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BIOLOGY 


TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V 


LOUIS  0.  WILLIAMS 


FIELDIANA:   BOTANY 
VOLUME  29,  NUMBER  10 

Published  by 
CHICAGO  NATURAL  HISTORY  MUSEUM 

JUNE  17,  1963 

BIOLOGY 


TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V 


LOUIS  0.  WILLIAMS 

Curator,  Central  American  Botany 


FIELDIANA:   BOTANY 

VOLUME  29,  NUMBER  10 

Published  by 

CHICAGO  NATURAL  HISTORY  MUSEUM 
JUNE  17,  1963 


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Tropical  American  Plants,  V 

The  notes  which  make  up  this  paper  result  from  the  study  of 
materials  sent  for  determination  and,  especially,  from  the  study 
of  the  Melastomaceae  in  revising  that  family  for  the  Flora  of  Guate- 
mala. 

I  wish  to  express  my  thanks  to  those  in  charge  of  the  several 
herbaria  where  I  have  gone  to  study  the  collections  or  who  have  lent 
critical  specimens:  United  States  National  Herbarium,  New  York 
Botanical  Garden,  Gray  Herbarium,  Arnold  Arboretum,  Missouri 
Botanical  Garden,  Lundell  Herbarium,  University  of  Florida,  Uni- 
versity of  California,  Escuela  Agricola  Panamericana  and  University 
of  Michigan.  Several  persons  have  been  most  generous  with  their 
time  or  specimens:  John  J.  Wurdack,  H.  W.  Rickett  and  Marcela 
Cruz  de  Crary. 

These  studies  and  travel  to  other  herbaria  have  been  made  pos- 
sible by  a  grant  from  the  National  Science  Foundation. 

The  previous  paper  in  this  series  appeared  in  Brittonia,  14 : 441- 
446.  1962. 

PINACEAE 

The  Museum  library  has  just  received  a  copy  of  a  pamphlet  by 
J.  Ignacio  Aguilar  G.,  entitled  Pinos  de  Guatemala.  A  note  on  the 
back  cover  states  that  the  publication  was  first  circulated  in  May 
1953  and  that  the  second  edition  (presumably  the  one  in  hand)  was 
issued  in  November  1958;  but  the  note  is  dated  May  1961. 

In  the  pamphlet  a  new  form  of  pine  is  described;  an  old  name  for 
a  Guatemalan  pine  is  put  into  a  new  combination  as  a  form;  a  new 
species  is  described  but  is  said  to  date  back  to  1942,  possibly  in  a 
Catalogo  del  Museo  National  de  Ciencias  Naturales  de  La  Aurora  (in 
our  copy  of  which  the  name  does  not  appear) .  None  of  these  names 
are  properly  published  and  have  no  validity. 

ANONACEAE 

Unonopsis  R.  E.  Fries  is  a  small  genus  of  some  25  species.  Three 
species  have  been  recorded  from  Central  America  and  Panama: 

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546  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

U.  Pittieri  Safford  from  the  Canal  Zone;  U.  Schippii  Fries  from 
British  Honduras  but  reduced  by  Standley  in  Flora  of  Guatemala  to 
U.  Pittieri,  perhaps  incorrectly  so;  and  U.  costaricensis  Fries  from 
the  Meseta  Central  of  Costa  Rica.  In  addition  to  those,  U.  Storkii 
is  described  below.  It  is  a  lowland  species,  but  one  in  which  the 
monocarpia  are  somewhat  elongated  and  have  two  to  several  seeds. 
Another  species,  which  is  apparently  undescribed,  occurs  in  the  Pal- 
mar region  of  Costa  Rica.  It  is  a  small  tree  (4  m.)  with  narrowly 
elliptic  leaves,  the  secondary  nerves  widely  separated  (1  cm.  or 
usually  nearly  2  cm.)  and  relatively  few;  the  pedicels  are  subfiliform, 
not  thick  as  in  all  other  species. 

Unonopsis  Storkii  Standl.  &  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva  usque  ad  5  m.  Folia  late  oblanceolata,  breviter  acuminata,  base 
obtusa  vel  rotundata,  nervi  laterales  utrinque  15-20;  inflorescentia  uniflora  vel 
fascicula  biflora;  sepala  3,  triangularia,  pubescens;  petala  6,  impar,  exteriora 
pubescens,  valvata,  cochleata,  subtriangularia,  crassa,  interiora  parva,  cochleata, 
transverse  rhombica,  crassa,  extus  medium  sericea;  monocarpia  6  vel  plura, 
ovoidea,  sericea;  semina  discoidea. 

Small  tree  to  5  m.,  branchlets  slender,  terete,  densely  but  inconspicuously 
puberulent,  becoming  glabrous,  internodes  2.5-4.5  cm.  apart;  leaves  broadly 
oblanceolate,  short-acuminate,  obtuse  or  rounded  at  the  narrow  base,  glabrous 
except  the  nerves  below  inconspicuously  pubescent,  secondary  nerves  about  15-20 
on  each  side,  blade  25-35  cm.  long  and  6.5-12  cm.  broad  well  above  the  middle; 
petiole  thick  and  fleshy,  0.5-0.8  cm.  long  and  0.3-0.5  mm.  thick;  inflorescence 
1  flower,  or  2-flowered  fascicles  from  old  wood,  the  peduncle  stout,  with  a  bract 
at  the  middle  or  below,  ferruginous-pubescent,  1-2  cm.  long;  sepals  3,  triangular, 
ferruginous-pubescent,  about  2-3  mm.  long;  petals  6,  in  2  series;  petals  of  outer 
series  valvate,  strongly  cochleate  and  subtriangular  in  outline,  fleshy  especially  at 
the  apex,  densely  ferruginous  or  sericeous-pubescent  outside,  7-8  mm.  long  and 
nearly  as  broad;  petals  of  inner  series  smaller,  cochleate,  transversely  rhombic, 
very  fleshy,  glabrous  except  along  the  median  line  dorsally,  about  4.5  mm.  long 
and  slightly  broader;  torus  when  mature  spherical,  bearing  several  (6  or  more) 
stipitate  monocarpia;  monocarpia  ovoid,  puberulent,  becoming  glabrous,  to  2  cm. 
long  and  1.5  cm.  in  diameter,  stipe  about  0.5  cm.  long,  stout;  seeds  2-6  in  each 
monocarpium,  flattened  and  sublenticular,  with  a  prominent  median  ridge  around 
the  center,  surface  prominently  pitted,  about  1  cm.  long  and  about  as  broad, 
2-3  mm.  thick  along  the  border. 

COSTA  RICA:  "Flower  parts  leathery,  dull  yellow,  fruits  now  olive- 
green,  in  fact  looking  like  olives;  the  seeds  seem  to  be  wafer-like, 
packed  tandem,  about  6  to  each  fruit;  5  meter  tree  in  understory 
beneath  Cativo,  Carapa,  etc.";  6  miles  upstream  from  mouth  of 
Estrella  River,  Prov.  Limon,  Apr.  19,  1952,  Harvey  E.  Stork  4608 
(UC,  type;  F). 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  547 

PANAMA:  Small  tree,  Changuinola  Valley,  Prov.  Bocas  del  Toro, 
Feb.  22,  1924,  V.  C.  Dunlap  (F). 

The  several  seeds  in  each  monocarpium  seem  to  distinguish  this 
species  from  others  in  the  area;  the  ovoid,  puberulent  monocarpia 
are  distinctive  also.  The  description  of  the  flowers  was  made  from 
buds  at  point  of  anthesis. 

STAPHYLEACEAE 

Turpinia  heterophylla  (Ruiz  &  Pavon)  Harms  &  Loess.,  Engler, 
Bot.  Jahrb.  37:  575.  1906.  Staphylea  heterophylla  Ruiz  &  Pavon, 
Fl.  Peruv.  et  Chil.  3:  29,  t.  253.  1802. 

COSTA  RICA:  Flowers  white,  edge  of  sphagnum  bog,  next  to  Pan 
American  highway  between  km.  18  and  20  from  El  Empalme  to 
Villa  Mills,  Prov.  San  Jose*,  alt.  2700  m.,  Aug.  15,  1960,  Marcela 
Cruz  165. 

Two  other  species  of  Turpinia  are  known  in  Costa  Rica.  This 
Andean  species,  reported  for  the  first  time  for  North  America,  was 
among  a  fine  collection  of  plants  made  by  Miss  Cruz  in  the  Cordillera 
de  Talamanca. 

RHAMNACEAE 
Rhamnus  oreodendron  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva;  folia  oblongo-lanceolata  vel  lanceolata,  acuminata;  inflorescentia 
fascicula  1-4-flora  in  axilla  foliorum;  calyx  5-lobata,  lobis  triangularis,  crassis; 
petala  obovata,  retusa,  cochleata;  fructa  baccata. 

Small  trees  with  slender,  terete,  sparsely  sericeous-pubescent  branchlets  which 
become  glabrous  with  age;  leaves  alternate,  blade  oblong-lanceolate  or  lanceolate, 
crenulate,  acuminate,  base  obtuse  or  rounded,  glabrous  except  the  veins  sparsely 
sericeous-pubescent  below,  only  the  mid-vein  pubescent  above,  darker  green  above 
than  below,  3-7  cm.  long  and  1.5-3.5  cm.  broad,  petiole  slender,  sericeous,  about 
1-1.5  cm.  long,  the  stipules  sericeous,  linear,  about  2.5  mm.  long;  inflorescence  a 
1-4-flowered  axillary  fascicle,  pedicels  9-14  mm.  long,  sparsely  sericeous-pubes- 
cent; calyx  5-lobed,  apparently  valvate  in  bud,  hypanthium  and  calyx  about 
4  mm.  long  in  flower,  glabrescent,  the  calyx  lobes  triangular,  acute,  somewhat 
fleshy,  about  2.5  mm.  long  and  as  broad  at  the  base;  petals  obovate,  retuse,  cune- 
ate  to  the  base,  cochleate,  inconspicuous,  about  1.5  mm.  long,  borne  from  a  torus- 
like  process  between  the  calyx  lobes;  stamens  borne  from  the  base  of  the  petals 
and  partially  enclosed  by  them;  style  about  1  mm.  long;  fruit  baccate,  spherical, 
glabrous,  about  6-7  mm.  in  diameter  (nearly  mature). 

COSTA  RICA:  Small  tree  with  black  fruit,  in  sphagnum  bog  along 
Pan  American  highway  between  km.  18  and  20  from  El  Empalme  to 


548  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Villa  Mills  [Cordillera  de  Talamanca],  Prov.  San  Jose",  alt.  2,700  m., 
July  7,  1960,  Marcela  Cruz  186  (F,  type;  FLAS). 

There  are  no  close  relatives  in  North  America ;  however,  Rhamnus 
Goudotiana  Tr.  &  PI.,  which  is  not  uncommon  in  the  Andes  of  Co- 
lombia, is  similar.  Our  species  is  distinguished  in  having  the  calyx 
lobes  persistent  at  least  to  nearly  mature  fruit,  not  circumscissile 
soon  after  an  thesis  as  is  the  case  with  nearly  all  other  species;  peti- 
oles are  longer  and  leaf  blades  are  differently  shaped  and  broader 
in  relation  to  length. 

The  type  material  is  in  nearly  mature  fruit  with  a  few  old  flowers 
present. 

FLACOURTIACEAE 

Casearia  coronata  Standl.  &  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  vel  frutex  usque  ad  2  m.  altus.  Folia  elliptica  vel  elliptico-oblanceo- 
lata,  acuminata,  breviter  petiolata;  inflorescentia  fasciculata;  sepala  biseriata, 
late  ovata,  obovata  vel  orbicularia;  stamina  ±8;  filamenta  et  staminodia  in  corona 
connata,  staminodia  barbata. 

Small  trees  or  shrubs,  about  2  m.  tall,  branches  slender,  grayish,  puberulent, 
soon  glabrate,  leaves  short-petiolate,  elliptic  to  elliptic-oblanceolate,  acuminate, 
glabrous,  with  about  six  main  lateral  nerves  on  each  side,  the  blade  10-20  cm. 
long  and  3-7  cm.  broad;  petiole  short,  puberulent  or  glabrate,  about  1  cm.  long; 
inflorescences  fasciculate,  several-many-flowered,  borne  in  the  axils  of  leaves  or 
on  the  branches  between  leaf  internodes;  peduncles  puberulent,  3-4  mm.  long, 
dehiscent  near  the  apex;  flowers  medium-sized  (for  the  genus),  pedicel  1.5-2  mm. 
long,  puberulent;  calyx  lobes  5-6,  in  two  series  and  somewhat  dissimilar,  some 
(inner  ones)  broadly  obovate-orbicular  and  unguiculate,  some  (outer  ones) 
broadly  ovate  or  ovate-orbicular,  puberulent,  mostly  3-4  mm.  long  and  3-3.5  mm. 
broad;  petals  none;  stamens  about  8,  2.5-3  mm.  long,  alternating  and  connate 
with  staminodes  of  about  equal  length  into  a  corona;  the  staminodes  flattened, 
conspicuously  pilose-barbate  on  the  apices;  stigma  entire,  short,  about  1  mm. 
long;  fruits  (fide  Stork)  "turning  red,  somewhat  triangular";  ovary  at  anthesis 
1.5-2  mm.  long,  puberulent. 

COSTA  RICA:  Perianth  pale  green,  small  tree  of  2  meters,  only  2 
fruits  seen,  turning  red,  somewhat  triangular,  6  miles  inland  from 
mouth  of  Estrella  River,  Prov.  Limon,  Apr.  21,  1952,  Harvey  E. 
Stork  4616  (type,  F;  UC). 

Most  closely  related  to  C.  javitensis  var.  myriantha  (Turcz.)  L. 
Wms.  of  the  species  recorded  from  Central  America  and  Panama. 
The  leaves  are  not  coriaceous  and  not  at  all  glossy;  the  perianth 
segments  are  much  broader  and  somewhat  larger;  the  relatively  large 
corona,  made  up  of  the  staminodes  and  adnate  filaments,  is  distinc- 
tive as  is  the  prominent  "beard"  at  the  apex  of  each  staminode. 
Unfortunately,  mature  fruits  are  not  present. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  549 

MELASTOMACEAE 

There  are  some  200  genera  and  perhaps  4,000-5,000  species  of  the 
Melastomaceae.  Approximately  two-thirds  of  these  are  in  the  neo- 
tropics,  the  rest  in  the  tropics  of  the  old  world. 

The  family  is  a  fascinating  one  and  often  the  individual  species 
are  most  attractive.  Many  of  the  species,  however,  are  small-flow- 
ered, especially  among  the  Miconieae.  In  that  subfamily  the  genera 
(and  often  the  species)  are  very  difficult  to  separate.  There  are 
really  no  satisfactory  boundaries  between  many  of  the  genera.  Sec- 
tions of  Miconia  often  seem  more  distinct  than  some  of  the  genera 
that  are  maintained.  There  is  obviously  need  for  a  study  of  generic 
boundaries  of  many  genera  but  especially  of  Miconia  and  the  sev- 
eral genera  closely  allied  to  it.  This  work  can  best  be  done  by  a 
student  who  can  devote  much  time  to  the  study  of  this  complex 
assemblage. 

In  the  preparation  of  the  manuscript  for  the  Flora  of  Guatemala 
the  material  available  from  Mexico,  Central  America,  the  Caribbean 
region  and  South  America  has  been  studied  with  the  hope  that  the 
account  prepared  would  be  as  accurate  as  possible.  More  critical 
study  will  certainly  indicate  other  desirable  changes.  The  study  of 
the  vast  genus  Miconia  has  been  especially  difficult  and  a  better 
understanding  of  it  is  desirable. 

Aciotis  Levyana  Cogn.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14,  pt.  3:  460.  1885. 

The  species  was  described  originally  from  Nicaragua  (Levy  1+97, 
phototype  F).  I  have  seen  specimens  from  Guatemala,  British  Hon- 
duras, Honduras,  Nicaragua,  Costa  Rica,  Panama  and  Colombia. 
There  are  four  sheets  in  the  Lundell  Herbarium  from  British  Hon- 
duras (Gentle  8249,  8403,  8610,  9248),  the  first  seen  from  the  colony 
although  the  species  had  been  reported. 

Arthrostemma  Ruiz  &  Pavon,  Fl.  Peruv.  4:  t.  326.  1802,  as 
Arthrostema;  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  138.  1891.  Heteronoma 
DC.  Prodr.  3:122.  1828. 

In  Guatemala  there  are  three  species  of  Arthrostemma  which  I 
am  able  to  distinguish  one  from  the  other.  No  others  occur  in  Cen- 
tral America  or  Panama. 

Arthrostemma  alatum  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  28:  35. 
1871. 


550  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Originally  described  from  Venezuela  and  now  known  also  from 
Mexico,  Guatemala,  El  Salvador,  Costa  Rica  and  Panama.  The 
alate  stems  and  relatively  short  sessile  hypanthium  distinguish  the 
species  superficially. 

Arthrostemma  parvifolium  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7: 
143.  1891.  A.  apodocarpum  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  37:  210.  1904. 

Originally  described  from  Guatemala,  now  known  also  from 
Mexico  and  British  Honduras.  The  sessile  fertile  flowers  distin- 
guish this  from  the  following  species,  the  long  hypanthium  from 
A.  alatum. 

Arthrostemma  ciliatum  Ruiz  &  Pa  von,  I.e.;  Cogn.  I.e.  140. 
A.  fragile  Lindl.  Journ.  Hort.  Soc.  3:  74.  1847;  Cogn.  I.e.  Hetero- 
noma  campanulare  Naud.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  14:  153.  1850.  A. 
campanulare  Triana,  I.e.  35,  non  DC.  1828.  A.  macrodesmum  Gleason 
ex  Williams,  Fl.  Trinidad  356,  357.  1934. 

Traditionally  two  species  have  been  set  apart  in  Mexico  and 
Central  America  for  the  material  which  I  would  associate  with  an 
older  name  (A.  ciliatum}  based  on  South  American  material.  These 
two  species,  A.  fragile  Lindl.  and  A.  macrodesmum  Gleason  [A.  cam- 
panulare (Naud.)  Triana],  have  been  separated  on  the  comparative 
length  of  the  connective  and  anther  cells  of  the  stamens  borne 
opposite  the  sepal  lobes.  If  the  connective  was  much  shorter  than 
the  anther  cell  the  plant  was  called  A.  fragile;  if  the  two  were  about 
equal  in  length  or  the  connective  was  longer  the  plant  was  called 
A.  macrodesmum.  Abundant  material  of  this  complex  is  available  but 
more  often  than  not  the  petals  and  stamens,  which  are  fugaceous, 
are  not  available  on  the  specimens.  When  these  characters  are  vis- 
ible they  usually  hold  for  any  given  specimen.  There  are,  however, 
specimens  that  might  as  well  go  into  one  as  the  other  of  these  two 
species.  Furthermore,  while  the  anthers  in  this  complex  are  usually 
dimorphic — those  opposite  the  sepals  in  one  series,  those  opposite 
the  petals  in  another — this  is  not  always  the  case  and  all  anthers  may 
be  similar.  The  appendages  of  the  anthers  show  considerable  vari- 
ation, which  is  possibly  of  no  or  but  little  taxonomic  significance, 
and  I  find  no  mention  of  it. 

My  knowledge  of  A.  ciliatum  R.  &  P.  is  based  on  the  original 
plate  and  a  Ruiz  and  Pavon  specimen  in  our  herbarium  received 
from  "antique  herbario  generali,  Herbario  Horti  Botanici  Matriten- 
sis,"  numbered  11/93,  and  collected  in  Cuchero. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  551 

Bellucia  Rafinesque  is  a  small  genus  of  eight  or  ten  not  very  dis- 
tinct species,  mostly  of  northern  South  America.  Several  have  been 
reported  in  tropical  North  America,  mostly  perhaps  in  error,  but 
until  the  material  is  brought  together  and  revised  no  very  secure 
idea  may  be  had  of  them.  Two  species  are  currently  distinguished 
from  our  area,  B.  grossularioides  and  B.  costaricensis.  They  seem  to 
me  dubiously  distinct  but  will  be  maintained  in  the  Flora  of  Guate- 
mala. 

Bellucia  grossularioides  (L.)  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  28: 
141.  1871.  Melastoma  grossularioides  L.  Sp.  PI.  390.  1753. 

The  oldest  species  in  the  genus  and  one  of  the  most  widely  dis- 
tributed. In  North  America  we  have  material  from  Guatemala, 
British  Honduras,  and  Panama,  and  it  is  doubtless  this  species  that 
is  reported  from  Mexico  by  Hemsley  (Biol.  Centr.-Am.  Bot.  1:  432. 
1880)  as  B.  macrophylla  (D.  Don)  Naud.  In  South  America  it  is  in 
the  Guianas,  Venezuela,  Colombia,  and  Ecuador. 

This  species  may  be  distinguished  from  B.  costaricensis  by  in- 
florescences usually  1-flowered  and  borne  in  the  axils  of  existing 
leaves,  not  several  or  even  short  cymes  borne  usually  on  old  wood; 
the  calyx  ruptures  into  unequal  lobes  and  usually  soon  falls  away, 
while  in  B.  costaricensis  the  lobes  are  usually  5  and  quite  regular 
and  apparently  persistent.  The  nerves  of  the  leaves  of  this  species 
might  be  described  as  5-plinerved  while  those  of  B.  costaricensis 
might  better  be  described  as  5-nerved,  the  lowest  lateral  originating 
at  or  near  the  base  while  the  higher  lateral  pair  originate  usually 
1  cm.  or  more  higher  along  the  mid-nerve.  This  last  character, 
however,  is  probably  of  no  value  and  more  apparent  than  real. 

Bellucia  costaricensis  Cogn.  Bull.  Soc.  Bot.  Belg.  30  (1) :  264. 
1891;  Cogn.  in  Durand  &  Pittier,  Prim.  Fl.  Cost.  1:  167.  1891. 

The  species  was  based  on  material  from  Costa  Rica  and  was 
doubtless  seen  by  Cogniaux  too  late  to  put  it  into  his  monograph 
of  the  family,  even  though  it  was  published  in  the  same  year.  He 
gave  no  reason  for  distinguishing  it  from  other  species  of  the  genus, 
and  I  find  very  little  except  that  mentioned  under  the  preceding 
species. 

We  have  material  (often  incomplete)  from  Mexico,  Guatemala, 
British  Honduras,  Nicaragua,  Costa  Rica  and  Panama.  The  spe- 
cies occurs  also  in  Colombia  (Cuatrecasas  17119). 


552  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Centradenia  G.  Don  is  a  small  genus  of  Mexico,  Central  America 
and  Panama,  with  one  of  its  species  extending  into  Colombia.  Cog- 
niaux  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7: 116-119.  1891)  has  divided  the  genus 
into  two  sections,  depending  on  whether  the  stamens  are  essentially 
isomorphic  (Sect.  Centradeniopsis)  or  quite  unequal  (Sect.  Eucentra- 
denia).  Whether  or  not  this  character  is  always  of  sufficient  value 
in  setting  up  subgeneric  entities  seems  to  me  to  be  doubtful.  There 
are  two  species  accepted  by  both  Cogniaux  and  Gleason  so  similar 
that  without  looking  at  the  anthers  they  would  be  placed  in  the 
same  species.  These  two  species  are  Centradenia  floribunda  Planch., 
stamens  similar,  and  C.  Bernoullii  Cario  ex  Cogn.  (=C.  floribunda 
var.  Bernoullii,  see  below)  with  stamens  in  two  unequal  sets.  It 
would  be  of  interest  to  study  a  colony  of  these  plants  in  the  field 
to  see  if  intermediates,  which  seem  to  be  indicated  by  herbarium 
material,  are  not  to  be  found.  The  herbarium  material  available  is 
not  sufficient  to  make  a  study,  but  there  are  several  Guatemalan 
specimens  which  were  placed  in  C.  Bernoullii  by  Standley  and  these 
seem  to  me  closer  to  C.  floribunda,  although  they  may  well  be  some- 
what intermediate.  A  parallel  condition  exists  between  Pterolepis 
pumila  (Bonpl.)  Cogn.  and  P.  trichotoma  (Rottb.)  Cogn. 

Centradenia  floribunda  Planch,  var.  floribunda.  C.  flori- 
bunda Planch.  Fl.  Serres  5:  t.  453.  1849.  C.  floribunda  var.  grandi- 
folia  Cogn.  in  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  20:  286.  1895. 

This  is  the  oldest  name  in  this  complex.  The  stamens  are  all 
much  alike  and  none  of  the  appendages  on  the  filaments  has  a  pair 
of  long  setose  processes,  as  is  the  case  in  the  following  variety. 

Centradenia  floribunda  var.  Bernoullii  (Cario)  L.  Wms., 
comb.  nov.  Centradenia  Bernoullii  Cario  ex  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog. 
Phan.  7:  118.  1891. 

The  variety  is  distinguished  primarily  by  the  dimorphic  anthers, 
one  set  of  which  has  two  long  setose  processes  on  the  appendage  of 
each  anther.  The  geographical  range  of  this  variety  is  El  Salvador 
and  Honduras.  It  has  been  reported  from  Guatemala  but  appar- 
ently based  on  misidentifications.  Some  of  the  Honduran  specimens 
approach  the  typical  variety  (Williams  &  Molina  18082;  Standley  & 
Chacon  6493). 

When  stamens  are  lacking  on  herbarium  specimens  I  have  found 
no  way  to  distinguish  this  variety  from  the  typical  one. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  553 

Centradenia  grandifolia  (Schlecht.)  Endl.  in  Walp.  Ann.  2: 
119.  1843.  Rhexia  grandifolia  Schlecht.  Linnaea  13:  429.  1839. 
C.  grandifolia  var.  brevisepala  Gleason,  Phytologia  1 :  340.  1939. 

A  distinctive  species  from  Mexico  and  Guatemala,  easily  sepa- 
rated from  the  others  by  the  hypanthium  and  short,  broad  calyx 
lobes.  All  of  the  Costa  Rican  material  determined  by  Gleason  and 
Standley  with  this  name  belongs  to  the  quite  different  C.  salicifolia 
Brandegee. 

I  have  seen  the  following  Guatemalan  material,  all  from  the  De- 
partment of  Alta  Verapaz:  Goll  168  (US);  Donnell  Smith  15^0  (US); 
Stuart  15  (Mich.);  von  Tuerckheim  883  (US);  Wilson  18J,.  (F). 

Centradenia  inaequilateralis  (Schlecht.  &  Cham.)  G.  Don,  Gen. 
Hist.  Dichl.  PI.  2:  765.  1832.  Rhexia  inaequilateralis  Schlecht.  & 
Cham.  Linnaea  5:  567.  1830.  C.  divaricata  Kl.  in  Otto  &  Deitr. 
Allg.  Gartenz.  19:  354.  1851.  C.  inaequilateralis  var.  major  Cogn.  in 
DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  117.  1891. 

This  is  the  type  species  of  the  genus  Centradenia.  It  is  widely 
distributed  in  Mexico,  whence  the  type.  It  is  known  from  several 
localities  in  northern  Central  America  but  is  rare.  In  Costa  Rica  the 
species  is  common,  and  it  is  known  from  a  few  localities  in  Panama. 

A  photograph  (CNHM  no.  16683,  taken  in  Berlin)  of  what  is 
presumed  to  have  been  the  type  of  C.  divaricata  collected  by  War- 
scewicz,  possibly  in  Costa  Rica  or  Panama,  along  with  a  diagnostic 
sketch  showing  an  anther,  indicates  that  it  belongs  here  as  a  synonym. 

An  isotype  of  C.  inaequilateralis  var.  major  collected  in  Mexico 
by  Galeotti  (2963  A)  shows  that  it  is  a  somewhat  large-leafed  form 
of  the  species  as  Cogniaux  indicated,  and  not  C.  floribunda  Planch, 
as  annotated  by  Gleason. 

Centradenia  Maxoniana  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  65: 
571.  1938. 

A  name  currently  recorded  from  Costa  Rica  and  Panama.  It 
seems  more  than  likely  that  it  is  a  large-leafed  form  of  C.  floribunda 
Planch,  hardly  if  at  all  different  from  the  plants  from  Guatemala 
which  Cogniaux  called  C.  floribunda  var.  grandifolia.  I  have  seen 
the  type. 

Centradenia  salicifolia  Brandegee,  Univ.  Cal.  Publ.  Bot.  4: 
379.  1913.  C.  chiapensis  Brandegee,  I.e.  6:  501.  1919. 


554  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

The  species  occurs  in  Mexico  from  Vera  Cruz  and  Puebla  to 
Chiapas.  It  is  common  in  Guatemala  in  the  highlands  in  the  west, 
near  Mexico.  It  then  jumps  to  the  highlands  of  Costa  Rica,  where 
it  is  again  quite  abundant.  There  is  not  a  single  known  station  in 
the  highlands  between  western  Guatemala  and  Costa  Rica.  The 
species  is  to  be  expected  in  Honduras  and  Nicaragua. 

The  Costa  Rican  material  differs  from  that  of  Mexico  and  Guate- 
mala by  having  the  pubescence  in  the  inflorescence  consistently  more 
dense.  I  have  found  no  other  distinctive  character  than  this  very 
minor  one.  Dr.  Gleason  and  Dr.  Standley  had  determined  all  the 
Costa  Rican  material  (as  well  as  some  of  that  from  Guatemala) 
which  they  saw  as  Centradenia  grandifolia  (Schlecht.)  Endl.  I  have 
seen  the  following  specimens  from  Mexico  and  Central  America. 

MEXICO:  Matuda  2747  (Mich,  US,  GH,  F),  3000  (Mich),  3001 
(Mich,  F),  3002  (Mich);  Purpus  6103  (US,  F),  6978  (US);  Roby 
s.n.  (US). 

GUATEMALA:  Standley  65325  (F,  GH),  67764  (F),  83297  (F),  83716 
(F),  83749  (F),  84577  (F),  85451  (F);  Steyermark  33877,  34344, 
35118,  35312,  36343,  36644,  37522,  37668  (all  F). 

COSTA  RICA:  Skutch  4205  (US);  Smith  H385,  H418,  PC251, 
PC315  (all  F);  Standley  &  Valeria  43312  (US,  F),  44093  (US). 

Clidemia  D.  Don  in  Guatemala  and  adjacent  Central  America 
and  Mexico  is  difficult  primarily  because  of  two  or  three  small  groups 
of  closely  related  species.  Alfred  Cogniaux  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan. 
7:  984-1026.  1891)  prepared  a  good  account  of  the  genus  as  then 
known.  Later  H.  A.  Gleason  (in  Brittonia  3:  97-140.  1939)  pre- 
pared a  revision  of  those  in  tropical  North  America.  The  account 
of  the  genus  which  will  appear  in  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  owes  much 
to  both  of  these  treatments.  A  few  changes  have  been  made  and  the 
Central  American  plants  formerly  referred  to  Heterotrichium  are 
transferred  to  Clidemia.  Comment  concerning  the  genus  Hetero- 
trichium will  be  found  under  that  name. 

The  situation  in  these  genera  is  not  so  simple  as  that,  however. 
Tococa  Aubl.,  Maieta  Aubl.,  and  Clidemia  D.  Don  are  very  closely 
allied  and  they  are  genera  of  convenience  at  best.  When  Dr.  Glea- 
son studied  the  myrmecophilous  species  of  Clidemia  (Bull.  Torr. 
Bot.  Club  58:  73-85.  1931)  he  took  many  of  the  species  which  had 
been  described  or  transferred  to  Maieta  and  placed  them  in  Clidemia, 
leaving  in  Maieta  only  Aublet's  original  species  and  a  very  closely 
allied  one. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  555 

Tococa  and  Maieta  have  terminal  inflorescences  and  are  so  dis- 
tinguished from  Clidemia,  which  has  lateral  inflorescences.  I  find, 
however,  that  pseudoterminal  or  terminal  inflorescences  are  of  not 
uncommon  occurrence  in  Clidemia  and  that  a  single  species  may  have 
both  types.  Cogniaux  and  Gleason  were  both  astute  students  of  the 
Melastomaceae  yet  when  Gleason  described  Clidemia  spectabilis  he 
assumed  that  it  had  lateral  inflorescences.  Cogniaux  described  the 
same  species,  placing  it  (I  think  erroneously)  in  Heterotrichium,  a 
genus  which  he  understood  as  having  terminal  inflorescences.  More 
recently  Dr.  Suessenguth,  no  specialist  in  the  family,  apparently  has 
described  the  same  species  as  Maieta  setosissima.  The  inflorescences 
are  apparently  both  lateral  and  pseudoterminal. 

The  problem  of  generic  limitation  in  this  section  of  the  Miconieae 
is  involved  and  will  require  detailed  study  by  the  specialists  in  the 
family. 

Clidemia  capitellata.  The  varieties  of  C.  capitellata  in  Central 
America  are  three,  closely  related  and  often  difficult  to  distinguish. 
A  key  and  an  account  of  them  follows: 

Inflorescence  branched  (a  dichasium),  often  rather  simple;  pubescence  of  under 

side  of  leaf  principally  of  stellate  hairs var.  neglecta. 

Inflorescence  unbranched  or  with  a  pair  of  branches  at  the  base  (rarely  more); 

pubescence  of  under  side  of  leaf  principally  of  crisped  hairs. 
Inflorescence  internodes  about  1  cm.  long  or  less,  densely  long  hirsute  and  in- 
conspicuously glandular var.  dependens. 

Inflorescence  internodes  1-2  cm.  long,  sparsely  hirsute  and  conspicuously  gland- 
ular   var.  capitellata. 

Clidemia  capitellata  var.  capitellata.  Melastoma  capitellata 
Bonpl.  in  Humb.  &  Bonpl.  Monog.  Melast.  5,  t.  3.  1816.  Clidemia 
capitellata  D.  Don,  Mem.  Wern.  Soc.  4:  310.  1823. 

Widely  distributed,  from  Mexico  through  Central  America  and 
Panama  to  Colombia.  Closely  related  to  var.  dependens,  which  may 
not  always  be  distinguishable.  See  that  variety  for  further  comment. 

Clidemia  capitellata  var.  dependens  ([Pavon]  D.  Don)  Macbr. 
Field  Mus.  Bot.  13  (4,  no.  1) :  484. 1941.  Clidemia  dependens  [Pavon] 
D.  Don,  Mem.  Wern.  Soc.  4:  310.  1823;  Gleason  in  Brittonia  3:  113. 
1939.  Melastoma  dependens  Pavon  ex  D.  Don,  I.e.  in  syn. 

A  common  and  widely  distributed  plant,  Mexico  to  Bolivia  and 
Argentina,  difficult  to  distinguish  from  the  typical  variety.  The 
characters  Dr.  Gleason  gave  to  separate  C.  capitellata  and  C.  de- 


556  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

pendens,  in  his  review  of  the  Mexican  and  Central  American  Clide- 
mias,  are  not  at  all  stable  and  are  maintained  here  with  reservations. 
The  inflorescences  are  usually  unbranched  but  in  a  few  specimens 
seen  are  branched  at  the  base  and  even  through  their  length,  in  this 
respect  approaching  var.  neglecta.  The  characters  of  pubescence  in 
the  inflorescence,  type  and  length  of  the  hirsute  hairs  and  glandu- 
losity,  are  tenuous  at  best. 

Clidemia  capitellata  var.  neglecta  (D.  Don)  L.  Wms.,  comb, 
nov.  Clidemia  neglecta  D;  Don,  Mem.  Wern.  Soc.  4:  307.  1826. 

A  widely  distributed  variation  of  C.  capitellata  and  perhaps  more 
closely  related  to  var.  dependens  than  to  var.  capitellata.  The  range 
falls  within  that  of  the  other  two  varieties.  In  var.  neglecta  the  in- 
florescence is  usually  a  dichasium,  often  quite  diffuse,  while  in  the 
other  varieties  branching  occurs  but  rarely;  the  pubescence  of  the 
under  side  of  the  leaves  is  short,  soft  and  stellate,  while  in  the  other 
varieties  it  is  rather  coarse  and  crisped,  although  occasionally  soft 
stellate  pubescence  does  occur. 

The  Mexican  Clidemia  chinantlana  Triana  appears,  from  a  type 
photograph,  to  belong  here.  Dr.  Gleason  separated  them  widely  in 
his  revision  but  the  type  would  not  key  out  in  his  key. 

Clidemia  globuliflora  (Cogn.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Hetero- 
trichium  globuliflorum  Cogn.  Bull.  Soc.  Bot.  Belg.  27  (2) :  176.  1888. 
Clidemia  spectabilis  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  58:  53.  1931. 
Maieta  setosissima  Suessenguth,  Bot.  Jahrb.  72  (2) :  277,  /.  9.  1942. 

COSTA  RICA:  Brenes  3713,  3926,  4919,  5644,  5685,  6047;  Pittier  3; 
Stork  2717;  Valeria  1697. 

Known  only  from  Costa  Rica,  Pittier  3  is  type  of  Clidemia  globuli- 
flora and  Stork  2717  (F)  is  type  of  C.  spectabilis,  while  Kupper  772, 
which  I  have  not  seen,  is  type  number  of  Maieta  setosissima. 

The  species  belongs  among  the  myrmecophilous  species  of  Cli- 
demia and  inconspicuous  formicaria  are  to  be  found  on  a  few  leaves. 
The  leaves  of  the  species  must  be  attractive  to  insects,  for  those  on 
all  specimens  seen  have  been  chewed. 

The  inflorescences  of  this  species  may  be  either  lateral  or  pseudo- 
terminal  or  both. 

Clidemia  Matudae  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Frutex  vel  arbor  usque  ad  6  m.  Folia  ovato-cordata,  acuminata,  7-9-pliner- 
via,  supra  glabra,  subtus  pubescens  vel  hirsuta;  inflorescentia  thrysiflora,  pauci- 


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558  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

flora;  hypanthium  campanulatum,  pubescens;  calyx  7-8-lobata;  dentes  exteriores 
subulatis;  petala  oblongo-obovata,  obtusa  vel  retusa;  stamina  ca.  30-35. 

Shrubs  or  small  trees  to  5-6  m.,  branchlets  terete,  densely  pubescent  with  in- 
termixed soft,  often  stellate  or  barbellate,  hairs  and  glandular  hirsute  ones,  the 
longest  hairs  mostly  about  1  mm.  long;  leaves  of  a  pair  distinctly  unequal,  blade 
ovate-cordate,  acuminate,  obscurely  denticulate,  7-9-plinerved,  glabrous  to  spar- 
ingly hirsute  above,  densely  puberulent  below  and  hirsute  along  principal  nerves, 
large  blade  (of  pair)  13-20  cm.  long  and  8-14  cm.  broad,  smaller  ones  8-12  cm. 
long  and  7-8  cm.  broad;  petioles  to  8  cm.  long,  pubescent  as  are  the  branchlets; 
inflorescence  pseudoterminal,  an  elongated  and  rather  few-flowered  thyrse,  to  about 
12  cm.  long,  with  intermixed  simple  puberulence  and  hispid  or  glandular-hispid 
pubescence;  hypanthium  campanulate,  subhispid-puberulent,  about  4  mm.  long; 
calyx  lobes  7-8,  rounded,  about  1.5  mm.  long;  exterior  teeth  subulate,  2-2.5  mm. 
long  and  much  exceeding  the  calyx  lobes;  petals  about  7,  oblong-obovate,  obtuse 
or  retuse,  about  5  mm.  long  and  3.5  mm.  broad;  stamens  about  30-35,  about  4  mm. 
long,  the  anther  1.5-2  mm.  long,  narrowly  oblong,  the  connective  unappendaged 
or  but  slightly  umbonate  at  the  base;  style  capitate,  about  5  mm.  long. 

MEXICO:  A  tree  5-6  m.  high  in  advanced  forest,  Montecristo, 
Chiapas,  alt.  1,350  m.,  June  17,  1945,  Matuda  591+5  (LL) ;  Monte- 
cristo, Chiapas,  1,350  m.,  June  17,  1945,  Matuda  1591+5  (F,  type). 

GUATEMALA:  Dept.  Guatemala,  1939,  Aguilar  304.  (F). 

This  species  is  related  to  C.  octona  but  may  be  distinguished  by 
the  generally  smaller  flowers,  lack  of  a  corona  on  the  torus,  much 
greater  number  of  stamens,  and  very  different  shape  of  the  anthers 
with  much  less  conspicuous  connective  not  at  all  prolonged. 

Clidemia  octona  (Bonpl.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Melastoma 
octona  Bonpl.  Melast.  7,  t.  |.  1806.  Heterotrichium  octonum  DC. 
Prodr.  3:  173.  1828. 

Widely  distributed  from  Mexico  through  Central  America,  Pan- 
ama and  the  West  Indies,  southward  to  Brazil  and  Peru.  The  species 
is  closely  related  to  Clidemia  hirta  (L.)  D.  Don.  The  inflorescence 
of  the  species  is  either  lateral  or  apparently  terminal,  although  if 
terminal  there  are  often  two  or  three  inflorescences  borne  at  each 
place — one  in  the  axil  of  a  leaf,  one  terminal,  and  another  in  the  axil 
of  the  opposite  leaf.  Often  also  there  are  one  or  two  inflorescences 
which  appear  lateral  when  one  of  the  lateral  buds  has  continued  as 
a  branch  and  not  as  an  inflorescence. 

This  species  has  been  treated  as  a  species  of  Heterotrichium  by 
most  botanists  since  that  genus  was  founded.  However,  as  pointed 
out  below  under  Heterotrichium,  the  type  of  that  genus  is  quite 
different. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  559 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  specimens  of  this  species  having 
lateral  inflorescences  have  often  been  placed  in  Clidemia  hirta,  while 
specimens  of  Clidemia  hirta  apparently  with  terminal  inflorescences 
have  been  determined  as  Heterotrichium  octonum.  Cogniaux'  H.  oc- 
tonum  var.  brasiliensis  has  lateral  inflorescences  (on  our  Pohl  1517} 
and  would  seem  to  be  Clidemia  hirta. 

A  photograph  of  the  type  of  Miconia  phaeotricha  Naudin  (Ann. 
Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  16:  193.  1851)  indicates  that  it  may  belong  here  as 
a  synonym. 

Clidemia  petiolaris  (Schlecht.  &  Cham.)  Schlecht.  ex  Triana, 
Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  28:  135.  1871.  Melastoma  petiolare  Schlecht.  & 
Cham.  Linnaea  5:  562.  1830.  M.  serrulata  Schlecht.  Linnaea  13: 
425.  1839.  Clidemia  Deppeana  Steud.  Nomencl.  Bot.  384.  1840; 
Gleason,  Brittonia  3:  124-125.  1939.  C.  serrulata  Triana,  I.e.;  Glea- 
son,  I.e.  121.  C.  Naudiniana  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  990. 
1891.  C.  laxiflora  var.  longipetiolata  Cogn.  in  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz. 
16:  5.  1891. 

Dr.  Gleason  in  his  review  of  The  Genus  Clidemia  in  Mexico  and 
Central  America  used  the  name  Clidemia  Deppeana  for  this  plant, 
saying  that  Standley  was  the  first  to  revive  it.  Standley  did  take  up 
the  name  (Contr.  U.  S.  Nat.  Herb.  23:  1072.  1924)  and  gave  as 
synonym  "Melastoma  petiolare  Schlecht.  &  Cham.  1830,  not  M. 
petiolare  Mill.  1768."  Miller,  however,  spelled  his  specific  epithet  as 
Melastoma  petiolatis  (in  Index  Kewensis  it  is  given  as  M.  petiolatum). 

There  occurs,  however,  Melastoma  petiolare  Wall.  (A  numerical 
list  of  dried  plants,  etc.  no.  4053)  in  his  so-called  catalogue.  The 
date  given  on  the  title  page  of  Wallich's  work  is  1828,  but  the  sheet 
on  which  no.  4053  appeared  apparently  was  published  in  1831  (see 
0.  Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  PI.  1:  CXLV.  1891,  and  translation  in  Kew 
Bull.  1913:  260.  1913). 

In  making  the  new  name  Clidemia  Deppeana,  Steudel  merely 
cited  "Melastoma  petiolaris.  Chms.  Schl."  as  a  basionym  and  there 
is  no  way  of  telling  which  name  he  thought  was  a  homonym  of 
Schlechtendal  &  Chamisso's  name. 

It  seems  that  Melastoma  petiolare  Schlecht.  &  Cham,  and  Mela- 
stoma petiolatis  (or  petiolatum)  Miller  are  different  names,  and  the 
use  of  one  does  not  preclude  the  use  of  the  other.  Further  it  appears 
that  Melastoma  petiolare  Schlecht.  &  Cham,  was  actually  published 
a  year  before  Meiastoma  petiolare  Wall,  and  therefore  is  not  a  homo- 


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nym  of  it;  besides,  Wallich's  name  was  a  nomen  nudum  and  hence 
not  validly  published. 

Clidemia  serrulata  was  maintained  by  Dr.  Gleason,  in  the  revi- 
sion mentioned  above,  with  the  comment  that  "Neither  is  the  dis- 
tinction between  this  species  and  the  commoner  C.  Deppeana  very 
sharp."  The  comment  seems  to  me  to  be  justified,  for  there  are  in 
our  collection  specimens  annotated  by  Gleason  with  these  two  names, 
but  the  specimens  are  so  similar  that  they  might  well  have  been 
taken  from  the  same  bush. 

Clidemia  scopulina  (Brandegee)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Hetero- 
trichium  scopulinum  Brandegee,  Univ.  Cal.  Publ.  Bot.  6:  187.  1915. 

MEXICO:  Cerro  del  Boqueron,  Chiapas,  June  1914,  Purpus  7358 

(F,  AA,  NY). 

The  only  specimens  which  I  have  seen  are  isotypes  of  the  orig- 
inal collection.  This  species  is,  I  believe,  most  closely  related  to  the 
myrmecophilous  species  of  Clidemia  although  there  is  no  indication 
of  formicaria  on  specimens  I  have  seen,  nor  did  Brandegee  mention 
them  on  his  specimens.  It  is  curious,  however,  that  he  did  call 
attention  to  the  similarity  of  the  setose  processes  of  the  stem  to 
those  of  Maieta  setosa  Cogn.,  now  usually  treated  as  one  of  the 
myrmecophilous  species  of  Clidemia.  The  most  closely  related  spe- 
cies seems  to  be  C.  globuliflora  (Cogn.)  L.  Wms.,  mentioned  above. 

Clidemia  strigillosa  (Sw.)  DC.  Prodr.  3: 159.  1828.  Melastoma 
strigillosa  Swartz,  Fl.  Ind.  Occ.  793.  1800.  Clidemia  reticulata  Glea- 
son, Brittonia  3:  110.  1939. 

I  am  unable  to  see  any  difference  in  these  two  concepts,  and  in 
fact  it  appears  that  C.  reticulata  is  distinguished  on  a  character 
which  depends  upon  maturity  of  the  specimen.  The  inflorescence 
on  immature  specimens  is  not  so  open  as  that  on  mature  specimens. 

The  type  is  from  Jamaica.  The  species  is  common  in  British 
Honduras;  there  is  a  single  specimen  from  Nicaragua  (Standley 
19998);  it  is  reported  from  Costa  Rica  and  Panama;  West  Indies; 
British  Guiana  and  Venezuela  to  Peru. 

Clidemia  umbellata  (Mill.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Melastoma 
umbellata  Miller,  Gard.  Diet.  ed.  8.  no.  10.  1768.  M .  patens  Swartz, 
Prodr.  68. 1788.  M.  nivea  Desr.  in  Lam.  Encycl.  4 : 42. 1797.  Hetero- 
trichium  umbellatum  Urban  in  Fedde  Rep.  Sp.  Nov.  15: 14.  1917.  H. 


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patens  DC.  Prodr.  3:  173.  1828.     H.  niveum  DC.  I.e.     H.  Eggersii 
Cogn.  Jahrb.  Bot.  Gart.  Berlin  4:  282.  1886. 

Cuba;  Puerto  Rico;  Santo  Domingo;  Jamaica.  The  material  we 
have  is  quite  variable. 

Conostegia  D.  Don  is  a  rather  distinctive  genus  among  the  Cen- 
tral American  Miconieae  due  primarily  to  the  calyptriform  calyx 
which  dehisces  and  falls  away  at  anthesis.  A  review  of  the  genus 
by  Cogniaux  was  published  in  1891.  Dr.  Wurdack  is  gathering 
materials  for  a  much-needed  revision.  About  45  species  have  been 
described  from  Mexico,  Central  America  and  Panama.  Conostegia 
xalapensis  (Bonpl.)  D.  Don  is  the  commonest  and  most  widely  dis- 
tributed melastome  through  most  ecological  situations  in  the  area 
below  1,800  m.  and  is  often  a  weed  in  pastures. 

Conostegia  caelestis  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  318.  1929. 
C.  hondurensis  Standl.  I.e.  9:  322.  1940. 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  Gentle  8633  (LL),  8649  (LL),  8704  (LL); 
Schipp  63  (F,  type). 

HONDURAS:  Williams  &  Molina  17757  (F),  17765  (F),  17778  (F), 
17905  (F);  Yuncker,  Koepper  &  Wagner  8818  (F,  type  of  C.  hon- 
durensis) . 

One  of  the  most  distinctive  species  of  Conostegia  in  Central  Amer- 
ica. It  is  allied  to  C.  Brenesii  Standl.  and  C.  speciosa  Naudin,  both 
of  southern  Central  America.  The  superficial  resemblance  and  type 
of  stellate  hairs  reminds  one  of  Miconia  barbinervis  (Benth.)  Triana. 

Conostegia  icosandra  (Sw.)  Urban  in  Fedde  Rep.  Sp.  Nov.  17: 
404.  1921.  Melastoma  icosandrum  Swartz  ex  Wikstr.  Svensk.  Vet. 
Akad.  Handl.  1827:  64.  1827.  C.  subhirsuta  DC.  Prodr.  3: 174.  1828. 
C.  Bernoulliana  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  698.  1891.  C.  Lun- 
dellii  Gleason,  Carnegie  Inst.  Wash.  Publ.  522:  348.  1940. 

Widely  distributed  from  Mexico  through  Central  America  and 
the  West  Indies,  and  to  southern  Brazil  and  Paraguay. 

There  is  considerable  question  as  to  the  proper  specific  epithet 
for  the  accumulation  of  material  placed  here.  In  Central  America 
and  Mexico  there  are  other  species  which  may  very  well  belong 
here  —  C.  chiriquensis  Gleason,  C.  Oerstediana  Berg,  and  C.  volca- 
nalis  Standl.  &  Steyerm.,  among  them. 


562  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Conostegia  plumosa  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva  usque  ad  8  m.  alta.  Folia  elliptico-lanceolata,  acuminata, 
quinqueplinervia,  subtus  stellato-pubescens;  hypanthium  subglobosum,  stellato- 
vel  plumoso-pubescens;  calyx  calyptriforme,  appendiculatum;  petala  ovata  vel 
subrhombico-ovata,  acuta. 

A  small  tree  8  m.  tall  and  the  trunk  about  10  cm.  in  diameter,  the  branches 
and  petioles  at  first  densely  stellate  or  plumose-stellate  pubescent,  both  becoming 
glabrous  with  age.  Leaves  elliptic-lanceolate,  acuminate,  acute  or  cuneate  to  the 
base,  denticulate,  5-plinerved  with  the  outer  pair  of  nerves  arising  near  the  base 
of  the  blade  and  the  inner  pair  1  cm.  or  more  above  the  base,  the  nerves  of  each 
pair  arising  at  different  places  on  the  mid-nerve,  the  upper  surface  densely  stellate 
pubescent  but  soon  becoming  glabrous  or  nearly  so,  dense  and  persistent  stellate- 
pubescence  completely  covering  the  under  surface;  blade  6-18  cm.  long  and  2.5- 
5.5  cm.  broad,  those  of  a  pair  apparently  very  unequal;  petioles  1.5-2.5  cm.  long; 
inflorescences  terminal  or  pseudolateral,  densely  pubescent  with  stellate  or  plumose 
hairs,  dichasioid  with  the  lateral  branches  congested  and  subcapitate  at  first,  the 
branches  of  the  inflorescence  elongating  (to  about  4  cm.)  with  age  and  spicate  and 
somewhat  fractiflex,  with  reflexed  linear-lanceolate  bracts  opposite  or  perhaps 
subtending  the  flowers;  flowers  to  about  8  mm.  long,  white,  hypanthium  2-3  mm. 
high  and  3-4  mm.  broad,  subglobose,  densely  plumose  or  stellate-pubescent;  calyx 
calyptriform,  falling  away  as  a  unit,  conic,  with  6  longitudinal  subapical  append- 
ages about  equaling  the  calyptra,  pubescence  as  on  the  hypanthium;  petals  6, 
ovate  or  subrhombic-ovate,  about  5  mm.  long  and  3  mm.  broad;  anthers  about 
2.5-3  mm.  long. 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  Petals  white  and  stamens  yellow,  occasional 
tree  to  25  feet  and  4  inches  in  diameter  in  jungle,  Middlesex,  July  10 
(no  year  given),  alt.  200  feet,  William  A.  Schipp  232  (type  in  Chi- 
cago Natural  History  Museum,  GH,  A). 

The  species  is  not  closely  related  to  any  species  known  to  me. 
In  superficial  aspect  it  somewhat  resembles  Conostegia  xalapensis 
because  of  the  densely  stellate  -pubescent  undersurfaces  of  the  leaves; 
but  the  appendages  of  the  calyptra  distinguish  it  from  all  species 
that  I  know,  and  the  plumose  or  barbellate  pubescence  of  the  flowers 
and  inflorescence,  and  the  form  of  the  inflorescence  are  distinctive. 

Graff enrieda  De  Candolle,  Prodr.  3: 105. 1828;  Cogniaux  in  DC. 
Monog.  Phan.  7:  439.  1891.  Calyptrella  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser. 
3,  18:  115.  1852;  Cogniaux  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  453.  1891;  Glea- 
son,  Phytologia  2:  301.  1947. 

The  genus  Calyptrella  of  Naudin  was  originally  described  from  a 
Galeotti  specimen  (2959)  from  Mexico.  It  has  been  found,  however, 
that  the  plants  referred  to  this  generic  name  are  much  more  abun- 
dant in  South  America  than  they  are  in  North  America.  Ten  spe- 
cies have  been  credited  to  Calyptrella,  three  of  these  from  North 


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America,  where  plants  of  this  affinity  are  rare.  The  remaining  seven 
were  described  from  South  America,  but  one  of  these,  Calyptrella 
littoralis  Gleason,  seems  not  to  belong  in  Graffenrieda. 

In  preparing  the  manuscript  for  the  one  species  that  is  known  to 
occur  in  Guatemala  the  entire  genus  Calyptrella  was  studied  and  it 
was  soon  realized  that  Calyptrella  denticulata  Gleason  and  C.  stellata 
Gleason  belonged  in  the  closely  allied  genus  Graffenrieda.  Further 
study  of  the  two  genera  revealed  that  the  only  difference  between 
them  was  whether  the  calyx  ruptured  and  separated  from  the  hypan- 
thium  as  a  calyptra  (in  Calyptrella)  or  whether  the  calyx  was  more 
or  less  normal  in  forming  lobes — these  sometimes  formed  by  the  rup- 
turing of  the  calyx  (in  Graffenrieda).  Furthermore,  the  calyces  in 
Calyptrella  in  age  tend  to  break  away  or  are  deciduous. 

The  stamen  structure,  often  used  for  generic  separation  in  this 
family,  seems  to  offer  no  characters.  Seeds  seem  to  be  much  alike 
in  the  two  groups  of  species.  The  large  genus  Conostegia,  not  allied 
to  Graffenrieda  and  Calyptrella,  is  usually  characterized  by  having 
a  calyptriform  calyx,  but  sometimes  the  calyx  ruptures  into  lobes 
and  is  more  or  less  persistent. 

There  seems  to  be  no  justification  for  maintaining  Graffenrieda 
and  Calyptrella  as  distinct  genera  and  I  propose  that  most  species  of 
Calyptrella  be  transferred  to  Graffenrieda,  the  older  name. 

Graffenrieda  cucullata  (D.  Don)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Cono- 
stegia cucullata  D.  Don,  Mem.  Wern.  Soc.  4:  317.  1823.  Calyptrella 
cucullata  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  28:  72.  1871. 

The  species  is  represented  by  specimens  from  Colombia,  Peru 
and  Bolivia. 

Graffenrieda  denticulata  (Gleason)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov. 
Calyptrella  denticulata  Gleason,  Phytologia  2:  300,  /.  3.  1947. 

The  species  is  known  only  from  Ecuador.  It  is  a  typical  Graf- 
fenrieda. 

Graffenrieda  Galeottii  (Naudin)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyp- 
trella Galeottii  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3, 18: 115. 1852.  Calyptrella 
cycliophylla  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  55:  434.  1913. 

The  type  species  of  the  genus  Calyptrella,  originally  described 
from  Mexico  and  now  known  also  from  Guatemala,  Costa  Rica, 
Panama  and  Colombia. 


564  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

This  species  is  very  closely  related  to  G.  cucullata  (D.  Don)  L. 
Wms.  and  is  distinguishable  from  it  by  minor  details  only.  Petals 
in  both  species  may  be  from  lanceolate  and  acute  to  oblong-oblanceo- 
late  and  obtuse,  and  in  the  same  flower. 

Graffenrieda  gracilis  (Triana)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyptrella 
gracilis  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  28:  72.  1871. 

This  species  is  known  only  from  Peru. 

Graffenrieda  micrantha  (Gleason)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyp- 
trella micrantha  Gleason,  Phytologia  3:  346.  1950. 

The  species  is  endemic  to  Panama,  so  far  as  known. 

Graffenrieda  robusta  (Cogn.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyptrella 
robusta  Cogn.  in  Engler,  Bot.  Jahrb.  42:  138.  1908. 

There  is  a  good  photograph  (CNHM  neg.  16882)  of  the  type, 
which  was  in  the  Berlin  herbarium.  Peru. 

Graffenrieda  stellata  (Gleason)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyp- 
trella stellata  Gleason,  Phytologia  2:  428.  1948. 

The  species,  a  peculiar  one,  is  known  from  Ecuador. 

Graffenrieda  tristis  (Triana)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Calyptrella 
tristis  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  28:  72.  1871. 

Known  from  Brazil  and  Peru. 

EXCLUDED  SPECIES 

Calyptrella  littoralis  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  72:  473.  1945. 
This  species  seems  not  to  belong  in  Graffenrieda  but  our  specimen 
is  inadequate  to  verify  its  systematic  position. 

Henriettea  DC.  and  Henriettella  Naudin.  In  preparing  the  ac- 
count of  the  Melastomaceae  for  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  I  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  type  species  of  these  genera  in  fact  belonged  in 
the  same  genus.  Some  twenty  years  ago,  Macbride,  in  the  Flora  of 
Peru,  concluded  that  the  two  entities  were  not  distinguishable  and 
placed  the  Peruvian  species  of  the  two  genera  together.  These  two 
generic  concepts  have  ascribed  to  them  perhaps  some  fifty  or  sixty 
species,  of  which  very  few  are  found  in  Central  America  or  Panama. 


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While  the  type  species  of  the  two  are  very  similar  there  are  species 
placed  here  that  perhaps  would  go  elsewhere  as  well  or  better.  I  am 
concerned  only  with  those  of  Central  America  and  Panama  at  the 
present  time,  and  fortunately  the  type  species  of  both  genera  are  to 
be  found  in  our  region. 

Dr.  Gleason,  astute  student  of  the  family,  in  his  account  of  The 
Melastomaceae  of  the  Yucatan  Peninsula  described  Henriettea  strigosa 
and  placed  it  alongside  H.  succosa  (Aubl.)  DC.,  which  is  the  type 
species  of  Henriettea.  However,  there  seems  to  be  no  difference  be- 
tween Gleason's  Henriettea  strigosa  and  Henriettella  Seemannii  Nau- 
din,  the  type  species  of  the  genus  Henriettella.  In  placing  these  two 
species  in  the  same  genus  Gleason  has  indicated  effectively  that  the 
two  genera  have  but  little  foundation  in  fact. 

There  are  in  Central  America  and  Panama  the  following  species 
which  may  be  placed  in  Henriettea  DC.,  the  older  of  the  two  generic 
names. 

Henriettea  cuneata  (Standl.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Maieta 
cuneata  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  30.  1930.  Henriettella  cuneata 
Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  58:  75.  1931. 

Known  only  from  Guatemala  and  British  Honduras.  Formicaria 
are  to  be  found  at  the  base  of  the  leaf  blades,  partially  obscured  by 
long  brownish  pubescence.  The  material  available  is  inadequate  but 
I  know  nothing  better  to  do  with  this  species  than  to  place  it  here. 

Henriettea  densiflora  (Standl.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Henri- 
ettella densiflora  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  247.  1929.  Clidemia 
densiflora  Gleason,  Phytologia  3:  346.  1950. 

Known  from  Guatemala,  British  Honduras,  Honduras  and  Pan- 
ama. Dr.  Gleason  has  placed  this  anomalous  species  in  Clidemia, 
where  it  goes  no  better  than  in  Henriettea.  Better  material  is  needed. 

Henriettea  fascicularis  (Sw.)  Gomez,  Anal.  Hist.  Nat.  Madrid 
23:  68. 1894.  Melastoma  fascicularis  Swartz,  Prodr.  71. 1788.  Ossaea 
fascicularis  Griseb.  Fl.  Br.  W.  Ind.  246.  1860.  Henriettella  fascicu- 
laris Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  Bot.  28: 143.  1871. 

Although  Gomez'  combination  is  not  well  made  there  seems  to 
be  no  question  as  to  his  intent,  so  the  name  is  accepted.  The  spe- 
cies is  a  fairly  common  one,  known  from  the  Greater  Antilles,  Cen- 
tral America  and  Panama. 


566  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Henriettea  Seemannii  (Naudin)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Henri- 
ettella  Seemannii  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  18:  108.  1852.  Hen- 
riettea strigosa  Gleason,  Carnegie  Inst.  Wash.  Publ.  522:  340.  1940. 

Known  from  British  Honduras,  Panama  and  Colombia  (fide 
Gleason) . 

There  seems  to  be  no  differences  in  the  concepts  given  above. 
This  is  the  type  species  of  the  genus  Henriettella  Naudin.  The  petals 
are  acute  or  retuse,  or  perhaps  even  obtuse,  for  Gleason  described 
the  petals  of  Henriettea  strigosa  as  triangular-ovate,  although  they 
were  acute  or  obscurely  retuse  to  retuse  in  flowers  from  an  isotype 
which  I  examined.  Henriettea  par vi flora  (Triana)  Griseb.  of  Cuba  is 
very  closely  related  to  this  species. 

Henriettea  succosa  (Aubl.)  DC.  Prodr.  3: 178. 1828.  Melastoma 
succosa  Aubl.  Hist.  PI.  Guiane  Fr.  418,  t.  162.  1775.  Henriettella 
macrocalyx  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  8:  31.  1930.  Henriettea  macro- 
calyx  Gleason,  Brittonia  2:  324.  1937. 

Known  from  Mexico,  Guatemala,  British  Honduras,  Costa  Rica, 
Panama  and  northeastern  South  America.  The  species  is  the  type 
of  the  genus  Henriettea  DC. 

Henriettea  tuberculosa  (Donn.-Sm.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov. 
Henriettella  tuberculosa  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  27:  335.  1899.  Henri- 
ettella costaricensis  Kranzl.  Vierteljahr.  Naturf.  Zurich  76: 158.  1931. 

Known  only  from  Costa  Rica  and  adjacent  Panama. 

EXCLUDED  SPECIES 

Henriettea  brunnescens  Standl.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  4:  247.  1929 
=  Loreya  brunnescens  (Standl.)  Gleason,  Phytologia  3:  346.  1950. 
—Described  from  Panama. 

Heterocentron  Hooker  &  Arnott,  Bot.  Beech.  Voy.  290.  1840. 
Heeria  Schlecht.  Linnaea  13:  432.  1839,  non  Meissn.  1837. 

There  are  in  Central  America  four  species  of  Heterocentron,  with 
perhaps  a  half  dozen  additional  ones  in  Mexico.  Cogniaux  (in  DC. 
Monog.  Phan.  7 : 135-139. 1891)  distributed  the  then  known  material 
into  six  species.  Gleason  (Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  65:  572-575.  1938) 
described  four  new  species  of  the  genus  and  at  the  same  time  briefly 
reviewed  those  known.  Later  (1950)  he  described  one  more  species, 
bringing  the  number  of  species  which  he  recognized  to  sixteen. 


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A  review  of  Heterocentron  for  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  (all  the  spe- 
cies known  in  Central  America  occur  in  Guatemala)  has  suggested 
a  more  conservative  account  of  them,  based  on  reasonably  abundant 
collections  and  long  acquaintance  with  them  in  the  field.  The  four 
species  are  the  following: 

Heterocentron  elegans  (Schlecht.)  Kuntze,  Rev.  Gen.  PI.  1: 
247.  1891.  Rhexia  elegans  Schlecht.  Linnaea  13:  432.  1839.  H.  ses- 
silis  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  65:  573.  1938  (type  from  Alta 
Verapaz,  Tuerckheim  II  1554)-  Monochaetum  guatemalense  Standl. 
&  Steyerm.  Field  Mus.  Bot.  23:  136.  1944  (type  from  Huehuete- 
nango,  Steyermark  4.8512). 

Southern  Mexico  and  Guatemala. 

A  rare  species  known  from  fewer  than  a  dozen  collections.  There 
is  no  question  that  the  fruiting  type  of  Monochaetum  guatemalense 
belongs  here  rather  than  in  the  genus  Monochaetum. 

Heterocentron  hirtellum  (Cogn.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Arthro- 
stemma  hirtellum  Cogn.  in  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  20:  286.  1895. 

Known  only  from  a  rather  restricted  area  in  Guatemala. 

This  species  is  closely  related  to  H.  elegans  (Schlecht.)  Kuntze 
and  when  more  adequate  study  material  is  available  they  may  prove 
to  be  the  same;  however,  there  seem  to  be  several  minor  differences. 

Heterocentron  suffruticosum  Brandegee,  Univ.  Cal.  Publ. 
Bot.  6:  57.  1914. 

Known  only  from  the  Mexican  state  of  Chiapas  and  the  adja- 
cent department  of  San  Marcos  in  Guatemala.  This  species  is  closely 
related  to  H.  hirtellum. 

Heterocentron  subtriplinervium  (Link  &  Otto)  A.  Braun  & 
Bouche",  Ind.  Sem.  Hort.  Berol.  app.  1851;  Linnaea  25:  300.  1851. 
Melastoma  subtriplinervium  Link  &  Otto,  Ic.  PI.  Rar.  t.  21+.  1821. 
H.  axillare  Naud.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  14:  155.  1850.  H.  macro- 
stachyum  Naud.  I.e.  H.  mexicanum  Hook.  &  Arn.  Bot.  Beech.  Voy. 
290.  1840;  Hook.  Bot.  Mag.  86:  t.  5166.  1860.  H.  roseum  A.  Br.  & 
Bouche^  I.e.  14.  H.  glandulosum  Schrenk  in  Regel,  Gartenfl.  1856: 
227, 1. 169. 1856.  Heeria  rosea  Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  28: 34. 1871. 
Heeria  macrostachya  Triana,  I.e.  37.  Heeria  axillaris  Cogn.  in  DC. 
Monog.  Phan.  7:  138.  1891.  H.  salvadoranum  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr. 


568  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Bot.  Club  65:  575.  1938.     H.  hondurense  Gleason,  Phytologia  3: 
360.  1950. 

A  widespread  and  variable  species  found  from  Mexico  through 
Central  America  to  Panama.  Mountain  thickets  and  on  moist  banks 
or  most  commonly  in  oak-pine  woodlands,  1,300-2,500  meters. 

The  petals  of  this  species  vary  from  deep  purple  to  rose  to  white, 
becoming  lighter  with  age;  they  are  also  quite  variable  in  size.  The 
sepals  are  somewhat  variable  in  shape  and  size  but  in  pubescence 
they  vary  from  completely  glabrous  to  ciliate  and  occasionally  hir- 
sute on  the  outer  surface;  the  lobes  are  mostly  about  the  same  length 
as  the  hypanthium.  The  hypanthium  again  does  not  vary  greatly 
in  size  and  shape  but  the  hirsute  pubescence  may  vary  from  quite 
dense  to  almost  none  (or  occasionally  glabrous)  and  from  eglandular 
to  prominently  glandular;  it  is  tuberculate  (especially  in  age)  to 
quite  smooth.  The  capsule  is  4-lobed  and  each  lobe  usually  has  a 
horny  terminal  appendage  which  may  be  entire  or  emarginate,  gla- 
brous or  ciliate  or  even  glandular-ciliate.  The  leaves  are  not  more 
variable  than  might  be  expected  in  a  species  of  which  a  large  num- 
ber of  specimens  are  available  for  study;  however,  the  pubescence 
does  vary  greatly  in  quantity;  it  is  found  on  both  sides  of  the  leaves 
and  is  occasionally  sparse  although  usually  not,  and  on  a  few  speci- 
mens is  quite  dense.  The  stems  are  herbaceous  or  suffruticose,  prom- 
inently 4-angled,  especially  in  living  material,  usually  red  or  reddish 
as  are  the  new  leaves,  and  variously  strigose.  Comparative  lengths 
of  portions  of  the  anthers  have  been  used  to  segregate  species  but 
here  again  I  find  nothing  constant. 

Heterotrichium  DC.  Prodr.  3:  173.  1828,  the  selection  of  a 
generic  type. 

Heterotrichium  is  a  genus  of  the  Miconieae  described  by  De  Can- 
dolle  and  to  which  he  assigned  five  species.  These  five  species  are 
not  all  congeneric,  at  least  not  within  the  limits  usually  accepted  for 
genera  in  the  Miconieae.  The  selection  of  a  type  species  for  this 
genus  presents  a  few  problems  but  these  are  not  serious.  First,  the 
number  of  species  may  be  reduced  to  four  by  placing  H.  niveum 
(Desr.)  DC.  (of  which  he  had  no  specimen  in  his  own  herbarium) 
into  the  synonymy  of  H.  patens  (Sw.)  DC.  De  Candolle  says  of  the 
species  of  the  germs  that  they  are  "Frutices  Domingenses."  It  seems 
logical  therefore  to  think  that  when  De  Candolle  first  wrote  the 
description  and  set  the  genus  apart  in  manuscript  he  had  specimens 
only  from  the  island  of  Santo  Domingo.  This  would  exclude  H.  oc- 


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tonum  (Bonpl.)  DC.  and  H.  novemnervium  DC.  from  consideration 
in  the  selection  of  a  generic  type,  for  he  gave  the  range  of  the  first 
as  "Amer.  aust.  monte  Quindiu  .  .  ."  and  of  the  second  as  "in  Bra- 
silia." Furthermore,  both  these  species  would  be  better  placed  in 
Clidemia,  and  one  has  been  transferred  there  long  since.  In  addi- 
tion, De  Candolle  commented  that  "Torus  in  H.  octono  a  calyce 
facile  separabilis  tunicam  apice  dentatam  circa  ovarium  conficit"- 
a  further  reason  to  exclude  that  species  from  consideration  and  one 
which  points  to  its  relationship  with  Clidemia  hirta  (L.)  D.  Don. 

The  two  species  remaining,  H.  angustifolium  DC.  and  H.  patens 
(Sw.)  DC.,  have  most  of  the  generic  characters  given  by  De  Candolle 
although  they  belong  to  different  genera.  However,  the  leaves  of 
the  genus  are  described  as  "Folia  petiolata  superne  setosa  subtus  in 
nervis  hispida,  inter  nervos  velutina."  Heterotrichium  angustifolium 
has  the  leaves  setose  above  while  H.  patens  does  not.  The  generic 
description  of  the  anthers  is  essentially  the  same  as  the  description 
of  the  anthers  given  for  H.  angustifolium,  while  the  anthers  are  not 
mentioned  in  the  description  of  H.  patens  nor  in  that  of  H.  niveum. 

Heterotrichium  angustifolium  DC.,  for  these  reasons,  is  selected 
as  type  species  of  the  genus  Heterotrichium  DC.  The  type  specimen 
is  one  collected  in  Santo  Domingo  by  Bertero  and  is  in  the  De  Can- 
dolle collection  (photo  F,  NY).  None  of  the  other  species  placed 
in  the  genus  by  De  Candolle  seem  to  be  congeneric  with  H.  angusti- 
folium. 

Leandra  Raddi  is  a  most  unsatisfactory,  and  unfortunately  large, 
assemblage  of  species  which  it  is  almost  impossible  to  distinguish 
from  Miconia  in  any  adequate  manner.  Leandra  is  also  related  to 
Clidemia.  The  character  often  given  to  distinguish  Leandra  from 
Miconia,  and  other  closely  allied  genera,  is  the  acute  petals — cer- 
tainly a  tenuous  character  in  a  closely  related  group  of  genera  that 
perhaps  contains  a  thousand  species  or  more.  Leandra  is  a  genus 
of  convenience  rather  than  one  based  on  good  morphological  dis- 
tinctions. 

Leandra  subseriata  (Naudin)  Cogn.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14  (4): 
73. 1886.  Clidemia  subseriata  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3, 17:  354. 
1852. 

The  species  is  widely  distributed,  occurring  from  Guatemala 
through  Central  America  and  Panama,  southward  to  Ecuador. 
The  species  illustrates  well  the  difficulty  of  generic  placement  in 


570  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

this  group  of  plants.  Specimens  of  this  species  determined  as  Mi- 
conia  guatemalensis  Cogn.  by  Donnell  Smith,  by  Standley,  and  by 
Gleason  have  been  passed  over  without  comment  by  many  botanists. 
The  resemblance  of  the  two  species  is  striking. 

Leandra  costaricensis  Cogn.  will  doubtless  be  found  to  be  a  syn- 
onym, for  I  find  the  presumed  difference  to  be  unimpressive.  The 
species  has  been  reported  under  this  name  from  British  Honduras. 

Meriania  Swartz,  one  of  the  most  attractive  genera  of  the  Melas- 
tomaceae,  has  one  species  described  as  from  Guatemala,  M.  macro- 
phylla  Benth.  The  specimen  was  collected  by  Hartweg  and  it  is 
curious  that  no  one  else  has  found  the  genus  in  Guatemala,  where 
Hartweg  is  said  to  have  found  it.  Hartweg  collected  extensively  in 
Ecuador  and  it  is  possible  that  the  unnumbered  type  is  actually 
from  that  country.  The  species  is  known  from  Panama  and  Conoste- 
gia  excelsa  Pittier  is  a  synonym. 

The  second  species  recorded  from  continental  North  America  is 
M.  panamensis  Gleason  from  Chiriqui  Volcano  in  Panama. 

Miconia  Ruiz  &  Pavon  is  the  largest  genus  of  the  Melastomaceae, 
with  perhaps  seven  or  eight  hundred  species;  of  these,  sixty-one  are 
to  be  found  in  Guatemala  and  British  Honduras.  It  may  be  found 
convenient  eventually  to  conserve  the  name  Miconia  for  there  are 
valid  generic  names  that  are  older  and  that  may  be  shown  to  be  con- 
generic with  Miconia. 

Miconia  desmantha  Bentham,  PI.  Hartw.  181. 1845.  M.Bour- 
gaeana  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7: 772. 1891.  M.  Carioana  Cogn. 
I.e.  773. 

I  find  no  differences  between  the  Andean  M.  desmantha  and  the 
tropical  North  American  species  cited  in  synonymy  above.  The 
species,  distributed  from  Mexico  through  Central  America  and  Pan- 
ama to  Colombia,  is  variable.  Furthermore,  there  is  an  additional 
complication  of  the  relationship  of  this  species  with  M.  aeruginosa 
Naudin,  which  has  a  similar  geographical  range.  The  two  may  be 
distinguished  in  most  cases  by  the  following  key: 

The  young  branches  sparsely  covered  with  short  hirsute  hairs;  the  upper  surface 
of  the  leaves  sparsely  hirsute  and  stellate  puberulent  to  almost  glabrous. 

M.  desmantha. 

The  young  branches  with  a  dense  covering  of  long  hirsute  hairs;  the  upper  surface 
of  the  leaf  quite  densely  long  hirsute M.  aeruginosa. 


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Miconia  echinoidea  and  M.  tixixensis  Standl.  &  Steyerm. 
Field  Mus.  Bot.  23:  180-181.  1944. 

When  Standley  and  Steyermark  described  these  two  species  they 
said  they  were  of  "somewhat  uncertain  position."  They  should  per- 
haps be  placed  in  the  genus  Tetrazygia  L.  C.  Rich.,  if  that  genus 
can  be  kept  apart  from  Miconia.  The  species  will  be  retained  in 
Miconia  for  the  Flora  of  Guatemala. 

Miconia  fulvostellata  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  usque  ad  15  cm.  diam.  Folia  lanceolata  vel  elliptico-lanceolata,  acumi- 
nata,  subtus  dense  fulvostellata,  petiolata;  inflorescentia  paniculata;  flores  parvi; 
hypanthium  campanulatum  f ulvostellatum ;  petala  oblonga  vel  oblongo-quadrata. 

Trees  to  15  cm.  in  diameter,  the  branchlets  densely  fulvous  stellate  with  stel- 
late or  barbellate  trichomes.  Leaves  of  a  pair  somewhat  unequal  in  size,  lanceolate 
or  elliptic-lanceolate,  acuminate,  long  petiolate,  3-  (5-)  plinerved,  obscurely  denticu- 
late above,  glabrous  above  or  nearly  so,  densely  fulvous  stellate-tomentose  below, 
blade  6-14  cm.  long  and  2-5.5  cm.  broad;  petiole  slender,  angled,  1-3  cm.  long, 
densely  stellate  pubescent;  inflorescence  a  terminal  panicle  shorter  than  the  sub- 
tending leaves,  the  lateral  branches  short  and  the  flowers  racemose  and  sessile, 
pubescence  as  on  the  branchlets;  flowers  small,  white;  hypanthium  about  1.5- 
2  mm.  long  and  as  broad  or  broader,  broadly  campanulate,  densely  fulvous  stellate, 
the  calyx  very  short,  almost  unlobed  but  with  4  short  dorsal  appendages  about 
0.5-1  mm.  long  and  these  acute  or  obtuse,  fulvous  stellate;  petals  4,  oblong  or 
oblong  quadrate,  about  2  mm.  long  and  1.5  mm.  broad,  the  apex  obscurely  bilobed 
and  somewhat  apiculate  at  one  angle;  stamens  8,  the  anthers  about  1.5  mm.  long 
and  the  filament  1  mm.  long;  style  somewhat  thickened  above,  about  3-3.5  mm. 
long;  fruit  not  seen. 

GUATEMALA:  Cerro  Chiblac,  between  Finca  San  Rafael  and  Ixcan, 
Sierra  de  los  Cuchumatanes,  alt.  1200-2000  m.,  July  22, 1942,  Steyer- 
mark 4-91 43a  (type  in  Chicago  Natural  History  Museum). 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  "Mountain  sirin,"  tree  6  inches  in  diameter, 
flowers  white  with  yellow,  scented;  in  high  ridge  on  hilltop  (near 
boundary  line)  beyond  central  camp,  Edwards  road  beyond  Colum- 
bia, Toledo  District,  May  19,  1951,  Gentle  7333  (LL,  fragment  F). 

Closely  allied  to  Miconia  oligocephala  Donn.-Sm.,  itself  a  rare 
species  known  only  from  Guatemala.  The  present  species  has  smaller 
flowers  which  are  not  subtended  by  conspicuous  bracts  nearly  as 
long  as  the  hypanthium. 

Miconia  holosericea  (L.)  DC.  Prodr.  3:  181.  1828.  Melastoma 
holosericea  L.  Sp.  PI.  390. 1753.  Melastoma  mucronata  Desr.  in  Lam. 
Encycl.  4:  46.  1796.  Miconia  mucronata  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser. 
3,  16:  120.  1851. 


572  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

There  are  no  doubt  other  synonyms  but  these  are  the  essential 
ones  for  North  America,  where  I  have  seen  specimens  from  Mexico, 
British  Honduras,  Costa  Rica  and  Panama.  The  species  extends 
southward  to  Brazil  and  Bolivia. 

De  Candolle's  combination  seems  valid  for  this  plant  for  he  gave 
a  basionym  based  on  Linnaeus,  even  though  the  bibliographic  refer- 
ence was  in  error  and  the  plants  which  he  had  in  hand  may  have 
represented  other  than  the  Linnaean  species.  Dr.  Gleason,  in  his 
recent  account  of  the  family  for  the  Flora  of  Panama,  used  the  name 
Miconia  mucronata  (Desr.)  Naudin  for  this  species. 

Miconia  humilis  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  764.  1891. 

This  species,  first  collected  in  Guatemala  by  Scherzer,  has  most 
often  been  considered  to  be  a  synonym  of  M.  lauriformis  (which  see, 
below,  for  comment).  In  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  this  name  will  be 
used  for  the  relatively  small  plant  with  small  leaves  and  the  nerves 
arising  well  above  the  base.  It  has  been  collected  rarely  in  Guate- 
mala and  adjacent  Mexico  but  is  often  very  common  in  the  oak-pine 
forests  of  the  highlands  of  Honduras.  It  is  known  also  from  the  high 
mountains  of  El  Salvador. 

Miconia  laevigata  and  its  allies  in  Guatemala:  There  are  de- 
scribed from  Guatemala  four  species  closely  allied  to  Miconia  laevi- 
gata (L.)  DC.  and  perhaps  not  really  distinct.  Miconia  laevigata 
(L.)  DC.  is  the  oldest  name  in  the  complex;  the  leaves  are  obtuse 
or  rounded  at  the  base  and  3.5-8  cm.  broad.  Miconia  hyperprasina 
Naudin  is  very  similar,  but  the  leaves  are  acute  or  subacute  at  the 
base.  Miconia  ochroleuca  Standl.  is  essentially  the  same  as  M.  hy- 
perprasina but  the  type  has  smaller,  relatively  simple  inflorescences. 
Miconia  virescens  (Vahl)  Triana  seems  to  belong  to  the  same  group 
but  I  have  seen  little  material  and  none  of  it  authentic. 

The  four  species  are  maintained  in  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  al- 
though it  is  felt  that  they  are  too  much  alike. 

Miconia  lauriformis  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  16:  189. 
1851. 

We  have  a  photograph  of  Linden  1279  and  a  fragment  of  Linden 
64-9,  the  original  collections  of  this  species  from  Mexico,  which  seem 
to  indicate  that  the  species  is  exceedingly  close  to  M.  mexicana 
(Humb.  &  Bonpl.)  Naudin.  The  species  found  in  Chiapas,  Guate- 
mala, El  Salvador  and  Honduras  to  which  this  name  has  been  applied 


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573 


FIG.  17.    Miconia  Lundelliana.    A,  Habit  (X  ±  1).    B,  Flower,  partially  dis- 
sected (X  ±6).    C,  Anther  (X  10).    D,  Petal  (X  ±  4). 


seems  to  be  distinct  and  perhaps  should  be  referred  to  M.  humilis 
Cogn.    See  that  species  (above)  for  further  comment. 

Miconia  Lundelliana  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbor  parva.  Folia  anguste  ovata  vel  ovata,  acuta,  basim  rotundata  vel 
cordata,  breviter  petiolata,  5-plinervia,  subtus  furfuracea;  inflorescentia  termi- 
nalis,  dichasialia,  parviflora;  hypanthium  campanulatum  vel  subglobosum;  calyx 
6-appendiculatum,  coriaceum;  petala  late  oblanceolata,  acuta,  subcarnosa. 

Small  trees,  branches  slender,  terete  or  slightly  flattened  when  very  young, 
obscurely  pubescent  with  small,  glandular,  peltate  scales,  becoming  glabrous; 


574  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

leaves  of  a  pair  equal  or  nearly  so,  narrowly  ovate  to  ovate,  acute,  the  base  rounded 
or  slightly  cordate,  short  petiolate,  5-plinerved,  the  lateral  pair  often  obscure, 
glossy  green  above,  lighter  below,  glabrous  above,  furfuraceous  below  with  sub- 
glandular  peltate  scales,  densely  so  on  the  veins,  sparsely  so  on  the  surface  of  the 
blades,  blades  3-7  cm.  long  and  1.5-4  cm.  broad;  inflorescence  terminal,  either  a 
simple  or  a  compound  dichasium,  few  flowered  if  compound,  usually  not  exceeding 
the  leaves,  each  lateral  flower  subtended  by  two  small  linear  bracts,  the  bracts 
either  at  the  apex  of  the  pedicel  or  one  at  the  base  (abaxial)  and  one  at  the  sum- 
mit (adaxial),  the  terminal  flower  of  a  simple  dichasium  usually  bractless,  the 
inflorescence,  hypanthium  and  calyx  covered  with  furfuraceous,  subglandular 
scale-like  pubescence;  hypanthium  campanulate  in  flower,  becoming  subglobose 
in  fruit,  mostly  4-5  mm.  long  and  in  fruit  nearly  as  broad;  calyx  with  six  sub- 
apical  dorsal  appendages,  in  flower  5-6  mm.  long,  thick  and  coriaceous,  the  dorsal 
appendages  thick  and  laterally  flattened,  about  3  mm.  long;  petals  broadly  oblan- 
ceolate,  sometimes  fimbriate  or  irregular  near  the  base,  acute,  rather  fleshy,  with 
about  5  principal  nerves,  about  10  mm.  long  and  6  mm.  broad;  stamens  similar, 
12,  the  anthers  linear-oblong,  opening  by  a  single  terminal  pore,  about  3.5  mm. 
long,  the  filaments  about  3  mm.  long,  connective  not  appendaged. 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  Flowers  white,  small  tree,  in  pine  ridge, 
Mullins  River  Pine  Ridge,  Feb.  2, 1955,  Gentle  8561  (type  in  Lundell 
herbarium,  fragment  in  F). 

Miconia  Lundelliana  is  not  closely  allied  to  any  continental  North 
American  melastome  known  to  me.  However,  there  are  several  in 
the  West  Indies  to  which  it  is  related,  mostly  those  which  have  been 
described  in  the  genus  Pachyanthus  A.  Rich,  and  of  these  it  is  per- 
haps most  closely  related  to  P.  mantuensis  Britton  &  Wilson.  In 
South  America  there  are  at  least  two  related  species,  Pachyanthus 
corymbiferus  (Naud.)  Cogn.  and  Miconia  larensis  Gleason  (which 
might  well  have  been  placed  in  Pachyanthus  by  a  less  conservative 
botanist) . 

Miconia  mirabilis  (Aubl.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Fothergilla 
mirabilis  Aubl.  Hist.  PI.  Guiane  Fr.  1:  441,  t.  175.  1775.  Tamonea 
guianensis  Aubl.  I.e.,  in  some  copies.  Miconia  guianensis  Cogn.  in 
Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14  (4) :  245.  1887. 

In  his  work  cited  above,  Aublet  published  two  names  for  this 
plant — one  name  in  part  of  the  copies  and  another  name  in  the 
others.  In  the  same  work  (2 :  659,  t.  268.  1775)  he  published  another 
Tamonea  in  the  Verbenaceae.  It  seems  probable  that  he  "discov- 
ered" that  he  had  described  two  genera  with  the  name  Tamonea  and 
changed  one  of  them  while  the  work  was  going  through  press.  It 
seems  quite  clear  that  he  changed  the  name  of  the  Melastome  to 
Fothergilla  mirabilis  and  that  he  should  be  followed  in  this.  Indica- 


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tive  that  his  intent  was  this  is  that  the  name  Tamonea  guianensis 
does  not  appear  in  the  index  of  scientific  names  but  Fothergilla  mira- 
bilis  does — as  F.  admirabilis. 

The  only  North  American  specimens  of  this  common  South 
American  plant  which  I  have  seen  are  cited  below. 

MEXICO:  Puente  del  Key,  Galeana,  Gro.,  alt.  1160  m.,  May  1, 
1938,  Hinton  et  al.  11185  (GH,  NY,  US);  Carrizo,  Sto.  Domingo, 
Galeana,  Gro., alt.  850  m.,  Oct.  25, 1935,  Hinton  et  al.  14717  (NY,  US). 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  "Sirin  mansana,"  tree  5  inches  in  diameter, 
flowers  pink  and  yellow,  high  ridge  on  hilltop,  Baboon  Ridge,  Stann 
Creek  Valley,  Jan.  21, 1940,  Gentle  3149  (LL,  A,  NY);  near  Middle- 
sex, 1600  feet,  Nov.  22,  1929,  Schipp  472  or  473  (A,  NY). 

COSTA  RICA:  Oersted  s.n.  (US). 

Miconia  platyphylla  (Benth.)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Tococa 
platyphylla  Benth.  PI.  Hartw.  181.  1845.  Sphaerogyne  latifolia  Nau- 
din,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  15:  331.  1851.  Miconia  paleacea  Cogn. 
in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  757.  1891.  Tococa  grandifolia  Standl.  Field 
Mus.  Bot.  4:  319.  1929. 

There  can  be  no  question  that  these  specific  names,  maintained 
by  Cogniaux  in  his  revision  of  the  Melastomaceae  under  both  Mi- 
conia and  Tococa,  refer  to  but  a  single  species.  Dr.  Gleason  has 
often  determined  the  species  with  the  two  names,  depending  on  geo- 
graphical origin.  The  species  does  point  up  again,  if  this  need  be 
done,  the  difficulty  of  distinguishing  some  genera  in  the  family. 

I  have  seen  the  following  specimens:  Guatemala:  Steyermark 
39163.  British  Honduras:  Schipp  S-610,  1253.  Honduras:  Stand- 
ley  52870,  54556;  Wilson  227.  Nicaragua:  Shank  &  Molina  489? 'a. 
Costa  Rica:  Brenes  13529;  Standley  37604;  Standley  &  Valerio  45056, 
45221;  Tonduz  7652,  8576,  9602.  Colombia:  Cuatrecasas  11413, 
12890,  15483,  23980;  Ewan  16050;  Lawrence  13,  649;  a  phototype 
taken  by  Gleason  has  also  been  seen.  The  legend  is  not  legible  on 
the  photograph.  Ecuador:  Camp  E-1215.  Venezuela:  Linden  1391. 

Miconia  prasina  (Sw.)  DC.  Prodr.  3:  188.  1828.  Melastoma 
prasina  Sw.  Prodr.  Veg.  Ind.  Occ.  69.  1788.  ?Miconia  pteropoda 
Benth.  in  Hook.  Journ.  Bot.  2:  314.  1840. 

Traditionally  the  two  species  of  Miconia  given  above  have  been 
credited  to  the  Mexican-Central  American  floristic  area.  I  find  no 
consistent  differences  in  the  specimens  so  determined  by  Cogniaux, 


576  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Gleason,  Standley,  Lundell  and  others.  In  the  Flora  of  Guatemala 
only  M.  prasina  will  be  included.  Miconia  pteropoda  Benth.,  origi- 
nally described  from  British  Guiana,  is  excluded  and  the  problem 
of  whether  or  not  it  is  a  synonym  of  M.  prasina,  which  is  the  oldest 
name  for  the  taxon  occurring  in  Central  America,  is  left  to  the  spe- 
cialists. 

Miconia  Zemurrayana  Standl.  &  L.  Wms.  Ceiba  1:  42.  1950. 
Tococa  parvifolia  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  27:  335.  1899,  non  Miconia 
parvifolia  Cogn. 

When  Standley  and  I  described  this  species  as  a  Miconia  we 
overlooked  its  previous  publication  in  the  genus  Tococa.  The  spe- 
cies is  not  a  Tococa  as  that  genus  is  usually  delimited,  and  it  would 
seem  to  go  best  into  Miconia.  The  genus  Calycogonium  A.  DC.  con- 
tains some  species  related  to  this,  but  that  West  Indian  genus  may 
not  be  distinct  from  Miconia,  and  I  feel  that  this  species  should  be 
left  in  Miconia  until  that  generic  complex  can  be  critically  studied. 

Known  from  Guatemala,  El  Salvador  and  Honduras. 

Monochaetum  (A.  P.  De  Candolle)  Naudin,  in  Central  America, 
is  a  small  genus  of  several  closely  allied  species.  In  order  to  put 
those  of  Guatemala  in  order  it  was  necessary  to  look  at  all  of  those 
described  from  Mexico,  Central  America  and  Panama.  Those  from 
South  America  were  studied,  but  apparently  no  species  overlap. 
Monochaetum  was  revised  by  Cogniaux  (DC.,  Monog.  Phan.  7: 
391-405. 1891)  and  those  of  North  America  were  reviewed  by  Gleason 
(Am.  Journ.  Bot.  16:  586-594.  1929).  Gleason  later  (1938)  added 
two  species,  and  Standley  and  Steyermark  (1944)  added  one,  to  this 
genus.  Those  found  in  Guatemala,  with  their  synonyms,  follow: 

Monochaetum  floribundum  (Schlecht.)  Naud.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat. 
ser.  3,  14:  165.  1850.  Rhexia  floribunda  Schlecht.  Linnaea  13:  431. 
1839.  Monochaetum  rivulare  Naud.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  4:  50. 1845. 
M.  diffusum  Cogn.  in  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  16:  4. 1891.  M.  diffusum 
var.  eglandulosa  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  395.  1891.  M.  cymo- 
sum  Gleason,  Am.  Journ.  Bot.  16:  588.  1929.  M.  intermedium  Glea- 
son, I.e.  589.  M.  rivulare  f.  glandulosum  Gleason,  I.e.  590.  M. 
compressum  Gleason,  Bull.  Torr.  Bot.  Club  65:  577.  1938. 

The  geographical  range  of  the  species  is  from  Mexico,  through 
Central  America,  and  Panama.  The  species  is  a  variable  one  and 
perhaps  could  be  divided  into  two  varieties  but  these  would  then 


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be  difficult  to  define.  The  species  as  I  would  define  it  is  practically 
the  same  as  it  was  defined  by  Cogniaux  in  1891,  except  that  many 
more  specimens  are  available  and  show  two  taxa  maintained  by 
Cogniaux  to  be  the  same. 

Monochaetum  Deppeanum  (Schlecht.  &  Cham.)  Naud.  Ann. 
Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  14:  165.  1850.  Rhexia  Deppeana  Schlecht.  &  Cham. 
Linnaea  5:  566.  1830. 

The  range  is  southern  Mexico,  Guatemala,  and  Nicaragua.  The 
species  is  quite  variable  and  it  is  curious  that  it  has  not  been  seg- 
regated. 

Monochaetum  tenellum  Naud.  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  14:  159. 
1850. 

The  species  is  apparently  endemic  to  Guatemala.  It  is  closely 
allied  to  M.  Deppeanum  but  apparently  can  be  distinguished  con- 
sistently by  larger  size,  longer  petiole  on  leaves,  and  non-barbellate 
pubescence. 

Monochaetum  guatemalense  Standl.  &  Steyerm.  (Field  Mus.  Bot. 
23:  136.  1944)  is  a  synonym  of  Heterocentron  elegans  (Schlecht.) 
Kuntze. 

Rhynchanthera  De  Candolle  is  a  small  but  distinctive  genus  to 
which  four  North  American  species  have  been  ascribed.  In  verify- 
ing the  single  species  credited  to  Guatemala  I  had  occasion  to  look 
at  most  of  the  material  available  in  the  larger  American  herbaria. 
There  follows  a  key  to  the  species  that  I  have  seen  and  bibliography 
and  comment  concerning  them.  Alfred  Cogniaux  prepared  a  good 
revision  of  the  genus  more  than  70  years  ago  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan. 
7:  97-111.  1891)  and  accounted  for  35  species,  all  South  American 
except  one. 

Petioles  and  upper  surface  of  leaves  glabrous R.  medialis. 

Petioles  and  upper  surface  of  leaves  pubescent. 

Connective  of  one  fertile  stamen  much  longer  and  bigger  than  on  the  other  four; 

leaves  acute  to  the  base R.  grandiflora. 

Connectives  of  fertile  stamens  essentially  similar;  leaves  very  obtuse  or  usually 
cordate  at  the  base. 

Hypanthium  with  a  few  setose  hairs  about  2  mm.  long R.  paludicola. 

Hypanthium  densely  short  fulvous-pubescent R.  mexicana. 

Unknown,  perhaps  a  synonym  of  R.  grandiflora R.  insignis. 


578  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Rhynchanthera  grandiflora  (Aubl.)  A.  DC.  Prodr.  3:  107. 
1828.  Melastoma  grandiflora  Aubl.  Hist.  PL  Guiane  Fr.  1:  414, 
t.  160.  1775. 

A  species  widespread  in  the  tropical  lowlands.  It  occurs  in 
Mexico,  but  only  one  specimen  has  been  found  in  Central  America 
although  it  should  certainly  be  found  along  the  Atlantic  lowlands 
of  most  of  the  region.  The  species  is  found  in  the  lowlands  of  all 
the  northern  South  American  countries  and  extends  southward  into 
the  Amazon  basin.  It  is  quite  possible  that  R.  insignis  Naudin  be- 
longs here  as  a  synonym.  I  have  seen  the  following  North  American 
specimens  of  the  species: 

MEXICO:  Minatitlan,  Veracruz,  Dec.  5, 1928,  Mells.n.  (US,  NY); 
Chinameca,  Veracruz,  Apr.  30,  1910,  Orcutt  3278  (F,  GH,  MO,  US) ; 
in  bog,  Minatitlan,  Veracruz,  Jan.  30,  1892,  J.  A.  Smith  404  (MO); 
Jaltapan,  Veracruz,  in  1895,  C.  L.  Smith  1009  (US,  NY). 

COSTA  RICA:  San  Isidro  del  General,  Aug.  10,  1936,  Danforth 
37  (GH). 

PANAMA:  Canagas,  Veraguas,  Feb.  8,  1937,  Allen  73  (NY);  San- 
tiago, Veraguas,  Nov.  24-25,  1938,  Allen  1014  (MO,  GH,  US,  NY); 
Sona,  Veraguas,  Nov.  24,  1938,  [albino  form],  Allen  1020  (MO);  El 
Valle  de  Anton,  Code",  Nov.  11,  1941,  Allen  2814  (NY);  Ocu,  Her- 
rera,  Jan.  22, 1947,  Allen  4044  (MO,  NY) ;  Aguadulce,  Code",  Dec.  3- 
6,  1911,  Pittier  4942  (F,  GH,  US);  between  Paso  del  Arado  and  Ola, 
Code",  Dec.  7-9,  1911,  Pittier  5027  (US);  El  Valle,  Cocl^,  Jan.  8, 
1938,  White  &  White  65  (NY),  66  (MO,  NY);  Penonome,  Feb.  23- 
Mar.  22,  1908,  Williams  216  (NY). 

Rhynchanthera  insignis  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3, 12: 206. 
1849. 

I  know  nothing  of  this  species.  Cogniaux  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan. 
7:  105.  1891)  places  it  as  a  synonym  of  R.  mexicana  DC.,  but  Cog- 
niaux' concept  of  the  species  is  obviously  a  mixture  and  this  reduction 
should  be  verified.  It  is  more  likely  to  be  a  synonym  of  R.  grandiflora. 

MEXICO. 

Rhynchanthera  medialis  Standl.  &  Steyerm.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
23:  137.  1944. 

The  type  is  the  only  known  collection  of  the  species.  It  is  fruit- 
ing and  it  may  not  belong  to  Rhynchanthera.  The  peculiar  dichasi- 
oid  inflorescence  is  not  like  that  of  any  other  member  of  the  genus. 


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GUATEMALA:  Between  Canjula  and  La  Union,  Juarez,  Volcan 
Tacana,  Feb.  22,  1940,  Steyermark  36386  (F,  NY). 

Rhynchanthera  mexicana  DC.  Prodr.  3:  108.  1828;  Cogn.  in 
DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  105.  1891.  Thenardia  rosea  [Sesse"  &  Mocino] 
ex  DC.  I.e. 

This  species  is  based  on  a  drawing  in  the  De  Candolle  herbarium 
(Chicago  Natural  History  Museum  Neg.  30660)  in  turn  based  on  a 
Sesse"  and  Mocino  specimen  that  could  be  the  one  from  which  the 
drawing  was  made;  it  is  numbered  1211,  which  number  also  appears 
on  a  field  label  in  red  crayon.  There  is  a  duplicate  of  this  specimen 
in  Chicago  as  well  as  a  photograph  of  Sesse"  &  Mocino's  sketch  of 
Thenardia  rosea.  Cogniaux  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.)  apparently  did 
not  see  the  De  Candolle  drawing  or  the  Sesse"  &  Mocino  material  or 
drawing  for  he  placed  the  species  in  the  wrong  group  of  the  genus. 
Gleason  (Ann.  Mo.  Bot.  Gard.  45:  219.  1958)  followed  Cogniaux' 
lead,  and  the  specimens  he  cited  are  all  R.  grandiflora. 

I  have  seen  no  specimens  of  the  species,  except  from  Mexico. 

MEXICO:  Sesse  &  Mocino  1211  (F);  Veracruz,  Sept.  7,  1944, 
Gitty  &  Hernandez  20  (NY). 

Rhynchanthera  paludicola  (Donn.-Sm.)  Gleason,  Phytologia 
1:  136.  1935.  Tibouchina  paludicola  Donn.-Sm.  Bot.  Gaz.  42:  293. 
1906. 

The  species  is  a  variable  one  and  the  material  cited  may  include 
two  or  perhaps  even  three  things,  but  better  material  is  needed. 

TYPICAL:  Costa  Rica:  Canas  Gordas,  Feb.-Mar.  1897,  Pittier 
11055  (US),  11056  (US,  F);  El  General,  Jan.  1939,  Skutch  4097 

(A,  NY,  US). 

ATYPICAL,  SMALL-LEAFED  FORM:  Costa  Rica:  Los  Chiles,  Rio 
Frio,  Holm  &  Iltis  936  (NY).  Panama:  Boquete,  Chiriqui,  July  24- 
26,  1940,  Woodson  &  Schery  739b  (NY). 

ATYPICAL,  DENSELY  STRIGOSE,  FULVOUS  FORM:  Panama:  Llanos 
del  Volcan,  Jan.  23,  1939,  Allen  1549  (F,  GH,  US,  NY);  Boquete, 
Chiriqui,  April  21,  1938,  Davidson  588  (F,  A,  US). 

Tibouchina  Aublet  in  continental  North  America  is  a  small  genus 
of  perhaps  fewer  than  a  dozen  species,  some  of  which  are  to  be  found 
also  in  South  America,  where  the  genus  is  a  very  large  and  compli- 
cated one. 


580  FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 

Tibouchina  aspera  Aubl.  Hist.  PI.  Guiane  Fr.  1:  446,  t.  177. 
1775.  T.  belizensis  Lundell,  Am.  Midi.  Nat.  29:  483.  1943. 

Dr.  Wurdack  has  called  my  attention  to  the  fact  that  there  seems 
to  be  no  difference  between  the  abundant  northern  South  American 
Tibouchina  aspera  and  T.  belizensis  from  our  region.  So  far  as  I 
know,  the  species  is  recorded  from  only  two  localities  in  British 
Honduras,  and  nowhere  else  in  North  America.  The  disjunct  range 
is  of  interest  but  not  unusual. 

There  is  in  our  herbarium  a  fragment  from  the  Aublet  herbarium 
which  may  have  come  from  the  type  collection. 

Tibouchina  bipenicillata  (Naud.)  Cogn.  in  Mart.  Fl.  Bras.  14 
(3):  385.  1885;  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  243.  1891. 

This  species  ranges  from  Costa  Rica  to  Venezuela  and  Colombia. 
Standley  (Field  Mus.  Bot.  18:  840.  1938)  credited  T.  Mathaei  Cogn. 
to  Costa  Rica.  The  specimens  which  he  had  available  are  rather 
T.  bipenicillata. 

The  only  other  closely  related  species  in  Central  America  is  T. 
aspera  Aubl.,  mentioned  above. 

Tibouchina  longifolia  (Vahl)  Baill.  Adansonia  12:  74.  1877. 
Rhexia  longifolia  Vahl,  Eclog.  Amer.  1 :  39.  1796.  Tibouchina  Bour- 
gaeana  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  264.  1891.  T.  aliena  Brande- 
gee,  Univ.  Cal.  Publ.  Bot.  6:  58.  1914. 

Tibouchina  longifolia  is  the  common,  occasionally  abundant,  and 
widely  distributed  Tibouchina  of  Central  America.  It  is  in  the  West 
Indies  as  well  and  extends  as  far  south  as  Bolivia.  It  occurs  in  most 
natural  habitats,  except  the  driest  and  coldest,  and  its  elevational 
range  is  from  150  to  some  2000  meters.  It  is  an  occasional  weed  in 
cultivated  ground  or  in  second  growth. 

The  species  is  variable,  and  for  the  Flora  of  Guatemala  I  have 
included  in  it  plants  with  the  connective  of  the  anther  to  more  than 
1  mm.  long;  those  with  anthers  of  two  sizes  in  a  flower;  and  those 
having  almost  no  connective  to  those  with  some  connective  on  sta- 
mens with  larger  anthers.  Pubescence  is  from  dense  to  rather  sparse, 
appressed  or  spreading;  the  calyx  lobes  from  about  3  mm.  long  to  as 
much  as  15  mm.;  the  petals  from  perhaps  as  little  as  5  mm.  long  to 
15  mm.  or  perhaps  more. 

Without  passing  on  the  validity  of  Tibouchina  Schiedeana  (Cham. 
&  Schlecht.)  Cogn.  (in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  261.  1891)  and  of  T. 


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Naudiniana  (Dene.)  Cogn.  (in  DC.,  I.e.  264),  which  were  both  de- 
scribed from  Mexico  above  the  Isthmus  of  Tehuantepec,  the  Central 
American  material  determined  with  these  names  by  Gleason,  Stand- 
ley,  myself  and  others  is  being  redetermined  as  T.  longifolia. 

Tibouchina  longisepala  Cogn.  var.  longisepala.  T.  longi- 
sepala  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  259.  1891. 

A  fairly  distinct  species  among  those  of  Central  America.  It 
occurs  in  the  mountains  of  the  western  departments  of  Guatemala 
and  may  be  expected  in  the  Mexican  state  of  Chiapas.  The  type 
collection  is  Bernoulli  &  Cario  2872,  which  I  have  not  seen. 

Tibouchina  longisepala  var.  spathulata  (Brandegee)  L.  Wms., 
comb.  nov.  T.  spathulata  Brandegee,  Univ.  Cal.  Publ.  Bot.  6:  58. 
1914. 

The  variety  spathulata  is  distinguished  from  variety  longisepala 
by  having  the  hairs  of  the  stems  and  the  branches  widely  spreading 
and  not  appressed  as  in  the  typical  variety.  All  of  the  specimens 
seen  originated  along  the  Mexico-Guatemala  border  in  the  state  of 
Chiapas  and  the  departments  of  San  Marcos  and  Quezaltenango. 

Topobea  Aublet  is  a  small  but  interesting  and  difficult  genus 
ranging  in  North  America  from  Mexico  to  Panama,  where  25  species 
have  been  reported  or  described.  A  greater  number  are  reported 
from  South  America.  The  genus  is  very  closely  related  to  Blakea  P. 
Br.,  and  in  fact  the  distinction  between  the  two  is  rather  tenuous.  In 
Topobea  the  anthers  are  elongated,  either  linear  or  lanceolate  and 
attenuated  at  the  apex,  while  those  of  Blakea  are  short,  oval  or  oblong 
and  obtuse  at  the  apex.  It  is  difficult  to  place  a  given  specimen  in 
its  genus  if  stamens  are  missing,  as  they  often  are.  In  Topobea  there 
seem  to  be  two  groups — one  in  which  the  anthers  are  connate  and 
with  the  connective  produced  dorsally  into  an  appendage,  the  other 
in  which  the  anthers  are  apparently  free  at  anthesis  and  the  con- 
nective is  without  a  dorsal  appendage. 

The  following  is  an  account  of  those  species  of  Topobea  which  I 
am  able  to  distinguish,  occurring  from  Mexico  to  the  San  Juan  de- 
pression in  Nicaragua. 

Calyx  truncate,  with  or  without  external  dentiform  appendages  near  the  margin; 

bracts  one-third  to  one-half  the  length  of  hypanthium  and  calyx. 
Bracts  about  one-third  as  long  as  hypanthium  and  calyx;  axils  of  main  leaf  veins 
without  coarse,  weak  hairs T.  laevigata. 


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Bracts  about  half  as  long  as  hypanthium  and  calyx;  axils  of  main  leaf  veins 
below  with  a  few  coarse,  weak  hairs T.  calycularis. 

Calyx  prominently  6-dentate;  bracts  about  half  as  long  as  hypanthium  and  calyx. 

Three  principal  veins  separating  well  above  base  of  leaf;  bracts  of  outer  pair 
divided  about  half  way  to  base T.  calycularis. 

Three  principal  veins  separating  at  or  very  near  base  of  blade;  bracts  of  outer 

pair  free  nearly  to  base. 

Outer  bracts  longer  than  inner  pair;  inflorescence,  bracts  and  hypanthium 
furfuraceous  pubescent T.  Watsonii. 

Outer  bracts  equaling  inner  ones;  bracts  glabrous  or  pubescent. 

Petioles  with  a  tuft  of  hairs  at  juncture  with  blade;  leaf  blades  mostly 
about  20  cm.  long;  hypanthium  glabrous T.  Maurofernandeziana. 

Petioles  without  hairs  at  juncture  with  blade;  leaf  blades  mostly  about 
9  cm.  long;  hypanthium  obscurely  furfuraceous T.  Standleyi. 

Topobea  calycularis  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  18:  149. 
1852;  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  1090.  1891. 

GUATEMALA:  Johnston  1849  (F);  Skutch  1845  (F,  NY);  Standley 
89832  (F,  NY),  89973  (F),  91228  (F),  91704  (F),  92672  (F);  Steyer- 
mark  44834  (F,  NY),  48727,  48912  (F);  Tuerckheim  1135  (F,  NY), 
1688  (F);  Wilson  178,  199,  360  (all  F). 

The  species  occurs  in  Guatemala  in  a  rather  restricted  area  in 
the  west  central  part  of  the  country.  The  name  has  been  used  for 
most  of  the  kinds  of  Topobea  which  occur  in  the  area.  The  differ- 
ences between  this  species  and  T.  laevigata  seem  to  be  rather  minor 
and  it  is  possible  that  additional  material  will  show  them  to  be  the 
same. 

Originally  described  from  Mexico.  I  have  not  seen  Mexican  ma- 
terial and  accept  the  species  as  Cogniaux  treated  it. 

Topobea  laevigata  (D.  Don)  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  18: 
150.  1852.  Blakea  laevigata  D.  Don,  Mem.  Wern.  Soc.  4:  327.  1823. 
Melastoma  laevigatum  Schlecht.  Linnaea  18:  428.  1939. 

MEXICO:  Purpus  1226  (F),  4318  (F),  5768  (F),  11163  (F);  Sesse 
&  Mocino  1818  (F). 

GUATEMALA:  Maxon  &  Hay  3219  (US). 
BRITISH  HONDURAS:  Gentle  4928  (LL). 

The  only  specimens  with  definite  localities  we  have  are  from  Vera 
Cruz  as  are  those  which  Cogniaux  cited  (DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7: 1090. 
1891),  and  that  from  British  Honduras.  The  Mexican  specimens 
cited  in  old  literature  and  credited  to  Pavon  as  Blakea  trinervia  are 
no  doubt  those  of  Sesse"  and  Mocino  who  possibly  intended  to  name 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  583 

their  collection  Blakea  trinervia  L.  There  are  four  sheets  of  this  spe- 
cies in  the  Sess£  and  Mocino  herbarium,  now  all  given  the  same 
number  (1812)  but  surely  from  two  different  collections,  for  the 
original  field  numbers  seem  to  be  11-1  and  12-1.  One  of  these  (12-1) 
bears  the  name  "Blakea  trinervia  ic.,"  the  other  (11-1)  bears  the 
same  name  with  two  additional  letters  (m)  inserted  in  the  generic 
name  before  the  final  a  but  without  the  indication  "ic."  However, 
on  the  same  sheet  is  another  original  label  with  the  name  changed 
to  Spanish  phonetic  spelling,  followed  by  the  indication  "ic." 

Topobea  Maurofernandeziana  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7: 
1193. 1891.  T.  Durandiana  Cogn.  Bull.  Soc.  Bot.  Belg.  30:  268. 1891. 

MEXICO:  Plan  de  Carrizo,  Galeana  District,  Guerrero,  alt.  700  m., 
Hinton  et  al.  14661  (F,  GH,  NY,  US) ;  same  locality,  alt.  850  m.,  Hin- 
ton  et  al.  14700  (GH,  NY,  US). 

There  is  some  question  whether  the  two  names  given  above  really 
belong  to  the  same  species  but  until  this  genus  has  been  revised  I 
prefer  to  place  them  together. 

The  species  is  known  from  Mexico  and  Costa  Rica.  I  have  seen 
only  two  collections  from  our  range  and  so  far  as  I  know  they  are 
the  only  collections  of  the  genus  from  the  Pacific  slope  of  North 
America  above  Costa  Rica.  In  Costa  Rica  the  species  is  reasonably 
abundant. 

Topobea  Standleyi  L.  Wms.,  sp.  nov. 

Arbores  vel  frutices  usque  ad  8  m.  Folia  elliptica  vel  ovalia,  longe  petiolata, 
acuminata;  inflorescentia  uni-biflora;  pedunculus  crassus,  usque  ad  1  cm.  longus; 
calyx  coriaceus,  urceolatus,  6-dentatus;  petala  subrhombica  vel  ovato-subrhom- 
bica,  acuta,  carnosa;  connectiva  inappendiculata. 

Small  trees  or  shrubs  to  8  m.  tall,  the  branches  stout,  obtusely  tetragonous 
or  subterete,  glabrous  or  nearly  so;  leaves  elliptic  to  oval,  glabrous  or  the  petiole 
obscurely  puberulent  at  first,  long  petiolate,  abruptly  acuminate,  the  blade  4.5- 
15  cm.  long,  1.5-10  cm.  broad  (mostly  about  9X4  cm.),  cuneate  or  acute  to  the 
base,  5-nerved,  the  lateral  pair  very  obscure,  secondary  nerves  diverging  at  about 
80°,  the  petiole  1.5-4  cm.  long,  slender;  inflorescence  1-2  short  pedicellate  flowers 
in  the  axils  of  upper  leaves;  flower  with  short  fleshy  pedicels  1  cm.  long  or  less, 
the  subtending  bracts  minutely  furfuraceous,  two  opposed  pairs,  the  outer  pair 
ovate,  as  long  as  or  slightly  longer  than  the  inner  pair,  about  5  mm.  long,  divided 
to  the  base,  the  inner  pair  free  and  truncate  or  rounded;  hypanthium  and  calyx 
coriaceous,  obscurely  furfuraceous,  about  7-8  mm.  long,  the  hypanthium  urceo- 
late,  the  calyx  regularly  6-dentate,  somewhat  flaring;  petals  subrhombic  or  ovate- 
subrhombic,  acute,  fleshy,  obscurely  retrorse-ciliolate,  to  7  mm.  long  and  5  mm. 
broad;  stamens  apparently  free,  the  anther  about  5  mm.  long,  the  filament  a 
little  shorter,  the  connective  lacking  dorsal  appendage. 


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FIG.  18.  Topobea  Standleyi.  A,  Habit  (X  K).  B,  Bracts,  hypanthium  and 
calyx  (X  2)4).  C,  Petal  (X  2^).  D,  Stamen  (X  4). 

GUATEMALA:  Tree  25  feet,  petals  pink  and  white,  on  dry  rocky 
hills,  in  forest  of  pine  and  oak,  north  of  Santa  Rosa,  Dept.  Baja 
Verapaz,  March  30,  1939,  Standley  69709  (type  in  Chicago  Natural 
History  Museum;  NY);  shrub  or  small  tree,  in  pine-oak  forest,  on 
rocky  hills  near  and  above  Santa  Rosa,  Dept.  Baja  Verapaz,  alt. 
1,500  m.,  Apr.  4,  1941,  Standley  91045  (F,  NY). 

Standley  and  Gleason  have  both  given  manuscript  names  to  the 
collections  cited  above  but  neither  has  published  a  name.  The  spe- 
cies seems  to  be  distinct  and  it  is  with  pleasure  that  I  name  it  for 
Standley. 

Perhaps  most  closely  related  to  T.  Watsonii,  a  species  of  wet,  low 
forests.  It  is  distinguished  by  the  thick  branchlets,  the  short  thick 
and  fleshy  pedicels,  difference  in  shapes  of  both  pairs  of  bracts,  and 
other  details. 


WILLIAMS:  TROPICAL  AMERICAN  PLANTS,  V  585 

Topobea  Watsonii  Cogn.  in  DC.  Monog.  Phan.  7:  1089.  1891. 
T.  rosea  Gleason,  Carnegie  Inst.  Wash.  Publ.  522:  336.  1940. 

A  lowland  species  found  in  British  Honduras  and  the  lowlands  of 
Guatemala  and  Nicaragua. 

BRITISH  HONDURAS:  Gentle  6316  (LL),  7169  (LL);  Schipp  S496 
(F),  1320  (F). 

GUATEMALA:  Hatch  &  Wilson  s.n.  (F);  Johnson  1237  (F);  Steyer- 
mark  391+17  (F,  NY),  39*28  (F),  41681  (F),  41798  (F);  Watson  94, 
in  part  (GH). 

NICARAGUA:  Englesing  116  (F). 

The  isotype  of  this  species  in  the  Gray  Herbarium  is  a  mixture 
of  Topobea  Watsonii  Cogn.  and  of  Blakea  bella  Standl.  Steyermark 
41681  is  almost  identical  to  the  portion  of  the  collection  which  is 
a  Topobea. 

Triolena  Naudin  and  Diolena  Naudin.  The  species  of  these  two 
genera  are  very  much  alike  in  general  appearance  but  are  separated 
by  stamen  characters  that  would  seem  to  be  trivial — certainly  not 
of  generic  worth.  Diolena,  if  separated  from  Triolena,  has  two  basal 
spurs  on  the  connective  of  the  anther  and  the  leaves  of  each  pair  are 
dimorphic.  Triolena  has  three  basal  spurs  on  the  connective,  at  least 
on  the  larger  anthers,  and  the  leaves  of  each  pair  are  isomorphic  or 
dimorphic. 

In  the  preliminary  manuscript  of  the  Flora  of  Guatemala,  Paul 
Standley  has  indicated  that  "it  is  probable  that  the  two  groups 
should  be  united,"  although  he  did  not  carry  out  the  suggestion. 
There  seems  to  be  no  justification  to  maintain  the  two  generic  names 
and  as  they  were  published  at  the  same  time  and  as  the  taxa  contain 
about  an  equal  number  of  entities,  Triolena  Naudin  is  selected  as  the 
name  to  be  kept  and  Diolena  Naudin  is  reduced  to  synonymy. 

Triolena  hygrophylla  (Naudin)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Diolena 
hygrophylla  Naudin,  Ann.  Sci.  Nat.  ser.  3,  15:  329.  1851. 

The  type  species  of  Diolena,  Venezuela. 

Triolena  calciphila  (Standl.  &  Steyerm.)  Standl.  &  L.  Wms., 
comb.  nov.  Diolena  calciphila  Standl.  &  Steyerm.  Field  Mus.  Bot. 
23:  133.  1944. 

Known  only  from  Guatemala. 


586  FIELDIANA:  ZOOLOGY,  VOLUME  29 

Triolena  roseiflora  (Standl.  &  Steyerm.)  Standl.  &  L.  Wms., 
comb.  nov.    Diolena  roseiflora  Standl.  &  Steyerm.  I.e.  134. 

Known  only  from  Guatemala. 

Triolena  stenophylla  (Standl.  &  Steyerm.)  Standl.  &  L.  Wms., 
comb.  nov.  Diolena  stenophylla  Standl.  &  Steyerm.  I.e.  135. 

Known  only  from  Guatemala. 

Triolena  spicata  (Triana)  L.  Wms.,  comb.  nov.  Diolena  spicata 
Triana,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  28:  81.  1871. 

Originally  from  Colombia  (Choco) ;  recorded  from  Panama. 

HALORAGACEAE 
Gunnera 

There  have  been  described  from  Mexico  and  Central  America 
five  species  of  Gunnera.  The  first  of  these,  described  as  Pankea 
insignis  by  Oersted  in  1857  from  Costa  Rican  material,  is  the  oldest 
and  is  now  well  known  from  Costa  Rica  and  Panama.  Hemsley,  in 
the  Biologia  Centrali-Americana,  included  G.  insignis  and  a  second 
undescribed  species  from  Vera  Cruz  in  Mexico.  Schindler,  in  his 
review  of  Haloragaceae  in  Pflanzenreich,  added  G.  Wendlandii 
Reinke  ex  Schindler,  which  is  probably  a  synonym  of  G.  insignis. 
Schindler  apparently  saw  only  four  collections  of  the  genus  for  North 
America  and  these  all  from  Costa  Rica.  In  1922,  Brandegee  de- 
scribed G.  mexicana,  which  is  unknown  to  me  except  for  the  rather 
short  description.  In  1940,  Dr.  Lundell  described  G.  Killipiana  from 
Volcan  de  Tacana  on  the  Guatemalan-Mexican  border  and  it  is  to 
this  species  that  all  of  our  Guatemalan  and  Honduran  material  will 
be  referred  in  the  Flora  of  Guatemala.  Weber  and  Mora  more  re- 
cently (1958)  have  described  G.  talamanca  from  Costa  Rica.  This 
comes  from  the  known  range  of  G.  insignis,  but  in  the  field,  where  I 
saw  it  a  few  months  ago,  it  appears  quite  distinct. 

Proserpinaca 

There  is  but  a  single  species  of  Proserpinaca  in  Central  America 
and  adjacent  Mexico.  Dr.  N.  C.  Fassett  has  annotated  most  of  our 
Central  American  material  as  P.  palustris  var.  crebra  Fernald  & 
Griscom  but  it  seems  not  "abundantly"  distinct  from  the  typical 
variety. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  29 

Synonyms  in  italics 


Abbevillea  152,  165 
Acca  151,  165,  174 
Aciotis  Levy  ana  549 
Acisanthera 

bartlettii  539 

bivalvis  536 

crassipes  539 

genliseoides  541 

gracilis  539 

limnobios  536 

nana  539 

rosulans  540 
Acmena  167,  168 
Acrandra  152 

Agalma  kauaiense  51,  52,  123 
Allenanthus  erythrocarpus  371 
Amomis  152 
Amyrsia  170 
Anamomis  160,  169,  170,  173,  479 

fragrans  485 
Anetanthus  231 
Anonaceae  545 
Antirrhinoideae  232 
Aralia  trigyna  3,  18 
Araliae  4 

Archibaccharis  lucentifolia  388 
"Arete"  259 

"Aretes  de  la  cocinera"  233 
Arthrostemma  549 

alatum  549 

apodocarpum  550 

campanulare  550 

ciliatum  550 

fragile  550 

hirtellum  567 

macrodesmum  550 

parvifolium  550 
Asplundia  costaricensis  345 
"Auahi"  112 
Aulacocarpus  151 
Aulomyrcia  146,  150,  160,  165,  166 

egensis  191 

macrophylla  191 

multiflora  165 
"Auwahi"  112 

Banara 

grandiflora  376 
leucothyrsa  366 
mexicana  365 


Bellucia  551 

costaricensis  551 

grossularioides  551 
Biflorae  169 
Bixa  Orellana 

f.  leiocarpa  358 

var.  leiocarpa  358 
Blakea  laevigata  582 
Blepharpcalyx  152,  166,  172,  173 
Bonifazia  quezalteca.  378 
Borreria  rhadinophylla  371 
Britoa  152 

Cabralea  295 
Cactaeceae  476 
Calceolaria  nigricans  358 
Calycampe  150 
Calycolpus  152,  173 

moritzianus  226 
Calycorectes  151,  171,  172 

densiflorus  509 

macrocalyx  212 

Calyptranthes  150,  151,  153,  160,  166, 
178,396,397 

apoda  412 

aromatica  411 

brevispicata  181 

chytraculia  403 
var.  americana  404 
var.  chytraculia  403 
var.  pauci flora  407 

costa-ricensis  408 

crebra  181 

euryphylla  405 

gigantifolia  181 

hernandezii  404 

johnstonii  405 

krugioides  182 

maxima  182 

mexicana  409 

millspaughii  405 

pallens  406 

var.  mexicana  409 
var.  pallens  407 
var.  williamsii  408 

paxillata  410 

plicata  182 

rufotomentosa  183 

schiedeana  411 

schlechtendaliana  411 


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sessilis  183 

simulata  184 

tenuipes411 

tessmannii  184 

tovarensis  412 

vexata  412 

unlliamsii  408 

zuzygium  412 
Calyptrella  562 

cucullata  563 

cycliophylla  563 

denticulata  563 

Galeottii  563 

gracilis  564 

littoralis  564 

micrantha  564 

robusta  564 

stellata  564 

tristis  564 

Calyptromyrcia  150,  165 
Calyptropsidium  152,  173 
Campomanesia  151,  152,  172,  173 

lineatifolia  157 
"Caoba"  302 
Carapa  295 
Carica 

dolichaula  368 

heptaphylla  368 

mexicana  368 

Carludovica  costaricensis  345 
Casearia 

banquitana  359 
var.  laevis  359 

Bartlettii  358 

Brighamii  359 

coronata  548 

corymbosa  359 

dolichophylla  359 

dubia  359 

elegans  358 

Getttfei  359 

javitensis  var.  myriantha  359 

laetioides  359 

/aepts  359 

myriantha  359 

nitida  359 
Cassipourea 

belizensis  370 

elliptica  369 

guianensis  369 

macrodonta  370 

podantha  370 
Catinga  151,  171,  172 
Cedrela295,311 

adenophylla  319 

aHiacea  333 

alternifolia  339 

angustifolia  296,  303,  305,  306,  307, 
308,310,319 

Balansae  319,  333 

barbata  319 

6ogp<erms  337 

boliviina  328 


brasiliensis  319 

var.  australis  333 
Brownii  312 
brunellioides  333 
caldasana  319 
ciliolata  319 
discolor  330 
Dugesii  319 
fissilis  305,  306,  308,  310,  333 

var.  glabrior  333 

var.  macrocarpa  333 
Glaziovii  319 
guianensis  298,  312 
Hassleri  319 

333 
i  319 
imparipinnata  319 
lancifolia  311 
Lilloi  305,  310,  328 
long i flora  319 
longipes  312 
longipetiolulata  319 
macrocarpa  333 
merrilli  310 
mexicana  296,  309,  312 

var.  puberula  312 
montana  305,  306,  310,  337 

var.  mexicana  329 
Mourae  319 

oaxacensis  305,  307,  308,  310,  329 
occidentalis  312 

odorata  296, 298, 303, 305-310, 312 
oregoniana  311 
pacayana  319 
pachyrhachis  319 
paraguariensis  319 

var.  brachystachya  319 

var.  Hassleri  319 

var.  multijuga  319 
poblensis  330 
pteraformis  311 
Regnellii  333 
flosei'  337 
rotunda  319 
salvadorensis  330 
saxatilis  330 
sinensis  298 
Sintenisii  312 
Steinbachii  328 
subandina  337 
Tonduzii  330 
tubiflora  333 

f.  angustifolia  333 

subsp.  bertoniensis  333 

var.  grandifolia  333 

var.  intermedia  333 

var.  lagenaria  333 

var.  parvifoliola  333 
Velloziana  312 
Weberbaueri  312,  339 
Whitfordii  319 
yucatana  312 
Cedrelaceae  298 


INDEX 


589 


Cedreleae  298,  299 
Cedrelieae  298 
Cedreloideae  298,  299 
Cedrelopsideae  299 
"Cedro"  296,  297,  301,  303,  304 
Cedrus  297,  311 
Cedrus  alternifolius  339 
Centradenia  552 
Bernoullii  552 
chiapensis  553 
divaricata  553 
floribunda 

var.  Bernoullii  552 
var.  floribunda  552 
var.  grandifolia  552 
grandifolia  553 

var.  brevisepala  553 
inaequilateralis  553 
Maxoniana  553 
salicifolia  553 

Cephalocereus  Maxonii  377 
Cereus 

Eichlamii  382 
laevigatus  382 

var.  guatemalensis  382 
Maxonii  377 
Yunckeri  384 
Cerqueiria  150 
"Chancho  bianco"  364 
Cheirodendron  3,  6 
Dominii  5, 17 
Fauriei  5,  37 

var.  Macdanielsii  38 
Gaudichaudii  4,  18,  26,  29,  34,  42 
Helleri  38 

var.  microcarpum  40 
var.  multiflorum  40 
var.  sodalium  41 
kauaiense  5, 14 
var.  Forbesii  16 
var.  keakuense  5, 16 
var.  typicum  14 
laetivirens  4 
marquesense  5 
platyphyllum  4, 11 
samoense  4 
trigynum  4, 18 

var.  acuminatum  5,  34 
var.  confer  tiflorum  30 
var.  Degeneri  35 

f.  pauciflorum  36 
var.  Fosbergii21 
var.  halawanum  26 
var.  hawaiense  4 
var.  Hillebrandii  29 
var.  Ilicoides  33 
var.  kauaiense  4,  5,  37 
var.  mauiense  4,  22 
var.  molokaiense  24 

f.  angustius  25 
var.  multiflorum  5,  40 
var.  oblongum  22 
f .  latius  23 


var.  osteostigma  25 
var.  Rockii  32 
var.  Skottsbergii  32 
var.  subcordatum  20 

valdiviense  4 

wahiawense  5,  37,  42 
Cheloneae  231,  232 
"Chidra"  345 
Chimarris  decurrens  371 
Chrysochlamys 

costaricana  356 

glauca  357 

guatemaltecana  356 

nicaraguensis  356 

psychotriaefolia  356 
Chuncoa 

amazonia  384 

oblonga  385 

Cissus  serrulatifolia  375 
Cleistocalyx  167, 168 
C  ley  era 

costaricensis  353 

Matudai  353 

panamensis  353 

revoluta  353 

serrulata  353 

Skutchii  353 

tacanensis  353 

theaeoides  353 
Clidemia  554 

capitellata  555 

var.  capitellata  555 
var.  dependens  555 
var.  neglecta  556 

densi flora  565 

dependens  555 

Deppeana  559 

globuliflora  556 

laxi flora  var.  longipetiolata  559 

Matudae  556 

Naudiniana  559 

neglecta  556 

octona  558 

petiolaris  559 

reticulata  560 

scopulina  560 

serrulata  559 

spectabilis  556 

strigillosa  560 

subseriata  569 

umbellata  560 
"Cola  de  gallo"  345 
"Coligallo"  345 
Combretaceae  384 
Combretum 

Benthamianum  370 

farinosum  370 

var.  phaenopetalum  370 

fruticosum  370 

lepidopetalum  370 

phaenopetalum  370 

polystachyum  370 

secundum  370 


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superbum  370 

Warszewiczianum  370 
Compositae  388 
Conostegia  561 

Bernoulliana  561 

caelestis  561 

cucullata  563 

hondurensis  561 

icosandra  561 

Lundellii  561 

plumosa  562 

subhirsuta  561 
"Coral  blow"  233 
"Coral  plant"  233 
Corymbiflorae  169 
Cryptophoranthus  Endresianus  345 
Cryptorhizoideae  170 
"Cuajiote"  345 
Cuphea 

cyanea  369 

var.  hirtella  369 

micrantha  369 

mimuloides  369 
var.  guianensis  369 
var.  hypericoides  369 

Valerii  369 

Davilla  349 

aspera  349 

aspera 

var.  aspera  349 
var.  Matudae  350 

lucida  350 

Kunthii  350 
Dichotomae  169 
Dilleniaceae  376 
Diolena  585 

calciphila  585 

hygrophylla  585 

roseiflora  586 

spicata  586 

stenophylla  586 
Dipanax  51,  52,  53 

dipyrena  52,  125 

gymnocarpa  52,  133 

fccwaiense  52 

kauaiensis  123 

Mannii  51,  52,  125 


Eichlamii  378 
quezaltecus  378 
Doliocarpus  hispidus  350 

"Ear-rings  of  the  cook"  233 
Elutheria  295 

Epidendrum  lamellatum  346 
Epiphyllum  378 

Eichlamii  378 

macropterum  378 

quezaltecum  378 
Erblichia 

odorata  367 
var.  mollis  368 


Standleyi  367 

xylocarpa  367 

var.  mollis  368 
Eroteum  theaeoides  353 
Eugenia  146,  151,  153,  155,   157,  161, 
166,  167,  169,  171,  172,  194,  413 
subgen.  Macrocalyx  169 

acapulcensis  421 

acrensis  202 

aerosa  203 

alaternifolia  481 

alnifolia  425 

andina  481 

anglohondurensis  521 

antiquae  421 

apodantha  520 

argyrea  426 

aromatica  481 

atroracemosa  203 

atrosquamata  204 

avicenniae  427 

axillaris  428 

barbata  204 

bartlettiana  421 

baruensis  421 

basilaris  464 

biflora  428 

bifurcata  205 

bonplandiana  421 

bracteolosa  421 

calva  205 

campechiana  421 

capuli  432 

carthagenensis  421 
var.  baruensis  421 

cartilaginea  205 

casearioides  433 

chartacea  206 

chepensis  434 

choapamensis  435 

cocquericotensis  446 

colipensis  436 

comitanensis  421 

contrerasii  432 

conzattii  446 

crassifolia  467 

crebrifolia  484 

crenularis  436 

crucicalyx  206 

culminicola  437 

curvipilosa  206 

curvivenia  207 

deltoidea  421 

dibranchiata  207 

discreta  208 

dissitiflora  467 

doubledayi  470 

dugandii  484 

egensis  169,  466 

escuinttensis  421 

farameoides  439 

ferreyrae  209 

fieldingii  428 


INDEX 


591 


flavida  467 
flavoviridis  467 
florida  157,  158 
foetida  var.  rhombea  453 
fragrans  485 
gaumeri  469 
gentlei  520 
guadalupensis  421 
guanacastensis  465 
guatemalensis  439 
hexovulata  210 
hintonii  436 
hiraeifolia  455,  457 
hondurensis  467 
hypargyrea  439 
illepida  210 
inconspicua  440 
indifferens211 
karsteniana  490 
karwinskyana  440 
koepperi  470 
laevis  468 

var.  gaumeri  469 
Iedophylla430,440 
leptopa  453 
liebmannii  441 
lindeniana  442 
longicuspis  211 
lopeziana  485 
lundellii  469 
macrocalyx  212 
macrocarpa  442 
mandonii212 
mariquitensis  491 
maritima  421 
mato  491 
mexiae  455 
mexicana  442 
michoacanensis  443 
micrantha  433 
micranthoides212 
minimifolia213,492 
mirandae  444 
mosquitensis  421 
mouririoides  521 
multirimosa  213 
musarum  521 
nicaraguensis  467 
oaxacana  455,  456,  458 
octopleura  470 
oerstedeana  446 
oreinoma  465 
origanoides  448 
orthostemon  492 
ovati folia  421 
pollens  406 
palmar um  503 
petenensis  446 
pittieri  433 
pleurocarpa  449 
praeterita  450 
principium  451 
pseudo-mato  493 


pueblana  452 

punctata  485 

punicifolia  157 

purpusii  455,  456 

pycnantha  494 

quadrijuga  216 

quebradensis  217 

quinqueloba  217 

rekoi  453 

rhombea  453 

rigidissima  494 

rondonensis  495 

salamensis  455 
var.  hiraeifolia  457 
var.  rensoniana  456 
var.  salamensis  455 

scalariformis218 

schiedeana  432 

schippii  521 

schunkei218 

sibunensis  421 

sinaloae  457 

standleyi  458 

steyermarkii  485 

stipitata  157,  219 

subsp.  sororia  157,  220 
subsp.  stipitata  220 

storkii  496 

subverticillaris  468 

symphoricarpos  458 

teapensis  459 

tenuimarginata  220 

ternifolia  497 

tomentulosa  455 

trifiora  485 

triquetra  497 

truncata  465 

trunciflora  460 

tumulescens  221 

turneri  460 

turumiquirensis  497 

uniflora  168 

valyata221 

variareolata  222 

versicolor  223 

vincentina  446 

xalapensis  461 

xilitlensis  462 

yautepecana  463 
"Eugenia  A"  167,  168 
"Eugenia  B"  167,  168 
Eugeniinae  151,  153,  160,  166 
Eugenioideae  150,  170 
Eugeniopsis  150 
Eurusselia  245 
Eurya 

lancifolia  354 

macrophylla  354 

panamensis  353 
Eutetraplasandra  51,  54 

Feijoa  174 

Flacourtiaceae  363,  376,  548 


592 


FIELD IANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 


Fothergilla  mirabilis  574 
Freziera 

Grisebachii  354 

lanci folia  354 

macrophylla  354 

Gastonia  oahuensis  49,  90 
Gaura  fruticosa  370 
Gimbernatia 

amazonia  385 

oblonga  385 
Glomeratae  169 
Gomidesia  150,  160,  165,  166 
Gomphia  curvata  352 

Jurgensenii  352 

lucens  352 
Graffenrieda  562 

cucullata  563 

denticulata  563 

Galeottii  563 

gracilis  564 

micrantha  564 

robusta  564 

stellata  564 

tristis  564 
Gratioliae  232 
Guarea  295 
"Guayabo"  385 
Gunnera  586 

Haloragaceae  586 
Hasseltia 

grandiflora  376 

macroterantha  364 

mexicana  365 

pyramidalis  365 

quinquenervia  366 
Hasseltiopsis 

albomicans  365 

leucothyrsa  365 

mucronata  366 
Hedera  4 

Gaudichaudi  3,  18,  26 

platyphylla  3,  11 
Heeria  566 

axillaris  567 

macrostachya  567 

rosea  567 
Heliocereus  379 

cinnabarinus  380 

Schrankii  379 
Henriettea  564 

brunnescens  566 

cuneata  565 

densiftora  565 

fascicularis  565 

macrocalyx  566 

Seemannii  566 

strigosa  566 

succosa  566 

tuberculosa  566 
Henriettella  564 

costaricensis  566 


cuneata  565 

densiflora  565 

fascicularis  565 

macrocalyx  566 

Seemannii  566 

tuberculosa  566 
Heptapleurum  54 

dipyrenum  51,  52,  125 

gymnocarpum  52,  133 

kauaiense  52,  123 

kauiense  123 

kavaiense  51 

waimeae  50,  103 
Heterocentron  566 

axillare  567 

elegans  567 

glandulosum  567 

hirtellum  567 

hondurense  568 

macrostachyum  567 

mexicanum  567 

roseum  567 

salvqdoranum  567 

sessi'Ks  567 

subtriplinervium  567 

suffruticosum  567 
Heteronoma  549 

campan«tore  550 
Heterotrichium  568 

Eggersii  561 

globuliflorum  556 

niveum  561 

octonum  558 

patens  560 

scopulinum  560 

umbellatum  560 
Hexachlamys  151 
Homalium  362 

eurypetalum  363 

hondurense  363 

nicaraguense  363 

racemosum  363 

riparium  363 

Schippii  363 

stenosepalum  363 

trichostemon  362 
Hybanthus 

Galeottii  358 

occultus  358 

Purpusii  358 
Hylocereus  382 
Hypericum 

caracasanum  355 

irazuense  355 

silenoides  355 

Iltisia  repens  371 
lonidium 

Galeottii  358 

occultum  358 


conica  368 


INDEX 


593 


dolichaula  368 

mexicana  368 
Johnsonia  311 
Jossinia  167,  168 
Juncirusselia  243 

Lacerdaea  152 
"Lapalapa"  14 
Laplacea  coriacea  354 
Leandra  569 

subseriata  569 
Legnotis  elliptica  369 
Lemaireocereus 

Eichlamii  382 

longispinus  382 
Leptospermaceae  170 
Leucopremna  mexicana  368 
"Lluvia  de  coral"  244 
"Lluvia  de  fuego"  233 
Lockhartia  Integra  346 
Loreya  brunnescens  566 
Luma  170 

Maba  sandwicensis  84 
Macrohasseltia  363 

macroterantha  364 
Maieta 

cuneata  565 

setosissima  556 
Maja  hypericoides  369 
Marlierea  150,  160,  166,  174,  470 

areolata  175 

caudata  176 

dussii  509 

imperfecta  176 

insignis  176 

obumbrans  193 

squarrosa  177 

subulata  177 

velutina  178 

Marnier  a  macroptera  378 
Maxillaria  fulgens  346 
Melastoma 

bivalvis  536 

capitellata  555 

dependens  555 

fascicularis  565 

grandiflora  578 

grossularioides  551 

holosericea  571 

icosandrum  561 

laevigatum  582 

mucronata  571 

nivea  560 

octona  558 

patens  560 

petiolare  559 

prasina  575 

serrulata  559 

strigillosa  560 

subtriplinervium  567 

succosa  566 

umbellata  560 


Melastomaceae  386,  549 
Meliaceae  298 
Melieae  298 
Meriania  570 
Miconia  570 

Bourgaeana  570 

Carioana  570 

desmantha  570 

echinoidea  571 

fulyostellata  571 

guianensis  574 

holosericea  571 

humilis  572 

laevigata  572 

lauriformis  572 

Lundelliana  573 

mirabilis  574 

mucronata  571 

paleacea  575 

parvifolia  576 

platyphylla  575 

prasina  575 

pteropoda  575 

tixixensis  571 

Zemurrayana  576 
Microlicia  limnobios  536 
Microspermum  repens  371 
Mitracarpus 

glabrescens  371 

rhadinophyllus  371 

villosus  var.  glabrescens  371 
Mitranthes  151 

sartoriana  525 
Monochaetum  576 

compressum  576 

cymosum  576 

Deppeanum  577 

diffusum  576 

floribundum  576 

guatemalense  567 

intermedium  576 

rivulare  576 

f.  glandulosum  576 

tenellum  577 

Munroidendron  racemosum  54 
Myrceugenella  169,  170 
Myrceugenia  150,  173 
Myrcia  146, 150, 153, 160, 163, 166, 185, 
470 

albobrunnea  187 

ambivalens  188 

aromatica  411 

atrorufa  188 

biperinis  189 

concava  189 

connata  189 

costa-ricensis  471 

crassimarginata  190 

dichasialis  190 

discolor  471 

dispar  191 

egensis  191 

fasciata  192 


594 


FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 


huallagae  192 

karsteniana  490 

lanceolata  var.  grandifolia  192 

longicaudata  471 

madida  192 

melanoclada  471 

obumbrans  193 

oerstedeana  471 

pentagona  193 

plicato-costata  471 

rufidula  470 

sartoriana  471 

schippii  471 

seleriana  485 

splendens  470 

var.  chrysocoma  193 

subglabra  194 

tovarensis  412 
Myrcianthes  151, 169, 170, 173,  473, 479 

apiculata  479 

femora  485 

borealis  4  SI 

callicoma  482 

cisplatensis  479 

crebrifolia  484 

compressa  483 

dugandii  484 

foliosa  491 

fragrans  395 

var.  fragrans  485 
var.  hispidula  489 

irregularis  489 

karsteniana  490 

leucoxyla  491 

mato  491 

minimifolia  492 

prodigiosa  492 

pseudo-mato  493 

rhopaloides  481,  483 

sessilis  495 

storkii  496 

ternifolia  497 
Myrciaria  151,  171,  172,  493 

amazonica  501 

bipennis  189 

caurensis  501 

cordata  501 

dubia  501 

floribunda  395,  502 

ibarrae  503 

maragnanensis  502 

paraensis  501 

phillyraeoides  503 

pittieri  503 

vexator  503 

vismeifolia  504 
Myrciinae  150,  158,  165 
Myrcioideae  150,  170 
Myrciopsis  470 
Myrtaceae  145,  395 
Myrteae  146,  149,  153,  170 
Myrteola  152,  173,  174,  227 

vaccinioides  var.  carabaya  228 


Myrtilles  298 

Myrtoideae  170 

Myrtus  151,  152,  172,  173,  174 

axillaris  428 

biflora  428 

capuli  432 

casearioides  433 

coccolobaefolia  483 

communis  172,  173,  174 

compressa  483 

foliosa  170,  491 

fragrans  485 

ledophylla  430 

leucoxyla  491 

maritima  421 

micrantha  433 

oaxacena  458 

splendens  470 

trunciflora  460 

xalapensis  461 

zuzygium  412 

Neosprucea  grandiflora  376 
Neotetraplasandra  51,  54 
Nothotetraplasandra  51,  54 

Odotandra  295 
Onoctonia 

cakarata  539 

crassipes  539 

pauciflora  539 

Orellana  americana  var.  leiocarpa  358 
"Organo"  384 

Ornithocephalus  Lankesteri  346 
Osmanthus  sandwicensis  84 
Ossaea  fascicularis  565 
Ouratea 

costaricensis  351 

crassinervia  351 

insulae  352 

isthmica  352 

Jurgensenii  352 

ligans  352 

lucens  352 
var.  podogyna  352 

podogyna  352 

prominens  352 

pyramidalis  352 

stenobotrys  352 

Wrightii  352 

"Pa-ah"  269 
Paivaea  152 
"Palma"  345 
"Palo  bianco"  491 
Panax  4 

Gaudichaudii  3,  18,  26,  29,  34,  42 

ovatum  3,  4 

platyphyllum  3,  11 
Paramitranthes  densiflora  509 
Phyllocactus  Eichlamii  378 
Phyllocalyx  151,  168,  169,  172 


INDEX 


595 


Pileus 

heptaphyllus  368 

mexicanus  368 
Pilocereus  Maxonii  377 
Pilosocereus  Maxonii  377 
Pimenta  152,  395,  511 
Pimentinae  151,  153,  160,  172 
Pimentoideae  150 
Pinaceae  545 
Piriquetia  xylocarpa  367 
Pistachiers  298 
Pleuranthodendron  364,  365 

mexicana  365 
Pleurothallis 

Butcher!  346 

Liebmanniana  347 
Plinia  151,  171,  172,  223,  505 

clausa  224 

duplipilosa  224 

dussii  509 

fruticosa  509 

inflata  225 

salt  i co la  505 
Plinioideae  170 
Poteranthera  535 

calcarata  539 

crassipes  539 

duidae  541 

genliseoides  541 

pauciflora  539 

pusilla  541 
Proserpinaca  586 
Pseudanamomis  170 
Pseudocaryophyllus  152,  173 
Pseudomyrcianthes  170 

pseudo-mato  493 
Pseudopanax  4 
Psidiopsis  152,  173 

moritziana  226 

Psidium  146,  151,  152,  161,  172,  173, 
225,  512 

anglohondurense  521 

apodanthum  520 

biloculare  520 

caudatum  226 

chiapasense  524 

chrysobalanoides  522 

dubium  501 

fulvum  226 

guajava  395 

guineense  X  P.  guajava  523 

hypoglaucum  523 

mouririoides  521 

musarum  521 

oerstedeanum  524 

pedicellatum  227 

rensonianum  455,  456,  457 

rostratum  227 

rotundifolium  522 

salutare  524 

sartorianum  525 

var.  yucatanense  527 

schippii  522 


Ptaeroxyleae  299 
Pterolepis  fragilis  386 
Pterosiphon  311 
Pterotropia    51-54 

dipyrena  125,  128 

gymnocarpa  51,  52,  133,  136 
var.  pupukeensis  136 

kaalae  131 

kauaiense  123 

kauaiensis  51,  131 

Racemosae  169 
Racemulosae  169 
"Rain  of  fire"  233 
Reichea  169,  170 
Rhamnaceae  547 
Rhamnus  oreodendron  547 
Rhexia 

Deppeana  577 

elegans  567 

floribunda  576 

grandifolia  553 

inaequilateralis  553 

longifolia  580 
Rhynchanthera  577 

grandiflora  578 

insignis  578 

medialis  578 

mexicana  579 

paludicola  579 
Ribes  leptostachyum  348 
Ritterocereus  Eichlamii  382 
Rubachia  150,  165,166 

obumbrans  193 
Russelia  231,  243 

acuminata  248 

alata  231,  232,  285 

alternifolia  285 

americana  285 

campechiana  246 

capensis  285 

chiapensis  257 

coccinea  231,  251 
f.  stipitata  253 

colombiana  232,  259 

conzattii  280 

cuneata  255 

deamii  232,  253 

depressa  285 

elegantissimia  233 

elongata  245 

ephedroides  269 

equisetiformis  231,  232,  233,  244 

flammea  285 

flavoviridis  259 

floribunda  232,  233,  256 
var.  pubescens  257 

furfuracea  232,  274 

glandulifera  253 

grandidentata  281 

hintoni  281 

jaliscensis  253 

juncea  231,  232,  244 


596 


FIELDIANA:  BOTANY,  VOLUME  29 


laciniata  250 

lanceifolia  250 

Lemoinei  233 

leptopoda  258 

longifolia  268 

longisepala  254 

maculosa  275 

imdtiflora  231,  232,  233,  251 

obtusata  277 

ovatifolia  256 

oxyphylla  267 

paniculata  231,  232,  251 

parviflora  282 

pennelliana  283 

var.  pilosa  283 
peruviana  285 
polyedra  231,  232,  283 
pringlei  278 
pubescens  273 
purpusii  245 
racemosa  285 
retrorsa  231,  232,275 

f.  nudicostata  277 
rotundifolia  233,  271 

f.  velutina  271 
rugosa  271 
sarmentosa  231,  233,  245,  259 

f.  eglandulata  263 

f.  pubescens  264 

f.  velutina  265 

var.  nicaraguensis  265 

var.  oaxacensis  266 
serratifolia  251 
sonorensis  268 

var.  pubescens  269 
staleyae  284 
standleyi  257 
steyermarkii  272 
subcoriacea  247 
syringaefolia  232,  247 
tabacensis  259 
tenuis  258 
tepicensis  232,  273 
teres  248 

ternifolia  232,  279 
tetraptera  254 
trachypleura  275 
verticillata  231,  232,  269 
villosa  279 
Russelieae  232 

Samyda 

Bartlettii  358 

fruticosa  359 

nitida  359 

Sapindus  formosus  310 
Schinus  310 

Schizocalyx  151,  171,  172 
Scrophularia  coccinea  251 
Scrophularieae  231 
Sideroxylon  spathulatum  84 
Siphoneugena  151,  165,  171,  507 

densiflora  509 


Siphanthera  duidae  541 
Sphaerogyne  latifolia  575 
Spruceanthus  grandiflorus  376 
Staphylea  heterophylla  547 
Staphyleaceae  547 
Stenocalyx  151,  168,  169 
Stenouratea  Wrightii  352 
Surenus  299,  311 

Brownii  299,  312 
Suttonia  lanaiensis  84 
Swietenia  295 
Swietenieae  298 
Syzygium  167,  168,  170 

Tamonea  guianensis  574 
Terminalia  384 

amazonia  384 

chiriquensis  385 

excelsa  385 

Hayesii  385 

oblonga  385 

obovata  385 
Tetracera 

belizensis  351,  376 

jamaicensis  376 
Tetraplasandra  49,  53 

bisattenuata  51,  102 

Elstonii  71 

gymnocarpa  52,  53,  133 
var.  leptocarpa  134 
var.  megalocarpa  135 
var.  pupukeensis  136 

hawaiiensis  49,  54,  65 
var.  awiniensis  66 
var.  gracilis  67 
var.  microcarpa  68,  115 

kaalae  99 

var.  multiplex  101 

kahanana  52,  137 

kauaiensis  52,  123 
var.  dipyrena  125 
var.  grandis  126 
var.  intercedens  126 
var.  koloana  129 
var.  nahikuensis  127 
var.  occidua  129 
var.frobustior  128 

kohalae  50,  83 

Koodersii  49,  53 

lanaiensis  50,  84 

lihuensis,  51,  81 
var.  gracilipes  82 

Lydgatei  86 

var.  brachypoda  87 
var.coriacea  89 
var.  Forbesii  88 
var.  leptorhachis  89 

meiandra  50,  51,  103,  138 
var.  bisobtusa  105 
var.  Bryanii  105 
var.  Degeneri  106 
var.  hatiiensis  97 
var.  Hillebrandii  106 


INDEX 


597 


var.  hiloensis  107 
var.  leptomera  108 
var.  longipedunculata  108 
var.  makalehana  111 
var.  mauiensis  111 
var.  molokaiensis  112,  121 
var.  occidentalis  113 
var.  olowaluana  113 
var.  ovalis  68,  114 
var.  polyantha  115 
var.  polystigmata  116 
var.  prolifica  116 
var.  prolificoides  117 
var.  ramosior  117 
var.  rhynchocarpa  118 
var.  rhynchocarpoides  119 
var.  Rockii  119 
var.  simulans  120 
var.  Skottsbergii  121 
var.  tenuistylis  122 
var.  tenuistyloides  123 

micrantha  51,  52,  131 

Munroi  51,  85 

oahuensis  49,  90 
var.  eradiata  93 
var.  Fauriei  95 
var.  hailiensis  97 
var.  longipes  93 
var.  pseudolongipes  94 
var.  psuedorhachis  96 
var.  venulosior  96 

paucidens  49,  53 

philippinensis  49,  53 

pupukeensis  50,  77 
var.  decipiens  81 
var.  megalopoda  79 

f.  trigona  79 
var.  nitida  80 
var.  venosa  78 

racemosa  50,  54 

turbans  52,  53,  130 

waialealae  50,  72 
var.  acrior  74 
var.  subsessilis  76 
var.  urceplata  74 
var.  wahiawensis  75 

waianensis  50,  97 
var.  palehuana  99 

waimeae  49,  69 

var.  angustior  71 
Tetrathylacium  366 

macrophyllum  367 
Tetrorchidium  Molinae  348 
Thenardia  rosea  579 
Tibouchina  579 

aliena  580 

aspera  580 

belizensis  580 


bipenicillata  580 

Bourgaeana  580 

longifolia  580 

longisepala 

var.  longisepala  581 
var.  spathulata  581 

paludicola  579 

spathulata  581 
Tigarea  aspera  349 
Tococa 

grandifolia  575 

parvifolia  576 

platyphylla  575 
Toona  295,  298,  299,  300 
Topobea  581 

calycularis  582 

Durandiana  583 

laevigata  582 

Maurofernandeziana  583 

rosea  585 

Standleyi  583 

watsonii  585 
Tovomita  356 

glauca  357 

gracilis  357 

nicaraguensis  356 
Tovomitopsis 

costaricana  356 

glauca  357 

guatemaltecana  356 

nicaraguensis  356 

psychotriaefolia  356 
Trichileae  298 
Trichilia  295 
Trichopilia  turialvae  347 
Triolena  585 

calciphila  585 

hygrophylla  585 

roseiflora  586 

spicata  586 

stenophylla  586 
Triplasandra  53 

kaalae  50,  94 

Lydgatei  50,  86 

meiandra  50,  103,  105,  107,  108,  111, 
116 

oahuensis  49,  90,  92,  93,  94 

waimeae  103 

Triplasandra  micrantha  131 
Trochilocactus  Eichlamii  378 
"Tucuso"  345 
Turpinia  heterophylla  547 

Ugni  152,  173,  174,  395 
Umbellatae  169 
Unonopsis  Storkii  546 

Viola  358 


Publication  970 


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