STANDLBY TBEES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO. 775 



7. Malvaviscus grandiflorus H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 288. 1821. 

 Malraviscus sepium Schlecht. Linnaea 11: 361. 1837. 



Michoacan to Chiapas, Yucatan, and Veracruz ; type from Guanajuato. Cen- 

 tral America. 



Shrub or small tree, 1.5 to 5 meters high; leaves ovate to rounded-ovate, 

 2.5 to 9 cm. long, acute or acuminate, coarsely crenate or dentate; corolla red, 

 2.5 to 3.5 cm. long. " Chilmecate " (Guerrero, Langlass6) ; " mazapdn," " mo- 

 silado " (Veracruz) ; "agnate" (Guerrero). 



This form is the one to which the name M. arboreus Cav. has been applied 

 most frequently. Palmer reports that a decoction of the flowers is used as a 

 gargle for sore throat. 



8. Malvaviscus palmeri Baker f. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 313. 1895. 

 Mahmviscus cinereus Baker f. .Tourn. Bot. Brit. & For. 37: 347. 1899. 

 Tepic and Jalisco ; type from Tepic. 



Leaves reniform-cordate, 6 to 16 cm. long, acute or acuminate, 3 or 5-lobate, 

 serrate, grayish, finely stellate-pubescent ; flowers in long dense racemes ; 

 bracts linear. 



The two names cited above were based upon the same collection. 



9. Malvaviscus acerifolius Presl, Eel. Haenk. 2: 135. 1836. 

 Jalisco and perhaps elsewhere ; type from western Mexico. 



Leaves rounded-cordate, 7 to 15 cm. long, acute, angulate or lobate, crenate, 

 densely stellate-pubescent on both surfaces ; flowers subcorymbose ; bractlets 

 linear, densely stellate-pubescent. 



10. Malvaviscus oaxacanus Standi., sp. nov. 



Oaxaca ; type collected north of Tuxtepec ( Nelson 348 ; U. S. Nat. Herb, no, 

 1,073,354). 



Leaves ovate-cordate or rounded-cordate, 4 to 8 cm. long, acute, deeply cordate 

 at base, crenulate or dentate, often angulate or shallowly trilobate, very 

 minutely stellate-pubescent, becoming glabrate above ; flowers axillary ; bract- 

 lets linear, slightly shorter than the calyx, minutely stellate-pubescent ; corolla 

 red, 2.5 to 3 cm. long. 



11. Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. Monad. Diss. 131. pi. 48, f. 1. 1780. 

 Malvaviscus acapulcensis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 288. 1821. 

 Malvaviscus mollis DC. Prodr. 1: 445. 1824. 



Sinaloa to Chiapas, Campeche, and Veracruz ; type from Mexico. Central 

 America and Colombia. 



Shrub ; leaves ovate to reniform-cordate, 5 to 16 cm. long, obtuse to acumi- 

 nate, rounded to deeply cordate at base, crenate or dentate, often angulate or 

 shallowly lobate, densely stellate-pubescent ; bractlets linear ; corolla red. 

 " Monacillo " (Veracruz, Colima, Jalisco, Durango, Mexico, Oaxaca); " man- 

 zanita " or " manzanito " (fruit; Colima, Guatemala); " mazap^n " (Mexico); 

 "civil" (Veracruz, Tabasco) ; " amapola " (Costa Rica) ; " clavel encarnado," 

 " estrella de Panama " (Guatemala); " quesillo " (Nicaragua); " manzanita 

 quesillo " (El Salvador). 



The vernacular names are chiefly derived from literature, and doubtless 

 are applied indiscriminately to all the red-flowered species. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Malvaviscus flavidus DC. Prodr. 1: 446. 1824. Type from Mexico. 

 Malvaviscus pentacakpus DC. Prodr. 1: 445. 1824. Type from Mexico. 

 Malvaviscus pleubantherus DC. Protlr. 1 : 446. 1824. Type from Mexico. 

 Malvaviscus pleuboqonus DC. Prodr. 1: 446. 1824. Type from Mexico. 



