320 



Crotalaria sp. Miinzuiiillo, l)*?coiiilior 1 to 31, 18i)(). Xo. 91)."). 



Crotalaria s]). On levcA ])IiU'(>H iiliout tlu* lii^ooii. lliiiiziiiiiilo, DccchiIiit 1 to 31, 



1W)0. No. 071). 

 Apoplanesia paniculata rrcsl, Syiii. ]!ot. i. (U, t 11 (IKil). Dittusc- shnili, 12 loot 



high, 3 inches in (liiinu'ter, witli a laii;(^ to]» : Howtrs white. On tln^ low lainl 



hotwcen the laj^oon and tho iiionntains. Mauzaiiillo, J)eccniber 1 to 3l,l!K<)0, 



No. 967. December 30, 18(»1. No. 1810. 



.\ few apeciiiiens with leaves only were, eolleeteil with Coiirtiilut (ilinuhiUim, 



Manzaiiillo, Mareli 2 to IS. 1890. No. 1373a. 



Thi.s fiiu'iib i.s calh^d by thi^ Mexic'ans " ("acanannanh','' and is used by them tor 



covering their huts. The b;irk ia said to yield a goixl i\yo. 



This species is not in the National Herbarium, aii<l has ajiparently Ixi^i eol- 



le<'ted only onee or twi<»'. 

 Dalea diffusa Moric. I'l. Nov. Auier. 8, t. 6 (1833;. \ ery eomnu)u along ridges and 



river banks. Oolinni, January S) to February 6, 1891. No. 1189. 

 'IMiis plant is largely S)dd in the market for brooms. 

 Dalea sp. (^olima, February 27 and 28. 1891. No. 1312. 

 Dalea sp. ^ranzauillo, December I to 31. 1890. No. 933. 

 Indigofera sp. ^lanzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 957. 

 Indigofera anil L. Maut. ii. 292 (1771). Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 



io:)7. 



Tephrosia inultifolia Kose, sp. nov. Somewhat bushy, several I'eet high, pubes- 

 cent: leaves impari-])innate; lealleta 10 to 15 pairs, narrowly (d)long, 1 to 2 inches 

 long, rounded at base, obtuse or retuse, aiipeniliculate, green and a])presaed-pubes- 

 ceiit above, paler and more jtubescent beneath; stipules linear, caducous: 

 racemes axillary or tenninai, 1 to 8 inches long: pedicels 2 to 3 lines long; sepal 

 triangular, aeumiuate, 2 lines long: corolla purplish; standard orbicular, OtoT 

 lines long; wings oblong : stamens 10. monailelphons above : styleliairy: legunui 

 eilky-pubescent, linear, 2 to 2k imhes long, about lO-seedi^d: seedsoblong, 2 lines 

 broad, turgid. — (Collected in a, creek bottom. Manzanillo, March 2 to 18, 1891. 

 No. 13G4. 



Seemingly near '/'. xchirdvaitti. 



Gliricidia niaculata H.IS.K. Nov, (ien. et Spec. vi. .393 ( 1S23). A small <ree, 1.") to 2,1 

 teet high, 1 foot in diameter: tlowers Avhi1(( in bud, but pink when expanded. 

 A rmeria, February 15. 1891. No. 1279. 



Dr. I'almer sayshe sawthis species at Colima also. Itis a very prol'u.se bloomer 

 and th(i llowers last fortwomonths. 'I'he l(>avesap]>car after the llowtMS are gom-. 



Dipliysa semioides Heuth. Kjoeb. Vidensk. M<>ddel, 1^53. 12 (1851). Large shrub, 5 to 

 20 feet high, 1 iu;'hes in dianud.er, with s]ir<>a(ling top; branches slender, often 

 hanging: not seen in llower. Manzanillo, December 1 lo 31, 1890. .No. 890. 

 The ]K>dB are shorter than in Palmer's (1887) plant from (jJuaymus. 



Diphysa racemosa ]\(»se, Contr. Nat. Herb. i. 97(1891). A shrub, 10 to 12 feet high: 

 leaih'ts 1 inch long or less, obtuse: ilowers yellow: banner with a brown spot. 

 Colima. February 27 and 28, 1891. No. 1319. Certainly near tliis species but 

 witii large leatlets. 



Comsctia glandulosa Gray, I'roc. Amer. Acad. v. 156 (1862). Large diffuse shrub, 

 10 feet high. Man/.auillo, March 2 to 18, 1H<»1. No. 1373. 



Coursetia mollis ivobinson A (ireeuman, Proc. Amer. Acad. xxix. 384 (1894). 

 Shrub (?), very pnbes<'ent, often glandular throughout : leaves oddly pinnate; 

 leallets 10 to I.~) pairs, oblong, obtuse, (o !> lines long, silky-pubcscenton both 

 sides; stipules stont si)ines2 to3 lineslong: racemes axillary, single or in pairs, 

 ere<^t, mauy-flowered, 3 to int^ies long: calyx canipanulate; sepals 5, triangu- 

 lar, acuminate, the lower a little longer than the 2 upper, 3 lines long : Howcra 

 '• light yellow " but drying piirjilish : ve\illary slamcn free, the other 9 ctuiuate 

 into a inUv, oldiipie: stylo inllexeil, hairy: legume 2^ to 3 inclies long, pubes- 



