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Spec i(!S si<'ut Hubsecjueus ac tertia o (iiiMtoniaLi alio Inco describeuda semine 

 perisperiniuiu includciite liulicnliuiiiei; cotyledoiiibus exserta a ciKteris Trichiliia 

 quorum fructuB ii()tus est discrepans. 



RHAMNACB-5]. 



Zizyphus mexicaiia Ifnso, s]). iiov. A tree 2.") feet bij^b, [) iiiclie8 in diameter, witb 

 large, <leiise top; sjiiiKis struigbt and seattered ; biaves oblong, 2 to 3 inebes 

 long, 8troii|;ly ;>-nerved, (soriaceonw, (glabrous, obtuse or retuse, euueate or 

 ronud(!d at ba.se, crenately toothed; petioles 3 to 8 lines lon<;: peduntde 6 lines 

 long; lio\v<M\s 8 to 10 in a small umbel; pedunele and pedieels (as \v(dl as young 

 leaves and brauebes) a little pubescent : eaiyx lu^arly glabrous, 5-parted : petals 

 5, small: stamens 5: fruit drupaceous, (> to 8 lines in diameter.— On hills about 

 Armeria, February 2~ and 28. Mo. 1278. 



This 8po(!ies 8ee,uis nearest Z. (jnatniuilcnfiin, but it is a small tree, with leaves 

 eommouly cuneate at base, and longer petioles and ]tediincles. Mr. Ileinsley writes 

 1110 that the species IS ([Uite distiuet. Tlic. I'ruits are gathered by the Mexicans 

 and sold in tlie markets by the dozen. They are used m tlie ])bice of .soap and 

 are biglily i)rizeil for washing woolen goods. They are eallcd *• Aniole." 

 Karwiiiskia humboldtiaua Zuee. Nov. 8tirp. fuse. 1, 35;.>(1832). A compact shrub 

 10 to 12 feet high. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. >o. fl.")!*. 



(Called " Margareta." The twigs and leaves are much used in eases of fever, 

 etc. 

 Karwiiiskia parvifolia Kose, s]). nov. Large busii,. "> to 10 feet high, glabronsthrough- 

 out : !ea\es o[)posite or subojiposite, snialj, <ibbnig, or linear-oblong, about I 

 inch long on short petioles, obtuse, rounded, or somewhat ta|>ering at base, the 

 margin somewhat bla.ck-(b)tted; stiiuile minute : l)(^dicels short ; peduncles short 

 or non(^: stigma 2-lobed : fruit mostly single, .axillary, black, 2-celled. — Agia- 

 bamix), October 3 to 1.5, 1890. Xo. 773. 



F(»r illustration see PI. xxxi. 



This plant is not in tlower, but it has all tlie indications of l)eing a Karwins- 

 kia. It dilfeis from A'. Inimhohltiana in its inncb smaller leaves, the fruit more 

 tapering at base, its larger disk, etc. 



Mr. Henisley writes me that it is not Couller's (Xo. 3) from S(»nora, nor is it 

 represented in the Herbarium at Kew. 

 Colubriua arborea (?) Brandeget", Zoe, iv. 401 (1894). Along the edge of thick 

 Avoods. Armeria, February 1.5, 1891, Xo. 1293. 



Dr. I'aliner says this tree has the habit of the weeping willows. Its bmg 

 hanging br.iiulies are loaded with fruit. I have referred this plant as above 

 witb some doubt. 1 at tirsfc described it as a new species, but since then Mr. 

 IJrandegee has described a species from Lower California under the above name, 

 to which my jilant ])robably lielongs. 



AMPELIDACEiE. 



Cissiis sicyoides L. Syst. cd. 10. ii. 897 (1759). Trailing over biisiies along the 



lagoon. Manzanillo, Dccombei' 1 t() 31, 1890, No. 11)7."). 

 Cissus sp. Leatlets 3. Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, 1890. Xo. 784. 



SAPINDACE^. 



Serjania fuscopunctata Kadlkofer, sp. nov. Scandetis, frutleosa, subiucano- 

 puboscens; rami eanaliciilato-6-sulea1i, ad angulos pilis ])atulis cano-pubes- 

 ceutes, cortice subfusco; corpus lignosum sinijdex, sulcatum ; folia biternata 

 (iiiterdum fidiolorum termiiialium (oiilormatiMic transitum in su]iradecompo 

 sita indicantia) ; foliola ovata, acuta, mucronulata, basi rotundata vel sub- 



