456 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



BoERHAAViA PANicuLATA Rich. " Mata-pavo." 



Common in fertile tields and waste places, Cieneguita, May 

 30, '95. (104.) 



PisoNiA ACDLEATA L. " Una dc gato," *' Zarza." 



Very common and pernicious shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, 

 spreading and trailing, sometimes climbing in fertile savan- 

 nahs, and upland woods. Cieneguita, Feb. 15, '96. (709.) 



P. DISCOLOR Chois. 



Common on sandy flats along the sea-shore. Cienfuegos, 

 Aug. 13, '95. (446 and 447.) 



P. OBTUSATA Sw. 



A shrub or low tree, 4 to 10 feet high, not uncommon, in 

 savannahs, dry red gravelly soil. Cieneguita W., Mar. 4,' 96. 

 (731.) 



Amarantaceae. CXXXIX. 



Celosia PANICULATA L. *' Moco de pavo," " Siempre- 

 viva." 

 C. nitida Vahl. 



A slender shrub, 1 to 3 feet high, in rough, rocky woods, 

 uncommon. Cieneguita N., July 19, '95. (328.) 



Achyranthes aspera L. **P — de gato." 



A common weed, fertile soil. Cieneguita, Sept. 3, '95. 

 (547.) 



Alternanthera muscoides Benth. and Hook. 



Lithophila muscoides Sw. 



A common weed on the rocky sea-shore. Castillo de Jagua, 

 Sept. 18, '95. (573.) 



A. ACHYRANTHA R. Br. 



A common weed in waste places, fertile black soil. Ciene- 

 guita, July 8, '95. (305.) 



A. SPiNOSA Roem. and Schultes. " Bledo espinoso " and 

 " Pinedo bianco." 



