Dec. i8g6. Flora of Yucatan — Millspaugh. 315 



HYDROPHYLLACEyE. 



Nama Ja.maicense Linn. Xpacumpac. 



Herb 6 to 12 inches 'high, common in cultivated land about 

 Izamal, Jan. to Dec. (326), common near Merida [Valiiez, /j). 



BORRAGINACE^. 



CoRDiA Sebes TENA Linn. Anac]iuita. Sac-copte. 



Tree 40 feet high, flowers bright scarlet, abundant at the port 

 of Silam, April (634). At Merida {Valdez, 21). 



Cordia cylindristachya (R.& P.) Roem. & Sch. Xcopche. 



Shrub 15 feet high, common in brush lands near Izamal, May 

 to Dec. (593). 



CORDIA DODECANDRA DC. Ciricotc. Kopte. 



Tree 100 feet high, flowers bright orange-red, in forests and in 

 cultivation, Izamal, Jan. to Dec. (526). 



Cordia globosa (L.) H.B.K. 



Tree-like 30 feet high, flowers greenish white; common in brush 

 lands about Izamal, Sept. (801, 745). 



Ehretia riNiFOLiA Linn. Rol?ie.* Beec. 



A large tree 90 feet high, abundant in the forests about Izamal, 

 evergreen, June (381, 464), common near Merida i^Valdez, 42). 



Heliotropium Curassavicum Linu. 



Herb 2 to 6 inches high, common at the port of Silam, April 

 (644). 



Heliotropium inundatum Sw. Nemax. 



Shrub 10 feet high, on open lands near Izamal, not common, 

 June to July (747). 



Heliotropium parviflorum Linn. Rabo de Mica. Xnemax. 



Herb 2 to 4 feet high, common on cultivated lands near Iza- 

 mal, Jan. to Dec. (324). Common near Merida iyMillspatigli, 

 1887, 30. Valdez, 32). 



Heliotropium phyllostachyum Torr. 



Herb 12 feet high, not common. Chique road near Izamal, 

 Aug. (790). 



Tourneforita volubilis Linn. Xulkin. 



Young branches densely strigose-tomentose; leaves bicolor, 

 short petioled, ovate-lanceolate, obliquely rounded at the base, 

 sharply pointed, scattered strigose-hairy above especially on the 

 veins, densely strigose-pubescent beneath. Inflorescence axil- 

 lary, that at the ends of the branches forming a dense paniculate 

 mass of unilateral slender spikes having a common zigzag axis. 

 Flowers very short pedicelled; calyx strigose-hispid, 5-fid nearly 



* Although the Spanish word Roble is principally applied to the oak, it is also used to des- 

 ignate almost any tree having a hard, strong wood. 



