STANDLEY TREES AND SHEUBS OF MEXICO 1357 



Inflorescences 1 or 2-flowered. 



Leaves 1 cm. long or less; calyx lobes obtuse 1. D. microphylla. 



Leaves 2.5 to 4.5 cm. long; calyx lobes acute 2. D. purpusii. 



Inflorescences few or many-flowered. 

 Inflorescence umbellate or subumbellate. 



Capsule 2 mm. long, about as broad as long 3. D. umbellata. 



Capsule 3 to 4 mm. long, much longer than broad 4. D. excelsa. 



Inflorescence cymose-corymbose. 



Corolla 2.5 mm. long 5. D. erythrorhiza. 



Corolla 4 to 10 mm. long. 



Capsule oval, obscurely costate, puberulent; corolla 5 mm. long or less. 



6. D. pubescens. 

 Capsule turbinate, conspicuously costate, glabrous; corolla 6 to 10 mm. 

 long. 



Buds and corolla lobes very acute or acuminate 7. D. cornifolia. 



Buds and corolla lobes obtuse or rounded. 



Leaves 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long; lobes ef the calyx about equaling the 



tube 8. D. obtusiflora. 



Leaves 5 to 15 cm. long; lobes of the calyx shorter than the tube. 



9. D. grandiflora. 



1. Deppea microphylla Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 41: 249. 1905. 

 Type from Trinidad Iron Works, Hidalgo, altitude 1,710 meters. 



Shrub; leaves petiolate, rhombic-ovate or oval-elliptic, 4 to 10 mm. long, 

 obtuse, sparsely puberulent or glabrate beneath; corolla 5 mm. long, the lobes 

 obtuse; capsule 3 mm. long. 



2. Deppea purpusii Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 88. 1921. 



Type collected in the Sierra Madre between Misantla and Naolinco, Veracruz. 

 Shrub; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong-ovate, acute, puberulent or villosulous 

 beneath; capsule 3 to 4 mm. long, villosulous at first. 



3. Deppea umbellata Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 31. 1879. 

 Veracruz; type from Orizaba. 



Shrub; leaves long-petiolate, ovate or lance-ovate, 4 to 11.5 cm. long, acumi- 

 nate, sparsely puberulent or glabrate beneath; corolla 2 to 3 mm. long. 



4. Deppea excelsa (H. B. K.) Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 89. 1921. 

 Psychotria excelsa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 355. 1819. 

 Deppea tenuiflora Benth. PI. Hartw. 349. 1857. 



Veracruz and Chiapas; type from Jalapa, Veracruz. 



Shrub; leaves petiolate, ovate to lance-oblong, 4 to 7.5 cm. long, acuminate, 

 puberulent or sparsely pilose beneath, finally glabrate; corolla lobes obtuse. 



5. Deppea erythrorhiza Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5: 168. 1830. 

 Deppea hedyotidea DC. Prodr. 4: 618. 1830. 



Veracruz and Oaxaca; type from Hacienda de la Laguna, Veracruz. 



Slender shrub with pink wood; leaves long-petiolate, elliptic or ovate, 4 to 7 

 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, glabrous or puberulent; capsule 2.5 to 3 mm. 

 long. 



6. Deppea pubescens Hemsl. Diag. PL Mex. 31. 1879. 

 Type from Santa Gertrudis. 



Leaves long-petiolate, ovate or lance-oblong, 3.5 to 7.5 cm. long, acute or 

 acuminate, villosulous or tomentose beneath; capsule 3 mm. long. 



7. Deppea cornifolia Benth. PI. Hartw. 349. 1857. 

 Rondeletia cornifolia Benth. PL Hartw. 39. 1840. 



Michoacdn and Mexico to Oaxaca; type from Morelia, Michoacdn. 



