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MIMOSA, Linn. 

 M. trijuga, Benth. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



DESMANTHUS, Willd. 



D. depressus, Humb. & Bonpl. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1886). 



TAMARINDUS, Linn. 

 T. Indica, Linn. 



Cultivated at Cedral, Island of Cozumel. 



BAUHINIA, Linn. 



B. divaricata, Linn. Pata de Vaca. 



Bauhinia porrecta, Sw. Scrub about Izamal, Jan. 22, 1895 

 (216). Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). Island of Cozumel 

 (Gaumer, 1885 and 1886). 



The Spanish name " Pata de Vaca" is applied to all of the 

 Bauhinias having bilobed leaves. 



B. latifolia, Cav. 



Scrub about Izamal, Jan. 22, 1895 (217). 



B. Lamarckiana, DC. 



Borders of the more open woods, Mascab Pixoy, Jan. 22, 1895 

 (144). 



CASSIA, Linn. 



C. biflora, Linn. 



Izamal, Jan. 23, 1895 (186), Bushy, 4 ft. high. 



C. alata, Linn. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885), "Rare." 



C. emarginata, Linn. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885),"" very abundant." 



C. sp. YAXHABIN. 



Tree 10 to 20 feet; abundant in the scrub-land from Progreso to 

 Merida along the railroad. Flowers bright yellow, the most 

 striking feature of the flora of January. 



C. bacillaris, Linn. f. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



C. bicapsularis, Linn. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



C. reticulata, Willd. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



C. occidentalis, Linn. 



Lagoona Colombia, Island of Cozumel; Izamal, and Chichen 

 Itza, Jan. 1895. Island of Mugeres (Gaumer, 1886). 



C. sp. (Hemsl). 



Islands of Cozumel and Mugeres (Gaumer, 1886). 



