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12 to 25 cm. long, slender, the racliis short-pilose, the pedicels mostly solitary, 

 puberulent, stout, twice as Ions as the oereolae; fruiting calyx glabrous, 8 mm. 

 long; achene ellipsoid, brown, lustrous. 



8. Coccoloba schiedeana Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 13: 1S7. 1800. 

 Coccoloba barbudensis iiicxicana Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 153. 1S56. 

 fCoccoloba oaxacensis Gross, Eepert. Nov. Sp. Fedde 12: 219. 11)13. 

 Veracruz to Guerrero, Chiapas, and Yucatan ; type from Papantla, Veracruz. 



Guatemala. 



Small or large tree; leaves mostly oval, obtuse to cordate at base; flowers 

 white. " Carnero de la costa " (Oaxaca) ; '" tepalcahuite " (Veracruz) ; " tamu- 

 lero " (Michoacan, Guerrero) ; "carnero" (Chiapas, Oaxaca) ; " uvero " (Vera- 

 cruz) ; " palo de carnero" (Oaxaca). 



The wood is used for cart wheels and other purposes. Tlie fruit is edible. 



The writer has seen no material of C. oaxaccnsis, and it may be a distinct 

 species. 



9. Coccoloba cozumelensis Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 4: 108. 1887. 

 Coccoloba yucatana Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 13: 190. 1890. 

 Yucatan ; type from Cozumel Island. 



Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse or acute, 3 to 10 cm. long. 



10. Coccoloba chiapensis Standi. I'roc. Biol. Soc. Washington 33: 67. 1920, 

 Known only from tlie type locality, Finca Irlanda, Chiapas. 



Large tree ; leaves elliptic, 15 to 20 cm. long, acuminate. 



11. Coccoloba orizabae Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 13: 189. 1890. 

 Known only from Orizaba, the type locality. 



Leaves lance-ovate, obtuse-acuminate, 4.5 to 10 cm. long; fruit 1 cm. long. 



12. Coccoloba humboldti IMeisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 1G3. 1S56. 

 Tamaulipas to Oaxaca and Tabasco. 



Shrub or small tree ; leaves oval or ovate, about S cm. long ; flowers white. 

 " Toco prieto " (Tabasco). 



13. Coccoloba jurg'enseni Lindau, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 13: 188. 1890. 

 Colima to Oaxaca (type locality). 



Leaves oblong or oval, 8 to 20 cm. long. 



14. Coccoloba acapulcensis Standi. Proc. Soc. Washington 33: 66. 1920. 

 Known only from the type locality, Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Easily distinguished from the other Mexican si>ecies by its peltate suborbi- 

 cular leaves, these 5.5 to S cm. wide. 



5. NEOMILLSPAUGHIA Bkil^e, Bull. Torrey Club 48: 84. 1921. 

 1. Neomillspaughia emarginata (Gross) Blake, Bull. Torrey Club 48: 85. 

 1921. 

 Fodoptcrus cinaryliiutus Gross, Bepert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 12: 218. 1913. 

 Yucatfm ; type from Kabah. • 



Glabrous shrub or tree ; leaves orbicular, 7 to 10 cm. wide, coriaceous, emar- 

 ginate at base and apex; flowers in long racemes; perianth segments 5, the 

 outer ones winged, tlie inner ones small. 



In general appearance the plant resembles some species of Coccoloba. 



6. PODOPTERUS Hunib. & Bonpl. PI. Aequin. 2: 89. 1809. 



Shrubs or small trees; leaves thin, early deciduous; flowers fasciculate or 

 racemose, perfect ; outer perianth segments with broad scarious wings ; 

 stamens 5. 



One other species is known, a native of Guatemala. 



