JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 379 



BOMBACACE.E. 



CEIBA CASEARIA Medic. Malv. , 16. 



Merida, Feb. 6, 1865 (Schott, 204). Tekanto, March 9, 1890 

 (Stone, 224, in Herb. Acad. Sci. Phila.). 



CEIBA SCHOTTII Brit. & Baker. Jour. Bot. xxxiv, 173. 



Merida, Aug. 1865 (Schott, 205], Type collection. 



PACHIRA FASTUOSA (Sesse) Decne. Fl. des Serres, xxiii, 48. 

 Merida, Sept. 1865 (Schott, 205}. 



QUARARIBEA FiELDii Millsp. Field Col. Mus. Bot. i. 309. Maha. 



Fine fruiting specimens from Merida at Quinta del Obispo 

 Nov. 18, 1864 (Schott, 18}. "The flowers are used to flavor 

 chocolate." 



Fruit ovoid rusty-downy, its lower two-thirds enveloped by the 

 persistent calyx, the apex truncate-apiculate, i^ inches long, 

 y^ inch diameter. 



STERCULIACE.E. 



AYENIA PUSILLA Linn. Syst. ed. x, 1247. 



"Herb 2 feet high. Abundant in open lands about Izamal, 

 April " (1061). 



Ayenia sp. nov? (Yucatanense). 



" Herb 4 feet high. Common in forests at Buena Vista Xbac. 

 In fruit but without flowers, April" (1052). 



Foliis longe petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis e basi 

 truncatis, grosse et irreguliter dentatis, strigose hirsutis capsula 

 dense hirsutis, longi pedunculatis, semina orbiculatis rufo-macu- 

 latis. Folia ij^ -2^ poll. long. 5-10 linea lata ; petiola i-ij^ 

 poll. long. 



Buettneria Carthaginensis Jacq. Stirp. Am. Piot. 41. Xtexak. 



"Shrub 15 feet high, common in forests about Izamal, putting 



forth its light-green flowers in August" (786). Our plants are 



much nearer the Bolivian form than that of other Mexican 



stations. 



GUAZUMA POLYBOTRYA CaV. Ic. Hi. 51. 



Suburbs of Merida, August to December, 1865 (Schott, 148}. 

 Merida, April 14 (Schott, 342, in Herb. U. S. Natl. Mus.). 



HELICTERES BARUENSIS Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib., 30. Outup. 



Merida, June 14, 1865 (Schott, 397}- (792 in Herb. U. S. 

 Natl. Mus.) 



MELOCHIA TOMENTOSA Linn. Syst. Ed. x, 1140. 



Merida, December, 1864 (Schott, 608). Ticul, flowers blue, 

 March 12, 1890 (Stone, 276, in Herb. Acad. Sci., Phila.). 



STERCULIA CARTHAGINENSIS Cav. Diss. vi, 353. 



Borders of brushlands at Uman. April, 1887 (Millspaugh, 8). 



