Phytolacca meziana H. Walter

Phytolacca meziana II. Walt, in Engler, Pflanzenreich 4 s3 : 57
1909.
Phytolacca icosandra octogyna Donn. Smith, Hot. Gaz. 18: 210. 1893.
bby berb, with rather thick, angled, glabrous branches; leaf blades elliptic oblong
.■■••oblong, 10-13 cm. long, 3-4.4 cm. broad, acute to long-acuminate at the apex, acute
etioli lender, 2.5 4.5 cm. long, channeled above, berect,
1.5-1.8 dm. long, about 2.5 cm. broad, man) flowered, thi i icl at; pedicels 7-8 mm.
ban the pedicel >, brat tlel 3 mm. long; sepals oblong elliptic, S IS mm. 1" nn broad, rounded
rted on the di i . !:■'> tea than i hi filiform, I nun li m anthers elliptic, 1.5 mm. long; ovary 7or S-carpellary ; styles erect, recurved at the apex;
fruit unknown.
Type locality: San Miguel Uspantan, Department Quiche, Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala.