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ACANTHACEAE. CXXXI. 



Edellia PANICULATA L. 



Annual or suffruticose, not uncommon in rocky, fertile 

 upland woods. Cieneguita S. W., Feb. 10, '96. (702.) 



R. tuberosa L. " Salta-perico." 



Common in fertile savannahs and river woods. (Ciene- 

 guita.) Abreus, June 20, '95. (224.) 



Barleriola solanifolia Oerst. 



Barleria solanifolia L. 



A small shrub, flowers not common. Savannah, Aug. 20, 

 '95. (88.) 



Anthacanthus spinosus Nees. 



A shrub, 4 to 6 feet high (trailing) in rough rocky woods 

 on coast. Faro Villa Nueva, Sept. 18, '95. (576. ) 



Stenandrium droseroides Nees. 



Common in barren savannahs, dry, sandy or gravelly soil. 

 Cieneguita R. R., S. W. Branch, Aug. 19, '95. (492.) 



Justicia origanoides Griseb. (Ex. char.) 



Not uncommon on sand hills near the sea. Castillo de 

 Jagua, Sept. 16, '95. (570.) 



Dianthera pectoralis Murr. 



Not infrequent along brooks in the water or in wet places. 

 Cieneguita S. W., Aug. 7, '95. (418 ; also 481.) 



D. reptans Griseb. 



In the edge of or near upland marsh, common. Cieneguita 

 N., July 19, '95. (329.) 



DlCLIPTERA ASSURGENS JuSS. 



Not uncommon in fertile rough woodland. Cieneguita N., 

 Dec. 3, '95. (654.) 



