Cupania. 1061 



In Honduras Britannico: »Stann Creek Railway, in broken pine ridge jungle, 

 alt. 15 m, July 20, 1929, W. A. Schipp n.267 (Herb. Field Mus. Nr. 598228, type).« — 

 »Flowers fragrant. The proposed species may be recognized readily by the peculiar 

 auricled leaflets. <( 



Cupania asperula Standley in Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 264 Bot. Ser. IV. 8. 

 (1929) 223. — »Arbor 14, 5 m alta, trunco 18 cm diam., ramis crassis teretibus, sulcatis, 

 dense pilis longiusculis patentibus vel adscendentibus fulvis pilosis, internodiis brevibus; 

 folia pinnata, petiolo 5 — 6 cm longo, subtereti, dense piloso, rhachi 7 — 8,5 cm longa, 

 foliolorum paribus 3,5 — 4 cm distantibus; foliola 6 — 8, subopposita, petiolulo crasso, 

 3 — 5 mm longo, dense piloso, limbo anguste oblongo vel oblanceolato-oblongo, 7 — 16 cm 

 longo, 3 — 5,5 cm lato, apice obtuso vel rotundato et breviter apiculato, versus basin 

 obtusam angustato, coriaceo, remote serrulato, dentibus breviter mucronatis, margine 

 revoluto, supra pallide viridi, subbullato, nitido, puberulo vel minute hirtello, costa 

 prominente, nervis lateralibus impressis, nervulis prominulis, subtus brunnescente, 

 hirtello, costa valida, elevata, nervis lateralibus utroque latere circ. 10, angulo lato 

 adscendentibus, arcuatis, percurrentibus, nervulis prominentibus, arcte reticulatis; 

 flores racemoso-paniculati, paniculis axillaribus, pedunculatis, 25 cm longis, ramulis 

 paucis, 4 — 8 cm longis, dense multifloris, molliter fulvo-pilosis; bracteae lineares, 

 4—6 mm longae, patentes, breviter pilosae; pedicelli ad 3 mm longi; calycis lobi oblongi, 

 obtusi, 3 mm longi, extus dense breviterque pilosi; Capsula triquetra, brevistipitata, 

 20 — 24 mm lata, 14 mm longa, dense pilis fulvis hirtella, lobis compressis, valvis intus 

 sparse hirtellis.« 



InNicaragua: »Region ot'Bragman's Bluff, March 30, 1928, F. G. Englesing 176 

 (Herb. Field Mus. n. 579724, type).« — »Cola de pavo; Bilabila (Mosquito dialect). 

 A small tree in thick forest near Camp n. 23, in heavy clay soil. Gapsule dark maroon. 

 Wood yellow, with spicy-peppery odor. Said to be used by the Indians for canoe 

 paddles.« - Cf. Trop. Woods Nr. 17. (1929) 33. 



Cupania Cooperi Standley in Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 264 Bot. Ser. IV. 8. 

 (1929) 223. — »Arbor 11-metralis, trunco 25 cm diam., ramulis crassis, subteretibus, 

 fulvo-tomentosis vel demum glabratis, internodiis brevibus; petioli 3—7 cm longi, 

 rhachi 5 — 10 cm longa, subtereti, dense hirtella, petiolulis 2 — 4 mm longis; foliola 4 — 6, 

 oblanceolato-oblonga vel oblongo-obovata, inaequalia, infimis brevioribus, 9—27,5 cm 

 longa, 4 — 7,5 cm lata, apice abrupte brevi-acuminata, rarius obtusa, basi acuta vel 

 cuneatim angustata, remote adpresso-serrata, versus basin integra, rarius dentibus 

 salientibus apiculatis serrata, supra viridia, ad nervös hirtella vel puberula, subtus 

 paullo pallidiora, hirtella, costa et nervis lateralibus prominentibus, nervis utroque 

 latere circ. 11, adscendentibus, arcuatis, in dentes percurrentibus; paniculae axillares, 

 solitariae vel fasciculatae, 5 — 15 cm longae, pauciramosae, multiflorae, ramulis dense 

 fulvo-tomentosis, pedicellis 1 — 1,5 mm longis; bracteae 2 — 3 mm longae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae, patulae, acutae, extus tomentellae, persistentes; sepala ovalia, obtusa, 

 2 mm longa, extus dense adpresso-pilosula; petala obovata, ochroleuca, sepalis vix 

 longiora, apice rotundata, ciliolata; filamenta pilosula, superne glabra, petala aequantia, 

 basi dilatata, antheris late oblongis, albis, glabris; ovarium dense pilosum, stylo crasso, 

 petalis longiore, stigmatibus recurvatis.« 



In Panama: »Daytonia Farm, region of Almirante, Province of Bocas del Toro, 

 1928, G. P. Gooper n. 543b (Herb. Field Mus. n. 579684, type), 543, 543a.« — »Among 

 the Central American species of Cupania this may be recognized by the few acuminate 

 leaflets, with spreading pubescence.« 



Species dubiae, indescriptae (nomina nuda). 

 C. Cysneiriana Glaziou »n. sp. ? in Herb. Paris., Berol., Kew., etc.« 1. c. 120. 

 »Serra da Itabapoana, Espirito Santo, n. 10426. Arbre, fl. blanchätres. Septembre — 

 Octobre.« NB. Nr. 10426 in Fl. bras. indicat. est sub Matayba guian. Aubl. f. 3. mi- 



