822 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
4 new ones. My greatest difficulty in studying this genus has been, 
of course, the making out of these old species from descriptions alone. 
From this study it appears that 7) clustaefolia and 7. seemanni must 
be very closely related, if not identical. This has been doubtless 
observed by others, for A. Fendler’s material from Panama has been 
referred to both species. 
The Kew Index has caused some confusion in the genus by referring 
T. sylvatica Cham. & Schlecht. to 7. globifora of Peru, while the 
much later 7) sy/vatica of Choisy is referred to Mexico; the West 
Indian species, 7. el/iptica Swartz, is credited to Mexico; 7. lineata 
DC., a good species, said to have come from Mexico, is referred to 
7. elliptica, 
The followmg species of Ternstroemia were recognized by Mr. 
Hemsley in the Biologia: 
Ternstroemia clusiaefolia, ( Taonaho clusiaefolia Szysz. ) 
Ternstroemia seemanni. (Very near the last. ) 
Ternstroemia sylvatica (becomes Taonabo sylvatica). 
Ternstroemia tepezapote (becomes Taonabo tepezapote) . 
Ternstroenia sp. (becomes Taonabo maltbyi Rose and perhaps a second species) . 
Taonabo lineata (DC.) Rose. 
Ternstroemia lineata DC, Mem, Soc, Phys. 1: 409. pl. 2. 1821. 
Type locality: ‘In Mexico ad clivam vulgo del Tolo in’ itinere Sanctuarii 
Chalmensis.”’ 
Mr. Hemsley questions whether both 7. ellipticea and 7. tepezapote may not be 
referred to 7. lineata. The plant which I have described as J. pringlei has leaves 
very similar to DeCandolle’s illustration, but it must be a different species. 
Taonabo maltbyi Rose. 
Ternstroemia malibyi Rose N. Am. Fauna 14: 78, 1894. 
Type locality: ‘* Maria Madre,’ Tres Marias Islands, colleeted by Maltby. 
Taonabo oocarpa Rose, sp. nov. Puate LXIX, 
Shrub 2.4 to 4.5 meters high; leaves oblanceolate, cuneate at base, 7 to 8 em. long, 
2 to dem. broad, entire; peduncle erect, elongated, 2 to 3 em. long; sepals orbicular; 
fruit ovate, acute, 1.5 to 2 em. long. 
Jollected by E. W. Nelson on table-land about Ocuilapa, Guerrero, altitude 1,020 to 
1,140 meters August 21, 1895 (no. 2994). 
This species differs from 7. sphaerocarpa especially in the shape of the fruit and in 
the length of the peduncles. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIX.—Fig. a, branch nearly natural size. 
Taonabo pringlei Rose, sp. nov. 
A small tree perhaps 6 meters high; leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, with minute 
denticulations, 3 to 8 em, long, 2 to 3 mm. broad; flowers clustered near the top of 
branches, peduncles about 2 em. long, thickened below the flower, with somewhat 
scattered bracts; sepals about 10 mm. long, scarious on the margin, entire. 
Collected by Mr. C. G. Pringle on Sierra de Tepoxtlan, Morelos, March 18, 1899 
(no. 8013, type), and by Rose and Hough near the same place May, 1899 (no. 4406). 
Taonabo sphaerocarpa Rose, sp. nov. 
Shrub 2.4 to 4.5 meters high; leaves lanceolate, cuneate at base, obtuse, 6 to 8 em. 
long, 3 to 4.em, broad, not thickish, entire; flowers ‘‘ white;’? peduncles short, 10 to 
15 mm. long; sepals orbicular, entire or nearly so; fruit nearly globular. 
