78 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Tlic f(^llo\viiig rcjiort must be regarded aw ii iireliiiiinary one. The 

 si)e('iiiiens upon which it is based are simply those in Iruit or flower at 

 the close of the dry season, a considerable number of whicli have not 

 been determined specifically and a few uot even generically. As will 

 be seen from the list below, mostly trees and shrubs were collecteil, 

 while the herbs, whicli spring up in great variety duriug the rainy 

 season, are scarcely represented. 



The Gamopetalte and Apetahe have been named by Mr. J. M. Green- 

 mau, Gramineaj by I'rof. F. Lamson-Scribuer, and Filices by George E. 

 Davenj)ort, 



The following new species and varieties are bjxsed ou this collection: 



JEyipliila pacifica Greenuiaii. Euphorbia suhcocrulea iresviaihr Millsp. 



Ilchjicrone nelsoni Greeiiman. Giliberiia insularis Rose. 



Hnxiis 2)uh<iiceiis Grecuman. niocarpus insularis Rose. 



Cordiii insuhirin Greoniiiaii. Tcrnxirivmia miiltJiya Rose. 



Eryihriua Janata Rose. Zantlioxiilum in.iularis Rose. 



Eupliorhia iiehoni Mi^^Il:llIgll. Xautlioxylnni ufhoni Rose. 



ANNOTA'I'EU LI«T (IF Wl'EGlEii. 



Cissampelos pareira L. 



Common in Mexico and other tr()[)ical countries. May .'! to 2~> (Nos. 

 4233 and 4202). 



Argemoiie ochroleuca Sweet. 



Widely distributed throughout Mexico. Maria Magdalena Island, 

 May 20 to 2S, 1897 (Xo. 4318). 



Capparis cyuophallophora L. 



Found along the coast of Mexico, South America, and the West 

 Indies. May 3 to 25 (No. 4302). 



Capparis breynia L. 



Common in Mexico, 8outh America, and the ^^'est Indies. May 3 

 to 25 (No. 4219). 



CratEeva tapia L. ? 



Perhaps this is the species wliich has been reported from Acapulco 

 and Mazatlan. May o to 25 (No. 4274.) 



Teriistioemia maltbya Rose, sp. nov. 



Tree 3 to 9 meters high ; leaves obovate, entire, obtuse, glabrous, 

 thickish, not black-i)uuctate beneath, 5 to 10 cm. long; flowers solitary; 

 lieduncles 2.5 to 3.5 cm. long becoming curved, bracteate a short dis- 

 tance below the calyx; sepals 5, orbicular, S to 10 mm. in diameter; 

 petals united at base, acute; stamens numerous; fruit (immature) ovate, 

 20 mm. long, two-celled; seeds red. 



This species is in all probability Seemau's No. 2148, collected on 

 the road from Mazatlan to Durnngo and enumerated in the Biologia 

 Centrali-Americana without specitic name. 



