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Tribe BUETTNERIEA. 
12. THEOBROMA. 
Theobroma, Linn. Gen. Plant. i. n. 900; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 225. 
The genus is endemic in America, and comprises about eighteen species; see Ber- 
noulli, “ Uebersicht der bis jetzt bekannten Arten von Theobroma,” with seven plates. 
1. Theobroma angustifolia, DC. Prod. i. p. 484; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 112. 
‘Sour Mexico, without locality (Sessé); Costa Rica, without locality (Hoffmann). 
Hb. Berol. 
2. Theobroma bicolor, Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. Aiquin. i. p. 104, t. 30. 
_ Souta Mexico, Chiapas (Linden); GuaTemaLa, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 94), culti- 
vated.—A native of CoLOMBIA, GUIANA, Nora BraziL, and possibly also of GUATEMALA. 
Hb. Kew. 
3. Theobroma cacao, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1100. 
“Cacao sativa, Lamk. Ill. t. 653. 
Panama (Seemann), cultivated ; Nicaragua (Levy), cultivated? Hb. Kew. 
“ Cultivated and wild throughout Tropical America.”—Bernoullt, loc. cit. - 
4. Theobroma ovatifolia, DC. Prodr.i. p. 485; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 113. 
MExIco. 
13. HERRANIA. 
Herrania, Goud. Ann. Se. Nat. série 3, 11. p. 2380; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 225. 
Three or four arboreous species, confined to the warmer parts of America. 
1. Herrania albiflora, Goud. Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, ii. p. 230, t. 5. 
Panama (S. Hayes, sketch of fruit from Hb. Hanbury).—CoLompia. Hb. Kew. 
14. GUAZUMA. 
Guazuma, Plum. in Juss. Gen. Plant. p- 276 (Bubroma, Schreb. ; Diuroglossum, Turcz.) ; Benth. 
. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 225. 
Trees, about half a dozen species, one of which is now widely dispersed in tropical 
countries, having been introduced from America; one is recorded as a native of Java. 
and the rest are American. 
1. Guazuma polybotrya, Cav. Ic. iii. p. 51, t. 299. 
Soutn Mexico, Acapulco and Tepic (Lay & Collie); “New Spain” ( Cavanilles). 
2. Guazuma tomentosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 320. 
Trxas.—Soutn Mexico, between Chalco and Gonacatepec (Andrieux, 505), Yucatan 
