464 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



Plattgyna urens Mercier. "Pringa-moza." 



A slender, shrubby climber, infrequent in open, fertile 

 woods and savannahs. Cieneguita, May 21, '95. (40.) 



Tragia volubilis L. " Candelilla." (?) 



A slender shrubby climber, not frequent in open woods 

 and savannahs, fertile soil. Cieneguita, May 16, '95. (39.) 



Sapium laurocerasum Desf . 



Sapium laurifolium Griseb. 



A large tree, 25 to 35 feet high, in fertile black soil along 

 small stream, uncommon. Cieneguita E. Flowers in Feb. 

 and March; seeds in June. (160.) 



BoNANiA CuBANA A. Kich. '* Filigrana de costa." 



Exoecaria Cubensis Miill. Arg. 



A shrub 2 to 6 feet high, common on coast hills, dry 

 gravelly soil. Castillo de Jagua, Sept. 19, '95. (603.) 



Sebastiania corniculata var. genuina Miill. Arg. 



Spreading and ascending herb, savannahs, waste places, 

 fertile black or red soil. Cieneguita S., June 6, '95. (141.) 



Exoecaria sagraei Miill. Arg. *»Manzanillo del Morrillo." 

 Not uncommon on coast hills and sea banks. Calicita, 

 Aug. 24, '95. (519.) 



Gymnanthes lucid a Sw. 



A shrub 4 to 10 feet high, in rough, rocky woods, infre- 

 quent. Cieneguita N., June 5, '95, and Sept. 12, '95. 

 (131 and 586.) 



Urticaceae. CLXII. 



Celtis trinervia Lam. *♦ Ramon de costa." 



A low, spreading tree (10 feet high), in rough, rocky 

 woods, infrequent. Cieneguita N., Sept. 12, '95. (583.) 



Trema mollis Blume. 



In coastal woods, fertile soil, rare. Castillo de Jagua, Sept. 

 19, '95. (605.) 



