285 . fralaotia longiflora Cav. — - — ■ar -*• . . 
Twining, 10 ft. Local in wooded ravines' below 1000 ft..,in tne vicinity 
of Cienaga, Papare etc. Plow§rs Sept". -Nov. , bright rosy . (Specimens 
are from 8 miles east of Cienaga, Sept., 10; the fruit from a ravine 
near Don Arne Jaco,' Nov.. Pyll set, some poor..# 
236 Cow itch, (not named) 
Occasional in forest below 5000 ft, A Twiner, 40-50 ft, Flowers- slate- 
colored, Aug. -Nov. The flower 'clusters are pendent the stem often 
4 _g inches long, with stinging hairs, ripening in Dec. and Jan. 
(specimens are from damp forest near Masinga Vie;} a, 1000 ft. Aug. 87) 
The use of the stinging hairs of this species are a remedy for worms 
as well icnown here.) Pull et, with fruits, 
887. Dissecting Material. The fresh flowers are deep, dull purple reddish, 
changing to dull purple before they wilt. reddish, 
287 Dupl. 
288 Clitoria glycinoid.es D/C. . . 
Trailing and twining among grasses on open campo road from Fonda uO 
Cacagualito,Nov. 10 (fruited /specimen same locality, Dec. 25.) 
Abundant over a small portion of the campo; not observed elsewhere. 
Flowers creamy# Good , full set, "but no fruits except for N#Y* 
289 Dissecting Material. Probably a color variety of No. 290, Pretty com 
mon. 5000-5 ft. but plants are rare below 15oo ft. 
Pull set ./much broken and flowers scant. No fruits. 
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Bonda,0ct..) Pull set, broken; no fruit. 
ClitoriB, tematea .L. Twining, 6 ft. Plower ricn. purplish blue. 01 
only in a clearing, irrigated land, near sea, Cienaga,5ept. 6-1, 
( The plant was abundant in thickets near a ranch, and possibly 
have run wild from cultivated ones,. ) 
Pull set, good, About 15 or 14 with fruits. 
(already sent in) Specimen from Cacagualito, 1600 ft. Nov. 1 
have collected the species in the Agua Dulce Road, 2 00 ft, F 
is certainly a wild plant end I cannot find that it is ever 
vated, though its shovjy flowers would adapt it for gardens.. As 
found it only in or near clearings, it may be derived from old 1 
tivated stock. It grows on damp or boggy ground. The petals ex< 
purple blue, creamy or white at the base.. 
Cahavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC. 
Trailing over sands and on damp ground, seashore, oienaga, bept 
abundant in one place, observed also on seashore at Don Jaco, O 
Plower deep rosy. The plant is often partly buried in the sand. 
Pull set, fair. 
295 Acaci-a oolyphylla DC. 
Tree. 40-70 ft. Common in dry forest below 2500 ft. Plowers Aug. -Jan. 
- iv » n u o /i y O r\r\ -P-f* D'hmro 
(The* specimens are from near Mamatoca, Sept. 24./ 200 ft. above 
sea-level. Pull set, no fruit. 
4 * Label for 287 on page 58 
