STANDLEY TEEES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO. . 8] 



cauline ones remote, 1.8 to 2.5 meters long, the pinnae numerous, 45 cm. long, 

 2.5 cm. wide, alternate, elongate-lanceolate, long-acuminate; spadices lateral, 

 subappressed, pedunculate, simply branched ; fruit globose, black. 



16. Chamaedorea affinis Liebm. ; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 308. 1836-50. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Chinantla. 



Pinnae all alternate, the uppermost confluent ; spathes 4, persistent. 



17. Chamaedorea lunata Liebm.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 307. 1836-50. 

 Type from Jicaltepec. Veracruz. Guatemala. 



Caudex erect, 1.8 to 3.5 meters high, annulate, covered above with the leaf 

 sheaths ; leaves 75 to 100 cm. long, the pinnae 30 cm. long ami 7.5 cm. wide 01 

 .smaller, alternate, remote, broadly lanceolate, falcate, acuminate; spadices 

 simply branched, borne below the leaves, the branches very long, flexuous ; 

 irnil elongate, curved, attenuate at each end, 12 to 14 mm. long. 



18. Chamaedorea lindeniana Wendl. Allg. Gartenz. 21: 139. 1853. 



Native of Mexico, the locality not known ; specimens from Veracruz are 

 perliaps referable here. 



Pinnae 5 on each side, obloug-trapezoid, the middle ones 25 to 28 cm. long, 10 

 to 11.5 cm. wide, the lowest ones approximate, reflexed-patent, the upper con- 

 fluent ; peduncle of the pistillate inflorescence 35 to 38 cm. long, the rachis 

 7.5 to 10 cm. long, the branches slender, subflexuous. 



19. Chamaedorea schiedeana^ Mart. Linnaea 5: 204. 1830. 

 Veracruz ; type from Jalapa. Guatemala. 



Caudex about 1.8 meters high ; petioles half as long as the blades, the 

 pinnae broadly lanceolate, falcate-cuspidate ; spadices simply branched ; fruit 

 globose, bluish black. 



20. Chamaedorea klotzschiana Wendl. Ind. Palm. 63. 1854. 

 Native of Mexico, the locality not known. 



Pinnae 15 to 18 on each side, elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, the middle 

 ones 30 cm. long, 3.7 cm. wide. 



21. Chamaedorea radicalis Mart. Hist. Nat, Palm. 3: 308. 1836-50. 

 Type from the Sierra Madre, lat. 21° to 22° (Tepic or Jalisco). 



Plant small, the caudex short, stoloniferous, covered with the petiole 

 sheaths ; petioles shorter than the pinnae, the blades 45 to 60 cm. long, the 

 pinnae thickish, linear-acuminate; spathes 6; spadices subbasal, erect, few- 

 branched ; fruit globose, black, the size of a pea. 



22. Chamaedorea montana Liebm.; Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 308. 1836-50. 

 Type from Trapiche de la Concepci6n, Oaxaca. 



Caudex 30 cm. high or less, erect, closely annulate ; petioles 45 to 60 cm. long, 

 the blades 1.5 to 2 meters long, the pinnae 45 to 50 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide or 



^Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (1798-1836), a German, studied natural 

 science, esi^ecially botany, at Berlin and Gottlngen, and, as a means of assist- 

 ance in his proposed botanical explorations, medicine. Accompanied by an- 

 other botanist, Deppe, he reached Mexico in 1828. The two spent about a year 

 in exploring the State of Veracruz, and obtained large collections of plants 

 and other objects. Schiede then took up the practice of medicine, which gave 

 him means to explore other regions of Mexico. His collections were studied 

 chiefly by Schlechtendal and Chamisso, who published numerous papers deal- 

 ing with them in Linnaea. Schiede himself published descriptions of some of 

 the new plants he discovered, as well as letters dealing with the general 

 aspects of Mexican vegetation. He died in the City of Mexico in 1836. His 

 plants were widely distributed, the most complete series being at Berlin; a 

 few are in the U. S. National Herbarium. 



