822 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL, HERBARIUM. 



equaling or longer than the flowers ; sepals about 1 cm. long, entire ; ovary 

 acute. 



Ternstroemia cJialicophila Loesener/ described from Huitztan, Chiapas, is 

 probably a synonym of this spej^ies. 



2. Taonabo maltbyana Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8:322. 1905.' 

 Ternstroemia malthyuna Rose, U. S. Dept. Agr. N. Amer. Fauna 14: 78. 1899. 

 Sinaloa and the Tres Marias Islands ; type from Maria Madre Island, Tepic. 

 Leaves oblong-obovate or obovate-elliptic, 5.5 to 11 cm. long, rounded or very 



obtuse at apex, acute at base, entire ; pedicels slender, often 5 cm. long ; sepals 

 about 1 cm. long, entire ; fruit subglobose, 1.5 cm. thick. 



3. Taonabo sylvatica (Schlecht. & Cham.) Szysz. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 



fam. 3': 189. 1893. 



Ternstroemia sylvatica Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 220. 1830. 



"Veracruz and Hidalgo; type collected between Jalapa and San Andres, 

 Veracruz. 



Small tree, 3 to 4.5 meters high ; leaves slender-petiolate, oblanceolate or 

 oblong-obovate, 4.5 to 8 cm. long, acute or acuminate at base and apex, thin, 

 entire ; sepals 5 to 7 mm. long, entire or obscurely glandular-denticulate ; fruit 

 ovoid, about 1.7 cm. long and 1 cm. thick. " Hierba del cura " (Veracruz). 



4. Taonabo tepezapote (Schlecht. & Cham.) Szysz. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflan- 



zenfum. 3°: 189. 1893. 



Ternstroemia tepezapote Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 6 : 420. 1831. 



Veracruz and Oaxaca ; type from Tecolutla, Veracruz. 



Small tree ; leaves oblong-oblanceolate to obovate, 5 to 11 cm. long, 2 to 4.5 

 em. wide, obtuse or acutish at apex, rarelj' rounded, acute at base, paler 

 beneath; sepals about 7 mm. long, usually entire; ovary acute. "Tepeza- 

 pote" (Veracruz). 



5. Taonabo sphaerocarpa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 322. 1905. 

 Guerrero to Chiapas ; type from Valley of Cuicatian, Oaxaca. Guatemala. 

 Leaves obovate or oblong-obovate, 7 to 11 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 cm. wide, 



rounded or obtuse at apex, acute at base, thick, pale beneath ; sepals 7 to 9 

 mm. long, often glandular-denticulate; fruit subglobose, sometimes nearly 3 

 cm. in diameter. 



6. Taonabo oocarpa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 322. 1905. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Ocuilapa, altitude 1,020 to 1,140 meters. 



Leaves obovate or oblong-obovate, 7 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 3.8 cm. wide, obtuse 

 or acutish, acute at base, thick, pale beneath ; sepals nearly 1 cm. long, glandu- 

 lar-denticulate ; fruit about 1.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. thick at base. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 

 Taonabo lineata (DC.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 322. 1905. Terns- 

 troemia lineata DC. M§m. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 1 : 409. 1822. Type from 

 Chalma, Veracruz. Reported by Sesse and Mociiio ' as Ternstroemia meridlo- 

 nalis. 



2. EURYA Thunb. Nov. Gen. PI. 67. 1783. 



Shrubs or trees ; leaves thick, persistent ; flowers small, the peduncles 

 1-flowered, solitary or fasciculate, bibracteolate ; sepals 5; petals 5, distinct 

 or nearly so, white ; fruit indehiscent, 2 to 5-celled ; the seeds few in each cell. 



'Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3: 213. 1903. 



'The specific name is given incorrectly here as " maltbyi." 



* PI. Nov. Hisp. 86. 1887. 



