266 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



nings, No. 352; probably near Columbia, February-March, 1910, 

 Jared F. Shafer (fruit ripe). General Distribution: Southern Mexico, 

 Brazil, Guiana, Trinidad, Cuba, and the Isle of Pines. 



676. Randia mitis Linnaeus. 



Randia mitis Linn^us, Species Plantarum, I, Ed. I, 1753, p. 213. 

 Gardenia randia var. mitis Swartz, Flora Indiae Occidentalis, 1797, p. 528. 

 Randia latifolia var. mitis DeC.\ndolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni 

 Vegetabilis, IV, 1828, p. 385. 



Between Bogarona and Caleta Grande, South Coast, May 22, 1910, 

 0. E. Jennings, No. 488. General Distribution: Probably well distri- 

 buted in the West Indies along with Randia aculeata Linnaeus, of 

 which species it may be merely a thornless and somewhat wider-leaved 

 form. 



677. Genipa americana Linnaeus. Jagua. Genip Tree. 

 Genipa americana Linn^us, Systema Naturae, Ed. X, II, 1759, p. 931. 



A specimen collected somewhere in the northeastern quarter of the 

 island, probably near Columbia, in February, 1910, by Dr. J. F. Shafer. 

 General Distribution: Quite generally distributed in the West Indies 

 and in tropical South America. 



The species is a forest tree reaching a height of fifty feet or more. 

 It is frequently cultivated for the sake of the fruit, which often reaches 

 a length of four or five inches and is much used in some places in mak- 

 ing a refreshing drink. The fruit is sometimes eaten but is not very 

 highly esteemed, being said to contain a large amount of tannic acid. 



678. Amaioua fagifolia Desfontaines. 



Amaioua fagifolia Desfontaines, Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 

 Paris, VI, 1820, p. 14, t. 5. 



Near Nueva Gerona, February 23 (fruit) and April 1 1 (flowers) 

 1904, A. H. Curtiss, N0.36J. General Distribution: West Indies and 

 continental tropical America. 



679. Alibertia edulis A. Richard. 



Genipa edulis L. C. Richard, Actes de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 



1792, p. 107. 

 Alibertia edulis A. Richard, Memoires de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 



V, 1830, p. 234, PI. 21, fig. I. 

 Gardenia edulis Poiret, Encyclopedie Methodique, Supplementa in Dictionnaire 



de Botanique, II, p. 708. 



Near Nueva Gerona, February 11, 1904, A. H. Ctirtiss, No. 338. 



