324 FiKi.i) Coi.i'.MiUAN Museum — Botany, Vol. i. 



This is the first I-lupatoriiiiii sp. mentioned on page 51 of con- 

 trib. I.; being Dr. Gaumer's No. 122 from Coiiumel, and John- 

 son's "Yucatan and Tabasco" specimen contributed by Dr. Tor- 

 rey to Kew in 1850. It agrees with the type collected at Papantla, 

 Mexico, by Liebman {88') in 1841; and with Mr. Pringle's j/oj 

 collected in Mexico in 1890. 



Ei.FA'THKRANTHERA DivARiCATA Ricli. Siinguinariii. Xkaiitumbub. 

 Meliunpodiujn paliidosuvi H. B. K. M. dhuirica////u [Rich.) DC. 

 Herb 4 feet high, abundant in old fields near Izamal, Sept. to 

 Jan. (563). Abundant near Merida (]'aldez, j). 



ElPAlOKIUiM DRKPANOPHVLLU.M Klatt. 



Island of Cozumel (Gautncr'^, 122). Klatt, K.K.Natur. Hofmus. 

 1894 p. 356. 



EUPATORIUM 1H)PULIF0LIU.M H.B.K. Ckiopli'. 



Herb 10 feet high, in general cultivation at Izamal, March 



(552). 



Our specimens agree best with the Guatemalan forms. 



Eupatorium qaudrangulare DC. 



" Common both wild and in cultivation " [Va/dez, g2). 



Helenium quadridentatum Labill. Manzanilla. 



Common in waste places about Merida ( Wxldez, ^g). 



Lagascea mollis Cav. 



Waste lands near Merida {Valdez, 2g). 



Melampodium hispidum H.B.K. 



An infrequent herb, 4 feet high, in the forests about Izamal 



(789)- 



In our specimens the leaves are coarsel)' and distantly blunt- 

 serrate. 



Mikania scandens Willd. 



\'ine 15 feet, flowers white, common at Xcholac, June to Feb. 



(443)- 



Montauoa hibiscifolia C. Koch. 



Herb 4 to 9 feet high, flowers pure white. Clearing north of 

 Mascab Pixo}', Jan. {Mi/lspaugh, Armoto- Expcd. fSS)- 



Parthenium HvsiEROPHORi s Linn. A//anisa. 



Waste lands near Tikul, April 1887 {Millspaugh, 18). Herb 18 

 inches high, very abundant everywhere near Izamal, Jan. to 

 Dec. (558). Common about Merida [I'a/dez, t2). 



Pectis prostrata Cav. 



§ rectidiformcs. Low, branches spreading, pubescent in two 

 lines. Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, acute, densely punc-j 

 tate-glandular beneath, minutely and regularly serrulate on the' 

 thickened margin, setose near the base, setai long filiform. In- 



Not Sauwne, as Dr. Klatt has it. 



