NO. 6 gentry: land plants 35 



RUBIACEAE 

 Hamelia nodosa Mart. & Gal. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 4, Elmore LIO; sandy soil of 

 coralline and shell, shaded in open forest, flowers red. 



Distribution : Mexico to Panama. 



MORINDA ROYOC L. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L3 ; on coralline 

 and shell of the upper beach in shade. 

 Distribution : Central America. 



COMPOSITAE 

 Vernonia canescens HBK. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H34; in the shade of dry hot forest. 

 Flowers white. Barro Colorado Island, May 1, Elmore X8. 



Distribution : Mostly in the tierra caliente from southern Mexico 

 south through Central America to northern South America; type from 

 Guanacamba, Peru. 

 Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H4; in shaded moist sandy soil of 

 the upper beach. Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 26, Elmore L37. 



Distribution: Widely distributed along the seashores of tropical 

 America. 



