322 



Desmodium scorpiurus (ywiirt/.j Jlcsv. .hmni. Hot. Sor. 2. i. 122(181;}); Ilvdymram 

 >icorpinii>t Swart/., Prod. Vc'i. Ind. Occ. 107 (1788). A very variable specie^* as to 

 the leaves. The form I'ound at Cdliiiia luis the ty])ic!il «bl<)nf;- leatlets, bat the 

 Npeciiiieiis from Armeria b;iv<' linear leallets. Colima, .Fimiiiiiy 9 Id February 

 <), 18!ll,No. 1101; also Fehni;ny 27. ISill, No. 1 101a. Tlie 8p«H'imeiiH e(.llecto(l at 

 Armeria were obtained on tlie dry (able-lands. February 15, 1891. No. 1276. 



Desmodium triflorum (L) DC. Prod. ii. ;5;{1 ( 1825) ; IlediisariiDi irifiurum L. Sp. PI. ii. 

 7l!>(17r);>). A l)rostratt^herb. In sba(i<^ alon^ a. creek bottom. Crdinia, January 

 ' 9 to February (J, 18!)1. No. 112S. 



Desmodium sp. A small plant <;ro\viiii;- in the sliade. (^oliina, .lann.iry SM.n Feb- 

 ruary (;, \m\. No. 110,S. 



We have notbinjj; in the Natiimal Ileibarinni to match this plant. 



Desmodium sp. ■I'wo specimens jnat past lowering, h^vet gronn^l. Mauzauillo, 

 December 1 to 81, 181M). No. it'S. 



Erythriiia coralloides DC. Prod, ii, li:^ (182.")). A small tree, 10 feet high. Agia- 

 bampo, October ;i to 15, 181)0. \o. 771. 



Coiimionly called "Pioneo."' 'I'ln^ scimIs are puJ\eri/e(l and used in making a 

 kind of poultice. 



Calopogouium caeruleum (Honth.) lletnsl. Iii«d. Ceut,.-Amor. i. 8(H (1880); Steiw- 

 lohiirm rdyiileiim Heuth. Ann. Wien. Muh. ii. 125 (1837). A high elindxir. Com- 

 mon along watercourses. (Jolnna, .lannary to February G, 1891. No. 1108. 



Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC. Prod. ii. 104 (1825); DoVichox ohtmifoVui I.am. 

 Kncy(\ ii. 205 (178()). (.Jrowing very abundantly in the sand along the seaeoast. 

 Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1800. NO. 1021. 

 Only tlie pods were obtained. 



Canavalia acuminata lJos»', sp.iiov. A climbing shrub, glabrous or early glabrate: 

 leallets;;, oblicjue-oval or -ovate, rounded at base, acuminate but tip truncate 

 or appeudiculate, glabrous on both sides, 2 to -Mnchcs hmg: racejiies axillary, 

 uodose, :-i to 7 inches long; Howers large: calyx tnbf^ 5 to lines long, with 

 very short lobes; up])er l<d)e 2-parte(i, very large, rounded; lower lobe ;^-i)arted, 

 ruinnte: condhi lai'gc; banner orbicular, obtuse, with short claw, 12 to 14 Hues 

 long, yellow; wings linear, 10 lines long including the claw (2 to '^ lines long); 

 keel obli<|n(^-oblong, 11 lines long, "cream color," slightly twisted at the tip: 

 ovary and young legumes silvery-]inbescei)t: mature legumes straight, oblong, 

 (ito8 inches long, strongly 2-ribbcd on sideof each vah'e : see<ls l)r(.wnisli-l>lack, 

 oval, ti lines in dianuiter.— In \arious ])arts of the nmuntains al>ont Manzanillo, 

 December I to;!!, 1800. No. 10;i(i. 



This plant climl>8 over the highest hushes. The ImhIs are said in be steel- 

 eolored. 



Phaseolus (Drepanospron) s]). Colinni. , lannary to Fel)ruary 0. 1801. No. IIKJ. 



Phaseolus ( ?) s|i. Only a. single specimen collected ami this in (rnil. Manzamllo, 

 .March 2 to 18, 1801. No. l;m5. 



Phaseolus (?) sp. Manzanillo, December 1 to 'M, 1800. No. OOt. 

 Rhyuchosia phaseoloides (Swart/) DC, Prod. ii. :m5 (1825) ; <;i,/di,e phmeoloides 

 Swartz, Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 105 (1788). Col i ma,. January to February 6, 1801. 

 No. 121(;. 



Rhyuchosia minima (L.) DC. I'rod. ii.;^85 (1825); T>olichos minimii>i L. Sp. PI. li. 726 

 (17.53). Connnon in rich bottom hinds. Agiabampo, 0<tober 3 to 1.5, 1800. No. 

 780. 



Loiichocarpus (Neuroscapha) palmeri liose, sp. nov. A tree 20 to ;W feet high, ti to 

 12 inches in diameter: heaves large, alternate, with 7 to 13]eaHot8; leaflets oppo- 

 site, oval or oblong, rounded at Unsiy, rarely cuneate. obtuse or sometimes acumi- 

 nate, shining and a little pnbes<'ent ab()ve. .sott-]»ul)cscent ami strongly veined 

 beneath, 2 to 5 inclies long: lowci- pedicels 2-tlowered: liraets oval, obtuse, 

 deciduous; calyx 1.'. liins long, cnp shaped, truncate or with small teeth: 



