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Flora of Buenavenftira in Colomhia, 



Buermveiituraj a small port on tlie Pacific coast, al^out four 

 degrees north of the equator, Is, I believe, the chief place in the 

 province of Choco in New Grenada. In the very short time 

 allowed during the halt of the steamer I collected the following: 

 plants on tlie skirts of the forest close to the little town : 



Sauyaoesia erecta, L, Indigenous in tropical America and 

 in east and west tropical Africa. 



ErANiA cnocoE]S"sis, FL et Tri. This species is know^n onlj 

 from Buenaventura. 



YiSMiA RUEESCE^s^s, Fevs. Siju. u, 86: II. B, K. Oen. et Sp. 

 JVov. V. 182. Though long known, this appears to be a very rare 

 species. I have seen only a single imperfect specimen in Kew 

 Herbarium. Plauchon and Triana find the Buenaventura plant 

 to agree with the original specimen collected by Humboldt and 

 Bonpland in Gruiana (or Venezuela ?). 



Clfsta ? Collected in fruit. Approaches C. pseudo- 

 mangle, PL et Tri., but is apparently diff'erent, perhaps an undc- 

 scribed species. 



Desmodium adscenden^s, DC, A species Avidely spread in 

 South America and in the West-Indian Islands. 



Coxostegia rOLTANBKA, Betith. Bot. Si(lj)h. A native of the 

 coast-region of Southern Colombia and Nortliern Ecuador. 

 Doubtless through error supposed to have been found in the 

 Andes of Ecuador. 



Clidemia I)epe"n^dens, Bon. This is a very variable species, of 

 "which two forms "were seen, one in open ground on the skirts of 

 the forest, the other in more shaded places. It extends through 

 equatorial South America. 



CLiBEiiiA HiKTA, Bo7t. This is widely spread in tropical 

 America. 



Xepseka aquatica, Naud. A native of tropical America, 



tending to the West-Indian Islands. 



MicoNiA reducens, Triana. Known only from Buenaventura 

 and the adjoining district. 



