HITCHCOCK AND CHASE — NORTH AMERICAN GRASSES. 29 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Climbing over bushes, Mexico to northern South America ; also in Cuba and 

 Jamaica. 



Sonoba: Sierra de Alamos, Rose 12822. 

 Chihuahua : Norogachi, Palmer 10 in 1885. 

 Sinaloa: Imala, Palmer in 1891. Culiacan, Brandegee in 1904. San Bias, 



Rose 13369. Mazatlan, Rose 14112. Lodiego, Palmer 1645 in 1891. 



Rosario, Rose 14521. 

 Dubango: Huasemote, Rose 3502. 

 Tepic: Acaponeta, Rose 14409. 



Colima: Manzanillo, Hitchcock 7034. Alzada, Hitchcock 7079. 

 Michoacan : El Calabazal, Langlasse 458. Vallecitos, Langlasse' 361. 

 Mobelos : Yautepec, Pringle 11293. 



Guebeeeo: Tlalixtaquilla, Nelson 2254. Acapulco, Palmer 115 in 1S95. 

 Jalisco : Guadalajara, Hitchcock 7368. 

 Oaxaca : San Miguel, Sadani, Liebmann 283. Trapiche de la Concepcion, Lieb- 



mann 284. Rfo de Conaltepec, Liebmann 282. San Agustin, Liebmann 



281. Guatulco, Liebmann 280. Oaxaca, Conzatti & Gonzdlez 1103. 

 Vebacbuz : Consoquitla, Lie bm alui^ 299. Misantla, Purpus 5978. Zacuapan, 



Purpus 7877. 

 Yucatan : Izamal, Gaunter 878, 1025. Merida, Schott 600. 

 Guatemala : Salarna., Seler 2446. Jumaytepeque, Heyde & Lux 3899. Cubil- 



quitz, Tiirckheim 8620. 

 Honduras : San Pedro Sula, Thieme 31, 5585. 

 Salvadoe: Sonsonate, Hitchcock 8979, 8982. Santa Ana, Hitchcock 8850. San 



Salvador, Hitchcock 8903. 

 Nicaeagua: Corinto, Hitchcock 8743. Jinotepe, Hitchcock 8676, 8715, 8717, 



8719. Quesalguague, Baker 2105. Masaya, Hitchcock 8710. San Juan 



del Sur, Hitchcock 8607. 

 Costa Rica: Nicoya, Tonduz 13759. Las Vueltas, Tonduz 12858. Puntarenas, 



Hitchcock 8570, 8571, 8577, 8581. Surubres, Biolley 17383. Colonia Car- 



mona, Jime'nez 361, 369, 376. Alajuela, Jimenez 531. Rio Bebedero, 



Jime'nez 725. 

 Panama: Matias Hernandez, Pittier 6892. Balboa, Hitchcock 8060. Panama, 



Hitchcock 9204. Old Panama, Hitchcock 8401. Aguadulce, Pittier 4987, 



4998. Taboga Island, CMestine 47; Pittier 3603. 

 Cuba: Ensenada de Mora, Britton, Cowell & Shafer 12979. Sancti Spiritus, 



Le6n 905. Guantanamo, Le6n 3778. Isle of Pines, Palmer & Riley 904; 



Curtiss 520 ; Britton, Britton & Wilson 14659, 15065. 

 Jamaica: Without locality, Swart z (in Swartz Herbarium at Stockholm). 

 Colombia : Santa Marta, Smith 174. 

 Venezuela: La Moka (Siquire Valley), Eggers 13480. 

 Paeaguay : Central Paraguay, Morong 755. 



Explanation or Plate 23. — Lasiacis rusoifolia. Specimen from Santa Ana, Salvador, 

 Hitchcock 8850 (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 946905). Natural size. 



15. Lasiacis anomala Hitchc. 



Lasiacis anomala Hitchc. Journ. Washington Acad. Sci-. 9 : 37. 1919. " Type 

 in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 865557, collected along the edge of jungle, 

 Fort George Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad, November 27, 1912, by A. S. Hitch- 

 cock (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. no. 595)." 



