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VIOLACE^:. 



Hybanthus Yucatanensis Millsp. sp. nov. 



Frutex "8 pedalis," caule albo erecto, sparsim aculeate, 

 ramoso; ramis junior, viridis quadrangularis,angulis tenuiterpapy- 

 raceo-alatis; foliis ramibus plerumque fasciculatis vel alternis, cun- 

 eato-lanceolatis margine regulariter crenato-dentatis, apice pler- 

 umque acutis, quandam obtusis rarissimeemarginatis, petiolo plus 

 minus patentibus, rarissime 1-2 mm. longo. Floribus minimis 

 fasciculatis pedunculatis ; pedicellis unifloris farinaceis. Sepalis 

 ovatis acutis margine ciliatis, petalo infimo calyce duplo longiore, 

 basi saccato apice cucullato integerribus, lateralibus et superior- 

 ibus ovatis obtusis margine erosis ; antheris columnaris, glan- 

 dula nectarea magna conchaeformis, stylo nepenthaeformis, 

 ovario ovato subtrisulcato (junior.). 



"Infrequens ad Izamal, Yucatan m. Feb. -Mart. n. 469, flores 

 virido-flava." Dr. G. F. Gaumer, 1895. 



SAPOTACE^. 



Buinelia obtusifolia buxifolia Miq. et Eichl.Fl. Bras, vii: 47. 



Puomucuy. 



"Shrub 15 feet high, abundant in brushlands about Izamal, 

 March to April" (473). 



