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RiCHARDSONIA SCABRA L. 



Common in waste places, fertile red soil. Cieneguita S. 

 July 2, '95. (272.) 



COMPOSITAE. XCVI. 



Sparganophorus vaillantii Gaertn, 



Not uncommon along small streams, in damp, fertile soil, 

 shaded places. Cieneguita E., Dec. 7, '95. (670.) 



Vernonia menthaefolia Less. 



Not uncommon in savannahs, fertile soil (usually red). 

 Cieneguita S., Feb. 10, '96. (706.) 



Elephantopus spicatus Juss. " Lengua de vaca," «' Yerba 



de burro." 



Not uncommon in savannahs and along brooks. Ciene- 

 guita E., Dec. 3, '96. (660.) 



Ageratum conyzoides L. 



Not common; fertile waste places, usually damp soil. 

 Abreus, May 21, '95. (59.) 



Eupatorium canescens Vahl. 



A low shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, along coast hills near shore, 

 not common. Castillo de Jagua, Sept. 17, '95. (554.) 



E. viLLOSUM Sw. " Albahaca de sabana." 



In fertile, open, coastal woods, not common. Calicita, Aug. 

 24, '95. (525.) 



MiKANiA trinitaria DC. " Guaco." 



An annual or suffruticose climber, not uncommon along 

 brooks. Cieneguita N., Jan. 4, '96. (682.) 



M. GONOGLADA DC. " Guaco." 



An annual, twining; fertile, rough woods, not common. 

 Cieneguita N., Jan. 4, '96. (683.) 



