246 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
103. Cultivated in El Valle, Asuncion, and Tacarigua. Found in 
tropical coiuitries. 
BUMELIA Sw. 
B. CUNEATA Sw., Fl. Ind. Occ, vol. 1, p. 496 (1797); Griseb., FI. 
Brit. W. Ind., p. 401; Jacquinia petiolata Johnston, Proc. Amer. 
acad. arts and sci., vol. 40, p. 693 (1905). — Pt. Mosquito, east of 
Laguna Chica, Johnston, no, 273, Aug. 10, and Coche, Aug. 5. Dis- 
tribution general in West Indies. 
OLEACEAE. 
LiNOCIERA Sw. 
L. CARiBAEA (Jacq.) Knobl., Bot. Centralbl., vol. 61, p. 87 (1895). 
Chionantlius caribaea Jacq., Coll., vol. 2, p. 110 (1788). Linociera 
compacta R. Br., Prod., p. 523 (1810); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 
405. — Juan Griego trail, alt. 350 m., Johnston, no. 136, July 2. Tree, 
10 m. high. Further distribution, tropical America. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
COUTOUBEA Aubl. 
C. DENSiFLORA Mart., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 2, p. Ill, pi. 185 (1826); 
Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 423.— San Juan Mt., alt. 650 m., John- 
ston, no. 123, July 6. Further distribution, tropical America. Flowers 
white. 
APOCYNACEAE. 
EcHiTES P. Br. 
E. SECUNDiFLORA A. DC. in DC, Prod., vol. 8, p. 457 (1844). — 
San Juan Mt., alt. 750 m., Johnston, no. 137, July 11. Venezuela: 
Colonia Tovar, Fendler, nos. 1033, 1034, 1854-55. Further distribu- 
tion, Mexico. 
E. SUBSAGITTATA Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Per., vol. 2, p. 19 (1799); Griseb., 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 413. — Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, 
tropical America. 
E. UMBELLATA Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., p. 13 (1760), and Hist. 
Stirp. Am., p. 30; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 414.— Santa Ana, 
ErnM. Further distribution, West Indies. 
