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W. Ind., p. 469.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 79, July 18, and 

 Johnston, no. 80, Aug. 8, and no. 39. Further distribution, Nica- 

 ragua, Jamaica, Colombia. 



I. cocciNEA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 160 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Britt. W. 

 Ind., p. 472.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 75, July 19. Vene- 

 zuela: Colonia Tovar, Fendler, nos. 933, 2075, 1854-57. Further dis- 

 tribution, temperate and tropical countries. 



I. QuAMOCLiT L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 159 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 472.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 76, July 12. Vene- 

 zuela: near Cumanacoa and Angostura, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 

 3, p. 110. Further distribution, tropical countries. 



I. siNUATA Orteg., Hort. Matr. dec, 84 (1798). /. dissecta Pursh 

 ace. to Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 467. — Asuncion, Miller & John- 

 ston, no. 78, Aug. 9. Venezuela: Ernst in Seem., Journ. bot., 1867, 

 p. 290-296. Further distribution, tropical countries. 



I. TRiFiDA G. Don, Gen. syst., vol. 4, p. 280 (1838).— El Valle, 

 Miller d- Johnston, no. 77, July 16. Venezuela: La Victoria, Fendler, 

 no. 2074B, Nov. 21, 1856. Further distribution, tropical America. 



I. TUBEROSA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 160 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 467. — Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, tropical 

 countries. 



Jacquemontia Choisy. 



J. viOLACEA (Vahl.) Choisy in Mem. soc. phys. Genev., vol. 8, p. 

 61 (1838). Convolvulus violaceus Vahl, Symb., vol. 3, p. 29 (1794). 

 C. pentanthos Jacq., Coll., vol. 4, p. 210 (1790); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 474.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 80, July 12. Vene- 

 zuela: Ernst in Seem., Journ. bot., 1867, p. 293. Further distribution, 

 Cuba and Mexico to Peru. 



BORRAGINACEAE. 



BOURRERIA P. Br. 



B. EXSUCCA Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., p. 14 (1760); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 482. — Santa Ana, Ernst; El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 

 10, July 8, and Johnston, no. 86, July 15. A slender tree, 3 to 4 m. 

 high. Further distribution, St. Vincent, Colombia, Venezuela. 



CORDIA L. 



C. ALBA (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult., Syst., vol. 4, p. 466 (1819); 

 Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 478. Varronia alba Jacq., Hist. Stirp. 



