1282 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



13. Cestnim pedunculare Pav6n ; Dunal in DC. Prodr. 131: 618. 1852. 

 Type from somewhere in Mexico. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 5 cm. long or less, acuminate, glabrous; flowers in 

 axillary pedunculate racemes ; calyx 5 to 6 mm. long, glabrous. 



14. Cestrum noctumum L. Sp. PI. 191. 1753. 



Cestrum noctumum mexicanum O. E. Schluz in Urban, Symb. Antill. 6: 

 256. 1909. 



Coahuila to Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. West Indies and Central 

 America. 



Shrub, 4.5 meters high or less, glabrous throughout or nearly so; leaves 

 mostly oblong-lanceolate, 5 to 12 cm. long, acuminate; flowers mostly in axil- 

 lary cymes ; corolla 18 to 25 mm. long, greenish white ; fruit 8 to 10 mm. long. 

 " Huele de noche " (Puebla, Coahuila, Veracruz, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Guatemala) ; 

 '• hierba hedionda " (Ramirez) ; " pipiloxihuitl " (Ramirez) ; " galSn de tarde" 

 (Oaxaca, Reko) ; " galan de noche" (Guatemala, Cuba) ; " dama de noche" 

 (Porto Rico, Philippines); " reina de la noche" (Guatemala); "palo hedi- 

 ondo " (El Salvador). 



The flowers are very fragrant, especially at night. The juice and the fruit 

 are reported to be poisonous, but an extract of the plant has been employed 

 as an antispasmodic, especially for the treatment of epilepsy. 



The Mexican and Central American material (C. noctumum mexicanum 

 O. E. Schulz) differs from the West Indian in having slightly smaller flowers. 

 C. graciliflorum Dunal ^ is probably a synonym. 



15. Cestrum fulvescens Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 572. 1899. 

 Cestrum arborescens T. S. Brandeg. Zoe 5: 256. 1908. 



Michoacdn to Puebla and Oaxaca ; type from mountains of Telixtlahuaca, 

 Oaxaca, altitude 2,000 meters. 



Shrub, glabrous throughout or nearly so; leaves narrowly lanceolate to 

 elliptic-oblong, 11 cm. long or less, acute or acuminate; cymes mostly axillary 

 and racemiform, lax, the flowers mostly pedicellate; calyx angulate, somewhat 

 inflated, contracted below into a slender stipe; corolla 2 to 2.5 cm. long; fruit 

 10 to 12 mm. long. 



16. Cestrum confertiflonim Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 263. 1847. 

 Cestrum terminale Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13*: 608. 1852. 



Jalisco, MichoacS,n, and Mexico ; type from Angangueo, MichoacS,n. 



Shrub, about 2 meters high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 9 to 15 cm. long, 

 acuminate, glabrous, pale beneath ; cymes dense, chiefly in terminal panicles ; 

 calyx 6 to 7 mm. long ; corolla 14 to 16 mm. long. " Hierba de la mula " 

 (Mexico, Villada). 



17. Cestnim anagyris Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13*: 608. 1852. 

 Mexico ; type from Toluca. 



Leaves ovate-elliptic, 5 cm. long or less, acute, glabrous ; flowers pedicellate ; 

 corolla 10 to 11 mm. long. 



18. Cestum thyrsoideum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 63. 1818. 

 Cestrum persicaefoUum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13*: 608. 1852. 

 Cestrum involucratum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13*: 610. 1852. 

 Michoac^n, Mexico, Puebla, and Tlaxcala ; type from Chalco, Mexico. 



*In DC. Prodr. 13*: 669. 1852. 



