238 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 



gas consid. como bot., p. 23 (1877). — Alt. 700 m., San Juan Mt., 

 Johnston, no. 279, Aug. 28. A shrub, 2 m. high. Venezuela: near 

 Caracas, Ernst, May, 1876. 



GUTTIFERAE. 

 Clusia L. 



C. FLAVA Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., p. 34 (1760), and Hist. Stirp. Am., 

 p. 272; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 107.— San Juan Mt., alt. 700 

 m., Johnston, no. 133, July 31. Occurs also in Jamaica. 



BIXACEAE. 



BiXA L. 



B. Orellana L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 512 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 20; Eichler in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 13, pt. 1, p. 433, pi. 

 87. — Santa Ana, Ernst; Juan Griego trail on open hillside, alt. 300 

 m., Johnston, no. 11, July 2. Shrub, 3— 4 m. high. — -Venezuela: 

 Cumana, Loe fling, 1754. Found in tropical countries. 



VIOLACEAE. 

 Hybanthus Jacq. 



H. oppositifolius (L.), n. comb. Viola oppositifolia L., Sp. pi., ed. 

 2, vol. 2, p. 1327 (1763). lonidium oppositifolium Roem. & Schult., 

 Syst., vol. 5, p. 395 (1819).— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 124, 

 July 6. Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Fendler, no. 2419, 1856-57; 

 Cumana, Loefling according to Roem. & Schult., /. c. 



RiNOREA Aubl. 



R. marginata (Tr. & Planch.) Rusby in herb. Alsodeia margi- 

 nata Triana et Planchon, Ann. sci. nat., bot., ser. 4, vol. 17, p. 127 

 (1862).— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 225, July 27; San Juan 

 Mt., alt. 300 m., Johnston, no. 120, Aug. 28. Further distribution, 

 Colombia. 



Sauvagesia L. 



S. ERECTA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 203 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 112.— San Juan Mt., alt. 795 m., Johnston, no. 90, Aug. 28. 



