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Salvia Hispanica, Linn. Rio Blanco, in moist shady places ; 

 October. (Go9 ) — " Chia." A pure Mexican species. 



Salvia purpurea, Cav. Ic. t. 1 66, var. pubens, foliis venosissimis ut 

 in ic. Jacquini, sed subtus mollissime supra minutim pubesceiitibus. — 

 Rio Blanco, in deep ravines and on shaded hillsides; October. (662.) 



Scutellaria rumicifolia, Benth. Barranca, on stream banks. 

 (6.) 



Stachys agraria, Cham. & Schlecht., var. calj'ce fere glabro. — 

 Rio Blanco; June. (49.J Barranca. (119-) Guadalajara; Septem- 

 ber. (612.) 



Stachys Drummondii, Benth. A slender form. Guadalajara, in 

 wet bottoms; July. (228.) 



BoERHAAViA ERECTA, Linn.? Barranca. (121.) — Too young for 

 determination. 



Amarantus leucospermus. (A. leucocarpus, Watson, Proc. 

 Amer. Acad. 10. 347.) Yellow and red forms. Guadalajara; Octo- 

 ber. (694, 695.) — " Aglegria"; cultivated among corn or by itself; 

 the seeds are parched, sprinkled with honey while hot, and made into 

 cakes. Opportunity is here taken to correct the name which was first 

 carelessly given to the species. 



Amarantus chlorostachys, Willd. Guadalajara, by old fences 

 and in waste places ; October. (626, 629, 630.) 



Amarantus Palmeri, Watson. Same localities. (627, female ; 

 628, male.) — With stouter spikes than in the usual form. 



Guilleminea illecebroides, HBK. Guadalajara, in sandy bot- 

 toms ; September. (471.) 



Gomphrena decumbens, Jacq. Guadalajara, in grassy bottoms ; 

 July. (238.) 



Gomphrena nitida, Rothr. Rio Blanco, along fences and road- 

 sides ; September. (549.) 



Iresine celosioides, Linn. Barranca. (92.) 



Iresine canescens, Humb. & Bonpl. A compact shrub, 5 or 6 

 feet high. Chapala, on mountain sides. (716.) — The same as Mex- 

 ican specimens, so named, collected by Bourgeau, Parry & Palmer, 

 and others. The original of the species, from New Grenada, is 

 described as a woody twiner. 



Petiveria alliacea, Linn. Barranca, in moist shade. (89.) 



Antigonon flavescens. Finely pubescent : leaves subtriangu- 

 lar-ovate, truncate at base with the angles acute or rounded, the petiole 



