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BouCHEA Ehrenbergii, Cham. Guadalajara, in wet places on 

 hilltops; July. (261.) 



Priva HisPiDA, Juss. Guadalajara, on sides of ravines ; Septem- 

 ber. (500.) 



Verbena ctliata, Benth. Rio Blanco; June. (35.) 



DuRANTA Plumieri, Jacq. Guadalajara, cultivated. (736.) 



ViTEX MOLLIS, HBK. Barranca. (129.) Tequila. (422.) — 

 The black-brown fruit, known as " ahuilote," is much eaten by the 

 natives. 



Hyptis albida, HBK. ^ov. Gen. & Spec. 3. 129. Rio Blanco, 

 on hillsides ; July. (150.) 



Hyptis stellulata, Benth. Lab. 129, and DC. Prodr. 12. 128. 

 Rio Blanco ; August. (326.) 



Hyptis macrocephala, Mart. & Gal., ex Benth. 1. c. (probably), 

 var. viLLOSA, bracteis capituli oblongo-spathulatis 3-nervatis ; caly- 

 cis dentibus tubo suo sublongioribus. — Guadalajara, in wet bottoms ; 

 September. (436.) 



Hyptis polystachya, HBK. 1. c. 121. Rio Blanco, along creeks 

 and ravines, 6 to 8 feet high ; September. (538.) 



Hyptis spicata, Poit. Chapala, hedges and hillsides. (717.) 



Mentha rotundifolia, Liuu. Guadalajara, in rich wet places ; 

 July. (235.) — " Vervena." 



CuNiLA LONGIFLORA, Gray, V. $p. Corollis (lin. 4 longis) albis 

 calyce brevidentato quadruplo longioribus : caet. C. polyanthce, Benth. 

 — Rio Blanco, in a deep barranca ; October. (649.) The stems are 

 said to be frutescent (" a compact shrub "), but so far as the specimens 

 of a foot and a half long show, they are herbaceous and slender. 

 G. secimda, Watson, collected by Duges, must be a form of C. poly- 

 antha, from the original of which the present plant differs principally 

 in its elongated corollas. 



MiCROMERiA Xalapensis, Benth. Guadalajara, in damp shaded 

 places; September, (618.) 



Salvia veroniC/Efolia, Gray, n. sp. Calophace, BrachyanthcB ; 

 e basi suffrutescente multicaulis, pilis longis patentissimis plerumque 

 glandula parva terminatis undique molliter hirsutissima ; ramis cauli- 

 busve pedalibus laxis ; foliis membranaceis ovatis subserratis basi 

 lata subsessilibus semipollicaribus ; racemo spiciformi interrupto gra- 

 cili, verticillastris 4-6-floris, foliis floralibus lato-ovatis viridibus pedi- 

 cellos breves superantibus subpersistentibus ; calyce ad medium 

 usque bilabiato ringente herbaceo ut caulis pilosissimo, labio postico 

 tridenticulato, antico bipartite, lobis deltoideis acutis ; corolla parum 



