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7. Cestrum lanatum Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 122; 18. 1845. 

 Durango and Tepic to Chiapas and Veracruz ; type from Mirador, Veracruz. 



Central America. 



Shrub, 2 to 6 meters high ; leaves mostly lanceolate or lance-oblong, 6 to 15 cm. 

 long, acute to long-acuminate, densely stellate-tomentose beneath, at least when 

 young ; cymes dense, axillary and terminal ; calyx densely tomentose ; corolla 

 greenish white, 13 to 17 mm. long ; fi-uit about 1 cm. long. "Ahuacatillo " 

 (Guanajuato); "candelilla" (Durango); " zorrillo '* (Costa Rica); " cha- 

 cuaco " (Veracruz); " palo hediondo," " huele de uoche " (El Salvador). 



The plant has a strong and disagreeable odor. A decoction of the wood is 

 said to have cathartic properties, and is employed as a remedy for fevers. 

 The black fruit is reported to yield a dye. The leaves are sometimes placed in 

 hens' nests to keep away vermin. 



8. Cestrum pacificum T. S. Brandeg. Erythea 7: 6. 1899. 

 Socorro Island. 



Shrub, stellate-tomentose throughout ; leaves oblong-ovate to broadly ovate, 

 6 to 11 cm. long, acute or obtuse, sometimes glabrate above in age ; flowers 

 mostly sessile, in terminal and axillary cymes ; corolla 12 mm. long. 



9. Cestrum dumetorum Schleclit. Linnaea 7: 61. 1832. 

 "^Cestrum semivestitum Dunal in DC. Prodr. IS^: 651. 1852. 



Nuevo Le6n to Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Morelos ; type from Veracruz. 



Shrub, 2 to 6 meters high ; leaves lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 16 cm. long 

 ■or less, usually long-acuminate, glabrous above, sparsely villosulous or glabrate 

 beneath ; cymes small, mostly axillary ; corolla about 1.5 cm. long, greenish 

 jellow; fruit 1 cm. long or smaller, black. " Potonxihuite " (Oaxaca); 

 ^' gal5,n," "huele de dia " (Nuevo Le6n) ; "palo hediondo" (Tamaulipas, 

 El Salvador); " chacuaco," " hediondilla," " tepozan " (Veracruz); "huele de 

 uoche" (Veracruz, El Salvador); " tiscuite," "hediondo" (El Salvador). 



A decoction of the plant is employed in Tamaulipas as a remedy for cutane- 

 ous diseases. In El Salvador the plant is reputed to be poisonous to cattle. 



10. Cestrum hirtellum Schlecht. Linnaea 7: 62. 1832. 

 Type from Hacienda de la Laguna, near Jalapa, Veracruz. 



Leaves broadly or narrowly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, glabrate in age; 

 calyx about 3 mm. long ; corolla greenish white. 



11. Cestrum laurifolium L'H6r. Stirp. Nov. 4: 69. 1785. 

 Cestrum alaternoides Desf. Tabl. Ecol. Bot. Mus. 70. 1804. 

 Michoacan and Guerrero to Veracruz. West Indies; Central America. 

 Shrub or small tree, 6 meters high or less, glabrous throughout or nearly 



so ; leaves mostly elliptic-oblong and 11 to 16 cm. long, lustrous, acute or 

 short-acuminate ; cymes lateral or axillary ; calyx 2.5 to 3.5 mm. long ; co- 

 rolla 12 to 16 mm. long, greenish white; fruit 7 to 9 mm. long. "Galdn de 

 ilfa" (Cuba), "tiscuite," "palo hediondo," "huele de noche " (El Salvador). 



12. Cestrum oblongifolium Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 266. 1847. 

 'iCestrum kmci folium Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 267. 1847. 



Type from Los Reyes ; the type of (J. lancifoUiim collected between Los 

 Banos and Puente de Dios, Veracruz. 



Shrub, 1 to 1.5 meters high ; leaves lance-oblong, 11 cm. long or less, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous ; calyx 4 mm. long, pubescent. 



