Dkc. i8g6. Flora oi Yucaian — Miklspaugh. 30 1 



3 inches long, whereas Kunth describes those of lesciilifoliiim as 

 ' subquinquepollicaria ": he adds, however, ' nonnisi fragnienta 

 floris vidi.' In the Pavon plant the style is hirsute towards the 

 apex, while in B. CEsculiJolium it is described as glabrous." Jour. 

 Bot. 34:173. April, 1896. 



Though our specimens differ somewhat from the description 

 given above, they agree perfectly w'ith Schott's specimens de- 

 posited in the National Herbarium. I have, therefore,* little 

 hesitancy in placing our number under this species. 



Dr. Gaumer says: " A very spiny tree 100 feet high, with 

 crimson flowers. Abundant in forests about Izamal, May to 

 June " (694). In his specimens the leaflets are 7, the two lower 

 smaller and narrower ; common petiole 3 to 4 inches long, 

 strigose-hairy especially' above and below ; petiolules, .5 inch 

 long, strigose-hairy. Leaves: lower third entire, middle third 

 irregularly blunt serrate, upper third sharply incurved-serrate, 

 prolonged into a slender mucronate tip from .5 to i inch long. 



Carolixea alba Lodd. Amapola blanca. Kuyche. 



Pachira alba Walt. Cultivated at Izamal, March. Flowers 

 white, petals 5 to 6 inches long, leaves ovate, broadest at the 

 upper third, veins and midrib glabrous (286). Commonly culti- 

 vated at Merida i^Valdez, 66). 



CAROLiNf:A FAsruosA (DC.) Sesse. Amapola colorada. 



Pachira fastiiosa Decne. Cultivated at Izamal, March. 



Flowers red, petals 3 to 4 inches long ; leaves ovate, broadest 



at the middle, hisped on the midrib and larger veins beneath. 



(287). 



Quararibea Fieldii sp. nov. (Plate XIX.) 



Leaves alternate, thick, broadly obovate, pointed ; obtuse or 

 cuneate at the base, strongly netted-veined especially prominent 

 beneath ; entire, smooth and shining on both sides, 6 to 12 

 . inches long, 2.5 to 4.5 inches broad; petiole smooth, short, .75 

 inch long. Inflorescence sessile opposite the petioles ; calyx 

 bibracteate at the base, infundibuliform, fleshy, smooth exter- 

 nally, densely appressed-tomentose within, i inch long, 3-toothed 

 at the summit, teeth deltoid, acute, recurved at the apex (one or 

 two of the teeth often shallow or deep notched) ; petals 5, dis- 

 tinct, ligulate, minutely hairy, irregularly somewhat lobed at the 

 rounded blunt apex, narrowed at the base, i.go inches long, .35 

 inch broad. Column of stamens tubular, slightly longer than 

 the petals, distinctly cleft at the apex into 5 slightly spatulate 

 lobes, each lobe bearing exteriorly 3 divergently 2-locular an- 

 thers, 5 other anthers forming a crown slight!}' below the base of 

 the lobes. Style filiform somewhat longer than the stamen tube ; 

 stigma distinctly 2-lipped ; ovar\' pj'riform, short-stipitate, 

 tomentose, 2-celled. Fruit unknown. Hacienda de Chabenche, 

 rare, Aug. (879). 



Our specimens combine to some extent many characters of 

 § Euquararibea Baill., and § Myrodia Baill., as described by 

 Schumann in Engler and Prantl's Natnr. Pfianzenfam. 



