Part 1, 1907] ERYTHROXYLACEAE 65 



mm. long, the stipules lanceolate or subulate-lanceolate with a broad base, 2-4 mm. long ; 

 pedicels fascicled or some of them solitary, shorter than the petioles ; flowers white, about 

 4 mm. wide; calyx cleft to about the middle, 2 mm. long, its lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute; 

 petals oblong, obtuse, about 3 mm, long, the ligule about one third as long as the blade, 

 the lobes acute ; drupes oblong, red, blunt at each end, somewhat longer than the pedicels. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : Bahamas ; Jamaica ; Cuba. 



Illustration : A. Rich. loc. cit. pi. 27. 



21. Erythroxylon ovatum Cav. Diss. 404. 1789. 



Erythroxylon ovatum angtisti/olium O. E. Schulz, Svrnb. Ant. 5: 20S. 1907. 

 Erylhro vykm ovatum splendens O. E. Schulz, loc. cil. 208. 1907. 



A shrub or small tree with slender branches. Leaves elliptic to obovate or ovate-oblong, 

 thin, faintly shining and rather prominently reticulate-veined above, dull, pale, indis- 

 tinctly areolate and faintly reticulated beneath, obtuse, slightly emarginate or acutish at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, 3-9 cm. long, 5 cm. wide or less, the petioles 2-4 mm. long, 

 the stipules ovate, acute, as long as the petioles or shorter ; fascicles 1-8-flowered ; pedicels 

 nearlv filiform, 5-12 mm. long in fruit; bracts ovate, about 1 mm. long; calyx cleft to a 

 little below the middle, 2 mm. long, its lobes ovate, acute; petals 2.5-4 mm. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, the ligule about one third as long as the blade, its lobes erose, obtuse ; drupes oblong, 

 red, grooved, blunt or acutish, as long as the pedicel or shorter, about twice as long as thick. 



Type locality : America. 



Distribution : SV Bart's and St. Kitt's to Guadeloupe and Grenada. Guiana? 



Illustration : Cav. loc. cit. pi. 233. 



22. Erythroxylon mexicanum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 



5 : 178. 1822. 



Leaves obovate to obovate-oblong, 3-5 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, rounded or retuse 

 at the apex, narrowed at the base, subcoriaceous, prominently reticulate-veined when old, 

 dull and rather dark -green above, pale and indistincth- areolate beneath, the rather stout 

 petioles 2-3 mm. long, the stipules ovate, acute, about as long as the petioles ; pedicels 

 solitary or several together in the axils, 4-6 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 1-1.5 mm. 

 long ; drupes oblong, 6-8 mm. long. 



Type locality: Near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. 



Distribution : Mexico. 



23. Erythroxylon costaricense Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 

 23 ; 240. 1897. 



Branchlets terete. Leaves elliptic or some of them elliptic-obovate, coriaceous, acute 

 and mucronulate at the apex, cuneate-narrowed at the base, 7-10 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, 

 bright-green above, slightly paler and not areolate beneath, the primary veins distinct ; 

 stipules narrowly triangular-lanceolate, strongly striate, acuminate, aristulate, 1.2 cm. long 

 or less, 1.5 mm. wide, longer than the petioles ; flowers 10-15 together in the clusters; 

 pedicels 2-3 mm. long, somewhat longer than the calyx ; calyx-lobes ovate-orbicular, 

 mucronate ; petals oblong, the ligule shorter than the blade, its lobes crenulate ; ovary 

 ellipsoid ; longer filaments 3 mm. long. 



Type locality : Forests of Santo Domingo, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



24. Erythroxylon amplum Benth. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2 : 372. 1843. 



A shrub, with cinereous twigs. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, acuminate at the apex, 

 narrowed or somewhat rounded at the base, coarsely reticulate-veined, 1.5-3 dm. long, 4-10 

 cm. wide, the petioles 6-12 mm. long, the stipules triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, strongly 

 striate, about as long as the petioles ; fascicles 10-25-flowered ; bracts ovate, acute, striate ; 

 pedicels about 2 mm. long; calyx deeply cleft, the lobes ovate, acute, 1.5-2 mm. long; 

 petals oblong, 4-5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, the ligule-lobes about one half the length of the 

 blade, their lateral lobes dentate; stamen-tube crenulate. 



Type locality : Barcellos, on the Rio Negro, Brazil. 



Distribution: Panama to northern Brazil. 



