STANDLEY TREES AND SHEUBS OF MEXICO. 1013 



1. Daphnopsis purpusii T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 89. 1910. 

 Known only from the type locality, Cerro de Paxtle, Puebla. 



Shrub ; leaves obovate or elliptic-oblong, 2 to 4 cm. long, 10 to 13 mm. 

 wide, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous ; peduncles 3 to 8 mm. long ; perianth 

 tube 8 mm. long, tomentulose, the lobes 2 mm. long ; fruit 6 mm. long. 



2. Daphnopsis mollis (Meisn.) Standi. 



Daphnopsis honplandii mollis Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 521. 1856. 



San Luis PotosI and Veracruz ; type from Papantla, Veracruz. 

 • Shrub, 0.6 to 1 meter high ; leaves oval or elliptic, 5 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 

 to 3.5 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at base and apex, glabrous on the upper 

 surface ; peduncles longer than the flowers ; perianth tube 6 mm. long, the 

 lobes 3 mm. long; fruit globose, glabrous, nearly 1 cm. in diameter. 



3. Daphnopsis lindenii Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 522. 1856. 

 Type from Mirador, Veracruz, at 300 meters. Guatemala. 



Leaves short-petiolate, obtuse or acute, reticulate-veined ; peduncles slender, 

 12 to 16 mm. long, 6 to 10-flowered, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm. long; pistillate 

 calyx 3 to 4 mm. long, tubular ; ovary glabrous. 



4. Daphnopsis bonplandiana (Kunth) Standi. 



Daphne hmtplandiana Kunth, Syn. PI. Aequin. 1 : 447. 1822. 



Hargasscria mexicana C. A. Meyer, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. Phys. Math. 1 : 

 358. 1843. 



Hargasseria schicdeana Endl. Gen. PI. Suppl. 4^: 66. 1847. 



Daphnopsis honplandii Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 521. 1856. 



Veracruz. 



Tree; leaves oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, 7 to 13 cm. long, 2.5 to 3.5 

 cm. wide, obtuse or acute, coriaceous, attenuate at base; peduncles 1.5 to 8 

 cm. long, 8 to 16-flowered, the pedicels very short ; staminate perianth 6 

 mm. long, densely sericeous. 



5. Dapnopsis salicifolia (H. B. K.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 522. 1856. 

 Daphne salicifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 150. 1817. 

 Daphne maxicana Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 236. 1825. 



Morelos, the type from Cuernavaca ; reported from Veracruz. 



Shrub or tree, 1.5 to 6 meters high, ill-scented ; leaves obtuse or acute, 

 attenuate at base, nearly sessile, coriaceous, yellowish green when dry; 

 umbels 8 to 20-flowered, the pedicels very short ; staminate perianth 4 mm. 

 long ; fruit ovoid, 12 mm. long. " Hoja de San Pedro." 



Reported by Sessg and Mociiio ^ as Daphne laureola. They state that the 

 bark and leaves are acrid, drastic, and corrosive. It is reported that the 

 leaves are employed for blistering, lilie a mustard plaster. 



6. Daphnopsis cestrifolia (H. B. K.) Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 523. 1856. 

 Daphne cestrifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 150. 1817. 



Veracruz and Puebla. Type from Colombia. 



Slirub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaves usually thin, obtuse or acute, attenuate 

 at base, short-petiolate ; peduncles 6 to 10-flowered, the pedicels very short ; 

 perianth 5 mm. long, sericeous ; fruit ovoid-globose, red. 



Tliis, like D. bonplandiana, is closely related to D. salicifolia. With the 

 scant material available, it is impossible to determine how many of the species 

 listed here are really valid. 



iPl. Nov. Hisp. 59. 1887. 

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