in the section Leptophyllum is also endemic to this region 
of Oaxaca. 
In his recent Revision der Arten einiger Annonaceen 
Gattungen IV (Bergiani 12 (1989) 873), Fries gives 
‘southern Mexico”’’ as the range of Guatteria Galeotti- 
ana, but fails to emphasize its restricted distribution 
within this area. 
In San Juan Teotalcingo, where Guatteria Galeottiana 
is known by the Chinantee Indian name ma-hiin-sei, the 
dried fruits are said to be crushed and added to soups, 
coffee and other beverages as a rather peppery and aro- 
matic condiment. 
The plate which accompanies these notes was drawn 
from Schultes 560. 
LAURACEAE 
Phoebe chinantecorum RP. L. Schultes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, gracilis debilisque, circiter 6 m. alta. 
Ramuli dense villosi, ferrugineis cum pilis. Folia lan- 
ceolato-elliptica, apice in cuspidem vel mucronem angus- 
tum acutissimum usque ad 1—2 em. longum producta, 
basi attenuata, cuneata, breviter petiolata, 12-20 cm. 
longa, 8.5-5.5 em. lata, coriacea, supra nitidissima, oli- 
vacea, glabra vel sparsissime pubescentia, subtus opaca, 
ferruginea, omnino dense villoso-sericea cum pilis sim- 
plicibus et debilibus, plusminusve 0.8 mm. longis. In- 
florescentiae numerosae, saepissime axillares confertim 
paniculatae, multiflorae, foliis breviores. Flores herma- 
phroditi, brunnei. Perianthium brunneum, perianthi 
segmenta elongato-ovata, apice rotundata vel subacuta, 
subaequalia, crassa, extus glabrescentia, intus cinereo- 
tomentosa. Antherae in serie exteriore sessiles, in circuitu 
rotundato-ovatae, inflexae, glabrae. Ovarium subrotun- 
datum, brevi cum stylo. 
A small, slender, weak tree about six meters high. 
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