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321 



ceut, liuear, 2-valv€(l, iiiaiiy-rtcodcd. Very coiiiinoii alonjf hillsides. Colima, 



J;inuaiy !> to I'diruary G, 18!n. Xo. 1141. 



Cracca edwaidsii Gray, PI. Wriglit. ii. 35 (18r)3). StcJiiH 2 to 3 liiet, liiyli. Along 

 creek bottoms. Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, 1890. No. 787. 



Stems about 2 feet liigli. Clrow.s in !slia(l\ |dace8 on tlic mountain Hide, only 2 

 plants seen. Manzauillo, l)e<'cniber 1 tool. ISiXI. \o. !)55. 



Sesbania niacrocarpa picta(("av.) Watson, I'roc. Anier. Acad. xxi\. 10 (1889); 

 A'^scliynomenc p'wta Cav. !<•. iv. 7, t. 1^1 J (17'J7). Stems 5 to 6 feet high. Com- 

 mon m rirli bottom near Agiabampo, October W to 1."), ]8!l(). No. 775. 



^schynomene americana L. Sp. I'l. ii. 713 (175:5). Colima, January !> to February 

 (), 1S;U. .\(t. 1102. Tliis seems to be tlie most common Mexican I'orm. 



Also a somewhat similar species, lint pcrlia])s distinct, growing in the wet 

 bottoms about the bay at Manzauillo, December 1 to 31, 18!»1. Xo. !K)1. The 

 llowers are wliite, legume glabrous and there are slight differences in the i)arts 

 of the corolla. 



-Slschyiiomeue aniorphoides (\\'ats()ii) I'osc in liobinson, l*roc. Ainer. Acad, 

 xxix. ::>15 ( 18iM ) ; Hryu ( !) KinDiplioidrn Wiitsoii, Troc. Amer. Aead. xxii. lOf! (1887). 

 An upright shrub witli many lateral branches: leaflets 25 to 40 jiairs, oftcu 

 4 to 5 lines long ; stipules ovate-acuminate, early deciduous : the bractlcts 

 subtending the flowers small, ^ line long, oval, 5-nerved : calyx 1 linelougj* 

 teeth 5. small, the lower a little narrower and longer: stamiual tube cleft above 

 and bfilow into 2 e(|ual ]>lialaiiges : legume 1- to 3-jeiiited; joints broadly fal- 

 cate, glabrous, or nearly so. (irowiug in stony 

 plaeesin various i)arts of the mountains, Man- ■" 

 zanillo, Dcct^inber 1 to :^1, 1800. Xo. 003. 



This species was dmibtfuliy rcferriMl to />*n/« 

 by Dr. Watson in the Froc Amer. Acad. xxii. 

 40ti. The material from wliicb his <lcscri])tion 

 was drawn was only in flower, although speci- 

 niens in the National Herbarium of the same 

 distribution (Palmer's 188(;) liaxe iiciuly mii- 



lure leiiUUK^s. In the abo\ c desci i])f ion 1 ha\'e 



,, ,' I,..' 11 , - ,■ , • "^'f- 4-— Three lemimos from ,E«c/)imo- 



a.lded snme additional characters not fouiui in meneamorphoides.- natural si.e. 



the original. 'I'his species se(!ms to belong \ cry 



clearly to .Knfltyiiomene nithor than to ISrija. Dr. H. Jj. liobiuson has independ- 

 ently reached the same conciiisiou. ACschipionicnc diflers from the latter in hav- 

 ing the staniinal tnl)e cleft below as wcdl as above, the bractlets ajipiessed to 

 the <'alyx, leaflets more numerous am! a])peudiculate, stipules not spiiie8C<'ut, 

 and joints ottcu more than 2. [n all the al>ove points my specimens agree with 

 .Kscliijiiomciie. Jlrtiti also lias largt; yellow llowers. Two of the three species of 

 Bri/a have single leaflets ami in It. cbents the leaflets are evergreen. 



^schynomeiie fascicularis Cham. A Hchlecht. Ivinna'a, v. 584 (1830). Stems 2 to 3 

 feet higli : llowers yellow. Agiab;mipo. October 3 to 15, 1800. X'^o. 808. 



^schynomene hispida Willd. Sp. PI. iii. jit. 2. 11(^3 (ISOl). A single specimen col- 

 lected with Sesbntiia Diacrocaypa jiU-ta. Agiabamjio, October 3 to 15, 1890. Nq. 

 775a. 



^ffischynomene petraea Poliinson, I'roc. Amer. A<'ad. xxvii, ItJG (1892). Aloufriver 

 hank near Colima, .lanuary 9 to February 6. 1801. X'^o. 1153. 



1 first described this plant as a new species, but owing to the long dolav in the 

 ]>ublicatioii o( my jiajier it has since been named as above. I have not yet seen 

 the type, hut Dr. H. L. Pobiiison assures me that it is his sjieciea. 



Also cojlcctiil by Marcus F. .loiics, at Tiizpau, .Jalisco, June 15, 1892 (X'^o. 597), 

 and at C]iic|iiilist!;ni, May 30. ls<»2 (No. 71«). 



In the original description saiil to lie (i lines long, winch is evideutlv a. mistake. 



