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" aceituno negrito" (Nicaragua); " jucumico " (El Salvador); " palo bianco" 

 (Cuba). 



In Costa Rica an Infusion of the bark is used as a remedy for intermittent 

 fevers. The fruit is edible. 



6. QUASSIA L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 553. 1762. 



1. Quassia amara L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 553. 1762. 



Native of northern South America ; cultivated in Colima, Guerrero, and 

 Oaxaca, and apparently naturalized in some localities. 



Small tree ; leaf rachis winged, the leaflets usually 5, about 10 cm. long, thin, 

 acute or acuminate, entire; flowers perfect, 2.5 to 4.5 cm. long, racemose or 

 paniculate; fruit of usually 5 drupes, these 1 to 1.5 cm. long. " Cuasia." 



7. EECCHIA Moc. & Sesse ; DC. Reg. Veg. Syst. 1 : 411. 1818. 



Reference : Loesener & Solenreder, Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 47 : 35-62. 1905. 

 Trees; leaves pinnate, the leaflets large, alternate, entire; flowers small, in 

 terminal panicles ; fruit of 1 to 3 large drupes. 



Leaflets 6 to 14 cm. long; petals 9 mm. long 1. R. connaroides. 



Leaflets 1 to 6 cm. long: petals G.5 to 7.5 cm. long 2. R. mexicana. 



1. Recchia connaroides (Loes. & Solenr.) Standi. 



Rigiosiachijs connaroides I^es. & Solenr. Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 47: 37. 1905. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Tlacolula. 



Leaflets 5 or 7, puberulent beneath, 3 to 7 cm. wide, obtuse or rounded at 

 apex ; flowers about 2 cm. broad. 



2. Recchia mexicana Moc. & Sesse ; DC. Reg. Veg. Syst. 1 : 411. 1818. 

 Rigiostachys bracteata Planch. Lond. Jouru. Bot. 6: 30. 1847. 

 Rigiostachys rourcoidcs Loes. & Solenr. Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 47:39. 1905. 

 Recchia bracteata Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25 : 235. 1911. 



Colima to Oaxaca. 



Tree, 5 to 6 meters high ; leaflets 5 to 11, obtuse or rounded at apex, some- 

 times acutish, puberulent beneath ; panicles sometimes 45 cm. long ; flowers 

 yellow, fragrant; drupes 1 to 1.5 cm. long. " Corazon bonito " (Oaxaca). 



The wood is hard and valuable. 



It may be that more than one species is i-epresented here, but the material 

 examined by the writer appears to be conspecific. The characters which have 

 been reported as distinguishing the species appear to be of little value. 



8. PICRAMNIA Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 27. 1788. 



Trees or shrubs ; leaves persistent, pinnate, the leaflets entire, opposite or 

 alternate, petiolulute ; flowers very small, dioecious, in spikelike or branched 

 panicles ; fruit baccate. 



Panicles branched ; petals and sepals each 5. 



Leaflets usually 3 to 9 1. P. polyantha. 



Leaflets 21 to 25 2. P. xalapensis. 



Panicles simple, spikelike ; petals and sepals each 3 or 4. 



Sepals and petals each 4 3. P. tetramera. 



Sepals and petals each 3. 



Leaflets 2.5 cm. long or shorter 4. P. pistaciaefolia. 



Leaflets mostly 4 to 10 cm. long. 



Leaflets copiously pubescent beneath at maturity 5. P, andicola. 



Leaflets nearly glabrous beneath at maturity. 



Stamens included 6. P. lindeniana. 



Stamens exserted 7. P. antidesnia. 



