86 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



Jac quern on tia violacea Choisy. 



Beported from Mexico, Central and South America, and the West 

 Indies. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4251). 

 Solanum nigrum L. 



A widely distributed species. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4200). 

 Solanum lanceaefolium Jacq. 



A common tropical plant. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4240). 

 Solanum callicarpaefolium Kunth & Bouch6. 



Common in south Mexico and northern South America. Maria 

 Magdalena Island, May 26 to 28, 1897 (No. 4322). 

 Solanum torvum Swartz. 



Common in Mexico and Central America. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 

 4185). 

 Solanum verbascifolium L. 



Only reported hitherto from one station in southern Mexico. May 

 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4216). 

 Fhysalis pubescens L. 



A common tropical plant. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4255). 

 Bassovia donnell-smithii Coulter. 



A recently described South American and Guatemalan species. May 

 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4232). 



Datura discolor Bernh. 



Reported from Mexico and West Indies. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 

 4197). 

 Nicotiana trigonophylla Dtfn. 



Common in Mexico. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4212). 

 Russelia sarmentosa Jacq. 



A common Mexican and Central American species. (May 3 to 25, 

 1897 (No. 4289). 

 Capraria biflora L. 



A widely distributed plant, extending into Florida. May 3 to 25, 

 1897 (No. 4195). 



Bignonia aequinoctialis L. (B. sarmentosa Bertol.) 



Recently collected at Acapulco by Dr. Edward Palmer. It is com- 

 mon in Central and South America. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4301), and 

 Maria Magdalena Island, May 26 to 28 (No. 4324). 



Beloperone nelsoni Greenman. 



Beloperonc nelsoni Greenman, Proc. Amer. Acad. 33 : 488. 1898. 



" It is nearest B. comosa Nees, in DC. Prodr. 11 : 416, but differs very 

 markedly in the size of the flower and the character of the lower lip." 

 Greenman in litt. May 3 to 25, 1897 (No. 4246). 



The original description is as follows: '-'Erect; stems branching, sub- 



