STANDLEY TREES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO 1367 



Corolla 6-lobatc; calyx lobes 6. 



Corolla symmetric or nearly so, the tube not gibbous; capsule only slightly 

 compressed; flowers solitary; stamens equaling or usually shorter than 

 the corolla. 

 Pedicels ebracteolate; calyx lobes 6 to 10 mm. long; corolla lobes 6 to 10 



mm. long, often half as long as the tube 2. C. latiflora. 



Pedicels bracteolate; calyx lobes 10 to 20 mm. long; corolla lobes about 

 one-fourth as long as the tube. 

 Capsule 2 to 3 cm. long; corolla 6 to 8 cm. long; leaves mostly ovate or 



oval 3. C. pterosperma. 



Capsule 1.2 to 1.4 cm. long; corolla about 10 cm. long; leaves narrowly 



lance-oblong 4. C. lumaeana. 



Corolla asymmetric, the tube gibbous; capsule strongly compressed; flowers 

 mostly in 3-flowered cymes; stamens longer than the corolla. 



5. C. hezandra. 



1. Coutarea octomera Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 4: 101. 1886. 

 Coutarea acamptodada Robins. & Millsp. Bot. Jahrb. Engler 36: Beibl. 80: 



28. 1905. 



Yucatan; type from Cozumel Island. 



Shrub; leaves short-petiolate, oval, rhombic-ovate, or oval-oblong, 1.5 to 5 

 cm. long, obtuse, cuneate or obtuse at base, glabrous or nearly so; corolla greenish 

 yellow, 2.5 to 5 cm. long, glabrous; capsule 1.5 cm. long. 



2. Coutarea latiflora Moc. & Sesse; DC. Prodr. 4: 350. 1830. 

 Southwestern Chihuahua to Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla. Guatemala. 

 Shrub or small tree, 5 meters high or less; leaves petiolate, ovate or oval to 



oblong, 4 to 12 cm. long, obtuse or acuminate, rounded to acute at base, tomentose 

 or pilose beneath or finally glabrate; flowers fragrant; corolla white, 5 to 7 cm. 

 long, glabrous or pilose outside; capsule 2 cm. long, brown. "Quina" (Oaxaca, 

 Guerrero); "copalchi" (Oaxaca); "falsa quina" (Michoacdn, Ramirez); "cam- 

 panula" (Jalisco, Oliva); "palo amargo" (Sinaloa). 

 The bark is employed as a febrifuge. 



3. Coutarea pterosperma (S. Wats.) Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 127. 1921. 

 Portlandia -pterosperma S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 52. 1889. 

 Sonora and Chihuahua to Colima; type from Guaymas, Sonora. 



Shrub or tree 1 to 15 meters high, the trunk 50 cm. or less in diameter; leaves 

 slender-petiolate, ovate to oval or ovate-oblong, 4 to 10 cm. long, obtuse to 

 short-acuminate, rounded to subacute at base, short-pilose or glabrous beneath, 

 often barbate along the costa; corolla white, green when dry; capsule brown, 

 oval, 6-costate. "Copalchi" (Colima): "palo amargo," "copalquin," "ca- 

 parche" (Sinaloa). 



The bark is employed for fevers, especially for malaria, and also for affections 

 of the lungs. 



4. Coutarea luraaeana Baill. Adansonia 12: 301. 1879. 

 Veracruz. Guatemala; type from inountains of western Guatemala. 

 Glabrous shrub; leaves short-petiolate, narrowly lance-oblong, 8 to 11.5 cm. 



long, acuminate, obtuse to acuminate at base; corolla white; capsule oval- 

 globose, 6-costate. 



5. Coutarea hexandra (Jacq.) Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Q^ 196. 1889. 

 Portlandia hexandra Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 16. 1760. 



Coutarea speciosa Aubl. PL Guian. 1: 314. pi. 122. 1775. 

 Coutarea flavescens Moc. & Sesse; DC. Prodr. 4: 350. 1830. 

 Oaxaca and Chiapas. Central and Sou*h America; type from Cartagena, 

 Colombia. 



