294 CONTEIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



5. Phoebe betazensis Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 192. 1889. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Betaza. Guatemala. 



Shrub, or perhaps sometimes a tree; leaves elliptic, oblong, or obovate, 8 to 

 20 cm. long, acuminate, pilose on both surfaces; panicles large, long-peduncu- 

 late ; fruit 1.5 to 2 cm. long. 



6. Phoebe helicterifolia (Meissn.) Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 193. 



1889. 



Orcodaphne helicterifolia Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15 ^: 123. 1864. 



Described from San Bartolo, Chiapas. Guatemala to Costa Rica. 



Shrub or tree; leaves oblong, lanceolate, or elliptic, 5 to 10 cm. long, copiously 

 pubescent, acute or acuminate, short-petiolate. " Quizarra amarilla " (Guate- 

 mala, Costa Rica). 



7. Phoebe nectandroides Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 194. 1889. 

 Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas ; type from Oi'izaba. Central America. 

 Tree, about 12 meters high ; leaves obovate or broadly elliptic, 15 to 25 cm. 



long, pilose ; branches of the inflorescence glabrous. 



Previously reported from Mexico as Ocotea uml)rosa Mart. 



8. Phoebe bourgeauviana Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 194. 1889. 

 Known onlj- from the type locality, Cordoba, Veracruz. 



Leaves lanceolate, about 10 cm. long, soft-pubescent beneath, acuminate; 

 fruit about 1 cm. long. 



9. Phoebe pachypoda (Nees) Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 196. 1889. 

 Persea pachypoda Nees, Linnaea 21: 490. 1847. 



Oreodaphne benthamiana Nees, Linnaea 21: 521. 1847. 



Phoebe harttcegii Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15^: 30. 1864. 



Persea hartwegii Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Anier. Bot. 3: 72. 1882. 



Phoebe benthamiana Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 195. 1889. 



San Luis Potosf, Veracruz, and Guanajuato ; type from El Banco. 



Shrub or tree, 3 to 7 meters high ; leaves 7.5 to 12 cm. long, petiolate, acumi- 

 nate, very thick, green above, pale and soft-pilose beneath ; fruit 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long. "Aguacate cimarron." 



Fruit said to be edible. 



10. Phoebe subtriplinervia (Meissn.) Standi. 

 Oreodaphne subtriplinervia Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15*: 125. 1864. 

 Ocotea, subtriplinervia Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3 : 74. 1882. 

 Phoebe galeottiana Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 200. 1889. 

 Veracruz ; type from Jalapa. 



Shrub or perhaps a tree, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, 4 to 6 cm. long, 

 acuminate, coriaceous; flowers subracemose, white or yellowish, 2 mm. long. 



11. Phoebe tampicensis (Meissn.) Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 200. 

 1889. 



Oreodaphne tampicensis Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15 *: 136. 1861. 

 Ocotea tampicensis Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 74. 1882. 

 Ocotea angustata Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. 52: 63. 1917. 

 Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi ; type from Tampico. 



Tree, 6 to 10 meters high ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 6 to 11 cm. long, attenuate, 

 dark green, lustrous ; fruit 1.5 to 2 cm. long. 



12. Phoebe ehrenbergii Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 5: 201. 1889. 

 Type from Temascaltepec, State of Mexico ; perhaps also in Oaxaca. 

 Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 12 to 16.5 cm. long, acute, glabrous. 



13. Phoebe mexicana Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15': 31. 1864. 

 Persea mexicana Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 3: 72. 1882. 



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