46 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



PEDALIACEAE. 



MARTYNIA, Linn. 

 M. diandra, Glox. 



Martynia angulosa, Lam. Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



ACANTHACEAE. 

 TUBIFLORA, Gm. 



T. squamosa (Jacq.) O.K. 



Verbena squamosa, Jacq., Elytraria tridentata, Vahl. Campo 

 about Izamal, Jan. 23, 1895 (188). 



RUELLIA, Linn. 



R. paniculata, Linn. KABAUCHE, OAKALBAK. 



A low straggling shrub. On the slopes of the Cerro Grande 

 Izamal, Jan. 13, 1885 (57). Margin of the scrub along the 

 Tepakaam road near Izamal, Jan. 14, 1895 (93). -Campo about 

 the ruins Chichen Itza, Jan. 17,1895 (105 and 139). 



The Maya Dakalbak is applied to all Ruellias of this form, the 

 word Kabauch6 meaning really nothing more distinctive than 

 "a small bush." 



BLECHUM, P. Br. 



B. Brownei, Juss. 



Campo about Izamal, Jan. 23, 1895 (171). 



B. Brownei var. (Hemsl.) 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer 1885). 



BRAVAISIA, DC. 



B. tubiflora, Hemsl. 



Type locality, Island of Cozumel (Gaumer 52, 1885); "Tree 

 25 feet; not abundant. " Higher banks of sea shore Progreso, 

 Jan. 26, 1895 (206). Low shrub, flowers white with a tinge of 

 purple, lower lip purple, throat yellow, buds yellowish white. 



APHELANDRA, R. Br. 



A. pectinata, Nees. 



Shrub 15 feet high. Tepakaam road near Izamal, Jan. 14, 

 1895 (91). 



DIAPEDIUM, Koenig. 



D. assurgens (Linn). O.K. 



Justicia assurgens, Linn. Dicliptra assurgens Juss. Yucatan loc. 

 ignot. (Johnson?) Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885 and 1886). 



