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of the column, which is unilaterally staminate. Berry bright red, i 

 cm. diameter, 5-keeled. 



High tableland above Spot Bay, Cayman Brae (1166), where it is 

 called "Mahce," and was considered by my guide to be exceedingly 

 nettle-like in character, he warning me repeatedly to avoid touching 

 the leaves. .In order to convince him that he was mistaking the plant 

 for another (Malvaviscus Malvaviscus (L.), I whipped my perspiring 

 neck and hands repeatedly without effect; still unconvinced, he re- 

 marked that the plant was used as a flagellant in rheumatism. Named 

 to commemorate a delightful companion of the voyage, Mr. Jordan L. 

 Mott, Jr., of New York. Type in Herb. Field Col. Mus. Cat. No. 

 61166. 



HIBISCUS TUBIFLORUS Mocq. & Sesse. de C. Prod. 1:447- 



Dry slopes of Morro Hill, Santiago de Cuba (1071); open, dry 

 woodlands at Chan Donot and Chichen Itza, Yucatan (1632). Hairs 

 radiately 3-acicular on both surfaces of the leaves. 



HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS Linn. Sp. PI. 694. 



Deep woods on the mountain road above Charlotte Amalia, St. 

 Thomas (370). 



HIBISCUS TILIACEUS Linn. Sp. PI. 694. 



One shrub not in flower noted on Culebras Island, south shore. 

 Shores of Santiago Bay, Cuba, and at Pedernales Point, Isle of Pines. 

 Shore north of Georgetown, Grand Cayman (1238). Leaves 12.5 xg.5 

 cm., strongly cordate, not cuspidate, glabrous on both surfaces, en- 

 tire; fruit globular, flattened above, 1.8 cm. diameter. 



ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) Moen. Meth. 617. 



Hibiscus Linn. Escaped to the base of the fort at El Caney, 

 Santiago de Cuba (1032), called by the natives "GoMBO." 



Cienfuegosia Yucatanensis sp. nov. 



An ascending lax perennial, virgately branching from the base, 

 leaves glabrous linear or linear-lanceolate 2.5-5 x .7-. 4 cm. entire, 

 3-veined, blunt, petiole one-fourth the length of the lamina; inflores- 

 cence axillary, peduncles long (4-5. 5 cm.), very slightly swollen at the 

 summit, involucre indeterminate except in its 5-9 irregular minute awl- 

 shaped bracts, which appear to be in decadence; calyx 5-parted into 

 slender lanceolate lobes which are reticulately 3-veined, each vein 

 flanked by irregular rows of large black punctae; petals 1.7-2 cm. long, 

 yellow throughout. Style 6 mm. long, traversed longitudinally by 

 three rows of hairs, stigma capitate entire, capsule 3- celled, seeds 

 invested with a dense ferrugineous wool. 



Arid, stony soil about 6 kilometers south of Progreso, Yucatan 

 (1693). Near C. heterophylla (Vent.) Garcke, from which it differs 

 in its habit, longer peduncles, absence of purple at the base of the 

 petals, and capitate stigma, as well as its leaves, and larger flowers. 

 Type in Herb. Field Col. Mus. Cat. No. 61693. 



GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE Linn. Sp. PI. 693. 



South shore of Culebras Island (628), Porto Rico. Old fields, 



