THE MEXICAN SPECIES OF TAON ABO,"
I have followed the t.reatmcnt as gi\'c n by Ign. v. Szyszylowicz in Engler and Pl'lln!.)', Pllllnzenfll",ilic" in taking lip the older """'e Taonaho for the :3omcw hat more famil iar one of TCl'nstrocmill .
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rCl.~ogllize~hut:) specie s of TCI'IU-;troc min. from l\lexico and Ccntl'lll Amcl'ica, all of whi c h 1Ilitill'eec Iltly hllve hcen wanting in the Nutionnl Hel'bariulli. Our recent larg e cnllsig-nnwnts of i\lcxican
plllnt' ha,'c not only ," pplicd so me of these spe('ie" hut have added
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fl'l'aonabo Auhl. PI. (:ui, 1: 569. pili, ?t7, l.!N. liifl.
Ternstroclilia MntiJ.;; I.. f. H.YRt. Y(.~. Rupl'l. ~!I, \i81.
Type 8Ilei.'it'H of Tcrnstrocmia 1: ml'l"it/iOlHl/il4 :lJuti::!j Taon:tbo hm;C11 uU two spe<'iC!:J
T. dell/olll ulHl T. IIIII/elata.
17667-\,01. nil, Vf' 4-05 oJ
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CONTRIIlUTIONS FRO){ THE NATIONAL HERBARiUM.! new ones. My greatest diflkulty in <tudying this genu s has been, of course, the making Ollt of these old spceic" frolll descriptions alone.
From this study it appears tlUlt T. cl ,t8/(l( ,/olia and T.
.yt!tJlnannimust he ,'cry closely related, if not hlcntit'IlL This has heen douhtless ohscrn·d bl' other,;, for A, Fendler'. lIlaterial from Panama bas heen
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ref CITed to hath ,; pecics,
The Kew Ind('lx hn.'"j t'<lu:..;cd i'O(unc
confusioll
in thegcnll:-; hy
rcferring1: " I1,,.,,t;,,,, Cham. & S"hlccht. to 1: !/I''/'iflm'lt of l'erll, while the
mudl
Il\tt~r7: ... .'I'l'fftlf'ft of Choisy i s rcfened to :\lcxieo; the West Indian
~pcl'ic~,T d{ipt/r'((
~·hvn.l'tr..i . ... t'l'erlited to JIexi('o; 1: lineA-ta DC .• a good l-:'peeies, said to ha\-e cOllIe hom 1lt'xieo, i, .. referred to
T dliptiell.
The followmg spcdes of
Tern~troelllilLWN'C l'c('ognizcd hy 1\:11'.
He,,",l,,), in the lIiol og ia:
7'erlli41mnll;fI /'/uxiw/o/ilf, ( 7,ulllal", dllsiol:liJia ~zrl'lz.)
1hllMrnf'miu 1f1'l'mmwi, ( Y<'ry Iwar the It'!lt.)
Tn 114J'fWIII iff 11",1 mf iet I (1)("t 'OIU t.~ 1i IOnll
'If'
'~!I'''' II ;1'11. ) ,'l~'rll,~fr(){'/Itill trp"ZII/mf,' ( 114'{'OIlH~ '/'u)/Irtfll' f"/1('zI/IJoIe) ,
1'1'l'lllIfwf'/IIiu sp, ( ht~{'OIlH'~ 1'001111/10 mallb!li itOSt) and pt~rhapR a Ml~{'oncl ~pe{'i{~fl).
Taonabo lineata ( DC,) ROfle,
TI'I'II,~fr(jnJ/il/ lillt'llli/. DC, )1('111, ~(){'. l'hy~, 1: .tOO. pI. 1. 1821.
Type lo{'alit~·: " [n "lexi,'o ad dh'ullI vulj.!(J del Tolo in itincrt' Sanctuarii
Challllcnfli~. "
:\1 r. lIem~I{'y qu('stiollij wlu-lJwr hul h T. tlI;pli,." anti 7: It'}"H'zaJHllc may not be
referred to T, lillI'all/, Tlw plant. whid. I have .ICfll'rihec.t as T. 1mllg'"i hUB lea.\'~
very !limihu' to Dr.nultlolle'M illuAtratioll, bllt it mll!jt hl' a different spocies .
Taonabo maltbyi no~·~, •
'l'I'rJlllfl'tll'JII;(/ 1II1I111l!f; HO!'lI' X. Am, Fauna 14: ix. lHIll,
Typl' locality: ., :\ll:lril:l :\Iadrt>," Tn'fI :\lnria:-! leland~, ('t)lleded by :'Ilaithy,
Taonabo oocarpa HO~t" ~p, IlO\'. PI .. -\TJo: LXIX.
:"hrnh~..t to 4.5 IIlt,t .. ~ hi/!,h; lp:ln>t; ohlau('coiah', t~Ulwate at ,,~, i IAl ~ ('III. lOll!!"
~ tu 41'111. hmall, "lItire; pedllnd,' t'rwt, ~lon~at(,."I. 2 In:-I t'm. IHIlj.!; l"C)mllS mhiclllar;
fruit 0\':11.1.', at'nlt .. La to 2 cnl. lung.
Co) h~'u'(ll 'Y E. ''', Nt:l:-:tlll IH\ 1:11)lu-laIHl allout ()t,tlilal~\, (;Ilt'rrun), t\11 i tlltl~ 1,0"20
t.o
I,I·W lIIt'te~ AII:,!U:-0121 , IK!Ir, ( 1111, 2HH4 ).
'Mli:-( ~pedt·:-o diffl')'1'1 frolll 1: '~Jlhll(:I'Of'f'l'l)f/. CHIW{'ially in the shape of lht1 fruit and in tht' length of t1w 1"II.~!lnllde!-l,
EXPLA:-1ATIO:-1 m' !'1.An: LXIX.-lo'ig. (I, bmnch u(>!l.tJr I\lIturni size.
Taonabo pringlei Ito!'!:!. !'Ip, noy.
A sHulll In~~ loCrlUljll'l6 Inett'·rH high ; 1t..':.w csohhuH:eolatc t~) ~patillat.t!, with millui<1
tl('lIlit'l1latilJllfl. ;~ tu ~ ('Ill. IUIlj.!', 2
In : '
111111. hl'oad; HOWl'r.;J clustcretl IHoar .. he top "'hralldH~, I't .. '(It1ndl~ ahou[ ~ t'lil. IUIlj.!', thi('kt>lIt'1l helow the Howt1r, with ~)mewlu't
l'4I.'ath'!'('11 hr:]('t_~; 8l'pals ah"u! to 1II1lI. IOIlJ.,r, :·warinlls Oil thl' margin, (mtil"(',
Colh't'it'11 hy :\fr, C. li. Pringle nn :-;il'rra 1113 Tcpoxthm, ;,\forell)~. :\Iarch 18, lSHH
(Ill), SOI:l, typt' ), /llltl hy HOHt' an!1 Hough ncar the ~alUc place )Jay, ISB9 (no,-H06).
Taonabo sphaerocarpa HOfit', !-'p. lIOV,
:--:hrnh 2..l to ·Ul1tlt'h\r~ hij.!'h; 1t'l\\'t'fllalH~t~()1att~, (,l1n('at~ at ha~c, ohtn~c, 6 to 8 ('III.
long', ;~ tn" CIll. hl'tltld, HoI. thit'kil'lli, l'lItirc; tlnwt'1':-I "whih';" pedul1cle:-; short, 10 to
I;) mm. lon~; :o1l'l'al:-l orbit'nlar, cntire or ncarly SO; (ruit nearly glubulilr.
ContI. Nat. Herb., Vol. VlIL
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ROSE MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANT8.
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Collected by E. W. Nelson on mountain ridges on weHt Hide of yalley of Cuicatian, Oaxaca. altitude 2,2.~ meters, NO\'t-'mhcr 10, 1894 (no. 19(2).
Taonabo eylvatica (Cham. & Schlecht.) Syzsz. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. l'fianzen
fam. 8 6: 189. 1811:1. FIGURE 14.
Te"'I1A~troe,,~i(l sylftdirn Cham. & Schlecht. 0: 220. 1830.
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The type wAA haS<'11 till ~recin}('n'" fmlll twu IHt:l.1lit.iC": on~ from •• intf'r .JaIHpJ'ln et Ran AndreR" tile otht1r from "prnpt~ :O;;ln :\li~l lu'l .h·l Sohlwlo,"
C()llt't·It'~.l hy R"hie.l., ancl Dep}ll" Fr()1lI till' h.tkr p!;'I·t\ :\Ir. Pringlt' (~()l1t'et~(l his
Ill). HIHH.
Taonabo tepezapote (ChulII. & ~dalt·t·hl. ) Hp_"I1.. in Ell:!!. & Prnnll, I. t',
T('/'I/III"(I/'mi,/ fi'jll'::UI'IJ/I' Challl, & St'ldt'I'ilt. l.illll:(e<l 6: 4:"'0. IX:JI.
Type locality" TCl"oiutn" Of )!t'rhap~ it i~ T"" olntla 011 tilt' t'nal-;t of \'(~ttl Cruz.
CoN'I'Hlut'TIO:"J =, FI~o'l TilE NATln~;\1. HEHIlAUlI' )f.