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LAURACE^. 



Saasafridium macrophyllum Rose, sp. uov. A ditfase shrub with numerous stems, 

 15 feet liigh: lc;ive.s alternate, obloug, 6 to 10 inches long, 1 to 3 inches broad, 

 cuneato at base, acuminate, " emerald-green," shining, strongly veined beneath; 

 petioles 3 to G lines long: panicles axillary and terminal, 4 to 8 inches long, 

 including the peduni^le; pedicels 3 to 5 lines long: flowers white, sweet-scented, 

 5 to G lines in diameter: calyx G-parted, the outer considerably larger: perfect 

 stamens 9, 4-ce]led, 4-valved, sewsib;; the throe inner with a pair of glands at 

 base; staminodia 3, capitate.— Very abundant in the wet bottom of a small 

 creek on the opitosite side of the bay from Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. 

 No. 1033. 



The only described species is iS'. veragiiense from Nicaragua, although there are 

 said to be 2 undescribed species from South America. My species differs from 

 the above in having nearly all the parts much larger, especially the leaves; the 

 latter are also acuminate, with stronger lateral veins, but the veinlets are not so 

 strongly or regularly reticulated. 



Meissncr, in the original description of the genus (DC. Prod. xv. 171), as well 

 as lien th. and Hook. ((Jen. Plant, iii. 160), states that the berry is unknown. 

 Charles Wright, however, collected mature fruit in Nicaragua as long ago as 

 1853-'56. The berry is oblong, glabrous, 6 to 8 lines long. By some mistake 

 these specimens of Wright's were distributed under the name " Daphnidium 

 verayneuHe Mcissn." 



Here I am inclined to refer .1. N. Rovirosa's Nos. 35 and 15, although they have 

 somewhat smaller leaves, and the No. 35 is said to be a tree 8 to 10 meters high. 

 Rovirosa's specimens are from Tabasco and were collected November 6 and 20, 

 1887, respectively. 



LORANTHACEiE. 



Loranthus s]>. A common plant parasitic on Ihumlia. Colima. January 9 to Feb- 

 ruary G, 1891. No. 1124. 

 Phoradendron sp. Manzanillo, December 1 to 31, 1890. No. 982. 



EUPHORBIACEiE. 



Pedilanthus sp. Leaves oblong, small, 6 lines long, glabrous: peduncle glabrous: 

 involucre glabrous, crimson, 6 lines long: upper lip small, 2-lobed; spur or 

 appendage slender, 6 lines long: glands 2: glands and pedicels of male flowers 

 glabrous: capsuh^ 1 inch broad, crim8<m. Abundant in certain places in the 

 rich bottoms, Agiabampo, October 3 to 15, 1890, No. 802. 



This species seems near the specimens obtained by Dr. Palmer at Los Angeles 

 Hay in 1887 and referred to P. macrocarpa by Mr. Watson. It seems very dis- 

 tinct, howc\er, from that species. 



Pedilanthus sp, Shrub, 2 to 3 feet high, glabrous : leaves thick and " leathery" 

 glabrous, oblong to obovato, 3 to 5 inches long, peduncle pubescent : involucre 

 very oblique, puberulent along the margins; 6 lines long: upper lip small, 

 2-lobed: perianth of 3 squamelhe: spur or appendage very short and obtuse: 

 glaiuls 3 or 4: stamens numerous; pedicels and filament glabrous. Coliraa, 

 February 27 and 28, 1891. No. 1328. 



Euphorbia californica Benth. Bot, Voy. Sulph, 49, t. 23B (1844). A tree-like 

 shrub with trunk G feet high and with a very large top, Agiabampo, October 

 3 to 15, 1890. No. 756. 



As first suggested by Mr. Watson, this species seems to include E. hindsiana, 

 and with it also I am inclined to place the more recent species E. comonduana 

 Millsp. 



