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XXIX.—DECADES KEWENSES 
PLANTARUM NOVARUM IN HERBARIO Hortt Reem 
CONSERVATARUM, 
DECAS CVI. 
1051. Vochysia hondurensis, Sprague [Vochysiaceae]; affinis 
V. guatemalenst, Donn. Smith, a qua foliis obovato-oblongis vel 
oblanceclatis haud acuminatis et floribus minoribus recedit. 
cule sed inconspicue lenticellati. Folia quaternatim verticillata, 
obovato-oblonga vel oblanceolata, apice rotundata vel obtusissima, 
basi obtusa vel subcuneata, 6-14 em. longa, 2°5-5 ecm. lata, 
coriacea, brunnescentia, inconspicue crebre reticulata, glaberrima, 
subdiscolora, supra via nitidula nervo medio leviter impresso 
nervis lateralibus primum inconspicuis tandem leviter impressis 
magis obviis, subtus nervo medio prominente lateralibus promi- 
nulis; nervi laterales utrinque 10-13, patuli, arcuato-ascendentes, 
4-7 mm. intra marginem anastomosantes; petioli 1-5-2°5 cm. 
longi, graciles; stipulae e basi lata subulatae, 2-3 mm. longae, 
pilosulae. Jhyrsi 15-20 cm. longi, minute pilosuli, rhachi 
angulata profunde canaliculata subtiliter striata; cincinni 
circiter 5-flori; pedunculi 4-8 mm. longi; pedicelli 5-8 mm. longi. 
Flores calcare excluso 1-1-3 em longi. Calycis segmenta antica 
ovata, obtusa, 3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, glabra vel sparse 
ciliolata; segmenta lateralia deltoideo-ovata, 1-5 mm. longa, 
1-5-1-8 mm. lata, ciliolata; segmentum posticum 9 mm. longum, 
(explanatum) 5-5 mm. latum, caleare descendente 6-6-5 mm. 
longo. Petula elliptico-ovata; petalum medium 5 mm. longum, 
4 mm. latum; lateralia paullo minora. Filamentum 3 mm. 
longum ; anthera 6 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata. Ovariwm glabrum, 
1-3 mm. longum; stylus 2-5 mm. supra basin sigmoideo-curvatus, 
deinde erectus sensim ampliatus, parte superiore 8 mm. longa. 
British Honpuras. Belize, EZ. F. J. Campbell 10 (type); 
Punta Gorda, C. Hummel. 
According to Mr. Campbell, V. hondurensis is a timber tree 
with soft wood used extensively for making small boats. 
Mr. Hummel states that it is a tree of large size, straight and 
cylindric, yields a good wood’ for boards, and is common in the 
South of the Colony. The vernacular name of the species 1s 
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1052. Vochysia tabascana, Sprague [Vochysiaceae] ; _affinis 
V. guatemalensi, Donn. Smith, a qua foliis oppositis brevioribus 
pro rata latioribus apice vix cuspidatis, rete venularum valido, 
calcare floris descendente recedit. 
