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Justlcia caudata Gray. Proc. Amer. Acad. xxi. 405. Flowers ''mauve-colored:" 

 capsule (including the short thick stipe) 6 to 7 lines long: seeds orbicular. Only 

 a single plant found, in a shady ravine. Alamos. September 16 to 30. No. 0G6. 

 This seems to be the same plant which Palmer collected in 1885. 



Dicliptera resuplnata Juss. But a single large plant seen. Alamos. September 16 

 to 'M. No. V)A2. 



Lantaua vetuliua Mart. A Gal. About 3 feet high: llowers white. Common on 

 wooded hills and slopes, Alauioa. Marcli2(i to April 8. No. 379. 



Lautana involucrata L. Alamos. September 16 to 30. No. (135. 



Lantana macropoda Torr. Very common at Alamos. September 16 to 30. Nos- 

 636 and 740. 



Bouchea dissecta Watson. Proc. Amer. Acad. XXIV. 68. The flowers in these 

 specimens are blue. Collected at Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, Letter G. 

 Dr. Palmer says he obtained this plant at Alamos also. 



Priva echinata Juss. Flowers " light purple." Only a single specimen seen, grow- 

 ing in shade in a creek bottom. Alamos. September 16 to 30. No. 745. 



Castilleia tenuifolia lienth. The bracts and calyx are scarlet. Only a few plants 

 seen mar the snriunit of the mountain. Alanms. March 26 to April 8. No. 366. 



Verbena Aubletia L. This plant is very common in old holds aud valleys about 

 Alamos. March 26 to April 8, No. 307. 



Verbena ciliata lienth. This plant is used as a pot-herb by the Mexicans, who 

 call it Verbena. March "26 to April 8. No. 326. 



Hyptis suaveolens Poit. Flowers said to be white. Only one or two nutlets mature. 

 Called by the Mexicans " conlitnria ; " they use it as a tea to abate fevers. Ala- 

 mos. Sr]it. 16 to 30. No. 734. 



Hyptis Seemanni Gray. Proc. Araer. Acad. xxi. 407. Alamos. March 25 to April 8. 

 No. 398. 



Salvia (Calosphace) Alamosana, n. sp. Two or three feet high, with many lateral 

 branciu'N, more or less pubescent wlani young: leaves 2 to 3 inches long, on very 

 short petioles, narrowly lanceolate, cordate at base, with very broad rounded 

 crenatures, silky when young, slightly hispid or glabrate in age: calyx 2 lines 

 long; upper lip entire; lower, 2 toothed: corolla blue, about 5 lines long; its 

 upper lip short, erect, pubescent : U)wer portion of the connective deJlexed, con- 

 nate, and broad. — Grassy slopes half way up the mountain side. Alamos. March 

 30 to April 8. No. 345. This plant does not seem to agree with any of our Mexi- 

 can Salvias. 



Salvia privoides Benth. This plant is common in the shade along water-courses 

 and canons. Alamos. Sept. 16 to 30. Nos. 680, 6H1. 



Salvia hyptoides Mart. & Gal. Flowers pale blue. Found in shade of bushes in 

 a mount.'iin canon. Alamos. Sept. 16 to 30. No. 682. 



Salvia elegans Vahl. This plant grows about 2^ feet high. It is a connnon plant 

 throughout Mexico ; only two plants were seen ; these were found in the upper 

 part of the mountain in a shadtnl ravine. Alamos. March 26 to April 8. No. 2i»2. 



Stachys coccinea ,Iacq, This i)laut has showy "salmon-colored " llowers. The 61- 

 aments are nearly equal and villose as in Physosfcyia, although Ur, Gray says in 

 Syn. Flora (p. 347) " lilameuts miked." Only a fow plants were seen. Found 

 in a shady ravine near the summit of the mountain. Alamos. March 26 to 

 April 8, No. 365. 



Tencrium Cubeuse L. Common in gardens and fields. Alamos. March 26 to April 

 8. No. 277. 



Boerhaavia Alamosana, n. sp. Stems 12 to 15 inches high, branching throughout, 

 glabrous or below somewhat scabrous-pubescent; leafy below; leaves linear to 

 narrowly lanceolate, 1 to 2 inches long (including the petiole), whitish below : 

 racemes slender, spike-like; bracts and hractlefs purplish ovate-lanceolate, 

 caducous: perianth white, dryiug yellowish, 2 lines broad: stamens (4) aud 



