BIXINEA. 55 
Order XIV. BIXINEA. 
Bixinee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 122. 
Shrubs or trees, dispersed over the warmer regions of the globe. There are about 
170 species, belonging to thirty-one genera. 
Tribe BIXEAL. 
1. COCHLOSPERMUM. 
Cochlospermum, Kunth, Malv. p. 6; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 124 (Masimiliana, Mart., et 
Wittelsbachia, Mart.). 
Trees, shrubs, or rhizomatous herbs, about twelve species, growing in tropical 
regions—one Asiatic, three Australian, two African, and the rest American. 
1. Cochlospermum hibiscoides, Humb. et. Bonpl. Synops. Pl. Avquin. iii. p. 24. 
(Tab. II.) 
Cochlospermum serratifolium, DC. Prodr. i. p. 527; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 95. . 
South Mexico, Zacuapan, Vera Cruz (Zinden, 864), ravines near Vera Cruz, very 
rare (Galeotti, 4196), Mirador, at 3000 feet (Heller), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 
2256); Nicaragua (Tate); Panama, without special localities (Seemann, Fendler, and 
Halsted), Isle of Taboga (Sinclair).—Wust InpiEs and Cotomsia. Hb. Kew. 
Kunth (H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. p. 223) describes the specimens he had from 
Campeche as having a glabrous, and the others as having a tomentose ovary. None of 
the specimens we have seen has a glabrous ovary. 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. II. 
A leaf and flowers, natural size. 
2. AMOREUXTIA. 
Amoreuxia, Mog. et Sessé, in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 639; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 124. 
Three or four shrubby species, restricted to Tropical and Subtropical America. 
1. Amoreuxia malvefolia, A. Gray, Pl. Wright, i. p. 29, adnot. 
Norra Mexico, Chihuahua? (Potts). Hb. Kew. 
9. Amoreuxia palmatifida, Mog. et Sessé, in DC. Prodr. ii. p. 638 ; Calques 
des Dess. Fl. Mex. 1171. 
Amoreusxia schiedeana, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 199, t. 1. 
Euryanthe schiedeana, Ch. et Schl. 
New Mexico and Trexas.—Norta Mexico, Monterey, Nuevo Leon (Haton & 
Edwards, 76), Sonora Alta (Coulter, 789), Santa-Cruz valley, Sonora (Thurber), hills 
