PHANEROGAMS OF KEY WEST, SOTJTH FLORIDA. 151 



AsCLEPIADEvE. 



127. Asclepias Curassavica (L.). Waste places. 



128. Metastelma Schlectendalii (Dec.). A twining 

 creeper. 



129. Seutera maritima (Reich.). . By the salt-pans. 

 Very abundant in one place only. 



130. Cyncotonum scop avium (Meyer) . 



131. Sarcostemma crassifolium (Dur.), (Mr. W. T. 

 Fday.) 



NYCTAGINEiE. 



132. *Mirabilis Jalapa (L.). In one place towards the 

 north shore ; very likely an outcast from cultivation. 



133. Boerhaavia viscosa (Lag.). Common. 



134. Pisonia aculeata (L.). Exceedingly abundant, its 

 greenish flowers proving very attractive to insect-life. The 

 thorns on the branches and the recurved spines of the fruit 

 are great impediments to comfort in the " bush." 



PHYTOLACCACE.E. 



135. Rivina humilis (L.). Common, and striking from 

 its scarlet fruit. 



136. ^Phytolacca decandra (L.). Occasionally on waste 

 ground. Migrated from the Southern States of America. 



Chenopodiace^e. 



137. *Chenopodium Anthelminticum (L.). Naturalized 

 from the States ; one plant. 



138. Obione arenaria (Moquin). 



