1280 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2. Cestinim endlicheri Miers, Lond, Journ. Bot. 5: 151. 1840. 



Meyenia corymbosa Schlecht. Linnaea 8: 252. 1833. Not Cestrum corym- 

 bosum Schlecht. 1882. 



Veracruz ; type from Chiconquiaco. 



Glabrous shrub; leaves lance-oblong or ovate-oblong, 13 cm. long or less, 

 long-acuminate, rounded at base; flowers in lax elongate corymbs; calyx 5 

 to 6 mm. long ; corolla red, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. 



3. Cestrum purpureum (Lindl.) Standi. 



Hobrothammts purpureus Lindl. in Edwards, Bot. Reg. 30: pi. J{3. 1844. 



Habrothamnus paniculatus Mart. & Gal. Bull. Aoad. Brux. 122; 148. 1845. 

 Not Cestrum paniculatnm H. B. K. 1819. 



Cestrum elegans Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 2G1. 1847. 



Cestrum sylvaticum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13^: 603. 1852. 



Cestrum elegans truncatum Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 571. 1900. 



Veracruz and Oaxaca ; described from cultivated plants. 



Shrub, 1 to 3.5 meters high; leaves short-petiolate, ovate to lance-oblong, 

 (3.5 to 12 cm. long, acuminate, rounded or obtuse at base, subcoriaceous ; flowers 

 in dense terminal cymes ; calyx 5 to 6 mm. long, purplish ; corolla purple, 1.5 

 to 2.5 cm. long; fruit red-purple, 10 to 12 mm. long. " Flor del soldado " 

 (Veracruz, Ramirez) ; "flor de colmena " (Veracruz, Seler). 



Cestrum elegans truncatum is a form with subtruncate corolla limb. 



4. Cestrum roseum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 59. pi. 197. 1819. 

 Cestrum chiapense T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 192. 1915. 

 Hidalgo to Chiapas; type from Morin, Hidalgo; reported from Oaxaca. 

 Shrub ; leaves oblong to elliptic-oval, 6.5 cm. long or less, acute to rounded at 



apex, thin, petiolate; flowers sessile or nearly so, crowded, terminal and axil- 

 lary ; corolla pink or purplish, 2 to 2.5 cm. long. " Hediondilla " ( Hidalgo, 

 Oaxaca, Ramirez). 



It is possible that C. chiapense is a distinct species, but the specimens agree 

 well with the descriptions of C. roseum. 



5. Cestrum fasciculatum (Schlecht.) Miers, Lond. Journ. Bot. 5: 151. 1846. 

 Meyenia fasciculata Schlecht. Linnaea 8: 251. 1833. 



Cestrum Jiarticegi Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13i: 599. 1852. 



Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca; type from Chiconquiaco, Veracruz. Guate- 

 mala. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high ; leaves lance-oblong to broadly ovate, 13 cm. long 

 or less, acute, rounded or obtuse at base, short-petiolate; flowers in dense, 

 chiefly terminal cymes; calyx about 6 mm. long, villosulous or glabrate; co- 

 rolla about 2 cm. long, red-purple ; fruit globose, 12 mm. long. " Hierba del 

 perro " (Oaxaca, Ramirez). 



6. Cestrum benthami Miers, Lond. Journ. Bot. 5: 151. 1846. 

 Habrothamnus tomentosus Benth. PI. Hartw. 49. 1840. Not Cestrum tomen- 



tosum L. f. 1781. 



Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Mexico; type from Real del Monte, Hidalgo. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate to broadly ovate, 12 cm. 

 long or less, acute or acuminate, obtuse or rounded at base, villous-tomentose 

 beneath; flowers sessile, fasciculate chiefly terminal; calyx 8 to 10 mm. long, 

 villous; corolla purple, 2.5 to 3 cm. long; fruit 1 to 1.5 cm. long. 



