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CRUCIFER^. 



Nasturtium tanacetifolium (Walt.) Hook. &. Arn. Jouni. Bot.i. 190 (1834); Sisym- 

 hrlxm UuHicefi/oUtim Walt. Fl. Car. 174 (1788). Flowers said to be white; 

 only tlir<>(^ small plants collected. Rich bottoms near Manzauillo, March 2 to 

 18, 1891. No. 1344. 



CAPPARIDACE^. 



Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. Prod. i. 238 (1824); Cleome prntaphyUa L. Sp. 

 PL ed. 2. ii.938 (1703). About 2 feet high; sparingly found about the lagoon, 

 probably introduced. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 973. 



Capparis cynophallophora I.. Sp. PI. ed. 2. i. 721 (1762). A loose-growing shrub, 

 10 to 12 feet high. Collected near the base of the mountains at Manzanillo, Jan- 

 nary 9 to February 6, 1891. Xo. 1008. 



Cappaiis palmeri Rose, sp. nov. A compact shrub, 8 feet high : leaves oblong, 

 acute or obtuse, cordate at base, on very short, puberulent petioles, dull green 

 <m both sides; veins not prominent: petals white, G to 8 lines long: stamens 

 about (iO, 15 lines long, about equal to the stipe.— On the mountain sides. 

 Manzanillo, March 2 to 18, 1891. No. 1358. 



Near C. cijiioplKiUophora, from Avliich it differs in its more compact habit, 

 smaller flowers, and leaves not strongly reticulated nor shining, cordate at base. 

 Both species grow about Manzanillo. This species grows on the mountain sides, 

 wilil(^ C. cynophaUnphora is found in the plain, between the mountain and lagoon. 

 The lavovite habitat of the latter species is along the coast. It was collected 

 the hitter part of January in fruit, while C. palmeri was collected in March in 

 flower. 



Capparis si». With the above species was sent a branch with innnatnre fruit 

 which (litters in its larger leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, acuminate and cun<'ate at 

 base, on petioles sometimes 15 lines long. No. 1358 a. 



This plant Aery much resembles Jaquin's tigure of C. froiidosa; see Jacq. Stirp. 

 Anier. t. 104 f 1763). It may not, however, belong to this genus. 



Cratffiva palmeri Rose, sp.nov. A diffuse shrub, 8 feet high: leaves 3-foliolate, 

 on petioles 2 to 4 inches long; leaflets oval to ovate, 2 to 4 inches long, sliglitly 

 acuminate, rounded or cuneate at base and more or less ob]i(iue, a little rough- 

 ened above and with crisp hairs beneath: iutlorescense corymbose; flowers 

 on pedicels li to 2 inches long: torus 1^ lines long: sepals 4, oblong, 2 lines 

 long, acute : petals 4, cuneate at base, 3 lines long, not including the long slender 

 claw (6 to 10 lines lojig) : staiiienslC; filaments 2 to 2^ inches b)ug: stipe of 

 ovary 21 to 3 inches long, that of fruit 3^ to 4 inches long: fruit jiear-shaped, 

 1^10 2 inches long, obtuse, often slightly appendiculate.— Armeria, February 15, 



1891, No. 1285. 



This plant seems very distinct from any of the other species. Dr. B. L. Rob- 

 inson, who has examined it, says: "It seems to have considerable in common 

 with C. fapia and C. beiithami, but differs from both in its scnrfiness, in its smaller 

 less conspicuous lenticels, its short sublateral inflorescence and longer anthers.'' 



Crat^vasp. A tree 40 feet high and 40 inches in diameter; fruit the size of a 

 lime. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1891. No. 1013. 



Called "Zapatillo aniarillo." This tree is taller than either C.gynaudra or 

 C. tapia, the only two species attributed to Mexico. The leaves are more like 

 the former, but the fruit is larger than in that species. 



Morisonia (?) sp. A. small tree, 12 feet high, 3 inches in diameter: leaves oblong, 

 acute, perfoliate nearthobase, thick, shining and glabrous above, stellate-pubes- 

 cent beneath: fruit spherical, U inches in diameter. Manzanillo, December 1 

 to 31, 1890. No. 1011. 



