80 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Pilocarpus insularis Rose, sp. nov. 



Tree 3 to 6 meters high, glabrous throughout; leaflets usually in 

 threes, some solitary or iu rows, 5 to 7.5 cm. long, retuse at apex, 

 cuneate at base, in the lateral ones more or less oblique; mid vein 

 prominent, lateral veins indistinct below, not very prominent above ; 

 racemes short and compact, 5 to 10 cm. long; fruiting pedicels hori- 

 zontal, 16 mm. long; ovary deeply 4 or 5-lobed or parted, 1 to 4 lobes 

 not maturing. 



This species is near P. lonyipcs of Mexico, but with somewhat different 

 leaves, more compact inflorescence, etc. Collected by E. W. Nelson on 

 Maria Madre Island. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4307). 

 Amyris sp. 



May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4237). 

 Picramnia sp. 



A tree 4.5 to 7.5 meters high; flowers said to be greenish, but none 

 with specimens. Much resembling the South American species P. ciliata 

 Mast., but without flowers or fruit. Exact identification is doubtful. 

 May 3 to 25 (No. 4276). 

 Oclma sp. 



May 3 to 25 (No. 4238). 

 Bursera gummifera Jacq. 



Common throughout tropical Mexico, Central America, the West 

 Indies, and extending into Florida. May 3 to 25 (No. 4227). 

 Guarea sp. 



May 3 to 25 (Nos. 4222 and 4230). 

 Trichilia spondioides Swartz. 



Common in tropical America. May 3 to 25 (Nos. 4214 and 430!)). 

 Ximenia americana L. 



Common in most tropical countries. May 3 to 25 (No. 4224). 

 Schcepfia schreberi Ginel. 



Seemingly rare, but has been collected in Mexico and South America. 

 May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4271). 

 Hippocratea sp. 



Maria Magdalena Island, May 26 to 28 (No. 4320). Maria Madre 

 Island, May 3 to 25 (No. 4226). 



Colubrina arborea Brandegee. 



Reported from Lower California and the west coast of Mexicr . May 

 3 to 25 (No. 4213). 



Cissus sicyoides L. 

 A common species in tropical America. May 3 to 25 (No. 4198). 



Serjania mexicaiia Willd. 



A common species in tropical America. May 3 to 25 (No. 4231). 



