Additamenttirti. 1497 



densiuscule multiflora, ramis obtuse angulatis dense fulvo-tomentulosis, bracteis vix 

 1,5 mm longis deciduis anguste triangularibus extus tomentulosis, floribus albis con- 

 gestis brevissime pedicellatis vel fere sessilibus; sepala 5 late ovata obtusa circ. 3 mm 

 longa subcucuUata extus dense tomentulosa; petala 5 parva margine dense villosa; 

 stamina 10; fructus magnus indehiscens sublignosus subglobosus fere 5 cm diam. plus 

 minusve obliquus minute tomentulosus vel glabratus monospermus.<< 



In Mexico: >>Gultivated at Progreso, Yucatan, March 1931, Dr. Roman S. Flores 

 (Herb. Field Mus. n. 633 290, type).« 



»From Mexico there are known only two other species of Talisia, T. oliviformis 

 (H.B.K.) Radlk. and T. diphylla Standl., both of which grow in Yucatan. Neither of 

 those species, however, resembles at all closely the present plant.« 



»Dr. Flores supplies the following notes concerning the Coloc (Maya name): 



Leaves brittle, ashy green on the Upper surface and lead-colored beneath, with salient venation. 

 Flowers about 1 cm broad, white. Fruit rounded, tobacco-colored, similar to that of the Chicozapote 

 {Achras Zapota) in external appearance; it measures 14 — 15 cm in circumference, and is a woody 

 berry containing a Single white seed surrounded by a fleshy aril, which is cream-colored, very aromatic, 

 edible, and with a sweet and altogether agreeable flavor; epidermis cork-like and about 5 mm thick. 

 Flowering in May and fruiting in November and December. 



Native boys have from time immemorial employed the woody part of the fruit in the construction 

 of a small toy, a kind of whirligig. After making a hole about 1 cm in diameter in each end of the 

 seed and another at the side, they gouge out all of the kernel with a bit of wire. A round stick 20 — 25 cm 

 long is thrust through the end holes to half its length and fitted so that it will rotate freely. A cord 

 50 — 60 cm long is attached at one end to the middle of the spindle, the other end extending out 

 through the lateral hole in the shell. To the top of the spindle is fastened a disk, 10 — 12 cm in diameter, 

 which is usually made from a gourd (Lagenaria). Then, the shell being held in the fingers of one 

 band, the cord (previously wound up) is successively pulled and released, thus causing the disk to 

 rotate back and forth rapidly and with a whirring noise.« 



Talisia diphylla Standley in Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 277. VIII. 1. (1930) 21. - 

 »Arbor 12-metralis, ramulis subteretibus griseis vel fusco-ferrugineis, glabris, dense 

 foliatis, lenticellis numerosis parvis pallidis conspersis, internodiis brevissimis ; folia 

 plerumque bifoliolata, inferiora simplicia et foliolo similia; petioli validi 2,5 — 6 mm 

 longi glabri; foliola oblonga vel oblanceolato-oblonga, 5 — 8 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm lata, 

 apice obtusa vel interdum fotundata et breviter emarginata, versus basin sessilem 

 obliquam acute angustata, subcoriacea, glabra, integra, supra viridia et lucida, subtus 

 pallida et opaca, costa subtus prominente, venis lateralibus utrinque prominulis, 

 utroque latere circ. 7, fere rectis, prope marginem irregulariter conjunctis; paniculae 

 terminales sparse ramosae, folia aequantes vel paullo longiores, 5 — 6 cm longae, ramis 

 minute puberulis, bracteis minutis, pedicellis 8 — 12 mm longis puberulis; sepala ovalia 

 circ. 3 mm longa, in statu fructifero persistentia et reflexa, utrinque minute tomentosa; 

 fructus immaturus subglobosus 7 mm diam. plus minusve asymmetricus, primo sparse 

 adpresso-pilosus, mox glabratus, stylo persistente 1 — 1,5 mm longo. << 



In Yucatan: G. F. Gaumer n. 23573 (Kancabtsonot, in forest, Febr. 1917). 



>>It is not quite certain that this tree belongs to the genus Talisia, but it seems to 

 agree better with that than with any other group of the Sapindaceae represented in 

 Mexico and Central America. The only species known previously from Yucatan, 

 T. olivaeformis (H.B.K.) Radlk., has four leaflets.« 



P. 870: 



5. Tristira penangensis Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. V. (1925) 301. 



Nota. »A fruiting specimen of what appears to be this plant collected in the same locality 

 by Curtis as the flowering specimen described above has more coriaceous shining leaflets, and an 

 oblong globose fruit, 3 in. long, and as wide; pericarp woody, dark brown, covered with pale lenticels. 

 It contains 2 seeds and is borne on a stout pedicel 0,5 in. long. A young fruit 1 in. long is covered 

 with yellowish hair, the remains of the sepals persisting, and is crowned with a short style. The 

 typical fruits of Tristira are triquetrous and the fruits above described are totally different.« 



