(220) Plantcüe Sclerianae, Yll. 55 



ChryöolJäUmus Jcaco L. 



Vülg. : „xicaco". 



Hab. in Mex., in prov. Oaxaca, in distr. Tehuant'epec, in are- 

 nosis litoris oceani prope San Mateo del mar, culta(?): Sei. n. 1782. 

 — Flor.: Jan. — Det. Th. L. 



„Die Früchte werden mit Zucker, eingekocht und roh, gegessen, ein 

 besonders im District von Tehuantepec gebräuchliches Compot." (Sei.) 



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Licania Seleriana Loes. nov. spec; arbor magna, ramulis 

 kornotinis breviter snbochraceo-piiberiüis. vetustioribus cortice griseo- 

 subfusco densiuscule et manifeste lenticelloso obtectis, subteretibns, 

 biennibus usqne 7 mm crassis; foliis alternis, breviter (3 — 10 mm 

 longe) petiolatis, petiolo crassinsculo, siibochraceo-piiberalo mox 

 glaberrimo, rigide vel rigidule coriaceis, ellipticis vel ovalibus, basi 

 rotundatis vel cordatis, apice rötundatis, raro obtusis, integerrimis, 

 4,3 — 17 cm longis, 2,2 — 13 cm latis, glabris vel subglabris, supra 

 nitidis, i. s. griseo- et snbroseo-fuscescentibns, subtus paullulo vel 

 vix pallidioribns et opacioribus, costa media snpra prominula, subtus 

 prominente vel prominula, nervis lateralibns utrinque circ. 11 — 15 

 snbrectis et densiusculis, snpra tennibus vel tennissimis, leviter 

 impressis vel conspicnis vel liinc inde in foliis amplissimis subpromi- 

 nulis, snbtns crassioribns, manifeste prominulis vel prominentibus, 

 dense reticnlatis, reticulo snpra conspicuo vel impresso vel levissime 

 prominnlo vel obsoleto, snbtns ± manifeste prominulo; infiorescentiis 

 in paniculas amplas compositas terminales usque 34 cm longas et 27 

 cm ambitu latas congestis, axibns omnibus clense ochraceo-pubernlis, 

 secunclariis tertiis etc. sab angnlo subrecto divaricatis, ultimis (vel 

 extremis) ipsis spiciformibus miütifloris, bracteis deltoideo-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis vel acntis, circ. 1,5 mm longis, pnbescentibus; floribns 

 parviüis, sessilibus vel subsessilibus, in glomerulos sessiles vel bre- 

 vissime pedimciüatos congestis; calyce breviter campaimlato vel 

 snburceolato, circ. 2,5 mm longo, dense pnbenüo, 5-dentato, dentibns 

 snbacntis, deltoideis; petalis saepe cadncis, plerumque taritum uno 

 alterove evoluto minutis, calycis deiitibns subaequilongis, anguste 

 oblongo-cnneiformibns pilosis; staminibns circ. 8 fertilibus inaequali- 

 bus basi in annulum saepe in partes 2 divisum coalitis. villosis, 

 calycis dentes non vel vix excedentibns, ovario pubescente etc., 

 drnpa olivifurmi. nsijne 2,8 cm longa et vix 1 cm diam., monosperma. 



Vnlg. : „totopostle" (Mexicanis), „alcornoqne" (Costaricensibus). 



Habitat in Mexico, in prov. Oaxaca. in collibns silvigeris 

 apud San Bartolo Yauhtepec sitis ad rivnlos et in distr. Jncliitan in 



