296 FiKi.i) Coi.iMi'.iAx Museum — Boianv, V(jl. i. 



Bd-.RHAAviA HiKsuTA Linn. 



Herb 3 feet high, common on cultivated ground, Jan. to Dec. 

 (309)- 



Mirabilis Jalapa Linn. Maravilla. 



Herb 5 feet high, abundant everywhere about Izanial, March 

 to June (548). 



Allionia violacea (Choisy). 



Oxybaphiis violaceus Choisy. Herb i foot high, common in 

 shady places near Izamal, April (579). 



Pisonia aculeata Linn. H-Beeb. 



Trailing 50 feet, abundant in brush and forest lands at Izamal 

 (305). Abundant near Merida {Valdez, j/). 



PORTULACACE^. 



Portulaca halimoides Linn. Oay-ocli-can. 



Prostrate 6 inches; flowers orange-yellow. Common in moist 

 places near Izamal, Ma}' (603). 



Por.tulaca oleracea Linn. Verdolaga. XucuL 



Prostrate herb 18 inches, very abundant as a weed in gardens 

 at Izamal, July to Oct. (517). ' 



Portulaca pilosa Linn. Oioch. 



Prostrate 12 inches, abundant in crevices of rocks near Izamal, 

 Aug. (782). 



Sesuvium Portulacastrum Linn. 



Prostrate herb 6 feet, flowers blue, Port of Silam, April (625). 



Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. 



Herb i foot, not common ; forests of Xcholac, April (598). 

 Herb i^ feet high, flowers white, X)l\^ crassifolium loxxw, shady 

 places near Izamal, June to Oct. (733)- 



CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Silene Cucubalus Weibel. 



Herb I foot high, a rare escape to old fields. Izamal, Sept. to 

 June (545). 



NYMPHACE^. 



Castama AAri'i.A (DC.)Salisb. Lab. 



Abundant in the larger sartenejas, Jan. to Dec. (428). 



ANONACE^. 



Anona Cherimolia Mill. Saramuyo. Oalniuy. 



Tree 30 feet high, commonly cultivatey at Izamal for its fruit — 

 the Custard-apple (605). 



