366 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



Cassia polyphylla Jacq. Coll. iv. 104. Ic. Rar. t. 460. 



" In mimosetis prope Sisal" (Schott, 414). "Shrubby 6 feet 

 high, in brush lands about Izamal, the golden-yellow flowers 

 appearing throughout the year" (391). Tekanto, shrub 3 feet 

 high, Feb. 25, 1890 (Stone, 197, 219, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



Cassia procumbens Linn. Sp. PL, 380. 



On the downs at Progreso, May 4, 1865 (Schott, 290). 



Cassia racemosa Mill. Diet. ed. 8, n. 19. Habinpec. 



"An abundant tree 60 feet high in brush and forest lands about 

 Izamal, producing its large globular clusters of orange-yellow 

 flowers from February to June" (354). Merida, Aug. 30, 1865. 

 (Schott, 974). Tekanto, tree 20 feet high, flowers bright orange, 

 Feb. 25, 1890 (Stone, 215, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



CASSIA SERICEA Swz. Fl. Ind. Occ. , 724. 

 Merida, June u, 1865 {Schott, 440). 



Cassia tristicula H. B. K , nov. Gen. et Sp., vi, 367. 

 Ruins of Uxmal, Sept. 1865 (Schott, 976). 



Cassia villosa Mill. Gard. Diet., ed. viii, 4. Salche. 



Suburbs of Merida, Nov. 25, 1864 (Schott, i). 



Clitoria Mexicana Lk. Enum. ii., 235. 



"Vine 10 feet, common at Tekax" (1136). 



Cracca bicolor Bull. Herb. Boiss ii., 444 t. xi. 



"A common herb 4 feet high, in the forests of Buena Vista 

 Xbac, in bloom in April" (1058). 



CRACCA GREENMANII Millsp. Field Col. Mus., Bot. i. 299 t. xiii. 



"An ascending herb 12 to 18 inches high, abundant along 

 roadsides about Izamal, where it is almost without exception 

 more or less browsed by cattle. The flowers appearing through- 

 out the year are pale yellow with a purplish standard" (301). 

 "Abundant near Merida" (Veldez, 69). Tekanto, Feb. 25, 1890- 

 (Stone, 205, 209, in Herb. Acad. Sci. Phila.). 



CRACCA VILLOSA CINEREA (JL.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. i. 174. 

 Merida, Aug. 3, 1865 (Schott, 537}. 



CROTALARIA PUMILA Ortega Hort. Matr. 23. 



Flats about Nohpat and Nohcacab, Nov. 1865 (Schott, 715}. 



The legume in these specimens is shortly pediceled, not 

 sessile as noted in description. Our specimens agree fairly well 

 with Miiller Herb. Mex., 664, 1745; and especially with Busla- 

 mente y Rocha's 19 in the Torrey Herb. 



Dalea diffusa Moric. PI. Nouv. Am. 8. t. 6. 



"Abundant in old fields and on town lots near Izamal, Nov. 

 Height 4 feet. Flowers a very evasive royal-purple, which, seen 

 at a short distance, seems a glimmer of light between blue and 

 crimson, always attractive " (934). 



