STANDLEY TREES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO 1671 



Sapium pedicellatum. "Hiza" (Sinaloa). 



Page 653. Before Bvixaceae insert the following genera of Euphorbiaceae: 



DRYPETES Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 3: 49. 1807. 



1. Drypetes lateriflora. (Swartz) Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Engler 15- 357 

 1892. ^ 



Schaefferia lateriflora Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 38. 1788. 



Dnjpetes crocea Poit. Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 159. 1815. 



Forchammeria lanceolata Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 183. 1919. 



San Luis Potosi. West Indies, southern Florida, and Central America. 

 Known in EI Salvador as "mula." 



OPHELLANTHA Standi. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 97. 1924. 

 1. Ophellantha spinosa Standi. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 98. 1924. 

 Oaxaca. El Salvador, the type from Izalco. 



BUXACEAE. 



Page 654. Simmondsia californica. This name and its synonyms are to be 

 placed in synonymy under the following: 



Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneider, 111. Handb. Laubh. 2: 141. 1907. 

 Buxus chinensis Link, Enum. PI. 2: 386. 1822. The locality was given orig- 

 inally with doubt as China, but the specimens were probably from southern 

 California. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 



Page 656. Spondias momhin. The proper name for this species is Spondias 

 purpurea L. Spondias mombm is the oldest name for No. 2, S. lutea. 



Page 657. Spondias lutea. This name is a synonym of Spondias momhin 

 L., the oldest name for the species. The tree occurs in Nayarit, where it is 

 known as "obo." 



Page 662. After Astronium conzattii add: 



Astronium fraxinifolium Schott; Spreng. Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 404. 1827. 

 Veracruz. Brazil. A large tree. In Brazil it is highlj' esteemed for its lumber. 



Astroniumi graveolens Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 33. 1760. Guerrero, Oaxaca, 

 and Yucatan. Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. "Palo de cera," 

 "palo de culebra" (Guerrero); "copaiva" (Oaxaca); "ronr6n" (El Salvador, 

 Honduras); "palo obero" (Honduras); "gateado" (Venezuela); "diomate," 

 "yomate," "gusanero," "tibigaro," "marfil vegetal" (Colombia). This, also, 

 is a large tree, The wood is valued highly throughout the range because of its 

 durability and its suitability for cabinetwork. Astronium conzattii may not be 

 specifically distinct from A. graveolens. 



Page 663. Comocladia mollissima. It is probable that the following is a 

 synonym of this species: Comocladia macrophylla (Hook. & Arn.) Riley, Kew 

 Bull. 1923: 175. 1923. Rhus macrophylla Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 2: 

 213. 1840-41. Type from Acapulco. 



Page 67-1. Rhus terebinthifolia. " Paguay " (Sinaloa) . 



CEIASTEACEAE. 



Page 682. After Schaefferia stenophijlla add: 



Schaeflferia oaxacana Standi. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 13: 7. 1923. 

 Type from Cumbre de las Calaveras, Distrito de Zimatldn, Oaxaca. 



HIPPOCRATEACEAE. 



Page 686. Hippocratea acapulcensis. " Chile de perro " (Sinaloa). 



