Part 4, 1924] MELIACEAE 273 



what ovate, 1 1 cm. long, 4.5 cm. broad, short-petioluled, equilateral and acute at the base, 

 acuminate to long-acuminate at the apex, membranaceous and sparingly pilose on the veins, 

 the margin ciliate; inflorescence raceme-like, short-peduncled, sparingly pilose; flowers 

 pedicelled; calyx 4-toothed, 1.5 mm. in diameter, puberulent, the teeth broadly triangular, 

 acute, ciliate; petals 4, oblong, 5.5-6 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, sparingly appressed-pilose 

 above; staminal tube cylindric, 4.5 mm. high, glabrous; anthers oblong; ovary 4-celled, 

 sparingly pilose. 



Type locality: Near Atasta, Tabasco. 

 Distribution* Mexico. 



23. Guarea tuisana C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 421. 1905. 



A tree with appressed-puberulent twigs, glabrate in age, the unfolding leaves densely 

 appressed-hirsute; leaves 2.2-3 dm. long, petioled, the petioles and rachis puberulent, grooved 

 above; leaflets 4-8, the upper leaflets oblong or somewhat oblong-elliptic, 14—19 cm. long, 

 4.5-6.5 cm. broad, the lower leaflets smaller, ovate to oval, all obtusely short-acuminate 

 at ihe apex, acutish at the base, short-petioluled, membranaceous, minutely pellucid-dotted 

 and with scattered pellucid lines, below slightly puberulent on the veins, finely reticulate- 

 veined on both surfaces; inflorescence on branches of the preceding year, spike-like, much 

 shorter than the leaves; flowers short-pedicelled; calyx- teeth ovate, acute, minutely puberu- 

 lent on the outside; petals oblong, 7 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, minutely puberulent on the 

 outside, acuminate at the apex; staminal tube cylindric; ovary appressed-hirsute. Inflores- 

 cence not seen. 



Type locality: Thickets. Tuis. [Cartage] Costa Rica. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



24. Guarea macrophylla Vahl, Eclog. 3: 8. 1807. 



*Guarea Perrollelinna A. Juss. Mem. Mus. Paris 19: 241, 285. 1830. 

 Guarea Perrottetii Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 131. 1859. 



A small, medium-sized, or rarely a large tree; leaves equally pinnate, 1.5-3 dm. long; 

 leaflets 6-10, opposite, petioluled, oblong-elliptic to ovate, or somewhat oblong-obovate, 

 1-2 dm. long, 4-9 cm. broad, punctate with minute, pellucid dots, rounded or acute at the 

 base, abruptly acuminate at the apex, glabrous above, papillose, puberulent on the midrib 

 and lateral veins beneath when young, glabrate in age, reticulate-veined, the veins slender; 

 panicles raceme-like, 2-4 dm. long, the branches puberulent with brownish hairs; calyx ap- 

 pressed-puberulent, cup-shaped when young, more or less deeply 2-4-lobed in age, the lobes 

 triangular, ovate, or half oval, often acute, more or less unequal, the stipe-like base usually 

 shorter or occasionally about equal in length to the pedicel, the pedicels slightly enlarged and 

 with a ring of prominent hairs at the top; petals oblong, 9-11 mm. long, 2.5-4 mm. broad, 

 densely strigillose-pubescent on the back; staminal tube cylindric, 8-10 mm. high, sparingly 

 puberulent, entire or shallowly lobed; anthers oblong; disk prominent, columnar, enlarged 

 at the top, glabrous or nearly so; ovary 4-celled, oblong-ellipsoid or somewhat oblong-ovoid, 

 densely and shortly appressed-hirsute; style columnar, strigillose-pubescent; stigma peltate, 

 exserted; gynophore glabrous; capsule globose-pyriform, velutinous, 2.5-2.8 cm. long, 1.8-2.5 

 cm. broad; seeds solitary in each cell, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, 0.8-1 cm. broad. 



Type locality: Guadeloupe. 



Distribution: Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, and Dominica. 



25. Guarea Chichon C. DC. Ann. Cons. Jard. 

 Geneve 10: 147. 1907. 



A tree; leaves about 22 cm. long; leaflets 10 or 12, opposite, oblong-elliptic or somewhat 

 oblong-obovate, 18-23 cm. long, 7-8 cm. broad, obtusely short-pointed at the apex, acute 

 and equilateral at the base, punctate with numerous small pellucid dots and slender, elongate, 

 curved, pellucid lines; midvein impressed above, prominent beneath, petiolules about 5 mm. 

 long; panicle-branches minutely puberulent; flowers pedicelled; calyx 5-6 mm. in diameter, 



