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Amarantus paniculatus, Linn.—Barelay. 
Fiji, cultivated or an escape in East and West Asia and Africa. 
A common weed in the warm countries of the Old World. 
Achyranthes aspera, Linn.— Barclay; Moseley ; Lister. 
Fiji and Society Islands, and generally diffused in Eastern 
Australia, tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and America. 
Cyathula prostrata, Blume.— Barclay. 
New Hebrides and Solomon Islands to Tahiti and the Mar- 
quesas; and widely spread in tropical Asia and East Africa. 
Gomphrena globosa, Linn.— Barclay. 
Probably a native of America, now naturalized in nearly all 
hot countries. 
CHENOPODIACES. 
Salsola Kali, Linn.— Moseley. 
Very widely diffused in temperate and subtropical regions, 
both in America and in the Old World, where the soil is im- 
pregnated with salt. 
PHYTOLACCACES. 
Rivina humilis, Linn. (R. levis, Linn.).—Lister. 
Exceedingly common in tropical and subtropical America, 
and naturalized in many parts-of the Old World, including 
Polynesia. 
PoLYGONACE. 
Polygonum glabrum, Willd.—Lister. 
Fiji, Society, and Sandwich Islands; also tropical Asia, 
Africa, and America. 
PIPERACE. 
Piper latifolium, Forst. £— Forster; Moseley. 
New Hebrides, Fiji and Society Islands ; also from Timor. 
Piper Macgillivrayi, C. DC.— Nelson; Barclay; Moseley ; 
Lister, and others. 
Fiji and Society Islands, common. 
Piper methysticum, Forst. f— Home; Lister. 
Cultivated and spontaneous in Fiji, Society, Marquesas, and 
Sandwich Islands. 
