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PARATHESIS, Hook f. 

 P. crenulata, Hook f. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnsoti). 



PLUMBAGINEAE. 

 PLUMBAGO, Linn. 



P. scandens, Linn. 



Base of smaller mound, Izamal, Jan. 14, 1895 (84). 



SAPOTACEAE. 

 ACHRAS, Linn. 



A. Sapota, Linn. Sapote. TAUCH. YA. 



Widely cultivated for its delicious fruit, which also yield, on 

 puncture, the finest of the Yucatan Gum or "Chicle." Also nat- 

 ural to many parts of the Peninsula, particularly in the eastern 

 section where it is abundant and often reaches a growth of 50 to 

 100 feet in height. 



Merida, Izamal, Yucatan loc. ignot. (Linden). 



BUMELIA, Sw. 



B. retusa, Sw. var? (Hemsl.) 



Island of Cozumel (Gaunter, 1885). Island of Mugeres 

 (Gatimer, 1886). 



LUCUMA, Molina. 



L.. mammosa, Gaertn. CHACHAL. HAAS. 



A large and beautiful tree, cultivated for its fine fruit the 

 Mamey Colorado. The large seed has a powerful amygdalous 

 odor. 



Izamal, Merida, Tuncas, Chichen Itza. 



GENTIANACEAE. 

 EUSTOMA, Don. 



E. exaltatum (Linn). Griseb. 



Gentiana exaltatd, Linn. Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885). 

 Island of Holbox (Gaunter, 1886). 



APOCYNACEAE. 



VALLESIA, R. & Pav. 



V. glabra, Cav. 



Island of Mugeres (Gaumer, 1886). 



RAUWOLFIA, Linn. 



R. heterophylla, Roem & Sch. 



Yucatan loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



