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away at the base of the inflated portion and falling as a collar over the pedicel, not persisting 

 on the capsule, the lobes obtuse; petals oblong, 8.5-9 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. broad, subcori- 

 aceous, acute; staminal tube subovate-cylindric, puberulent, the margin subentire; anthers 

 oblong; ovary slightly ribbed, glabrous; style shorter than the ovary, glabrous, early decid- 

 uous; capsule subpyriform or ellipsoid, about 3-3.5 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. broad, glabrous. . 



Type locality: French Guiana. 



Distribution: Martinique; Panama; also in South America. 



16. Guarea glabrescens (H. & A.) P. Wilson. 



Saplndus glabrescens H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 281. 1836. 

 IGuarea fulva Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat. V. 15: 371. 1872. 

 Guarea fulva mexicana C. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 575. 1878. 



A tree, with the branches of the inflorescence, petioles, and rachis more or less densely 

 clothed with a soft brownish tomentum; leaves about 1.6 dm. or more long; leaflets 4 or 6, 

 oblong to elliptic, 9-12 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad, sometimes larger, obtuse or obtusely short- 

 acuminate at the apex, acute at the base and often somewhat inequilateral, glabrous above and 

 rather finely reticulate-veined, conspicuously hirsute on the midrib and lateral veins beneath, 

 their axils bearded; petiolules 5-7 mm. long; inflorescence much shorter than the leaves; 

 capsule 2-4-celled, often more or less compressed and somewhat angled, with scattered ap- 

 pressed hairs above near the apex, the edges rounded; seeds 12 mm. long, 6-7 mm. broad, 

 often flattened on two sides, the back rounded. 



Type locality: Tepic. 



Distribution: Western Mexico (also in northern South America?). 



17. Guarea Tonduzii C. DC. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 68 6 : 4. 1917. 



A tree 4-5 m. tall, the twigs, petioles, rachis, and branches of the inflorescence clothed 

 with a dense ferruginous tomentum; leaves 2.5-4 dm. long, the petioles about 4 cm. long; 

 leaflets 4-12, opposite, subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic or somewhat oblong-oblanceolate, 9-19 

 cm. long, 4-6.5 cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, dark-green and ferruginous- 

 tomentose especially along the impressed midvein above, paler and densely ferruginous- 

 tomentose beneath; flowers unknown; fruiting panicle 6-8 cm. long, capsule subglobose, 

 (mature?) about 2 cm. in diameter, 4-celled, clothed with a dense velvety ferruginous to- 

 mentum. 



Type locality: Hills of Tremedal near San Ramon, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica. 



18. Guarea bullata Radlk. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 192. 1905. 



A tree with grayish branches, the buds and young unfolded leaves hirsute with brown 

 more or less appressed hairs; leaves 4-5 dm. long, the petioles and rachis grooved above; 

 leaflets 10 or 12, oblong or oblong-obovate or somewhat obovate-lanceolate, 17-22 cm. long, 

 5-7.5 cm. broad, obtuse or obtusely acuminate at the apex, acutish at the base, short-petioluled, 

 punctate, mostly with slender, often curved pellucid lines; midvein and lateral veins impressed 

 above, prominent beneath, pilose; fruiting inflorescence branching from the base, 6-10 cm. 

 high; capsules subglobose, 2-2.5 cm. broad, with few scattered hairs above near the apex, 

 glabrous below, the pedicels 5-10 mm. long; seeds 1.5 cm. long. 



Type locality: Pastures of Las Vueltas, Tucurrique, Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Costa Rica. 



19. Guarea Donnell-Smithii C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 

 419. 1905. 



A tree (or shrub?), the young twigs sparingly setose-pilose; leaves 15-20 cm. long, the 

 petioles and rachis channeled above, loosely setose-pilose; leaflets 4 or 6, the upper elliptic, 

 10-15.5 cm. long, 4.5-5.5 cm. broad, acute at the base, acuminate at the apex, the lower leaflets 

 broadly elliptic to oval, abruptly short-acuminate at the apex, rounded or subacute at the 



