334 



Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. Syii. Coinp. LML' (18:^2); Cotnia vhcow L. Sp. I'l. ii. 892 

 (1758). A ](i\v, coinpiict i)l:nit, t) to 8 iiiclii's liigli. ilaiizanillo, March 2 to IS, 

 18J)1. No. 18«!t. 



The rmVfio i)!" (his species as given by Mr. lleuiwh-y in Hioh <Jont.-Amer. is alon^; 

 tlio Atlantic coast of South Mexico and Wonth America. I cannot learn that it 

 has hefore havn fonn<l on the west coast of Mexico. My siiecimens ai^reo with 

 C. Wright's, Ironi Nicaragna, <'oliect<'(l in 18.")H-r)(>. Here, it seems, should be 

 referred ('. Wright's Is'o. 28()5, distribnted as /;. dominyctiHis, and Palmer's 101)2 of 

 1878-(», distributed as (innu/ca maderaspntaua. 



Priugle's No. 4101, distributed as /•;. rifindu. seems to be near JJ. ohovntu. 



Erigeron divergens T. A (». Fl. N. Am. ii. 175 (1811 ),_/?>/«(). lloiVniaun. On hanks 

 of streams. Colinia, January 9 to February (!, 18111. No. 123(1. 



Pluchea odorata ? (L.) Cass. Diet. Se. Nat. xlii. 3 (1826); Couiiza odoraUt L. Syst. 

 eil. 10. ii. 12i;5 (17.VJ). Probably fr<un near Colima. No. l(1(»7a. Leaves thinner 

 and less pubescent than in ty])ical /*. odordta, 



Pluchea snbdecnrrens Cass. Diet. Sc. Xat. xlii. i (182(1). Five to six feet high, with 

 fi^w stems: leaves !? to (> inches long, the hroadest \k inches wide. Found ah)ng a 

 watercourse among uiulerbrush. Not common. Colima, .January t» to February 

 0.1891. No. 10!)7. 



'I'his plant seems to answer to the above species. Very near to it is Palmer's 

 546 (1880). 



Lagascea decipiens (?) llemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. pt. 2. 33 (1879). Shrubby, 4 to (> feet 

 high, glabrous, much brancdied and o])en : leaves oiiposite, ovate, acuminate, 1 

 t(» 3 inches long, 3-nerved. slightly dentate, scabrous above and below: lieads 

 very numerous, aggregated: involucre 1-flowered, somewhat hirsute, becoming 

 glabrate, 5-toothed: akenes glabrous except a slight i)uberulence above, 2 lines 

 long; pappus a minute denticulate crown: (lowers yellow. In shady woods. 

 Colima, Fidtruary 27. 1891. No. 1320. 



Nearest L. decipiens, but the leaves are less dentate, the glomerules and {loM'ers 

 smaller, etc. 



Lagascea mollis Cav. Ann. Sci. Nat. vi. 333, 1. 14 (1800). Kare about Colima, Jan- 

 uary 9 to February (5, 1891. No. 1185. 



Lagascea suaveolens 11.15. K. Nov. V.vw. et Spec. iv. 29 (1820). ''Flowers dull- 

 white." On grassy hillsides. Colima, .January 9 to February 0, 1891. No. 

 1118. 



Guardiola tulocarpus (iray, PI. Wrigiit. i. Ill (1852) ; Tnlocarpus mexicana ILA A. 

 Bot. Beech. Yoy. 299 (18W). Busby, U to 2 feet high, ray 1; diskllowers 8 

 or 9. Along river banks. Colima. .lanuary 9 to February 0. 1891. No, 1198. 



I am somewhat in doubt whether this pbiut should be referred to G. mejeicatia 

 or as above. 



Melampodium perfoliatum (Cav.) H. B. K. Nov, Gen. et S])ec. iv, 274 (1820); 

 Ahiiui pevfoliaia Cav. le. i. 11, 1. 15 (1791). Along a water diieli, Colima, .lanu- 

 ary 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1163. 



Melampodium sericeum longipes Gray, Proc. Ainer, Acad, xsii. 423(1887). Com- 

 mou on ;i cre,(d< bottom near Colima, January 9 to February 0, 1891, N() 1172. 



Melampodium divaiicatum (K'icb.) D('. Prod. v. 520 (1836) ; I ti/ sodium dir<iricutum 

 Rich, in Pers. Syn. ii, 489 (1807). Common along water ditches. Colima, .Janu- 

 ary 9 to February (1, 1891. No. 1232. 



Parthenium hysterophorus L. Sp. Tl. li. 988 (1753). Mauzaniilo, December 1 to 

 31,1890. N(., 921. 



Zinnia palmeri <iray, Pvoc. Anier. Acad. xxii. 423 (1887). From 2 inches to 1 foctt 

 hiiili. miub branched and spreading. Smaller thioughout, and apparently of 

 somewhat ditfereiit liabit from the type. Manzanillo, Decem)»er 1 to 31, 1890. 

 No, 893. Also at Colima. .lanuary 9 to February (>, 18i»l. Letter J, 



