NO. 2 gentry: LAND PLANTS 201 



humus soil in the jungle, flowers white. 



Known in Central America from southern Mexico to Panama; 

 type from the Mosquito Coast. 



Umbelliferae 



Eryngium foetidum L., Sp. PL 232. 1753. 



Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F12, dry sandy soil in forest 

 clearing. 



Widely distributed as a weed in tropical America. The plant has a 

 strong offensive odor, but in spite of it, is used with good results as a 

 seasoning for foods, the offensive quality being dispelled by heating. 



BORAGINACEAE 



Tournefortl\ hirsutissima L., Sp. PI. 140. 1753. 



Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F16, dry sandy soil of a forest 

 clearing, flowers white. 



From Sinaloa and Tamaulipas south through Central America to 

 South America and the West Indies. In Costa Rica it has been reported 

 from Region of Dota and San Ramon. It is a scandent shrub with irri- 

 tant hairs along the stem. 



Verbenaceae 



AviCENNiA nitida Jacq., Enum. PI. Carib. 25. 1760. 



Port Parker, Salinas Bay, March 24, Elmore El, on sandy beach in 

 tidal land. 



Widely distributed along the shores of tropical and subtropical 

 America where it is associated with mangrove. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



RussELLiA verticillata HBK., Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:360. 1817. 



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

 a dry stream bank, elev. 10 feet. 



From northern Mexico to Panama along the Pacific coast mainly 

 below 3000 feet elev. ; type from Puente de la Madre de Dios. 



Acanthaceae 



Aphelandra Deppeana Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 5:96. 1830. 



Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F21, shaded in moist humus soil 

 at the edge of a jungle clearing, elev. 15 feet. 



From southern Mexico to northern South America and the West 

 Indies ; type from Hacienda de la Laguna, Vera Cruz. 



Ruellia aff. Biolleyi Lind. in Pittier, Prim. 2:301. 1900. 

 Golfo de Dulce, March 26, Elmore F7, in moist soil of the forest at 

 10 feet elev. 



Wet forests of Costa Rica and Panama. 



