STANDLEY TREES AND SHEQBS OF MEXICO, 1059 



Slirub, 2 to 4 meters high, the branches furfuraceous-puberulent ; leaves ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, 8 to 12 cm. long, acuminate, rounded or subcordate at base, 

 7-nerved, denticulate, setulose or scaberulous above, f urfuraceous beneath ; 

 panicles many-flowered, the flowers short-pedicellate; calyx tube 2.5 to 3 mm. 

 long, the lobes minute ; petals white or pink, 3 to 4 mm. long. " Teshuate " 

 ( Veracruz. ) . 



L. melanodesma sagittata (Naud.) Cogn.i is a form in which the basal lobes 

 of the leaves are acute and auricle-like. It was described from Oaxaca and is 

 reported also from Veracruz and Guatemala. It was listed by Hemsley as 

 Oxymeris suhseriata Triana. 



4. Leandra cornoides (Schlecht. & Cham.) Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14*: 76. 

 1SS6. 



Melastoma cornoides Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 563. 1830. 



Cremanium aschenbornianum Schauer, Linnaea 20: 734. 1847. 



Sagraea haerefica Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 18: 100. 1852. 



Oxymeris cornoides Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 28: 03. 1871. 



Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Morelos. 



Slender shrub, 1 to 4.5 meters high, the branches furfuraceous-puberulent 

 or glabrate ; leaves lance-oblong 5 to 12 cm. long, acuminate, 5-nerved, obscurely 

 denticulate, sparsely furfuraceous beneath or glabrous ; panicles lax, few- 

 flowered ; calyx glabrous or nearly so, the tube 3 mm. long ; petals white or 

 pink, 5 to 6 mm. long; fruit violet or black, 4 to 5 mm. in diameter. 



15. CONOSTEGIA D. Don. ]Mem. Wern. Soc. 4: 316. 1823, 



Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or pubescent ; leaves petiolate, entire or den- 

 ticulate, 3 or 5-nerved ; flowers 5 to 10-parted, small or of medium size, white 

 or pink, in terminal panicles ; calyx tube campanulate, the limb caplike, cir- 

 cumscissile at anthesis ; petals obtuse ; stamens equal ; fruit a small berry. 



Young branches and petioles setulose-hirsute 1. C. speciosa. 



Young branches and petioles glabrous or furfuraceous-tomentose. 

 Branches and petioles glabrous or obscurely furfuraceous. 



Buds ovoid or conic 2. C. superba. 



Buds globose or subglobose, rounded at apex 3. C. sphaerica. 



Branches and petioles densely furfuraceous-tomentose. 



Leaves entire or nearly so, green beneath ; flowers 6 to 10-parted. 



Buds 14 to 17 mm. long, long-rostrate 4. C, arborea. 



Buds 8 to 10 mm. long, rounded at apex, sometimes apiculate. 



5, C. subhirsuta. 

 Leaves conspicuously denticulate ; often densely stellate-tomentose be- 

 neath ; flowers 5-parted. 



Buds 9 to 11 mm. long, glabrous 6. C. mexicana. 



Buds 4 to 6 mm. long, tomentose 7. C. xalapensis, 



1. Conostegia speciosa Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 16: 109. 1851. 



Reported from Veracruz. Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



Branches densely setulose; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 10 to 20 cm. long, 

 short-acuminate, rounded or obtuse at base, denticulate, setulose above, stel- 

 late-tomentose beneath; buds densely hirsute, 5 to 6 mm. long; petals 6 to 7 mm. 

 long, pink or violet. 



1 In Mart. Fl. Bras. 14*: 74. 1886; CUdemia sagittata Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 III. 17: 3.59. 1852. 



