very obtuse at the apex and abruptly contracted into a 
rigid, erect seta 4-6 mm. long; leaves small, fuscous 
when dried, short-petiolate, thick-membranaceous, the 
slender petiole 4-9 mm. long: blades very narrowly 
lance-oblong, 9-10.5 em. long, 1.8-2.1 em. wide, long 
and narrowly attenuate-acuminate, the tip obtuse, acute- 
ly narrowed at the base, somewhat lustrous above when 
dry, the costa and nerves prominulous, concolorous be- 
neath, the costa very slender, prominent, the lateral 
nerves about ten on each side, very slender and incon- 
spicuous, diverging at almost a right angle, united near 
the margin, the ultimate veins inconspicuous, laxly re- 
ticulate; flowers (normally?) solitary in the upper leaf 
axils, the very slender pedicels 2 cm. long or shorter, 
slightly dilated toward the apex; hypanthium very 
shortly and gradually attenuate into the pedicel; calyx 
scarcely 1 mm. long, deeply dentate; corolla glabrous 
outside, the very slender tube terete, 2 cm. long, 1.5 
mm. thick, the throat glabrous, the four lobes lance- 
linear, glabrous within, narrowly obtuse, about 13 mm. 
long. 
Mexico: Oaxaea, District of Choapam, Cerro de Lalana, near San 
Juan Lalana, in forest, long. 95°45’, lat. 17°25’, alt. 1300 m., May 
11, 1939, Richard Evans Schultes & Blas Pablo Reko 855 (Tyrer in Herb. 
Field Mus. Nat. Hist.). 
Dr. Standley has written in connection with the fore- 
going description: ‘‘The single specimen seen is not in 
satisfactory condition for study, and it is possible that 
the inflorescence has been interpreted incorrectly. At 
any rate, the collection represents a quite distinct spe- 
cies, differing widely from the few other Mexican ones in 
its narrow leaves. ”’ 
The fruits of Faramea Schultesu are rather bitter and 
astringent and are said by the Chinantec Indians to be 
used to cure sores of the mouth and tongue. The tree 
is called ma-la by the Chinantecs of San Juan Lalana. 
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