816 CONTRIBUTIONS FEOM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Michoacan to Veracruz and Oaxaca. 



Shrub or small tree, the branchlets sparsely appressed-setose ; leaves short- 

 petiolate, cuneate-obovate, 10 to 20 cm. long, acute or obtuse, serrulate, 

 glabrate ; panicles equaling or shorter than the leaves; flowers about 

 18 mm. broad ; sepals whitish-pulverulent. "Mameyito," " mameyito bianco " 

 ( Oaxaca ) . 



6. Saurauia reticulata Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 52. 1903. 



Known only from the type locality, canyon near Cuernavaca, Morelos, alti- 

 tude 1,950 meters. 



Branchlets glabrate ; leaves short-petiolate, oblong-oblanceolate, 13 to 24 

 cm. long, subacute, serrulate, thick, glabrate ; panicles 11 to 16 cm. long, many 

 flowered, the flowers about 2 cm. wide ; sepals setulose-scabrous. 



A similar plant from Siualoa, known only from imperfect material, is said 

 to bear the vernacular name "almendrillo." 



7. Saurauia radlkoferi Buscalioni, Malpighia 27: 6. pi. 7, f. l.'i. 1915. 

 Described from somewhere in Mexico. 



Branchlets setose ; leaves lance-ovate or obovate, 9 to 19 cm. long, obtuse 

 at base and apex, sparsely pilose above, smooth, fulvous-tomentose beneath ; 

 panicles shorter than the leaves, many-flowered ; sepals puberulent and 

 setulose. 



8. Saurauia nelsoni Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 52. 1903. 



Oaxaca and Chiapas; type collected near Totontepec, Oaxaca. Guatemala. 



Shrub ; leaves obloug-obovate or elliptic-obovate, 14 to 25 cm. long, rounded 

 at base and apex, scaberulous above, densely stellate-pilosulous beneath ; 

 panicles many-flowered, as long as the leaves ; flowers about 12 mm. broad ; 

 sepals densely setose-paleaceous ; petals pink. 



9. Saurauia villosa DC. M^m. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. GenSve 1: 420. 1822. 

 Obelanthera melastomacea Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 20^: 149. 1847. 

 Saurauia macrophylla Linden; Lindl. & Paxt. Fl. Gard. 2: 27. 1852. 

 Saurauia obelanthera Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 31': 245. 1858. 

 Saurauia villosa Jiahni Buscalioni, Malpighia 26: 305. 1913. 

 Saurauia villosa macrantha Buscalioni, Malpighia 26: 310. 1913. 

 Saurauia villosa tuberculata Buscalioni, Malpighia 26: 312. 1913. 

 Saurauia villosa scabrida Buscalioni, Malpighia 26: 390. 1914. 

 Veracruz and Chiapas. Guatemala. 



Shrub or small tree, 2 to 6 meters high ; leaves oval to cuneate-obovate, 

 15 to 35 cm. long, acute or obtuse, rounded or rarely acute at base; panicles 

 large and many-flowered, long-pedunculate, the flowers about 1 cm. broad ; 

 sepals densely setose ; stamens 20 to 30. 



10. Saurauia scabrida Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 3. 1878. 



Saurauia scabrida hemsleyana Buscalioni, Malpighia 26: 409. 1914. 



Veracruz ; type from Valley of C6rdoba. 



Leaves lance-elliptic, 20 to 30 cm. long, acute, cuneate at base, coarsely 

 dentate ; panicles few-flowered, equaling or shorter than the leaves ; petals 

 6 to 8 mm. long; sepals setose-paleaceous; fruit globose, 8 mm. in diameter. 



11. Saurauia latipetala Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 4. 1878. 

 Chiapas (type locality). Guatemala. 



Branchlets setulose ; leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate, 7 to 17 cm. long, acute 

 or acutish, obtuse at base, serrulate, thin ; panicles 4 to 7 cm. long, few- 

 flowered, the flowers 2.5 to 3 cm. wide ; sepals pulverulent and sparsely setulose 

 outside; stamens 30 to 35. 



