26 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



OLEACEAE 



XlMENIA AMERICANA L. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H39; at sea level along moist, sandy 

 beach, "Flowers sweet smelling, cream colored." Flowers are distinguished 

 by the dense woolly pubescence on the inner face of the petals. 



Distribution: Tropics of both hemispheres and Florida. 



AMARANTACEAE 



GOMPHRENA DISPERSA Standi. 



Frijoles, Canal Zone, May 1, Elmore Y2; along railroad tracks. 



Distribution : Central Mexico to Costa Rica and West Indies, adven- 

 tive in Florida; type from cultivated field, Sierra de Anafe, Pinar del Rio, 

 Cuba. 



GoMPHRENA GLOBOSA L. 



Frijoles, Canal Zone, May 1, Elmore Yl; along railroad tracks. 

 Distribution : Southern Asia and escaped widely in tropical America ; 

 type from India. 



CAPPARIDACEAE 



Capparis VERRUCOSA Jacq. 



Taboga Island, May 2, Elmore Z3; rocky clay soil in dry hot forest. 

 Distribution : Tierra caliente from Mexico to Venezuela. 



CRASSULACEAE 

 Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H38; shaded in clay soil on upper 

 beach. 



Distribution: Florida and throughout the West Indies and tropical 

 American mainland. Naturalized from Asia; type from the Molucca 

 Islands. 



The succulent leaves are viviparous and either simple or pinnate. 



ROSACEAE 

 Chrysobalanus Icaco L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 27, Elmore L45. 



Distribution : Widely distributed in tropical America from Mexico to 

 South America and the West Indies; type from Jamaica. It is also in 

 Africa. 



This is the cocoa-plum or icaco with edible fruit. Standley gives an 

 interesting account of it (Trees and Shrubs of Mexico, C. N. H. 23 : 345, 

 1922). 



