608 Rubiaceae — Caprifoliaceae. 



Flor. p. 349. — Spermacoce parviflora Hemsl. Biol. II (1881) p. 59; 

 A. Gray Syn. Flor. I part IT (1884) p. 34. 



Prope Bayamon in pratis ad Pueblo viejo, Sierra de Luquillo, 

 prope Yabucoa in declivibus graminosis ad Quebradillas, prope Ad- 

 juntas inter frutices Coff. arab. juxta flumen Cidra ad oppidum, prope 

 Maricao in convalli fluminis, prope Lares in sylvula Coff. arab. ad 

 Perchas, fl. et fr. I, III, IX: Bertero, Schwanecke, Sintenis n. 92 b , 

 119(5, 3993, 5107, 5113 b , 59S0, P. Wilson n. 127. — Florida austr., 

 Cuba, Pinos, Jamaica, Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix (ex Egg.), 

 St. Jan, Saba, Antigua (ex Gr.), Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, 

 St. Yincent, Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad, Aruba (hb. Leid.), 

 Amer. cont. trop. usque ad Argentinam, Java. . 



76. B. yerticillata (L.) G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Ess. (1818) p. 83; 

 DC. Prodr. IV p. 541; Griseb. Flor. p. 350; Stahl! Est. V p. 88; K. 

 Schum. in Mart. Flor. Bras. VI 6 p. 49 t. 77 (p. p.). — Spermacoce 

 verUcillata L. Spec. I ed. I (1753) p. 102. — Borreria stricta DC. 

 Prodr. IV (1S30) p. 541 (vix Mey.); Bello! Ap. I p. 283 n. 411; Krug 

 Ic. t 3. 



Prope Bayamon in graminosis, prope Cataflo, prope Maunabo ad 

 Punta de la Tuna, prope Aibonito in declivibus, prope Lares in pratis 

 ad Jobo, prope Mayaguez in monte Mesa, fl. et fr. I, IX — XI: Ber- 

 tero, Krug n. 582, 589, Millspaugh n. 148, Schwanecke, Sintenis n. 39, 

 3248\ 5082, 5082 b , Stahl n. 230, 230 b . — Jamaica, Hispaniola, St. 

 Thomas, St. Croix (ex Egg.), Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Amer. cont. trop. 



XXXVI. Spermacoce L. 



77. Sp. tenuior L. Spec. I ed. I (1753) p. 102 (p.p.); Lam. Tabl. 

 enc. I (1791) p. 273 t. 62 f. 1; DC. Prodr. IV p. 552; Griseb. Flor. 

 p. 349; A. Gray Syn. Flor. I part II p. 34; K. Schum. in Mart. Flor. 

 Bras. VI 6. p. 34. 



Prope Fajardo in montium culturis inter Batatas ad Ceiba versus, 

 in Serra de Luquillo, prope Juncos in monte Florida, prope Coamo 

 in declivibus montis San tana et in pratis inter Serillos et Salinas, 

 prope Guanica in litoralibus ad Cafio gordo, prope Cabo rojo locis 

 cultis, prope Mayaguez in declivibus montis Mesa, prope Rincon in 

 montibus ad Barrio del pueblo, prope Isabela in pratis, fl. et fr. fere 

 totum per annum: Bertero, Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 1068, Heller n.4460, 

 Sintenis n. 95, 95 b , 1283, 2798, 3234, 3309, 3768, 5520 b , Stahl n. 520. 

 — Bermuda (ex Hemsl.), Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman (exHitchc), 

 Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan (ex Egg.), AnguiUa (ex Bold.), 

 St. Martin (hb. Holm.), Saba (ex Bold.), St. Eustache, Antigua (ex Gr.), 



