Lechoso

Stemmadenia macrophylla Greenman, Proc. Am
Acad. 35:310. 1900.
Shrub or small tree, 3-10 m. tall, essentially glabrous throughout; leaves firmly membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 15-20 cm. long, 5-8 cm. broad, obtusish to very abruptly and narrowly sub caudateacuminate, obtusely cuneate at the base, the petioles 1520 mm. long; inflorescence bearing 1-8 showy yellowish flowers; pedicels 2-4 mm. long; calyxlobes scarcely imbricate, ovate to oblong-ob ovate, acute to obtuse, 3-6 mm. long; corolla infundibuliform, the tube proper 15-20 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat subtubular, 25-30 mm. long, about 7-9 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, 22-28 cm. long, spreading; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Pansamala, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala; alt. 1100 meters. Distribution: Guatemala.

Stemmadenia galeottiana (A. Rich.) Miers, Apoc
S. Am. 76. 1878.
Odontostigma Galeottiana A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 87. 1850. Echiies hi gnoniae flora Schlecht. I^innaea 26: 372. 1854. Stemmadenia hignoniaefiora Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 76. 1878, Stemmadenia insignis Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 76. 1878. Stemmadenia bella Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 77. 1878.
Shrub, 1-3 m. tall; leaves firmly membranaceous, oval to obovate-elliptic, 9-14 cm. long, 4-6 cm. broad, obtuse to acutely subcaudateacuminate, obtuse at the base, glabrous, the petioles 8-11 mm. long; inflorescence bearing 1-4 showy cream-colored flowers; pedicels 8-13 mm. long; calyx-lobes imbricate, ovate to ob ovate-oblong, obtusish to rounded, 10-15 mm. long, essentially glabrous; corolla infundibuliform, the tube proper 8-10 mm. long, about 2.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat subtubular, 40-55 mm. long, 7-10 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes broadly and obliquely obovate, 20-25 mm. long, spreading; follicles ovoid-subreniform, acuminate, 2-2.5 cm. long, 1.5-1.7 cm. broad, irregularly verrucose.
Type locality: "Near Havana, Cuba."
Distribution: Vera Cruz, Yucatan, Oaxaca, and Guatemala.