NO. 6 gentry: land plants 31 



Shrub or tree up to 7 meters high, the branches rather thick and 

 variously spiny. 



WiTTIA PANAMENSIS Brit. & Rose 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 26, Elmore L40; in forest. 



Distribution: Panama to Colombia and Venezuela; type from the 

 mountains above Chepo, Panama. 



Epiphytic with flat succulent stems 4-7 cm vi^ide, 20-40 cm long, 

 crenate, unarmed, from a slender elliptic main stem 1-1.5 cm wide. 



LECYTHIDACEAE 



GusTAVEA RHODANTHA Standley 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L23, L28; shaded 

 in clay soil of open forest at sea level. 



Distribution: Panama. 



This is a member of the brazil nut family, which is represented by this 

 and several other species in Panama and Costa Rica. The family reaches 

 its greatest development in Brazil. 



MYRTACEAE 

 Eugenia Jambos L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L21 ; in light dry 

 open forest at nearly sea level. 



Distribution : Native of southeastern Asia, naturalized in many locali- 

 ties in the American tropics. 



MELASTOMACEAE 



MiCONIA ARGENTEA (Sw.) DC. 



Barro Colorado Island, May 1, Elmore X6; in moist shady jungle. 

 Distribution: Southern Mexico to Panama, type from the Mosquito 

 Coast. 



ONAGRACEAE 



JUSSIAEA SUFFRUTACOSA L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L12; shaded in moist 

 clay soil of the open forest at 10 feet elevation. 



Distribtuion: Widely distributed in the American tropics and sub- 

 tropics. 



