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chiiriictcr in the liorus. Dr. <iray clfjuly deseribes tbo form :is it is in A. elata 

 {ximXav A. (jhuicescoiH Syn. Fl.), wlierc, in siicukiuj? of tlio hood, lio says "the 

 whole length within occupied by a broad atul thin erest, whieli is L»-lobed at tbo 

 suiinnit, tboontcr lol)e broail and rounded, the inner a short triau-fiilar-Hubuhito 

 nearly ineluded horn ; " in A. (jIaiiccHocns the horn is a broad, truingular, incurved, 

 entire beak. 



LOGANIACE-S3. 



Spigelia* palmerl Kose, sii. nov. Annual, simple, 1 to8inehe»long, glabrous : leaves 

 oi)posi<o (connected by an ovate membranaceous stipub^, oblong to oval, acute 

 or obtuse, tapering at base into a. short iietiole, glabrous, pale bcncatli, 1 to ;i 

 inches long, 8 to 20 lines broad, spikes H-to 12-iio\vcred, terminal or axillary: 

 sepals linear, U lines long, shorter thantlie capsule: corolla white; tube 4 lines 

 long; lobes 1 to 5 liuesbmg: stamens 5: capsule glabrous. — In wet jdaces across 

 the lagoon from Manzauillo, December 1 to :H1, 18!»0. No. 929. 



POLEMONIACE^. 



Laeselia ciliata D. Sp. I'l. od. 2. ii. 87r> (ITfiS). (Common along river bottoms, 

 Colima, January 9 to February fi, 1891. No. 1 175. 



Lceselia coccinea (Cav.) Don, (Jen. Syst. iv. 247 (1888); Uoitzui rocchim Cav. Ic, 

 iv. 14, t. 365 (1797). In mountain ravin<>s. Colima, February 27 and 28, 1891. 

 No. 1301. 



This plant is called •' Fapincilla."' and is used in many places in Mexico as a 

 modi< inc. 



Loeselia glandulosa (Cav.) l)(»n, Gen. Syst. iv. 248 (1838) ; Hoilzla (jhuuhiJom Cav. 

 Ic. iv. If), t. 367 (1797). Collected along streams. Colima, .January 9 to Febru- 

 ary 6, 1891. No. 1152. 



HYDROPHYLLACEiE. 



Nama jamaicense L. Sit. i'l. od. 2. i, 327 (1762). Colima, January 9 to February 



6,1891. No. 1233. 

 Hydrolea spinosa L. Sp. T\. ed. 2. i. 328 (17(!2), A small specimen foun<l at the side 



of a dry ditch near Colima, February 27 and 28, 1891. No. 130,"'). 



BORAGINACEiE. 



Gordia sp. A trc^e 2.') feet high, about 10 i«clios in diameter, younger stems whitish : 

 leaves broadly lanceolate to broadly ovate, acute to somewliat acuminate, witli 

 truncate or souu^.wliat cunetite base, green and smooth above, whitish and with 

 a short, close pubescence below: Jlowt^rs very abundant in large oi»en panicles: 

 pedicels short, mostly 1 line long, sometimes 4 linos long: llower-buds globular, 

 opening by a deciduous operculum: calyx short-campanulate, 2 to 3 lines long, 

 whitish pubescent, souuMvhat 10-ribbcd. with small teeth: corolla Avitb short 

 tube scarcely longer tiiau the calyx, limb spreading (10 to 12 lines broad) 

 deeply cut into H obloug, obtuse lobea, white ( ?), marcescent : stamens 5, exserted : 

 style twice 2-parted: drupe ovate-acuminate, 4-celled. A very common tree 

 about Manzanillo and worthy of cultivatifui. December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 89.'>. 

 The marcescent corolla seems t() ally this s])ecies witli Do Candolle's section 

 Gerascaiiihiin. Of all the specimens o( Coi-dia which we liavo seen, it most resem- 

 bb^a C. ( Vnrroiiiii) alba. 



Cordia alba (Jac(i.) liocin. &, Schult. Syst. iv. 466 (1819); ]'arroma alba Jacq. 

 Select. Stirji. Amer. p. 41 (1763). Manzanillo, March 2 to 18, 1891. No. 1369. 



•To this genus shoubl be referred Cah>phancs pahturi Cray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 xxii. 443, which is probably S. scabrvllu lieuth. or near it. 



