102 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. 2. 



CHIOCOCCA RACEMOSA Linn. Syst. ed. x:gij. 



Borders of a low swale at Pagets, in which position it appears 

 natural, or at least seeded-in through the agency of birds, the loca- 

 tion being far from dwellings or cultivated ground, Bermuda (47). 

 Leaves ovate-coriaceous, 6-9x3-4 cm., inflorescence paniculo-racemi- 

 form. 



Scolosanthus Sagraeanus (Griseb.). Comb. nov. 



Randia S. Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 122. S. crucifer Wr. Sauv. Fl. 

 Cub. 67. Pagets, Bermuda (48). Only one plant seen, gathered 

 from a dry beach. Dry rising beach on south shore of Culebras 

 Island (646). 



STRUMPFIA MARITIMA Jacq. PI. Carib. 28. 



Plentiful on maritime rocks in the zone of spray where it grows 

 from the driest crevices, Pedernales Point, Isle of Pines. The 

 Creek, Cayman Brae (1069). Exceeding plentiful as the only vege- 

 tation on the" coral shore line of the east coast of Cozumel (1588) 

 where it forms in tangled masses of large extent. 



Myrstiphyllum horizon tails (Sw.). Comb. nov. 



(Psychotria horizontalis Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 44.) Center of 

 the Island Cozumel (15560), where it is called by the Mayas "Xax- 

 kanan." Leaves paler beneath, 9-11x3.5 4.5 cm., long pointed, the 

 tuft of hairs in the vein-axils minute. 



MYRSTIPHYLLUM UNDATUM (Jacq.) Hitch. PI. Baham. 95. 



Psychotria undata Jacq. A seashore shrub at Pedernales Point, 

 Isle of Pines (1409). 



MORINDA ROYOC Linn. Sp. PI. 176. 4 



Opens near Spot Bay, Grand Cayman (1280, 1359), where it is 

 called "Rhuburb," and is used in lieu of that drug, and as a yellow 

 dye. A very narrow-lanceolate leaved form, 7-9x1-1.2 cm., Peder- 

 nales Point, Isle of Pines (1411), the usual form with ovate-lanceo- 

 late leaves, 7-11 x 2-2.5 cm. 



ERNODEA LITORALIS Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 29. 



Sand dunes of Santurce, Porto Rico (266). Shores, southwest 

 point Cayman Brae (1194), branches densely foliate, leaves 3. 5 x. 6 

 cm. Near Georgetown, Grand Cayman (1254). Upper beach, coast 

 of Yucatan near Progreso (1715), leaves all fascicled at the tips of 

 the branchlets, i.5x.4cm. 



DIODIA RIGIDA Cham. & Schl. in Linnaea 3:341. 



Dry fields at El Caney, Santiago de Cuba (1033). 



DIODIA TERES Walt. Fl. Carol. 87. 



Bodden Bay road, Grand Cayman (1338). 



BORRERIA VERTICILLATA (Linn.) Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 83. 



Spermacoce Linn. Sandy spots in grassy bottoms at Catano (148, 

 shrubby, 2 feet high), and Santurce (281), Porto Rico. The usual 

 form of the species. 



