278 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Leaves long-acuminate at apex. 



Flowers geminate 5. G. galeottiana. 



Flowers solitary 6. G. jurgensenii. 



1. Guatteria bibracteata (Hook.) Henisl. Diag. PI. Mex. 1. 1878. 

 Annona bibracteata Hook. Icon. PI. 4: pi. 328. 1841. 

 Veracruz ; type from Consoquintla. 



Tree; leaves oblong-lanceolate, short-petiolate. sparsely pubescent or glabrous; 

 flowers green. 



2. Guatteria macrantha Presl, Rel. Haeuk. 2: 78. 1835. 

 Described from somewhere in Mexico. 



Perhaps nut of this genus. 



3. Guatteria gaumeri Greenm. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 251. 1907. 

 Vicinity of Izamal, Yucatan. 



Tree, 10 to 15 meters high, with gray bark ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-oval, 

 with an aromatic odor when crushed. " Elemuy." 

 Used medicinally. 



4. Guatteria diospyroides Baill. Adansonia 8 : 269. 1868. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Trapiche de la Concepcion. 



Leaves lance-elliptic, 10 to 25 cm. long, .short-petioled, glabrous or nearly so; 

 flowers green. 



5. Guatteria galeottiana Baill. Adansonia 8: 268. 1868. 

 Oaxaca (type locality) and Campeche. 



Leaves lanceolate, 10 to 25 cm. long. 



6. Guatteria jurgensenii Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 1. 1878. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Sierra San Pedro Nolasco. 



LeaA'es lanceolate, 15 to 23 cm. long: flowere (as in the other species) seri- 

 ceous, about 2.5 cm. broad. 



7. Guatteria depressa (Baill.) SafEord. fl 

 Annona depressa Baill. Adansonia 8: 267. 1868. " 

 Veracruz and perhaps elsewhere; type from Tozamapa. 



Similar to G. gaumeri, but with broader leaves, these very thick and lustrous ; 

 carpels of the fruit numerous, ellipsoid, long-stipitate. 



2. SAPEANTHUS Seem. Journ. Bot. 4 : 369. 1866. 



Shrubs or trees ; flowers very large, solitary, with an extremely disagreeable 

 odor of carrion ; fruit of few large sessile cai^pels. 



Petals mostly 6 to 8 cm. long 1. S. foetidus. 



Petals 4 cm. long or shorter. 



Leaf blades oblong-elliptic, acuminate ; petals about 4 cm. long 



2. S. campechianus. 

 Leaf blades oblong-obovate, obtuse or acutish ; petals about 2 cm. long. 



3. S. microcarpus. 



1. Sapranthus foetidus (Rose) Safford. 



Asimina foetida Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5 : 134. 1897. 



Sinaloa to Oaxaca ; type from Acapulco. 



Shrub or small tree, 4 to 5 meters high, copiously pubescent ; leaves oval to 

 oblong, 7 to 14 cm. long or larger, short-petiolate, acute or obtuse; petals 

 greenish yellow at first, maroon or dark purple at maturity, with conspicuous 

 veins. " Madre de cacao" (Oaxaca) ; " murcielago " (Guerrero) ; " zopilotillo " 

 (Sinaloa). 



