2 74 Alexander IV. Ei'ans, 



August, 1901, Pcre Duss ji/8, 380, 381 (N. Y.) ; Deux-Choux, 

 September, 1903, Pcre Duss (N. Y., determined as 71/. caracensls 

 by Stephani), 



St. Vincent: without definite localities or dates, L. Guilding 

 (H., N. Y., specimens in the Taylor and Mitten herbaria, labeled 

 "March, linearis — chenopoda.") : 



Grenada : Annandale, St. George's, March, 1906, W. E. 

 Broadway (N. Y.). 



Trinidad: without definite locality, 1878-80, A. Fendler 

 (N. Y., U. S., Y., distributed as M. chenopoda) ; Mareval Valley, 

 1913, R. TJiaxter (H., Y.) ; La Lenia Valley, 191 3, R. Thaxter 

 (H., Y.). 



Venezuela: Rio Cartude, Caracas, 1856, Gollmer (B., type 

 of M. caraccnsis) ; Caracas, August, 1902, A. F. Blake slee. 

 (H.,Y.). 



The following stations, cited in literature, should also be noted : 

 Santo Domingo: without definite locality, date or collector's 



name (type). 



Guadeloupe: without definite locality or date, L'Herminier 



6p (listed, as M. linearis, by Bescherelle in Jour, de Bot. 7: 193. 



1893). 



Martinique: without definite localities or dates, C. Bclanger 

 124 (Hsted, as M. linearis, by Bescherelle, I. c.) ; K. von Martins; 

 C. Bclanger 24 in part, ^/4; Hahn,'//4 (the last three listed, as 

 M. inflexa, by Bescherelle, /. c). 



The type specimen of M. domingensis was collected in Santo 

 Domingo, neither the date nor the collector's name being men- 

 tioned in the original publication. Unfortunately this specimen 

 has not been available for study. In its absence the writer 

 has been obliged to rely upon West Indian material determined 

 as M. linearis and upon the type specimen of M. inflexa. These 

 are referred to M. domingensis without question by Stephani and 

 agree in all essential respects with the other specimens listed. 

 The type specimens of M. disjnncta, M. Elliottii and M. caraccnsis 

 have likewise been examined and show a similar agreement. 

 The writer feels convinced, therefore, that the synonymy given 

 above is correct. 



The type specimen of M. inflexa, received from the Montagne 

 herbarium, is very fragmentary but bears two female recep- 



