292 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



8. Persea chamissonis Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 168. 1889. 



San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and Oaxaca ; type from Chiconquiaco, Veracruz. 

 Small tree; leaves lance-oblong to obovate-oval, 5.5 to 11 cm. long, obtuse 

 or acute, copiously pubescent. 



9. Persea liebmanni Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 166. 1889. 

 Sinai oa to Oaxaca; type from Chinantla, Oaxaca. 



Tree; leaves mostly oval or oval-ovate, 10 to 18 cm. long, acute or obtuse, 

 very thick ; fruit globose, 1 cm. in diameter. 



4. SASSAFBIDIUM Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15 ': 171. 1864. 

 1. Sassafridium macrophyllum Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 355. 1895. 



Sinaloa to Veracruz and Tabasco ; type from Manzanillo. 



Tree, sometimes 10 meters high, nearly glabrous ; leaves lance-oblong to ovate 

 or oval-oblong. 10 to 20 cm. long, petiolate, acute or acuminate, lustrous ; flowers 

 numerous, white, sweet-scented ; perianth 6-lobed, the lobes subequal ; perfect 

 stamens 9, those of the first and second series eglandular, those of the third 

 series with 2 glands at the base; anthers 4-celled, introrse; fruit about 1 cm. 

 long. "Laurel," "laurel bianco" (Tabasco); " aguacatillo " (Michoac^n, Gue- 

 rrero); " laurel6n " (Sinaloa). 



5. HUFELANDIA Nees, PI. Laur. Expos. 11. 1833. 

 1. Hufelandia mexicana Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 20. 1889. 



Veracruz and Oaxaca. 



Shrub or tree ; leaves elliptic or ovate, acute or acuminate, green, glabrous ; 

 perianth 6-lobed; perfect stamens 9, those of the first and second series eglandu- 

 lar, the anthers 2-celled, introrse, the anthers of the third series extrorse, the 

 filaments each with 2 glands at the base. 



Reported from Mexico as .U. pendtila Meisn. and Beilschmiedia pendula 

 Hemsl. j|| 



6. MISANTECA Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 6:367. 1831. ^ 



Trees, nearly glabrous, with large leaves, these short-petiolate, acuminate; 

 perianth 6-lobed ; perfect stamens 3, connate into a fleshy column about the pistil, 

 the anthers 2-ceiled ; fruit large, partly inclosed in the cuplil^e accrescent calyx - 

 tube. 



Flowers sessile, capitate 1. M. capitata. 



Flowers pedicellate, paniculate 2. M. jurg-ensenii. 



1. Misanteca capitata Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 6: 367. 1831. 



Acrodiclidium glahrum T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6:497. 1919. 



Oaxaca and Veracruz ; type from Misantla and Papantla, Veracruz. Guate- 

 mala. 



Large tree ; leaves oval to lance-oblong, 11 to 25 cm. long, thick and leathery ; 

 flower heads 1 to 1.5 cm. in diameter, very long-pedunculate ; fruit 2.5 cm. long. 

 "Laurel," " palo misanteco " (Veracruz) ; "laurel de la sierra" (Oaxaca). 



The wood is said to be valuable for carpentry and cabinet work. 



2. Misanteca jurg-ensenii Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5:102. 1889. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Pinatepa. 



Tree; leaves lance-oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 14 to 20 cm. long, acute at 

 the base, lustrous ; fruit ellipsoid, 2.5 cm. long. 



The fruit seated in the large calyx tube resembles an acorn and its cup. 



7. PHOEBE Nees, Syst. Laurin. 98. 1836. 

 Trees or shrubs ; leaves usually large, glabrous or pubescent, petiolate ; flow- 

 ers paniculate ; perianth 6-lobed ; perfect stamens 9, those of the first and second 



