BLAKE GUATEMALAN PLANT NAMES. 95 



Licania platypus (Hernsl.) Fritsch. Sunco (Guatemala). Uraco (Honduras). 



Rosaceae. 

 Limon. See Citrus aurantiifolia. 



Lippia umbellata Cav. Seca-leche. Verbenaceae. 



Liquidambar. See Liquidambar styraciflua. 

 Liquidambar styraciflua L. Liquidambar. Hamamelidaceae. 



The tree is tapped for the resin, and the wood is used for general building 

 purposes. Reaches a height of 80 meters or more. 

 Lirio. See Epidendrum fragrans and E. varicosum. 

 Lirio bianco. See Hymenocallis Uttoralis. 

 Llallo. See Luehea seemannii. 



Lonchocarpus izabalanus Blake. Almendro. Fabaceae. 



Lucuma laeteviridis Pittier. Ingerto de Montana. Zapotillo calenturiento. 



Sapotaceae. 

 Luehea seemannii Triana & Planch. Contamal. Contonron. Llallo. 



Tiliaceae. 



A tree up to 25 meters high, 0.5 meter in diameter. 

 Lycopersicum esculentum cerasiforme (Dunal) A. Gray. Tomate. 



Solan ace ae. 



A small wild tomato, its fruit red when ripe, about the size of a cherry, sold 

 in the markets at Los Amates and elsewhere. 

 Macuelizo. See Tecoma pentaphylla. 

 Malacapa. See Zanthoxylum sp. 

 Malvavisco. See Anoda hastata. 



Mandevilla auriculata (Stadelm.) K. Sch. Bejuco de culebba. Apocynaceae. 

 Mangle. See Decazyx macro phylkis. 



Mano de leon. See Sterculia carthaginensis, also Tecoma pentaphylla. 

 Manzanilla. See Ximenia americana. 

 Manzano de montana. See Belinda costaricensis. 

 Masico. See Brosimum terrabanum. 

 Matapalo. See Ficus hemsleyana. 

 Matayba (?) sp. Carbonctllo. Sapindaceae. 



A large tree with white flowers. 

 Media-luna. See Passiflora coriacea. 



Meibomia axillaris (Swartz) Kuntze. Mozote. Fabaceae. 



Meibomia scorpiurus (Swartz) Kuntze. Pegapega. Fabaceae. 



The infusion is taken for fevers. 

 Meibomia supina (Swartz) Britton. Mozote. Mozote ancho. Sacate bucho. 



Fabaceae. 



Used for fodder. The infusion is drunk for gonorrhoea. 

 Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze. Plati. Fabaceae. 



A prostrate plant with violet flowers. The infusion is taken for stomach 

 troubles. 



Melanthera hastifolia Blake, 9 Flor de la vida. Asteraceae. 



Melanthera nivea (L.) Small. Yerba del caballo. Asteraceae. 



An herb with white button-like heads, furnishing good fodder for horses. 

 Miconia lacera (Bonpl.) Naud. SirIn. Melastomataceae. 



The name sirin is applied indiscriminately to the smaller members of this 

 family. 

 Miconia schlimii Triana. Cebezo. Melastomataceae. 



9 For illustration see Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 24 : fig. 3. 1922. 



