350 



Fio. 0.— The corolla of IJnrle- 

 Ha jiJiVflDixsplil o]>i'ii, allow- 

 ing the staiueuB. 



tube : iilamonts hairy below ; antlier-cells 2, oval, equal parallel : capsule piiber- 

 iilcnt, 2 lines long, 4-soe(le(l; plaoonta vSoi)aTatiiig Ironi thevalvea: seeds ^ line 

 in (liaiiu'ter, papillose.— A very common pbint frpowing in the shade. Colima, 

 February 27 and 2>^. ISOl, No. 1297. 



I havo not seen tlu^ little known 7'. ovdIifoUiim, but I judge that my ]dant is 

 clearly distinct. liesides this, the former was collected farther south. 

 Henrya scorpioides (L.) Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 4S)1 (1847); Jtisiicia scorpioides L. 

 Sp. V\. ed. 2. i. 21 (17r>2). Low, of sitreading habit, 8 to 12 inches high, invo^ 

 lucre 3.V lines long: corolla white: capsule 2 to 2^ lines long: seeds ^ line in 

 dianu^te^r. ManzaniUo, March 2 to 18, 1890. No. 13;50a. 



Dr. Palmer sends another i)lant from near the same 

 place, whiidi <liifers considerably from it in habit. 

 Branches very long and slender, rooting at the joints: 

 leaves more oval, on very long petioles, beneath glab- 

 rate; involucre very i)iloftc, less glandular, the aii]»en- 

 diculation stronger. In shall^^ at the edge of a lagoon. 

 March 2 to 18, 1891 . \o. 1330. 



Bentham in Botany Sulphur speaks of this genus as 

 being a shrub. Our specimens, while the jdants are 

 l»robably perennial, having a small, indurated root, 

 can not bear the dignity of shrubs. 



The restoration of the Henrya of Nees supplants tlio 



JTe)n-)in of llemsley (.lourn. Linn. Soc. xxvi. HI), and 



which that author has recently (Bull. Torr. Club, xix. 



97) renamed Neohenriia. 



Barleria micans Xees in Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 1 ir)(1841). 



One to tw() feet high: leaves 8 to 10 inches long, narrowly oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate. A very showy plant. (Jrowing in shade. Colima, .Lannary 9 to Feb- 

 ruary 6, 1891. No. 1144. 



T)r. Palmer's notes state that the flowers are sulphur-yellow, but this nuist be 

 a mistake; in the herbarium specimens they area dark violet. 



In this species only the 2 anterior stamens are developed, but there are 3 small 

 scaly hairy staminodia at the base of the corolla. 



VERBENACEiE 



Lantana camara L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. ii. 874 (1763;. Found only in i>oor condition. 



Manzanillo, December t to 31. 1890. N(». lOoO. 

 Th(^ drupes arc called " Moro, "' and are souietimes eaten. 

 Lantana involucrata L. Anuen. Acad. iv. 319 (17r)9). Common ahmg river banks. 



Colima. February 27 and 28, 1891. No. 1303. 

 Lippia s]). Colima, .January 9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1199. 

 Bouchea dissecta Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. xxiv. 68 (1889). Agiabampo, ( )ctoher 



; to 15, 1890. Letter B. 

 Prlva echinata .luss. Ann. Mus. Par. vii. 69 (1800). A few specimens obtained 



from the nmuntains. Maiizanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 1007, and also 



No. 1093, which is ini'ested by i>ccnliar gall-insoets. 

 Verbena polystachya II. B. K. Nov. (Jen. et Spec. ii. 274 (1817). Very common on 



grassy ]»lains. C<dima, January 9 to February 0, 1891. No. 1156. 

 Citharexylum s]). Colima, February 27 and 28, 1891. No. 1326. 



LABIAT.a3. 



Hyptis capitata Jacq. Coll. i. 102 (1780). Along river bottoms. CoHma, .January 



9 to February 6, 1891. No. 1 174. 

 Hyptis .-stellulata Benth. Lab. Gen. et Spec. 129 (1833). Three to five feet high, 



Alyug the j-lvMj- bpttoin, Colima, .January 9 tt| February 6j 1891. Np. 1203, 



