Part 3, 1911] SIMAROUBACEAE 229 



4. Simarouba (?) Berteroana Krug & Urban ; Urban, Bot. 



Jahrb. 15 : 306. 1893. 



A tree with grayish-brown bark and glabrous foliage. Leaves 1-2 dm. long; leaflets 



mostly 7, 8-10 cm. long, the blades of the lateral ones oval or elliptic, those of the upper 



one lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, all thick-leathery, smooth and glabrous, shining above, 



dull beneath, obliquely blunt-tipped, rather long-petioluled ; flowers and fruits not known. 



Type locality : Santo Domingo. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



Doubtful species 

 Simarouba versicolor St. Hil. PI. Us. Bras. 1 : //. 5 (1824), a native of Brazil, has been 

 reported as growing in Guatemala. 



2. SIMABA Atibl. PI. Guian. 1 : 400. 1775. 



Shrubs or trees, or partially herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, usually numerous, 

 often approximate at the ends of the stem or the branches ; blades unequally pinnate, the 

 leaflets few or numerous, the blades thinnish or thick, entire, often sessile. Flowers per- 

 fect, in large panicles. Sepals 4 or 5, short, partially united. Petals 4 or 5, much longer 

 than the calyx, slightly united at the base, the lobes narrow, much longer than the tube. 

 Stamens 8 or 10, borne at the base of the often columnar disk ; filaments elongate, with 

 long appendages, the free portion often relatively short ; anthers short or somewhat elon- 

 gate. Ovar} r 4- or 5-lobed, the carpels more or less united, sessile. Styles united. Stigma 

 slightly lobed. Drupes 4 or 5, or fewer, often somewhat flattened, short or somewhat 

 elongate. 



Type species, Simaba guianensis Aubl. 



1. Simaba Cedron Planch. L,ond. Jour. Bot. 5 : 566. 1846. 



A shrub or small tree with puberulent twigs. Leaves about 1 m. long, the rachis stout, 

 glabrous, wingless, the leaflets mostly 1-2 dm. long, the blades thickish, lanceolate, oblong- 

 ovate or linear-oblong, acuminate and gland-tipped, glabrous, shining above, rather dull 

 beneath, rounded at the base ; panicle about 1 m. long, erect, widely branched ; calyx 4-5 mm. 

 long, the lobes deltoid or ovate-deltoid, rather shorter than the tube ; corolla 25-35 mm. 

 long, the lobes linear, puberulent, the tube very short ; stamens shorter than the corolla, the 

 appendages very long ; drupe oval or obovoid, about 1 dm. long. 



Type locality: Banks of the Magdalena River, near "San Paplo " [?San Pablo, Bolivar], 

 Colombia. 



Distribution : Costa Rica to Colombia. 



Illustration : Jour. Bot. & Kew Misc. 2 : pi. 11. 



Excluded species 

 Simaba bicolor Zucc. Flora 15 2 : Beibl. 72 (1S32), is Decatropis bicolor (Zucc.) Radlk. 



3. QUASSIA L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 553. 1762. 



Trees with very bitter wood. Leaves alternate, often approximate at the ends of the 

 branches ; blades equally or unequally pinnate, the leaflets few, usually 2 pairs and a ter- 

 minal one, the blades thin, entire. Flowers perfect, in elongate racemes or panicles. 

 Sepals 5, distinct, short and broad, deciduous. Petals 5, much longer than the calyx, nar- 

 row, distinct. Stamens 10, borne at the base of a broad disk ; filaments sleYider, elongate, 

 with short appendages ; anthers rather narrow. Ovary sessile, 5-lobed, the carpel-bodies 

 distinct. Styles united. Stigma scarcely lobed. Drupes 5, spreading, very slightly flat- 

 tened, short. 



Type species, Quassia amara L. 



1. Quassia amara L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 553. 1762. 

 A small tree with glabrous twigs. Leaves mostly 2-3 dm. long, the rachis prominently 

 winged, glabrous, the leaflets mostly 1 dm. long or less, the blades thinnish, elliptic, oval, 

 obovate, or elliptic-obovate, decidedly acuminate and acute or obtuse at the apex, glabrous, 



