JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 401 



Casimiroa tetrameria Millsp. sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, 30 pedalis, rami pallidi verrucosi, foliis alterna 

 terminalia longe (5-9 cm.) petiotata, dense et molliter hirsuta, 

 digitatim 3-5-foliolata, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis e basi 

 cuneatis in acumen emarginatum terminatis, omnia breviter peti- 

 oulata, duo inferiora frequenter auriculo-lobulata. Florum masc. 

 in paniculae ramosae axillares et extra-axillares ad cicatricis foli- 

 orum antiquus, 2-7 cm. long. 1-5 cm. lat. , pubescentibus, ramis 

 plus minus racemiformibus ; pedicellis floribus aequantis, brac- 

 tse minutae stipuliformis, calyce tenuis 4-dentibus, petala 4, 

 crassiuscula carnosa, stamina 4, erecta, infra discum inserta ad 

 basi crasiuscula, antheris verticillatis, discus minutis. Flor. 

 foem. et fruct. ignot. 



Folia 18-24 cm - l n g-> foliola 6-10 cm. long., 2.5-5 cm - l at - 

 Kara ad Xcholac, m. Nov. (1006). 



Esenbeckia pentaphylla Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.I., 135. Yax-hocob. 

 Ex descr. Radlkofer. "Tree 50 feet high, uncommon in 

 the forests about Izamal, producing its cream-colored flowers in 

 July "(752). 



EUPHORBIACE^:. 



Adelia Oaxacaua (Muell.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Am. Bot., iii. 129? 



Xtompac. 



Ex descr. Radlkofer. "An abundant shrub 20 feet high, 

 Xcholac, February" (446). 



CELASTRACE^:. 



Myginda Gaumeri Loes. sp. nov. 



Ramulis parvaet tenuiter hirtellis ; foliis progenere majusculis, 

 ovata-lanceolatis, minute serrulatis, basi cuneatis, apice obtusis 

 et minute apiculatis, tenuiter coriaceis, glabris, 5-9.5 cm. longis, 

 2-3.4 cm - l at i s > supra et subtus dense prominulo et reticulatim 

 nervosis ; inflorescentiis in foliorum axillis solitariis, dichotome 

 furcatis, sub lente parce et tenuiter hirtis, bracteis minutis ; 

 floribus numerosis, 4-meris ; calyce extrincecus tenuissime pilo- 

 sulo, sepalis obtusis ; petalis rotundatis ; disco lobis 4, sub- 

 emarginatis formato; staminibus inter eius lobos insertis, parvis; 

 ovario 2-loculari, in stylum brevissimum angustato ; loculis 

 i-ovulatis, ovulis erectis, stigmate parvo capitellatis. 



Yucatan, Buena Vista Xbac : Gaumer n. 1049. Flor. m. Apr. 

 Petala in sicco brunneo-violacea sed postquam in aqua cocta 

 colorem glauco-coeruleum osteodunt. " Frutex sylvicola, 15 

 pedalis." 



