Part 1, 1907] ERYTHROXYLACRAE 63 



12. Erythroxylon panamense Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 36 1 : 581. 1863. 



Branches slender, brown. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, narrowed to both 

 ends, thin or membranous, bright-green above, paler and distinctly areolate beneath, rather 

 conspicuously reticulate-veined when mature, 5-10.5 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, the petioles 

 only 2-4 mm. long; stipules triangular-ovate, acute, 2-3 mm. long; flowers 4-6 in the 

 fascicles; pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long; calyx 1.5 mm. long, cleft to somewhat below the 

 middle, its lobes ovate, acute, 2 mm. long; petals oblong-obovate, obtuse, 3 mm. long, 

 the ligule-lobes oblong, irregularly crenate, about one third as long as the blade ; stamen- 

 tube nearly truncate ; drupes narrowly oblong, 1 cm. long. 



Tvpe locality : Chagres, Panama. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



13. Erythroxylon areolatum L. Syst. ed. 10. 1035. 1759. 



A tree, 6 m. tall or less, or more commonly shrubby. Leaves oblong to obovate, rather 

 thin, 5-13 cm. long, 3-5.5 cm. wide, obtuse or sometimes emarginate at the apex, narrowed 

 or subcuneate at the base, dark dull-green above, pale-green beneath, the midvein prom- 

 inent, the lateral veins reticulate, anastomosing, the under surface areolate by two lines 

 parallel with the midvein, the petiole 4-6 mm. long; stipules triangular, acute, 2 mm. long; 

 pedicels fascicled, in fruit as long as the petioles or shorter; flowers appearing before or 

 with the leaves of the season, white or yellowish-white, fragrant; calyx cleft to about the 

 middle, nearly 2 mm. long, its lobes triangular-ovate, acute; petals oblong, obtuse, 2-3 

 mm. long, the ligule about one fourth as long as the blade ; drupes oblong, red, blunt at 

 each end, obtusely angled, 6-9 mm. long. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : Bahamas; Jamaica ; Cuba ; Haiti ; Porto Rico. 



Illustrations: P.- Br. Hist. Jam. pi. 38, f. 2 ; Sloane, Hist. Jam. pi. 206, f. 1 ; Descourt. 

 Fl. Ant. pi. 442. 



14. Erythroxylon reticulatum Northrop, Mem. Torrey 

 Club 12: 43. 1902. 



A tall shrub with slender reddish-brown branches. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to ob- 

 ovate, rather firm in texture, 3-4 cm. long, obtuse or refuse at the apex with the midvein 

 slightly excurrent, cuneate-narrowed at the base, finely and distinctly reticulate-veined, 

 dark-green and dull above, very pale-green and prominently areolate beneath, the petioles 

 2-3 mm. long, the stipules triangular, acuminate, about 2 mm. long; flowers solitary or 

 2 or 3 together in the axils, on slender pedicels 5-8 mm. long which are thickened above ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, about 1 mm. long; petals white, oblong, 3-3.5 mm. 

 long, the ligule-lobes contorted ; young drupes oblong, purplish-black, pointed, 5 mm. long. 



Type locality : Deep Creek, Andros, Bahamas. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality and vicinity. 



Illustration : Northrop, loc. cit. pi. 8. 



15. Erythroxylon rufum Cav. Diss. 404. 1789. 



Leaves ovate-oblong to obovate, firm or coriaceous in texture, 6-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. 

 wide, strongly reticulate-veined, obtuse or retuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, dark- 

 green above, paler and somewhat rufous beneath, faintly or not at all areolate; petioles 

 4-6 mm. long ; stipules striate, lanceolate, long-acuminate, 3-4 mm. long ; pedicels clustered, 

 filiform, enlarged under the calyx, 1.2-2 cm. long in fruit; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 1.5 

 mm. long; drupes oblong, acutish at the apex, red, 1 cm. long, 4-5 mm. thick. 



Type locality ; Santo Domingo. 



Distribution : Santo Domingo ; Cuba ; Venezuela ; Guiana. 



Illustration : Cav. loc. cit. pi. 232. 



16. Erythroxylon incrassatum O. E. Schulz, 

 Symb. Ant. 5 : 210. 1907. 

 Branchlets angled, ascending. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 6.5-10.5 cm. long, 3.5-4.5 cm. 

 wide, chartaceous, dark-green and shining and densely and prominently reticulate-veined 



