311) 



Spoiidias purpurea I.. S)«. PI. cd. 2. i. Hi:{ (1762). Small tree, 8 to 15 feet Ixigh, 

 BoniftiiiH'.s 10 iuclirs in diamettT: tUiwcrs red. Jlauzanillo, Pecemlier 1 ti) 31, 

 1891. N().£H)8. 



Leaflets KoinetiiiicM more iimiiktoiis tliiiii di scribed. Called ''Ciruelo." The 

 I'niil i.s bitter, not edible; is waid to be red when ripe. 

 Comocladia dentata .):\tt\. Enuiii. I'l. Carib. 12 (ITfiO). Several stems, spreading 

 from <he base, 8 \wt buiu : h'aiiets (t to 7 pairs, oblong or the lower ones oval^ 

 (tbtuse, sliglitly and remotely toothed: 8ei)als obtuse, pubescent: petals tliin- 

 nish. Mauzanillo, Manli 2 to 18, 18!)L Xo. 13ii:J. 



My ispeeimens diilei- from IIk^ above sjMM'ies in liaving tlus S'^pals ]iiibeseeut and 

 petals thinner. 



This species belongs to Ihe West imliiin Islands, and lias not liefore been 

 reported from Mexico; it is curious that it «honld now be obtained I'nmL western 

 Mexico. 



CORIARIACEiE. 



Rourea glabra H. B. K. Nov. Gen. ct Spec. vii. 11 (1825). High climbing slirub. 

 (..)uly in Iruit. ManzaniUo, Mareli 2 to IS, 1891. No. 134t). 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



Crotalaria loiigirostrata Hook, iV Arn. Hot. Beech. Yoy. 2S.') (183l)-'4n). Abimt 5 

 feet high, yonngeri»arts pnberulent. Common in bottoms and on hills, ('(dinni. 

 January 9 to February G, 18!n. No. ILSil. 



Althongh 1 have not seen this species, yet this plant is probably rightly 

 referred. Most of Hie upper leatlets ar<! small (one-half inch long) as described, 

 yet they are often li inches long. Dr. Palmer writes of it as follows: '^Oiu; of 

 tlie most attractive* of idants. It is upright and -svith a compa<'t symmetrical 

 top. It is a free bloomer and the ilowers are a beautifnl yellow with brown 

 patches, and it is worthy of cultivation.'' 



In 18!ll 1 sent seed to Kew where it was ])lanted and proves to bo a most jtrom- 

 ising plant . Sir .Jo.sepli Hooker has recently figured and redescribed it in Cnrtis's 

 Botanical Magazine (vol. xlix. pi. 7306). 



The following note is taken fnmi the above article: 



''A very handsome greenhonse plant described as sntfniticose, but, thongh 

 copi(uisly bran<died, har))a<'eons as grown in the K'oyal (iardens, wht^re it forms 

 a conspicuous winter fciture in the P.cgonia house, ilowering freely from Decem- 

 ber to March and attaining a yard in height. It was discovered by the late Dr. 

 Sinclair, surgeon in II. M. Hhmom, during the surveying voyage of (hipt. Beechey, 

 at A( apuho on the west coast of Mexico, and also in the jjrovince of .Jalisco by 

 oth<'r ohicers of the ship, and on the Volcano de Fuego in Guatemala, altitnde 

 5,300 feet, by Mr. Salviu, F. li. S., and at Mazatenango, by Bernoulli." 



The (Jarden, in its issue of March 25, 1803, contains the following note respect- 

 ing this plant: 



" Crotalaria longi7-oxtfata may he seen in ^^hntni ui tin: stove at Kew. It is a 

 thoroughly useful plant for ilowering in the winter months, and the specimen 

 there has kei)t up a gay display for over two months, notwithstanding the togs, 

 whicli are peculiarly trying to stove subjects. This species is still in full bloom, 

 bearing at the ends of tlu! long slender shoots clusters of large, bright yellow 

 pea-sha])ed flowers, which make a great show of color in the winter season. It 

 is easily propagated by cuttings, and all who wi.sh for something distinct and 

 attractive in their stoves during the so-called dark months of the year, should 

 make goo<l iu)to of it," 

 Crotalaria sp. Mauzanillo, December 1 to 31. 1890. No. 97!); and C(dima, .January 

 tl, to Febrnary C, IS'tl. No. 120;.. 



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