Randia thurberi S. Watson

Randia pleiomeris Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 202
1919. Branches slender, brownish, strigose when young, with mostly elongate internodes, bearing few pairs of stout ascending spines 1-1.5 cm. long, the leaves crowded on short lateral spurs; stipules ovate-deltoid, 2 mm. long, strigose or glabrous outside, pilose within at the base; petioles slender, 4-8 mm. long, glabrous or sparsely puberulent; leaf-blades cuneate-orbicular or broadly obovate, 8-18 mm. long, 7-13 mm. wide, cuneate or abruptly decurrent at the base, rounded or truncate at the apex, membranaceous, glabrous above, sparsely appressed-pilose beneath along the costa, the lateral nerves obscure; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile: hypanthium appressed-pilose, 2.5 mm. long; calyx glabrous, 2 mm. long, the lobes usually 7, linear,
4 mm. long, sparsely eiliate; corolla salverform, glabrous outside, the tube slender, 2.5 cm. long, the 5 lobes ovate or ovate-oblong, 1 cm. long, acuminate, glabrous within, the throat naked; anthers subexserted.
Type locality: Santa Rosa, Guatemala, altitude 900 meters. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Randia blepharodes Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 1378
1926.
A shrub about 3 meters high, the branches brownish, bearing numerous pairs of stout
divaricate spines 0.8-2 cm. long, the leaves crowded on short lateral spurs; stipules minute,
brownish, glabrous ; leaves (immature) subsessile or short-petiolate, the blades cuneate-orbicular
or rounded-obovate, 7-17 mm. long and broad, cuneate at the base, broadly rounded at the
apex or subretuse, membranaceous, glabrous, the lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each side; flowers
perfect, terminal, clustered, sessile, 5-parted; calyx and hypanthium 2.5-3 mm. long, more or
less scaberulous, the calyx-lobes lance-linear, much longer than the tube, long-ciliate ; corolla
white, glabrous outside, attenuate in bud, the tube slender, 1 cm. long, the lobes ovate or
oblong-ovate, 4-5 mm. long, obtuse, the throat naked; anthers subexserted; fruit globose, 2
cm. in diameter, sparsely puberulent, the pericarp hard and thick; seeds numerous.
Type locality: Mexcala, Guerrero, altitude 500 meters. Distribution: Guerrero and Oaxaca.

Randia rosei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20: 203. 1919 Branches brownish, with short internodes, short-pilose when young with appressed hairs, armed with numerous pairs of stout divergent spines 1-2 cm. long, the leaves mostly crowded on very short lateral spurs; stipules 2 mm. long, rounded-ovate, obtuse, mucronate, thick, brownish, glabrous; petioles slender, 1-5 mm. long, ciliate; leaf-blades suborbicular, rhombicoval, or rhombic-ovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 0.7-1.8 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base and short-decurrent, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, sometimes apiculate, herbaceous, brightgreen, ciliate, short-pilose beneath along the veins, elsewhere glabrous, the lateral nerves inconspicuous, 5 or 6 on each side, ascending or subdivaricate ; flowers perfect, terminal, solitary, sessile; hypanthium 2 mm. long, pilose, the 5 calyx-lobes linear, 3-6 mm. long, ciliate; corolla salverform, glabrous outside, the tube 10-12 mm. long, ampliate above, the throat naked, the 5 lobes ovate-oval, 8 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, obtuse or acutish, apiculate, glabrous within; anthers 1.5—2 mm. long, included; fruit (very immature) subglobose, rather sparsely pilose.
Type locality: Rosario, Sinaloa. Distribi mm:. Sinaloa and Nayarit.

Randia thurberi S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 24: 53. 1889
A shrub 1.5-2.5 meters high, the branches stout, reddish-brown or grayish, appressed-
pilose when young, bearing numerous pairs of stout divergent spines 1-1.5 cm. long, the leaves
mostly crowded on very short, nearly obsolete lateral spurs; stipules ovate-deltoid, 1.5 mm.
long, thin, appressed-pilose outside, pilose within at the base; petioles sometimes 1.5 cm. long,
marginate, often nearly obsolete; leaf-blades oval, orbicular, cuneate-orbicular, orbicular-
spatulate, or cuneate-obovate, 0.6-4.5 cm. long, 0.5-3 cm. wide, cuneate at the base or usually
rounded or obtuse and abruptly acuminate or very long-attenuate, obtuse to subretuse at the
apex, often apiculate, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, ciliolate, glabrous or sparsely short-pilose
or puberulent, especially along the nerves beneath, the lateral nerves usually inconspicuous,
2 or 3 on each side; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile; calyx-lobes 5, linear or oblanceolate,
1.5-3 mm. long; fruit globose, 1.6-2.5 cm. in diameter, greenish-yellow, smooth, glabrous;
seeds numerous, suborbicular, 6 mm. long, dark-brown.

Randia pleiomeris is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in El Salvador and Guatemala. It is threatened by habitat loss.