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cent ; sepals oblong, 4-5 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; 



inner petal spatulate ; ovary and st.vle pubescent ; drupes 2-lobed, 10-13 mm. in diameter. 



Type locality : Cultivated from the " West Indies." 

 Distribution : Mexico. 



19. Bunchosia sonorensis Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 1: 94. 1391. 

 Leaf-blades oval, oblong, or lanceolate, 2-7 cm. long, acute or obtuse, copiously soft- 

 pubescent on both sides when young, glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath at maturity, 

 acute at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels finely pubescent ; sepals oblong to oblong-ovate, 

 4-6 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 9-10 

 mm. long, the blades suborbicular or ovate-orbicular, the inner petal broadly spatulate ; 

 ovary and style pubescent ; drupes 2-lobed, about 15 mm. in diameter, dark-red. 



Type locality : Alamos, Sonora. 

 Distribution : Sonora. 



20. Bunchosia Lanieri S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21 : 461. 1885. 

 Leaf-blades elliptic to oblong-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 10-1S cm. long, mostly 

 obtuse, dark-green above, closely silky-canescent beneath, obtuse or rounded at the base, 

 short-petioled; pedicels pubescent; sepals ovate to deltoid-ovate, 3-4 mm. long, the glands 

 about one half the length of the sepal-body ; petals not seen ; ovary and style pubescent ; 

 drupes mostly 2-lobed, about 15 mm. in diameter, red. 



Type locality: On the Camino Real near Yzabal, Guatemala. 

 Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



21. Bunchosia strigosa Schlecht. Linnaea 10 : 242. 1836. 

 Leaf-blades ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, 5-10 cm. long, obtuse or acute, somewhat 



veiny, sparingly pubescent above, glabrous or nearly so beneath, acute or obtuse at the base, 

 short-petioled ; pedicels pubescent ; sepals broadly ovate, 4-5 mm. long, the glands fully 

 one half the length of the sepal-bod}- ; inner petal resembling the others ; ovary and style 

 pubescent ; drupes not seen. 



Type locality : Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. 

 Distribution : Southern Mexico. 



22. Bunchosia costaricensis Rose ; Donn. Smith, in Pittier, 



Prim. Fl. Costar. 2 : 63. 1898. 

 Leaf-blades oblong, ovate-oblong, or ovate, 9-20 cm. long , short-acuminate, glabrous, 

 or nearly so, above at maturity, permanently pubescent beneath, finely veined above, 

 prominently veined beneath, abruptly narrowed or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; 

 pedicels pubescent ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 6-7 mm. long, the glands fully one half 

 the length of the sepal-body; larger petals 10-12 mm. long, the blades suborbicular, lacini- 

 ate, that of the inner one similar to those of the others ; ovary and style pubescent ; drupes 

 not seen. 



Type locality : San Jose, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution : Costa Rica. 



23. Bunchosia macrophylla Rose ; Donn. Smith, in Pittier, 



Prim. Fl. Costar. 2 : 64. 1898. 

 Leaf-blades oblong to oval or oblong-elliptic, or sometimes oblong-ovate, 11-38 cm. 

 long, obtuse or short-acuminate, veiny, dark-green and somewhat pubescent above, prom- 

 inently veined and copiously pubescent beneath, usually rounded at the base, very short- 

 petioled ; pedicels copiously pubescent ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 5-7 mm. long, the 

 glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 9-10 mm. long, the blades 

 suborbicular, lacerate-denticulate ; ovary and style pubescent; drupes not seen. 



Type locality : Talamanca, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution : Costa Rica. 



