Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 417 



Poinciana regia Boj. " Flamboyant ." 



A cultivated tree, very ornamental, common. Cieneguita, 

 May 20, '95. (84.) 



Parkinsonia aculeata L. " Espinillo," " Palo de rayo." 

 Commonly cultivated for ornamental purposes. Ciene- 

 guita S. W., Feb. 28, '96. (726.) 



Cassia chrysocarpa Desv. 



A climbing shrub. Along the coast and in savannahs, 

 gravelly or red soil. Caemonera, Aug. 28, '95. (504.) 



C. LIGUSTRINA L. 



A shrub about ten feet high in marshy open woods, fertile 

 soil, rare. Cieneguita S., Sept. 24, '95. (617.) 



C. alata L. " Guacamaya francesa," " Guajaba." 



Cultivated, an ornamental shrub, not uncommon. Ciene- 

 guita, Dec. 19, '95. (673.) 



C. occidentalis L. " Brusca " and " Yerba hedionda." 



A common shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, in waste places and 

 savannahs. Cieneguita, May 27, '95. (92.) 



C. obtusifolia L. " Guanina " and " Yerba hedionda." 



A common weed in waste places, red soil. Cieneguita, June 

 26, '95. (243.) 



C. sericea Sw. " Guanina " and " Yerba hedionda." 



A weed in waste places, red soil, not frequent. Cieneguita, 

 June 26, '95. (244.) 



C. hispidula Vahl. 



A spreading shrub, prostrate on red gravelly dry soil, 

 branches about 1 foot long, not uncommon. Cieneguita 

 S.W.,Mar. 4, '96. (732.) 



C. rotundifolia Pers. 



A spreading prostrate herb, on gravelly red soil, not fre- 

 quent. Cieneguita R.R., S., June 14, '95. (167.) 



