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Pilea muscosa Lindl. Frescura. Yomha. 



An abundant weed in gardens at Izamal (455). Common near 

 Merida {Valdez, 83). 



Urera microcarpa Wedd. Laal. 



Shrub 20 feet high, common in the forests about Izamal, Dec. 

 to March (501). 



LORANTHACE^. 



Loranthus calyculatus DC. Chac-Xciu. 



Very abundant on trees ever3'\vhere. Izamal, May to Dec. 



(755)- 



Phoradendron flavescens Nutt. Xax-xciu. Xmuy-che. 



Common on trees at Silam, June (876), and at Izamal Jan. to 

 Dec. (561). 



OLACACE^. 



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Ximenia Americana Linn. Xkuk-che. 



Tree 40 feet high, common in the forests near Izamal, June 

 (710). 



ARISTOLOCHIACE^. 



Aristolochia brevipes Benth. Guaco. 



Vine 6 feet, abundant on stone walls about Izamal, Jan. to Dec. 



(441)- 



Aristolochia grandiklora Sw. Flor de Paio. 



Aristolochia fo-tens Lindl. Introduced from the Island of 

 Ruatan to cultivation at Izamal, Oct. to March (327). 



POLYGONACE^. 



Coccoloba coronata Jacq. ? Xbobche. 



Tree 30 feet high, common in the forests near Izamal, Sept. 

 (not in fruit, 8 19). 



CoccoLOHA UviFRRA (Linn.) Jacq. Uva dc Mer. Uba. 



Shrub 4-6 feet high, on the beach at Progreso, April, 1887 

 {Millspaiigh, 6). A large tree 60 feet high, abundant at the port 

 of Silam, April (638). 



Podopterus Mexicanus Ilumb. & Bonpl. Sacioa. 



Tree 50 feet high, common in forests and brush lands near 

 Izamal, July (750). 



AMARANTACE.E. 



Achyranthes aspera Linn. Sorrillo Blanco, Sac-piche. 



Herb 5 feet high, common everywhere about Izamal, Sept. to 

 Feb. (540J. 



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