1680 CONTPJBUTIOXS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM 



OIEACEAE. 



Page 1141. After Osmaiithus insert: 



MAYEPEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 81. 1775. 

 1. Mayepea macrocarpa Rusby, Bull. Torrey Club 38: 145. 1911. 



Type from Mount Limon, near Balsas, Guerrero. 



After examination of the type specimen, the writer is inclined to doubt that 

 this plant belongs to the Oleaceae, but it has been impossible to make a satis- 

 factory disposition of it in any other family. 



LOGANIACEAE. 



Page 1141. Gelseinium sempervirens. The entry should read: Qelsemium 

 sempervirens (L.) Pers. S\n. PI. 1: 267. 1805. 



Page 1147. After Buddleia parviflora insert: 



Buddleia purpusii Standi. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 16: 15. 1926. 

 Near Monserrate, Chiapas. 



APOCYNACEAE. 



Page 1156. After Stemmadenia mollis insert: 



Stemmadenia calycina T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 188. 1922. 

 Type from Remudadero, Veracruz. Not seen b}' the writer. 



ASCLEPIADACEAE. 



Page 1193. After Vincetoxicum xanthoirichum insert: 



Vincetoxicum edule (Hemsl.) Standi. Gonolobus edulis Hemsl. Biol. Centr. 

 Amer. Bot. 2: 331. 1882. Oaxaca. Central America, the type from Guate- 

 mala. A woody vine with large 5-angled fruits which are cooked and eaten as 

 a vegetable. "Gueto" (Oaxaca); "cuayote," "guayote" (Costa Rica). 



CONVOLVULACEAE. 



Page 1198. After Jacquemontia smithii insert: 



Jacquemontia eastwoodiana I. M. Johnston, Proc. Calif. Acad. IV. 12: 

 1133. 1924. Baja California, the type from Ildefonso Island. 



Jacquemontia mollissima Standi. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 16: 15. 

 1926. Monserrate, Chiapas.* 



Page 1201. Calonyction muricatum. "Nata," "maxh" (Chiapas, Endlich). 

 The milky juice is said to be employed for coagulating rubber sap. 



Calonyction aculealum. "Hedr6n" (Morelos). 



Page 1202. Exogoniam bracteatum. " Empanada " (Morelos) ; " bejuco bianco ' ' 

 (Sinaloa). 



Page 1204. Ipomoea crassicaulis. "Hiedra" (Nayarit); "flor de la manana" 

 (Tamaulipas). 



Page 1205. Ipomoea intrapilosa. Related to this is Ipomoea paucifiora Mart. 

 & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 12-: 266. 1845' From the description given by 

 Martens and Galeotti it is not possible to determine definitely to which of the 

 Mexican tree Ipomoeas the name belongs. 



Page 1208. Turbina corymbosa. "Manto" (Veracruz). 



POLEMONIACEAE. 



Page 1210. Loeselia tenuifolia. The distribution should be changed to read 

 as follows: Mountains of northern Baja California, the type from Cantillas 

 Canyon. 



