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ACALYPHA, Linn. 



A. setosa, A. Rich. 



A low form. Campo about Izamal, Jan. 23, 1895 (180). 



A. alopocuroides, Jacq, 



Island of Cozumel (Gaunter, 1886). 



RICINUS, Linn. 



R. communis, Linn. Higuerilla. Castor Bean. XOX. 



Very common about dwellings and in waste grounds where it 



has apparently escaped. Noted at all points on our route on the 



Peninsula. Fine large plants at Ouan, Jan. 24, 1895 (194), 



Merida, April 14, 1887. Islands of Mugeres and Cozumel. 



JATROPHA, Linn. 



J. aconitifolia, Mill. Picar. 



Frequent throughout the dry scrub about Izamal, Jan. 13,1895 

 (66). On the Island of Cozumel, and at all points on the Penin- 

 sula, between Progreso and Chichen Itza. 



The Spanish name Picar, as applied to this plant, is more a 

 word of warning than a name. 



EUPHORBIA, Linn. 



(A nisophyllum -Hypericifolice). 



E. pilulifera, Linn. 



One small specimen only, collected on the summit cl the 

 Monjas, Chichen Itza, Jan. 17, 1895 (219). Collected by Dr. 

 Gaumer on the Island of Cozumel, 1885. 



E. hypericifolia, Linn. 



The common West Indian form, Merida, Jan. 24, 1895 (197-9). 

 Streets of San Miguel and Cedral, Island of Cozumel, Jan. 5, 

 1895. Also collected on Cozumel by Dr. Gaumer, 1885 and 1886. 



(A nisophyllmn- C/iamaesycece). 

 E. - - sp. 



An interesting erect or prostrate form, near E. serrula and 

 doubtless new; the specimens too young for determination. 



Grassy edge of sands of West beach, Island of Cozumel at 

 the portage to the Lagoon of Colombia, Jan. 7, 1895 (49, 53). 



E. ovalifolia, Engelm. 



A form with less turbinate involucres having no hairs in the 

 throat, otherwise agreeing with the species as described. 



Sandy roadside, Dolores, Island of Mugeres, Jan. i, 1895 

 (19). 



E. maculata, Linn. 



A very pubescent form, without the usual maculate leaves 

 common on the south point of Mugeres Island, and on the lower 

 courses of " The Watch Tower" ruin, Jan. 2, 1895 (24). 



