JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 363 



LEGUMINOS.E. 



ACACIA FARNESIANA (L.) Willd. Sp. PI. iv. Par., ii, 1083. 



''A common tree 30 feet high in the forests about Izamal, 



producing its fragrant orange-yellow flowers in October." (1010.) 



Our plant agrees with Schott's (if 8) Cuba (A Cavenia Bert.). 



ACACIA SPADICIGERA Ch. & Sch., in Linnaea v. 594. Subin. 



Merida, June and Sept., 1865 (Schott,3<)2). Xcholac common, 



bush 6 ft., Mar. 2, 1890. (Stone, 248, in Herb. Acad. Sci. Phila.) 



^ESCHYNOMENE AMERICANA Linn. Sp. PI., io6i. 



Yucatan loc. ignot. (Johnson 45*}. Yucatan loc. ignot. 

 (Schott, 863). 



-aEschynomene Americana depila var nov. 



Characters of the species, except that the loments instead of 

 being setose-hispid (asperis. Hirsutis. Sloane) are perfectly 

 smooth. 



"Herb 2 feet high, abundant in damp places along roads and 

 in open lands near Izamal Oct." (955). 



To this variety the following plants are referred : Palmer Aca- 

 pulco 102 Manzanillo goi ; Heyde 311, Heyde 6 Lux 6103 Guat- 

 emala ; Sintenis 5560 Porto Rico ; Hitchcock Port Marant, Con- 

 stant Spr. , Lucea, Jamaica; Lloyd Jamaica 1050; Wilson 

 Jamaica 173. Rovirrosa 384 Tabasco ; Botteri 363 Orizaba, Skin- 

 ner, Guatemala ; Wright 124 or 125 Cuba ; Bernardi Hb. San Do- 

 mingo 184. ; Anderson Trinidad ; Hayes Panama 7^7 ; Eggers 202 

 St. Thomas ; Fendler ijjq Venezuela; Ricksecker 133 St. Croix ; 

 and Donnell-Smith 2283 Esquintla. In the following specimens 

 Mr. Greenman notes that although the loments are more or less 

 setose-hispid in the early stages they later become essentially 

 glabrous ; Sintenis 374* Porto Rico ; Pringle 2515 Jalisco, Don- 

 nell-Smith 4160 Chupadero. 



Dr. Rose in his enumeration of Dr. Palmer's 1890-91 Mexican 

 collection (Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb., i. 321) calls attention to 

 this form, Palmer 901 Manzanillo. 



^ESCHYNOMENE FAScicuLARis Cham. & Schl. in Linnaea, v. 584. 



' "Ruins of Uxmal Sept. 16, 1865." (Schott, 864 in Herb. U. S. 

 Natl. Mus.) Merida June n, 1865, and on road from Merida to 

 Progreso May 7, 1865 (Schott, 276). "Shrubby, 3 feet high, 

 common on roadsides near Tekax, in blossom September" 

 (1126). 



Axnerimnon Brownei Jacq. PI. Carib., 1760. 



Dalbergia Amerimnum Benth. "A rare shrub in the forests 

 about Izamal, its reddish-purple flowers appearing in June." 

 (728). 



Arachis hypogeea Linn. Sp. PL, 741. Peanut. 



"Herb 2 to 3 feet high, common about old farm lands near 

 Izamal, where it blossoms in October" (997). 



