14 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



COCHLOSPERMACEAE 



CocHLOSPERMUM viTiFOLiUM (Willd.) Spreng. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore RIO. 

 Distribution : Mexico to South America, cultivated in the West Indies. 



VERBENACEAE 



Clerodendron fragrans Vent. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R22. 



Distribution : Native of southeast Asia, cultivated and naturalized in 

 tropical America. 



SOLANACEAE 



SOLANUM SEAFORTHIANUM Andr. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R21. A 

 scandent shrub with violaceous flowers. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in tropical America; introduced into 

 cultivation as an ornamental in many localities. 



GESNERIACEAE 



TUSSACIA PULCHELLA Reichb. 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore Rll. 

 Distribution: Panama. 



ACANTHACEAE 

 Thunbergia alata Bojer 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R24. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in the West Indies and northern 

 South America. 



RUBIACEAE 



Borreria verticillata (L.) Meyer 



Pitch Lake, April 17, Elmore SI; growing out of rock crevices in 

 Pitch Lake. 



Distribution : Widely distributed in the tropics of the Americas. 



CAMPANULACEAE 



HiPPOBROMA LONGIFLORA (L.) G. Don 



Royal Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain, April 18, Elmore R9. 

 Distribution : Nearly pan-tropical, native of the New World, the 

 type from Jamaica. Adventive in Old World. 



