general aspect of the plant is different from that of the preceding species ; the colour of the flowers is deeper
and redder, the claws of the petals are shorter and the stamens also.
1. Hivmatoxyloti Campecheanum f L .— De Cand. Prod. 2. p . 485.
H.VB. Realejo.—A barren specimen of this, “ the Nicaragua tcood," is in the Herbarium. It has quite tlic
stnicmre of foliage o f Hamatoxylon, and in the Dietionnaire des Sciences Naturolles, the “ Bois de Nicaragua”
is referred to the Hctmatoxyhn Campechianum. But our specimen has many points of diflerence from the
true H. Campecheanum. The branches are much stouter, the ultimate ones indeed cylindrical ; but, lower
down, where the thickness is equal to that of the little finger, the branches become compressed and as it were
deformed and more or less bluntly angular. The outer bark is much darker coloured, covered with little raised
points, so as to render the surface everywhere quite rough not only to the touch but lo the eye. The leaves
are larger, always even in the young branches growing in clusters. With these diflerences before us, we dare
not venture to consider the tree as identical with the “ Logwood,” nor do we know whether in commerce
the two woods be considered the same.
1. Cassia (§ Chamaefistiila) bacUlaris, L . f i l .— De Cand. Prod. 2. p . 4 90. Vogel, Cass,
p . 14. n. 15.— C ath arto carp u s Bacillus, Pe rs.—Bot. lieg. t. 881.
Hab. Acapulco.
2. C. (4 Chamsefistula) bicapsularis, L Vogel, Cass. p . IS. n. 28. De Cand. Prod. 2.
p . 494.
H a b . Tepic.
3. C. (§ Chamaesenna) bifiora, L .— Vogel, Cass. p . 2 9 .'« . 67. Sims, Bot. Mag. t . 810.
Bot. R eg . t. 1310.— C. Acapulcensis, H . B . K . Nov. Gen. Am. 6. p . 3 5 3 ?
Hab. Realejo and Acapulco.
4 . C. (§ ? ) punctulata; pubescenti-glandulosa, ramis herbaceis eiongatis, foliis remotis
foliolis bijugis ovato-lanceolatis breviter petiolulatis mu cro n atis subtus fusco-punctati.s,
g ian d u ia petiolari nulla , stipulis subulatis reflexis, corymbis paucifloris, calycibus hispidis.
Hab. Tepic.—There is only one specimen of this plant, with imperfect flowers; but its foliage is very
peculiar. The petiole is about 2 inches long, bearing at the upper extremity two pairs of ovato-lanceolate
acute and mucronated leaflets, each about three quarters of an inch long, marked with brown'(resinous ?) dots
on tbe nnderside : these leaves are very remote. The whole plant is clothed with a glandular pubescence.
The flowers are moderately large, deep orange colour.
1. Bau h in ia inermis, Pers.— D e Cand. Prodr. 2. p . 5 1 4 Pau letia inermis, Cav. Ic.
t. 419.
Hae. Acapulco.
2. B . L u n a ria , Cav. Ic. b. t. 407. D e Cand. Prodr. 2. p . 512. Hook, et Arn . supra, p .
288.
Hae. Acapulco.
3. B. latifolia, Cav. Ic. t. 405. De Cand. Prodr. 2. p . 5 1 3_5. foliorum iobis obtusioribus.
H a b . fi. San Bias and Tepic.
O r d . X V . C O M B R E T A C EÆ . B r .
1. Comhrelnm farinosum ; scandens, foliis oppositis obovato-oblongis obtusis u trin q u e
præsertim subtus farinoso-lepidotis, spicis terminalibus (la tera lib u sq u e ) geminis, floribus
subsecundis octandris aurantiacis, fructibus oblongo-pyriformibus te tra p te ris . H .B .K .
Nov. Gen. 6. p . 110. De Cand. Prodr. d .p . 19. Schlecht. in Linnæa, b .p . 558. Hook, et
A rn . supra, p . 290.
H a b . Realejo. This seems to have a wide range along the coast of the PaciSc, from Acapulco to Realejo.—
We think we are right in referring this plant to C. farinosum, but there are some points of difference whic;.
we observe in our specimens, which are in much finer condition in the present Mexican collection than in the
previous one. It is a very splendid species; the stems and branches long and very woody. Petiole three
quarters of an inch long. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptical rather than obovate, moderately acute at each
extremity, between membranaceous and coriaceous, quite entire, indistinctly squamolosoferinose above,
decidedly so beneath, though not very evident to the naked eye : seen under tbe magnifier the little seaies or
farina appear white and round. Racemes as frequently lateral as terminal, 4-6 inches and more Ions, the
rachis firm and woody. Peduncle short. Flowers very numerous, crowded, deflexed and pointics to one
side. Pedicel (or rather pedicelliform ovary) the third of an inch long, tetragonal, mealy : free portion of the
calyx cup-shaped, tapering at the base, mealy, 4-lobed, lobes acute. Petals 4, alternating with the lobes of the
calyx, and situated at the hairy mouth of the calyx, very minute, squamiform. Stamens 8, much protruded,
four times as long as the calyx. Filaments deep crimson, arising from the mouth of the calyx. Anthers
orange-colour, oval-oblong. Capsules about three quarters of an inch long, roundish-rhomboidal, with 4
broad, membranaceous wings : the surface is almost destitute of the mealiness which clothed the ovarv.
Schiede says the Combretum farinosum is called “ Pegna,” signifying a comb, by the Spaniards of Acto-
pan, probably because of the closely placed one-sided flowers of the raceme.
O r d . X V L O N A G R A R IEÆ .
1. Jussieua peploides ; fruticulosa g labra, foliis spathulato-oblongis obtusis crassiusculis.
floribus decandris, pedúnculo nudo, laciniis calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis, capsuli?
linearibus. H .B .K . Aoi*. Gen. Am. 6. p . 97. D e Cand. Prodr. o. p . 53. Hook, et Arr,.
supra, p . 291.
H a b . Between San Bias and Tepic.—Although we believe this to be the J . peploides. H.B.K.. we ire »e:
of opinion that it is also the J. Su-artziana, DC. and the J . repens. Linn. ; which latter, though consiJerec
by De Candolle to be exclusively a native of the East Indies and adjacent islauds, yet we possess specimeus
from Cliilo wiiich can in uo way be distinguished from it.
2. J . hirta {V a h l.); frutescens erecta hirsuta, foliis brevissime petiolatis laitceolatis