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FlF.I.D Coi.lMl'.lAN MrsKUM B()^AN^•, \o\.. I, 



TiLLANiJSiA usNEOiDEs Linn. Biuba Espaniicla. Mex-nuxib. 



Yucatan loc. ignot. {^Sc/ioft j6). Mez. C, Broniel, DC. Mon- 

 ogr. Plianer. 9: 1876. Abundant at the port of Silam. April 

 (663). 



Tillandsia utriculata Linn. 



Erect 4 feet high, abundant at the port of Silam, April (651). 



Vriesia PSiTTACiNA DECOLOR Wawra. 



Yucatan loc. ignot. (SfZ/o//, 75). Mez. C, Bromel., DC. Mon- 

 ogr. Phaner. 9: 1896. 



COMMELINACE.E. 



RhcBO discolor (L'Her) Hance. Chac-oam. Yax-oana. 



Common on all ruins and rocky places, 18 to 20 inches high, 

 flowers pure white, Jan. to Dec. (535, 8og). 



PONTEDERIACE.E. 



Heteranthera limosa Willd. 



Herb 6 inches high, flowers dark blue. In sartenejas near 

 Izamal, July (840). 



LILIACE.C 

 Aloe vera Linn. Zavila. 



Cultivated at Izamal, March (527). 



Asparagus oflB.cinalis Linn. Esparrago. 



Herb 6 feet, uncommonly cultivated at Izamal. Jan. to Dec. 

 (:485). 



Echeandia terniflora Ortega. 



Herb 4 feet high, common in moist, shady places near Izamal, 

 Sept. (843). 



AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Agave rigida elongata Mill. Agave. Hcncijucn. Sacci. 



Agave Sisalana Perrine. Extensively cultivated, constituting, 

 the wealth of Yucatan. Izamal, Oct. to March (375). 



Amaryllis equestris (Herb.) Ait. Adonis. 



Hippeastrum ecjuestre. Herb. Commonly cultivated at Izamal. 

 Jan. to March (569). 



Hymenocallis lacera Salisb. 



H. rotata Herb. Herb 3 feet high, common in moist places 

 near Izamal. July to Aug. {777). 



ORCHIDACE^. 



Spiranthes orchioides A. Rich. Cerciopelo. 



Rare, 2 feet high, flowers bright crimson. North Izamal, 



June (874). 



