March, igoo. Plantve Utowan^e Millspaugh. 35 



A few individuals in a group center of south end of Perez Island 

 (1754), another small patch on Pajaros Island, and a quite large clus- 

 ter on Chica Island, Alacran Shoals. 



Salicornia fruticosa Linn. Sp. PI. ed. ii : 5. 



Shore of islet in Hamilton Bay, Bermuda (17). Probably a 

 variety of this species, but not in shape to characterize. 



Dondia linearis (Ell.) comb. nov. 



Salsola linearis Ell. Carol. 1:332. Sucvda linearis Moq. Chenopo- 

 dina linearis Moq. Borders of lagoon south of Progreso, Yucatan 

 (1708); decumbent and spreading stems 20-30 cm., branchlets densely 

 leafy. Shores of the bay at Guanica, Porto Rico (766). 



AM ARANTH ACE.E. * 



Kokera paniculata (Linn.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. 542. 



Celosia paniculata Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2:1762. noti Linn. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 1:1753. 



Achyranthes altissima Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 17. 



Chamissoa altissima H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 197. 



Suburbs of San Domingo City (851), and of Port Antonio, 

 Jamaica (919). 



Celosia paniculata Linn. Sp. PI. 206. 



Climbing among shrubs in hedgerows near Guanica, Porto Rico 

 (686). 



Whole plant, including sepals and urticle, turns black in drying. 

 Flowers 5 mm. long, the sepals scarcely exceeding the urticle ; leaves 

 deltoid, lanceolate. Easily distinguished from C. virgata the only 

 other species likely to be found in the same region by the shape of 

 the leaves, and the larger flowers and utricle. 



Amaranthus hybridus Linn. Sp. PI. 990. 



A. hypochondriac us Linn. loc. cit. 991. 



A. chlorostachysWilld. Hist. Am. 34. 



A. chlorostachys hybridus Wats. Gray Man. ed. vi:428. 



Frequent along the margin of open woods at Walsingham, Ber- 

 muda (104, no). 



Reade does not mention this species in his PI. Bermuda, nor 

 does Kemp in his Winter Fl. Bermuda; Lefroy in his Bot. Bermuda 

 cites it as an American species sine loc. 



This species is distinguished from A. tristis, its nearest relative 

 in the West Indies, by its much longer sharply aristate bracts, and 

 mucronate but not emarginate leaves. Very variable. 



Amaranthus polvgonoides Linn. PI. Jam. Pugill 2:27. 



An erect, slender, pale green, branching, weed-like herb about 

 30 cm. high, plentiful about Morro Hill, Santiago de Cuba (1068). 



Amaranthus spinosus Linn. Sp. PI. 991. 

 The only thorny amaranth. 

 Frequent in waste places Catafio, Porto Rico (188); outskirts 



*Ed\vin B. Uline, auct. 



