Di.c. i8g6. Flora of Yucatan — Millspaugh. 313 



long ; flower flame-colored 5 lin. long : calyx 3 lin. long ; seg- 

 ments 2 lin. broad. Fruit woody, yellow, 10 lin. long, 6 lin. 

 diameter. 



Plentiful at the port of Silam (coastal), rare in the interior, 

 May to June (531). 



plumbaginace.f:. 



Plumi!ago SCANDRNS Linn. Yerba del Alacran. Oaimenoai. Chakhak- 

 Scandent 5 feet; abundant in the brush lands about Izamal, 

 March (393). Near Merida {Va/dez, ~j). 



SAPOTACE^. 

 AcHRAS Sapota Linn. Zapote. Ya.* 



Tree 100 feet high; abundant at the port of Silam, April (639). 



Chrysophyllum Cainito Linn. Cayumito. 



Tree 60 feet high, widely cultivated for its fruit, Izamal, Aug. 

 (780). 



Liucuma multiflora A.DC. Kaniste. 



Tree 50 feet high, common!)' cultivated at Izamal, March to 

 April (529). 



Sideroxylon Mastichodendron J acq. 



Tree 80 feet high, very rare, only one seen, near Izamal, July 



(763)- 



APOCYNACE^. 



Echites microcalyx A.DC. 



Vine 10 feet, in brush lands about Izamal, rare, Aug. (881). 



Plvimeria rubra Linn. Flor de Maya. 



Cultivated extensively at Tikul and Merida, April, 1887 {^Mills- 

 paugh, 2g, js). 



Rauwolfia heterophvlla Wind. Cabamuc. 



Shrub 3 feet high, abundant about Silam, April (610). 



Tap.ernaemontana amygdal^folia Jacq. Jasmin de Perro. TJoupec. 

 Shrub i2^eet high, very common in the brush and forest lands 

 about Izamal, March to April (555); cultivated at Merida {V'aldez, 

 62). 



Thevetia nereifolia Juss. Campanula. Acio. 



Shrub 20 feet high, common both in forests and in cultivation, 

 Jan. to Dec. (546); common near INIerida {Valdez, 87). 



Vinca rosea Linn. 



Shrub 3 feet high, flowers pure white, cultivated at Izamal, Jan. 

 to Dec. (380). 



ASCLEPIADACEiE. 

 Asclepias Curassavica L. Cancerillo. Xpolkusil. 



Common in damp places near Merida {Valdez., 61). 



* The Maya Tauoh Va is wrongly applied to this species on p. 37. The tauch ya is a species 

 said to yield a fruit, tarry-black inside. Not yet collected, and may prove to be a Diospyros. 



