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16. Rondeletia deamii (Donn. Smith) Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 60. 1918. 

 Bouvardia deamii Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 49: 455. 1910. 



Oaxaca. Guatemala; type from Fiscal. 



Shrub; leaves nearly sessile, ovate-orbicular to ovate, 2.5 to 6.5 cm. long, 

 abruptly acuminate, rounded to acute at base, minutely pilose beneath; flowers 

 mostly in 3-flowered cymes; corolla tube 7 to 12 mm. long. 



17. Rondeletia galeottii Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 59. 1918. 

 Type from somewhere in southern Mexico. 



Glabrous shrub; leaves short-petiolate, oval-obovate or oblong-obovate, 8 to 

 17 cm. long, acuminate, acute at base; inflorescence cymose-corymbose, 4 to 8 

 cm. broad. 



18. Rondeletia jurgenseni Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 29. 1879. 

 Type from Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, Oaxaca. 



Glabrous shrub; leaves short-petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 7.5 cm. long, 

 acuminate, cuneate at base; inflorescence cymose, 3.5 to 5 cm. broad. 



19. Rondeletia rekoi Standi. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 8: 126. 1918. 

 Type from Hacienda Las Pilas, Cerro Espino, Oaxaca, altitude 400 meters. 

 Leaves petiolate, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 8.5 to 19 cm. long, acute, rounded 



and short-decurrent at base, green above and scabrous, white-tomentose beneath; 

 corolla tube 5.5 to 7 mm. long. 



20. Rondeletia leptodictya Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 45: 402. 1910. 

 Type from banks of the Rio Petatldn, near the boundary between Michoacdn 



and Guerrero, altitude 500 meters. 



Shrub, 2 meters high; leaves petiolate, broadly obovate to elliptic-oblong, 4 to 

 11 cm. long, abruptly acute or attenuate, acute or obtuse at base, white-tomentose 

 beneath when young but glabrate in age; corolla red, the tube 12 to 14 mm. long. 



21. Rondeletia leucophylla H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 395. 1819. 

 Rondeletia elongata Bartl.; DC. Prodr. 4: 409. 1830. 



Bouvardia discolor Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 428. 1840. 



Rondeletia dubia Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 28. 1879. 



Rondeletia leucophylla calycosa Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 39: 92. 1903. 



Sinaloa to Oaxaca; type collected between Alto del Peregrino and Rio Papa- 

 gallo, Guerrero. 



Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high; leaves petiolate, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 

 14 cm. long, acute, acute to rounded at base, white-tomentose beneath; flowers 

 fragrant; corolla red. "Hierba de la muchachita" (Oaxaca); "huele de noche" 

 (Sinaloa). 



22. Rondeletia nitida Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 39. 1879. 

 Chiapas. 



Leaves short-petiolate, narrowly lanceolate or lance-elliptic, 5 to 10 cm. long, 

 long-acuminate at each end, white-tomentose beneath; panicles few-flowered; 

 corolla pink. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Rondeletia spinos.\ Schum. Bull. Herb. Boiss 3: 620. 1895. Type from 

 Hidalgo. Probably not of this genus. 



5. DEPPEA Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 167. 1830. 



Reference: Standley, N. Amer. Fl. 32: 88-90. 1921. 



Slender shrubs; leaves thin, petiolate; flowers small, yellow, in terminal or 

 axillary cymes or umbels, sometimes solitary, pedicellate; calyx 4-lobate; corolla 

 rotate or short-funnelform, the lobes contorted; fruit a small capsule, turbinate 

 or obovoid, costate, 2-celled, loculicidal; .seeds numerous, not winged. 



