STANDLEY TREES AND SHEUBS OF MEXICO 1329 



5-lobate; corolla tube cylindric, straight or oblique, slightly ampliate above;, 

 disk annular; fruit usually globose, indehiscent. 

 Calyx large, equaling the corolla. 



Calyx hirsute 1. B. cyrtanthemum. 



Calyx appressed-pubescent 2. B. deflexa. 



Calyx small, shorter than the corolla. 



Leaves hirsute 3. B. hirsuta. 



Leaves glabrous or with appressed hairs. 



Leaves glabrous beneath 4. B. glabra. 



Leaves with sparse appressed hairs beneath 5. B. chiapensis. 



1. Besleria cyrtanthemum Hanst. Linnaea 34: 321. 1865-66. 

 Cyrtanthemn7n hirsutum Oerst. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5: 130. pi. 20, f. 



20-31. 1861. 



Type from Oaxaca. 



Stems hirsute-tomentose above; leaves long-petiolate, obliquely oblong-elliptic, 

 18 to 23 cm. long, short-acuminate, acute at base, obsoletely serrate, pilose 

 above, pilosulous beneath; pedicels shorter than the calyx; posterior calyx lobe 

 nearly 2.5 cm. long; corolla glabrous. 



2. Besleria deflexa (Oerst.) Hanst. Linnaea 34: 321. 1865-66. 

 Cyrtanthemum deflexum Oerst. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5: 130. pi. 20, 



f. 32-39. 1861. 



Type from Oaxaca. 



Stems hirsute above; leaves elongate-oblong or subfalcate-elliptic , short- 

 attenuate, suboblique at base, entire, minutely appressed-pilose above, glabrate 

 beneath; peduncles 4 to 8 mm. long; corolla glabrous. 



3. Besleria hirsuta (Oerst.) Hanst. Linnaea 34: 326. 1865-66. 

 Gasteranthopsis hirsuta Oerst. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5: 129. pi. 10, f. 9-13. 



1861. 



Type material from Tepinapa and Chinantla, Oaxaca. 



Stems hirsute above; leaves petiolate, elongate-oblong, 20 cm. long, acuminate, 

 attenuate at base, obsoletely serrate; peduncles much shorter than the petioles; 

 calyx lobes obtuse. 



4. Besleria glabra Hanst. Linnaea 34: 325. 1865-66. 



Gasteranthopsis glabra Oerst. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5: 129. pi. 10, J. 1-8. 

 1861. 



Type from Chinantla, Oaxaca. 



Stems glabrous; leaves petiolate, 18 to 23 cm. long, obliquely elliptic-oblong, 

 acute at base; peduncles shorter than the petioles; calyx lobes obtuse; corolla 

 18 mm. long. 



5. Besleria chiapensis T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 64. 1914. 

 Oaxaca and Chiapas; type from Finca Mexiquito, Chiapas. 



Branches glabrous or appressed-pilose; leaves slender-petiolate, eUiptic-oblong, 

 6 to 13 cm. long, acuminate, acute at base, obscurely serrulate; peduncles about 

 as long as the petioles; corolla red, 2 cm. long. 



Perhaps not distinct from B. glabra. 



5. DRYMONIA Mart. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 57. 1829. 

 1. Drymonia chiapensis T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 64. 1914. 



Type from Finca Mexiquito, Chiapas. 



Plants scandent, the young branches puberulent; leaves elHptic, 10 to 13 cm. 

 long, acute, cuneate at base, sinuate-dentate, hirsutulous above, paler and 

 pubescent beneath; flowers solitary, the pedicels 15 cm. long; calyx lobes ovate- 



