5 55 'ii.a'^np tuf NoT ir i*- - --69— 
Suffruticose, 2_4 ft. Common on open lends, end locelly in clearings, befe 
low 2500 ft. Flowers more or less through, the year, lilac. The fruiting 
specimen is from open land neer Cacagualito, 1600 ft. May; the other fro>», 
Fonda, on irrigated lend, 150 ft. July Full set, but not very good.. 
536 Shrubby, often diffuse, 5-5 ft'., hr ntene. c arac as an aH . F . K . 586 
Occasional in dry, open situations, 2500 ft. to sea-level, Flowers July-J 
Jan. white. Specimens are from near Fonda, 200 ft. Oct. 
Full set, but not very good. 
5 37 hippie origenoi-des n .F.K. or(ariganoides?) 
Shrub. 5-8 ft. Common in dry, scrubby growth on rocky (sometimes sandy) t 
land near the sea, or a few miles inland, at Santa Marta, Cienaga, etc.*. 
Flowers Sept. -Oct. white, 10 specimens, . v 
588 Vfc.lerienodes orubicum_(L. ) Kuntze. 
Shrubby, (with r well-deveioped woody stem, often 1 inch in diemeter) or 
suffruticose, 2-6 ft. vfery common on open hillsides end in clearings end 
waste lends below 2000 ft. Flowers May-Fee, very dark purple. The flower 
spikes are at length 18-24 inches long. Specimens ere from Fonda, 150 ft. 
Aug. 
589 Je eg-erie, hirte Less, ? (dwarfed specimen/, 
from Las 'Tubes, already sent in before.) Specimen from One ca, 2500 ft. 
Fee,. 1 Tn a damp clearing. It is found locally in clearings, generally at 
about 2500 ft. Grows to 2§- ft. Full set, good. 
589 Las Nubes 4500 ft. A few roots found in a clearing, moist s/oil nearw 
water. Fee, 18,. 
590.. Melempodlum divaricatum (Rich.) FC. (-514) 
Abundant at Jiracas era, 2500 ft. in damp clearings Sept, 25-50, Also obser 
ved at Onaca and Mine a, about the same altitude, Oct-Mov, 
Upright, branching, 1-4 ft. The ray-flowers are shorter than in No. 
514, and the color is deeper, rather orange than yellow. 
Full set, fair. 
591 Spilanfhes Acme 11 a. L. 
Clearing near Mamatoca, 100 ft,. Oct. 29. 2 ft. 7 specimens, poor, 
591( already sent in) Specimen from a- /swampy thicket, alluvial lend near 
Masinga, 200 ft, Nov. 15, T send the whole plant to show the habit, which 
is quite different from that of allied species. The species is rare., 
592 0 Galinsoge parvif lore, Cav. 
Common in damp cleanings at Jiracasace., 2500 ft. Sept, 25-50, Upright 
to 2J- ft. "Ray flowers whitish. Full set, 
5 95 (nojj named) 
Uptight, branching, 2 ft. Observed only at Rio Frio, (near sea-level) wasTJj 
open planes neer the railroad station. Sept, 12. 7 specimens, F 
(not named) 
594 
Shrub, 1—5 ft. Seashore, on dry rocks and occasionally on the sands at 
Playa Braba , also observed <in rocks by sea. at Santa Marta. Nov. 
Good, full set, 
594 11 additional spec'ns and specimens to work in with numbered sheets, 
594 Specimens from Playa Braba , Oct.. 26. The species is common along the 
northern coast flowering Sept. -Nov, It forms a low, generally spreading 
sfrub, to 5 or 4 ft. Generally the plants grow in-water on rocks; in sang: 
situations the leaves ere longer and not so blunt. 
