7. MOLINILLO 



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tification appears to be involved, which is evident from the fol- 

 lowing statement by Robinson (1931b): 



"S. uriicijoliu Thuiib., as employed b} Knuth, covers material 

 collected b> Pittier and by Jahn, which was in part 5. Haj^cneri. in 

 part 5'. rhonihljo/iii \ar. sicphanoconui Sch.-Bip and as to the rest 

 S. e/aiior HBK., while the real S. uriicacfolia Billb. ex Thunb. is a 

 Brazilian plant as yet unknown from Venezuela". 



it is interesting to note that von Reis Altschul (1973) enumer- 

 ated Molinilto under Sicviu donga fa HBK. var. caracasana 

 (DC.) B. L. Robins., based on information from a specimen 

 (Jahn 1098) collected from Venezuela. (See note under S. carac- 

 asana, above). This same specimen has been identified by 

 Robinson (1931b) as S. c/ongaia var. caracasana, but without 

 associating it with the common name Molinillo. 



One suspects that Pittier may have referred to one and the 

 same specimen, i.e. Jahn 1098. 



8. PtRicoN Blanco 



Martinez (1969) considered that a plant known under this 

 name in the Tasco region of Mexico is a species of Stevia, and 

 that "... dried leaves and flowers, boiled in water with salt, are 

 used against colic". 



9. Salvia 



HBK. is known in Guatemala as Salvia. 



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Grashoff (1972), however, considered that the Latin binomial 



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has been confused by 



ditferent authors, and actually refers to three distinct species: 5". 

 ovata Willd., S. iriflora DC. and S.joruUensis HBK. Based oi 

 this concept, the identity of Salvia is not known with certainty. 



10. Tlacochichic de ocopetlayuca 

 A plant under this name is listed in Hernandez's book (1943, 



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