1668 CONTRIBUTIOKS FROM THE NATIONAL HEEBABIUM 



BTJESERACEAE. 



Page 548. Elaphriumhipinnatum. "Copal de la Virgen" (Sinaloa). To the 

 synonymy add: Bursera stejiophylla Sprague & Riley, Kevv Bull. 1923: 169. 1923. 



Page 549. Elaphrium odoratum. To the synonymy add: Bursera loncho- 

 phylla Sprague & Riley, Kew Bull. 1923: 168. 1923. 



Elaphrium penicillatum. '"Copal" (Sinaloa). 



Page 552. Elaphrium excelsum. To the synonymy add: Bursera acutidens 

 Sprague & Riley, Kew Bull. 1923: 169. 1923; Bursera sphaerocarpa Sprague & 

 Riley, op. cit. 170. 1923. 



MELIACEAE. 



Page 554. Trichilia. In the generic description, for "Leaves abruptly pin- 

 nate, rarely odd-pinnate," read "Leaves odd-pinnate, rarely abruptly pinnate." 



Trichilia havanensis. "Zapotillo" (Tamaulipas). 



Page 555. Trichilia hirta. "Jumay," "palo Colorado chico," "azuica" 

 (Sinaloa). 



Page 560. Swietenia humilis. "Palo zopilote" (Oaxaca). 



MALPIGHIACEAE. 



Page 568. After Bunchosia gracilis add: 



Bunchosia monticola T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 410. 1924. 

 Type from Hacienda Montserrate, Chiapas. 



Page 572. Teirapteris mexicana. " Bejuco hueso" (Sinaloa). 



After Hiraea velutina add: 



Hiraea obovata Niedenzu, Hiraea 7. 1906. Hiraea purpusii T. S. Brandeg. 

 Univ. Cahf. Publ. Bot. 10: 184. 1922. Veracruz. Central America, the type 

 from Costa Rica. 



Hiraea polycarpa (T. S. Brandeg.) Standi. Mascagnia polycarpa T. S. 

 Brandeg. Univ. CaUf. Publ. Bot. 10: 409. 1924. Type from Remudadero, 

 Veracruz; also in Oa.xaca. 



Page 576. Banisteria laurifolia. "Compio" (Nayarit). 



Page 577. Banisteria pallida. To the synonymy add: Banisteria nemorum 

 T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 410. i924. 



Page 578. Before Polygalaceae insert the following faniily: 



VOCHYACEAE. Vochya Family. 

 1. VOCHYA Aubl. PI. Guian. 18. 1775. 



1. Vochya tabascana (Sprague) Standi. N. Amer. Fl. 25: 302. 1924. 



Vochisia parvifiora Villada, Naturaleza II. 3: 681. 1903. Not V. parviflnra 



Spruce, 1875. 

 Vochisia tabascana Sprague, Kew Bull. 1922: 183. 1922. 

 Type collected between Atasta and La Tejeria, Tabasco. 



POLYGALACEAE. 



Page 588. Polygala appressipilis. A synonym of this is Polygala sinaloensis 

 Riley, Kew Bull. 1923: 108. 1923. 



Page 594. Securidaca diversifolia. "Cuaumecate frijolillo" (Nayarit). 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Page 601. Euphorbia calif or nica. "Zipehui" (Sinaloa). 



Page 602. Euphorbia schlechtendalii. "Tencuanete" (Sinaloa). 



Page 604. Euphorbia plicata. "Jumete," "candelilla de palo" (Sinaloa). 



Page 607. After Pedilanthus rubescens add: 



