Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 459 



Aristolochieae. CXLVn. 



Aristolochia passiflorifolia Rich. 



Common on coast hills, low climbing. Castillo de Jagua, 

 Sept. 19, '95. (488.) 



PiPERACEAE. CXLVIII. 



Piper angustifolium R. and P. var. ? " Platanillo 



de Cuba." 



A shrub, 5 to 8 feet high, common along brooks and small 

 streams, rich black soil. Cienenguita E., May 2, '95. (8.) 



P. peltatum L. 



Along small stream, rich shaded places, rare. Cieneguita 

 N., Aug. 20, '95. (514.) 



P. UMBELLATUM L. 



Common along small stream, rich, damp, shaded soil. 

 Cieneguita E., May 2, '95. (7.) 



Peperomia sp. (693.) 



A succulent herb, fleshy leaves, creeping on rocks in rough 

 woods, shaded damp canons. Cieneguita N., Dec. 4 and 30, 

 '95. — Plate xxxviii. 



Laurineae. CLII. 



Persea gratissima Gaertn. " Aguacate." 



An excellent fruit. Commonly cultivated, often sponta- 

 neous. Cieneguita, Jan. 20, '96. (697.) 



Phoebe Montana Griseb. *« Boniato del pinar." 



In savannahs, fertile, black soil, infrequent. Cieneguita 

 N., Jan. 13, '96. (692.) 



Nectandra coriacea Griseb. 



Not common, fertile coast hills. Calicita, M:iy 31, '95, and 

 Castillo de Jagua, Sept. 19, '95. (101 and 604.) 



