252 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 3, p. 86. Further distribution, American 
tropics. 
H. rnpicum L., Sp. pl., vol. 1, p. 130 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 
Ind., p. 485.— Juan Griego, Santa Ana, Asuncion, Ernst; El Valle, 
Miller & Johnston, no. 206, July 5, and Johnston, no. 49, July 16. 
Found in all tropical countries. , 
H. parvirtorum L., Mant., vol. 2, p. 201 (1771); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 485.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 32, July 7, and 
Johnston, no. 93, Aug. 8; also found at Juan Griego. Further dis- 
tribution, tropical America. 
'TOURNEFORTIA L. 
T. enapHatopes R. Br., Prod., p. 496 (1810), by implication; 
Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 483.— Juan Griego, Ernst.; Pt. Moreno, 
Johnston, no. 105, July 8. Further distribution, Florida, Bahamas, 
West Indies. A shrub, 0.5-1 m. high, growing in the loose sand neat 
the sea. y 
T. nirsutissma L., Sp. pl., vol. 1, p. 140 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Bnt 
W. Ind., p. 483.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 47. Venezuela: 
near Cumané and Bordones, HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 3, P- 80. 
Further distribution, tropical America. ; 
T. incana Lam., Illust., vol. 1, p. 417 (1791); Griseb., Fl. Brit. Wis 
Ind., p. 485.— Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, Cuba, Hait. 
T. scanpEns Mill., Gard. dict., ed. 8, no. 4 (1768).— E] Valle, Muller 
& Johnston, no. 2, Aug. 2, and no. 249, July 20, and Johnston, B 
254, July 27. Further distribution, Jamaica. 7 : ae 
T. vorusrus L., Sp. pl., vol. 1, p. 140 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. - 
Ind., p. 484—Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, tropical ce 
America. ue 
1. ok Shrubby; leaves oval, entire, glabrous on upper side, pilose 
on lower side, with acuminate apex and rounded unequal base, 4 ¢™ . 
wide and 8 cm. long, and smaller; petiole 5 to 10 mm. long: inflorescen@ 
cymose, reddish-pubescent; calyx-lobes narrowly acute.— El Ms : 
to San Juan, Johnston, no. 83, July 11. : 
VERBENACEAE. 
AVICENNIA L. 
A. NiTIDA Jacq., Enum. pl. Carib., p- 25 (1760), and Jacq., Be : . 
Stirp. Am., p- 177.— Pt. Mosquito, Johnston, no. 139, Aug: I aE 
