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init '^nvfiibot'iirr. imd iiddcd sonic, viiriations iiot Ibinid in the ori<,Mn,il dcsi rij)ti(ni. 

 This (sjH'cies is veiy ditVcn-nt fiom our other Mcximii s]>ccim(Mis in its ohliqiio 

 Icatlots jiiid <;l;iiidii]iu- atainciis, 

 Caesalpinia iCoiilteiia) platyloba Wat.soii, i'ror. Aincr. Acad. x\i. 4j:r) (IWt)). A 

 Nlinib, H (ret. lii^li, ^i;]a1»rous: Jciuvch tw'wc, jtiimato; pinnae 2 to 4 jtairs; loatleta 

 «; to ;> pairs, ohJoiij;-, a<-u<o, 1 to 2 iiicdics loiijr, jr];ibroiis: racciiios axillary, ;{ to 4 

 inches long: lower sepal i)('ctinat(^-liinl)riate: petals yellow: staineiis hairy at 

 base, about the leno-th of the |)ctals: jtods indebisceiit, jr]abi'onN, :i to inches 

 lonj;-, 10 to 15 lines broad. Alons; the sandy beach a few feet above tide water. 

 Manzunillo, Decendier 1 to :{1, ISJK). \o. IfllO (in frnit) : IMarcdi 2 to IS, 18iM. 

 Letter K (in tiower). 



Tliisscenistobc the jiiant that l>r. Watson referred as a hove while (luestionin^ 

 its ;,M>neric ixisition. My planf dilfers in several minor details, and especially 

 in the h>n|rth of tlic ]>ods. Flow<Ting si>eeinuMis are now for the lirst time col- 

 lected and show clearly (liat the plant b<'Iongs to this f^n-nns and to the section 

 CouHcriti. The specimens OM<;ht to be coni))ared with the South American spe- 

 cies r. tiiicloi'ia, to which it is certainly (dosely related. Here, perhaps, may be 

 relerre<l Conltor's No. 873 from Zimipan, cited by Mr. Ilenisley in Hiol. Cent.- 

 Anier. vol. i. 

 Caesalpinia (Pomaria) sji. Shrni). ir> fe,l iii-h, h.o.sely ))ranchin<r: leaves 2-pinnate; 

 pinna' 2 to i i)airs; lealiets, 2 to 'A pairs, oblunu- or oval, obtuse, nuecpial at 

 base, f^lahnms, strono-iy veined, () to IS lines ion,!--: racemes terminal .and axil- 

 lary, 5 to 10 inches hmg; pedicels 4 to Ti limvs lono: se])als H, pnbernhMit. 

 strongly imbricated, obtuse, 1 a.boul ciiual, the llfth exterior and longer: petals 

 5, yellow, covered more or less with short stipitat(> .i;lands, 4 to .5 lines htu"-; 

 stamens l(t. woolly at l»ase, a little longer tiian the eoiolla : hsi^aime falcate, nar- 

 rowed (h.wuwani, 2 inches long, densely covered with sti]>itate glands, H- to 

 4-seeded: see<l 4 lines broad. Manzanillo, March 2 to IS, 1891. \o. 1H!I7. 



This s])ecies resembles ('. palmeii in its legumes, l>nt in folijigc a]>])roaches 

 r. iiH'jicdiut. 



Dr. rainier also collected a form (dosely related to this from t'olima, but with 

 larger, straight pods, less tai)ering at base, leaflets smaller and often I pairs, 

 etc. Letter F. 

 Caesalpinia* sp. A large bush on hills and in bottoms. Agiabampo, ()ctol)er:{ to 18, 



iSHO. \o. 7;m;. 



Probably C. i>lHl!/h>ha,\mt not cidlected in /lower; the few pods are imniatnre. 

 Caeaalpiuia (Libidibia) sp. Small tree, \r, to 20 teet high : leaves 2-pinnate : ])inme 

 4 to () pairs; lealiets 8 to 5 i)airs, glabrous, oval to obovate, (d)tuso or refuse <» 

 to 18 lines hmg: raceme terminal, (5 to 12 inches hmg, i.uberulent (as also the 

 young branches and rachis of tbt^ leav<'s), many-llow(;red : seiials 5, obtuse and 

 with entir.' margins; tiie lower sei)als larger, exterior and strongly concaved : 

 petals.'), "outer ones yellow, inner ones red," I abouteiiuai. oblong^ri lines long; 

 u])per one smaller, orbicular: stami'tis ;ibout the length of the petals, verv 

 woolly: ovary silky-]nibeseent: legumes s!en<ler, 4 to 7 iuclu's long, torulose, 

 indehisrent, many-seeded. Armei'ia, February 15,1^11. \o. 1280. 



A handsome, tree, (> inches in di;imet<'r at base, with large symmetrical top 

 Called " Palo liorro.- 



This sjieeies is very near <J. cacaluco, and 1 see no good reason for k(>eping it 

 separate I have not seen any spe<'imens, however, of that species, and tln^e- 



* Ca'8ali>inia mcsiraiia Gray. This is a small bush connm>n about Monterey. 

 Specimens were collected and sent in by CUiarles K. Dodge. A])ril, 1801 ; also cidlected 

 by Eaton and Kdwards from the same locality many years before. 



r,rsolph)ia i>,nrhcn-!n,<( Rwartz. Collecteil at Vera Crnz, Ai)riM2, 1888, by James 

 Shepard. 



