JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 393 



SPERMACOCE TENUIOR Linn. Sp. PI. 147. 



"Herb 18 inches high, frequent in shady situations near 

 Izamal" (965). Merida, at Quinta del Obispo, Nov. 24, 1864 

 (Schott, 57). Nohcacab, Oct. 19, 1865 (Schott, 972). 



SPERMACOCE VERTICILLATA Linn. Sp. PL, 148. 



Merida, 1865 ; Nohcacab, Oct. 19, 1865 ; Ruins of Uxmal, 

 Sept. 1 6, 1865 (Schott, 117, 971, 972). Tekanto common, Feb. 

 25, 1890 (Stone, 207, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 



SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS Linn. Sp. PL, 269. 



Merida, (Cult?), Jan. 3, 1865 (Schott, 180). 



CUCURBITACE.E. 



CAYAPONIA ALATA Cogn. de C. Monogr. 3. 



Hacienda Saragossa, Sept. 8, 1865 (Schott, type 901}. 



CAYAPONIA GRANDIFLORA Cogn., de C. Monogr. 3. 

 Ticul, Oct. 21, 1865 (Schott, type 680). 



Lonicera macrantha ? (Don.) de C. Prod. iv. 333. 



Vine 10 feet, uncommon in the forests of Tekax, September 

 (1105). 



LUFFA JEGYPTIACA Mill., Gard. Diet., ed. 8. 



L. cylindrica Rcem. Suburbs of Merida, November 30, 1864 

 (Schott, 6). 



MELOTHRIA PENDULA Linn. Sp. PL, 35. 



Merida, June, 1865 (Schott, 572}. "The leaves are used by 

 the Mayas to extract foreign bodies from beneath the eyelids." 

 Leaves less lobed than in other Yucatan collections. 



CORALLOCARPUS MiLLSPAUGHi Cogn. F.Col. Mus. Bot., i,322. Xlucioan. 

 Merida, July n, 1865 (Schott, 479}. 



Pittiera longipedunculata Cogn., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxx, 272. 



Ponponoit. 



"A vine 10 feet, rare in moist places near Tekax, September " 



Cucumis Anguria Linn. Sp.'PL 143*5. U-habaplat-oil-Kax. 



"An infrequent vine, Tekax, September" (1127). " Vine 20 

 feet, rare, Progreso" (1158). 



MELOTHRIA PENDULA Linn. Sp. PL, 49. 



"Vine 15 feet, common near Progreso" (1180). 



Melothria fluminensis Gardn. Jour. Bot., i, 173. 



"Vine 10 feet, uncommon near Progreso" (1181). Merida, 

 November, 1865 (Schott, 900). 



