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hirsute; heads 3-5-flowered, the peduncles 1-3 cm. long, the bracts linear, 3-4 mm. long; 

 calyx and hypanthium densely hirsute, the calyx-lobes linear, acute, 2.5-5 mm. long; corolla 

 12-14 mm. long, hirsute, the lobes ovate-oblong or lance-oblong, half as long as the tube or 

 longer; fruit hirsute, 6-10 mm. broad; seeds about 1 mm. broad, dark-brown, minutely tuber- 

 culate. 



Type locality: Not stated, but probably Mexico. 

 Distribution: Tepic to Veracruz and Panama; also in Trinidad. 



7. Tontanea pleuropoda (Donn. Smith) Standley. 



Geophila pleuropoda Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 52: 50. 1911. 



Ceocardia pleuropoda Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 17: 445. 1914. 



Stems slender, hirsute with long, spreading, white, yellow, or purplish hairs; stipules 

 filiform, 1-3 mm. long; petioles 0.3-1.5 cm. long, hirsute; leaf-blades reniform or orbicular, 

 1-3.5 cm. long and broad, cordate or truncate at the base, broadly rounded at the apex, usually 

 apiculate, hirsute or hispid above with spreading yellowish hairs, paler beneath, often purplish, 

 sparsely or densely long-hirsute, the lateral veins 2-4 on each side, spreading, arcuate; heads 

 mostly 2-4-flowered, the peduncles 1-3.5 cm. long, the bracts linear or leaf -like; calyx and 

 hypanthium long-hirsute, the calyx-lobes linear or oblong-linear, acute, 2-4 mm. long; corolla 

 about 12 mm. long, hirsute, the lobes lance-oblong, about two thirds as long as the tube; 

 fruit densely hirsute. 



Type locality: Between Secanquim and Sepacuite, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, altitude 1220 

 meters. 



Distribution: Veracruz to Costa Rica; mountains of Oriente, Cuba. 



Doubtful species 



Coccocipsilum glabrum DC. Prodr. 4: 397. 1830. Described from Panama; said to 

 be quite glabrous; perhaps a species of Carinta. 



53. SABICEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 192. 1775. 



Sch-wenkfelda Schreb. Gen. 123. 1789. 



Shrubs, usually scandent, or rarely trees, commonly pubescent. Leaves opposite or 

 rarely verticillate. Stipules intrapetiolar, persistent, erect or reflexed. Flowers usually small, 

 capitate or cymose, axillary, bracteate; hypanthium subglobose; calyx 3-6-lobate, the lobes 

 usually elongate and narrow, equal or unequal, persistent; corolla funnelform or salverform, 

 the tube short or elongate, the throat villous, the limb 4-5-lobate, the lobes short, valvate. 

 Stamens 4 or 5, inserted in the tube or throat of the corolla; filaments subelongate or very 

 short; anthers dorsifixed, linear, obtuse, included. Disk annular, crenulate. Ovary usually 

 4-5-celled, rarely 2-celled; style erect, with 2-5 linear obtuse branches; ovules numerous, the 

 placentae swollen, affixed to the axis of the ovary. Fruit baccate, 2-5-celled. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, ovoid or angulate, the testa thin; endosperm fleshy; embryo clavate, bifid. 



Type species, Sabicea cinerea Aubl. 



Inflorescence dense at maturity, the flowers crowded, sessile. 



Stems arachnoid -tomentose; calyx-lobes about 7 mm. long. • 1.5. cinerea. 



Stems not arachnoid -tomentose; calyx-lobes 2-4.5 mm. long. 



Stipules broadly ovate, 5-10 mm. long; leaves hirsute or strigose. 2. 5. hirsuta. 



Stipules setaceous, 2-3 mm. long; leaves puberulent or glabrate. 3. S. Jlagenioides. 



Inflorescence lax at maturity, the flowers pedicellate. 

 Calyx -lobes 6-10 mm. long. 



Pubescence of the stems appressed; calyx-lobes linear; stipules longer 



than broad. 4. S. mexicana. 



Pubescence of the stems spreading; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate or 



elliptic; stipules usually as broad as long or broader. 5. S. hirla. 



Calyx-lobes 2-4.5 mm. long; pubescence of the stems appressed. 



Bracts of the flower-heads conspicuous, connate at the base. 6. S. colombiana. 



Bracts inconspicuous, distinct. 



Plants erect; leaf-blades obtusely acuminate. 7. S. panamensis. 



Plants scandent ; leaf-blades acutely acuminate. 8. S. costaricensis. 



