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Leaves sparsely or densely pilose on the upper surface; branchlets pilose. 



4. S. grandis. 



1. Sommera arborescens Schlecht. Linnaea 9: 602. 1834. 

 Veracruz; type from Hacienda de la Laguna. 



Leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 10 to 25 cm. long, acuminate, serice- 

 ous beneath along the nerves; calyx lobes 5 to 9 mm. long; fruit oval, 12 to 14 mm. 

 long. 



2. Sommera chiapensis T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 196. 1915. 

 Type from Finca Irlanda, Chiapas. 



Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, 12 to 27 cm. long, abruptly acuminate, 

 densely sericeous beneath when young, later glabrate. 



3. Sommera subcordata Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 144. 1921. 

 Sinaloa; type from Colomas. 



Shrub or small tree, 6 meters high or less; leaves oval-obovate or oval-elliptic, 

 12 to 30 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, sparsely setose-pilose beneath. 



4. Sommera grandis (Bartl.) Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 32: 145. 1921. 

 Petesia grandis Bartl.; DC. Prodr. 4: 395. 1830. 



Sommera mesochora Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 17: 437. 1914. 



Michoacdn and Colinia. Guatemala to Panama. 



Shrub or small tree, sometimes 8 meters high; leaves obovate to oval, 10 to 

 22 cm. long, abruptly acuminate, rounded to attenuate at base, appressed-pilose 

 beneath; inflorescence cymose-corymbose, usually many-flowered; corolla white, 



5 to 8 mm. long. 



20. SABICEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 1: 192. 1775. 

 References: Wernham, A monograph of the genus Sabicea, 1914; Standley, 

 N. Amer. Fl. 32: 148-150. 1921. 



Shrubs, usually scandent; flowers small, capitate or cj^mose, axillary; calyx 

 tube subglobose, the limb 3 to 6-lobate, the lobes narrow, persistent; corolla 

 funnelform or salverform, the throat villous, the limb 4 or 5-lobate, the lobes 

 short, valvate; fruit baccate, 2 to 5-celled; seeds numerous, minute. 



Inflorescence lax at maturity, the flowers psdicellate 1. S. mexicana. 



Inflorescence dense, the flowers sessile. 



Stipules broadly ovate, 5 to 10 mm. long; leaves hirsute or strigose. 



2. S. hirsuta. 

 Stipules setaceous, 2 to 3 mm. long; leaves puberulent or glabrate. 



3. S. flagenioides. 



1. Sabicea mexicana Wernham, Monogr. Sabicea 41. 1914. 

 Oaxaca. 



Branches pilose with subappressed hairs; leaves petiolate, lance-oblong to 

 ovate, 8 to 12 cm. long, acuminate, obtuse or acute at base, hirsute; calyx lobes 



6 to 10 mm. long; corolla white, strigose, the tube 10 to 12 mm. long. 

 Reported by Hemsley as S. glabrescens Benth. 



2. Sabicea hirsuta H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 417. 1820. 



Veracruz and Chiapas. Central and South America; type from the Orinoco 

 River. 



Branches hirsute or pilose; leaves ovate to elliptic-oblong, 5 to 12 cm. long, 

 acuminate, rounded or obtuse at base; calyx lobes 2 to 4 mm. long; corolla white, 

 hirsute or strigose, the tube 6 mm. long; fruit 1 cm. in diameter. 



Reported by Hemsley as S. hirta Swartz. 



3. Sabicea flagenioides Wernham, Monogr. Sabicea 57. 1914. 

 Type from Chichankanab, Yucatan. 



Branches tomentulose when young; leaves lanceolate, 5 cm. long, acuminate; 

 calyx lobes 4.5 mm. long. 



