360 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



Salicornia Bigelovii Torr. Bot. Mex. Bd., 184. 



S. mucronata Bigel. non Lag. " Shores of lagoon at the Port of 

 Silam " (633). Celestun, May 12, 1865 (Schott, 297). 



Suaeda fruticosa Forsk, Fl. JEg. Arab. 70. 



"Herb 2 feet high, common at Progreso " (1172). 



AMARANTACE^E. 



Alternanthera obovata (Mart. & Gal.) 



"Herb 2 feet high, rare, only one clump seen, and that in the 

 Plaza de los Remedies at Izamal, where it flowers from Septem- 

 ber to January" (905). 



Alternanthera repens (L) Kuntze Rev. gen. PI., 540. 



" Prostrate herb 2 to 8 inches, infrequent, roadside six miles 

 east of Izamal, April " (1070). 



ALTERNANTHERA STRAMINEA (Mart.) Millsp. Field Col. Mus. Bot. i, 16. 

 Calcehtoh, March n, 1890 (Stone, 266 in Herb. Acad. Sci., 

 Phila.). 



AMARANTUS HYBRIDUS Linn. Sp. PL, 1406. 



" Herb 8 to 12 feet high, common in old fields about Izamal, 

 flowering in December " (1081). The densely flowered, congested- 

 paniculate form. Merida, July i, -i%6$' (Schott, 817}. Calcehtoh, 

 March n, 1890 (Stone, 262, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



GOMPHRENA DECUMBENS Jacq. Hort. Schoenber., t. 482. 



Merida, Aug. 20, 1865 and Nov. 15, 1864 (Schott, 82,818} 

 Tekanto, Feb. 27, 1890 (Stone, 221, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



Gomphrena globosa Linn. Sp. PL, 224. 



The white-flowered form Merida Jany. 14, 1866 (Schott, 731}', 

 the purple-flowered form from the same locality (Schott, 730). 



IRISINE CELOSIOIDES Linn. Sp. PL, 1456. 



" Climber 15 feet, abundant in open wild lands, near Izamal, 

 and occasionally seen in cultivation, April" (1078). 



Kokera paniculata (L.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. PL, 542. 



Chamissoa H. B. K. "A scandent shrubby plant 10 feet high, 

 common near the aguada de Xcholac, flowering in November" 

 (ion). 



PHILOXERUS VERMICULATUS (L.) R. Br. Prod., 416. 

 Celestun May 13, 1865 (Schott, 380). 



PHYTOLACCACE.E. 



PETIVERIA ALLIACEA Linn. Sp. PL, 486. Zorilla. 



Suburbs of Merida, Nov. 14, 1864 (Schott, 31}. 



