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filiform, 2-5 mm. long; hypanthium 0.8 mm. long, puberulent; calyx-lobes ovate-deltoid, obtuse, 



nearly as long as the hypanthium; corolla 2-3 mm. long, nearly rotate, glabrous; capsule oval, 



3 mm. long, puberulent, very obscurely costate. 



Type locality: Santa Gertrudis, Mexico. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



7. Deppea cornifolia Benth. PI. Hartw. 349. 1857. 



Rondeletia cornifolia Benth. PI. Hartw. 39. 1840. 

 Choristes cornifolia Benth. PI. Hartw. 64. 1840. 



Shrub, about 1 meter high, the branches stout, grayish, sparsely puberulent when young or 

 glabrate, the internodes often very short; stipules minute; petioles slender, 3-5 mm. long, 

 cinereo-puberulent ; leaf-blades ovate or lance-ovate, 1.5-4.2 cm. long, 0.7-2 cm. wide, acute to 

 rounded at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, bright-green above, glabrous or very 

 sparsely puberulent, the venation subimpressed, paler beneath, sparsely cinereo-puberulent or 

 glabrate, the lateral veins prominent, subarcuate; inflorescence terminal, cymose-corymbose, 

 few-flowered, the peduncles slender, about 1 cm. long, the pedicels stout or slender, 1-6 mm. 

 long, glabrous; hypanthium turbinate, conspicuously costate, glabrous, 0.8 mm. long; calyx- 

 lobes narrowly triangular, acute, ciliolate, half as long as the hypanthium or shorter; corolla 

 8-11 mm. long, glabrous, the lobes oblong to oval, acute or acuminate, longer than the tube; 

 anthers 2.5-3 mm. long, mucronulate; capsule about 3.5 mm. long, conspicuously costate. 



Type locality: Forests near Morelia, Michoacan. 

 Distribution: Michoacan and Mexico (state) to Oaxaca. 



8. Deppea obtusiflora Benth. PI. Hartw. 349. 1857. 



Choristes obtusiflora Benth. PI. Hartw. 63. 1840. 



Shrub, the branches slender, brownish-gray, puberulent when young, the internodes short; 

 stipules minute; petioles slender, 2-4 mm. long, puberulent; leaf-blades elliptic or elliptic- 

 ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 0.7-1.3 cm. wide, acute or long-acuminate at the base, narrowed or 

 acuminate to the obtuse apex, bright-green above, glabrous, paler beneath, villosulous along 

 the veins; inflorescence cymose-corymbose, few-flowered, the peduncles slender, about 1 cm. 

 long, the pedicels slender, 2-4 mm. long, sparsely puberulent; hypanthium about 0.8 mm. long, 

 glabrous; calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, acute, about as long as the hypanthium; corolla 8-9 

 mm. long, glabrous, the lobes oval, rounded at the apex, the tube very short. 



Type locality: Llano Verde, Oaxaca. 

 Distribution: Oaxaca. 



9. Deppea grandiflora Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 748. 1847. 



Deppea coslaricensis Polak. Linnaea 41: 566. 1877. 

 Deppea floribunda Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 31. 1879. 

 Deppea longipes Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 138. 1916. 



Shrub, 1-2.5 meters high, the branches slender, brownish or grayish, densely puberulent 

 when young, the internodes usually elongate; stipules minute, broadly deltoid, glanduliferous; 

 petioles slender, 0.3-2.5 cm. long, puberulent; leaf-blades oblanceolate, obovate, ovate, ovate- 

 oblong, elliptic-oblong, or obovate-oval, 5-15 cm. long, 1.5-6.5 cm. wide, acute to attenuate at 

 the base, sometimes abruptly acuminate, subabruptly acuminate or attenuate at the apex, 

 bright-green above, glabrous or sparsely puberulent, the venation usually plane, slightly paler 

 beneath, puberulent or villosulous, especially along the veins, often glabrate in age, the lateral 

 veins prominent, arcuate; inflorescence mostly terminal, cymose-corymbose, usually many- 

 flowered, long-pedunculate, the pedicels 1-6 mm. long, puberulent; hypanthium broadly 

 turbinate, costate, glabrous or obscurely puberulent, 1.5-2 mm. long; calyx-lobes minute, 

 deltoid, acute; corolla glabrous, 6-8 mm. long, the tube very short, the lobes oblong or ovate, 

 obtuse; anthers 2.5-3 mm. long, linear, obtuse; capsule turbinate, 3-5 mm. long, glabrous, 

 prominently 8-costate, coriaceous, dark-brown; seeds minute, dark-brown. 



TYFB locality: Mexico. 



Distribution: Veracruz and Oaxaca to Panama. 



ILLUSTRATION: Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. pi. 38, f. 7-10. 



