Von Reis Altschul (1973) reported that a note on the label of 

 an herbarium specimen collected in 1927 at San Sebastian in 

 Jalisco, Mexico, states that this species is ''used medicinally in 

 fevers''. According to Martinez (1979), the common names of 

 this species in Mexico are Hierba cle la pulga (Oaxaca) and 

 Merha (Nayarit). 



Stevia hirsuta DC, Prodr. 5: 121. 1836. 



A note on the label of an herbarium specimen (Molina and 

 Molina 26641 at F) collected in 1971 at Los Encuentros, Gua- 

 temala, states that this species is known as Oreja de raton. No 

 uses are indicated. 



Stevia jorullensis HBK., Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 4: 112. 1818. 



A note on the label of an herbarium specimen (Molina and 

 Molina 26700 at F) collected in 1971 at Chimaltenango, Gua- 

 temala, states that this species is known as Mejorana, with no 

 other details. In the Federal District of Mexico, the species is 

 known as Roselina (Martinez, 1979). 



Stevia Lehmannii Hieron. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 562. 1901. 



A note on the label of an herbarium specimen (Molina and 

 Molina 26296 at F) collected in 1971 at Huehuetenango, Gua- 

 temala, states that this species is known as Oreja de raton, with 

 no other details. 



Stevia lucida Lag., Gen, Sp. Nov. 28. 1816. 



This species is widely distributed from Mexico to Venezuela, 

 with four different varieties recognized by Grashoff (1972): var. 

 lucida (Mexico), var. Rohinsoniana Grashoff (Mexico), var. 

 bipontini B. L. Robins. (Mexico) and var. oaxacana (DC.) Gra- 

 shoff (Mexico to Venezuela). 



The species is known under many names. In Mexico, it is 

 called Yerba del aire (Guanajuato) (von Reis Altschul, 1973) and 

 Hierba de la araha (Oaxaca) (Martinez, 1979), in Guatemala 

 AV/^ivy (Totonicapan) (Anonymous 1929a), in Colombia Chilca 

 (Perez Arbelaez, 1936) and Golondrina sahanera (Soejarto et 

 al., 1983), and in Venezuela Chirca (von Reis Altschul, 1973) or 



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