NO. 6 GENTRY : LAND PLANTS 33 



Maripa panamensis Hemsl. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 4, Elmore L13; coralline and 

 shell in open forest, flowers pink. 



Distribution: Endemic to Panama. 



VERBENACEAE 

 Petrea volubilis L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L41 ; forest. 

 Distribution : Widely distributed in tropical America. 



LABIATAE 



Salvia occidentalis Swartz 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H9 ; clay soil in forest clearing. 



Distribution : Widespread in the American tropics. 



Small erect weedy herb with blue flowers and viscid calyces that adhere 

 to other objects. 



SOLANACEAE 



SOLANUM SCABRUM Vahl 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore EI8; at sea level on the upper beach 

 in moist shaded sandy soil. 



Distribution: Tierra caliente of Central America, West Indies, and 

 northern South America. A scandent shrub with light purple flowers 

 common through the lowlands. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



SCOPARIA DULCIS L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L14; open forest 

 at 10 feet elevation. 



Distribution : Pan-tropic. 



BIGNONIACEAE 

 Enallagma cucurbitina (L.) Baill. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore LI; in coralline and 

 shell sand of the upper beach, elevation 3 feet. 



Distribution : Panama. 

 Tabebuia palustris Hemsl. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore 1143; edge of the forest in moist 

 sandy soil of the upper beach. 



