BIOLOGIA CENTRALI AMERICANA FAUNA AND FLORA, V3 BOTANY, HEMSLEY

BIOLOGIA

CENTRALI-AMERICANA;
OE,

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE

FAUNA AND FLORA
OF

MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
EDITED BY
F.

DUCANE CODMAN AND OSBEET SALVIN.

BOTANY.
VOL.

III.

BY

W.

BOTTING HEMSLEY,

A.L.S.,

HON. MEM. NAT. HIST. SOC. MBX. ; ASSISTANT lOE INDIA AT THE HEEBAEITTM OF THE EOTAX GAEBENS,

AITTHOE OF THE "BOTANY OE THE ' CHALLENGEE ' EXPEDITION," &C.

(CYCADACE^.

By W.

T.

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;

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME

III.

Page

Enumeration of the

IncompleTjE,

with Descriptions of

New

Monocotyledones, and Cryptogamic Vasculares,

Species

1-711



—

BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMEMCANA.
BOTANICA.

PHANEROGAMIA.
DICOTYLEDONES.
INCOMPLET-ffil.

CUEVEMBRYE^.

Series I.

NYCTAGINE^.

Order CVI.

Nyctaginea, Beuth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

p. 1.

iii.

Twenty-three genera are referred to this Order
at about 220.

and the number of species is estimated
They are generally dispersed in tropical and subtropical countries, most

numerous in America, rare

in Australia,

1.

and very rare in Africa.

MIEABILIS.

Mirabilis, Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 342; Benth. et

About ten herbaceous

;

New

Mexico

;

et

Mexico.

f.

—

Mirabilis dichotoma, Linn.

2.

Hook.

warmer

iii.

p. 3.

parts of America.

Gen. Plant,

& Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 169.
Aeizona.

Noeth Mexico, Sonora

Oxyhaphus coccinem, Torr. Bot. U.S.

Texas

Hook. Gen. Plant,

species, inhabiting the

Mirabilis COCCinea, Benth.

1.

;

p. 3.

(Smith).

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

,-

iii.

Hb. Kew.

xiii. 2, p.

428.

Introduced in other countries.

Mirabilis hybrida,, Lepel. in Ann. Mus. Par. viii. p. 481 DC. Prodr.
H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 212.
p. 428
South Mexico, Oaxaca.' Colombia.
This and M. dichotoma, Linn., should perhaps be referred to M. Jalapa, Linn.
3.

;

xiii. 2,

;

Mirabilis jalapa, Linn. Sp.Pl.
Lam. 111. PI. t. 105 Bot. Mag. t. 371.
4.

Texas.

—North

p.

252; Choisy in DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

427;

;

Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry

Palmer, 775); So[jth Mexico, Orizaba

(JBotteri,

BIOL. CBNTR.-AMEK., Bot. Vol. III., October 1882,

&

776, 777), valley of Mexico (Bourb


;

.

^

NTCTAGINE^.

geau, 541)

;

Guatemala, Dueiias, 5000 feet {Salvin)

Nicaragua, Eealejo {Sinclair).

;

Hb. Kew.
Naturalized in most
5.

warm

countries.

Mirabilis longiflora, Linn. Sp.

Exot. Bot.

t.

252

Pi. p.

;

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

428

;

Sm.

23.

Mirabilis suaveolens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp.

South Mexico, Ziraapan
Hb. Kew.

ii.

213?

p.

{Coulter, 1336), Misteca Alta, at

Mirabilis multiflora, A. Gr.
Watson, Bot. Calif ii. p. 2 Bot. Mag.
6.

;

&

in Torr. Bot. U.S.

t.

7000 feet

{Galeotti, 575).

Mex. Bound. Surv.

p.

173

Oxybaphus mulliflorus, Torr. in Ann. Lye. N. Yorkj ii. p. 237.
Quamoclidion multiflorum, Torr. in Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xv. p. 321
Nyctaginia ? torreyana, Choisy in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 430.

New Mexico
Hb. Kew.
The Mexican
7.

to

Colorado and California.

Mirabilis triflora, Benth. PL Hartw.

Quamoclidion nyctagineum, Choisy in DC. Prodr.

Oxyhaphus, Vahl^ Ernim.

Calyxhymenia, Ort. Dec.
Calymenia, Pars. Syn.

A genus

p.

39

p. 5,

t.

Hb. Kew.

Benth.

;

429.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 4.

1.

p. 36.

i.

of about twenty

also occurs in the

2,

ii.
i.

p. 23.

xiii. 2, p.

OXYBAPHUS.

2.

1.

—North Mexico, Zacatecas(CoMZ^«r,1327)'?

locality is a little doubtful.

South Mexico, Bolaiios {Hartweg).

species, inhabiting

Himalayas, where, however,

Oxybaphus aggregatus,

Vahl,

America, both north and south.

it

may have been

Enum.

ii.

p.

41

;

One

introduced.

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

xiii.

p. 433.

Mirabilis aggregata, Cav. Ic. PI.

t.

437.

Calyxhymenia aggregata, Ort. Dec. vii. p. 81,
Allionia aggregata, Spreng. Syst. i. p. 384.

Texas.

8000

—North

feet {Parry

Bourgeau, 651).
2.

t.

11.

Mexico, Chihuahua (ex Torrey), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to
Palmer, 768) South Mexico, valley of Mexico {Schaffner, 18

&

;

Hb. Kew.

Oxybaphus

angUStifoliuS, Sweet, Hort. Brit.

ed. 2, p.

429

;

Choisy in DC.

xiii. 2, p. 433
Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 169.
Upper Missouri to Eocky Mountains and southward to Louisiana and Texas. North
Mexico, Chihuahua (ex Torrey), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet {Parry &
Palmer, 767). Hb. Kew.

Prodr.

;

6266.

;

—


—

;

6

NTCTAGINEiE.

Oxybaphus

3.

cervantesii, Sweet, Bdt.

Fl.

Gard.

84

t.

DC. Prodr.

;

xiii. 2,

p. 432.

Calyoshymenia cervantesii, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3^ p. 390.
Nomencl. Bot.

Allionia cervantesii, Steud.

Mexico.

Oxybaphus

4.

Mexico

%

(ex Choisy).

glabrifolia, Ort.

New

;

&

{Parry

Mexico.

40

p.

xiii. 2, p.

DC. Prodr.

;

432.

xiii. 2, p.

431.

379.

t. 1.

p. 37.

6000 to 8000

Potosi,

South Mexico, Aguas Calientes {Hartweg), without

;

feet

locality

Hb. Kew.

Oxybaphus OVatUS,

p. 431.

Mexico'? (ex Choisy).

Vahl, Enum.

ii.

p.

40

Choisy in DC. Prodr,

;

xiii.

2,

—Peku.

Violaceus, Choisy in DC. Prodr.

Oxybaphus

7.

i.

t.

p. 5,

ii.

—Noeth Mexico, region of San Luis

Palmer, 769)

{Bates).
6.

i.

Enum.

Vahl,

55,

iv. p.

Dec.

Calymenia corymbosa, Pers. Ench.

Texas

DC. Prodr.

— Chili.

Mirabilis corymbosa, Cav. Ic. PI.

Calyxhymenia

herbarium.

COrdifolius, Kunze, ex Choisy in

Oxybaphus glabrifoHus,

5.

Kew

Cultivated specimens only in

432.

xiii. 2, p.

Allionia violacea, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 147.

Colombia to Peeu.

South Mexico, Tehuantepec {Andrieux, 127).

Oxybaphus wrightii, Hemsley.

8.

Quamoclidion oxybaphoides, A. Gr. in

Texas.
9.

\

Hb. Kew.

Am.

Journ. Sc.

ser. 2, xv. p.

320.

—Noeth Mexico, Chiricahui mountains {Wright).

Oxybaphus

xiii. 2, p.

430

;

viscOSUS, L'Herit.

Mag.

Bot.

Mirabilis viscosa, Cav. Ic. PI.

t.

;

PL

Willd. Sp.

i.

Hb. Kew.
p.

185

;

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

434.

i. t.

19.

Calyxhymenia viscosa, Ort. Dec. i. p. 6.
Calymenia viscosa, Pers. Ench. i. p. 36.

NoETH Mexico,
Zacatecas (CoM^^er,
to

Peeu.

Madre {Palmer, 1111) South Mexico, Eeal del Monte to
Southward
1427), Tehuacan {Liehmann), Puebla {Andrieux, 126).

Sierra

;

—

Hb. Kew.
3.

Nyctaginia, Choisy in

Mem.

Soc. Phys. Gen.

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

An

iii.

xii.

p. 167,

t.

1,

et in

DC.

Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p.

429

t.

1, et

p. 4.

annual monotype.

1.

in

NYCTAGINIA.

DC.

Nyctaginia Capitata, Choisy
Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

Nyctaginia ovata, Choisy,

in

Mem.

Soc.

Phys. Gen.

xii.

p. 167,

429.

loc. cit.

Texas. —North Mexico, Chihuahua

{Potts),

without locality {Gregg).

Hb. Kew.
52


— —

—

;

NTCTAGINEiE.

4

4.
Allionia, Linn.

Gen. Plant,

Wedelia, Linn, in Loefl.

An

non

n. 117^

ALLIONIA.

Loefl.

Bentli. et

;

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 4.

180.

It. p.

herbaceous monotype.

Allionia incarnata, Linn.

1.

58

111. t.

L'Her. Stirp.

;

to Califoekia.

&

;

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p.

434; Lam.

31.

t.

Allionia malacoides, Benth. Bot. Voy.

Texas

147

Sp. Pi. p.

'

Sulphur/

p. 44.

— North Mexico, Sonora Alta {Coulter, 1260), Chihuahua

[Potts),

South Mexico, Tacubay a {Schaffner, 16), Guadaloupe,
valley of Mexico {Bourgeau, 293)
Chapultepec {Bilimek, 167). Venezuela to Chili
and Aegentina. Hb. Kew.
Monterey {Eaton

Edwards)

;

;

BOERHAAVIA.

5.

Boerhaavia, Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 9 {Boerhavia)

A

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 5.

genus of about thirty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, widely dispersed in

warm

countries.

Boerhaavia anisophylla,

1.

Torr. Bot. U.S.

&

Mex. Bound. Surv.

p.

171.

Texas or Noeth Mexico, on the Eio Grande (ex Torrey).

Boerhaavia erecta,

2.

Ind. p. 69

Geoegia

to

& Edwards)
y"^

Linn.

Jacq. Hort. Vindob.

;

;

New

Mexico.

;

DC. Prodr.

5 et

tt.

xiii. 2, p.

450

Griseb. Fl. Brit.

;

W.

6-.

—Noeth Mexico, Chihuahua (ex Torrey), Monterey {Eaton

South Mexico, Cordilleras of Vera Cruz and Oaxaca

West

Guatemala, Mazatenango {Bernoulli, 587).

{Galeotti, 580,

2558)

Hb. Kew.

Indies.

Boerhaavia erioSOlena, A. Gr. in Am. Journ. Sc. ser, 2, XV. p. 322,
Noeth Mexico, valley near Azufrora in Coahuila or Durango {Gregg, 512). Hb. Kew.
3.

Boerhaavia hirsuta,

4.

p.

i^

451

Griseb. Fl. Brit.

;

Texas.

—Mexico

Galapagos.
5.

(ex

W.

Willd. Phytog.

lud. p. 69

Choisy);

n.

i.

3

;

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

Jacq. Hort. Vindob.

;

Panama 1

{S.

Hayes, 732).

t.

xiii. 2,

7.

West

Indies; Guiana;

Hb. Kew.

Boerhaavia leiosolena,

&

Torr. Bot. U.S.

Mex. Bound. Surv.

p. 172.

Texas or Noeth Mexico, on the Rio Grande {Parry).
6.

Boerhaavia

linearifolia, A. Gr. in

Texas. — Noeth Mexico,
7.

Saltillo

(

(zru^^, 110), Sierra

Boerhaavia paniculata,

Fl. Brit.

W.

Rich.

{Parry

;

So. ser. 2, xv. p. 322.

Madre {Palmer, 1121). Hb. Kew.

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

450

;

Griseb.

Ind. p. 69.

Texas.— New Mexico, Noeth Mexico,

^

Am. Joum.

& Palmer,

770), Zacatecas

region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet

{Hartweg, 45)

1429, 1430); Panama (ex Grisebach).

;

South Mexico, Zimapan {Coulter,

—West Indies;

Galapagos.

Hb. Kew.


NTCTAGINE^.
Boerliaavia purpurascens, A, Gr.

8.

New

Texas;

Mexico.

—^Noeth

Mexico,

in

5

Am.

Journ. Sc.

ser. 2, XV. p.

Santa Rita, within

the

old

321.

boundary.

Hb. Kew.

Boerhaavia SCandenS,

9.

p.

454

W.

Griseb. Fl. Brit.

;

Boerhaavia grahami, A. Gr. in

New

Mexico

{Parry

feet

&

;

Arizona.

West

;

450

;

;

—North

Linnaea,

11.

Texas
6000

New

8000

to

t.

4.

ScJiott)

;

—

Hb. Kew.

v. p.

Mexico.

B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp.

ii.

p.

215

DC. Prodr.

;

xiii.

92.

&

Beppe).

Lag. et Rodr.

&

Palmer, 770^)

;

—Venezuela.

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

;

—North Mexico, Chihuahua

feet {Parry

{JBourgeau, 180),

i.

?

South Mexico, Cordillera of
Colombia to Peru; Gala7152), Campeachy {Linden).

Boerhaavia viscosa,
;

323

xiii. 2,

Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000

South Mexico, near Vera Cruz {Schiede
"^

2, xv. p.

Palmer, 772), Sonora {Wright ;
fouiES.

Choisy in DC. Prodr.

;

Jacq. Hort. Vindob.

Journ. Sc. ser.

Boerhaavia virgata, H.

10.
2, p.

Ind. p. 69

Am.

Oaxaca, 3000 feet {Galeotti,
pagos

Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 4

{Potts), region of

xiii. 2, p.

452.

San Luis Potosi,

South Mexico, Tizapan, valley of Mexico

Tacubaya {Schaffner), Tehuacan,
Hb. Kew.

at

5000

feet {Galeotti, 581);

Guate-

mala, Duefias {Salvin).

Boerhaavia wrightii, A. Gr. in Am. Joum. Sc.
New Mexico. North Mexico, near Mesillas {Gregg, 533).
12.

—

6.

1.

Four

species,

322.

Hb. Kew.

SENKENBERGIA.

Senkenbergia, Schauer in Linnsea, xix. p. 711

Herbs.

ser. 2, XV. p.

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 5.

whereof three inhabit Mexico and one Lower California.

Senkenbergia annulata, Schauer

Senkenbergia gypsophiloides, Benth. et

in Linnsea, xix. p. 711.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 5.

Lindenia gypsophiloides, Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. 2, p. 357.
Tinantia gypsophiloides, Mart, et Gal. loc.

cit. xi. 1, p.

240.

Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xv. p. 323.
Juarez,
about
100
miles north of Monclova {Palmer, 1125), region
Mexico,
North
of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet {Parry & Palmer, 771) South Mexico, Tehuacan,
Boerhaavia gibbosa, Pav.j ex A. Gr. in

;

5000

feet {Galeotti, 577),

Zimapan

{Coulter, 1434).

Hb. Kew.

Senkenbergia COUlteri, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. Gen.
North Mexico, Sonora Alta {Coulter, 1425). Hb. Kew.
This may be Boerhaavia spicata, Choisy, not B. erecta, Choisy, as
2.

in the

'

Genera Plantarum.'

Plant,

iii.

p. 6.

erroneously cited


NYCTAGINEJE,

6

Senkenbergia, sp.
NoETH Mexico, Sonora Alta
3.

There are only flowers of
either, is the

same

as

this species

Herbs

;

and

as it is uncertain

Boerhaavia spicata, Choisy,

7.

Acleisanthes, A. Gr. in

Hb. Kew.

[Coulter, 1424).

Am.

Journ. Sc.

we leave

it

which of the

species, if

without a name at present.

ACLEISANTHES.
ser. 2, xv. p.

or half-shrubs, inhabiting the

259

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

Texano-Mexican region.

About

iii.

p. 6.

six species are

known.

Acleisanthes anisophylla, A. Gr. in Am. Journ.
North Mexico, along the Eio Grande (Schott).

1.

Texas.

—

Sc. ser. 2, XV. p. 261.

Acleisanthes berlandieri, A. Gr. in Am. Joum. Sc. ser. 2, xv. p. 260.
Texas.
North Mexico, near Monterey and Matamoros (Gregg). Hb. Kew.
2.

—

Acleisanthes longiflora, A. Gr.
& Mex. Bound. Surv. t. 46.

3.

in

Am. Joum.

Sc. ser. 2, xv. p.

260

;

Torr.

Bot. U.S.

Texas.

6000

—North Mexico, Parras, Coahuila (Palmer, 1116), region of San Luis

8000

to

feet

(Parry

&

Palmer, 774), without locality (Gregg).

Potosi,

Hb. Kew.

Acleisanthes wrightii, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant, iii. p. 6.
Pentacrophys wrightii, A. Gr. in Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xv. p. 261 ; Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound.
4.

Surv.

Texas.

t.

47

b.

— North Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer,

Hb. Kew.

773).

8.

Selinocarpus, A. Gr. in

Herbs
known.
1.
t.

47

Am.

Journ. Sc.

SELINOCAEPUS.
ser. 2, xv. p.

or half-shrubs, restricted to the

Selinocarpus angnstifolia,

A.

Texas.

362; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

Texano-Mexican region.

Torr. Bot. U.S.

&

Four

iii.

species are

Mex. Bound. Surv.

—North Mexico, San Lorenzo de Laguna, Coahuila (Palmer, 1119).

p. 6.

p. 170,

Hb. Kew.

Selinocarpus chenopodioides, A. Gr. in Am. Journ, Sc. ser. 2, XV. p. 262.
North Mexico, near Lake Santa Maria, Chihuahua (Wright, 1707). Hb. Kew.

2.

3.

Selinocarpus palmeri, Hemsley,

n. sp.

(Tab.

LXX.)

SufiErutescens glaber, foliis subcarnosis teretibus, floribus solitariis pentandriis.

Suffrutex nanus, glaber, dichotome ramosissimus, ramis brevibus, teretibus, graciliusculis.

Folia

opposita, paribus sequalibus vel subsequalibus, sessilia, subcarnosa, teretia, usque ad If poll,
2^/ore« terminales vel pseudoaxillares, solitarii, brevissime pedunculatij 1\ ad
longa, apiculata.


;

NTCTAGINE^.
poll, longi; periantliium infundibulare,

1^

Fructus 5-alatuSj vel abortu 3-3-alatus,

7

tubo angusto, elongato

alls

2-3 lineas

;

stamina

5,

longe exserta.

latis.

North Mexico, San Lorenzo de Laguna, Coahuila {Palmer,

Hb. Kew.

1118).

EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXX.
Fig. 1, a leaf J 2, a flower

stamens

;

4s,

;

a flower with the perianth laid open, showing the insertion of the

B,

upper part of a stamen

5j

;

upper part of style with stigma ;

An

Cham,

et Schl. in LinnEea^ v. p.

92; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

all

enlarged.

iii.

p. 6.

herbaceous monotype.

1.

Okenia hypogaea, Cham,

et Schl. in Linnsea, v. p. 92.

South Mexico, sand dunes. Vera Cruz [Schiede

Oaxaca (GaleotU, 7148), Bolanos
Hb. Kew.
7211).

coast,

Abronia, Juss. Gen. Plant, p. 448

and northward

to the

sand dunes on the Pacific

Dejajie),

Zimapan, at 6500

feet {Galeotti,

ABEONIA.

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

;

genus of about ten herbaceous

fornia,

&

{Coulter, 1426),

10.

A

:

OKENIA.

9.

Okenia,

6, a fruit

iii.

North Mexico, Texas

species, inhabiting

Columbia River.

p. 7.

to Cali-

Several of the species are close upon, if

not actually within, our northern boundary.
1.

Abronia Cycloptera, A.

Gr. in

Am.

Journ. Sc.

Abronia {Tripterocalyx) micrantha, Torr. in Fremont^s 1st Rep.

Texas.

—North

319.

Mexico, along the Eio Grande, from San Elceario to Dona Aiia

Hb. Kew.

{Wright, 1712).
2.

ser. 2, XV. p.

p. 96.

Nutt. in Hook.

Abronia fragrans,

Bot. Beckwith's Rep. p. 14,

10

t.

;

Bot.

Kew Journ.

Mag.

t.

5544

;

Bot.

V.

p.

261

Torr. Bot. U.S.

;

Torr.

& Mex.

Surv. p. 170.

Columbia River, southward through Utah

to

New

& A. Gr.

Mexico and Texas.

Bound.

—North

Mexico, Chihuahua (ex Torrey).
[A. mellifera, Dougl. in Bot.

Mag.

t.

2879,

is

recorded from El Paso and westward,

and northward to Oregon.]
3.

Abronia turbinata,

Bot. Calif,

ii.

Torrey, ex S. Wats, in Bot. King's Exped. p. 285,

p. 5.

California to Arizona and Texas.

—North Mexico, Gila

11.

Salpianthus,

iii.

31

valley {Bothrock).

BOLDOA.

Boldoa, Cav. Cat. Hort. Madr. 1803, ex Choisy in

Plant,

t.

DC.

Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p.

438; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen.

p. 8.

Humb.

et

Bonpl.

Bentham and Hooker

PL

iEquin.

i.

p. 154,

t.

44.

referred two species to this genus, one of

which we have


NYCTAGINE^.

8

some confusion between these two genera and we
If Cryptocarpus glohosus, H. B. K., be really
are unable to dear it up satisfactorily.
the same as £oldoa ovafifolia,L?Lg., and JB.purpurascens, Cav., as we suspect, the genus
Cryptocarpus should be reduced to Boldoa, and Salpianthus, H. B. K., would stand as
There

referred to Cryptocarpus.

is

;

a genus and include Boldoa lanceolata. Lag.

Boldoa lanceolata, Lag. Nov. Gen.

1.

et Sp. p.

10

DC.

;

Prodr.

438.

xiii. 2, p.

Humb. et Bonpl. PL J^lquin. i. p. 154, t. 44.
South Mexico, near Acapulco (Humboldt & Bonpland ; Sinclair), Cordillera of Oaxaca,
Hb. Kew.
at 4500 feet {Galeotti, 579), without locality [Jurgensen, 83, 216).
Salpianthus arenarius,

12.
Cryptocarpus,

Two

H. B. K. Nov. Gen.

et Sp.

187

p.

ii.

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

shrubby or half-shrubby species, restricted to Mexico, the

South America.

Cryptocarpus rhomboideus, Moq. in
ovatifolia,

'Sulphur/

iii.

West

p. 11.

Indies,

and

See remarks under Boldoa.

Cryptocarpus globosUS, H.

1.

Boldoa

CRYPTOCARPUS.

DC.

B. K; Nov. Gen. et Sp.

Prodr.

Lag. Nov. Gen. et Sp.

xiii. 2, p.

DC.

10;

p.

ii.

p.

187,

t.

123.

88.

Prodr.

xiii.

2, p.

438; Benth. Bot. Voy.

p. 155.

Boldoa purpurascens, Cav. ex Lag. loc. cit. ; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. p. 34.
Boldoa paniculata, Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 16).
Chenopodium petiolare, Mart, et Gal. loc. cit. p. 5, non Kunth.
Boerhaavia rhomboidea, Humb. in Link, Jahrb. der Gewachse, i. 3, p. 66.
Salpianthus purpurascens, Hook, et

Am.

Bot. Beech. Voy.

South Mexico, Tepic [Barclay), Vera Cruz
Cordillera of Oaxaca, at
(Galeotti, 37 S).

— Cuba;

5000

America
in the

to Orizaba

(Miiller,

1865;

Gouin),

Tehuacan, at 5000 feet

Hb. Kew.

PISONIA.

Pisonia, Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 1162; Benth. et

About

308.

feet (Galeotti, 582), plains of

Venezuela.

13.

Trees and shrubs.

p.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

sixty species

iii.

p. 9.

are known, chiefly natives of Tropical

a few inhabit Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Australia six have been found
Mascarene Islands; and one, P. aculeata, has been found in continental
;

;

Africa.

^

1.

Pisonia aculeata, Linn.

Fl. Brit.

W.

Sp. Pi. p. 1511

;

DC.

Prodr.

at

2000

feet (Galeotti,

648), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2063), Orizaba (Botteri, 991)

Hb. Kew.

440

;

Griseb.

Ind. p. 70.

South Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz

—Widely

xiii. 2, p.

dispersed

in

the

;

3052

;

Linden, 647,

Nicaragua (Tate, 389).

Tropics, including Australia, especially near the sea.


—
;

NYCTAGINEiE.

Pisonia hirtella, H. B. K. Nov. Gen.

2.

9

et Sp.

ii.

p.

217

;

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p. 445.

Enum.

Pisonia mexicana, Willd., ex Link,

PI. Hort. Berol.

i.

p.

354.

Boerhaavia arbor ea, Lag. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1801.
Boerhaavia arborescens, Pers. Ench. i. p. 30.

South Mexico, Vera Cruz to Orizaba {Muller, 913), valley of Mexico [Bourgeau, 658
297 Schaffner, 184), Tlacolola and San Dionicio {Andrieux, 128), Tlalpujahua
;

BilimeJc,

;

San Bartolo {Hartweg), without

{Keerl), Chapultepec [Schaffner),

Bates

Parkinson). —Peeu

;

p.

442

;

Seem. Bot. Voy.

'

Herald,' p. 192,

et Sp.

ii.

218

p.

;

4.

Pisonia,

DC.

Prodr,

xiii. 2,

(S.

Hayes, 184, 723).

sp.

Guatemala, Barranca Honda, 3800

feet {Salvin).

Neea, Kuiz et Pav. Prodr. El. Per. et Chil. p. 52,

t.

9; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

Tropical America.

trees, restricted to

Hb. Kew.

NEEA.

14.

Shrubs and

;

34.

t.

Guatemala (Friedrichsthal) Panama, Taboga and Paraiso
Southward to Brazil. Hb. Kew.

/

43

Hb. Kew.

Bolivia.

Pisonia pacurero, H. B. K. Nov. Gen.

3.

^

;

locality {Tate,

About

iii.

p. 9.

known,

thirty species are

ranging from Mexico and the West Indies to Peru and Brazil.
1.

Neea,

sp.

South Mexico, Teapa, Tabasco {Linden, 1606).

4

2.

Neea,

sp.

Paj^ama, hedges at
,

3.

Neea,

Panama

{S.

Hayes, 112).

station {S. Hayes, 359).

material of none of these

is sufficient

Order CVII.
Illecebracece,

Hb. Kew.

sp.

Panama, Lion-Hill

The

Hb. Kew.

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

Hb. Kew.

for description.

ILLECEBRACE^.
p. 13.

Seventeen genera, including about ninety species, are referred to this order.
are small herbs or very small balf-shrubs

;

and they are generally diffused

all

world, except in the frigid regions.

BIOL, centk.-amee., Bot. Vol. III., October 1882,

c

They

over the

—
ILLECEBEACE^.

10

PENTACiENA.

1.

Bartl. in Presl, Reliq. Hsenk.

PmUacana,

Two
Oregon
1.

ii.

p.

5

Benth.

;

or three herbaceous species, restricted to

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 14.

Western America, and ranging from

to Chili.

Pentacaena polycnemoides,

Bartl. in Presl's Eeliq. Hsenk.

p. 5,

ii.

t.

49.

f.

1.

Pentacmna ramosissima, Hook, et Arn. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. p. 338.
Paronychia ramosissima, DC. Prodr. iii. p. 372, et Mem. Paronych. t. 4.

Acanthonychia ramosissima, Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 2, p. 249, t. 56.

Weinm.

Loeflingia ramosissima,

in Flora, 1820, p. 608.

Paronychia polycnemoides, Schl. in Linnsea,

Pentacmna polycnemoides, Walp. Rep.

i.

Cardionema multicaule, DC. Prodr.

p.

Oeegon
{Parr^

&

to California.

Palmer, 64)

of Orizaba (Schiede).

;

iii.

p.

xiii. p.

261

407?

?

373, et

Mem.

Paronych.

t. 1

?

— North Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet
Monte {Coulter, 693), foot of the peak
Buenos Ayres, Uruguay, and South Brazil.

kSoUTH Mexico, Eeal del

— Colombia

to Chili,

Hb. Kew.

ACHYRONYCHIA.

2.

Achyronychia, Torr.

& Gray

Two

Diminutive herbs.

New

in Proc.

Am. Acad.

species

vii. p.

330; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 15.

known, the present and one found in California and

Mexico.
1.

Achyronychia parryi, Hemsley,

Glabra, glauca,

2, p. 36.

lineari-lanceolatis vel oblongis apiculatis, floribus in axillis foliorum fasci-

foliis

culato-cymosis,

Diag. Pi. Nov. pars

perianthii

subcarnosi tube turbinato, lobis

oblongo-ellipticis

late

scarioso

marginatis, tubo subsequilongis, staminibus 5 valde perigynis staminodiis oblongis alternantibus, ovario 2-4-ovulato.

Herba perennis,

glabra, glauca, ramis gracilibus,

4—6-pollicaribus.

oblonga, vel interdum fere oblanceolata vel oblonga, 4-8

cymis densis quam

folia triplo brevioribus; perianthii

lobi oblongo-elliptici, late diaphaDO-scarioso-marginati

oblongis tenuissimis

filiformi,

alternantia;

stigmate obscure trilobo.

palmeri. Hook.

f.

in Benth. et

Mem. Mus.

Par.

subcarnosi tubus turbinatus;
5,

valde perigyna,

Capsulce (immaturse) trivalvse, 1-3-spermEe.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

8.

Paronychia, Juss. in

stamina

;

ii.

iii.

;

stami-

Achyronychia

p. 15.

Potosi, at

6000

to

8000

feet

{Parry

&

PARONYCHIA.
p.

389; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

forty herbaceous species, inhabiting the Mediterranean region,

Arabia, and America

cum

ovarium breviter stipitatum, 2-4-ovulatum, stylo

North Mexico, in the region of San Luis
Palmer, 58). Hb. Kew.

About

Folia sessilia, lineari-lanceolata,

longa, apiculata, stipulis scariosis,

Flores vix sesquilineam longi, in axillis foliorum fasciculatim cymosi, brevissime

amplis.

pedicellati,

nodiis

lin.

one has been found in Angola.

p. 15.

North Africa,


—

;

11

ILLECEBEACliLE.

Paronychia jamesii, Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. p. 170.
Oregon to Texas. Noeth Mexico, Ojo de Vaca, Chihuahua (Thurber).
1.

—

2.

Omnino

Paronychia mexicana, Hemsley,
ramis ad nodos tumidis,

pilosulaj

Diag. PI. Nov. pars

2, p. 36.

confertis lineari-lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis longe

foliis

apiculatis, stipulis foliis fere sequilongis, floribus fasciculatis brevissime pedieellatis, perianthii

brevissime tubulosi laciniis subcarnosis

oblongis brevissime apiculatis,

staminodiis nullis,

ovario birsuto.

Herba perennis
longa,

lin.

longe apiculata,

prominente margine recurva;

costa subtus

|

lin.

apiculatae, persistentes

rulum, stylo

stamina

;

5, filamentis filiformibus

Capsule perianthiis

filiformi, bifido.

stipulae

scariosae,

Flores fasciculati, breviter pedicellati,

perianthii breviter tubulosi lacinije

longi;

erecti vcl

Folia lineari-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 4-6

ad nodos tumidi.

ovatse, apiee valde attenuatse, foliis fere sequilongse.
circiter

Rami

annua, omnino pilosula, a basi dense ramosa, 2-6-pollicaris.

vel

diffusij graeUiuseuli, teretes,

inclusse,

;

oblongse, crassiusculse, brevissime

staminodia nulla

;

ovarium pube-

monospermse, seminibus spbaeroideis,

nitidis, Isevibus.

NoETH Mexico,
Hb. Kew.

region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet {Tarry

Paronychia,

3.

& Palmer,

65).

sp.

South Mexico, Eeal del Monte

4.

Corrigiola, Linn. Gen. Plant, n.

Hb. Kew.

{Coulter, 720).

COERIGIOLA.

378 ; Bentb.

at

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 17.

Species about six, herbaceous, inhabiting Central Europe, the Mediteri'anean region,

North and South Africa, and America.

Corrigiola andina,

1.

NoETH Mexico,
South Mexico,

Tr. et Pi. Prodr. Fl.

valley of

Mexico {Bourgeau,

Order CVIII.
Amarantacecs, Bentb. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

embracing about 480

Moq.

in

Melanocarpum, Hook.

Two

f.

shrubby

p. 146.

i.

Palmer, 54)

Hb. Kew.

p. 20.

trees.

There are forty-eight genera,

PLEUEOPETALUM.
221; Hook. Lond. Joiim. Bob.

v. t.

p. 157.

DC. Prodr.
f.

&

AMARANTACE^.

in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

Allochlamys,

i.

species, generally spread, except in the colder regions.

1.

Pleuropetalum, Hook.

Colombia.

23).

Herbs, half-shrubs, shrubs, or rarely small

et

N. Gran.

region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet {Parry

xiii. 2, p.

463.

in Bentb. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

species, the present

iii.

p. 24.

and one from the Galapagos.

c2

2; Benth.


—

—

AMAEANTACEtE.

12
1.

Pleuropetalum costaricense,

Melanocarpum
^^'"'^

;

sprucei,

Hook.

f.

in Benth. et

hort.

Kew.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 24.

—Ecuador.

Hb.

1881 under the name Pleuropetalum

costa-

South Mexico, Santa Eita, near Vera Cruz (ffahn); Costa Kica.

Kew.

Kew

This species was cultivated at
ricense; but

we have not been

who

the name.

gave

it

and there

is

in

able to ascertain the origin of the plant, any

However, there

no doubt that

is

no doubt that

it

is

more than

a true Pleuropetalum

the same as Melanocarpum sprucei. Hook. £, and a

it is

In the specimens we examined the stamens varied from

true Amarantacea.

five

to eight.

2.

Celosia, Linn.

About
Africa,
1.

Gen. Plant,

289 ; Benth.

Hook. Gen. Plant,

and shrubby

thirty herbaceous

iii.

p. 24.

species, inhabiting the

Celosia moquini, Guillem. in DC. Prodr.

warm

regions of Asia,

Floeida; Texas.

—North

moros {Berlandier, 2340)
Hb. Kew.
Grisebach
altissima,

H.

(Fl. Brit.

239.

W.

;

Pi. p. 298, ex

Moq.

in

DC.

Prodr.

xiii.

2,

Mexico, near Monterey {Berlandier, 1383), around Mata-

South Mexico, San

Bias

to

Tepic {Sinclair).

Ind. p. 62) refers Celosia paniculata, Linn., to

— Cuba.

Chamissoa

B. K., and reduces C. paniculata, Moq,, to C. nitida, Vahl.

Celosia virgata, Jacq.

xiii. 2, p.

xiii. 2, p.

Ghieshregkt).

Celosia paniculata, Linn. Sp.

p. 240.

3.

et

and America.

Mexico {Bonpland %
2.

n.

CELOSIA.

Coll.

ii.

p. 279, et Ic.

PL

Ear.

t.

339; DC. Prodr.

240.

North Mexico, Soledad, Coahuila {Palmer, 1148). Colombia to Peru, and
Hb. Kew.
The Mexican plant may be different from the South- American.

3.

Achatocarpus, Triana in Ann. Sc. Nat.

Small trees or shrubs.

in Cuba.

ACHATOCAEPUS.
ser. 4, ix. p.

45

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 26.

Besides the following there. are two species in extratropical

South America, and perhaps a fourth in

Kew

herbarium, collected by Jameson near

Guayaquil.
1.

^-

Achatocarpus nigricans, Triana

in

Ann.

Sc. Nat. ser. 4, ix. p. 45.

South Mexico, Totome, Vera Cruz {Linden, 72); Guatemala, San Jose
Venezuela Colombia. Hb. Kew.
452).
;

{S. Hayes.,


—

;

AMAEANTACKS.

CHAMISSOA.

4.

Chamissoa, H. B. K. Nov, Gen. et Sp.

ii.

13

p.

196

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

;

Tall brandling, climbing, or trailing herbs.

iii.

p. 27.

Six or eight species, restricted to

Tropical and Extratropical South America.

Chamissoa altissima, H.

1.

Prodr.

250

xiii. 2, p.

;

{Serlandier, 79)

2.

[Friedrichsthal)

250

Roem.

B.

K. Nov. Gen.

Peeu and Brazil,

to

et Sp.

p.

ii.

197

;

DC. Prodr.

Peeu; Brazil.

{Galeotti, 416).

AMARANTUS.

Amarantus, Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 1060 {Amaranthus)

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 28.

warm countries. About forty-five species are
only known under cultivation, and others were

plants, widely diflPused in

but some of them are

founded on very slender characters.
waste places, and occur in nearly
1.

Vera Cruz

{Salle),

Nicaeagua, Chontales {Tate, 372)

;

et Schult. Syst. v. p. 531.

5.

\

DC.

Fl. Bras. v. 1, p. 242.

;

South Mexico, Vera Cruz

enumerated

;

Hb. Kew.

Iot)ies.

Celosia tomentosa, Willd. in

Herbaceous

125

t.

p. 62.

—^And common southward

Chamissoa macrocarpa, H.

xiii. 2, p.

p. 197,

ii.

Cordova [Bourgeau, 1527, 2073), Orizaba

station {S. Hayes).

West

et Sp.

p. 81.

Guatemala

Panama, Barbacoas
as well as in the

Am.

valley of
;

W- Ind.

Griseb. Fl. Brit.

Achyranthes altissima, Jacq.

South Mexico,

K. Nov. Gen.

B.

Amarantus blitum,

NoETH Mexico {Parry

&

all

Several of

warm

them

countries.

DC. Prodr.
Hb. Kew.

Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 1405

Palmer, 786^).

are weeds of cultivation and

;

xii. 2, p.

263.

A widely dispersed weed.
2.

Amarantus

xiii. 2, p.

3.

p. 34,

1.

10.

f.

19

;

DC. Prodr.

259.

North Mexico
{Salvin).

Chlorostachys, Willd. Amarant.

{Berlandier)

—Common

;

Amarantus hybridus,

ViEGiNiA

to

South Mexico

in Tropical Ameeica.

Florida

and

{Galeotti,

387;

Salle);

Guatemala

Hb. Kew.

Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 1406

Texas. —North

;

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

Mexico {Berlandier;

259.

Wright).

Hb,

Kew.
4.

Amarantus hypOChondriaCUS,

p. 256.

Mexico {Parry

& Palmer;

Galeotti).

Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 1407

—^Tegpical America.

;

DC. Prodr.

Hb. Kew.

xiii. 2,


;

AMAEANTACE^.

14
5.
ii.

AmarantUS palmeri,

p. 42.

Califoenia; Arizona.

Am. Aoad.

Wats, in Proc.

—Noeth

xii. p.

274, et Bot. Calif,

Camp Grant

Mexico, within the old boundary at

(Bothrock), along the Eio Grande {Berlandier).
6.

a

f. 1,

AmarantUS

&

polygonoides, Linn. Sp.

PI.

1405

p.

j

Willd. Amarant.

6.

t.

h.

Amblogyne polygonoides, Raf.

Fl. Tellur. p. 42,

DC.

ex Moq. in

Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

270.

Scleropus amarantoides, Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. GcEtt. 1835.
Scleropus crassipes,

AmarantUS

Moq.

Sarratia berlandieri,

Moq.

Florida; Texas.
Indies; Guiana.
7.

DC.

8.

xiii. 2, p.

xiii. 2, p.

—West

retroflexus, Linn. Sp. Pi.

258

;

A. Gr. Manual, ed.

—Warmer

parts

1407

p.

5, p.

Willd. Amarant.

;

1.

11.

f.

21

412.

many

of America, and introduced in

other

Hb. Kew.

AmarantUS

Guatemala
9.

268.

Mexico, Cerro Alto {Gregg), Sonora {Thurher).

SCarioSUS, Benth. Bot. Voy.

AmarantUS floridus, Benth.. loc. cit. t. 51.
Sarratia scariosa, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii.

^

271.

Hb. Kew.

Mexico (Bourgeau).

^

xiii. 2, p.

DC. Prodr.

in

—North

AmarantUS

Prodr.

countries.

DC. Prodr.

in

crassipes, Schl. in Linnsea, vi. p. 757.

{Friedrichsthal)

AmarantUS

'

Sulphur,' p. 158.

2, p. 269.

Honduras, Tigre, Fonseca Bay

;

SpinOSUS, Linn. Sp.

Pi. p.

Hb. Kew.

(Sinclair).

1407; DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

260.

Mexico, Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 4000 feet (Galeotti, 415), Jalapa (Linden, 61),
Orizaba (Salle) Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 339 ; Seemann) Panama (Seemann).
;

And

generally dispersed in the

countries.

—

;

warmer

parts of

America

;

introduced in

[Euxolus (Berlasia) emarginatus, A. Br. et Bouche in Linnaea, xxv.

unknown

other

p.

297,

is

quite

to us.]
6.

ACANTHOCHITON.

Acanthochiton, Torr. in Sitgr. Rep. p. 170

An

many

Hb. Kew.

;

Bentt. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 29.

herbaceous annual monotype.

Acanthochiton wrightii, Torr. in Sitgr. Eep. p. 170, t. 13;
Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 179 Proc. Am. Acad. Sc. v. p. 168.
Texas Arizona. North Mexico, Chihuahua (Thurher). Hb. Kew.
1.

Bot. U.S.

&

;

;

—

7.

Cyathula, Lour. PI. Coch.

i.

p.

CYATHULA.

101; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

About ten herbaceous and half-shrubby
Africa,

and America.

iii.

p. 31.

species, inhabiting the

warmer

parts of Asia,

—
15

AMAEA]!^TACE^.

CyathtQa achyranthoides, Moq.

1.

in

DC. Piodr.

Desmochceta achyranthoides, H. B. K. Not. Gen. et Sp.

4

ii.

p.

210.

South Mexico, Eio Blanco, near Orizaba [Bourgeau, 3040)
334); Panama, Empire Station {S. Hayes, 612).

{Tate, 162,

West

Tropical South America and the

About tweNa,^ecies

1.

Mexico

One

W.

{Botteri,

Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 295;

896

;

and subtropical

DC. Prodr.

xiii.

314;

p.

2,

warm

in

DC.

countries.

GUILLEMINEA.

et Sp. vi. p.

40; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

species, the third inhabiting extratropical

Moq.

Hb. Kew.

Bourgeau, 1282); Nicaragua {Tate, 335).

Guilleminea iUecebroides, H.

Guilleminea densa,

p. 35.

Ind. p. 62.

H. B. K. Nov. Gen.

Three herbaceous

dispersed in

are known.

9.

1.

iii.

of the most generally diffused and commonest weeds in

Guilleminea,

—Widely

plants, generally diffused in tropical

Achyranthes aspera,

Griseb. El. Brit.

Xicaragua, Chontales

Hb. Kew.

Indies.

Achyranthes, Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 288; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

regions.

;

ACHYRANTHES.

8.

Herbaceous and half-shrubby

326.

xiii. 2, p.

Prodr.

K. Nov. Gen.

B.

xiii. 2, p.

iii.

p. 36.

South America.

et Sp. vi. p. 42,

t.

518.

338.

Ulecebrum densum, WUld. in Roem. et Schult. Syst.

v. p.

517.

Guilleminea Ulecebrum, Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. p. 103.

—Mexico, Chihuahua
{Bourgeau). —Ecuador; Peru.
Texas.

2.

Texas

;

Mexico ?

Moq.

in

DC.

Hispaniola

;

Prodr.

Peru

Two
1.

f.

in Benth. et

xiii. 2, p.

Bolivia

;

Hook. Gen. Plant,

Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 37.

337.
;

Buenos Ayres.

iii.

p. 37.

half-shrubby species, inhabiting California and the Mexicano-Texan region.

Cladothrix lanuginosa, Nutt.

Alternanthera lanuginosa, Moq. in

California to

New

DC.

Prodr.

;

Wats. Bot.

xiii. 2, p.

Calif,

ii.

p. 43.

359.

Mexico, Arkansas, and Texas.

Laguna {Palmer), Tamaulipas

—North Mexico, San Lorenzo

{Berlandier), Sonora Alta {Coulter, 136).

11.

Hb. Kew.

MOGIPHANES.

Mogiphanes, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras.

An

Mexico

CLADOTHEIX.

10.
Cladothrix, Nutt., ex Benth. et

2), valley of

Hb. Kew.

Guilleminea lanuginosa, Hook.

Gossypianthus lanuginosus,

Tacubaya {Schaffner,

{Potts), near

ii.

p. 29^

1.

129 ad 135.

exclusively Tropical-American genus, comprising about ten heroaceoiis species.

de


—

—

..

AMAEANTACE^.

16
1.
\J

Mogiphanes Straminea,

Fl. Brit.

W.

Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras.

t.

ii.

135; Griseb,

Ind. p. 64.

Mogiphanes multicaulis, Mart. Nov. Gen.
Telanthera brasiliana,

Moq.

loc. cit. p. 380.

Mexico (ex

Orisebach).

\Pfaffia, Mart.,

in

et Sp. Bras.

DC. Prodr.

ii. t.

—"West Indies

131.

382

xiii. 2, p.

(excl.

synom.)^

T. multicaulis,

et

Moq.

to Brazil.

having fifteen species, widely dispersed in South America, from

Venezuela and Trinidad southward to Uruguay, may be expected to occur in Central
America.]
12.

TELANTHERA.

Telanthera, R. Br. in Tuckey's Congo^ p. 477, in nota

A

genus comprising between forty and

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

fifty species,

iii.

warmer

inhabiting the

p. 38.

parts of

America; one of them recurring in Western Tropical Africa.

c^

1.

Telanthera gracilis, Moq.

Gomphrena

gracilis,

in

DC. Prodr.

Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux.

375.

xiii. 2, p.

x. (reprint, p. 9)

South Mexico, Vera Cruz, near Puente Nacional (Galeotti, 444), Tampico [Berlandier,
2180) Costa Eica {Endres, 243) Panama {S. Hayes, 211). Hb. Kew.
;

l^

2.

;

Telanthera maritima, Moq.

in

DC. Prodr.

Bucholzia maritima, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras.

ii.

Alternanthera ficoidea, R. Br. ex Griseb. PI. Brit.

W.

Ind. p. 67.

in

West

695).

;

Telanthera mexicana, Moq.

364.

p. 50, t. 147.

Mexico (ex Orisebach) Panama {S. Hayes,
South America, and western coast of Africa.
3.

xiii. 2, p.

DC. Prodr.

Indies, eastern coast of

xiii, 2, p.

372.

Gomphrena, sp., Ch. et Schl. in Linnaea, v. p. 91.
Brandesia mexicana, Schl. in Linnaea, vii. p. 392.

South Mexico, near San Andres {Schiede

& Beppe).

Hb. Kew.

4. Telanthera micrOCephala, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 371.
South Mexico, Vera Cruz {Galeotti, 72). Colombia. Hb. Kew.
5.

Telanthera obovata, Moq.

in

DC. Prodr.

Bucholzia obovata. Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux.

South Mexico, Vera Cruz

to Orizaba {Muller,

valley of Cordova [Bourgeau, 1597).

O

6.

xiii. 2, p.

370.

x. (reprint, p. 8)

1146

;

Bourgeau, 2698

;

Galeotti, 440),

Hb. Kew.

Telanthera polygonoides, Moq.

in

DC.

Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

363.

Achyranthes polygonoides, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. HoU. p. 416.
Bucholzia polygonoides, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras. ii. p. 51, tt. 148-151.

Gomphrena polygonoides, Linn. Sp.

PI. p. 225.

W. Ind. p. 67.
Panama (Fendler, 26i S. Hayes, 203;
the West Indies and eastern South America.
Hb. Kew.

Alternanthera polygonoides, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. HoU. p. 416; Griseb. Fl. Brit.

South Mexico, near Tampico (Berlandier)
Sinclair).

— Common

in

;

;


AMAEANTACEiE.
7.
j3.

Telanthera pnbiflora, Moq.

in

17

DC. Prodr.

xiil 2, p.

375

(a.

monocephala et

glomerata).

Brandesia pubiflora, Benth. in Bot. Voy. 'Sulphur/ p. 157.

South Mexico, Vera Cruz

Panama {Seemann).

8.

—Peeu.

{Galeotti,

444

Hb. Kew.

Telanthera pycnantha, Moq.

Brandesia pycnantha, Benth. Bot. Voy.

'

DC. Prodr.

376.

xiii. 2, p.

Hb. Kew.

ALTERNANTHEEA.

13.

Alternanthera, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. p. 28

About

in

Sulphur,' p. 157.

South Mexico, Acapulco {Beechey).

Herbs.

Cordova {Boimjeau, 1709);

in part), valley of

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

warm

sixteen species, inhabiting

iii.

p. 38.

and most abundant in

countries,

Australia and America.
1.

Alternanthera

xiii. 2, p.

aclljrrantlia, R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl.

358.

South Caroli^ja

—Noeth

i.

p.

4X7 DC. Prodr.
;

Chihuahua (Thurber),
Matamoros (Gregg), region of San Luis Potosi (Parry & Palmer, 788); South Mexico,
Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller, 44 Botteri, 787), Zimapan, 6500 feet (Galeotti, 419),
valley of Mexico (Schaffner ; Bourgeau,lQ5).
And widely spread in South Ameeica and
the West Indies, as well as in the Canary Islands and the south of Europe. Hb. Kew.
to

Flokida and Texas.

Mexico,

;

—

2.

Alternanthera? herniarioides, Beurling

in

Kong. Vetensk. Akad. Handl.

1854, p. 143.

Panama, Portobello (Bahlin).
\A.

sessilis,

R. Br., a

common

plant in Tropical South America and other countries,

is

likely to occur.]

GOSSYPIA^THUS.

14.
Gossypianthus, Hook. Ic. PI.

Two

t.

251

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

;

p. 39.

herbaceous species, inhabiting the Texano-Mexican region.

Gossypianthus rigidiflorus, Hook.
Texas. Noeth Mexico ?
1.

iii.

Ic. PI.

—

15.
Philoxerus, R. Br. Prod. Fl. N. Holl.

i.

p.

t.

251

;

DC.

Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

337.

PHILOXERUS.
416

(excl. sp. n. 1)

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 40.

Sea-shore herbaceous plants, inhabiting eastern Tropical America, Western Africa,
Australia, and the
1.

Loochoo

Islands.

Ten

species are

known.

Philoxerus aggregatus, H. B. K. Nov. Gen.

Iresine aggregata,

Moq.

in

DC.

Prodr.

Gomphrena aggregata, Willd. Enum.

Nicaragua

(Tate).

Perhaps not

xiii. 2,

PI. Hort. Berol.

i.

ii.

p. 203.

p. 294.

—Tropical Ameeica and Afeica.

specifically different

et Sp.

p. 340.

Hb. Kew.

from the next.

BiOL. centb.-amee., Bot. Vol. III., October 1882.

d


—
;

.

AMAEANTACBiE.

18

Philoxerus vermicularis, E.

2.

Owar.

98.

t.

i.

p.

410; Beauv.

Fl.

1.

f.

DC. Prodr. xiii. 2, p. 340.
vermiculatum, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2, p. 300.

Iresine vermicularis,

Illecebrum

Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl.

Gomphrena

Moq.

in

vermicularis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 234.

Mexico, along the Rio Grande [Schott), Tulotepec, at 6000 feet (Galeotti, 427).

Common

in the

West

Indies, eastern

16.

Gomphrena, Linn. Gen. Plant,

n.

About seventy herbaceous
and Australia
1.

;

2.

Hb. Kew.

GOMPHRENA.

314; Benth.

et

Hook. Gen. Plant,

species, mostly inhabiting the

iii.

p. 40.

warmer

parts of

America

one widely diffused in Asia and Africa.

Gomphrena CaBSpitOSa, Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p.
New Mexico. 'Nob.tuM.^xico, Sonora {Schott ; Smith; Wright).

181.

—

Texas;
(^

South America and West Africa.

Gomphrena decumhens,

Jacq. Hort. Schcenb.

482

t.

;

Hb.Kew.

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p. 410.

Gomphrena prostrata, Desf Hort. Par. 1804^ App.
.

North Mexico,

219 (non Mart.)

p.

region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet {Parry

South Mexico, Misteca Alta, 6500

Vera Cruz

feet {Galeotti, 441), valley of

&

Palmer, 789)

Mexico {Bourgeau,&%?>

;

Gouin ; Botteri, 788), Real del Monte
{Coulter, 1371), Oaxa,ca{Andrieuoi;, 122), Acapulco {Sinclair); Guatemala, Volcan de
Fuego {Salvin), Llanos de Guatemala {Bernoulli, 218); Nicaragua, Grey town {Tate,

Schaffner),

833).

—And common

3.

DC.

in tropical

Gomphrena

Prodr.

to Orizaba {Muller,

737

;

Hb. Kew.

South America.

filaginoides, Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux.

x. (reprint, p.

10)

417.

xiii. 2, p.

South Mexico, Misteca Alta and Cordillera of Yavezia,
441 bis).

at

6000

to

7500

feet

409,

cum

{Galeotti,
4.

Gomphrena

y. allifiora

A native

;

Bot.

globosa, Linn. Sp.

Mag.

of India,

t.

now

Pi. p.

326

;

DC.

Prodr.

xiii. 2,

p.

2815.
naturalized in

many

other

warm

countries, including

Mexico

and Central America.
5.

Gomphrena

nitida, Rothr. in Bot. Wheeler's Surv. 1878, p. 233.

North Mexico, Chiricahui Mountains
6.

Gomphrena

Mogiphanes pilosa. Mart,

South Mexico,
7.

pilosa, Moq. in
et Gal. in Bull.

rice-fields

Gomphrena

{Eothrock).

DC. Prodr.

Acad. Brux.

xiii. 2, p.

395.

x, (reprint, p. 8).

near Ario, Michoacan, at 4000 to 5000 feet {Galeotti, 422).

SOnorge, Torr. Bot. U.S.

North Mexico, mountains near Santa

&

Mex. Bound. Surv.

p. 181.

Cruz, Sonora {Thurber ; Wright).

Hb. Kew.


—
AMAEAJ!fTACE^.

Gomphrena

8.

tuberifera, Torr. Bot. U.S.

Texas. —Noeth Mexico, Soledad,

Gomphrena,

Mex. Bound. Surv.

sp.

Gomphrena,

1460).

Hb. Kew.

1461).

Hb. Kew.

sp.

North Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann,

FECELICHIA.

17.

Frmlichia, Mcench. Meth, Plant, p. 50; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

An

exclusively

South
1.

p. 181.

twenty-five miles south-west of Monclova, Coahuila

North Mexico, Cerro de Pinal (Seemann,
10.

&

Hb. Kew.

(Palmer, 1132).
9.

19

American genus, comprising about ten

iii.

p. 41.

species, ranging

from Texas to

Brazil.

Proelichia floridana, Moq. in DC. Prodr.

Florida

;

Arkansas

;

Texas

xiii. 2, p.

New Mexico. —North

;

420.

Mexico, along the Rio Grande

(Parry).
2.

Proelichia gracilis, Moq. in DC. Prodr.

420.

xiii. 2, p.

Oplotheca gracilis, Hook. Ic. PI. sub tab. 256.

Texas

New Mexico.—North

;

and Sonora (Thurher).

&

Mexico, Monterey (Eaton

Edwards), Chihuahua

Hb. Kew.

Froelichia interrupta, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2,
Gomphrena interrupta, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 326 Lam. 111. PI. t. 180. f. 2.
3.

p. 421.

;

Celosia procumbens, Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar.

51.

i. t.

Am. PI. ii. p. 79.
Madre &c. (Palmer, 1141), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000
South Mexico, Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 86),
to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 793)
dunes of Vera Cruz (Galeotti, 7031). Jamaica Peru. Hb. Kew.
Oplotheca interrupta, Nutt. Gen.

North Mexico,

Sierra

;

;

18.
Hebanthe, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp.

A genus

ii.

HEBANTHE.

p. 42, tt.

140-145

;

Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

iii.

p. 41.

of about twenty herbaceous and half-shrubby species, restricted to Tropical

and Subtropical America.
1.

Hebanthe hookeriana, Hemsley,

n. sp.

(Gomphrena pulverulenta, Moq.,

pro parte, nee Hebanthe pulverulenta. Mart.)
Facie omnino H. pulverulentcB, sed

pilis

indmnenti strigiQosis non

stellatis, floribus

majoribus,

staminodiis nullis.

Frutex scandens ("Liane" fideBourgeavii),ramisteretibus, junioribus foliisque strigiUoso-hirsutis,
Folia opposita, petiolata, crassinscula, ovato-oblonga, usque ad 5 poU. longa, in
ferrugineis.
ramis

floriferis

1-3 poU. longa, utrinque attenuata vel obtusa, supra

mox

glabrata.

d2

Flores


;

AMAEANTACE^.

20
hermaphroditi,

" albi,

carnosi "

verticillatim paniculatis
hirsutse

;

(Galeotti), spicati, spicis laxiusculis, usque ad 2| poll, longis,
bractea et bracteolse rotundatse^ concavse, subscariosse, extus strigilloso-

;

segmenta ovato-oblonga, obtusa,

perianthii

circiter sesquilineam longa^

dorso strigilloso-liirsuta, 3 interiora dorso undique longe lanata

;

2 exteriora

filamenta deorsum dilatata

staminodia nulla; ovarium ovoideumj stylus brevissimus, stigmate crasso, capitate.

maturus

Fructus

deest.

South Mexico, Cordova

2000

at

feet {Galeotti, 7160), valley of

Cordova {Bourgean,

Hb. Kew.

1898).

Mandon's 1011, Bolivia,

Hebanthe

2,

Vagans

is

very closely allied,

mollis, Hemsley, n.

if

not the same species.

sp.

vel volubilis, foliis tenuibus mollibus graciliter petiolatis ovatis longe acuminatis, spicis

brevibus in paniculas densiusculas dispositisj rhachibus tomentosis^ bracteolis glabris scariosis,
staminodiis inter stamina

Herba \elfrutex vagans
ad nodes

ramis teretibus,

striatulis^ graciliusculisj cito glabrescentibus,

Folia opposita, petiolata^ tenuia, mollia, ovata vel fere lanceolata^ 1^-3

constrictis.

poll, longa,

solitariis.

vel volubilis,

longe acuminata, acuminatissimaj basi rotundata, utrinque sparse piloso-strigillosa,

petiolo gracili, 3 lineas longo.

Flores hermaphroditic spicati, I5-2 liueas longi

;

spicse breves,

laxiusculse^in paniculas amplas dense aggregatse^rhachibus tomentosis; bractea et bracteolse latse,

omnino

scariosse, nitidae, floribus vix dimidio breviores ; perianthii segmenta
omnia prsesertim a basi longe lanata ; staminodia (lacinise anantherae)
inter stamina singularia, subulata, staminibus paullo breviora ; ovarium glabrum ; stylus brevissimus, stigmate capitate.
Fructus maturus deest.

concavse, glabrae,

scariosa, lineari-oblonga,

Mexico (Herb. Buiz
3.

et

Hb. Kew.

Pavon).

Hebanthe subnuda, Hemsley,

Scandens

et fere

omnino

sime arachnoideis

n. sp.

glabra, foliis ovatis venis transversis conspicuis instructis, floribus sparsis-

spicatis, spicis brevissimis densis paniculatis, staminodiis

brevibus squamee-

formibus.

Herba velfrutex scandens

vel

vagans ("Liane"

fide Bourgeavii), prseter flores

glaberrimus, ramis

tantum visa) opposita, petielata, membranacea, ovata vel
suprema lineari-lanceolata, usque ad 4 poll, longa, acuminata, apiculata, venis primariis transversis arcuatis subtus prominentibus ; petiolus gracilis, usque ad 1 poll, longus.
Flores hermacrassiusculis.

Folia (pauca superiora

phroditi, spicati, circiter | lin. longi, sparsissime araneosi

1-3 lineas longae,
latis

;

aliae sessiles aliae

bractea et bracteolae brevissimse

(laciniae anantherae) inter

stamina

;

1949).

to

spicae parvse, densae,
;

per anthesin

paniculae amplae, ramulis angu-

perianthii segmenta angusta, obtusa

;
staminodia
squamaeformia ; ovarium glabrum ; stylus brevisFructus maturus non visus.

solitaria,

simus, stigmate capitate obscure bilobo.

South Mexico, Vera Cruz

;

pedunculatae, paniculatae

Orizaba {Muller, 461), valley of Cordova {Bourgean

Hb. Kew.

Hebanthe, sp.l
North Mexico, Guajuco, Nuevo Leon

4.

{Palmer, 1133).

Hb. Kew.

Apparently a distinct species of this genus, having small leaves, and the spikelets
in
short axillary racemes.


AMAKANTACE^.
lEESINE.

19.
Iresine,

21

Linn. Gen. Plant, n. 1113; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant,

About twenty herbaceous and shrubby

p. 42.

iii.

species, inhabiting Tropical

and Subtropical

America.
1.

Iresine acuminata, Moq.

Mexico
2.

in

DC. Prodr.

345.

xiii. 2, p.

(Bates).

Iresine caneSCenS, Humb.

et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 765.

Tromsdorffia canescens, Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Bras.

Alternanthera canescens, Moq. in

DC. Prodr.

ii.

p. 43.

350.

xiii. 2, p.

South Mexico, valley of Mexico {Bourgeau, 1129), Chapultepec [Schaffner, 27),
Bates; Beechey). Venezuela. Hb. Kew.
;

—

without locality (Par-K^isoM
3.

Iresine CaSSiniseformis, Schauer

in Linnsea, xix. p. 708.

South Mexico (Aschenborn, 169, 617, 618).
4.

Iresine CelosioideS, Linn. Sp.

p. 56, tt.

153

et Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p.

765

Iresine polymorpha, Mart.
Iresine diffusa,

Humb.

1456

Pi. p.

Nov. Gen.

et Sp.

ii.

;

DC.

Prodr.

347.

xiii. 2, p.

et 154.
;

DC. Prodr.

xiii. 2, p.

345.

Iresine fioribunda, Mart, et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 7).

Iresine eriophylla,

Moq.

in

DC.

Prodr.

xiii.

3, p. 347.

Iresine celosioides, var. eriophylla, Bentt. Bot.

South Caeolina

^

to Florida, Texas,

Voy.

and

Sulphur,' p. 156.

'

New

Mexico.

—North Mexico,

Sonora and

Chihuahua (Thurber) South Mexico, Mazatlan (Seemann, 1462), Zimapan
368), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 896), Vera Cruz to Orizaba (Miiller, 199;
;

(Coulter,
Galeotti,

412, 413), around Oaxaca (Andrieux, 121), Jalapa and Mirador (Linden, 71 and 73),

Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 659), Yucatan and Tabasco (johnson, 99)

;

Guatemala, Volcan

de Fuego, at 6000 feet (Salvin), San Jose de Guatemala (S. Hayes, 450)

;

Hondueas,

Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair) Nicaragua, Chontales (Tate, 338) Costa Rica
Southward
(Endres) Panama, Empire Station (S. Hayes, 431), Chagres (Fendler, 260).

Tigre,

;

;

—

;

to

Peru and Bolivia.
5.

Rosea

\

Hb. Kew.

Iresine elatior, Eich.

elatior,

Mart. Nov. Gen.

in Willd. Sp. Pi. iv. p.

et Sp. Bras.

ii.

p. 59,

South Mexico, Orizaba (Botteri, 1059)
Venezuela.

;

t.

766

Hb. Kew.

Iresine gOSSypina, Nees in Linnsea,
(de Berghes).

Prodr.

155.

Iresine fruteSCens, Moq. in DC. Prodr. xiii. 2,
South Mexico, near Hacienda de la Laguna (Schiede).

Mexico

DC.

Panama (Seemann).

6.

7.

;

p.

xix. p. 708.

344.

xiii. 2, p.

—West

343.

Indies and