298 FlKLI) C()LUMKIAN MUSKU.M — BOTANV, VoL. I. 



MORINGACE^. 



Moringa aptera Ga rtn. J 



An African shrub 20 feet high, sparingly cultivated at Izamal, 1 

 March to June (465). 



CRASSULACE^. 



Brvophyllum imnnatum (Lam.) S. Kurz. Siempre vive. Cisalxiu. 



Bryophylhim ca/ycini/m Salisb. Herb 3 to 6 feet high, abun- 

 dant in and about towns, Izamal, Dec. to June (514). Common 

 in and about Merida i^Valdez, yS). 



LEGUMINOS^. 



Acacia Farnesiana (L.) Willd. Xkantiriz. 



Tree 25 feet high, common from Temax to Silam, April (658). j 



Acacia filicina Willd. ' Xaax. 



,Tree 20 feet high, common in the forest and brush lands about 

 Izamal, Aug. to Sept. (863). 



Acacia spadicigera Cham. & Schl. Subin. 



Low tree 20 feet. Abundant in the brush and forest lands 

 about Izamal, Jan. to Dec. (353). 



Acacia sphserocephala Cham. & Schl. j 



Shrub 8 feet high. Common at the Port of Silam, April (655). 1 



^schynomene fascicularis Cham. & Schl. 



Shrub 20 feet high. Common in brush lands near Izamal 



(495. 511)- 



Bauhinia divaricata Linn. Fa/a de Vaca. Zac Oulud-tok. 



Bauhinia porrecta Sw. A small tree 15 to 30 feet high. Abun- 

 dant in brush and forest lands near Izamal (307, 336 in part). 

 Common near Merida {Vahicz, //). 



Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. Chacoinkin. 



Campo near Merida [Valdez, gy). 



Calliandra gracilis Klot. Xyalaha-oac. 



Shrub 20 feet high, frequent in the brush lands about Izamal, 

 Sept. (866). 



Calliandra Portoricensis (Jacq.) Benth. . Pich. 



Tree 100 feet high, abundant everywhere near Izamal, June 

 (722). 



Cassia Chameecrista Linn. 



Herb 2 feet high; along the Chique road near Izamal, uncom- 

 mon, Aug. (885). 



Cassia occidrntalis Linn. Frijolillo. . 



Shrub, 8 feet high ; very abundant in open places near Izamal 

 (519)- 



