330 



'niisRpecM'iS iiiMynot be jiroperly referred, but it is certainly near Dr. I'iilmer's 

 .liilisco pliiiit iiaini'd *". lonjmhosu by Dr. WutHon. Tlu' stiiuiciis in my Ibnvcr 

 are H. 

 Casearia wp. J^ilt'iiso sliriib, (> to S J'cet liigli : y(mii;r briuicln'S yeUowiwli ])u1ies<'eiit; 

 leaves (leeidnoiirt, altoriiate, oblaiiceolate, downy-pubescent, sliarjily serrate: 

 flowers iixiUary, liiroe: calyx 5-](>bed, jHil)escent with()ut : statticns 10, ovary 

 l-ceUed, with 3 parietal placenta' : style entire. ManzaTiillo, Dec^eiiilier 'AO, 1891, 

 No. 1H12. 



I have not been able to ])]uce this in any described speeieH, and. owinj; to the 

 present confuHioti in the, genns, i have deemed it best not to jrive it a S])ectic 

 name. 



Mr. Marcus K. Jones has eoileet4'd wlnit seems to i»e tiie sann; Hpeci(!8 at 

 C'olima (No. 72), .luly 2, \H92. 



TURNERACEiE. 



Turnera diffusa aphrodisiaca (Ward) Ur1)an, Jalirb. Bot, Gard. Herl. ii. 127 (1883); 

 T. aphrodiniacd Ward, \'a. Med, Month, iii. 18 (IS7*i). Manzanillo, December 1 

 to31, 18U(). No. 1071. 



CUCURBITACE^. 



Momordica charautia L. Sp. PL ii. K)Oi> (1753). Climber rnnninij: over bnshea. At 

 the foot of till! mountains near Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. Xo. lOK). 

 The fruit is eaten by children and birds. 



Palmer's Xo. 59 from I^a Paz (]ioor specimens only were obtaine<l) was referred 

 to till' abo\ e s]>ecies. ]i. 70 of this \ olnuie, but is j»robably .1/. halsawhui. 



Cucurbita radicaiis. Naud. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 5. vi. 8 (1866), Jidc Cogniaiix. Man- 

 zanillo, December 1 to 31, 1891. No. 1037. 



Luffa operculata intermedia Cojiii. var. nov. Petiolns J-1 decim. lon<rus. Folia 

 pi'ofnnde Icybata, lobes hdinlatis. Cirrhi sa'pins tritidi. Floios feminci brc\iter 

 peduncnlati. — A climber rnnning over fences and bushes. Very common in 

 creek bottoms. Ajjiabam])o, October 3 to 15, 1890. No. 770. 



Also fonnd <;row!n<f about the laj^-oons at Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890, 

 No. 1018. 



Corallocarpug emetocatharticus ((Jrosourdy) Cogn, Hull. Soc. liot. Jielg. xxx. 

 ]it. 1. 279 (1891); Dnycrca emvlovatharficd Urosourdy, EI Medico Hot. criollo, ii. 

 388 {lSi\i}, Jit If Uoguiaux. A vine cliuibiug over small bushes: leaves ovate, 

 somewhat 3-lobed, glabrous or nearly so above, with short dense i)ubescenco 

 beneath: fruit axillary, small, 3-seeded (?). Manzanillo, March 2 to 18, 1891. 

 N(» 1398. 



We have not had this genus represented before in the National Herbarium. 

 The specimen is in very*i)oor condition, without good leaves or flowers. 



Cayaponia attenuata (Hook. & Arn.) Cogn. in DC. Moiiogr. Phan. lii. 769 (1881) ; 

 Jinjoiiid atletntala Hook & Arn. Bot. Beech, ^'oy. 424 (1841 f). Climbing over 

 shrubs,aioug the base of hills. Colinia, January 9 to February (!, 1891. No. 

 114<i. 



These specimens arc <mly m fruit, and we hav<' not the ;i)>ove s]K>cies in our 

 collection with wiiich to|C0Dij)are them. 



I succeeded in growing some specimens of this little, vine in 1892, but they had 

 not tlowered when killed by frost in November. 



Cyclanthera gracillima Cogn. Mem, Cour. Acad. Belg. xxviii. 7i (1S78). /(Vfc Cogni- 

 auN. Colima, January 9 to February 0. 1891. No. 1138. 



Sicyos sertuliferus Cogn, Bull. Soc. iiot. Belg. xxx. ])t. 1. 277 (1891), y?rfc Cogniaux. 

 A'igorons, climber ; braindies slender, somewliat pubescent : leaves oval, U to 3 

 inches long, cordate at base, ;i<'ute or acuminate, somewliat 3-lobe(l, remotely cal- 

 lose-toothud white-papillose and scabrous above, scabrous beneath; petioles 



