Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 425 



P. RUBRA L. " Pasionaria de cerca." 



In open fertile upland woods, rare. Cieneguita N., July 

 3, '95. (279.) 



P. ciLiATA Ait. " Pasionaria de Candelaria." 



P. foetida Cav. var. ciliata Mast. 



Common in savannahs, grass lands, fertile red soil. Ciene- 

 guita S., May 16, '95. (44.) 



P. OBLONGATA Sw. '< Pasiouaria vejigosa." "Tagua- 



tagua." 



In fertile open woods, climbing high (10 ft.), not fre- 

 quent. Calicita R. R., lOK., July 13, ^'95. (318.) 



Carica Papaya L. " Papaya " and " Fruta bomba." 



Not uncommon, in fertile soil along small streams, etc. 

 (Often cultivated.) Cieneguita, May 29, '95. (110.) 



Cucurbitaceae. LXXXIII. 



Lagenaria vulgaris Sw. " Giiiro cimarron." 



Cultivated and escaped in fertile waste places. Cieneguita, 

 July 8, '95. (324.) 



MoMORDiCA Charantia L. *' Cundcanior." 



Common in fertile waste places (often cultivated). Ciene- 

 guita, May 20, '95. (72.) 



LuFFA acutangula Roxb. " Jaboncillo." 



Not uncommon in fertile, waste places (often cultivated). 

 Cieneguita, May 20, '95. (68.) 



L. acutangula Roxb. (forma). " Jaboncillo," " Estro- 



pajo," or " Cayote frances." 



Same as above but fruit more anguhited and flowers lemon 

 yellow. Cieneguita, Sept. 2, '95. (543.) 



CucuMis Anguria L. " Pepino cimarron." 



Not infrequent in fertile, waste places, fields, etc. Ciene- 

 guita, May 15, '95. (38.) 



