329 



piinw .S]. Mil's; loaflotsT) to 7 ])iiirs, <.v;i]. obttiso, .i^'lal.nms, 8 to t lines lunjr: pofis 

 liiuvir, (5 to !) inches loiifr. At tho buH.^ oi' tli(^ irionutain. Mim/.anillo, December 

 1 to 31, 1890. Xo. flit;. 



Pithecolobium ( ?} sp. Small tree, ir, to 20 fert lii^di. Not in Hower. Armeria, Feb- 

 ruary l-"., 1891. No. 128:). 



The fruit is u8<mI in tanninu;, esi.cciaJly tlu^ Jiideis of small animals. It i.s known 

 as "Cascalotc." 



COMBRETACEiE. 



Combretum farinosum 11. 15. K. Nov. (Jen.et Spec. vi. 110(1823). Oneof the high- 

 est climbers of the region, (.'ollected both in Hower and fruit. ManzaniTlo, 

 l)eceinl)er 1 to 31, 18<)1. No. lOtw. 



Combretum mexicanum" Huuilj. A Hotip. PI. .Imj. ii. l,")!) [Fr. ed. 151] t. 132 

 ( 18011). Farge shrub with long weak branches : leaves broadly oblong to oblan^ 

 eeclate, rounded at base, " dark olive colored," petals yello\» ish : H(»w<ts "sweet- 

 scented." At the base of the mountains near Mauzanillo, March 2 to 18 1891 

 No. 1374. 



I have not been able to compare this with authentically named specimens, but 

 it answers fairly ivell for the above species. The leaves are very similar to C. 

 Jaequiiii Griesb (f), but this species is said to be climbing. 



MELASTOMACEiE. 



Tibouchina schiedeana Cogn. in DC. .Monogr. I'liau. vii. 2(>1 (1891), fide Cjgniaux. 



Ab(Mit 2 feet high. On the bank of a river, ("olima, .Fannarv 9 to February «» 



1891. No. 1238. ' ^ ' 



Conostegia xalapensis Don, Mem. Worn. Soc. iv. 317 (1823). A small tree about 



1.". feet high. On lowlands abimt Colima, .lanuary 9 to February (i, 1891 No 



1125. 



LYTHRACBiE. 



Cuphea llavea Lex. in La Llave A Lex. Nov. Veg. Desc. fasc. i. 20 (1824). Not 

 common, Colmni, .lanuary 9 to February 0, 1891. No. 1224. 



Cuphea sp., Colima, F<'bruary 27, 1891. No. 1296. 



Cuphea sp., Colima, .lanuary 5 ro Fe)u nary i'>, 1891. No. 1221. 



Lawsouia iuermis L. Si>. PI. i, ,319 (17.'.3). Cu]tivate<l in gardens. Colinnj, Jan- 

 uary 9 to l<'ebruary G, 1890. No, 1212. 



ONAGRACEiE. 



Jussieua octonervia Lam. Kncyc. iii. 332 (1789). A small plant, U to 2 feet high. 

 In wet i)laces. Colima. .Faiiuary 9 to February ti, 1891. No. 1217. 



Also grown in 1892 by Mrs. Woicott from seed obtained by Dr. J'almer. 



This species is not reported in Biol. Cent.-Amer., but it was obtained by 

 Palnu'r at Guaymas, 1887 (Watson in Proc. Amer. A<'ad. xxix. 49), and by W. G. 

 Wright, at Mazatlan, in 1889. We also have speciineua collected in Florida and 

 Texas. 



SAMYDACBiE. 



Casearia corymbosa H. B. K. Nov. (it;.), et Spec. v. 360 (1821). Colima, February 

 27 and 28, 1891. No. 1317. 



Dr. Palmer says, "the plant is load(>d with white llowers and with new leaves 

 and shoots, which are very full of moisture, making them very ditlicult to dry." 



*Comb}X'ium rctU-Hhttum, which is an Abyssinian species, is credited to Mexico by 

 Walper (Repert. ii. (m). .-iiid this is followed by Mr. Homsley (Biol. Cent.-Amer. i. 

 404), while C. Mragouum Presl, was evidently intended. 



