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Mr. Wright and I both collected it in West Canyon, on the Eastern or Desert hase 

 of the San Jacinto Mountains, near Palm Springs, then called Agua Caliente. It 

 was not seen in any of the other canyons of the neighborhood. The single speci- 

 men I then, collected is still in my herharium. The plant Las a large Megarrhiza- 

 like root, and it grows in sheltered places among rocks. 



Last spring I revisited Palm Springs, and one of my principal objects was to col- 

 li ct again this rarity. A very careful search, however, failed to discover a trace of 

 it. The canyon in which it grew is a short one, and as well as I can remember the 

 plant was not very abundant, but 1 can hardly account for its apparent extinction 

 at the type station. No doubt it maybe found, sometime, in the little-explored 

 legion of its growth. 



Eiaiidegea minimus (Wats.) Rose. Sicyos minimm Wats, Proc. Am. Acad 23- 274 

 1888. 

 Collected by Mr. C. G. Pringle in the Sierra Madre, State of Chihuahua, October. 

 1887 (No. 1876), October 2, 1888 (No. 1871). Dr. Watson constructed a special sec- 

 tion (Heterosicyos) for the species, but it appears to be congeneric with the above. 



SPECIES OF OTHER GENERA. 



Aoodanthera pringlei Wats, l'roc. Am. Acad. 25 : 149. 1890. 



Collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson near Hua.juapan, State of Oaxaca, altitude 1,840 to 

 2,146" meters, November 16. 1894 (No. 1971). 



Apcdanthera roseana Cogn. Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 317. 1893. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Ymala, August 10 to 25, 1891 (No. 1444). 

 Cayaponia dubia (Hook. & Am.) Rose. Angtma dubia Hook. & Arn. Hot. Beech. 

 Voy. 292. 1839-40. Bryonia attemtata Hook. & Arn. Hot. Beech. Yoy. 424. 1841. 

 Trianosperma aticnuata Hemsl. Biol. ( !ent. Amer. 1 : 480. 1880. Cayaponia aitett- 

 nata Cogn. in DC. Mon ogr. 3:769. 1881. 



( ollccted by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapulco, March. 1895 (Nos. 499, 503). The 

 t\pe v.i Bryonia attenuata, was collected by Sinclair at Acapulco. 

 CD:allocarpus emetocatharticus (Grosourdy) Cogn. Pull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 30, pt. 

 1:279. 1891. Doyerea emelocai hartica Grosourdv, El Medico Bot. criollo 2- 

 388. 1864. 



Low-climbing vine, but specimen without leaves or fruit. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapulco, March, 1896 (No. 558). 



The material which we have of this species is very poor and I am indebted to Prof. 

 A. Cogniaux of Verviers, Belgium, for its determination. 



I have since seen specimens collected by C. <;. Pringle on limestone ledges, Las 

 Palmas, State of San Luis Potosi, April 27, 1891. altitude 1,470 meters (No. 5763). 

 Cucurbita foetidissima II. B. K. Nov. (Jen. & Sp, '2: 123. 1817. 



Collected by Mr. E. W. Nelson, but exact locality not given (No. 3880); also by 

 Dr. Edward Palmer near Durango, June, 1896 (No. 248). 

 Cucurbita radicans Naud. Ann, Sei. Nat. ser. 5, 6:8. 1866. 



A low-climbing plant. 



An elegant species with tlowers 10 cm. in diameter, the fruit small, nearly spher- 

 ical, 7.5 cm. long. This wild gourd is called "ehicoyote." The seeds are used iu 

 in:iking a cooling drink. 



Collected by Dr. Edward Palmer near Acapulco, December, 189l (No. 183). Also 

 obtained by Dr. Palmer at Culiacan, October 25 to November 18, 1891 (No. 1802), but 

 with somewhat smaller tlowers. This latter specimen was determined by Professor 

 Cogniaux. 



Cyclanthera eremocarpa (Schauer) Cogn. Mem. Cour. Acad. Belg. 8vo, 28 : 74. 1878. 

 Sici/os ertmocarpa Schauer, Linnaea, 20:722. 1847. 



1 have seen no named specimens of this species, and my identilication may be 

 wrong. 



Collected by Mr. C. G. Pringle, 1890 ( Xo. 6535). 



