48 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



HAMELIA, Jacq. 



H. patens, Jacq. XKAN-NAN. 



Shrub 6 to 8 feet high, growing upon the lower terrace of the 

 ruined Monjas, Chichen Itza, Jan. 1895 (122). Island of 

 Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885 and 1886). 



H. chrysantha, Sw. 



Along the roadside near Cedral, Island or Cozumel, Jan. 5, 

 1895 (41). 



GUETTARDA, Linn. 

 G. scabra (Linn,) Lam. 



Mathiola scabra, Linn. Yucatan, loc. ignot. {Linden). 



MACHAONIA, Humb. & Bonpl. 



M. Lindeniana, Baill. 



Yucatan, type loc. ignot. {Linden). 



ERITHALIS, P. Br. 



E. fruticosa, Linn. 



A low shrub, 4 to 5 feet high, forming a part of the general 

 littoral growth at the margin of the sandy beach, North Point, 

 Island of Mugeres, Jan. 2, 1895 (27). Islands of Holbox and 

 Mugeres (Gaumer, 1886). 



CHIOCOCCA, P. Br. 



C. racemosa, Jacq. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885), " varietates. " Hemsl. 



ASEHNANTHA, Hook f. 



A. pubescens, Hook f. 



Humid forests, loc. ignot. (Linden). 



STRUMPFIA, Jacq. 



S. maritima, Jacq. 



Island of Mugeres, on the higher reef rocks almost in constant 

 spray, Jan. -i, 1895 (11). Collected here also by Dr. Gaumer in 

 1886. 



A low, spreading, shrubby growth resembling a Juniper or a 

 frutescent Erica. This species seems to have reached this Island 

 from the Bahamas without, as far as I can learn, finding a foot- 

 hold upon any of the intervening islands. 



COUSSAREA, Aubl. 



C. speciosa, Aubl. ? 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Linden). 



