Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 433 



M. ORiNOCENSis Kth. '* Guaco." 



An annual twiner; in fertile, open savannahs and woods, 

 damp places, not common. Cieneguita, June 10, '95. 



(184.) 



Aster exilis Ell. 



Common along water in open, marshy woods, fertile soil. 

 Cieneguita S. W., Dec. 6, '95. (668.) 



Erioeron Jamaicensis Sw. 



Common in barren places in old pastures. Cieneguita 

 S. W., Aug. 7, '95. (424.) 



Baccharis halmifolia L. ♦* Bajaquillo." 



A shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, in marshy open woods, common. 

 Cieneguita S. W., Sept. 3, '95. (544 and 545.) 



Pluchea odorata Cass. •' Salvia de playa." 



In open, marshy woods and upland marshes, common. 

 Cieneguita S. W., Mar. 2, '96. (729.) 



Gnaphalium purpdreum L. 



A much reduced form (2 to 4 inches high) common in 

 marshy, open savannahs. Cieneguita W., Feb. 26, '96. 

 (714.) 



Lagascea mollis Cav. " Romerillo cimarron." 



In fertile waste grass lands, common. Cieneguita, June 

 28, '95. (251.) 



Elvira biflora DC. 



Not uncommon in fertile fields and waste places. Ciene- 

 guita, June 18, '95. (206.) 



Acanthospermum hdmile DC. " Pinedo." 



Spreading on black fertile soil, rare. Cieneguita S., Aug. 

 16, '95. (487.) 



Parthenium hysterophords L. ♦♦ Escoba amarga." 



Very common weed in fields and waste places. Cieneguita, 

 June 28, '95. (250.) 



