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rather firm, discoloring irndrying, obliquely oblong-ovate to obliquely ovate-lanceolate or 

 obliquely ovate, S— 14.5 cm. long, 3-6 cm. broad, acuminate at the apex, rounded and inequi- 

 lateral at the base, short-petioluled, glabrous, the midvein more or less impressed above, prom- 

 inent beneathf inflorescence 1.5-2 dm. or more high, the branches finely puberulent, the ter- 

 minal ones closely flowered; flowers short-pedicelled, the pedicels jointed at the middle or below; 

 calyx rather thick, puberulent, the lobes ciliolate, acute or sometimes rounded; petals rather 

 thick, oblong, 5.5-6.5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, acutish, velvety-puberulent with brown, 

 mostly appressed silky hairs; filaments glabrous; anthers ovate; ovary glabrous, rather 

 abruptly contracted into the slender style; stigma orbicular; capsule ellipsoid, 4—4.5 cm. long. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 



Distribution: Jamaica and Porto Rico; also in South America. 



Illustrations: E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 3 1 : /. 151, K; P. Br. Hist. Jam. pi. 10, f. 1; Gaertn. Fruct. 

 pi. 95; Descourt, Fl. Ant. pi. 411; Lam. Tab. Encyc. pi. 137. 



3. Cedrela mexicana M. J. Roem. Syn. 

 Monog. 1: 137. 1846. 



Swielenia muttijuga Schiede, Linnaea 4: 578, hyponym. 1829. 



Cedrela Glaziovii C. DC; Mart. Fl. Bras. 11>: 224. 1878. 



Surenus Glaziovii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 111. 1891. 



Surenus mexicana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 111. 1891. 



Cedrela occidentalis C. DC. & Rose; Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 190. 1899. 



Cedrela mexicana puberula C. DC. Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 5: 427. 1905. 



Cedrela yucatana Blake, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 33: 110. 1920. 



A medium-sized or large tree; leaves equally pinnate, 3-6 chn- long, the petioles and raehis 

 usually glabrous; leaflets 10-30, sometimes more, opposite or occasionally some of them alter- 

 nate, thin, usually not discoloring in drying, obliquely lanceolate, 7-13 cm. long, 2.5-4.5 cm. 

 broad, long-acuminate at the apex, inequilateral and acute or somewhat rounded at the base, 

 glabrous or sometimes puberulent on the veins beneath, the midvein more or less prominent 

 on both surfaces, petioluled, the petiolules 5-10 mm. long; inflorescence 2-3.5 dm. high, the 

 branches loosely flowered, glabrous or somewhat puberulent; pedicels 1-2 mm. long, usually 

 jointed above the middle; calyx thin, sparingly puberulent, the lobes acute; petals thin, oblong, 

 5-6 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, acute or obtuse, velvety-puberulent with grayish, mostly 

 appressed silky hairs; filaments glabrous; ovary gradually tapering into a slender style; cap- 

 sule oblong-ellipsoid, 4 cm. long; seeds oblong to elliptic-oblong, 12-20 mm. long, 5-6 mm. 

 broad. 



Type locality: In forests of Papantla, Veracruz. 



Distribution: Cuba; Martinique: Antigua; Mexico; Central America; also in South America. 



Illustration: Mart. Fl. Bras. II 1 : pi. 65. 



4. Cedrela longipes Blake, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 24: 9. 1922. 



A tree about 27 m. high, with a trunk 0.7 m. in diameter, the young twigs light-brown, 

 glabrous; leaves 2.5-3 dm. or more long, the petioles rather slender, grooved above, 8-11 cm. 

 long, glabrous; leaflets 8 or 10, alternate or subopposite, chartaceous, 10-12 cm. long, 3.5-4.7 

 cm. broad, obliquely ovate or lanceolate-ovate, long-acuminate and often somewhat falcate at 

 the apex, inequilaterally rounded at the base, glabrous and lustrous above, paler and dull 

 beneath, reticulate-veined on both sides, the slender petiolules 2-2.5 cm. long; panicles sub- 

 terminal, 2 dm. or more long, 2.3 dm. wide, the branches glabrous, the peduncle about 1 cm. 

 long, the branches and branchlets spreading at right angles, the cymules 2- or 3-flowered; calyx 

 3.5-4 mm. wide, glabrous or nearly so, splitting irregularly, the teeth deltoid, obtusish; petals 

 oblong, 7.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, densely puberulent on the outside, pilose w r ithin; stamens 

 shorter than the pistil, the subulate filaments 2 mm. long, sparsely pilose, the anthers about 

 1 mm. long; ovary subglobose, glabrous. 



Type locality: El Paraiso, Department of Copiin, Honduras. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



