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BOEHMERIA Jacq. Stirp. Am. 246, /. 737 (1763). 

 Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 340 (1809). 



Urtica cylindrica L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1396 (1763). 

 In rich, damp, shady ground, along the left bank of the Guadalupe, 

 above Kerrville, altitude 1600 feet. 



June 21 (1900); type locality, Jamaica. 



PARIETARIA L. Sp. PI. 1052 (1753). 

 Parietaria debilis Forst. f. Prodr. 73 (1786). 



Abundant about Corpus Christi, from sea level to 35 feet. In open 

 and exposed places flat and prostrate ; becoming ascending with long 

 weak stems in rich shaded ground. 



March 24 (1499); tv P e locality, tropics. 



LORANTHACEAE. 



PHORADENDRON Nutt. Journ. Phila. Acad. (II.) 1 : 185 



(1847-50). 

 Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt.; A. Gray. Man. Ed. 2, 383 



(1856). 



Viscum flavescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 114 (1814). 



Very common about Waco, McLennan county, on Prosopis juliflora 

 and other trees. Seen at various places between Waco and Corpus 

 Christi on Quercus Virginiana, and along Nueces Bay on Celtis occi- 

 dentalis. Apparently not reported before from extreme Southern Texas, 

 its southernmost range being given as "from Eagle Pass to Central 

 Texas." 



March 2 (1376) ; type locality not given. 



POLYGONACEAE. 



ERIOGONUM Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 246 (1803). 

 Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5 : 164 



(1833-37). 



Eriogonum Texanum Scheele, Linnaea, 22: 150 (1849). 



Occurring in limestone soil about Kerrville from the lowest elevations 

 along the Guadalupe to the summit of the highest hills, where it was most 

 plentiful; altitude 1625 to 2000 feet. 



June 1 8 (1877); type locality, Arkansas. 



