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3. Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham, Journ. Bot. Brit. & For. 51: 323. 1913. 

 Nuevo Le6n to Veracruz; type collected between Acatldn and Chiconquiaco, 



Veracruz. 



Shrub or tree, glabrous except in the inflorescence; leaves petiolate, elliptic- 

 oblong to ovate, 7 to 14 cm. long, short-acuminate, coriaceous; racemes panicu- 

 late; corolla 7 to 8 mm. long, reddish outside; fruit 6 to 7 mm. in diameter. 



4. Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 94. 1893. 

 Lonicera alba L. Sp. PI. 175. 1753. 



Chiococca racemosa L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 917. 1759. 



Chiococca macrocarpa Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11^: 230. 1844. 



Chiococca coriacea Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11': 231. 1844. 



Baja California and Sonora to Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatdn, and Chiapas. 

 Florida; West Indies; Central and South America; t,ype from Jamaica. 



Shrub, sometimes scandent; leaves petiolate, lanceolate to oval, 2.5 to 9 cm. 

 long, usually short-acuminate; racemes simple or paniculate; corolla 6 to 8 mm. 

 long, white or j'ellowish white; fruit white, 4 to 8 mm. long. "Suelda con 

 suelda," "oreja de rat6n" (Lumholtz); "xcanchac-ch6" (Yucatd,n, Maya); 

 "cainca" (Herrera; Colombia); "canica," "caninana" (Ramirez); "perlilla" 

 (Sesse & Modno); "madreselva" (Nicaragua); "bejuco de berac" (Porto Rico); 

 "bejuco de berraco" (Cuba); "Idgrimas de San Pedro," "aceitillo" (El Salva- 

 dor); "Idgrimas de Maria" (Panama). 



The plant was formerly used in Brazil as a remedy for dropsy and has been so 

 used in Europe. It is reported to have diuretic, acrid, tonic, astringent, vomi- 

 tive, and pectoral properties, and has been employed for venereal diseases, 

 rheumatism, and other affections. The leaves are sometimes applied as poultices 

 to sores. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



SiPHONANDRA MEXiCANA Turcz. BuU. Soc. Nat. Moscou 212; 581. 1848. Type 

 from Oaxaca. The genus has been referred to Chiococca, but the position of 

 the plant is doubtful. 



33. ASEMNANTHE Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PL 2: 106. 1873. 

 A single species is known. 



1. Asetnnanthe pubescens Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 107. 1873. 



Yucatdn. 



Shrub or small tree, 1 to 6 meters high; leaves short-petiolate, lanceolate or 

 ovate, 2.5 to 7 cm. long, acute or acuminate, rounded to acute at base, densely 

 pilose beneath; flowers yellow, in few-flowered axillary fascicles; calyx 4-lobate, 

 the lobes lance-linear, persistent; corolla urceolate-tubular, longer than the calyx 

 lobes, short-pilose, the limb with 4 small lobes; fruit drupaceous, suborbicular, 

 compressed, 4 to 4.5 mm. long, pubescent, the cells 1-seeded. 



34. PLACOCARPA Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 107. 1873. 

 A single species is known. 



1. Placocarpa mexicana Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 108. 1873. 



Veracruz and Oaxaca; type from Orizaba, Veracruz. 



Shrub about 1 meter high; leaves short-petiolate, oblong or obovate-oblong, 

 1 to 2 cm. long, acute or obtuse, acute at base, glabrous; flowers axillarj'', solitary , 

 pedicellate; calyx lobes obovate-oblong, 4 mm. long, obtuse; corolla white, 

 salverform, the tube 10 to 12 mm. long, the 4 lobes oval, rounded at apex; fruit 

 laterally compressed, 2-celled, separating into 2 indehiscent cocci. 



