NO. 2 GENTRY : LAND PLANTS 197 



From southern Mexico to northern South America and the West 

 Indies; type from Magdalena River, near Mompos, Colombia. 



Menispermaceae 



Hyperbaena leptobotryosa (D. Sm.) Standi., Field Mus. Bot. 

 18:618. 1937. 



Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F2, shaded in moist humus at 10 

 feet elev. 



Type from Santo Domingo de Golfo Dulce, Prov. Puntarenas, Costa 

 Rica. Known only from the vicinity of the type locality. 



Laltraceae 



OcOTEA VERAGUENSis (Melsn.) Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5:240. 

 1889. 



Port Parker, Salinas Bay, March 24, Elmore E13, shaded in moist 

 soil on rocky stream bank. Flowers white. 



Common In the forests of the Pacific tierra caliente from southern 

 Mexico (Chiapas) to Panama. A common tree along stream banks. 



Capparidaceae 



Crataeva tapia L., Sp. PL 444. 1753. 



Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F22^ shaded in moist humus soil 

 in jungle at 15 feet elev. 



A tree widely distributed In the thickets and forests of tropical 

 America from southern Mexico to South America and the West Indies. 



Leguminosae 



Acacia Hindsii Benth., Lond. Jour. Bot. 1 :504. 1842. 



Port Parker, Salinas Bay, March 24, Elmore E8, dry sandy soil of a 

 dry stream bank. Infested with ants. 



Rather common in the tierra caliente of the Pacific coast from south- 

 ern Sinaloa, Mexico to San Salvador. 



DiPHYSA HUMiLis Oerst. ? In Benth. & Oerst. VId. Meddel. 1853: 

 12. 



Port Parker, Salinas Bay, March 24, 25, Elmore E20, upper beach 

 in moist hot exposed rocky soil. "Small tree with yellow flowers." 



The collection Is doubtfully referred to the only known Costa RIcan 

 species, apparently represented by only one collection from the Volcan 

 Rincon in Guanacaste province. The collection Is fragmentary ; In flower, 

 but leafless. 



Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud., nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1:688. 1841. 

 Port Parker, Salinas Bay, March 24, Elmore E7, moist rocky sand 



