5 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



CUCURBITACEAE. 



MELOTHRIA, Linn. 



M. pendula, Linn. XTTJLU. 



About the ruined Monjas, Chichen Itza, Jan. 17, 1895 (109 

 and 110). Very young but in flower. 



The Maya name Xtulu "Little Watermelon" is applied to var- 

 ious cucurbits. 



SICYDIUM, Schlecht. 

 S. tamnifolium, (Poir.) Cogn. 



At Tiop, (Linden}. Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Schott.} 



S. sp. ? (Hemsl.) 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885). "Vine 15 feet; rare. Foli- 

 age and male flowers only." Hemsley. 



MOMORDICA, Linn. 

 M. Charantia, Linn. 



Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885). 



LUFFA*, Linn. 

 L. cylindrica (Linn.) Roem. 



Momordica cylindrica, Linn. Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Schotf). 



CAYAPONIA, Manso. 

 C. alata, Cogn. 



Type locality, the Hacienda Sara-Grossa (Schott). 

 C. grandiflora, Cogn. 



Type locality, Picul (Schott}. 



CAMPANULACEAE. 



ISOTOMA, Lindl. 

 I. longiflora (Linn.) Presl. 



Lobelia longiflora, Linn. Island of Cozumel (Gaumer, 1885). 

 "Not common." 



GOODENIACEAE. 

 SCAEVOLA, Linn. 



S. Plumieri (Linn.) Vahl. 



Lobelia Plumieri, Linn. Islands of Holbox and Mugeres 

 (Gaumer, 1886). 



COMPOSITAE.* 



VERNONIA, Schreb. 

 V. lanceolaris, DC. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson). 



V. Schiedeana, Less. 



Yucatan, loc. ignot. (Johnson]. 



* My numbers were kindly determined by Professor J. M. Coulter. 



