300 



The followiii<>- s])ecios ;ire included by Mr. Hemsley in Biologia Cen- 

 tral!- Aniericuii a, but not under the names here used: 



AhutUon iexensc T. &. Q,=AbuUlon inranum Don. 



rrosopia hctcrophylla Beuth.z^ Acacia wUlardiana Rose. 



Acaljijikn chamodrifolia MiiU.^Acahjpha microphylla Klotzsch. 



Kephrod'inm paiena l~)efiy.—^Aspidi>im pnicns Swartz. 



Ktimi>h(ia ampla DC^Caslalia ampla Salisb. 



Ci/ptrus poJifsiachys "Rotth.^^Cypenis fiifjax Liebin. 



]\IoUu<jo (/liinis A. Mich. ^^GlhniH lotoidc^ Looll. 



Tfirmncrium svorpiokles ^laxnaX.^^IIfiiryascorpioideR Neea. 



Kosicletzkyd sagiiiata I'resl. in "pnYti^Kosleleizkya asierocarpa Turcz. 



I'anincm micros perm nni Vo\\ri\.^=zPanicuin irichanthiim Noes, 



J'diiJlhiin rchtiina T)C=^Paitlliuiafii8ceHc<7is Kiiiitb. 



Arphrodinm coHtenmuiim \)q,ay .^^Vhcfjopteris iciragona Fee. 



S'ida carpitufoUa L. f.^^Sida acuta carjntiifolia K. Sclium. 



Verbena caroUnianaJ^,, in \)aTt,=:^Verhena polystachya H, B. K. 



Bastardia Mrsntiftora Vref^^^WisaadnJa k]). 



CATALOGUE OF SPECIES. 

 RANUNCULACEiE. 



Clematis sji. An ubiiiulant l)loonHT, llowors wliite nnd swoet scented. Man/.anillo, 



l)occinh(!r 1 to ;31, 1S90. Ao. IHIl*. 

 Clematis s]i. A Htroiig, high climber, covering fences and treeH. Tlie fruit is Bimilar 



to that of tlic above sjiecies, but tlie loaves jire thicker. Along water courses. 



Colinia, January II to February (5, lSi)l. No. 1113. 



DILLENIACEiE. 



Tetracera volubilis L. Sp. I'l. i. 5;i'3 (1758). A high climbing shrub, italarge stems 

 often prostrate for a long (listan<'e, either straight or coiled; ilowcrs in large 

 axillary or terminal ])aniclos. Connnon in wet bottoms across the bay from 

 Manzanillo, ]Mar<'h 2 to IS, imi. No. 1044. 



riie fruit of our plant is somewhat ditferent from that of tliis species and it 

 ranges farther northward, but it seems to answer to this better than any other. 

 It is calh^d " Boyuco dea([ua." Tb(^ stems when <nit give forth a largequantity 

 of clear, sweetish water, with whicii travelers often quench their thirst. 



MENISPERMACEiE. 



Coccuhis diversifolius DC. Sjst. i. 523 (1818). Low climber. Colima, January 9 



to February 0, 18!U. No. 1111. 

 Cissampelos pareira I.. Sp. Tl. ii. 1031 (1753). Colima, Jauuary 9 to February 



6, l^Ul. No. 1140. 



NYMPHiEACEiE. 



Castalia ampla Salisb. Farad. Lond, i. 73, t. 14 (1805); Kymplia-a ampla DC. Syst. 

 li. .^ 1 (ISLH). Strongly hxod in the mnd by long ilcshy white roots : leaves above . 

 darli olive, beneath darlv cherry, and with very couapicuous veins, 12 inches or 

 more in diameter; petals white; stamens yellow; fruit olive-green, depressed, 

 2A inches in diameter. At the mouth of a crook where it outers the lagoou. 

 Man/anillo, March 2 to IS, 1S!)1. No. 1392. 



This plant is ligured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, t. 4469. 



