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5. Sabicea hirta Sw. Prodr. 46. 1788. 



Schwenkfelda hirta Sw. Fi. Ind. Occ. 450. 1797. 



Scandent shrub, the branchlets hirsute; stipules suborbicular, 10 mm. long and 14 mm. 

 broad or smaller; petioles 1-3 cm. long; leaf-blades elliptic-oblong or oval-oblong, 8-12.5 cm. 

 long, 3-5 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at the base, subabruptly acuminate at the apex, with an 

 obtuse acumen, copiously hirsute, sublustrous above, paler beneath; inflorescence finally 

 lax, umbellate, the peduncle 1.5 cm. long or shorter, the pedicels in fruit 6-9 mm. long; bracts 

 ovate, often 1 cm. long, involucre-like; calyx and hypanthium hirsute, the calyx-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate or elliptic, 6-8 mm. long, acute or obtuse; corolla white, sparsely hirsute outside, 

 the tube about 1 cm. long, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4-5 mm. long; fruit white, sparsely 

 hirsute, about 1 cm. in diameter; seeds minute, brown. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 



Distribution: Mountains of Jamaica. 



Illustration: Wernham, Monog. Sabicea pi. 12, f. 33. 



6. Sabicea colombiana Wernham, Monog. Sabicea 39. 1914. 



Shrub, the branchlets stout, strigose or strigillose when young; stipules ovate, 7-10 mm. 



long, 7-8 mm. wide, soon reflexed, obtuse; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; leaf-blades oval, 10 cm. long 



and 5.5 cm. wide or smaller, narrowed to each end, strigose or glabrate; inflorescence lax, 



sparsely strigose, subsessile, or the peduncles 0.7-1.5 cm. long, the pedicels 6-7 mm. long; 



bracts 2 or 3, conspicuous, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 7-8 mm. long, at first connate 



at the base; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, 4.5 mm. long or shorter, glabrous; corolla white, sparsely 



strigose outside, the tube 9 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, acute, 2.5 mm. long. 



Type locality: Colombia. 



Distribution: Panama to Venezuela. 



Illustration: Wernham, Monog. Sabicea pi. 12, f. 31. 



7. Sabicea panamensis Wernham, Monog. Sabicea 30. 1914. 



Erect shrub, 1-3 meters high, the branches reddish-brown, densely yellowish-sericeous 

 when young; stipules ovate or ovate-oval, 7-10 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, acute or obtuse; 

 petioles stout, 1-1.5 cm. long; leaf-blades oval to ovate or ovate-oblong, 6.5-10.5 cm. long, 

 2.7-5 cm. wide, rounded at the base, acute or subabruptly short-acuminate at the apex, with 

 an obtuse acumen, lustrous above, sparsely strigose or strigillose, sericeous-strigose beneath 

 along the veins, elsewhere sparsely strigose or glabrate, the venation prominent; inflorescence 

 rather lax, many-flowered, densely yellowish-strigose, 2-3 cm. broad, the peduncle 1 cm. long 

 or shorter, the pedicels 8 mm. long or shorter; bracts lanceolate, connate at the base; calyx- 

 lobes linear or oblong, 2-3.5 mm. long, acute, finally reflexed; corolla whitish, densely strigose 

 outside, the tube 6-8 mm. long, the lobes lanceolate, 2.5 mm. long. 



Type locality: Chagres, Panama. 

 Distribution: Guatemala to Panama. 

 Illustration: Wernham, Monog. Sabicea pi. 12, f. 9. 



8. Sabicea costaricensis Wernham, Monog. Sabicea 31. 1914. 



Shrub, subscandent, the young branchlets densely yellow-sericeous, finally glabrate; 



stipules oval-oblong, 10 mm. long and 8 mm. wide or larger, rounded at the apex; petioles 



about 1.5 cm. long, densely strigose; leaf-blades elliptic or oblong, 12 cm. long and 4.3 cm. 



wide or smaller, usually subcordate at the base, subacutely acuminate at the apex, glabrate 



above or strigillose along the veins, the venation impressed, yellow-strigose beneath, the 



venation prominent; inflorescence rather lax, about 2 cm. broad, the peduncles 5 mm. long 



or shorter; bracts few, lanceolate or oval, acuminate, 7 mm. long and 4 mm. wide or smaller; 



calyx-lobes oblong, about 3 mm. long at anthesis, nearly glabrous; corolla sparsely strigillose 



outside, the tube about 8 mm. long, the lobes spreading, about 2 mm. long; ovary densely 



yellow-strigose. 



Type locality: Buenos Aires, Costa Rica. 



Distribution: Costa Rica. 



Illustration: Wernham, Monog. Sabicea pi. 12, f. 11. 



