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Nama serpylloides, Gray, 1. c, 3G3. At Monolova (982). 



Nama rupicola, Pavon. At Soledad, Coahuila (2023); 612 

 Parry & Palmer, in part. — Var. rotundifolium. Gray, 1. c, 363. 

 At Monclova, Coahuila (983), and a very soft-villous rounder-leaved 

 form from Monterey, Nuevo Leon (984). 



Nama subpetiolare, Gray, 1. c, 365. Near Monterey, Nuevo 

 Leon (985). 



Nama Jamaicense, Linn. At Monterey (986). 



Nama origanifolium, HBK. The specimens which best accord 

 with Kunth's figure are from San Luis Potosi (732 Schaifner). Some 

 of 612 Parry & Palmer are the same, while others appear to belong 

 to i\^. rupicola. 



Nama Schaffneri, Gray, 1. c, 361. Near Morales, San Luis 

 Potosi (194 Schafener) ; 609 Parry & Palmer. 



CoRDiA Greggii, Torr. At San Lorenzo de Laguna, Coahuila 

 (876). 



CoRDiA BoissiERi, DC. At Monterey, Nuevo Leon (877), where 

 it is popularly known as " Nacaguista " and a decoction of the bark is 

 much used for coughs and colds ; 1126 Parry & Palmer. 



CoRDiA PODOCEPHALA, Torr. At Soledad, Coahuila (1024). 



EiiRETiA ELLIPTIC A, DC. (^E. cUiata and E. exasperata, Miers.) 

 At Corpus Christi, Texas (870), in fruit, and at Monterey, Nuevo 

 Leon (871), in flower; 591|- Parry &, Palmer. Growing to a height 

 of 20 or 30 feet, and retaining its leaves and abundant fruit most of 

 the year ; the pale yellow sweetish berries edible ; flowers cream- 

 white, very fragrant. The Mexican specimens have been referred to 

 E. ciliata, Miers, which was founded upon a Texan specimen (665 

 Lindheimer) and cannot be distinguished from E. elUptica. 



CoLDEXiA CANESCENS, DC. At Parras (873) and Monclova, 

 Coahuila (874, in part), at Monterey, Nuevo Leon (1018), and in the 

 vSan Miguelito Mountains, San Luis Potosi (631 Schaffner) ; 615 

 Parry & Palmer. Flowers described as light blue, becoming pink. 



CoLDENiA HispiDissiMA, Gray. At Monclova, Coahuila (898). 

 " Flowers rose-color." 



CoLDENiA (Eddta) Mexicana. Perennial, woody at base, pros- 

 trate, more or less setosely hispid and tomentose : leaves ovate to 

 broadly lanceolate, more or less abruptly attenuate into a slender 

 petiole, veinless : flowers sessile, clustered ; sepals narrowly linear ; 

 corolla 3 lines long, rose-color : nutlets (only two usually maturing) 

 less finely and closely granulated than in the last, scarcely i line long. 

 — Li the mountains east of Saltillo (872), and at Monclova, Coahuila 



