108 SUPPLEMENT. 



Coccoloba cozumelensis, Hemsi., n. sp. 



Arborescens fere undique glabra, foliis parvis tenuibus graciliter petiolatis stipulis cito deeiduis, 

 racemis gracilibus elongatis floribus smgillatim dispositis, perianthii segmentis orbicularibus. 



Arbor 30-50-pedalis (Gaumer), ranralis ultimis floriferis gracilibus, cum foliis floribusque fere omnino 

 glabris. Folia breviter graciliterque petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea, leviter oblique ovato- 

 oblonga, cum petiolo 1-4 poll, longa, obtusa vel subacuta, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 

 subtus prsecipue secus costam parce pubescentia, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 6-8, 

 yenulis ultimis minutissime reticulatis ; stipulse parvse, membranacese, integrse, cito deciduse. 

 Flores albo-virides (Gaumer), 2-2£ lineas diametro, in racemos graciles usque ad 6 poll, longos 

 dispositi, pedicellis brevissimis crassiusculis (nee fasciculatis), bracteis brevibus truncatis; 

 perianthii tubus brevissimus ; segmenta tenuia, orbicularia, staminibus paullo breviora. 

 Fructus deest. 

 " Common " (Gaumer). 

 Without possessing any striking characteristics, this species is sufficiently distinct in 



its slender branchlets, thin leaves, and long slender racemes, in which the flowers are 



solitary (not fascicled), to be easily distinguished from all others known to us. 



[iii. p. 37.] CoCCOloba UVifera, Jacq. W. 



LAURINE.E. 



[iii. p. 75.] Nectandra willdenowiana, Nees, varietates. W. 



EUPHORBIACEiE. 



[iii. p. 95.] Euphorbia heterophylla, Linn. W. 



[iii. p. 96.] Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn. W. 



[iii. p. 98.] Euphorbia pilulifera, Linn. W. 



Euphorbia trichotoma, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 60 ; DC. Prodr. xv. 

 pt. 2, p. 105 ; Chapm. Fl. Southern U. S. p. 402. 



Common on the sea-shore. — South Floeida and Cuba. 



PhyllanthuS, sp. (P. nutantis, var. X). 

 Not common. 



Croton, sp., an C. astroites, Ait., var. % 

 Without a label. 

 C. astroites, Ait., syn. C. phlomoides, Pers., is a common species in the West Indies, 



AMARYLLIDE.E. 



[iii, p, 334.] Hippeastrum equestre, Herb. W. 



