18 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



VERBENACEAE 

 Lantana involucrata L. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V7 ; dry sandy soil. 



Distribution : West Indies and Central America. 

 Stachytarpheta jamaicense (L.) Vahl 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V17 ; moist shaded roadside. 



Distribution : Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



A widespread weed with blue flowers on long thick spikes. The flowers 

 are appressed in the grooves of the spike rachis. 



LABIATAE 



OCIMUM micranthum Willd. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V21 ; shaded in moist ditch by the 

 roadside. 



Distribution : Mexico to Brazil and the West Indies. 



A common widespread annual or short-lived perennial. 



ACANTHACEAE 



Aphelandra tetragona (Vahl) Nees. sens lat. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore F20; moist shaded roadside. 



Distribution : Central America, northern South America, West Indies. 



The inflorescence is young and shows a close long tomentum or 

 pilosity and the margins of the bracts are ciliate. 

 Ruellia tuberosa L. 



Between Buccoo Bay and Scarborough, April 20, Elmore V15; road- 

 side in shaded moist forest. 



Distribution: Tierra caliente of tropical America, introduced in the 

 Old World. A low perennial herb, the stems angular and sulcate, flowers 

 lavender to purple. The size of the plant and the flowers vary considerably 

 according to environmental conditions. 



CUCURBITACEAE 



Mormordica Charantia L. 



Buccoo Bay, April 20, Elmore V24; shaded, along moist roadside. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in the American tropics, Jalisco to 

 Brazil and the West Indies. 



