Don Amo, June candent, _ IT 7 'r > ““ 
^Tiis slip comes no^t,. io 594. -Rud— I -think genepally^il not always) these 
unnumbered, slips belong bo the preceding number.# Don Amo ties the seme si'b 
uetion as Playa Brava.) 
595 Wullfie s tenoulossa DC,. 
A difffuse shrub, 5-6 ft. Common near Cacagualito, 15 00 ft. in open pieces 
in the woods. Observed also at Campo Alegre, 2000 ft. May-No v. 
Pull set. Most J# good,. This species is the Biritaca var. The 
Cacagualito one is more hairy end more pointed leaves. 
595 (already sent in) A specimen from Cacagualito, 1500 ft. Nov. 15. This 
species is common in the forest region adjoining the coast, 50-50 miles 
east of Santa Marta, and inland to 2000 ft. It is nearly always scandent 
growing to 10 or £2 ft. The ray-flowers are often aborted,. 595 a variety 
from Buritaca, thickets by the seacoast. Sept. 25. 
596 Calea caracasan afH.B.K. ) Xuntze . 
Lbs Nubes, 4500 ft. Dec. 18. clearing, hillside, 5-4 ft. somewhat diffuse.. 
Ray flowers white. Pull set, good. 
597 Te.getes deduncularis Lag. (?) 
Common on ceonpo lend and in dry thickets, 1000 to 5000 ft, or higher, 
Growing among long grasses it has a slender form, but in favorable situ- 
ations it is a compart little shrub with numerous branches, and not oyer 
13 inches high, Flowers Nov. -Dec. Good, full set, 
598 Bidens leucenthe Willd. 
Branching, 5 ft. only one root seen, at Las Nubes, 4500 f$. damp ground in 
clearing, Dec. 18. 18 specimens, some scent and most without fruit. The 
fruit is somewhat similar to that of No. 599, but is mord costate,, 
599 Bidens pilose. L, 
Local at about 2500 ft. in clearings; grows to 5 or 4 ft. The two larger 
specimens were collected at Oner a, 2500 ft. Jen. 12; the smaller one 
at the same place, Aug, 18. 
599(e,lready sent in) Specimen from Jiracasaca, 2500 ft, Dec. 25. Between 2) 
2000 end 4500 ft. this is the common fiewer species. The leeves vary ga?4 
greatly in the form of the leaflets, dentate margin etc. end in being 
simple or trifoliate, or divided into 4 or 5 leaflets. 
Pull set, all with fruit. Leaves not very good, 
600 Bidens bip innate l, = 601) 
Common in clearings and dry woods below 5000 ft, flowering July-Nov,. 
(better specimens will be sent later) 
600 (a poor /specimen sent in before) 
Specimen collected near Bonda,150 ft. Nov. 16. The species sometimes coves* 
ers the ground in damp clearings, and is a great pest owing to its hooked 
achenia which attach themselves to clothing. The flower is yellow. Pz 
Pull set; good but only 8 have fruit. 
H idens bi pinna ta #601. L, (-600) 
Occasional in forest near clearings below 2000 ft. country inland from 
S8nta Marta . Flowers in Nov, 
5 specimens., v, v 
Bidens bip innate, #601. (already sent in) 
Specimen from boggy, open leiid, 5 miles South of Mama toca, 100 ft. March 6. 
Apparently this is merely a fine-leaved dwarf variety of No, 600. I found 
many plants in the locality mentioned above, end none were over 1 ft, hii 
high. 
