486 Field Columbian Museum — Botany, \'oi.. I. 



280. Amarantus polvgonoides L. 



Roadsides and walks, east end. Feb. (288). West end. June 

 (Mrs. R. 435). Eggers Fl. 695. 



281. Amarantus spinosus L. 



In a field at Midland. Oct. (19). Eggers Fl. 699. 



282. [Amarantus paniculatus L. Eggers Fl. 701.] 



283. Amarantus tristis L. 



Sterile red sandy soil at Judith's Fancy. Nov. (109). The 

 yard at Bassin. March (332), Feb. (Mrs. R. 198b). Eggers 

 Fl. 700. 



284. [Scleropus amarantoides Schrad. Eggers Fl. 696.] 



285. [Euxolus caudatus Mocq. Eggers Fl. 697.] 



286. [Eu.xolus oleraceus Mocq. Eggers Fl. 698. J 



BATIDACE.E. 



287. Batis maritima L. 



Local, but abundant in black mud of lagoon at Lime Tree Bay. 

 March (328, Mrs. R. 271). Eggers Fl. 634. 



PHYTOLACCACE^. 



288. [Microtea debilis Sw. Eggers Fl. 676. J 



289. RiVINA HUMILIS L. 



" Snake Bush." " Pimba Pepper." A common weed in shady 

 places. Yard and pasture at Bassin. Dec. (134), Jan. (Mrs. 

 R. 61). Eggers Fl. 677. 



290. \'lLLAMILLA OCTANDRA (L. ) Hook. 



East end roadsides. April (343). Doily Hill, .\pril (Mrs. R. 

 325). The leaves often fall at or before flowering. Eggers 

 Fl. 678. 



291. Petiveria alliacea L. 



"Conger Root" Waste, shady places; common. Has the 

 odor of the North American "Skunk Cabbage." Yards at 

 Bassin. Oct. (27), Feb. (Mrs. R. 132). Eggers Fl. 679. 



NYCTAGINACE^. 



292. Mirabilis Jalapa L. 



"Four O'clock." Escaped to waste places at Bassin. Jan. 

 (201), Feb. (Mrs. R. 115). Eggers Fl. 702. 



293. BfERHAAVIA ERECTA L. 



Local; in cane fields at Golden Rock, May (401). Eggers 

 Fl. 703. 



