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Evolvulus linifolius L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. i. 392 (1702). Only a finv apecimena seen. 



Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 952. 

 Cuscuta sp. Miiiizaiiillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. Xo. 948. 

 Cuscuta Bj). Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 949. 



SOLANACEiE. 



Solanum amazonium Ker, Bot. Keg. i." t. 71 (1815). A very tliorny slinib, 2i feet 

 hi>,^h. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 1035. 



Solanum callicarpaefolium Kuntli & lionche in DC. Prod. xiii. pt. 1. 107 (1852). 

 Five to six feet liigh : flowers dull white : fruit yellow. Alon.-; the; margin of the 

 lagoon and in the neighboring swamps. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. 

 No. 1051. 



Solanum grayi Kose, Contr. Nat. Herb. i. 108 (1891). Stems 3 feet high. Com- 

 mon on grassy bottoms. Colima, .Tanuary 9 to February «, 1891. No. 1202. 

 This species was recently collected Ity W. G. Wright (determined by Dr. 15. L. 

 Eobiu.son) near Mazatlau. 



Solanum teqviileiise Gray in Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. xxii. 441 (1887). Two 

 to three feet higb : flowers white: fruit yellow. Colima, February 27 and 28, 

 1891. No. 1327. 



Probably this species, although the spines are fewer and stouter. Only a few 

 flowers and 2 leaves were obtained. 



Solanum triste Jacq. Ennm. PI. Carib. 15 (1760). Shrub 4 feet high. In SAvamps 

 across the bay from Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 1001. 



Solanum sp. Shrub about feet high : branches and leaves more or less ]>rickly : 

 braves entire or repaudly toothed: flowers white. Colima, January 9 to Feb- 

 ruary 6, 1891. No. 1179. 



Capsicum baccatum L. Mant. i. 47 (1767). Agiabampo, October 3 to 1.5, 1890- 

 No. 772. 



This small pepper^ which is very common all over the State of Souora, is much 

 used by the Mexicans. Some years capsules are gathered in great quautities 

 and shi]ipedto San Francisco, where they are made into pepper sauce. 



Oestrum macrophyllum Vent, Choix. 18 (1803). Shrub, 5 feet high. Colima, 

 .lanuary 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1246. 



Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. EL Pi. Hort. Bot. Dinegro, 26 (1802). Colima, 

 January 9 to February 6, 1891. No, 1121. 



SCROPHULARIACE-ffi. 



RuBselia sarmentosa Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. 178, t. 113 (1763). On the moun- 

 tain aides. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 954. 



Stemodia palmeri (Iray, Proc. Amer. Acad. xxi. 403 (1886). Among rocks along a 

 river. Colima, .lanuary 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1252. 



Stemodia parviflora Ait. Ilort. Kcw. e<l. 2. iv. .52 (1812). Habitat similar to that 

 of above spcicies. No. 1178. 



Stemodia durantifolia Swartz, Obs. 240 (1791). Along a ditch. Colima, Janu- 

 ary 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1112. 



Herpestis cham^dryoides H. 15. K.Nov. Gen. et Spec. ii. 369 (1817). Common. 

 Colima, January 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1237. 



Herpestis momiieria (L.)H. B. K.Nov. Gen. et spec. ii. 366 (1817); Graiiola vion- 

 nieria L. Amoen. Acad. iv. 306 (1759). Common about the lagoon at Manzanillo, 

 March 2 to 18, 1891. No. 1376. 



Scoparia dulcis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2.i. 168 (1762). Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. 



No. 894. 

 Capraria saxifrag^folia Cham. & Schlecht. Linn;va, v. 105 (1830). Near the base 

 of the mountains. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 917. 



