100 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Tronero del monte. See Buchnera UthospermifoUa. 



Tule chiquito. See Eleocharis sulcata. 



Tuno. See Castilla fallax. 



TJisquilete. See Amaranthus spinosus. 



TJraco. See Licania platypus. 



Valeriana. See Chaptalia nutans. 



Vara blanca. See Casearia corymbosa. 



Varillo. See Symphonia globuUfera. 



Verbena. See Hyptis verticillata. 



Vernonia aschenborniana Schauer. Suquinay. Asteeaceae. 



A shrub with purplish flowers, used for stomach troubles. 

 Violeta. See Ruellia pilosa. 

 Virola merendonis Pittier. Deago. Sangbe. Myristicaceae. 



A tree up to 35 meters high, with leaves rusty-tomentose beneath, and a red 

 sap. The wood is used for boards. The fruits are eaten by fishes. 

 Vismia ferruginea H. B. K. Achiotillo. Hypericaceae. 



Vitex longeracemosa Pittier. Bareabas (?). Verbenaceae. 



A tree with palmately compound leaves and lilac flowers. 

 Vochysia guatemalensis Donn. Sm. San Juan. Sanpedrano. Vochysiaceae. 



A tree up to 25 meters high, with slender yellow flowers. The wood is used 

 for boards. 

 Ximenia americana L. Manzanilla. Olacaceae. 



A tree with yellow astringent fruits, the size of a small plum, generally eaten 

 cooked. 



Yaguay. See Pithecollooium sp. 

 Yerba del caballo. See Melanthera nivea. 

 Yerba del campo. See Stylosanthes guyanensis. 

 Yerba del judio. See Sauvagesia erecta. 

 Yerba del toro. See Borreria sp. 

 Yoroconte. See Talauma poasana (?). 

 Yucca aloifolia L. (?) Isote. Liliaceae. 



A quick-growing tree, with large white flowers in a terminal panicle. A 

 specimen about 18 feet high and 30 inches in circumference was said to be only 

 about 8 years old. The flower cluster is cooked in salted water and eaten, but 

 is rather bitter. Rope is made from the fibre of the leaves. 

 Zanthoxylum sp. Ceibiixo. Lagarto. Malacapa. Rtjtaceae. 



Zapote. See Calocarpum mammosum. 

 Zapotillo. See Achras chicle, also Saurauja sp. 

 Zapotillo calenturiento. See Lucuma laeteviridis. 

 Zapoton. See Pachira macrocarpa. 

 Zarza de rio. See Mimosa sp. 

 Zarzaparilla. See Smilax ornata. 

 Zexmenia frutescens (Mill.) Blake. Asteraceae. 



A composite with yellow flowers. Said to furnish a medicine for infantile 

 fevers. 



Zorra. See Schizololium kellermani. 

 Zuelania sp. Palacio. Flacourtiaceae. 



