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19. Ficus glycicarpa Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 297. 1867. 

 Urostigina gli/cicurpum Miquel, Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Amsterdam 13: 409. 



1862. 



Veracruz ; type from Hacienda de la Laguua. 



Stipules 1 cm. long; leaves elliptic-oblong or obovate, 7 to 20 cm. long, 

 obtuse or rounded and short-pointed at the apex ; receptacles 1.5 to 2 cm. in 

 diameter. 



20. Ficus involuta (Liebm.) Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 298. 1867. 

 Ficiis obtiisifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 49. 1817. Not F. obtusifoUa 



Roxb. 1814. 



Vrostigma inrohitum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 323. 1851. 



Urostiguia bonplandianum Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 323. 1851. 



Ficus bonpl and tana Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 298. 1867. 



Sinaloa to San Luis Potorf, Yucatiln. and Oaxaca. Central America ; type 

 from Nicaragua. 



Large tree, sometimes with a trunk 1.8 meters in diameter and a crown 19 

 meters broad; st. pules 1.5 to 3 cm. long; leaves 11 to 21 cm. long; receptacles 

 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter. "Amate " (Guererro) ; " amate bianco" (San Luis 

 PotosI, Morelos) ; " matapalo " (Oaxaca) ; " palo de sal" (Costa Rica). 



The fruit is edible. The milky juice of the branches is applied externally 

 for pain in the stomach. 



21. Ficus jouesii Standi. Coutr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 31. 1917. 

 Sinaloa and Jalisco ; type from La Palma, Jalisco. 



Large tree ; leaves oval-oblong to broadly ovate-oblong ; receptacles 2.5 cm. 

 in diameter. 



The writer is inclined to believe that the receptacles described for this niay 

 belong to a different tree from the one which furnished the leaves, and that 

 the latter may be referable to F. lentiginosa. 



22. Ficus goldmanii Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 32. 1917. 

 Sonora and Sinaloa to Puebla and Oaxaca ; type from Alamos, Sonora. 

 Large tree, with a short, very thick trunk supported by buttresses ; leaves 



oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8 to 20 cm. long; receptacles 2 to 2.5 cm. in diameter. 

 " Clialate " ( Durango ) . 



23. Ficus yucatanensis Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 33. 1917. 

 Yucatan ; type from Chichen ItzS. 



Stipules 1 to 1.5 cm. long; leaves oval or oval-oblong, 8 to 20 cm. long; 

 receptacles 2 cm. in diameter. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Ficus CALYCTJLATA Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Fkus no. 11. 1768. Described from 

 Veracruz. The description does not agree with any species known from Mexico. 



Ficus fuscescens (Liebm.) Sliquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3:298. 1867. 

 Urostigmu fuscescens Liebm. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. V. 2: 329. 1851. De- 

 scribed from Veracruz ; perhaps not of this genus. 



5. BROSIMUM Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 12. 1788. 



Leaves oval or oblong-oval, 4.5 to 8.5 cm. wide, acute or acuminate. 



1. B. alicastrum. 

 Leaves oblong or lance-oblong, 2 to 3 cm. wide, obtuse or acutish. 



2. B. conzattii. 

 1. Brosimum alicastrum Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 12. 1788. 



Tamaulipas to Y'ucatAn, Tabasco, Oaxaca, and Tepic. West Indies and Cen- 

 tral America ; type from Jamaica. 



