STANDLEY TBEES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO 1393 



42. FARAMEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 1: 102. 1775. 

 1. Faramea occidentalis (L.) A. Rich. M^m. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 176. 

 1834. 



Ixora occidentalis L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 893. 1759. 



Faramea odoratissima DC. Prodr. 4: 496. 1830. 



Veracruz. West Indies; Central and South America. 



Glabrous shrub or tree, sometimes 15 meters high; bark smooth, gray; leaves 

 short-petiolate, narrowly oblong to oval, 6 to 18 cm. long, cuspidate-acuminate, 

 acute at base, coriaceous, lustrous; flowers white, fragrant, in terminal and 

 axillary, lax, few-flowered cymes, pedicellate; calyx truncate; corolla salverform, 

 the tube about 17 mm. long, the lobes narrow, 12 mm. long; fruit nearly 1 cm. 

 in diameter, drupaceous, finally black, 1-celled, 1-seeded; sap wood thin, nearly 

 white, the heartwood darker, tinged with yeUow, hard, moderately heavy, very 

 tough, close-grained, taking a good polish. "Hueso" (Veracruz, Ramirez); 

 "huesito" (Panama); "palo de toro," "cafetillo" (Porto Rico); "cafe cimarr6n," 

 "nabaco," "jujano" (Cuba); "cafecillo" (El Salvador). 



43. MORINDA L. Sp. PL 176. 1753. 

 1. Morinda yucatanensis Greenm. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 262. 1907. 



Yucatdn; type from Izamal. 



Shrub, subscandent; leaves short-petiolate, lance-oblong to oblong-obovate or 

 elliptic, 5 to 12 cm. long, acute or acuminate, acute or attenuate at base, pubescent, 

 especially beneath; flowers in short-pedunculate or sessile, globose heads 12 mm. 

 or less in diameter, coalescent in fruit; calyx truncate; corolla tubular-funnelform, 

 7 mm. long, the limb 5-lobate; fruit a succulent syncarp; nutlets 6 mm. long, 

 smooth. "Joyoc," "xo-yen-cab" (Maya). 



The Yucatdn plant has been referred to M. royoc L., a closely related species of 

 Central America and the West Indies. 



44. ERNODEA Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 29. 1788. 

 1. Ernodea litoralis Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 29. 1788. 



Yucatdn. Southern Florida, West Indies, and Honduras, on coastal rocks and 

 sands. 



Prostrate or spreading shrub; leaves crowded, lanceolate or lance-oblong, 

 1 to 2.5 cm. long, acute, narrowed below, sessile or nearly so, coriaceous, leathery, 

 glabrous, 3-nerved; flowers yellow, solitary and sessile in the leaf axils; calyx 

 4 to 6-lobate, the lobes lance-subulate; corolla funnelform, the tube 1 cm. long, 

 the 4 to 6 lobes narrow, valvate; fruit drupaceous, 2-celled, yellow, 4 to 6 mm. 

 long, the nutlets cartilaginous, united, 1-seeded. 



45. TRIODON DC. Prodr. 4: 566. 1830. 

 1. Triodon angulatum Benth. PL Hartw. 70. 1840. 



Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Chiapas; reported from Tabasco or Yucatdn; type from 

 Teotolcingo, Oaxaca. Guatemala. 



Erect or prostrate shrub, glabrous or puberulent; leaves oblong to elliptic, 4 to 

 20 mm. long, opposite or often appearing verticillate, obtuse or acute, short- 

 petiolate; flowers clustered in the leaf axils; calyx 4-dentate; corolla about 2 mm. 

 long; fruit small, dicoccous, 2-seeded. 



46. GALIUM L. Sp. PL 105. 1753. 



Herbs or rarely shrubs; leaves verticillate; flowers small, usually in axillary or 

 terminal cymes, white or yellow; calyx limb obsolete; corolla rotate, commonly 

 4-lobate, the lobes valvate; fruit didymous, dry or fleshy, 2-celled, indehiscent. 



Numerous herbaceous species occur in Mexico. 



