78 BOTAKY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HERALD. 
althougli the elements are yet verj^ unsatisfactory, it appears Ijetter to l?eep BatscUa generically distinct 
until we have more conclusive evidence for identifying it with either Ahuta or Anelasma. If the BatscUa 
racemosa of Thunberg should turn out to he the female plant of B, conferta, as seems most probable (for 
both these species are quoted aa being found in the same country, Mariquito, near Honda in New Granada), 
then the above-described plants will form a distinct species, to which the name of BafscJda Seemanni may 
be given. 
18. NYMPH.EA blanda, Mey.j De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 116. In swamps near the city of 
Panama. 
PAPAVERACEtE. 
19. Akgemone Mexicana, Linn.j De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 120. — Nomcn vemacul. "Cardo 
santo." Commou througliout the country, especially in waste places. 
The root is used as an anti- syphilitic by the people of the Isthmus. The vernacular name, " Cardo 
santo," i. e. Holy Thistle, is appUed to this plant throughout South America. The Mexicans call it " Chi- 
calote," a corruption of the Aztec word Cliicalotl; and the North Americans, " Prickly Poppy." 
• CAPPAEIBE^. 
20. CuAT/EVA f/i/tiandra, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 243.— Nomen vernacul. '' Palo de 
Gnaco." Hio Grande de Nata. 
A tree from 50 to 60 feet high, which has been found in Jamaica (MTadyen), St. Vincent (Guild- 
ing), Surinam (Hostmann), and Cayenne (IMartin), 
21. CoLicoDENDRON subbUobum, Seem. — Capparis subbiloba, H.B.K., Nov. Sp. vol. v. p. 89. — De 
Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 250. Volcano of Chiriqni, Veraguas. 
Hooker's Herbarium contains specimens of C. stthhiJohum from Santamarta (Goudot), and Venezuela 
(Punke) . 
I hare referred this and the following species to CoUcodendron, a genus principally difiering from Cap- 
paris in having a monophyllous calyx, the segments of which are valvate in aestivation, and furnished on the 
base with pctaloid scales. For the same reason I have called Capparis puWherrima, Jacq., CoUcodendron jml- 
cheUum, Seem. ; and Capparis scahrida, H. B. K., CoUcodendron scahridim, Seem. Several other species of 
Capparis wiU yet undergo the same change. 
r 
23. CoLicoDENDRON avicennia>foHum, Seem.— Capparis avicenniisfoUa, H. B. K., Nov. Sp. vol. v. 
p. 94.— De Cand. 1. c. p. 252. Coast on the Pacific side of Darien. 
This species is foimd in "Western America, ranging between the eighth degree of north and the fourth 
of south latitude ; it is a littoral phrnt, but also grows in the sandy deserts of Peru, a district which is 
impregnated with saline properties, and has, to all appearance, been lifted above the level of the ocean. 
23. Capparis ajnophallophora, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. i. p. 249. Sea beach between the 
Rio Grande and the city of Panama. 
The range of this plant extends over the AVest Indies and the southern parts of tropical America. 
