A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Wild Flora of Mt. Ovando

Abstract

Mt. Ovando rises at latitude 150-25' N. and longitude 920-36' W. of Greenwich, in the jurisdiction of Escuintla, District, State of Chiapas, southern Mexico, as one branch of the Sierra Madre pushing its way to the so-called Gran Valle de Soconusco and has an elevation of 2330 meters. There is no record before 1934 as far as I am aware, of botanical exploration of this mountain, though the flora is a very interesting and valuable one. I have discovered on this mountain one genus and 45 species new to science and 15 other species, two genera and one family new to the Mexican flora.