 
Canelillo,  1104 
Canella  babosa,  908 

rosa,  879 
Canida,  1072 
Canihua,  475 


1142  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Canlli,  1116 
Caper  family,  984 
Capers,  984 
Capethia,  641 

Weddellii,  641 
Capinuri,  315 
Capparidaceae,  984 
Capparis,  996 

acutifolia,  1003 

avicennifolia,  1002 

Breynia,  1000 

crotonvides,  999 

cynophallophora,  996,  999,  1002 

detonsa,  1003 

didymobotrys,  997 

Fiebrigii,  1002 

frondosa,  998 

heierophylla,  999,  1004 

hypoleuca,  1003 

lanceolata,  999 

petiolaris,  1000 

scabrida,  998 

spinosa,  984 
Capsella,  952 
Capucarnia,  1081 
Cara  huasca,  713 
Caraipe,  1072 
Cardamine,  961 

flaccida,  962 

laxa  var.  pumila,  962 

minima,  962 

sarmeniosa,  966 
Cardionema,  616 

andina,  616 

camphorosmoides,  616 

congesta,  616 
Carnation,  578 
Carpales,  260,  281 
Carpet-weed,  558 

family,  558 
Carpunya  Lessertiana,  231 

oblongata,  198 
Caryophyllaceae,  578 
Casca  preciosa,  868 
Casearia,  443 
Cashiya,  472 
Casimiroa,  416 
Castalia  ampla,  638 
Castanuela,  571 
Castilla,  324 

australis,  322 
Castilloa,  325 
Catadysia,  971 
Catas,  367,  368 
Caucho,  325 

negro,  325 
Caucho-rana,  325 
Cauliflower,  945 
Ccarhuascassa,  665,  676 
Ccarhuinchu,  934 
Ccarhuinchunca,  934 
Cceuna,  1092 


Cecropia,  281 

adenopus,  287 

bifurcata,  290 

digitata,285 

laetevirens,  290 

palmata,  286,  288 

pinnatiloba,  289 

Ruiziana,  286 

scabra,  286,  287 
Celedonia,  601 
Celendin,  981 
Celidena,  934 
Celosia,  480 

cristata,  480 

echinata,  507 

elongata,  505 

humifusa,  508 

paniculata,  481,  515 

peruviana,  499,  505 

tomenfosa,  482 

virgata  var.  paniculata,  481 
Celtis,  270 

aculeatus,  271 

boliviensis,  271 

canescens,  269 

glycycarpa,  272 

Lzma,  269 

macrophylla,  269 

micranthus,  269 

Pavonii,  270 

velutina,  271 
Celula  quisa,  333 
Cerastium,  581 

andinum,  586 

arvensiforme,  584 

biflorum,  582 

caespitosum,  589 

consanguineum,  590 

floccosum,  587 

glomeratum,  590 

glutinosum,  585 

imbricatum,  588 

imbricahim  var.  Mandonianum,  584 

Kunthii,  585 

longipedunculatum,  587 

obscurum,  589 

orophilum,  584 

Trianae,  585 

triviale,  590 

PFiHdenowu,  586 
Cercmts  integrifolia,  1086 
Cereza,  1085 
Cerezo,  1085 
Cervantesia,  416 
Cestrum,  1007 
Chacha,  1027 

Chachacoma,  1025,  1029,  1032 
Chachacomo,  1029,  1032 
Chachacuma,  1025,  1032 
Chachas,  1032 
Chamissoa,  481 
Chanviro,  549 


INDEX 


1143 


Chappa,  368 
Charahusca,  715 
Chavica  Lessertiana,  231 
Chchainas,  405 
Chchapo-chchapo,  654 
Chehejche,  670 
Chelidonium,  934 
Chenopodiaceae,  469 
Chenopodium,  470 

anthelminticum,  471 

Canihua,  475 

caudatum,  486 

chilense,  472 

cinereum,  476 

graveolens,  473 

Nuttalliae,  475 

paniculatum,  474 

paniculatum  var.  incanum,  474 

paniculatum  var.  reniforme,  474 

petiolare  f .  hastatum,  474 

petiolare  f .  Hookeri,  474 

petiolare  f .  incanum,  474 

petiolare  f.  reniforme,  475 

petiolare  f.  scutatum,  474 

petiolare  f.  trilobum,  475 

purpurascens  var.  punctulatum,  475 

Quinoa  f.  purpureum,  475 

vagans,  472 
Cherleria  bisulca,  597 

laevis,  609 

nitida,  601 
Cherry,  1083 
Chia-chia,  347 
Chibo-caspi,  1081 
Chicchi,  949,  964 
Chichiaccara,  949 
Chichicara,  949 
Chichillica,  270,  295 
Chichira,  949 
Chijchi,  674,  964 
Chilifruta,  1102 
Chimicua,  328 
Chimiqua,  322 
China-canlli,  1116 
Chinchimali,  419 
Chinchinami,  419 
Chirimoya,  753 
Chloranthaceae,  257 
Chloranthus  family,  257 
Chlorophora,  309 
Chocllo-chocllo,  555 
Choke  cherries,  1063 
Chondodendron,  685 

convolvulaceum,  691 

cretosum,  687 
Chondrodendron,  685 
Chucchan-lisas,  575 
Chuchuhuasha,  424 
Chuno,  575 
Churumayu,  149 
Cicuta,  654 
Cienta,  655 


Cinchona,  431 
Cinquefoil,  1063 
Ciruelas,  1063 
Ciruelillo,  844 
Cissampelos,  683 

cordata,  684 

Haenkeana,  684 

hirsutissima,  684 
Citriosma,  791 
Citrosma,  791 

amazonum,  802 

aspera,  801 

asperula,  802 

M^da,  802 

decipiens,  804 

dentata,  814 

eriocalyx,  805 

hylophila,  803 

limoniodora,  814 

muricata,  810 

neglecta,  810 

opaZis,  811 

paniculata,  850 

pauciflpra,  812 

Poeppigii,  813 

pyricarpa,  814 

radiata,  814 

swapeoZens,  815 

subinodora,  816 

thecaphora,  816 

tomentosa,  817 
Ciruelillo,  844 
Cjari-cjari,  1102,  1103 
Ckello-chuccha,  575 
Ckello-ckolla,  575 
Ckello-lisas,  575 
Ckolla-lisas,  575 
Clarisia,  274,  313 

niiida,  312,  314 
Clavanilla,  543 
Clavel,  578 
Clavellina,  543 
Clavo-caspi,  528 
Claytonia  alba,  569 
Clematis,  643 

brasiliana,  647 

dioica,  1136 

Haenkiana,  645 

parvifrons,  1136 

Seemanni,  644,  1136 

sericea,  1136 

thalictroides,  645,  1136 
Cleome,  988 

amazonica,  994 

Bangiana,  992 

brachycarpa,  985 

chrysogyna,  993 

densiflora,  985 

ecuadorica,  993 

gigantea,  994 

hirsuta,  986 

Jamesonii,  992 


1144  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Cleome  Kerberi,  994 

latifolia,  996 

rosea,  995 

serrate,  996 

speciosa,  986 

triphylla,  987 

tunariensis,  992 

violacea,  991 
Clypeola  maritima,  967 
Cocaniro,  368 
Coccoloba,  457 

carinata,  456 

peruviana,  460 

polystachya,  460 
Cocculus  Chondodendron,  687 

domingensis,  695 

japurensis,  696 

pauper,  690 

toxicoferus,  685 
Cockscomb,  480 
Cocura,  291 
Cohuiquisa,  334 
Col,  945 
Coliflor,  945 
Colignonia,  531 

glomerata,  532,  535 
Colinabo,  945 
Colobanthus,  581 

quitensis,  581 
Cominp,  866 
Commicarpus,  539 
Compsoneura,  767 

Tessmannii,  767 
Connaraceae,  1119 
Connarus,  1123 

Kfaflit,  1124 
Contrahierba,  280,  281 
Contrayerba,  437 

Cordoncillo,  130, 133, 137, 142, 156, 169, 
170,  177,  180,  182,  184,  189,  199, 
209,  212,  214,  221,  224,  238,  242, 
247,  250 

Coreosma  Dombeyana,  1024 
Cornidia,  1033 

peruviana,  1036 

umbellata,  1034 
Coronopus,  952 
Corrigiola,  579 
Corteza  de  oje,  301 
Corynaea,  431 

Sprucei,  431 
Cosmia,  568 
Cosmibuena,  1074 
Goto,  863 

Cotoma  masacey,  423 
Cotyledon  chiclensis,  1013 

eurychlamys,  1014 

excelsa,  1014 

imbricata,  1012 

incarum,  1012 

peruviana,  1014 

pinnata,  1015 


stricta,  1011 

virgata,  1012 

Weberbaueri,  1012 
Couepia,  1079 

amazonica,  1082 

leptostachys,  1083 

speciosa,  1081 
Coussapoa,  295 

intermedia,  299 

Martiana,  296 

nitida,  298 

puberula,  298,  299 

Autm,  297 

setosa,  297 

Sprucei,  299 

subincana,  296 

trinervia,  298 
Crassula,  1008 

expansa,  1009 

peduncularis,  1009 
Crassulaceae,  1007 
Crataegus  escalloniaefolia,  1066 

ferruginea,  1067 

obtusifolia,  1067 
Crataeva,  1005 

Gorarema,  557 

radiatiflora,  1006 

Tapza,  1006 
Cremastosperma,  723 

cauliflorum,  726 

gracilipes,  724 

longicuspe,  725 

megalophyllum,  725 

pedunculatum,  724 

pendulum,  724 

peruvianum,  726 

polyphlebum,  723 

PFtttWMWSM,  722 
Cremolobus,  940 

cMZensis,  942 

pinnatifidus  var.  integrifolius,  942 

rhomboideus,  944 

stenophyllus,  940 
Cresta  de  gallo,  480 
Crofcw,  381 
Cruciferae,  937 
Cryptocarpus,  528 

cordifolius,  528 

cordiformis  /3  cordifolius,  528 
Cryptocarya,  843 

Canelilla,  863 

hirsuta,  850 

pyriformis,  851 

robusta,  852 
Cuchara-caspi,  309 
Cucharilla,  368 
Cucherin,  871 
Cuchi  yuya,  567 
Cuchi-yuyu,  567 
Cucura,  292 
Cumala,  770,  776 

blanca,  778,  780 


INDEX 


1145 


Cumala  caspi,  780 
Cumarin,  1007 
Cunchu-caspi,  461 
Cunoniaceae,  1038 
Cura-caspi,  739 
Curare,  680,  1004 
Currants,  1015,  1017 
Curuinsi-sacha,  807,  817 
Cyathula,  488 
Cydonia  vulgaris,  1063 
Cymbopetalum,  736 

Dielsianum,  728 
Cynomorium  cayenense,  430 

Demidovia  tetragonoides,  560 
Dendrophthora,  379 

Mancinellae,  382 

Poeppigii,  382 
Descurainia,  980 

canescens,  980 

Gilgiana,  981 

Urbaniana,  981 

Desmochaeta  achyranthoides,  488 
Dialyanthera,  768 
Dianthus  Caryophyllus,  578 
Diclinanona,  742 
Dictyophragmus,  967 
Disciphania,  690 

appendiculata,  691,  693 

micrantha,  691 
Dorstenia,  280 

argentata,  281 
Draba,  953 

affinis,  960 

atacamensis,  960 

calycina,  970 

cephalantha,  956 

Hemsleyana,  955 

Hookeri,  960 

laxistellata,  957 

Pavonii,  959 

siliquosa,  958 

soratensis,  956,  960 

splendens,  955 

Weberbaueri,  957 
Drimys,  699 

granatensis,  699 

Winteri  f.  granatensis,  699 
Drymaria,  617 

arenarioides,  617 

glaberrima,  633 

leptoclados  var.  peruviana,  621,  622 

molluginea,  617,  630 

ramosissima,  617 

sperguloides,  617 

squarrosa,  1136 

stellar ioides,  622 
Duchesnea  indica,  1104 
Duguetia,  731 

hadrantha,  733 

ibonensis,  732 

latifolia,  734 


longifolia,  729 

macrophylla,  733 

odorata,  732 

pedunculata,  724 

peruviana,  733 

quitarensis,  732 

Spixiana,  734 

Tessmannii,  732 
Dulongia  acuminata,  1038 

integerrima,  1038 
Durazno,  1063 

Echeveria,  1013 
Efuina  quirirafuina,  872 
Elissarrhena,  697 
Elm  family,  268 
Embothrium,  367 

emarginatum,  367 

hirsutum,  369 

monospermum,  373 

obliquum,  369 

pinnatum,  374 
Empetrum  pinnatum,  1116 
Enckea  glaucescens,  248 

heptandra,  171 

Lessertiana,  231 

reticulata,  223 

smilacifolia,  223 

unguiculata,  248 
Endlicheria,  844 

formosa,  852 

glaberrima,  852 

hirsuta,  850 

KZwffw,  851,  855 

Krukovii,  851 

longifolia,  851 

macrophylla,  854 

sericea,  849 
Endusa  punctata,  1131 
Englerocharis,  969 
English  walnut,  263 
Enyira,  719 

Epibaterium  tomentosum,  687 
Ercilla  spicata,  547 

volubilis,  547 
Eremodraba,  969 
Eremolepis,  378 
Eriobotrya  cordata,  1067 
Erysimum  officinale,  978 

pusillum,  972 

ramosissimum,  978 
Escallonia,  1025 

adscendens,  1027 

Bridgesii,  1029 

caracasana,  1030 

floribunda,  1029 

hypsophila,  1027 

macrantha,  1031 

millegrana,  1029 

multiflora,  1032 

myrtilloides,  1030 

pulverulenta,  1025,  1029 


1146  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Escallonia  virgata,  1027 
Eseri-ey,  462 
Espinaca,  469 
Espino  amarillo,  665,  676 
Espintana,  704,  739 
Espintanal,  713 
Espintano,  705 
Espumilla,  967 
Estrellita  del  cerro,  633 
Eudema  trichocarpa,  973 
Euphorbia,  381 
Euplassa,  370 

occidentalis,  371 
Euxolus  caudatus,  486 

deflexus,  485 
Evonymodaphne  armeniaca,  869 

Facma,  992 

Fagara,  1039 

Fassta,  1027,  1029,  1030 

Ficus,  299,  430 

oblanceolata,  305 

peruviana,  1126 

Ulei,  1126 
Fig,  299,  302 
Figueroa,  Reyes,  991 
Fish  poison,  685 
Fleurya,  366 

aestuans  var.  glandulosa,  366 

aestuans  var.  racemose,  366 

glandulosa,  366 
Flor  de  las  once,  563,  566 

de  seda,  566 

de  la  viuda,  987 
Flueckigera,  553 
Fontenella  brasiliensis,  1095 
Four-o'clock,  543 

family,  518 
Fragaria,  1104 
Fresa,  1105 
Fries,  Rob.  E.,  700 
Froelichia,  488 

lanata,  489 

tomentosa,  489 
Frutilla,  1105 
Fumaria,  936 
Fumariaceae,  936 
Fumitory  family,  936 
Fusaea,  729 

rhombipetala,  729 
Fustic,  309 

Gaiadendron,  375,  394 

eugenioides,  399 
Gallesia,  556 

Gorarema,  557 

scorododendron,  557 
Garo,  369 
Gateadora,  615 
Geoppertia  anomala,  846 

dysodantha,  849 

hirsuta  var.  hirsutior,  851 


longifolia,  850 

Sprucei,  853 
Geum,  1103 

chiloense,  1104 

magellanicum,  1104 
Glinus,  558 

Glischrothamnus  Ulei,  558 
Globe  amaranth,  512 
Goma  de  pais,  1063 
Gomphrena,  510 

acaulis,  512 

bicolor,  510 

brasiliana,  495 

brasiliensis,  495,  496 

Conwayi,  512 

dentata,  496 

elegans  var.  brunnea,  511 

elegans  var.  Mandonioides,  511 

elongata,  497 

ficoidea,  498 

glauca,  492 

Haenkeana,  513 

holosericea,  491 

interrupta,  489 

ixiamensis,  510 

Mandonii,  512 

paniculata,  491 

perennis  f.  villosa,  511 

pulchella  var.  Haenkeana,  513 

pulchella  var.  rosea,  513 

sericea,  506 

stenophylla,  492 
Gonistum  unguiculatum,  248 
Goosefoot  family,  469 
Gossypianthus  decipiens,  490 
Greggia  arabioides,  977 

camporum,  977 
Grevillea  robusta,  367 
Guaba,  554 
Guanabanus  muricatus,  752 

squamosus,  756 
Guariuba,  274,  315 
Guatteria,  705 

acutissima,  712 

alutacea,  710 

amazonica,  720 

Augusti,  709 

calliantha,  715 

chlorantha,  714 

coeloneura,  715 

decurrens,  720 

Dielsiana,  719 

elata,  712 

eriopoda,  721 

eugeniaefolia,  714 

excellens,  721 

excelsa,  711 

glauca,  709,  716 

Guentheri,  717 

hirsuta,  711 

hyposericea,  718 

juninensis,  716 


INDEX 


1147 


Guatteria  juruensis,  711 

Klugii,  710 

macrocarpa,  719 

megalophylla,  718 

melosma,  719 

modesta,  713 

multivenia,  721 

ovalis,  714,  727 

pachypetala,  748 

pendula,  724 

peruviana,  720 

phanerocampta,  714 

pleiocarpa,  715 

ponderosa,  735 

Raimondii,  728 

Schomburgkiana,  709 

sessili flora,  750 

socialis,  724 

spectabilis,  717 

squamosus,  756 

terminalis,  709 

Tessmannii,  713 

trichoclonia,  712 

ucayaliana,  719 

ucayalina,  717 

veneficiorum,  741 

vestita,  709 

xanthochlora,  728 
Guatteriopsis,  750 
Guilleminea,  489 

illecebroides,  489 
Gumillea,  1043 
Gymnobalanus  punctata,  925 

punctata  var.  elongata,  925 
Gynandropsis,  984 

gynandra,  987 

orba,  988 

pentaphylla,  987 

Haenkea  flexuosa,  426 
Haiuna,  936 
Halimolobus,  973 

hispidulus,  976 

Weddettii,  976 

Weddellii  var.  Herrerae,  977 
Hatun-mocma,  399 
Hatun-mucma,  399 
Haucampe,  673 
Hawthorn,  1063 
Hebanthe  decipiens,  490 

holosericea,  491 

paniculata,  491 
Heckeria  peltata,  107 
Hedyosmum,  257 

angustifolium,  260 

arborescens,  257 

integrum,  259 

laciniatum,  260 

latifolium,  260 

Sprucei,  259 
Heisteria,  421,  1127 

caloneura,  1128 


cauliflora,  1130 

cyanocarpa,  1128 

densifrons,  1130 

euricarpa,  1130 

iquitensis,  1129 

nitida,  423,  1129 

pallida,  1129 

parvicalyx,  1129 

scandens,  1130 

Sleumeri,  1130 

Spruceana,  1130 

Tessmanniana,  1130 

tubicina,  427 
Helicostylis,  329 

Poeppigiana,  329 
Heliosperma,  579,  634 
Helosis,  430 

guyanensis,  430 
Hepatica  integrifolia,  641 
Hernandiaceae,  931 
Hernandia  family,  931 
Hesperomeles,  1065 

ferruginea,  1067 

Fieldii,  1067 

oblonga,  1067 

obtusifolia,  1067 

pernettyoides  var.  glaucophylla,  1069 

pernettyoides  var.  microphylla,  1066 
Heterothrix  gradlis,  976 
Hema,  383 
Higo,  302 

silvestre,  303 
Higueron,  303 
Hihuha,  923 
Hilleria,  551 

latifolia  var.  longifolia,  551 
Hioma  cocuir-ey,  848 
Hirtella,  1074 

americana,  1077 

Cosmibuena,  1079 

myrmecophila,  1076 

odandra,  1072 

racemosa,  1079 

scaberula,  1078 
Holosteum  cordatum,  620 
Hortensia,  1033 
Howardia  deltoidea,  435 

fragrantissima,  436 

truncata,  443 

Huaami  chuchu  huasha,  424 
Huacampe,  673 
Huacan  timbu,  262 
Huacapu,  1131 
Huailampo,  555 
Huaittampu,  1025 
Huajanpe,  673,  675 
Huamanripa,  661,  1017 
Huanabana,  753 
Huanarpu,  267 
Huancui,  267 
Huangana  caspi,  422 
Huano  negro,  454 


1148  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Huanucara,  953 
Huarancayza,  655 
Huarenccaiso,  654 
Huarme  tashango,  926 
Hufelandia,  843 

latifolia,  843 

sulcata,  843 
Huira  palta,  875 
Huito,  301 
Hydrangea,  1033 

Bangii,  1035 

integerrima,  1035 

opuloides,  1033 

serratifolia,  1036 

umbellata,  1034 
Hyperbaena,  695 

polyantha,  687 

Ictrigo,  401 

Ictriho,  401 

Iku,  680 

Illecebrum  Achyrantha,  508 

alsinaefolium,  499 

densum,  489 

frutescens,  499 

gomphrenoides,  506 

limense,  499 

lupulinum,  501 

paniculatum,  503 

pulverulentum,  507 

sericeum,  506 

villosum,  509 
Illuplunsha.  535 
Imainca,  1086 
Imbauba,  281 
Immortelle,  512 
Inca-inca,  1086 
Inca-lacma,  991 
Inca  pachaqui,  484 
Ingaina,  372 
Insira,  310 

caspi,  310 

mashan,  1006 
Iresine,  514 

acicularis,  516 

angustifolia,  514 

celosioides,  515 

elatior,  514 

grandiflora,  490 

Hassleriana  var.  guaranoides,  515 

latifolia,  507 

paniculata,  491,  515 

polymorpha,  515 

spiculigera  f.  pauciglandulosa,  516 

spiculigera  var.  picta,  517 

tennis  var.  discolor,  516 

Verschaffeltii,  516 
Iryanthera,  769 

congestiflora,  775 

leptodada,  775 

sessilis,  774 

trigona,  771 


Isatis,  951 

Ishanga,  355,  360,  362,  363 
Ishangu  del  agua,  362 
Ishpingo,  899 

chico,  864 

rufo,  854 
Isiguiro-ey,  1079 
Isma  muena,  855 
Isula  caspi,  807,  817 

micuna,  807,  925 

micunan,  813,  815 
Itauba  amarilla,  328 
Itiu,  401 
Ivania,  961,  974 

Jaboncillo,  556 

airambo,  556 
Jana  huasca,  718 
Jataco,  487 
Jilgueros,  405 
Jucu-gui-o,  405 
Juelia,  429 
Juglandaceae,  263 
Juglans,  263 

boliviana,  266 

nigra,  264,  266 

regia,  263 
Julianiaceae,  266 
Juliania  family,  266 

Huaucui,  266 

Kageneckia,  1095 
Kardamoglyphos,  964 

nana,  965 
Killip,  E.  P.,  331 
Kipa  ul  juku,  575 

ullucu,  575 
Kitalisas,  575 
Kkuru-quisa,  350 
Kokera  paniculata,  481 
Krapfia,  656 

Raimondii,  639 

Laccopetalum,  660 
Lachemilla  achilleifolia,  1108 

andina,  1109 

aphanoides,  1109 

barbata,  1110 

diplophylla,  1110 

erodiifolia,  1110 

holosericea,  1112 

Jamesonii,  1112 

Lechleriana,  1112 

nivalis,  1112 

orbiculata,  1112 

pectinata,  1113 

repens,  1114 

rivulorum,  1114 

vulcanica,  1115 

WiZKarasfo,  1115 
Ladenbergia,  553 
Lambran,  268 


INDEX 


1149 


Lana,  320 

Lancetilla  del  monte,  87 
Lanche  pardo,  854 
Langsdorffia,  430 
Lauraceae,  819 
Laurel,  263,  821 

bianco,  853 

family,  819 

Laurelia  sempervirens,  784 
Laurus  acutifolia,  915 

aurantiodora,  895 

balanocarpa,  895 

caerulea,  878 

cordata,  879 

cuneifolia,  897 

dysodantha,  849 

ferruginea,  879 

furcata,  918 

globosa,  919 

heteranthera,  882 

Hihuha,  923 

leptobotra,  901 

limbosa,  870 

lineatifolia,  921 

longifolia,  918,  922 

Mitco,  865 

multiglandulosa,  904 

nitida,  901 

nobilis,  821 

obovata,  905 

ovalifolia,  907 

Pucheri,  871 

pundata,  925 

purpurea,  925 

reticulata,  926 

subcordata,  880 

sulcata,  843 

triplinervis,  883 
Lazo  de  amor,  445 
Leche  de  oje,  301 
Lechuga,  561  ' 
Ledenbergia  peruviana,  553 
Lengli,  1068 
Lengua  de  vaca,  570 
Lepidium,  946 

affine,  951 

calycinum,  948 

Chichicara  var.  lanceolatum,  951 

depressum,  951 

didymum,  953 

gelidum,  949 

Humboldtii,  948 

lanceolatum,  951 

Meyenii  subsp.  affine,  951 

pufeescens,  948 

quitense,  951 

Trianae,  949 

Lepidoceras,  378 

Kingii,  379 

punctulata,  378 
Lepidophyllum  quadr angular e,  430 


Licania,  1070 
incana,  1074 
pallida,  1071 

Turiuva,  1072 
Licaria,  868 
Appelii,  871 
brasiliensis,  870 
Canella,  868 
Liga,  406,  415 
Lima-lima,  659,  660 
Limulana,  310 
Lingli,  575 
Lipcha,  475 
Liquanco,  461 
Liriosma,  424 
Lisas,  576 
Litho,  559 
Llague,  448 
Llamas,  368 
Llamppuchichira,  965 
Llanchama,  329 
Llinlli,  1068 
Lloque,  1063,  1096 
Lloto  del  cerro,  571,  577 
Lluplunsha,  535 
Lobularia  maritima,  967 
Loeflingia  ramosissima,  616 
Lomatia,  369 

obliqua,  369 
Lophophytum,  428 

mirabile,  427,  428 
Loranthaceae,  375 
Loranthus,  376,  392 

acuminatus,  410 

acutifolius,  398 

aduncus,  411 

albiflorus,  398 

amplexifolius,  371 

angustifolius,  384 

bicalyculatus,  403 

cardiphyllus,  403 

conduplicatus,  411 

cordatus,  403 

corymbosus,  400 

crassifolius,  404 

cwcwMans,  404 

cuneifplius,  405 

cupulifer,  405 

dichotomus,  393 

divaricatus,  406 

ellipticus,  395 

eugenioides,  399 

florulentus,  392 

glaucus,  400 

grandiflorus,  399 

lanceolatus,  395 

lancifolius,  395 

leptostachyus,  408 

ligustrifolius,  399 

ligustrinus,  399 

longebracteatus,  400 

lucarquensis,  412 


1150  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Loranthus  nodosus,  393 

obovatus,  407 

orbicularis,  413 

ovalifolius,  392 

paniculatus,  411 

piperoides,  388 

Poeppigii,  401 

polyrrhizos,  415 

polystachyus,  413 

pundatus,  396 

puracensis,  397 

pyrifolius,  414 

quadrangularis,  389 

retroflexus,  414 

retusus,  415 

ruficaulis,  392 

rufus,  414 

sarmentosus,  415 

suaveolens,  401 

Taswa,  397 

Thepbromae,  411 

verticillatus,  401 
Louro,  868 

bacato,  908 

precioso,  863 
Loxoptera,  940 
Lozanella,  273 

trematoides,  273 
Lychnis,  579,  634 

andicola,  635 

chilensis,  635 

thysanodes,  637 
Lycopodium  Selago,  611 

Machaerophorus,  968 

matthioloides,  968 
Machi,  1045,  1049,  1057 
Machinparrani,  368 
Madura  affinis,  310 

brasiliensis,  310 

tindoria  var.  affinis,  310 

tindoria  var.  chlorocarpa,  310 
Macusaro,  817 
Maicharo-ey,  466 
Mai  del  valle,  953 
Maiz  del  monte,  429  • 

Malmea,  727 
Malus  communis,  1063 
Mancoa,  952 

foliosa,  952 

laems,  952 

Mango  micuna,  1001 
Manguirana,  462 
Manto  de  Cristo,  512 
Manzanita,  1092 
Manzano,  1063 
Mapaty,  292 
Maraco-fuina,  899 
Margarito,  1001 
Margarocarpus  asper,  365 

obliquus,  365 

Poeppigianus,  365 


Margyricarpus,  1115 

alatus,  1116 

cristatus,  1116 

imberbis,  1116 

setosus,  1116' 
Marogofuina,  916 
Marvel  of  Peru,  543 
Mashonasti,  315 
Mashunaste,  315 
Mashu  sacha,  1082 
Mastimpanrani,  368 
Mastuerzo  silvestre,  953 
Matapalo,  395,  397 
Mathewsia,  968 

laciniata,  968 
Matico,  162,  217,  235 
Mayo-mostaza,  949 
Mayu-mpstaza,  964 
Melandrium,  579,  634 

andicolum,  635 

chilense,  635 

cucubaloides,  635 

macrocalyx,  636 

Mandonii,  636 

rhizophorum,  637 

thysanodes,  637 

Weberbaueri,  637 
Melanocarpum  Sprucei,  479 
MeWoca  peruviana,  575 
Melocotonero,  1063 
Meloncito  bianco,  271 
Membrillo,  1063 
Mengea  peruviana,  487 
Menispermaceae,  680 
Mertensia  brasiliensis,  271 

laevigata,  271 

pubescens,  271 
Mesembryanthemum,  558 
Mespilodaphne  aurantiodora,  895 

balanocarpa,  895 

laxiflora,  900 
Mespilus  ferruginea,  1067 

heterophylla,  1067 

lanuginosa,  1067 

Persoonia,  1067 
Mestiza  chchuccha,  575 
Mexican  wormseed,  472 
Micropiper  pellucidum,  71 
Microtea,  548 
Miena  amarillo,  866 
Millucassa,  1068 
Milucapa,  1067 
Minquartia,  1131 
Minshi-pata,  329 
Minuartia,  594 
Mirabilis,  539 

arenaria,  541 

dichotoma,  543 

odorata,  543 
Mistletoe  family,  375 
Mocco-mocco,  162,  193 
Mocma,  394 


INDEX 


1151 


Mogiphanes  brasiliensis,  496 
Jacquini,  496 
paniculata,  503 
ramosissima,  495 
soratensis,  500 
sframinea,  495 
Mohlana  Meziana,  552 
Mohomoho,  194 
Mollinedia,  784 
caloneura,  789 
salicifolia,  787 
Mollugo,  558 
radiata,  558 
Moma,  399 

Momisia  brevifolia,  271 
crenata,  271 
dichotoma,  270 
flexuosa,  271 
<K#ora,  272 
Monimiaceae,  784 
Monocosmia  monandra,  572 
Monte-pespeta,  359 
Montia,  572 
minor,  573 

Moonseed  family,  680 
Moquilea,  1070 
canomensis,  1080 
chrysocalyx,  1080 
data,  1070 
paraensis,  1081 
Mora,  309 
Moraceae,  274 
Morisonia,  1004 
Morus,  274,  309 
atoa,  309 
nigra,  309 
tinctoria,  310 
Mostacilla,  949,  964 
Mostaza,  945  . 
Muca-muca,  865 
Mucma,  394 
Mucura,  549 
Muehlenbeckia,  452 
chilensis,  454 

chilensis  var.  fascicularis,  454 
cuspidata,  455 
leptobotrys,  455 
rupestris,  453 

tamnifolia  var.  laxiflora,  455 
Muena,  883,  898,  903,  910,  916,  919, 

921,  926 
del  agua,  847 
aguaras,  910 

amarilla,  865,  866,  916,  919,  923 
blanca,  855,  898,  899,  908,  911,  919 
negra,  866,  893,  901 
Muiratinga,  329 
Mula-quisa,  333 
Mulberry,  274,  309 

family,  274 
Mullaca,  457 
Mullo  caspi,  522 


Mundshuy,  916,  921 

gateado,  926 
Muru-chchuccha,  575 
Muru-ckolla,  575 
Muru-lisas,  575 
Mustard,  945 

family,  937 
Myosurus,  661 

aristatus,  661 

minimus,  661 
Myrica,  262 

Pavonis  var.  glandulosa,  262 
Myricaceae,  261 
Myriocarpa,  359 

densiflora,  360 

densi flora  var.  Dombeyana,  360 

Dombeyana,  360 
Myristica  calophylla,  778 

capitellata,  767 

cuspidata,  778 

elongata,  779 

macrophylla,  773 

Mocoa,  783 

mollissima,  781 

Otoba  var.  glaucescens,  769 

Pavonis,  782 

peruviana,  782 

platysperma,  775 

Sprucei,  768 
Myristicaceae,  766 
Myroxylon  peruiferum,  319 

Nabo,  945 
Naccho-huasu,  320 
Nacupillo,  528 
Nana,  847 
Nasturtium,  964 

bonariense,  965 

clandestinum,  965 

Eggersii,  965 

erectum,  965 

fontanum,  966 

nanum,  965 

officinale,  966 

sarmentosum,  966 

Sinapis,  967 
Naucleopsis  glabra,  319 

macrophylla,  318,  321 

I7ki,  320 
Nectandra,  911 

acuminata,  915 

amazonum  var.  glabrata,  923 

berchemiaefolia,  915 

Goto,  863 

cuspidata,  925 

grandis,  918 

japurensis,  920 

leucantha  var.  peruviana,  923 

limbata,  870 

magnoliifolia,  918 

pulverulenta,  919 

punctata  var.  elongata,  925 


1152  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Nectandra  rigida,  926 

surinamensis,  928 

Tessmannii,  919 

viburnoides,  920 
Neea,  519 

cauliflora,  521 

Selloiana,  526 

Weberbaueri,  525 
Negrito,  895 
Nemono-o,  459 
Neolacis  peruviana,  1007 
Nettle,  332 

family,  331 
Neuontobotrys,  973 

Berningeri,  975 

New  Zealand  spinach,  558,  560 
Nina  caspi,  1001,  1006 
Nogal,  265 

bianco,  263 

negro,  263 

de  la  tierra,  264 
Nomebe  fuina,  919 
Noyera,  325 
Nueces  de  Chile,  264 

de  la  Trexna,  265 
Nuirapinima,  316 
Nutmeg  family,  766 
Nuto-karikari,  1099 
Nyctaginaceae,  518 
Nyctago  parviflora,  545 
Nymphaea,  638 
Nymphaeaceae,  638 

Oberillo,  854 
Obione  rotundifolia,  477 
Occe-ccora,  983 
Occoruro,  964 
Ocotea,  884 

Benthamiana,  899,  911 

ceanothifolia,  895 

cuneata,  897 

debilis,  901 

discolor,  896 

latifolia,  921 

leucoxylon,  895 

Lhotzkyi,  849 

marowynensis,  896 

opifera,  895,  898,  902 

pauciflora,  901 

Pichurim,  924 

piurensis,  906 

Poeppigiana,  904 

pretiosa,  906 

Puchery-minor,  866 

Quixos,  863 

rigida,  926 

Sprucei,  895 

Steubelii,  894 

sublanuginosa,  907 

vaccinoides,  900 

viburnoides,  895 

Weberbaueri,  906 


Odontocarya,  688 

convolvulacea,  691 

Schimpffi,  689 
Ogcodeia,  318 

amara,  318 

caloneura,  319 
Oje,  301,  303 
Olacaceae,  421,  1127 
Olax  family,  421 
Olmedia,  328 

calophylla,  321,  328 

laevis,  326 

maxima,  329 

mollis,  325 

tomentosa,  329 
Olmedioperebea,  321,  325 
Ombrophytum,  428 
Ombu,  555 

Omphalobium  Patrisii,  1124 
Opiliaceae,  420 
Opilia  family,  420 
Oplotheca  tomentosa,  489 
Orcco-canlli,  1116 
Oreja  de  perro,  443,  571 
Oreocallis  grandiflora,  367 

grandiflora  var.  acutifolia,  368 

grandiflora  var.  emarginata,  368 

grandiflora  var.  obtusifolia,  368 

/JMIZM,  368 
Oreodaphne  aciphylla,  893 

amazonica,  894 

caudata,  896 

cuneata,  897 

cuprea,  897 

Evonymodaphne,  869 

grandifolia,  898 

leptobotra,  901 

maynensis,  903 

obovata,  905 

petalanthera,  907 

Poeppigiana,  904 

Schomburgkiana,  909 

sublanuginosa,  907 

tarapotana,  909 

terminalis,  901 
Orpine  family,  1007 
Orthopterygium,  266 
Ortiga  menor,  334 
Oryctanthus,  390 

ruficaulis,  390,  392 

spicatus,  391,  392 
Osteomeles  cuneata,  1066 

escalloniaefolia,  1066 

ferruginea,  1067 

Gay ana,  1066 

glabrata,  1067 

latifolia,  1068 

Pentlandiana,  1096 

per  netty  aides,  1069 

rubescens,  1068 
Osteophloem,  775 


INDEX 


1153 


Ottonia  Carpunya,  146 

Lessertiana,  151,  231 
Oxandra,  702 

acuminata,  704 

aromatica,  703 

Espintana,  703 

euneura,  704 

macrophylla,  704 

ovata,  703 

pachypetala,  748 

Riedeliana,  703 

sphaerocarpa,  704 

xylopioides,  705 
Oxybaphus  campestris,  544 

chilensis,  544 

elegans,  541 

expansus,  542 

micranthus,  544 

ovatus,  544 

prostratus,  544 

viscosus,  545 
Oxygraphis  breviscapa,  650 

Cymbalaria,  651 

nubigenus,  653 

Paco-paco,  374 

de  la  sierra,  374 
Pacra,  661 
Pacra-pacra,  661 
Pagra,  661 
Paharbubu,  261 
Paico,  448,  472 
Palo  amarillo,  665,  675,  936 

bianco,  271 

de  candela,  1006 

meta-caspi,  462 

de  sangre,  317 

de  tinta,  936 
Paloma  chaqui,  495 
Palta,  872,  875 
Paltai,  875 
Palto,  875 
Paltojera,  879 
Palton,  878 
Pamashto,  427 
Pampa  muena,  855,  911 
Pani,  680,  685 
Panopus,  369 
Pao  d'alho,  557 
Papas  lisas,  575,  576 
Papaver,  933 
Papaveraceae,  933 
Papelillo,  530,  531 
Parietaria,  366 

debilis  var.  ceratosantha,  366 

microphylla,  345 
Parinari,  424,  1080,  1082 
Parinarium,  1074 
Paronychia,  612 

bogotensis,  614 

brasiliana,  613 

Hartwegiana,  614 


Pasamullaca,  457 
Pasto  aguanoso,  560 
Pauca,  1028 
Pauco,  1031 
Peach,  1063 
Pear,  1063 
Pedicellaria,  984 
Pegapega,  545 
Pelagatia,  971 

bracteata,  972 
Peltobryon  attenuatum,  206 

callosum,  143 

dichotomum,  159 

longifolium,  186 

Mathewsii,  243 

Poeppigii,  143 
Penguin  flower,  431 
Pennellia,  973 

gracilis,  976 

Pentacaena  polycnemoides,  616 
Peperomia,  3 

clavata,  89 

concinna,  71 

cordifplia,  68 

Gaudichaudii,  53 

hispidula  var.  perhispidula,  72 

Mandoni,  48 

nummularifolia,  87 

obtusifolia,  42 

obtusifolia  var.  emarginata,  42 

pellucida  var.  minor,  71 

pellucida  var.  pygmaea,  71 

prostrata,  87 

reflexa  var.  peruviana,  85 

reptans,  41 

Ruiziana,  19 

Soukupii,  1126 

tristachya,  53 

umbellata,  29 
Pepper  family,  3 
Peppergrass,  946 
Peral,  1063 
Perebea,  321 

acanthogyne,  326 

calophylla,  321 

gtwanerms,  321,  324 
Perejil,  1063 
Peristethium,  408 
Perlillas,  1116 
Persea,  872 

acuminata,  915 

Benthamiana,  876 

boZm'ensis,  879 

brenpes,  875,  880 

Buchtienii,  878 

caerulea,  878 

cinnamomi folia,  881 

cordata,  879 

cuneaia,  877 

ferruginea,  879 

gratissima,  875 

Humboldtii,  877 


1154  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Persea  macropoda,  901 

punctata  var.  Mathewsii,  882 
rugosa,  877 
sericea,  877,  880 
sulcata,  843 
vestila,  877,  880 
Persica  vulgaris,  1063 
Petiveria,  548 

alliacea  var.  tetandra,  549 
tetandra,  549 
1  Pfaffia,  490 
Bangii,  491 
glauca,  492 

Phacosperma  peruviana,  570 
Pharmacosycea  anthelmintica,  301 

peruviana,  1126 

radula,  306 
Phenax,  356 

ballotaefolius,  358 

pallidus,  355 

petiolaris,  357 

tftei,  356 

urticaefolius,  357 

urticaefolius  var.  minor,  357 
Philippiamra,  573 
Phlebiophragmus,  973 

macrorrhizus,  978 
Phoebe,  881 

brasiliensis,  883 

cinnaniomi folia,  883 

heterotepala,  883 

peruviana,  883 

peruviana  var.  glabriflora,  882 

Ruiziana,  882 

triplinervis,  883 
Phoradendron,  380,  383 

chrysostachyum,  380 

clavatum,  380 

crassuloides,  380 

leucocarpum,  381 
Phrygilanthus,  375,  397 

aphyllus,  397 

corymbosus,  400 

cuneifolius,  405 

ellipticus,  395 

glaucus,  400 

heterophyllus,  397 

lanceolatus,  396 

Lehmanianus,  397 

linearis,  406 

punctatus,  396 

tefrandrws,  397 

tumbecensis,  408 
Phthirusa,  409 

lucarquensis,  412 

micrantha,  414 

onnpcerm's,  411 

paniculata,  411 

phaeoclados,  414 

platyclada,  413 

polystachya,  412 

pyrifolia,  414 


pyrifolia  var.  terminalis,  414 

santaremensis,  414 

Theobromae,  411 
Phyllobryon  Pavoni,  47 
Phyllonoma,  1038 
Phyllostemonodaphne,  868 
Phytolacca,  553 

australis,  554 

odandra,  554 
Phytolaccaceae,  546 
Piamich,  314 
Picahua,  368 
Picahuay,  369 
Pichiccara,  953 
Pichurin  beans,  866 
Picurullum-sisa,  501 
Pieccacissacj,  511 
Pilea,  334 

angustata,  352 

awomato,  345 

Casirowis,  340 

cordifolia,  346 

crenata,  342 

dauciodora  var.  crenata,  342 

dauciodora  var.  pilosula,  342 

dauciodora  var.  uncidens,  340 

dendrophila,  343 

globosa,  349 

Herrerae,  347 

leptophylla,  342 

mttscosa,  345 

orbiculata,  341 

repens  var.  strigosa,  350 

iarmewsis,  339 

thymifolia,  349 

wwcidens,  340 
Pilostyles,  443 
Pimpinela,  512,  1119 
Pifia,  404,  407 
Pink  family,  578 
Piper,  107 

acuminatum,  19 

acutifolium  var.  subverbascifolium,  249 

aequale,  173 

alatum,  20 

angustifolium,  161 

anonaefolium  var.  rigidulum,  160 

arcuatum,  200 

aromaticum,  56 

asperifolium,  201 

attenuatum,  206 

basellaefolium,  24 

brachystachyum,  45 

callosum  var.  franciscoanum,  143 

caracasanum,  154 

Carpunya,  151 

colubrinum,  156,  160 

concavum,  31 

concinnum,  71 

crystallinum,  35 
dependens,  39 
dolabriforme,  40 


INDEX 


1155 


Piper  elongatum,  161 
emarginatum,  42 
falcatum,  200 
foliiflorum,  47 
glaucescens,  248 
Haenkeanum,  205 
heteromallum,  231 
heterostachyon,  53 
Hookerianum,  242 
inaequalifolium,  56 
laerigatum,  203 

lanceolatum  var.  mucronatum,  225 
laurifolium,  181 
Lesser  tianum,  151,  231 
limatum,  184 

longifolium  var.  pilosum,  247 
Mathewsii,  243 
maynasianum,  176 
monostachyum,  64 
munchanum,  217 

munchanum  var.  magnifolium,  216 
nemorosum,  19 
nigropunctatum   var.   franciscoanum, 

139 

nudilimbum,  253 
nummularifolium,  87 
obliquum,  67 
Opizianum,  68 
pangoense,  223 
paulianum,  205 
pellucidum,  71 
peltatum,  106,  107 
pilosum,  74 
Poeppigii,  143,  217 
pseudo-peruvianum,  208 
purpurascens,  161 
purpureum,  82 
racemosum,  95 
rhombeum,  85 
rotundifolium,  87 
rugosum,  239 
Ruizianum,  197 
salicariaefolium  var.  Lehmannianum, 

182 

salviaefolium,  162 
scabrum,  197 
scandens,  93 
scutatum,  240 
scutellaefolium,  94 
scutellatum,  94 
septemnerve,  96 

si!wfla<7wm  var.  peruvianum,  234 
smilacifolium,  223 
striatum,  97 
tarapotianum,  223 
ierme,  203 
tetragonum,  100 
trinerve,  101 
umbellatum,  106 
umbilicatum,  102 
undeninervium,  236 
variegatum,  103 


Piperaceae,  3 

Piratinera,  316 

Piria,  878 

Pishco  isman,  389,  411,  413,  414 

Pishcuisman,  387,  392,  405 

Pishcumicuna,  392 

Pishcu  muena,  883 

nahu  muena,  925 
Pisonia  macranthocarpa,  518 
Plagioceltis,  272 
Platina-caspi,  422 
Pleiostachyopiper,  253,  1126 
Plettkea,  606 

cryptantha,  608 

macrophylla,  611 

tetrasticha,  611 

Pleuropetalum,  479 
Pleurothyrium,  928 

bifidum,  929 

chrysothyrsus,  916 

ferrugineum,  898 

nobile,  929 

panurense,  929 

parviflorum,  930 
Plumaje  de  la  reina,  987 
Plums,  1063 
Podandrogyne,  987 
Podostemaceae,  1007 
Pokeweed  family,  546 
Polizonis,  641 
Polycarpaea,  628 

filifolia,  628 
Polycarpon,  627 

depressum,  627 

Englerianum,  621 

tetraphyllum,  627 
Polygonaceae,  444 
Polygonum,  449 

acre,  452 

fruticulosum,  453 

glabrum,  452 

scandens,  578 

tamnifolium,  455 

volcanicum,  456 
Polylepis,  1090 

incana  var.  flavipila,  1093 

pallidistigma,  1091 
Polypsecadium  Harmsianum,  975 
Poppy, 933 

family,  933 
Populus  tremula,  260 
Porcelia,  735 

ponderosa,  735 

Saffordiana,  735 

Steinbachii,  735 
Portulaca,  562 

grandiflora,  562 

lanuginosa,  564 

paniculata,  567 

patens,  567 


1156  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Portulaca  racemosa,  567 
simpliciuscula,  566 
triangularis,  567 
Portulacaceae,  562 
Potentilla,  1105 
Pothomorphe,  106 
Lessertiana,  231 
Pourouma,  290 

cuspidata,  292 

-multi fida,  291 

sapida,  292 

triloba,  294 
Pouzolzia,  363 

aspera,  365 

discolor,  365 

procridioides  var.  hirsuta,  364 
Ppucu-ppucu,  78 
Prickly  poppy,  933 
Procris  longifolia,  355,  356 

rugosa,  358 
Prosopis  limensis,  407 
Proteaceae,  367 
Prunus,  1083 

Brittoniana,  1086,  1088 

domestica,  1063 

nummularia,  1087 

pallidistigma,  1091 
Psathyranthus  amazonicus,  393 
Pseudoconnarus,  1120 
Pseudolmedia,  325 

ferruginea,  327 

Hubert,  326 

obliqua,  326 

Pseudosorocea  Sprucei,  313 
Pseudoxandra,  722 
Psittacanthus,  375,  392,  401 

acutifolius,  398 

bicalyculatus,  403 

biternatus,  406 

chanduyensis,  404,  407 

cindws,  404 

clusiifolius,  403 

dichptomus,  393 

falcifrons,  408 

obovatus,  404 

peronopetalus,  406 
Puca  huayo,  523 

lisas,  575 
Puchery,  871 
Puchuppus,  1016,  1017 
Pumachilca,  1031 
Pungara,  290 
Pupa,  400,  406 
Purslane  family,  562 
Puscala,  585 
Pycnophyllopsis,  606 

keraiopetala,  606 
Pycnophyllum,  606 

aculeatum,  611 

carinatum,  598 

corzuermm,  609 

dicranoides,  599 


horizontale,  600 
peruvianum,  603 
spathulatum,  611 
Stuebelii,  609 
tetrastichum,  611 
Pyrus  communis,  1063 

Qqueuna,  1093 
Quassia  amara,  319 
Queuna,  1092,  1093 
Quillai,  1095 
Quillaja,  1095 
Quina,  319 
Quina-quina,  1003 
Quinar,  1091,  1095 
Quince,  1063 
Quinchamalium,  417 

chilense,  419 

Dombeyi,  419 

ericoides,  419 

ffrocite,  419,  420 

linifolium,  419 

majus,  418 
Quinchamoli,  419 
Quinoa,  475,  1094 
Quinua,  475 

Quinual,  1092,  1094,  1095 
Quinuar,  1092 
Quinuares,  1063 
Quinulla,  1079 
Quisa,  333,  334,  347,  350 
Quisa-quisa,  354 
Quisca,  675 

Rabano,  946  . 
Radish,  946 
Rafflesiaceae,  443 
Rafflesia  family,  443 
Raiz  de  China,  537 
Ramram,  268 
Ranunculaceae,  639 
Ranunculus,  647 

aquatilis,  656 

boliviensis,  650 

Bonplandianus,  654 

breviscapus,  1136 

chilensis,  1136 

cochlearifolius,  658 

Cymbalaria  f .  hebecaulis,  653 

erodiifolius,  654 

giganteus,  660 

Gusmanni,  658 

Gusmanni  var.  Krapfia,  659 

Gusmanni  var.  Lechleri,  659 

haemanthus,  659 

humilis,  655 

Lechleri,  659 

macropetalus,  658 

minutus,  651 

psychrophilus,  652 

Raimondii,  659 

Sprucei,  656 

tridentatus,  651 


INDEX 


1157 


Raphanus,  946 
Raral,  369 
Ratago,  485 
Rebis  discolor,  1019 

macrobotrys,  1022 
Rechinger  f.,  K.  H.,  445 
Remolacha,  469 
Renaco,  299,  303,  305,  306,  307,  308 

caspi,  297 
Renaquillo,  302 
Repollo,  945 
Rhamnus  iguaneus,  271 

micranthus,  269 
Rhopala,  371 
Rhopalopodium,  656 

cochlearifolium,  658 

flavum,  658 

Gusmanni,  658 

Gusmanni  var.  Weberbaueri,  658 

haemanthum,  659 

Raimondii,  659 

ranunculinum,  659 

Weberbaueri,  660 
Ribes,  1017 

andicola,  1019 

Dombeyanum,  1024 

glandulosum,  1024 

hirtum,  1019 

Lehmannii,  1025 

Pentlandi,  1020 

sucheziense,  1019 

viscosum  var.  brachybotrys,  1019 

Weddellianum,  1024 
Rima-rima,  659,  660 
Riyina,  550 

inaequalis,  552 

latifolia,  551 

octandra,  549 

peruviana,  550 

secunda,  552 
Roble,  921 

bianco,  895 
Rochido-ey,  411 
Rollinia,  758 

&#Zora,  760 

centrantha,  764 

cordifolia,  754 

curvipetala,  763 

insignis,  762 

jucunda,  762 

microcarpa,  765 

mucosa,  760 

ne^ecia,  760 

occidentalis,  763 

orthopetala,  761 

pachyptera,  764 

papilionella,  762 

peruviana,  761 

pterocarpa,  765 

rigidiflora,  761 

Sieberi,  760 

sphaerantha,  765 


Ulei,  763 

uniflora,  765 
Romerillo,  631 
Ropala,  371 
Rorippa,  964 

indica,  967 
Rosaceae,  1063 
.Rosa  centifolia,  1063 

indica,  1063 
Rose,  1063 

family,  1063 

oil,  867 

Roubieva  multifida,  473 
Roupala,  371 

cordifolia,  375 

macropoda,  371 

peruviana,  373 

Varelana,  373 
Rourea,  1121 
Rubber,  300 
Rubus,  1096 

boliviensis,  1101 

floribundus,  1101 

helioscopus,  1101 

Jelskii,  1098 

ioxensis,  1100 

nubigenus,  1103 

peruvianus,  1101 

porphyromallos,  1099 
Ruizodendron,  726 
Rumex,  445 

divaricatus,  449 

hastulata,  454 

mirabilis,  447 

tolimensis,  448 
Rupala,  371 
Ruprechtia,  462 

Sabina,  728 
Sacha-chullcu,  41,  66 
Sacha-culantro,  567 
Sacha  limon,  817 

umapu,  1080 
Sacha-oj6,  306 
Sachaparaquay,  533,  535 
Sacha-quinua,  473 
Sacha-yuyu,  71 
Sagina,  580 

ciliata,  580 

crassifolia,  581 

humifusa,  581 

Linnaei,  581 

procumbens,  580 

quitensis,  581 

saginoides,  581 
Salicaceae,  260 
Salicornia,  469 

tatofta,  469 

equisetifolia,  470 

Gaudichaudiana,  469 

2Veei,  470 

peruviana,  469 


1158  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY — BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Salix,  260,  403 

babylonica,  260 

Humboldtiana,  260 
Salpianthus  pyriformis,  528 
Salta-perico,  368 
Salvia,  382 
Sanango,  699 
Sanchalli,  960 
Sandal  wood  family,  416 
Sangorache,  485 
Sanguinaria,  500 
Sanguisorba,  1119 
Santalaceae,  416 
Santa  Maria,  107 
Santo  Torne,  556 
Saponin,  554 
Sapote,  998 
Sarcogonum  chilense,  454 

fruticulosum,  453 

tamnifolium,  455 

volcanicum,  456 
Sarcostyles,  1033 

peruviana,  1036 
Sauce,  261 

lloron,  260 
Saxifraga,  1016 

Boussingaultii,  1017 

cordillerarum,  1016 

peruviana,  1016 
Saxifragaceae,  1015 
Saxifrage,  1016 

family,  1015 
Schilleria  callosa,  143 

Carpunya,  146 

Churumayu,  149 

heterophylla,  172 

indecora,  176 

lanceaefolia,  180 

laurifolia,  181 

lineata,  184 

longifolia,  186 

obovata,  199 

velutina,  249 
Schindleria,  552 

mollis,  552 

racemosa,  552 

rivinoides,  553 

rosea,  553 
Schinus  Molle,  403 
Schoepfia,  426 

Schreberi,  1130 
Schunke,  Carlos,  1003 
Sciadotenia,  687 

candicans,  686 
Scleranthus  peruvianus,  603 
Sedum  andinum,  1010 

Berillonanum,  1010 

Dyvrandae,  1011 

Grandyi,  1011 
Seguieria,  557 
Senimoro-ey,  425,  768 
Serturnera  glauca,  492 


Sesuvium,  559 

Setico,  281,  287,  288,  289,  290,  294 

Shalle,  1057 

Shepherd's  purse,  952 

Siari  chal,  287 

Sicuta,  654 

Siejos,  430 

Siempreviva,  512,  1016 

Silene,  634 

andicola,  637 

Aucheriana,  634 

gallica,  636 

thysanodes,  637 
Silk-oak,  367 
Silvaea  pachyphylla,  573 
Sinapis  juncea,  945 

nigra,  945 
Siparuna,  791 

apicifera,  805 

auriculata,  818 

buddkiifolia,  810 

calocarpa,  801 

cristata,  814 

Eggersii,  806 

gesnerioides,  805 

grandiflora,  802,  809 

moZHs,  809 

Mottraet,  806 

parvifolia,  812 

riparia,  807 

Tonduziana,  814 
Sipra  muena,  899 
Sisymbrium,  973 

amplexicaule,  976 

anomalum,  979 

athrocarpum,  981 

bonariense,  965 

calycinum,  970 

ciliolatum,  972 

depressum,  981 

/ragiie,  977 

leptocarpum,  978 

Mandonii,  965 

Meyenii,  978 

myriophyllum,  981,  982 

Nasturtium-aquaticum,  966 

pinnatum,  975 

Sinapis,  967 

spathulifolium,  972 

titicacense,  981,  983 
Siuba,  1027 
Siuchi  caspi,  868 
Smegmadermos,  1095 
Smith,  Albert  C.,  766 
Soaresia  nitida,  314 
Soliman,  641,  655 
Somphoxylon,  693 

l/Zei,  694 
Sorocea,  311 

amazonica,  312 

castaneifolia,  312 


INDEX 


1159 


Sorocea  Klotzschiana,  312 

Steinbachii,  312,  313 
Sparattanthelium,  932 

Sprucei,  933 

tupiniquinorum,  932 
Spergula  arvensis,  628 

grandis,  631 

villosa,  633 
Spergularia,  628 

collina,  617 

macrocarpa,  631 

marginata,  632 

marina,  632 

Spergulastrum  lanuginosum,  600 
Spinacia  oleracea,  469 
Sponia  Chichilea,  269 

macrophylla,  269 

micrantha,  269 

peruviana,  269 
Ssaire,  263 
Standley,  Paul  C.,  299,  420,  421,  444, 

469,  478,  518,  638,  935 
Steffensia  acutifolia,  131 

asperifolia,  138 

crocata,  155 

elongata,  161 

evonymifolia,  180 

obliqua,  197 

Opi2M,  201 

Poeppigii,  217 

pseudo-churumayu,  216 

secunda,  231 

tuberculata,  246 
Stellaria,  591 

ciliata,  592 

tarns,  597,  609 

lanuginosa,  594,  600 

toxa,  600 

leptopetala,  592 

leptosepala,  592 

lycopodioides,  609 

nemorum,  592 

prostrata,  592 
Stereoxylon,  1025 

corymbosum,  1027 

cuneifolium,  1027 

paniculatum,  1029 

patens,  1030 

pendulum,  1030 

resinosum,  1032 
Steriphoma,  1005 
Steyermark,  Julian  A.,  936,  1119 
Stichophyllum  bryoides,  608 
Strawberry,  1063 
Streptanthus  Englerianus,  967 
Struthanthus,  390,  409 

marginatus  var.  paniculatus,  415 

nitens,  412 

ovalifolius,  392 

polyrrhizos,  415 

rubens,  411 


syringifolius,  411 

thyrsiflorus,  411 
Strychnodaphne  puberula,  907 
Suaeda,  470 

divancata  var.  tenuifolia,  470 

tenuifolia,  470 
Suelda  con  suelda,  389,  391,  392,  405, 

406,  411,  414 
Suichi-parinari,  1082 
Sumpi,  241 
Supinum,  260 
Sweet  alyssum,  967 
Symmeria,  462 
Synandropus,  694 

Tabaco  de  lagarto,  452 
Tacona,  281 
Tacuma,  281 
Tacuna,  281 
Tafalla,  257 

glauca,  258 

racemosa,  259 

scabra,  260 

Taguaria  punctata,  396 
Talinum,  567 

album,  569 

caulescens,  569 

ciliatum,  569 

crassifolium,  571 

crenatum,  570 

dichotomum,  567 

lingulatum,  570 

paniculatum,  567,  571 

patens,  567 

polyandrum,  572 

reflexum,  567 
Tamamuri,  319 
Tamara,  1006 
Tancar,  672 
Tandonia  diffusa,  576 

filiformis,  577 
Tangarana,  460,  462,  466,  467 

blanca,  467 

mashau,  462 
Tapia,  1006 
Tashango  Colorado,  843 

corazon  negro,  902 
Tassta,  1029,  1030 
Tataco,  487 
Tauchchalli,  601 
Telanthera  andicola,  502 

Bangii,  503 

Bettzickiana,  495 

brasiliana,  495 

capituliflora,  495 

carocasawa,  508 

densiflora,  499 

dentata,  496 

elongata,  497 

elongata  var.  nigriceps,  498 

ficoidea,  498 

frutescens,  499 


1160  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Telanthera  frutescens  var.  acutifolia,  499 

frutescens  var.  manillensis,  499 

glomerata,  506 

gomphrenoides,  506 

gomphrenoides  var.  ovata,  1133 

halimifolia,  499 

lanceolata,  500 

lupulina,  502 

luzuloides,  503 

Meyeriana,  503 

mexicana,  503 

microcephala,  503 

Moquini,  496 

nana,  497 

paniculata,  503 

peruviana,  504 

philoxer aides,  505 

picta,  494 

porrigens,  506 

pubiflora,  506 

pubiflora  var.  glomerata,  506 

pungens,  507 

ramosissima,  495 

Riveti,  506 

tomentosa,  509 

tmxiZZerms,  499 

villosa,  509 

Tetraglochin  strictum,  1116 
Tetragonia,  559 

angustifolia,  561 

expansa,  558 

tetragonoides,  560 
Tetrastylidium,  1131 
Tetratome,  784 

latifolia,  788 

racemosa,  789 

iri^ora,  789 
Thalictrum,  642 
Thelypodium  lasiophyllum,  974 

macrorrhizum,  978 
Thistle  oil,  933 
Thlaspi  Bursa-pastoris,  952 
Thouinia  integrifolia,  556 
Thurpa,  569 
Tiaca,  1045 
Tigre-tigre,  360 
Tihua,  923 
Tihuha,  923 

Tildenia  peruviana,  73,  102 
Tillaea,  1008 

connata,  1008 

peduncularis,  1009 

rubescens,  1008 
Tiri  encarnado,  1032 
Tissa,  628 

Stuebelii,  633 
Tocte,  264 
Toen,  1066 

Topamaka  blanca,  525 
Torrubia,  527 
Tovaria,  1006 
Tovariaceae,  1006 


Trelease,  William,  3 
Trema,  269 

canescens,  269 

Chichilea,  269 

enantiophylla,  273 

micrantha,  270 
Trianthema,  562 

monanthogyna,  562 
Trichostigma,  549 
Tricyda  peruviana,  530 

spinosa,  531 
Trigonella,  1007 
Trigyneia  grandis,  739 

Matthewsii,  739 
Triplaris,  463 

americana,  465 

boliviano,  466 

guayaquilensis,  468 

hispida,  467 

longifolia,  467 

Trommsdorffia  pulverulenta,  507 
Trompetero,  492 

-sanango,  699 
Trompo  huayo,  427 
Trophis,  308 

americana  var.  meridionalis,  308 
Troxirum  filiforme,  45 
Trymatococcus,  330 

paraensis,  330 

turbinatus,  330 
Tsacpa,  368 
Tulpay,  315 
Tunacongona,  49 
Tunta,  575 
Tupeg,  274 
Tuppassaire,  263 
Turritis  hispidula,  977 

Uchpa-umari,  1074 
Ucufe-ey,  780 
Ucuguifise,  394 
Ul  juku,  576 
Ullucos,  574 
Ullucu,  576 
Ullucus,  574 

Kunthii,  575 
Ulmaceae,  268 
Umbooba,  282 
Umbu,  555 
Unonopsis,  737 

floribunda,  741 

gracilis,  740 

grandis,  739 

Matthewsii,  739 

obovata,  740 

peruviana,  739 

polyphleba,  722 

stipitata,  742 

veneficiorum,  741 

Williamsii,  738 
Urbanodoxa,  944 


INDEX 


1161 


Urera,  361 

acuminata,  362 

capitata  var.  Pavonii,  362 

caracasana  var.  Miqueli,  362 

caracasana  var.  subpeltata,  362 

Jacquini,  362 

Jacquini  var.  Miqueli,  362 

Jacquini  var.  subpeltata,  362 

subpeltata,  362 
Uritumicuna,  1096 
Urostigma  casapiense,  302 

geminum,  302 

Matthewsii,  305 

paraense,  306 
Urtica,  332 

aestuans,  366 

andicoZa,  332 

arvensis,  343 

baccifera,  361 

ballotaefolia,  333 

bracteata,  334 

caracasana,  362 

cymosa,  347 

dauciodora,  340 

dtc/iroa,  341,  342 

hirsuta,  343 

laciniata,  363 

limoniodora,  339 

marginata,  344 

multiflora,  345 

nummularifolia,  346 

rmtans,  347 

pulegifolia,  348 

punctata,  349 

serpyllacea,  349 

thymifolia,  349 
Urticaceae,  331 
Ushun  muena,  843 
Uspai-manchinga,  309 
Uvadelmonte,  691 
Uvaria  ferruginea,  747 

spectabilis,  729 
Uvilla,  292,  293,  294,  295 

Vaca-nahui-huasca,  685 
Vaccinium,  381 
Verdolaga,  564,  565 
Vichaya,  999,  1002 
Victoria,  638 
Villadia,  1009 

stricta,  1011 
ViZZawz'ZZa  octandra,  549 

peruviana,  550 

tinctoria,  550 
Virola,  776 

Mocoa,  783 

peruviana  var.  tomentosa,  783 

wnosa  var.  Pavonis,  782 

•ffiMO,  780 
Viscaria,  634 
Viseum  chrysostachyum,  380 

clavatum,  380 


crassttZotdes,  380 
globuliflorum,  380 
obliquum,  387 
Vitmania  viscosa,  545 

Waira  caspi,  318 
Walnut,  263 
Watercress,  964 
Water-lily,  638 

family,  638 
Weberbauera,  971 

densiflora,  972 
WedeZia  incarnata,  535 
Wedeliella  incarnata,  535 
Weeping  willow,  260 
Weinmannia,  1044 

alnifolia,  1054 

Baccariniana,  1056 

Balbisiana,  1053 

Bangii,  1055 

bi/wfo,  1058 

6i/lda  f.  aZata,  1061 

boliviensis,  1053 

cordaia,  1054,  1057 

corymbosa,  1044 

dentata,  1044 

diversifolia,  1050,  1058 

dryadifolia,  1048 

elliptica,  1058 

fagaroides,  1056,  1062 

guanacasana,  1048 

heterophylla,  1051,  1054 

Mrta,  1057,  1062 

intermedia,  1044 

macrophylla,  1051 

marginata,  1058 

microphylla,  1057,  1062,  1063 

microphylla  var.  parvifolia,  1056 

ocaZts  var.  elliptica,  1053 

ouata,  1048 

parvifolia,  1056 

parvifolia  var.  tenuior,  1057 

pubescens,  1050 

rugosa,  1055 

sambucina,  1050 

sessiliflora,  1060 

subcordata,  1054 

swZcato,  1054 

tomentosa,  1051 

trichosperma,  1044 
Werdermanwia  pinnata,  975 
Willow,  260 

family,  260 
Windmannia,  1044 
Winteraceae,  699 
Winter's  bark,  700 
Woad,  951 
Wormseed,  472 

Xeraea  decumbens,  510 
Haenkeana,  513 
umbellata,  513 


1162  FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY— BOTANY,  VOL.  XIII 


Xylopia,  743 

aromatica,  745 

barbata,  745 

Benthamii,  746 

calycina,  743 

conjungens,  745 

cuspidata,  747 

densiflora,  744 

frutescens,  756 

ligustrifolia,  745 

micans,  744 

peruviana,  746 

Poeppigii,  747 

ruscifolia,  745 

usitata,  745 
Xylopicrum  ligustrifolium,  745 

Yacu  shutiri,  452 
Yakumuena,  844 
Yana  muco,  524 

-caspi,  270 

-quisa,  333 

waska,  714 


Yasmich,  314 
Yerba  blanca,  500 

centilla,  655 

de  gallinazo,  474 

del  moro,  509 

de  perlilla,  1116 

de  polio,  508 

de  la  sangre,  490 
Yntutu  caspi,  526 
Yumbi,  556 
Yuncaquisa,  347 
Yuno,  714 
Yurac-ckolla,  575 
Yurac-lisas,  575 
Yututo  caspi,  1002 

Zacapota,  62 
Zacpa,  368 
Zapato  difunto,  436 
Zarzamora,  1102 
Zauchama  caspi,  307 
Zoczocma,  457 
Zygakhemilla  pinnata,  1113 


1HE  LIBRARY  OF  THE 

MAR  15  1939 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS 


FLORA  OF  PERU 


BY 


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THE  LIBRARY  OF  THE 

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UNIVERSITY  OF  JLUNOIS 


BOTANICAL  SERIES 

FIELD  MUSEUM  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY 
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OCTOBER  31,  1938 


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