356 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



Karatas Plumieri E. Morr. Belg. Hortic, 1872, 131. Pinuela. Chom. 

 Merida, June 19, 1865 (Schott, 558}. 



Tillandsia brachycaulos Schl. in Linnaea., xviii, 422. Mis. 



"Herb 12 inches high, abundant on trees near Izamal, produc- 

 ing its royal-purple flowers in June " (742). Merida, July, 1865 

 (Schott, 557). 



TILLANDSIA FASCICULATA LATISPICA Mez. de C. Monogr. Phan, 9. 



Merida, March 10, 1865 (Schott, 435]. Xolohbenal. 



TILLANDSIA RECURVATA Linn. Sp. PI., ii, 410. 

 Merida, Nov. 13, 1864 (Schott, jj). 



Tillandsia setacea Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 593. 

 Merida, July n, 1865 (Schott, 842). 



TILLANDSIA STREPTOPHYLLA Scheidw. Hort. Beige, iii, 252. 

 Merida, June 26, 1865 (Schott, 349}. 



TILLANDSIA UTRICULATA Linn. Sp. PI., ed. ii, 411. 

 Merida, July 28, 1865 (Schott, 



TILLANDSIA VESTITA Cham. & Schl. Linnaea vi, 52. 

 Merida, Dec. ii, 1864 (Schott, 161). 



COMMELINACE^:. 



CALLISIA REPENS Linn. Sp. PI., 62. 



Merida (Schott sine, num.] ; loc. ign. (Schott, iji). " Herb 18 

 inches to 2 feet, abundant in fields and forests about Izamal, its 

 blue flowers appearing throughout the year" (376). " Prostrate 

 3 feet, rooting at the joints (1079). 



Commelina nudiflora Linn. Sp. PL, 4. 

 Merida. Nov. 30, 1864 (Schott, 32}. 



Commelina pallida Willd. Hort. Berol. ii, 87. 



Collected by Dr. Gaumer near Izamal together with Callisia 

 repens No. 376. 



RHOEO DISCOLOR (L. Her.) Hance, Walp. Ann., iii, 659. Chac-Qam. 

 Merida, Feb'y ii, 1865; Ruins of Labcah near Hacienda 

 Chemax, July 30, 1865 (Schott, 239, 564). 



Spironema fragrans Lindl. Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn, x, 127. 



" One foot high, rare at Xcholac, producing its white flowers 

 in March " (421). 



Zebrina pendula Schniz. in Bot. Zeit vii, 870. 



" Ascending 3 feet, commonly cultivated at Izamal, producing 

 its bright blue flowers from August to March " ^412). 



