JAN. 1898. FLORA OF YUCATAN MILLSPAUGH. 383 



Echites torulosa Linn. Sp. PL ii, 307. 



"Vine 10 feet, common in brushlands about Izamal, producing 

 its lemon-yellow flowers in August" (806, 883). 



Echites umbellata Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib., 13. 

 Sisal, May 9, 1865 (Schott, 38). 



Macrosiphonia Berlandieri A. Gray, Syn. Fl. Am. ii, i, 83. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. et sine die (Schott, sine num.}. 



Nerium Oleander Linn. Sp. PI. 305. Narciso. 



Yucatan loc. ign. (Valdez, 8 " Colorada, e blanca "). Probably 

 from cultivated plants at Merida. Merida. Cult. April, 1865 

 (Schott, 813}. 



Plumeria pudica Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib., 13. 



Cult ? Camino de Sisal near Pozo del Toro, May 7, 1865 

 (Schott, 428, 429}. 



PLUMERIA RUBRA Linn. Sp. PL, 209. 



Cult? Merida, April to August, 1865 (Schott, 321, 323, 324. 

 flor rubro ; 670 flor alba). All of these labels are associated 

 with one specimen of the above species. 



RAUWOLFIA HETEROPHYLLA Willd. ex. Roem. & Schult. Syst. iv, 805. 

 Suburbs of Merida, April 14, 1865 (Schott, 431). 



Stemmadenia insignis Miers. Apocyn. S. Am., 76. Laurel. 



" Merida " (Schott, type 430). Merida, April, 1887 (Millspaugh, 



27). Only seen in cultivation in the public parks. The specimens 



in Herb. Schott bear a close resemblance to Taberncemontana 



citrifolia Linn. 



TABERN^MONTANA ACAPULCENSIS Miers Apocy. S. Am., 57. TJoupek. 

 " Merida, March, 1865 (Schott, type 432). Along fence rows, 

 campo beyond Uman, April, 1887 (Millspaugh, 34). 



THEVETIA NEREIFOLIA Juss. ex. Steud. Nom. ed. 2, ii, 680. 



Suburbs of Merida, April n, 1865 (Schott, 321}. Quinta del 

 Obispo (Schott, sine die sine num.}. 



Thevetia spathulata sp. nov. 



Foliis ovato-spathulatis vel (junior) oblonceolatis obtusis vel 

 subacutis, margine integris, supra glabris et nitidis obsolete ret- 

 iculato-venosis nervis lateralibus, centrali obliquus subtus pallidis 

 glabris, cyma terminalia laxiflora glabra, bracteis traingulo- 

 lanceolatis, deciduis, lobis calycinis lanceolatis mucronato-acum- 

 inatis glabris, tubo corollae vix brevioribus. Frutex 20 pedalis 

 Ramuli teretes glabris, cortex albo-chartaceis. Folia 2-4 poll, 

 long., 6-14 lin. lat. , petiolo 2-4 lin. long. Cymae folio subse- 

 quantes. Flores aurea-viridis 2 poll, long., pedicellis poll. long. 

 Lobi calyces 5 lin. long., 2 lin. lat. Tubus corollae intus apice 

 strigose hirtis, appendicibus 5 cornatiformis. Affin. T. cunifolice. 



