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8. Stigmaphyllon Sagraeanum A. Juss. Ann. Sci. 



Nat. II. 13 : 290. 1840. 



Stigmaphyllon reticulaium A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 290. 1840. 

 Stigmaphyllon Fausiinum Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 5: 244. 1868. 



Leaf-blades very variable, oblong or elliptic, varying to ovate or obovate or linear, or 

 rarely pandurate, 2.5-10 cm. long, usually mucronate, bright-green and finely reticulate or 

 smoothish above, glabrous or nearly so at maturity, prominently reticulate beneath, rounded 

 or cordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels sparingly pubescent or 

 glabrous ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands one half as long as the 

 sepal-body or less; larger petals 10-12.5 mm. long; samaras 1.5-2.2 cm. long, the ventral 

 edge of the wing with a prominent auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Cuba. 

 Distribution : Bahamas and Cuba. 

 Illustration : Sagra, Hist. Cub. 10 : pi. 27. 



9. Stigmaphyllon microphyllum Griseb. Mem. Am. 

 Acad. II. 8 : 168. 1860. 



Leaf-blades oblong, oval, suborbicular, or ovate, 0.6-2 cm. long, usually mucronate, 



sparingly pubescent, at least when young, bright-green above, paler beneath, obtuse or 



rounded at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels sparingly pubescent ; sepals 



and petals ovate to triangular-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands one half as long as the 



sepal-body or less ; larger petals 7.5-9 mm. long; samaras not seen. 



Type locality : Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



10. Stigmaphyllon cordatum Rose ; Donn. Smith, Bot. 

 Gaz. 18: 198. 1893. 

 Leaf-blades ovate to oval or ovate-reniform, 3-11 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, 

 deep-green and more or less pubescent above, paler and finely reticulate beneath, broadly 

 cordate at the base, long-petioled ; pedunclesand pedicels pubescent ; sepals broadly ovate, 

 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 13- 

 15 mm. long ; samaras 3-3.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing with an ovate ascending 

 auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Guatemala. 

 Distribution : Guatemala. 



11. Stigmaphyllon mucronatum (DC.) A. Juss. Arch. Mus. 

 Paris 3 : 377. 1844. 



Bamsteria mucronata DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824. 

 Banisteria ternaia Moc. & Sesse ; DC. Prodr. 1 : 591. 1824. 

 Stigmaphyllon ternatum A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 289. 1840. 

 Banisteria liillbergiana Beurl. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1854: 118. 1854. 

 Stigmaphyllon mucronatum typicum Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2: 4. 1900. 

 Stigmaphyllon mucronatum ternatum Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2: 4. 1900. 

 Stigmaphyllon mucronatum intermedium Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2 : 4. 1900. 

 Stigmaphyllon mucronatum nicaraguense Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2 : 4. 1900. 



Leaf-blades ovate, oval, or oblong, 3-9 cm. long, mucronate or acute, bright-green and 

 somewhat reticulate above, usually glabrous or nearly so, pale-green beneath, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, rather long-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels finely pubescent ; 

 sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal- 

 body or more ; larger petals 13-18 mm. long ; samaras 2-2.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of 

 the wing with a prominent auricle at the base, the body nearly or quite crestless. 



Type locality : Near Loxam, Colombia. 



Distribution : Southern Mexico and Central America ; also in Colombia. 



