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Rather plentiful about Corpus Christi, in dry ground, often freely 

 branching from the large fusiform root, thus making a clump of a dozen 

 or more stems. In March it was first found in flower when only two or 

 three inches high, and in June plants from 1-2 feet high were collected ; 

 altitude, sea level to 40 feet. 



March 8 (1408) ; from type locality. 



IRESINE P. Br. Civ. & Nat. Hist. Jam. 358 (1755). 



Iresine vermicularis (L.) Moq. in DC. Prod. 13 : 2, 340 (1849). 

 Gomphrena vermicularis L. Sp. PI. 224 (1753). 

 Jllecebrium vermiculatum L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 300 (1762). 

 Philoxerus vermiculatus Rees. Cycl. 5 : 27 ( ). 

 Growing in dense tangled bunches on the flat, sandy shore of Mustang 

 Island, on the west side, at Rope's Pass. Distributed as Philoxerus 

 vermicularis Moq. 



May 28 (1784); type locality, "in Brasilia, Curassao." 



PHYTOLACCACEAE. 



RIVINAL. Sp. PL 121 (1753). 



Rivina humilis L. Sp. PL 121 (1753). 



Growing by and under bushes at Corpus Christi ; also at Kerrville. 



March 9 (1422), sea level to 35 feet at Corpus Christi; 1625 feet at 

 Kerrville. 



PHYTOLACCA L. Sp. PL 441 (1753). 



Phytolacca decandra L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 631 (1762). 



In rich, shaded ground, on the left banks of the Guadalupe, at Kerr- 

 ville, altitude 1620 feet. 



June 19 (1891); type locality, " in Virginia." 



BATIDEAE. 



BATIS P. Br. Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. 358 (1755). 



Batis maritima L. Sp. PL Ed. 2, 1451 (1763). 



Growing luxuriantly on the "Flats" at Corpus Christi, especially in 

 the moister portions. Sea level. 



June 6 (1825) ; type locality, " in Jamaicae maritimis salsis." 



