Comprehensive Description
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Mascagnia gouania Small, sp. nov
Leaf-blades ovate to orbicular-ovate, mostly 4-7 cm. long, markedly acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, at least at maturity, slightly paler-green beneath than above, truncate or cordate at the base, rather long-petioled ; sepals ovate or oval-ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long, glabrous, or with few scattered hairs on the back and sparingly ciliolate, the glands full}' one half the length of the sepal-body ; petals purplish, 5-6.5 mm. long, with undulate blades which are sometimes slightly erose near the base ; samaras suborbicular, 2.5-3 cm. wide, undulate and sometimes cordate at the base, the dorsal wing reduced to a mere ridge or keel.
Type collected near Jojutla, Morelos, Mexico, October 18, 1902, C. G. Pringle 9701 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution : Morelos.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mascagnia polybotrya (A. Juss.) Niedzu. ex E. & P. Nat Pfl. 3 4 : 56. 1890.
Hiraea polvbotrya A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 260. 1840. ? Hiraea spicigera Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 36' : 584. 1863.
Leaf-blades ovate, mostly 2.5-5 cm. long, abruptly short-acuminate, softly pubescent
on both sides, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate, the glands
nearly as long as the sepal-body ; petals ' ' blue, ' ' the blades denticulate ; samaras about 1.5
cm. in diameter, the dorsal wing crest-like.
Type locality : Mexico. Distribution : Mexico.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY