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calyx about 6 mm. long, densely pubescent ; corolla pubescent outside, glabrous 

 within. "Coacolutillo " (Conzatti). 



2. Maba acapulcensis (H. B. K.) Hiern, Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 12: 128, 



1873. 



Diospyros acapulcensis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 254. 1810. 



Type from Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Leaves obovate-lanceolate, about 6.5 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, acute, cuneate 

 at base, membranous; fruit subsessile, subglobose, 2.5 cm. in diameter, the 

 calyx nearly 2.5 cm. broad. 



3. Maba verae-cmcis Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 119. 1916. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca ; type from Catemaco, Veracruz, altitude 800 meters. 



El Salvador. 



Leaves short-petiolate, elliptic-obovate or obhuiceolate-oblong, 5.5 to 8.5 cm. 

 long, 1.8 to 4 cm. wide, attenuate at base, glabrate in age; calyx 6 mm. long, 

 densely pubescent; fruit 1.2 to 1.6 cm. in diameter, 6-seeded. '' Piplnance '" 

 (El Salvador). 



4. Maba rekoi Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 193. 1919. 

 Type from Puerto Angel, Oaxaca. 



Leaves short-petiolate, 10 to 11 cm. long, rounded at base, minutely pilose 

 or glabrate; fruit globose, 1.5 to 2 cm. in diameter, the calyx 1.5 to 2 cm. 

 broad, densely puberulent. " Zapote enano." 



5. Maba salicifolia (Humb. & Bonpl.) Hiern, Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 



12: 129. 1873. 



Diospyros salicifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ; V/illd. Sp. PI. 4: 1112. 1805. 



Specimens from Acapulco, Guerrero, are probably referable iiere; the species 

 was described from tropical America. 



Shrub, 2 to 8 meters high ; leaves short-petiolate, 1 to 2 cm. wide, coriaceous, 

 lustrous above, narrowed to the base ; fruit about 2.5 cm. in diameter, greenish 

 yellow. " Coacollatillo " (Palmer); "-^bano " (Guerrero). 



The fruit is edible, as in other species of the genus. 



6. Maba latifolia Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: ns. 1916. 

 Sinaloa ; type from Guadalupe. 



Shrub or tree, 1 to 9 meters high; leaves oblong to oval-obovate, 1.5 to 8 

 em. wide, rounded at apex, obtuse at base, coriaceous, grayish green ; fruit 

 about 2.5 cm. in diameter, yellowish, with reddish pulp ; seeds 6, 11 mm. long, 

 " Estrellito." 



7. Maba intricata (A. Gray) Hiern, Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 12: 126, 



1873. 



Macreightia intricata A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 5: 168. 1862. 



Southern Baja California ; type from Cape San Lucas. 



Leaves oblong-obovate or oblong, 5 to 8 mm. wide, rounded at apex, obtuse 

 or cuneate at base, coriaceous, grayish green ; fruit orange, 1.5 to 2 cm. in 

 diameter, 6-seeded. " Zapotillo." 



This was reported by Goldman ' as Brayodendron texanum. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



Maba pavonii (A. DC.) Hiern, Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 12: 129. 1873. 

 Diospyros pavonii A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 222. 1844. Described as a native of 



* Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 359. 1916. 



