1398 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM 



13. Viburnum hartwegii Benth. PI. Hartw. 84. 1841. 



Chiapas. Central America; tj^pe from mountains of Santa Maria, Guatemala. 



Shrub or small tree; leaves lance-oblong to oval, 6 to 13 cm. long, long-acu- 

 minate, acute to rounded at base, pubescent or glabrate beneath; cymes large 

 and broad; corolla 4 to 5 mm. broad; fruit about 1 cm. long. "Cuni" (Costa 

 Rica) . 



Perhaps not distinct from V. glabratum H. B. K. of Peru. 



The following Mexican names are reported, but they probably belong to other 

 species: "Achichil," "sunda," "carindapaz" (Hidalgo). 



14. Viburnum microphyllum (Oerst.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Dot. 2: 3. 

 1881. 



Oreinotinus microphyllus Oerst. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn Vid. Medd. 1860: 293. 

 1861. 



Jalisco to Oaxaca; type from Cuesta de San Pedro Alto. 



Shrub or small tree, 6 meters high or less, the branchlets finely stellate-pubes- 

 cent; leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, 4 to 7 cm. long, acuminate, acute to rounded 

 at base, glabrous or nearly so; fruit black, 6 to 7 mm. long. 



15. Viburnum stellatum (Oerst.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 3. 1881. 

 Oreinotinus stellatus Oerst. Nat. For. Kjobenhavn Vid. Medd. 1860: 292. 1861. 

 Veracruz and Puebla; type from Mount Orizaba, at an altitude of 2,400 meters. 



Costa Rica. 



Branchlets stellate-pubescent; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, 6 to 7.5 cm. long, 

 obtuse or rounded at base, sparsely stellate-pubescent; C3'mes broad and many- 

 flowered. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Viburnum parviflorum Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11': 243. 1844. 

 Type from Zacatepec, Oaxaca. 



3. ABELIA R. Br. in Abel, Narr. Journ. China App. B. 376. 1818. 



Shrubs; leaves short-petiolate, entire or dentate; flowers in chiefly terminal, 

 few-flowered cymes; calyx 2 to 5-lobate; corolla tubular or funnelform, the limb 

 5-lobate; fruit a leathery achene. 



The other species are natives of Asia. 



Corolla 3 to 4.5 cm. long 1. A. floribunda. 



Corolla about 1.5 cm. long 2. A. coriacea. 



1. Abelia floribunda (Mart. & Gal.) Decaisne, Fl. Serr. Jard. 2: pi. 5. 1846. 

 Vesalea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. lli: 242. 1844. 

 Vesalea hirsuta Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11': 242. 1844. 



Abelia speciosa Decaisne, Fl. Serr. Jard. 2: pi. 5. 1846. 



Veracruz, Puebla, and Oaxaca; type from Pico de Orizaba, Veracruz. 



Shrub, 2 to 3 meters high; leaves elliptic-oblong to rounded-ovate, 8 to 30 mm. 

 long, obtuse, thin, ciliate, nearly entire; calyx lobes sometimes 13 mm. long,, 

 oblong or linear-lanceolate; corolla red-purple. 



2. Abelia coriacea Hemsl. Diag. PI. Mex. 53. 1880. 



Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi; type from San Luis Potosi. 



Leaves oblong-ovate to rounded-ovate, 1 to 2 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, lustrous; calyx lobes linear, 7 mm. long or less, puberulent 

 or hirtellous; corolla puberulent. 



4. SYMPHOBICARPOS Ludwig, Def. Gen. PI. 35. 1760. 

 Shrubs; leaves short-petiolate, entire or on young branches sinuate-lobate; 

 flowers in axillary or terminal clusters, white or pinkish; calyx 4 or 5-dentate; 

 corolla salverform, 4 or 5-lobate; fruit a small subglobose 2-seeded ber^}^ 



