1400 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM 



2. Lonicera mexicana (H. B. K.) Rehder, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14: 65. 1903. 

 Xylosteum mexicanum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 332. pZ. 298. 1818. 

 Lonicera gibbosa Willd.; Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 5: 257. 1819. 



Hidalgo and Oaxaca; type from Real del Monte, Hidalgo. 

 Erect shrub or tree, 3 to 6 meters high; leaves short-petiolate, oval to oblong- 

 ovate, 4 to 7 em. long, sparsely pilose beneath; corolla pink, about 2 cm. long. 



3. Lonicera subspicata Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 349. 1840. 

 Northern Baja California. California. 



Scandent shrub; leaves short-petiolate, oval to narrowly oblong, 1 to 3.5 cm. 

 long, rounded at apex, pubescent or glabrate beneath; spikes short or elongate, 

 the flowers j^ellowish or pale pink. 



4. Lonicera albiflora Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 6. 1841. 

 Lonicera dumosa A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 66. 1853. 



Lonicera albiflora dumosa Rehder, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 14: 179. 1903. 



Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila. Arizona to Texas. 



Scandent shrub; leaves short-petiolate, oblong-ovate to rounded, 3 to 5 cm. 

 long, acute to rounded at apex, glaucous beneath, glabrous or pubescent; flowers 

 capitate, white or yellowish white. 



The typical form of the species has glabrous leaves. The Mexican plants belong 

 to L. albiflora dumosa, in which the leaves are pubescent beneath. 



5. Lonicera pilosa (H. B. K.) Willd.; H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 427. 1818. 

 Caprijolium pilosum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 427. pi. 298. 1818. 

 Lonicera tubulosa Benth. PI. Hartw. 37. 1839. 



Chihuahua to San Luis Potosf and Mexico. 



Scandent shrub; leaves short-petiolate, oblong to oblong-ovate, 4 to 6 cm. 

 long, acute or obtuse, glaucous beneath, glabrous or pubescent; corolla yellow or 

 purplish. 



155. GOODENIACEAE. Goodenia Family. 



1. SCAEVOLA L. Mant. PL 2: 145. 1771. 

 1. Scaevola plumierii (L.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 36. 1791. 



Lobelia plumierii L. Sp. PI. 929. 1753. 



Scaevola lobelia Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 13. 178. 1774. 



On coastal rocks and sands, Yucatdn; Clarion Island, Baja California. Flor- 

 ida; West Indies; tropical America. 



Fleshy shrub, 1.5 meters high or less; leaves alternate, obovate, 4 to 6 cm. long, 

 short-petiolate, rounded at apex, glabrous; flowers perfect, white, in axillary 

 pedunculate cymes; calyx 5-lobate; ovary inferior; corolla 5-lobate, about 2.5 

 cm. long, the lobes nearly linear, winged, the tube split along one side; stamens 5, 

 distinct; fruit baccate, oval, 10 to 14 mm. long, black, 2-celled, 2-seeded. 

 "Bosbor6n," "coralillo" (Porto Rico). 



Known in the Bahamas as "inkberry." The plant is said to have sudorific 

 and, in large doses, purgative and emetic properties. It has been employed in 

 the West Indies as a remedy for venereal diseases. 



156. lOBELIACEAE. lobelia Family. 



Several other genera are represented in Mexico by herbaceous species. 



1. LOBELIA L. Sp. PI. 929. 1753. 

 Shrubs, or usually herbs; leaves alternate, entire or dentate; flowers racemose 

 or spicate, often leafy-bracted; calyx tube adnate to the ovary; corolla tube 

 elongate, cleft to the base along one side, the limb 5-lobate, bilabiate; stamens 

 monadelphous, part or all of the anthers with a tuft of hairs at apex; fruit a 

 2-celled, loculicidally bivalvate capsule. 



