458 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Petiveria alliacea L. " Anamu." 



Not uncommon in fertile black soil, rocky, rough woods. 

 Cieneguita N., June 24, '95. (182.) 



Phytolacca Bogotensis HBK. (?) 



Along rocky coast hills, rare. Calicita, June 12, '95. 

 (173.) 



Batideae. CXLII. 



Batis maritima L. " Barrilla." 



Common shrub, 1 to 3 feet high, along the sea, sandy low 

 beaches and salt marshes. Calicita, July 27, '95. (371.) 



Polygonaceae. CXLIII. 



Coccoloba uvifera Jacq. " Uva de la caleta," '* Uvero." 

 Common on low sand hills along sea-shore. Castillo de 

 Jagua, Sept. 16, '95. (569.) 



C. ARM ATA Wright. " Uverillo." 



A rough, rigid shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, not uncommon. 

 Coast hills, poor soil. Loma de Ciego, Calicita, Aug. 

 26, '95. (531.) 



C. RETUSA Griseb. " Uvero macho." 



A low tree or shrub (10 to 15 feet high), in savannahs^ 

 rare. Cieneguita S., Aug. 6, '95. (374.) 



C. MiCROPHYLLA Griscb. " Uverillo." 



A rough, spreading, rigid shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, not 

 uncommon along brook in barren savannahs, dry sandy or 

 gravelly red soil. Cieneguita W. to Yaguaramos, Feb. 28, 

 "96. (725.) 



AiNTiGONON LEPTOPUS Hook. and Arnot. 



In fertile waste places, probably escaped from cultivation. 

 Castillo de Jagua, Sept. 16, '95. (563.) 



